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Cruz Reynoso (born May 2, 1931) was the first Chicano person to serve on the California Supreme Court. Events 1194 - King Richard I of England gives Portsmouth its first Royal Charter. Year 1931 ( MCMXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1931 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Chicano (feminine Chicana) is a politically-loaded word for a Mexican American (in the sense of native-born Americans of Mexican ancestry as opposed to Mexican The Supreme Court of California is the State supreme court in California. He served as an associate justice from 1982 to 1987. Year 1982 ( MCMLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar) Year 1987 ( MCMLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar) Along with two other liberal members of the Court, Chief Justice Rose Bird and Associate Justice Joseph Grodin, he was ousted by voters in 1986 under California's unusual judicial-retention election system. Rose Elizabeth Bird ( November 2, 1936 &ndash December 4, 1999) served for 10 years as the 25th Chief Justice (and first female Justice & only Joseph R Grodin is a lawyer and former judge from the state of California

Reynoso was born in Brea, California, and grew up as one of 11 children, and was an agricultural worker in fruit orchards. Brea is a city in Orange County, California, United States. The population as of 2007 is 39560 His father was a farm worker. He graduated from Pomona College in 1953 and Boalt Hall in 1958. Pomona College is a private residential liberal arts college located in Claremont California. Year 1953 ( MCMLIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The University of California Berkeley School of Law, commonly referred to as Berkeley Law and Boalt Hall, is one of 14 schools and colleges at the University Year 1958 ( MCMLVIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. He served in the U.S. Army from 1953 to 1955. The United States Army is a military organization whose primary mission is to "provide necessary forces and capabilities.

Reynoso began his career in private law practice in El Centro, California. He served as a legislative assistant in the California State Senate in 1959 and 1960, and was appointed deputy director of the California Fair Employment Practices Commission in 1965. The California State Senate is the upper house of the California State Legislature. Year 1965 ( MCMLXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1965 Gregorian calendar. He then served as director of California Rural Legal Assistance and was Professor of Law at the University of New Mexico. California Rural Legal Assistance Inc ( CRLA) is a 501(c(3 non-profit legal and political Advocacy group that promotes the interests The University of New Mexico ( UNM) is a Public University in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Reynoso was appointed to the California Court of Appeal in 1976. The California Courts of Appeal are the state intermediate appellate courts in the U Year 1976 ( MCMLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. In 1982 he was appointed to the California Supreme Court by Governor Jerry Brown. Edmund Gerald "Jerry" Brown Jr (born April 7, 1938) is the current Attorney General and former governor of the State of

On the Court, Reynoso formed part of the Bird Court's liberal majority, and extended additional protections for the environment, individual liberties, and civil rights. Like Bird, however, Reynoso often voted to overturn death penalty sentences and convictions, and this issue was brought to the forefront in the 1986 judicial-retention election. Capital punishment, the death penalty or execution, is the Killing of a person by judicial process as Punishment. Bird, Grodin, and Reynoso were rejected by the voters, dramatically changing the face of the Court.

After leaving the Court, Reynoso returned to private law practice and academia. In 1991, he joined the faculty of the UCLA School of Law as a professor, where he taught until 2001. Year 1991 ( MCMXCI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar. He served as the vice-chairman of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights. The US Commission on Civil Rights is a bipartisan independent federal commission charged with the responsibility for investigating reporting on and making recommendations concerning In 2000, President Clinton awarded him the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the United States's highest civilian honor. 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. The Presidential Medal of Freedom is a decoration bestowed by the President of the United States and is along with the equivalent Congressional Gold Medal bestowed Cruz Reynoso joined the faculty at the UC Davis School of Law in 2001, as the inaugural Boochever & Bird Chair for the Study and Teaching of Freedom and Equality.

He retired in December 2006 and was honored with the UC Davis Medal, the highest tribute bestowed by the campus, at a lifetime achievement event on Saturday September 15, 2007 at the Robert & Margrit Mondavi Center for the Performing Arts. The UC Davis School of Law has established the Cruz & Jeannene Reynoso Scholarship for Legal Access to help students of all backgrounds with financial needs attend that law school. In 2003, law students organized as La Raza Law Students Association and generous donors established the Cruz Reynoso Social Justice Fellowship, which helps Latina/o law students attending the UC Berkeley School of Law (Boalt Hall) engage public interest work as a summer intern. The University of California Berkeley School of Law, commonly referred to as Berkeley Law and Boalt Hall, is one of 14 schools and colleges at the University

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