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U.S. v. Martinez
18 U.S.C. section 922(g)(9)'s prohibition against domestic violence misdemeanants from possessing firearms did not violate the Second Amendment facially and as-applied. 		Constitutional Law 9th Mar. 19, 2026
Imperial Sovereign Court of the State of Montana v. Knudsen
Montana law banning drag story hours was unconstitutional content-based restriction on speech that could not survive strict scrutiny because it was neither narrowly tailored nor served a compelling government interest. 		Constitutional Law 9th Mar. 16, 2026
NetChoice LLC v. Bonta
District court erred in preliminarily enjoining California's Age-Appropriate Design Code Act's coverage provision based on tech companies' facial First Amendment challenge because plaintiffs failed to develop a sufficient record of potential applications of the Act. 		Constitutional Law 9th Mar. 13, 2026
Alameda County Taxpayers' Assn., Inc. v. City of Oakland
Although portions of an initiative violated the California Constitution by identifying and giving powers and duties to a private corporation, they were severable, and the remainder of the measure could take effect. 		Constitutional Law, Municipal Law 1DCA/4 Mar. 11, 2026
B.B. v. Capistrano Unified School District
Summary judgment was improper where first-grade student's controversial drawing raised genuine First Amendment issues, namely whether it interfered with another student's right to be secure. 		Constitutional Law 9th Mar. 11, 2026
Uber Technologies, Inc. v. City of Seattle
Seattle Ordinance prohibiting "unwarranted deactivations" of app-delivery drivers' accounts regulated non-expressive conduct, and therefore did not implicate Uber and Instacart's First Amendment rights. 		Constitutional Law 9th Mar. 5, 2026
Mirabelli v. Bonta
Stay of injunction barring enforcing policy preventing California schools from disclosing children's gender transition to parents without the child's permission was improper because policy was unlikely to survive strict scrutiny. 		Education, Constitutional Law USSC Mar. 4, 2026
Villarreal v. Texas
A qualified conferral order that prohibits only discussion of the defendant's testimony for its own sake during a mid-testimony overnight recess does not violate the Sixth Amendment. 		Constitutional Law, Criminal Law and Procedure USSC Feb. 26, 2026
Amended Opinion: Northwest Association of Independent Schools v. Labrador
Idaho statute forbidding schools and libraries from making "harmful" content in the "context in which it is used" available to minors was unconstitutionally overbroad. 		Constitutional Law 9th Feb. 13, 2026
Harris v. Muhammad
District court erroneously denied preliminary injunction for prisoner who sought a diet consistent with his religious beliefs. 		Constitutional Law, Prisoners' Rights 9th Feb. 5, 2026
Brown v. Dept. of Motor Vehicles
Driver's license holder's procedural due process rights were not violated by Department of Motor Vehicle's refusal to disclose identity of third-party reporter who requested reevaluation of licensee's ability to drive. 		Administrative Agencies, Constitutional Law 3DCA Feb. 3, 2026
Modification: Microsoft Corp. v. Superior Court (City of Los Angeles)
LAPD nondisclosure order prohibiting Microsoft from notifying USC of the existence of warrant did not violate the California Electronic Communications Privacy Act (CalECPA) or Microsoft's First Amendment rights. 		Criminal Law and Procedure, Constitutional Law 2DCA/4 Feb. 3, 2026
Knife Rights, Inc. v. Bonta
California's ban on the concealed carry of switchblades does not violate the Second Amendment. 		Constitutional Law 9th Feb. 2, 2026
Northwest Association of Independent Schools v. Labrador
Idaho statute forbidding schools and libraries from making "harmful" content in the "context in which it is used" available to minors was unconstitutionally overbroad. 		Constitutional Law 9th Jan. 30, 2026
Modification: Los Angeles Police Protective League v. City of Los Angeles
Requiring complainants to read and sign advisory notice that filing a knowingly false complaint of police misconduct was a crime placed an unconstitutional burden on speech. 		Constitutional Law CASC Jan. 26, 2026
Ellingburg v. U.S.
Because restitution imposed under the Mandatory Victims Restitution Act constitutes criminal punishment, its retroactive application to offenses committed before its enactment violated the Ex Post Facto Clause. 		Criminal Law and Procedure, Constitutional Law USSC Jan. 21, 2026
Diamond Sands Apartments LLC v. Clark County Nevada
Fine imposed on property owner for tenants' continuing violations of county's short-term rental ordinances was not excessive for Eighth Amendment purposes. 		Constitutional Law 9th Jan. 20, 2026
Microsoft Corp. v. Superior Court (City of Los Angeles)
LAPD nondisclosure order prohibiting Microsoft from notifying USC of the existence of warrant did not violate the California Electronic Communications Privacy Act (CalECPA) or Microsoft's First Amendment rights. 		Criminal Law and Procedure, Constitutional Law 2DCA/4 Jan. 16, 2026
People v. McCowan
California's firearm licensing scheme and Penal Code sections 25850, 30605, and 32310 are not facially unconstitutional under the Second Amendment as interpreted in *Bruen*. 		Criminal Law and Procedure, Constitutional Law 1DCA/1 Jan. 15, 2026
Modification: In re Thai
Limiting types of prison conduct credits available to advance youth parole eligibility date while allowing non-youthful offenders to utilize other types of credits did not violate equal protection. 		Criminal Law and Procedure, Constitutional Law 1DCA/4 Jan. 15, 2026
Case v. Montana
The test for an emergency aid warrantless entry into a home is whether officers have an objectively reasonable basis for believing that an occupant is seriously injured or imminently threatened with such injury. 		Constitutional Law USSC Jan. 15, 2026
People v. Cagle
Defendant's due process claim was forfeited when he failed to raise concerns regarding expert opinions' reliability during trial. 		Evidence, Constitutional Law 1DCA/4 Jan. 9, 2026
Union Gospel Mission of Yakima, WA v. Brown
Christian organization seeking to enjoin enforcement of anti-discrimination law was likely to succeed on the merits because practice of hiring co-religionists for non-ministerial roles was shielded by church autonomy doctrine. 		Constitutional Law 9th Jan. 7, 2026
U.S. v. Vazquez-Ramirez
Prohibition against firearm possession by noncitizens illegally present in the United States did not violate Second Amendment's right to bear arms. 		Constitutional Law 9th Jan. 5, 2026
Peridot Tree Wa, Inc. v. Washington State Liquor and Cannabis Control Board
The dormant Commerce Clause does not apply to residency requirements for cannabis dispensaries because marijuana is illegal under federal law. 		Constitutional Law 9th Jan. 5, 2026
Baird v. Bonta
California's ban on open carry in counties with a population above 200,000 violated the Second Amendment, due to a lack of Founding-era laws regulating carry. 		Constitutional Law 9th Jan. 5, 2026
Thompson v. Central Valley School District No 365
School district's interests in promoting a safe, inclusive environment outweighed assistant principal's First Amendment interest in making offensive political Facebook post. 		Constitutional Law 9th Dec. 31, 2025
California Apartment Assn. v. City of Pasadena
While Pasadena's Measure H, which added provisions to the City Charter pertaining to rent control and evictions, was a constitutionally permissible Charter amendment, state law preempted some provisions. 		Constitutional Law 2DCA/7 Dec. 22, 2025
Reges v. Cauce
Under the *Pickering* balancing test, defendant university failed to demonstrate its legitimate institutional interests outweighed plaintiff professor's First Amendment interest in speaking about a public concern matter in the university setting. 		Constitutional Law 9th Dec. 22, 2025
City of San Jose v. Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Assn.
Because City had a legal obligation to address its pension shortfall, the constitutional debt limit did not restrict the City's discretion in determining how to address that obligation. 		Municipal Law, Constitutional Law CASC Dec. 19, 2025
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