SAN FRANCISCO — With his legal arguments gaining little ground in the California Supreme Court on Wednesday, Claremont lawyer Paul Mahoney began appealing to the justices’ sense of decency.

That’s not normally a good fallback position in a court of law. But the Mahoney & Soll partner had little recourse in trying to convince the court his client should have the right to sue the UC Regents for allegedly losing her deceased husband’s body. His opponent was clearly winning the legal battle.

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