Div. Three of the Fourth District Court of Appeal held yesterday, in a matter of first impression, that a provision of the Racial Justice Act, providing that an error relating to the ruling on an objection to the exercise of a peremptory challenge is to be “deemed prejudicial,” only applies when a prospective panelist is wrongly excluded from service and not when the juror is improperly seated.

The structural steel phase of the construction of the new courthouse for Mendocino County has been completed, according to Dave Canada, project manager for Hensel Phelps Construction Company.

National Guard troops won’t be deploying in the Chicago area anytime soon unless the U.S. Supreme Court intervenes because a judge on Wednesday extended her temporary restraining order indefinitely.

(Subscription required) A preliminary CalHR calculation shows no judicial pay increase for 2025-26, marking the first freeze since the pandemic as state leaders confront a $21 billion deficit.