West Contra Costa Legal Collection
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Title: West Contra Costa Legal Collection
Dates: 1991-1999
Collection Number: 2011.32.1
Creator/Collector:
Extent: 1 box
Repository:
Contra Costa County Historical Society
Martinez, California 94553
Abstract: This collection consists of legal documents from two cases in the 1990s. One is a lengthy set of handwritten letters and
filings from a man named Ali Shair or Shair Ali, who had been arrested on drug charges and was jailed in the West County Detention
Facility. The second case is Marina Center v. City of Richmond, in which the developers of the proposed Marina Center sought
a preliminary injunction against the City of Richmond.
Language of Material: English
Collection is open for research.
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West Contra Costa Legal Collection. Contra Costa County Historical Society
Scope and Content of Collection
This collection consists of legal documents from two cases in the 1990s. One is a lengthy set of handwritten letters and
filings from a man named Ali Shair or Shair Ali, who had been arrested on drug charges and was jailed in the West County Detention
Facility. He wrote in his complaint that he had been denied legal representation and wanted his charges dismissed. The second
case is Marina Center v. City of Richmond, in which the developers of the proposed Marina Center sought a preliminary injunction
against the City of Richmond. The developers claimed the City was improperly restricting the type of development they could
build on the property, and they sought legal relief from these restrictions. These were among numerous documents donated
to us in 2011 by the now-defunct West County Times newspaper.
Ali Shair
Richmond, California