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Coalition on Homelessness v. City and County of San Francisco
San Francisco's policy of towing lawfully parked vehicles with unpaid parking tickets did not fall under the Fourth Amendment's vehicular community caretaking exception because it did not serve an immediate public need. 		Constitutional Law 1DCA/5 Jul. 25, 2023
Nora Phillips v. U. S. Customs and Border Protection
Plaintiffs, seeking to expunge records gathered due to migrant caravan association, lacked standing because they failed to establish that the government's retention of records constituted a concrete harm. 		Constitutional Law 9th Jul. 24, 2023
Progressive Democrats, et al. v. Rob Bonta
Statute prohibiting local government employees from soliciting political donations but not state government employees was unconstitutional because it was not appropriately tailored to achieve the State's asserted interests. 		Constitutional Law 9th Jul. 20, 2023
Amended Opinion: Jones v. Google LLC
Express preemption did not apply to children's claims because Congress intended to preempt inconsistent state laws, not state laws that are consistent with the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act's substantive requirements. 		Constitutional Law 9th Jul. 14, 2023
Amended Opinion: Johnson v. City of Grants Pass
Under the Eight Amendment's Cruel and Unusual Punishment Clause, homeless individuals may not be prosecuted for protecting themselves against the elements. 		Constitutional Law 9th Jul. 7, 2023
Project Veritas v. Schmidt
Oregon law prohibiting unannounced recordings of conversations was facially invalid as a content-based restriction that violates free speech. 		Constitutional Law 9th Jul. 6, 2023
In re D.L.
Statutory provision criminalizing possessing a loaded firearm in public was not unconstitutional even though "good cause" licensing requirement of related statutory scheme was unconstitutional because the invalid provision was severable. 		Constitutional Law 1DCA/2 Jul. 6, 2023
303 Creative LLC v. Elenis
Colorado could not require a graphic designer to create tailored websites celebrating same-sex marriages that violated her religious beliefs since the government cannot compel someone to speak its preferred message. 		Constitutional Law USSC Jul. 3, 2023
Department of Education v. Brown
Respondents lacked Article III standing because they failed to establish that any injury they suffered from not having their student loans forgiven was fairly traceable to the debt forgiveness plan. 		Constitutional Law USSC Jul. 3, 2023
Biden v. Nebraska
The Higher Education Relief Opportunities for Students Act did not grant the Secretary of Education the authority to establish a sweeping student loan forgiveness program. 		Constitutional Law USSC Jul. 3, 2023
Groff v. DeJoy
Employers must show that accommodating an employee's religious practices imposed "substantial" costs rather than "more than de minimis costs" for the possible accommodation to be considered an undue hardship. 		Constitutional Law USSC Jun. 30, 2023
Students for Fair Admissions, Inc. v. President and Fellows of Harvard College
Justification of race consideration in college admissions process must meet particular standards to pass Equal Protection's strict scrutiny analysis. 		Constitutional Law USSC Jun. 30, 2023
Moore v. Harper
The Elections Clause does not vest exclusive and independent authority in state legislatures to set the rules regarding federal elections. 		Constitutional Law USSC Jun. 28, 2023
U.S v. Texas
States lacked standing to challenging presidential administration's immigration-enforcement guidelines because their alleged injury was not redressable by the court due to the Executive Branch's exclusive discretion to prosecute offenses. 		Constitutional Law USSC Jun. 26, 2023
Modification: San Bernardino County Board of Supervisors v. Monell
Voter initiative limiting San Bernardino County supervisors to a single four-year term was constitutional. 		Constitutional Law 4DCA/2 Jun. 19, 2023
San Bernardino County Board of Supervisors v. Monell
Voter initiative limiting San Bernardino County supervisors to a single four-year term was constitutional. 		Constitutional Law 4DCA/2 May 30, 2023
Tyler v. Hennepin County
Plaintiff plausibly alleged that a Minnesota county's retention of the excess value of her home above her tax debt violated the Takings Clause. 		Constitutional Law USSC May 26, 2023
Amended Opinion: Porter v. Martinez
Although restriction on using vehicle's horn was a restriction on speech, it was narrowly tailored to further government's interest in traffic safety. 		Constitutional Law 9th May 23, 2023
National Pork Producers Council v. Ross
Proposition 12, requiring certain pig confinement standards for pork sold in California, did not run afoul of the "dormant" Commerce Clause. 		Constitutional Law USSC May 12, 2023
Modification: Thompson v. Spitzer
Dismissal of residents' challenge to Orange County DNA collection program was reversed because participants were not informed of how their DNA samples could be used before waiving their privacy rights. 		Constitutional Law 4DCA/3 May 9, 2023
Kennedy Jr. v. Warren
Senator's letter requesting Amazon review and adjust its algorithm so it would not promote COVID-19 misinformation published by third parties was not a coercive violation of the First Amendment. 		Constitutional Law 9th May 5, 2023
Atkins v. St. Cecilia Catholic School
Summary judgment was improper where triable issues of fact existed regarding the ministerial exception's application to plaintiff, an office administrator and art teacher at defendant Catholic school. 		Constitutional Law 2DCA/8 May 2, 2023
People v. Bocanegra
Possession of an assault weapon charge did not violate defendant's Second Amendment right because an AR-15 rifle is not a weapon typically possessed by law-abiding citizens for lawful purposes. 		Constitutional Law 3DCA May 1, 2023
Pyankovska v. Abid
Court erred in holding that *Noerr-Pennington* doctrine immunized husband's attorney from wiretapping claims because attaching a selectively edited transcript of a secretly recorded conversation was not a petitioning activity. 		Constitutional Law 9th Apr. 19, 2023
Modification: Boydston v. Padilla
California's 2016 semi-closed presidential primary system survived a constitutional challenge because it minimally burdened unaffiliated voter and furthered the state's interest in orderly voting. 		Constitutional Law 4DCA/1 Apr. 18, 2023
Palmer v. City of Anaheim
Anaheim's 4% general fund transfer fee for its public utility department complied with the voter approval requirements of the California Constitution. 		Constitutional Law 4DCA/3 Apr. 18, 2023
Modification: Boydston v. Weber
California's 2016 semi-closed presidential primary system survived a constitutional challenge because it minimally burdened unaffiliated voter and furthered the state's interest in orderly voting. 		Constitutional Law 4DCA/1 Apr. 18, 2023
Thompson v. Spitzer
Dismissal of residents' challenge to Orange County DNA collection program was reversed because participants were not informed of how their DNA samples could be used before waiving their privacy rights. 		Constitutional Law 4DCA/3 Apr. 13, 2023
Boydston v. Padilla
California's 2016 semi-closed presidential primary system survived a constitutional challenge because it minimally burdened unaffiliated voter and furthered the state's interest in orderly voting. 		Constitutional Law 4DCA/1 Apr. 13, 2023
Modification: Castellanos v. State of California (Protect App-Based Drivers and Services)
Provisions defining what constituted an amendment to an initiative statute were unconstitutional as they intruded on both the Legislature's power as well as the Judiciary's authority to interpret the law. 		Constitutional Law 1DCA/4 Apr. 13, 2023
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