[0] BRIEFLY JUDGES OVERRULE UNWED RENTER BAN.SAN FRANCISCO San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden - A federal appeals court on Friday repealed a decision that allowed landlords to discriminate against unmarried couples without resolving whether renters who are not wed can be legally turned away. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals overrode o·ver·rode v. Past tense of override. an earlier decision by one of its own three-judge panels in a 10-1 ruling that has the practical effect of throwing out a lawsuit brought by two Alaskan landlords. The appeals court found that the suit was premature because the landlords had never been accused of violating the state and local laws prohibiting housing discrimination against unmarried couples. - Associated Press Associated Press: see news agency. Associated Press (AP) Cooperative news agency, the oldest and largest in the U.S. and long the largest in the world. Five charged with Office smuggling smuggling, illegal transport across state or national boundaries of goods or persons liable to customs or to prohibition. Smuggling has been carried on in nearly all nations and has occasionally been adopted as an instrument of national policy, as by Great Britain A federal grand jury on Friday indicted INDICTED, practice. When a man is accused by a bill of indictment preferred by a grand jury, he is said to be indicted. a U.S. Customs Service agent, his brother, a lawyer and two others accused of operating a smuggling ring that imported counterfeit Microsoft products from Hong Kong. The indictment names agent Richard Casas, 46, of El Monte; his brother, 39-year-old Edward Casas of Sylmar; Los Angeles lawyer Lawrence Boyle, 53; Peter Yi, 36, of Chino Chino (chē`nō), city (1990 pop. 59,682), San Bernardino co., S Calif.; founded 1887, inc. 1910. It is the business and processing center of a diversified farming (notably dairying) area. Hills; and his brother, Sung K. ``Max'' Yi, 42, of Cypress. The five, who were arrested July 8 and released on bond, are due in court Monday for arraignment A criminal proceeding at which the defendant is officially called before a court of competent jurisdiction, informed of the offense charged in the complaint, information, indictment, or other charging document, and asked to enter a plea of guilty, not guilty, or as otherwise permitted on charges of conspiracy, trafficking in counterfeit goods and aiding and abeting. The ring allegedly smuggled smug·gle v. smug·gled, smug·gling, smug·gles v.tr. 1. To import or export without paying lawful customs charges or duties. 2. To bring in or take out illicitly or by stealth. nearly 5,000 units of the Microsoft Office 97 Professional Edition into the United States between Aug. 16 and May 19. - City News Service DNC DNC Democratic National Committee DNC Democratic National Convention DNC Do Not Call DNC Delaware North Companies DNC Domain Name Commissioner DNC Direct Numerical Control DNC Do Not Change DNC Does Not Compute DNC Digital Nautical Chart marchers get quick permission With little debate, the Los Angeles Police Commission on Friday approved a dozen parade permits for groups planning to demonstrate during the upcoming Democratic National Convention. The quick approvals followed a federal judge's ruling last month that the city's application process for parade permits was unconstitutional. Last week, protesters and city officials reached an agreement that makes the process more flexible. Jeff Modisett, deputy CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. and general counsel for the Democratic National Convention 2000, said organizers are prepared for the marches. - City News Service Five charged with Office smuggling A federal grand jury on Friday indicted a U.S. Customs Service agent, his brother, a lawyer and two others accused of operating a smuggling ring that imported counterfeit Microsoft products from Hong Kong. The indictment names agent Richard Casas, 46, of El Monte; his brother, 39-year-old Edward Casas of Sylmar; Los Angeles lawyer Lawrence Boyle, 53; Peter Yi, 36, of Chino Hills; and his brother, Sung K. ``Max'' Yi, 42, of Cypress. The five, who were arrested July 8 and released on bond, are due in court Monday for arraignment on charges of conspiracy, trafficking in counterfeit goods and aiding and abetting a·bet tr.v. a·bet·ted, a·bet·ting, a·bets 1. To approve, encourage, and support (an action or a plan of action); urge and help on. 2. . The ring allegedly smuggled nearly 5,000 units of the Microsoft Office 97 Professional Edition into the United States between Aug. 16 and May 19. - City News Service Traffic light reset system requested The massive traffic jam caused Wednesday when a power outage knocked out some 300 traffic signals in the San Fernando Valley San Fernando Valley Valley, southern California, U.S. Northwest of central Los Angeles, the valley is bounded by the San Gabriel, Santa Susana, and Santa Monica mountains and the Simi Hills. prompted officials on Friday to call for developing a new system to reset signals. Councilwoman Laura Chick called for the city Department of Transportation to report on the costs involved to install an automatic reset system in the signals to avoid having city workers manually reset each one. She said the city should look at having a central location where the signals can be reset after such outages. Part of the problem Wednesday, she said, is that workers were unable to get to the signals because of traffic tie-ups. - Daily News Council approves mayor's choices After weeks of debate in a power struggle with Mayor Richard Riordan, the Los Angeles City Council  The Los Angeles City Council is the governing body of the City of Los Angeles, California, United States. on Friday approved the appointment
of three commissioners with little comment.
Recognizing they were faced with a deadline to either reject the nominations or see them go into effect without action, the council voted 14-0 to approve the appointments of James Mulkeen to the Board of Civil Service Commissioners, along with Warren Steinberg and Ivan Houston to the Human Relations Commission. The council has been at odds with Riordan ever since his decision to remove one-time ally Ted Stein from the Harbor Commission in what Stein said was an attack because of his support of City Attorney James Hahn for mayor next year. As a result, the council has been exploring procedures to follow in the confirmation of commissioners since the new City Charter removed the council's authority to overturn a mayor's removal of commission members. - Daily News |
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