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Cruz Reynoso, California's first Latino state Supreme Court justice, dies at 90

Cruz Reynoso, California s first Latino state Supreme Court justice, dies at 90
Maria L. La Ganga
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Retired California Supreme Court Justice Cruz Reynoso, shown in 2012. (Rich Pedroncelli / Associated Press)
Cruz Reynoso, a son of migrant workers who worked in the fields as a child and went on to become the first Latino state Supreme Court justice in California history, has died.
Reynoso passed away May 7 at an elder care facility in Oroville, according to his son, Len ReidReynoso. The cause of death was unknown. Reynoso was 90.
In a legal career that spanned more than half a century and took him from his first job in El Centro to Sacramento, the soft-spoken family man helped shape and protect the first statewide, federally funded legal aid program in the country and guided young, minority students toward the law.

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First Latino justice on California's high court dies at 90

Cruz Reynoso, a son of migrant workers who worked in the fields as a child and went on to become the first Latino state Supreme Court justice in California history, has died

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