Berkeley, California
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Berkeley is a city on the east shore of the San Francisco Bay in Northern California, United States. Its neighbors to the south are the cities of Oakland and Emeryville. To the north is the city of Albany and the unincorporated community of Kensington. The eastern city limits coincide with the county line, which generally follows the ridge line of the Berkeley Hills. Berkeley is located in northern Alameda County. Berkeley is the site of the University of California, Berkeley, the oldest of the University of California system, and the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. It is also home to the Graduate Theological Union. The city is noted as one of the most politically liberal in the nation, with one study placing it as the third most liberal city in the United States.
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Landmark decisions involving Berkeley
- McConnell v. Federal Election Commission (2003)540 U.S. 93overruled
- Grutter v. Bollinger (2003)539 U.S. 306
- Lau v. Nichols (1974)414 U.S. 563
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Opinions mentioning Berkeley
- 97 F3D 300Roulette v. City Of Seattle
- 96 F3D 1039Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. CNA Insurance
- 94 F3D 658Florida Audubon Society v. Bentsen
- 94 F3D 1041Eckles v. Consolidated Rail Corp.
- 93 F3D 1337United States v. Hall
- 92 F3D 1486Easyriders Freedom F.I.G.H.T. v. Hannigan
- 88 F3D 704United States v. Wills
- 83 F3D 428Sherman v. Byrd
- 83 F3D 263Kaplon v. Howmedica, Inc.
- 82 F3D 1533Harolds Stores, Inc. v. Dillard Department Stores, Inc.
- 80 F3D 1389Aruta v. Immigration & Naturalization Service
- 79 F3D 859Strother v. Southern California Permanente Medical Group
- 78 F3D 424Woods v. Saturn Distribution Corp.
- 76 F3D 1032Pierce v. Multnomah County
- 74 F3D 169United Food & Commercial Workers International Union, Local 588 v. Foster Poultry Farms
- 72 F3D 633Carver v. Nixon
- 70 F3D 539Parravano v. Babbitt
- 7 F3D 20Ashley v. Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals
- 67 F3D 446AT & T v. National Labor Relations Board
- 66 F3D 335Gallegos v. City of San Gabriel
- 65 F3D 615GNB Battery Technologies, Inc. v. Gould, Inc.
- 64 F3D 1250Rumsey Indian Rancheria of Wintun Indians v. Wilson
- 61 F3D 938Blount v. Securities & Exchange Commission
- 60 F3D 823Mickalis v. Town of Summerville
- 59 F3D 988Arizona Electric Power Cooperative, Inc. v. Berkeley
- 59 F3D 446McDaniels v. Flick
- 59 F3D 1005Calderon v. Prunty
- 58 F3D 1425Ghaly v. Immigration & Naturalization Service
- 54 F3D 873Florida Audubon Society v. Bentsen
- 54 F3D 535Sycuan Band of Mission Indians v. Roache
- 5 F3D 51Transtech Industries, Inc. v. A & Z Septic Clean
- 490 F3D 700Sprint Telephony PCS, L.P. v. County of San Diego
- 49 F3D 1086Resolution Trust Corp. v. Acton
- 486 F3D 590Betz v. Trainer Wortham & Co.
- 485 F3D 1053Bates v. United Parcel Service, Inc.
- 481 F3D 977Winkler v. Gates
- 479 F3D 1061Sprint Telephony PCS, L.P. v. County of San Diego
- 476 F3D 756Swartz v. KPMG LLP
- 476 F3D 723Walton v. U.S. Marshals Service
- 470 F3D 275United States v. Ellis
- 468 F3D 528Freitag v. Ayers
- 456 F3D 363Gross v. German Foundation Industrial Initiative
- 45 F3D 426McMahon v. F & M Bank-Winchester
- 45 F3D 1329Guimond v. Trans Union Credit Information Co.
- 442 F3D 661Wedow v. City of Kansas
- 422 F3D 756Johnson v. AT & T Corp.
- 422 F3D 1012Menendez v. Terhune
- 421 F3D 699Davis v. KARK-TV, Inc.
- 420 F3D 1022Manufactured Home Communities Inc. v. City of San Jose
- 417 F3D 845Rodgers v. U.S. Bank, N.A.