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Zionist leader offers doubt about Shangri-La verdict
After the Hotel Shangri-La in Santa Monica and its owner, Tehmina Adaya, were found guilty in August of discriminating against a group of Jews who had come to a party held on the hotel pool’s deck, Steven Goldberg, national vice chair of the Zionist Organization of America (ZOA), announced his group’s intention to protest outside the hotel.
Judge denies Hotel Shangri-La’s motions, appeal likely
Shangri-La Hotel owner seeks new trial
The Hotel Shangri-La in Santa Monica and its partial-owner, Tehmina Adaya, who in August 2012 were found guilty in a jury trial of unlawfully discriminating against a group of young Jews, have begun the process of requesting a new trial. Attorneys for Adaya and the hotel filed three motions in California Superior Court on Dec. 24, including one outlining what they call legal defects in the previous judgment and another declaring their intent to request a new trial. A hearing on these motions is set for Jan. 31.
Hotel Shangri-La, ZOA find common ground
On Aug. 21, on the heels of a jury decision that found the Hotel Shangri-La in Santa Monica, along with one of its part-owners, had discriminated against a group of Jews during an incident in 2010, the Western Region of the Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) sent out a notice that it was planning a protest in front of the Hotel Shangri-La on Aug. 26, to "express outrage."
ZOA calls off Hotel Shangri-La protest after ‘concessions’ from owner
The story behind the Hotel Shangri-La anti-Semitism trial
It was late in the afternoon on Aug. 15, a Wednesday, when the jury delivered its verdict to a Santa Monica courtroom.
ZOA to protest outside Hotel Shangri-La
Additional $440,000 in punitive damages imposed on Hotel Shangri-La
Third full day of deliberations in FIDF v. Hotel Shangri-La trial ends without a verdict
Closing arguments in Hotel Shangri-La discrimination trial
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In heated Hotel Shangri-La discrimination trial, first FIDF witness keeps his cool [UPDATED]
Trial begins in FIDF v. Hotel Shangri-La discrimination case
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