Answers to Worksheet 2 B
California Cases
1. People v. Adult World Bookstore, 108 Cal.App.3d 404, 166 Cal.Rptr. 519 (1980)
2.
In re Mary M. 180 Cal.App.3d 1058, 226 Cal.Rptr. 5 (1986)
3. Brother Records v. Jardin
4.
Enrique G., A minor 140
318 F.3d 900 (2003)
Cal.App.4th 676, 44 Cal.Rptr.3d 724 (2006)
U.S. Supreme Court
5. City of Cleburne v. Cleburne Living Ctr. Inc., 473 U.S. 432 (1985)
6. Hamdi v. Rumsfeld 542 U.S. 507 (2004)
7. Simon and Schuster, Inc. v. Members of the New York State Crime Victims Board, 502
U.S. 105 (1991)
8. Laboratory Corp of America Holdings v. Metabolite Laboratories Inc. 126 S.Ct. 2921
(2006)
Find and cite the following cases from unknown jurisdictions:
9. Baum v. New York Central Railroad (1958) 12 Misc.2d 622, 175 N.Y.S.2d 628
10. Groucho Marx Productions, Inc. v. Day and Night Company
a. 689 F.2d 317 (2d Cir 1982)
11. Major League Baseball Players Ass’n v. Garvey
a. Major League Baseball Players Ass'n v. Garvey, 532 U.S. 504, 121 S. Ct. 1724,
149 L. Ed. 2d 740 (2001)
12. U.S. v. Weber
a. United States v. Weber, 451 F.3d 552 (9th Cir. 2006)
Find name and date
13. volume 92 page 496 of the California Appellate Reports, Third Series
a. Pay Less Drug Stores v. Bechdolt (1979)
14. 438 U.S. 265:
Regents of University of California v. Bakke
15. page 1, volume 387 of the U.S. Reports:
16. 210 F.2d 188:
C.I.R. v. Landers Corp
Application of Gault (1967)
17. page 680, volume 23 of the Pacific Reports :
18. 74 S.Ct. 593:
Cheyney v. Smith (1890)
Federal Communications Com'n v. American Broadcasting Co.
(1954)
19. 212 F.2d 535 :
Arizona Power Co. v. Stuart 1954
20. 185
Knoell v. Cerkvenik-Anderson Travel, Inc. (1996)
Ariz. 546:
21. A state has a law providing that in a criminal case a defendant will not be adjudged insane
unless he demonstrates that at the time of the crime, he was afflicted with a mental disease or
defect of such severity that he did not know the criminal act was wrong. Does this violate Due
Process under the U.S. Constitution? Find a recent (2006) case on this point.
Answer: CLARK v. ARIZONA
2006
22. According to a recent U.S. Supreme Court, where the parties have a contract that contains an
arbitration clause, and where one party claims that the arbitration provision is void for illegality,
is the claim to be decided by a court or an arbitrator?
Answer: BUCKEYE CHECK CASHING, INC. v. CARDEGNA
23. What is the name and citation of a 2006 U.S. Supreme Court case dealing with redistricting
in Texas?
Answer: League of United Latin American Citizens v. Perry,
24. Plaintiff, a resident of a rest home, was injured by another resident, who had a history of
violent tendencies that the owners of the home knew about. Under California case law, is there a
cause of action against the owners for these injured?
Answer: Mast v. Magpusao 1986 180 Cal. App. 3d 775
25 Davis owns a used car lot and leaves keys in each car, open and unattended. Crenshaw
comes onto lot, takes a car and injures Peters. Under California law, is Davis Responsible?
Answer: Murray v. Wright 166 Cal. App 2d 589 (1958)
26
Does the government seizure of an automobile owned by both a husband and wife violate
the rights of the wife where the seizure is based on the fact that the husband committed an act of
prostitution in the vehicle and the wife committed no crime? The seizure took place pursuant to
laws allowing the government to seize property used to commit a crime. (U.S. Supreme Court
case)
Answer: Bennis v. Michigan
27 Can a judge be sued for violating a person’s civil rights where the judge extends the
sentence after it was imposed? (Federal appellate court decision)
Answer:
Sadoski v. Mosley
Defendant was charged in an information with a sale and purchase for sale of marijuana His
defense was that he had a physician's recommendation to use medical marijuana. The court
refused to allow him to use this as a defense. Find the 2014 California appellate court case.
Answer People v. Baniani, 229 Cal. App. 4th 45, 48, 176 Cal. Rptr. 3d 764, 766 (2014)
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