Court Cases

Witnesses - including the media - are permitted to have full view of entire execution process.

The Oakland Police Department agrees to implement sweeping reforms to end the use of less lethal weapons against demonstrators.

The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeal rejects an attempt by the French courts to force Yahoo! to block French users' access to web pages that contain speech related to Nazism. The ACLU Foundation of Northern California filed an influential amicus brief in the case.

The California Supreme Court establishes that the First Amendment requires a higher standard of proof and review to find libel, especially when the respondents are public figures.