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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 9th May 1, 2024
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 9th Apr. 19, 2024
DeVillier v. Texas
State law, rather than the Fifth Amendment, provided the proper procedural vehicle for petitioner to allege his takings claim against Texas. 		Constitutional Law USSC Apr. 17, 2024
Dilbert v. Newsom
Writ relief was properly denied because petitioner had no due process right to clemency or consideration of his application for clemency within a particular time frame. 		Constitutional Law 3DCA Apr. 9, 2024
Iversen v. Pedro
Plaintiff's sentence of life without the possibility of parole for public indecency did not violate the Eighth Amendment because of his extensive history of sexual offenses. 		Constitutional Law 9th Mar. 28, 2024
U.S. v. Perez-Garcia
Pretrial condition of release barring convicts from owning firearms did not violate Second Amendment rights because Bail Reform Act was consistent with nation's history of disarming criminal defendants awaiting trial. 		Constitutional Law 9th Mar. 19, 2024
Smith v. Helzer
Alaska's campaign finance regulations survived exacting scrutiny under the First Amendment because their contribution-reporting requirements were not unconstitutionally duplicative or burdensome. 		Constitutional Law 9th Mar. 18, 2024
Lindke v. Freed
Social media activity of a state official is only state action where the official has actual authority to speak for the state and purports to be exercising that authority when posting on social media. 		Constitutional Law USSC Mar. 18, 2024
O'Connor-Ratcliff v. Garnier
Remand was required to determine whether government officials were empowered to, and purported to be engaged in, official action when they blocked individuals from commenting on their social media posts. 		Constitutional Law USSC Mar. 18, 2024
Modification: People v. Paul
Police officers' encounter with defendant was not consensual where they stood a few feet from each of his parked car's doors and shined two flashlights into the car simultaneously. 		Constitutional Law 2DCA/5 Mar. 8, 2024
Trump v. Anderson
States have no power under the Constitution to enforce Section 3 of the Fourteenth Amendment with respect to federal offices, especially the Presidency. 		Constitutional Law USSC Mar. 5, 2024
Linthicum v. Wagner
Because a legislator has no First Amendment right to use official powers for expressive purposes, legislative walkouts are not protected activity. 		Constitutional Law 9th Mar. 4, 2024
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 9th Mar. 4, 2024
Creech v. Tewalt
Death row inmate's due process claims regarding his method of execution lacked merit. 		Constitutional Law 9th Feb. 27, 2024
Creech v. Bennetts
Death row inmate's petition for commutation was denied because the Commission of Pardons and Parole's proceedings were not wholly arbitrary. 		Constitutional Law 9th Feb. 27, 2024
TriCoast Builders, Inc. v. Fonnegra
Where the right to a jury trial has been validly waived and relief from the waiver subsequently denied, obtaining reversal of the denial requires the appellant to demonstrate actual prejudice. 		Constitutional Law CASC Feb. 27, 2024
People v. Paul
Police officers' encounter with defendant was not consensual where they stood a few feet from each of his parked car's doors and shined two flashlights into the car simultaneously. 		Constitutional Law 2DCA/5 Feb. 16, 2024
Tucson v. City of Seattle
District court improperly analyzed whether ordinance criminalizing writing on property sans permission was unconstitutionally overbroad by failing to inquire into the ordinance's numerous lawful applications. 		Constitutional Law 9th Feb. 5, 2024
Snitko v. U.S.
Fourth Amendment's inventory search exception did not apply to contents of safe deposit boxes seized where the police's instructions on how to inventory the contents were written specifically for the boxes. 		Constitutional Law 9th Jan. 24, 2024
Coalition on Homelessness v. City and County of San Francisco
Court affirmed preliminary injunction against City's ordinances disallowing sleeping or camping on public property because City waived argument that the ordinance was time-limited by not previously presenting it. 		Constitutional Law 9th Jan. 12, 2024
People v. Ramirez
Compelled use of defendant's finger to unlock his phone did not violate his privilege against compulsory self-incrimination under the Fifth Amendment because it was not testimonial. 		Constitutional Law 6DCA Dec. 26, 2023
Miller v. City of Scottsdale
Restaurant owner's constitutional violation claims against City and arresting officer failed as officer had probable cause that owner was violating COVID-19 order disallowing in-person dining. 		Constitutional Law 9th Dec. 11, 2023
People v. Mosqueda
California's gun licensing statute does not facially violate the Second Amendment because its invalid portions were severable. 		Constitutional Law 3DCA Nov. 21, 2023
National Association of Wheat Growers v. Bonta
District court did not err in enjoining California from enforcing a Prop 65 warning requirement for chemicals because their link to cancer was disputable. 		Constitutional Law 9th Nov. 8, 2023
Camenzind v. California Exposition & State Fair
Under the California Speech Clause, free speech activities may be limited at a private event requiring a ticket for entrance even though it was held within a publicly-owned venue. 		Constitutional Law 9th Nov. 1, 2023
Isaacson v. Mayes
Physician plaintiffs demonstrated both actual and imminent injuries sufficient for standing in action alleging that Arizona law criminalizing the performance of certain abortions is unconstitutionally vague. 		Constitutional Law 9th Oct. 31, 2023
Modification: Boyd v. Central Coast Community Energy
Electricity rates charged by government entity fell within one of the enumerated exceptions to the constitutional requirement that voters approve new or increased taxes. 		Constitutional Law 6DCA Oct. 27, 2023
Amended Opinion: No on E v. David Chiu
San Francisco ordinance requiring political groups identify top contributors in advertisements did not violate First Amendment because it was narrowly tailored to accomplish the important governmental interest of providing voters information. 		Constitutional Law 9th Oct. 27, 2023
People v. Allen
The Second Amendment does not prohibit states from requiring individuals to submit to certain licensing requirements in order to legally possess a firearm. 		Constitutional Law 4DCA/2 Oct. 20, 2023
Creech v. Tewalt
Idaho prisoner facing lethal injection did not have First Amendment right to access information about the drugs and procedures used for the execution because this information was not historically accessible. 		Constitutional Law 9th Oct. 17, 2023
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