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Attorney says $500,000 settlement for client is 'fair' after being shot four times by police officer
Following a shooting incident, the San Jose City Council approved a $500,000 settlement on Dec. 11 for a man who was shot by police officers after he allegedly tried to take a gun from law enforcement.
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San Jose police officers do not have immunity in lawsuit over Trump rally violence, appellate court rules
A group of San Jose police officers lost an appeal on July 27 in a case involving an attack on attendees of a Donald Trump rally in the city.
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San Jose city attorney says recent ruling important for 'future growth' of city's airport
Richard Doyle, city attorney for the City of San Jose, said Norman Y. Mineta San Jose International Airport has seen a dramatic increase in international flights, which is exactly why a recent ruling makes the facility’s future expansion less cloudy.
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Appeals court partially reverses decision in dispute over expansion of San Jose International Airport
A California appeals court partially reversed a trial court’s decision in a dispute over a plan to expand aviation facilities at Norman Y. Mineta San Jose International Airport.
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Appeals court reverses course after California Supreme Court rules on public officials' phone and email records
The California Sixth District Court of Appeal originally ruled against attorney Ted Smith, but now they are taking it back.
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State Supreme Court could rule on Santa Clara County, San Jose fight over $40 million
SAN FRANCISCO – The California Supreme could soon rule in a long-simmering dispute between San Jose and Santa Clara County over which government agency is entitled to $40 million in already-collected property taxes.
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Monsanto prevails in PCB pollution case, but cities plan to appeal
SAN JOSE -- A federal judge has dismissed lawsuits in which the cities of San Jose, Oakland and Berkeley sought to force Monsanto to help pay for reducing polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) contamination in the San Francisco Bay.
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Legal reform groups criticize lawmakers' resuscitation of PCB public nuisance litigation
SACRAMENTO - In a move that has some legal observers scratching — if not shaking — their heads, the California state legislature pushed through in September two measures aimed at giving the cities of Berkeley, Oakland and San Jose standing to refile PCB waterway contamination public nuisance claims against Monsanto.
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Willow Glen Trestle deemed not historical by National Register
SAN JOSE -- Residents who have been fighting to save the Willow Glen Railroad Trestle from demolition, arguing that it was a historical landmark, were disappointed when the National Register of Historic Places recently declared the 1922 railroad bridge ineligible for historic status and could be removed to erect a prefabricated pedestrian bridge.
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Affordable housing legal dispute likely headed for U.S. Supreme Court
SAN FRANCISCO -- Legal disputes stemming from local governments forcing developers to set aside land for affordable housing, or else pay fines, are expected to persist until the U.S. Supreme Court settles the matter.
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Firefighters claim city of San Jose owes unpaid overtime wages
SAN FRANCISCO – San Jose firefighters allege that the city owes them unpaid wages.
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Silicon Valley agency works for housing as cities win in court
SAN JOSE – A recent court ruling protecting cities that still have redevelopment agency funding is being hailed as a needed victory for those communities struggling with the closure of the agencies.
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CBIA still favors case against inclusionary housing
SAN JOSE – A recent petition for writ of certiorari was denied by the Supreme Court in a continuing battle against inclusionary zoning involving the California Building Industry Association (CBIA) and the city of San Jose.
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Pacific Legal Foundation interested in other mandated affordable housing cases
SAN JOSE – The U.S. Supreme Court's decision in late February not to hear a challenge to a San Jose-mandated affordable housing law has effectively ended that challenge, a Pacific Legal Foundation official said in an interview.