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Cheryl Miller

Cheryl Miller

Cheryl Miller, based in Sacramento, covers the state legislature and emerging industries, including autonomous vehicles and marijuana. She authors the weekly cannabis newsletter Higher Law. Contact her at [email protected]. On Twitter: @CapitalAccounts

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March 12, 2007 | Law.com

Library's Ban on Worship Draws Dissent

Judge Jay Bybee and six Ninth Circuit colleagues aren't happy with a ruling last year that upheld a ban on worship services in Contra Costa County public libraries.

By Cheryl Miller

3 minute read

July 15, 2008 | The Recorder

Preserving Judicial Impartiality

Supreme Court Justice Ming Chin, though an ardent supporter of efforts to keep judicial elections apolitical, seemed cool to former Gov. Pete Wilson's pitch to write the goal into the state constitution.

By Cheryl Miller

3 minute read

September 16, 2008 | The Recorder

UC, CSU Systems Can't Offer Illegals a Break

An appellate panel revived a suit by out-of-state students challenging residency rules that let illegal immigrants pay less in tuition.

By Cheryl Miller

3 minute read

June 30, 2010 | New York Law Journal

Gabayzadeh v. Brafman

Attorney's 'Puffery' Cannot Form Basis for Fraud Claim

By Cheryl Miller

1 minute read

August 20, 2007 | The Recorder

AOC Lobbyist Is Stepping Down

Kate Howard has been the state court system's top legislative advocate since 2004.

By Cheryl Miller

2 minute read

June 08, 2010 | Legaltech News

Court Scanning Software Blamed for Data Breach

A court spokesman says an upgrade of court scanning software in Sacramento County, Calif., caused private file information to be publicly available, a view that some local court officials dispute.

By Cheryl Miller

2 minute read

January 15, 2010 | The Legal Intelligencer

No Appeal From Fox Chase of Decision Refusing to Allow Division of Burholme Park

Fox Chase Cancer Center has decided not to appeal a unanimous Commonwealth Court decision that determined that a portion of a century-old Northeast Philadelphia park cannot be divided up for the center's expansion.

By Cheryl Miller

1 minute read

March 17, 2010 | The Recorder

Faster Jury Trials May Get Their Day

Plaintiff and defense groups are in broad agreement on a plan for the voluntary use of a stripped-down eight-person jury procedure for resolving easy cases quickly.

By Cheryl Miller

3 minute read

June 03, 2011 | The Recorder

Calderon Shelves AB 1208, the Trial Court Rights Act

By Cheryl Miller

3 minute read

February 25, 2008 | The Recorder

Judicial Leaders Table Death Appeal Idea

Chief Justice Ronald George says a projected $16 billion state budget deficit leaves no money for the lawyers and staff that would be needed to hand off some capital cases to the courts of appeal.

By Cheryl Miller

3 minute read