Case # | Name | Category | Court | Judge | Published |
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23-55140
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Chong v. U.S.
One foot from an open garage was protected curtilage under the Fourth Amendment. |
Criminal Law and Procedure, Constitutional Law |
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P. Curiam | Aug. 15, 2024 |
21-16210
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Children's Health Defense v. Meta Platforms, Inc.
Despite having a parallel agenda with the government to prevent spread of vaccine misinformation, because defendant Meta Platforms was acting on its own, plaintiff's free speech claims failed. |
Constitutional Law |
|
E. Miller | Aug. 12, 2024 |
A169314
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West Contra Costa Unified School Dist. v. Superior Court (A.M.M.)
Waiving the Government Code's timely claim presentation requirement for childhood sexual assault claims did not violate the California Constitution's Gifts Clause. |
Government, Constitutional Law |
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M. Simons | Aug. 2, 2024 |
A167289
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Modification: People v. Bolourchi
Jurors at a motorist's DUI trial may draw an adverse inference of consciousness of guilt based on the motorist's refusal to submit to a pre-warrant blood test upon arrest. |
Criminal Law and Procedure, Constitutional Law |
|
J. Streeter | Jul. 29, 2024 |
S279622
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Castellanos, et al. v. State of California, et al.
Proposition 22 (classifying app-based drivers as independent contractors) does not conflict with Article XIV, Section 4 of the California Constitution. |
Constitutional Law, Employment Law |
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G. Liu | Jul. 26, 2024 |
23-15399
|
Behrend v. San Francisco Zen Center, Inc.
Apprentice's Americans with Disabilities Act claims against Zen Center were properly dismissed under the First Amendment's "ministerial exception." |
Employment Discrimination, Constitutional Law |
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L. VanDyke | Jul. 18, 2024 |
A167289
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People v. Bolourchi
Jurors at a motorist's DUI trial may draw an adverse inference of consciousness of guilt based on the motorist's refusal to submit to a pre-warrant blood test upon arrest. |
Criminal Law and Procedure, Constitutional Law |
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J. Streeter | Jul. 2, 2024 |
22-277
|
Moody v. NetChoice, LLC
To succeed on a facial challenge to the First Amendment, it was necessary to demonstrate the unconstitutional applications of content moderation laws were substantial compared to the statute's plainly legitimate sweep. |
Constitutional Law |
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E. Kagan | Jul. 2, 2024 |
23-175
|
City of Grants Pass v. Johnson
Enforcement of anti-camping laws is not cruel and unusual punishment, even if the violation, as applied to the homeless, is arguably involuntary. |
Constitutional Law |
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N. Gorsuch | Jul. 1, 2024 |
22-915
|
U.S. v. Rahimi
Regulation allowing temporary firearm possession restriction after defendant threatened others' physical safety did not violate Second Amendment given regulation's historical alignment with firearm misuse. |
Constitutional Law |
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J. Roberts | Jun. 24, 2024 |
23-334
|
Department of State v. Munoz
A U.S. citizen does not have a fundamental liberty interest in a noncitizen spouse being admitted to the country. |
Constitutional Law, Immigration |
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A. Barrett | Jun. 24, 2024 |
23-370
|
Erlinger v. U.S.
The Fifth and Sixth Amendments require a unanimous jury to make the determination beyond a reasonable doubt that a defendant's past offenses were committed on separate occasions for Armed Career Criminal Act purposes. |
Constitutional Law, Criminal Law and Procedure |
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N. Gorsuch | Jun. 24, 2024 |
22-35611
|
Bacon v. Woodward et. al
Firefighters plausibly alleged free exercise violations where Spokane refused to grant COVID vaccination exceptions, but worked with neighboring cities' firefighters who had been granted exemptions. |
Constitutional Law |
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R. Nelson | Jun. 19, 2024 |
22-704
|
Vidal v. Elster
Lanham Act's names clause, which prevented plaintiff from trademarking "Trump too small," did not violate the First Amendment. |
Constitutional Law |
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C. Thomas | Jun. 14, 2024 |
23-55431
|
B&L Productions, Inc. v. Newsom
Statutes prohibiting the sale of firearms on state grounds (primarily fairgrounds) did not infringe on First and Second Amendment constitutional rights. |
Constitutional Law |
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R. Clifton | Jun. 12, 2024 |
22-35986
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Seattle Pacific University v. Ferguson
Religious university had standing on claims regarding anticipated enforcement of anti-discrimination law in response to its ongoing employment policies that discriminated based on sexual orientation. |
Constitutional Law |
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M. McKeown | Jun. 10, 2024 |
22-842
|
National Rifle Association of America v. Vullo
National Rifle Association plausibly alleged First Amendment violation by government official who used her status to induce NRA-affiliates to terminate gun-promoting relationships. |
Constitutional Law |
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S. Sotomayor | May 31, 2024 |
22-982
|
Thornell v. Jones
Ninth Circuit's interpretation and application of *Strickland v. Washington* was erroneous. |
Constitutional Law, Criminal Law and Procedure |
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S. Alito | May 31, 2024 |
22-807
|
Alexander v. South Carolina State Conference of the NAACP
South Carolina's redistricting that arguably diluted the voting power of Black voters was constitutional where it appeared that the redistricting served partisan goals, with racial impact being merely a side effect. |
Constitutional Law |
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S. Alito | May 24, 2024 |
F085403
|
Ghost Golf, Inc. v. Newsom
Governor Newsom's COVID-19 Blueprint regime did not exceed the legislative authority granted by the Emergency Services Act and was not an improper delegation. |
Constitutional Law |
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M. Snauffer | May 22, 2024 |
22-15302
|
Nielsen v. Thornell
Arizona inmates did not have a protected liberty interest in avoiding private prisons because they did not impose an "atypical or significant hardship" beyond ordinary prison conditions. |
Prisoners' Rights, Constitutional Law |
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K. Lee | May 22, 2024 |
22-448
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Consumer Financial Protection Bureau v. Community Financial Services Assn. of America, Ltd.
Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection's funding mechanism did not violate the Constitution's Appropriations Clause. |
Constitutional Law |
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C. Thomas | May 17, 2024 |
21-15295
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Amended Opinion: Apache Stronghold v. U.S.
Apache tribe members were unlikely to succeed on their Free Exercise Clause claim against a transfer of sacred land because the transfer would not coerce them into acting contrary to their religious beliefs. |
Constitutional Law |
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D. Collins | May 15, 2024 |
22-585
|
Culley v. Marshall
Separate preliminary hearings were constitutionally unwarranted when case law established that car owners' due process rights were protected by timely civil forfeiture hearings. |
Constitutional Law |
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B. Kavanaugh | May 10, 2024 |
22-50048
|
U.S. v. Duarte
Federal statute banning non-violent convicts from possessing firearms violated defendant's Second Amendment rights. |
Constitutional Law, Criminal Law and Procedure |
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C. Bea | May 10, 2024 |
23-55133
|
Jane Doe v. Bonta
California legislation enabling firearm violence research using California Department of Justice databases did not violate registered gun owners' privacy rights. |
Constitutional Law |
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M. Schroeder | May 9, 2024 |
21-55038
|
Bradford v. Paramo
Denial of habeas petition was reversed where state court concluded that because excluding exculpatory evidence was consistent with the rules of evidence, there was no constitutional violation. |
Constitutional Law, Criminal Law and Procedure |
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J. Rawlinson | May 6, 2024 |
20-50345
|
U.S. v. Anderson
An officer's non-compliance with department policy governing inventory searches is not fatal to the inventory search exception but it may suggest impermissible motives. |
Criminal Law and Procedure, Constitutional Law |
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D. Forrest | May 3, 2024 |
20-15085
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Diamond S.J. Enterprise, Inc., DBA S. J. Live v. City of San Jose
Nightclub's facial attack on San Jose nuisance ordinances failed because the challenged provisions did not give city officials unbridled discretion that created a risk of censorship. |
Constitutional Law, Municipal Law |
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J. Nguyen | May 1, 2024 |
23-35481
|
Meinecke v. City of Seattle
Bible-reading speaker's free speech rights prevailed over City's restrictions, when less speech-restrictive means were available to achieve public safety from assaulting hecklers. |
Constitutional Law |
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J. Bybee | Apr. 19, 2024 |