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CIVIL RIGHTS, GOVERNMENT LAW, LABOR & EMPLOYMENT
LAW
Frank
v. Los Angeles County, No. B169427
In a race
discrimination class action brought by a class of minority peace
officers, judgment finding defendant county liable for back pay and
other relief is reversed as plaintiffs failed to establish a basis
for a disparate impact claim as a matter of law, and the jury’s
verdict on disparate treatment was not supported by the evidence. Read
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CRIMINAL LAW & PROCEDURE, HABEAS CORPUS,
SENTENCING
In
re Olson, No. B191958
In case involving former
member of the Symbionese Liberation Army, orders requiring the Board
of Prison Terms to calculate a parole release date under
indeterminate sentencing law guidelines and striking one year of an
extended term under the Uniform Determinate Sentencing Law (DSL) are
reversed as the court improperly failed to issue an OSC and failed
to have appellant file a return to the petition before granting
respondent affirmative relief. Read
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