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Dawson v. City of Seattle
Search is lawful where warrants supported probable cause that search of boardinghouses had fair probability of revealing Health and Safety Code violations. 		Constitutional Law Mar. 20, 2006
People ex rel. Lockyer v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co.
Nonsale distribution of cigarettes at fairs is not protected by 'safe harbor' provision of Health and Safety Code Section 118950. 		Constitutional Law Mar. 15, 2006
People v. Alcala
Requiring defendant to register as sex offender for committing oral copulation is not violation of his equal protection rights. 		Constitutional Law Mar. 14, 2006
Evans v. City of Berkeley
City may decline to grant free boat berths to organization that discriminates based on sexual orientation. 		Constitutional Law Mar. 14, 2006
People v. Alcala
Requiring defendant to register as sex offender for committing oral copulation is not violation of his equal protection rights. 		Constitutional Law Mar. 13, 2006
Viva! International Voice For Animals v. Adidas Promotional Retail Operations Inc.
State law banning import of kangaroo products is pre-empted by federal law under doctrine of conflict pre-emption. 		Constitutional Law Mar. 7, 2006
Gonzales v. O Centro Espirita Beneficente Uniao Do Vegetal
Government has burden to demonstrate compelling interest under Religious Freedom Restoration Act where church's tea used for communion was seized. 		Constitutional Law Feb. 23, 2006
Catholic Charities of Sacramento Inc. v. Superior Court (Dept. of Managed Health Care)
Catholic organization may be compelled to pay for employees' contraceptive prescriptions despite religious objection. 		Constitutional Law Feb. 6, 2006
Howard N., a Minor
Application of civil commitment statute violated minor's right to due process. 		Constitutional Law Feb. 5, 2006
Jevne v. Superior Court (JB Oxford Holdings)
Federal securities law preempts California law dealing with arbitration procedures. 		Constitutional Law Feb. 3, 2006
Gonzales v. Oregon
Controlled Substances Act does not allow Attorney General to prohibit physician-assisted suicide permitted under Oregon law. 		Constitutional Law Feb. 1, 2006
Ayotte v. Planned Parenthood of Northern New England
Invalidating statute that regulates access to abortion in medical emergencies, in its entirety, is not always justified. 		Constitutional Law Feb. 1, 2006
People ex rel Lockyer v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co.
California law restricting distribution of cigarettes on public grounds is not pre-empted by Federal Cigarette Labeling and Advertising Act. 		Constitutional Law Feb. 1, 2006
Wisconsin Right to Life Inc. v. Federal Election Commission
As-applied constitutional challenge to definition of electioneering communications under Section 201 of Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act is not foreclosed by prior ruling. 		Constitutional Law Jan. 27, 2006
Conservatorship of Pamela J.
Conservatee must be present when court determines her capacity or incapacity to consent to electroconvulsive treatment. 		Constitutional Law Jan. 25, 2006
U.S. v. Georgia
Insofar as ADA creates private cause of action for damages against states for constitutional violations, ADA validly abrogates state sovereign immunity. 		Constitutional Law Jan. 12, 2006
Fields v. Palmdale School District
Parents have no constitutional right to exclusive control over introduction and flow of sexual information to their children. 		Constitutional Law Jan. 5, 2006
Opinion of Lockyer
State television and video acts are not pre-empted by federal law insofar as they apply to satellite service providers. 		Constitutional Law Dec. 28, 2005
Concord Christian Center v. Open Bible Standard Churches
Church's attempt to disaffiliate itself from denomination was ineffective. 		Constitutional Law Dec. 28, 2005
U.S. v. Afshari
Constitution does not forbid Congress from requiring individuals to refrain from financially supporting organizations designated as 'terrorist' during period of designation. 		Constitutional Law Dec. 16, 2005
Valov v. Dept. of Motor Vehicles
Licensee was not entitled to religious exemption from state's generally applicable driver's license requirements. 		Constitutional Law Dec. 13, 2005
ASW v. State of Oregon
Adoptive parents have federally enforceable right to adoption assistance and fair hearing before reduction of assistance. 		Constitutional Law Dec. 11, 2005
Arakaki v. Lingle
Hawaiian citizens' equal protection claim against state agency did not raise nonjusticiable political question. 		Constitutional Law Dec. 5, 2005
R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. v. Shewry
Use of excise tax to fund anti-smoking advertising does not violate First Amendment rights of tobacco companies. 		Constitutional Law Dec. 4, 2005
Opinion of Lockyer
Person incarcerated in local detention facility for conviction of felony is ineligible to vote. 		Constitutional Law Nov. 30, 2005
Coshow v. City of Escondido
Public has no right to prevent city from putting fluoride in drinking water. 		Constitutional Law Nov. 29, 2005
Preminger v. Principi
Department of Veterans' Affairs regulation prohibiting partisan activities at its facility did not violate First Amendment. 		Constitutional Law Nov. 21, 2005
Gospel Missions of America v. City of Los Angeles
Los Angeles ordinance regarding charitable solicitations is not unconstitutionally vague. 		Constitutional Law Nov. 15, 2005
Doe v. United States
Federal health insurance program for families of soldiers does not have to pay for wife's abortion of anencephalic fetus. 		Constitutional Law Nov. 15, 2005
Knight v. Superior Court (Schwarzenegger)
Domestic Partnership Act does not amend defense of marriage initiative. 		Constitutional Law Nov. 9, 2005
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