News on California Supreme Court

Calif. court rejects limits on medical marijuana

2010-02-22T16:22:32Z

<div><p>LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The California Supreme Court on Thursday rejected limits on medical marijuana imposed by state lawmakers, finding that people with prescriptions for pot can have and grow all they need for personal use.</p><p>The...

California court rejects limits on medical marijuana

2010-02-22T16:47:17Z

Calif. high court strikes down medical pot limits

2010-02-22T16:55:16Z

<div id="subtitle">Calif. Supreme Court strikes down Legislature's attempt to set medical marijuana limits</div><div><p>A unanimous California Supreme Court on Thursday struck down a law that sought to impose limits on the amount of marijuana a medical patient can legally possess.</p><p>The California Supreme Court ruled that state la...

Calif. court limits damages in harassment case

2010-02-23T22:51:42Z

<div id="subtitle">California Supreme Court reduces punitive damages in McKesson harassment lawsuit</div><div><p>The California Supreme Court has reduced the punitive damages that McKesson Corp. must pay a former employee who claimed she was harassed because she suffered panic attacks and ha...

Calif. court to hear challenge to Jessica's Law

2010-02-24T10:30:48Z

<div id="subtitle">Calif. high court to hear challenge to restrictions on where sex offenders live</div><div><p>The California Supreme Court is set to hear arguments challenging a key section of a law aimed at protecting children from sexual predators.</p><p>Jessica's Law prohibits registered sex offenders from living within 2,000 fee...

Dying Manson follower Atkins denied parole

2010-02-25T12:23:50Z

<div><p>LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Susan Atkins, a follower of mass killer Charles Manson convicted nearly four decades ago in some of the most notorious murders in U.S. history, lo...

Calif. high court: Breath test accuracy can vary

2010-02-26T11:25:53Z

<div><p>The California Supreme Court has joined a handful of other courts in the country that have said Breathalyzer results mean different things for different people and ruled that suspected drunken drivers can attack the test results in court.</p><p>Defense attorneys lauded Thursday's unanimous ruling for deferring to science, which has shown for years that t...

1st Anniversary Of CA Supreme Ct Ruling Allowing Gay Marriage Remembered

2009-06-17T22:16:03Z

SACRAMENTO - JUNE 17: Janet Nottley, (L) and her wife Jen Borgen, (R) celebrate their one-year wedding anniversary with a piece of cake, and the one-year anniversary of a California Supreme Court ruling allowing same-sex marriages, during a press conference...

California high court won't delay Chris Brown case

2010-02-26T20:24:01Z

<div id="subtitle">California Supreme Court refuses to intervene in or delay Chris Brown preliminary hearing</div><div><p>The California Supreme Court has refused to intervene or delay Chris Brown's preliminary hearing.</p><p>Court records show a petition filed by...

Gay Marriage Dominates Online, Ignored Offline

2010-02-27T01:19:54Z

<div id="subtitle">Coverage of gay marriage dominates the conversation online but is being roundly ignored by traditional offline media sources</div><div><p> <p>Coverage of gay marriage continues to dominate the conversation online but is being roundly ignored by traditional offline media sources, according to newly released New Media Index figures by the Pew R...

Bank of America wins in $1 billion-plus California lawsuit

2010-02-27T03:18:42Z

<div><p>NEW YORK (Reuters) - California's highest court on Monday ruled that Bank of America Corp &lt;BAC.N&gt; need not pay a potential $1 billion or more to customers who claimed the bank illegally raided Social Security benefits to collect fees.&...

Gay Marriage

2009-05-31T03:00:19Z

Organizer Robin MeGehee wipes a tear from her eye as she speaks during a Meet in the Middle 4 Equality rally in Fresno, Calif. on Saturday, May 30, 2009 to protest the California Supreme Court decision to uphold Proposition 8 which bans gay marriage in the state Con...

ADDITION Gay Marriage

2009-05-30T19:41:15Z

Organizer Robin McGehee gives an emotional speech as her son Sebastian holds on to her during a Meet in the Middle 4 Equality rally in Fresno, Calif. on Saturday, May 30, 2009 to protest the California Supreme Court decision to uphold Proposition 8 which bans gay ma...

Hundreds Arrested Protesting Calif. Gay Marriage Ban

2010-02-27T05:12:04Z

<div id="subtitle">About 175 people were arrested Tuesday protesting against the Calif. Supreme Court's decision to uphold Proposition 8</div><div><p><p>About 175 people were arrested Tuesday while protesting against the California Supreme Court's ruling that upholds the constitutionality of...

news gay protest

2009-05-28T09:44:47Z

Hundreds of protestors rally in Greenwich Village after the California Supreme Court decision to uphold Proposition 8 which outlawed gay marriage New York City, USA - 26.05.09

Rallying cry in San Francisco to overturn gay marriage ban

2010-02-27T05:12:41Z

<div><p>Gay marriage supporters faced off with police in San Francisco on Tuesday after the California Supreme Court upheld a voter-approved ban on same-sex weddings.</p><p>Decrying what they maintain is an unconstitutional denial of a civil right to members of the gay community, opponents of the ban vowe...

California Supreme Court Upholds Ban On Gay Marriage

2009-05-27T00:22:40Z

LOS ANGELES, CA - MAY 26: Supporters of same-sex marriage attend a rally on Hollywood Boulevard following the California Supreme Court's ruling to uphold Proposition 8, on May 26, 2009 in Los Angeles, California. The California State Supreme Court voted 6...

CA Court To Issue Ruling On Constitutional Amendment Banning Gay Marriages

2009-05-27T00:22:30Z

LOS ANGELES, CA - MAY 26: Supporters of same sex marriage write with chalk on Hollywood Boulevard during a rally following the California Supreme Court's ruling to uphold Proposition 8, on May 26, 2009 in Los Angeles, California. The California State Supr...

California upholds gay marriage ban

2010-02-27T05:23:50Z

<div><p>California's Supreme Court upheld a ban on gay marriage but said some 18,000 same-sex weddings carried out before the ban took effect would remain valid.</p><p>Gay and lesbian activists had sought to overturn the result of a November referendum known as Proposition 8 that redefined marriage in

175 arrested at California gay marriage ban protest

2010-02-27T05:25:25Z

<div><p> Around 175 people were arrested in San Francisco while taking part in peaceful protests against a California Supreme Court decision to uphold a ban on same-sex marriage, police said.</p><p>A spokeswoman for the