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Equitable defenses are usually affirmative defenses asking the court to excuse an act because the party bringing the cause of action has acted in some inequitable way. Traditionally equitable defenses were only available at the Court of Equity and not available at common law.
In 1962, a California appellate court reiterated this rule by stating that the UCL extended "equitable relief to situations beyond the scope of purely business competition." [ 10 ] In 1977, the legislature moved the UCL to the California Business and Professions Code § 17200. [ 11 ]
The California State Board of Education plays a critical role in the governance of California's public education system. Unlike many States, California's K-12 education system is highly segmented, with oversight and policy authority split between the State Board, the Department of Education, the Legislature, the Governor, and 1000+ school ...
It is an unreasonable delay that can be viewed as prejudicing the opposing party. When asserted in litigation, it is an equity defense, that is, a defense to a claim for an equitable remedy. It is often understood in comparison to a statute of limitations, a statutory defense, which traditionally is a defense to a claim "at law".
In 1920, the California State Legislature's Special Legislative Committee on Education conducted a comprehensive investigation of California's educational system. The Committee's final report, drafted by Ellwood Patterson Cubberley, explained that the system's chaotic ad hoc development had resulted in the division of jurisdiction over education at the state level between 23 separate boards ...
The policies “have torn apart the fabric of (California) communities,” Ward said, “and have put teachers in a very awkward space, and have turned school board meetings into an absolute ...
Segraves v. California was a 1981 Superior Court of California case concerning the teaching of evolutionary biology in public schools. Kelly Segraves, a parent of three schoolchildren, sued the State of California, arguing that the teaching of evolution in public schools violated the Free Exercise Clause of the First Amendment to the United States Constitution.
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