Case # | Name | Category | Court | Judge | Published |
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H051237
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People v. Bray
Probation restriction that defendant refrain from dating, socializing, or forming a romantic relationship with" any person with physical custody of a minor unless approved was unconstitutionally overbroad. |
Criminal Law and Procedure, Constitutional Law |
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L. Rodriguez | Jul. 1, 2025 |
B338089
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Getzels v. The State Bar of California
State Bar rule 2.30, which precludes inactive licensees from acting as private arbitrators and mediators, does not violate the Equal Protection Clauses of the federal and California Constitutions. |
Attorneys, Constitutional Law |
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A. Mori | Jun. 30, 2025 |
24-316
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Kennedy v. Braidwood Management, Inc.
Preventive Services Task Force members subject to at-will removal by principal officer and whose recommendations could be blocked by said principal were inferior officers under the Appointments Clause. |
Constitutional Law, Administrative Agencies |
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B. Kavanaugh | Jun. 30, 2025 |
24-354
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Federal Communications Commission v. Consumers' Research
Federal Communications Commission's universal-service contribution scheme has an intelligible principle and thus does not violate the nondelegation clause. |
Constitutional Law, Commercial Law |
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E. Kagan | Jun. 30, 2025 |
24-297
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Mahmoud v. Taylor
Public school's no-opt-out policy for storybooks presenting LGBTQ+-inclusive perspectives likely violated religious parents' First Amendment rights to direct their children's religious upbringing. |
Constitutional Law |
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S. Alito | Jun. 30, 2025 |
23-1122
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Free Speech Coalition v. Paxton
Texas law requiring age-verification to access sexual material was subject to intermediate scrutiny, and because it only incidentally burdened adults' access, it did not violate Free Speech rights. |
Constitutional Law |
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C. Thomas | Jun. 30, 2025 |
23-7809
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Gutierrez v. Saenz
Death row prisoner had standing to bring section 1983 claim challenging Texas's postconviction DNA testing procedures under the Due Process Clause. |
Constitutional Law, Criminal Law and Procedure |
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S. Sotomayor | Jun. 27, 2025 |
24-20
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Fuld v. Palestine Liberation Organization
The exercise of personal jurisdiction over the Palestine Liberation Organization and Palestinian Authority under the Promoting Security and Justice for Victims of Terrorism Act did not violate the Due Process Clause of the Fifth Amendment. |
Constitutional Law |
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J. Roberts | Jun. 23, 2025 |
24-2036
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Nguyen v. Bonta
California's law prohibiting the purchase of more than one firearm in a 30-day period violates the Second Amendment. |
Constitutional Law |
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D. Forrest | Jun. 23, 2025 |
23-35288
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Damiano v. Grants Pass School District No. 7
Government failed to demonstrate its interests in avoiding disruption outweighed terminated employees' free speech interests as a matter of law, so summary judgment on First Amendment claims was premature. |
Constitutional Law, Employment Discrimination |
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J. Sung | Jun. 19, 2025 |
23-477
|
U.S. v. Skrmetti
Because Tennessee law's prohibition against transgender minors receiving certain medical treatments was based on age or medical use, it was subject to rational basis rather than heightened scrutiny review. |
Constitutional Law, Health Care |
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J. Roberts | Jun. 19, 2025 |
23-2101
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U.S. v. Barry
Probable cause existed to search non-residence apartment under the parolee-search condition exception where parolee had a key to the apartment and showed intimate familiarity with it. |
Criminal Law and Procedure, Constitutional Law |
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P. Bumatay | Jun. 18, 2025 |
A171414
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People v. Lewis
Issuance of involuntary antipsychotic medication order without a full evidentiary hearing did not violate defendant's procedural due process rights. |
Criminal Law and Procedure, Constitutional Law |
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J. Richman | Jun. 13, 2025 |
24-154
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Catholic Charities Bureau, Inc. v. Wisconsin Labor and Industry Review Comm'n.
Concluding that religiously motivated but non-proselytic charity was not for "primarily religious purposes" for religious tax exemption was unconstitutional discrimination based on theological choices. |
Constitutional Law |
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S. Sotomayor | Jun. 6, 2025 |
24-4613
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Hubbard v. City of San Diego
Because teaching yoga is protected by the First Amendment, plaintiffs' request to preliminary enjoin San Diego's restrictions on free yoga lessons at the beach should have been granted. |
Constitutional Law |
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H. Thomas | Jun. 5, 2025 |
23-4031
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Olympus Spa v. Armstrong
Requiring spa to adopt new language in its published policy to affirm equal access to customers--equal access being required by law--was an incidental restriction on speech essential to eliminate discriminatory conduct. |
Constitutional Law |
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M. McKeown | May 30, 2025 |
23-2807
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Amended Opinion: Roe v. Critchfield
Because student's facial challenge to Idaho's anti-transgender school bathroom bill was deemed unlikely to succeed on the merits, preliminary injunction was properly denied. |
Constitutional Law, Civil Procedure |
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M. Christen | May 27, 2025 |
G064332
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Mae M. v. Komrosky
Trial court abused its discretion in denying plaintiffs' motion to preliminarily enjoin a Temecula School Board Resolution that would ban Critical Race Theory and "other similar frameworks." |
Constitutional Law, Education |
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K. O'Leary | May 21, 2025 |
23-1239
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Barnes v. Felix
With excessive-force claims involving death, moment-of-threat rule is inapplicable as it impermissibly narrows the proper "totality of the circumstances" instructions. |
Constitutional Law |
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E. Kagan | May 16, 2025 |
21-55118
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Garnier v. O'Connor-Ratcliff
Blocking constituents on social media was a state action where school district trustee had actual authority to speak on State's behalf and purported to exercise that authority when posting. |
Constitutional Law |
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M. Berzon | May 15, 2025 |
22-50048
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U.S. v. Duarte
Under Bruen, restricting non-violent felons from possessing firearms does not violate the Second Amendment. |
Constitutional Law, Criminal Law and Procedure |
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K. Wardlaw | May 12, 2025 |
B336778
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Carachure v. City of Azusa
Parties seeking to challenge constitutionality of city's sewer and sanitation fees did not need to pay under protest and exhaust administrative remedies before bringing the action. |
Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law |
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J. Segal | Apr. 17, 2025 |
23-16031
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Regino v. Staley
Dismissal of parent's due process claims against school for policy allowing child to use preferred name and pronouns was vacated and remanded for district court to apply correct legal standard. |
Constitutional Law, Education |
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M. Christen | Apr. 7, 2025 |
23-3453
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Spirit of Aloha Temple v. County of Maui
Nonprofit church's claim that County of Maui substantially burdened its exercise of religion in denying special use permit was a legal question for court, not jury, to decide. |
Constitutional Law |
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S. Mendoza | Mar. 31, 2025 |
24-2275
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Pizzuto v. Tewalt
District court properly granted death row inmate's discovery requests regarding the protocol, manufacturing, and origin of Idaho's execution drugs. |
Prisoners' Rights, Constitutional Law |
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M. Bennett | Mar. 24, 2025 |
24-4023
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Coleman v. Newson
District court did not err in holding the State of California in contempt for repeatedly failing to comply with its mandate to provide adequate mental health care for prisoners. |
Prisoners' Rights, Constitutional Law |
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M. Smith | Mar. 20, 2025 |
23-2807
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Roe v. Critchfield
Because student's facial challenge to Idaho's anti-transgender school bathroom bill was deemed unlikely to succeed on the merits, preliminary injunction was properly denied. |
Constitutional Law, Civil Procedure |
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M. Christen | Mar. 21, 2025 |
23-55805
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Duncan v. Bonta
Law banning possession of large-capacity magazines, the accessory of choice for most mass shooters, did not violate Second Amendment Right to Bear Arms. |
Constitutional Law |
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S. Graber | Mar. 21, 2025 |
A169597
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People v. Batten
Statute that treated inmates serving life sentences for murder differently depending on whether they were paroled before or after July 2020 did not violate equal protection. |
Criminal Law and Procedure, Constitutional Law |
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T. Brown | Mar. 19, 2025 |
21-16756
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Yukutake v. Lopez
State law requiring in-person inspection of handguns within five days of acquiring them violated the Second Amendment because it had no relevantly similar historical example of firearm regulation. |
Constitutional Law |
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D. Collins | Mar. 17, 2025 |