International Longshore and Warehouse Union, Local 10 v. City of Oakland
Clement v. California Department of Corrections
Debro v. San Leandro Unified School District
Yahoo v. La Ligue Contre le racisme et L'antisemitisme (Internet Free Speech)
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.
Carpenter v. City and County of SF
McCoy v. Hearst Corp
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.