Men fight back against sex assault charges

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For the legal junkies…another man’s case from USC is decided in his favor. The original article claims this is the 8th decided so far this year.

http://www.courts.ca.gov/opinions/documents/B262917.PDF
I thought this was an interesting paragraph:

When reviewing a university‟s disciplinary actions, “„[t]he power of an appellate court begins and ends with the determination as to whether there is any substantial evidence, contradicted or uncontradicted, that will support the finding.‟ [Citation.]” (Perlman v. Shasta Joint Jr. College Dist. Bd. of Trustees(1970) 9 Cal.App.3d 873, 882.) “While it is commonly stated that our „power‟ begins and ends with a determination that there is substantial evidence] this does not mean we must blindly seize any evidence in support of the respondent in order to affirm the judgment „*f the word “substantial” [is to mean] anything at all, it clearly implies that such evidence must be of ponderable legal significance. Obviously the word cannot be deemed synonymous with „any‟ evidence. It must be reasonable credible, and of solid value.

The ultimate determination is whether a reasonabletrier of fact could have found for the respondent based on the whole
record. [Citation.]” (Kuhn v. Department of General Services(1994) 22 Cal.App.4th 1627, 1633