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
- 416 F3D 338Sterling v. Tenet
- 41 F3D 421Rumsey Indian Rancheria of Wintun Indians v. Wilson
- 4 F3D 26Vote Choice, Inc. v. DiStefano
- 396 F3D 96Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. v. Visa U.S.A. Inc.
- 391 F3D 190In re Combustion Engineering, Inc.
- 389 F3D 411Green Party of New York State v. New York State Board of Elections
- 385 F3D 1236Qwest Corp. v. City of Portland
- 385 F3D 1324Access Now, Inc. v. Southwest Airlines Co.
- 381 F3D 1178Chamberlain Group, Inc. v. Skyline Technologies, Inc.
- 380 F3D 1317Crown Media, LLC v. Gwinnett County
- 380 F3D 1154Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios, Inc. v. Grokster Ltd.
- 38 F3D 563Chauvin v. Department of the Navy
- 38 F3D 402Sycuan Band of Mission Indians v. Roache
- 379 F3D 979Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation v. Richards
- 378 F3D 1002Nissan Motor Co. v. Nissan Computer Corp.
- 378 F3D 1020Demery v. Arpaio
- 376 F3D 853Westlands Water District v. United States Department of the Interior
- 375 F3D 936Squaw Valley Development Co. v. Goldberg
- 374 F3D 822Hamilton v. Newland
- 373 F3D 998Hangarter v. Provident Life & Accident Insurance
- 371 F3D 1137Rui One Corp. v. City of Berkeley
- 368 F3D 409Penn-America Insurance v. Coffey
- 368 F3D 289In re Kensington International Ltd.
- 366 F3D 930National Wrestling Coaches Ass'n v. Department of Education
- 366 F3D 731Friends of Yosemite Valley v. Norton
- 358 F3D 1150Tritchler v. County of Lake
- 357 F3D 205Freedom Holdings Inc. v. Spitzer
- 351 F3D 791Rizzo v. Pierce & Associates
- 351 F3D 410Lolli v. County of Orange
- 348 F3D 789United States v. Sutter
- 343 F3D 1085Montana Right to Life Ass'n v. Eddleman
- 341 F3D 1202Winnebago Tribe v. Stovall
- 34 F3D 901United States ex rel. Morongo Band of Mission Indians v. Rose
- 34 F3D 246Nintendo of America, Inc. v. Aeropower Co.
- 336 F3D 811Kelly v. Arriba Soft Corp.
- 334 F3D 1314Omega Engineering, Inc. v. Raytek Corp.
- 328 F3D 1088California Pro-Life Council, Inc. v. Getman
- 323 F3D 956Enzo Biochem, Inc. v. Gen-Probe Inc.
- 315 F3D 1135Homedics, Inc. v. Valley Forge Insurance
- 307 F3D 783Planned Parenthood of Southern Arizona v. Lawall
- 306 F3D 874Montana Right to Life Ass'n v. Eddleman
- 306 F3D 17Specht v. Netscape Communications Corp.
- 305 F3D 1210Garrett v. Hewlett-Packard Co.
- 304 F3D 927Charter Communications, Inc. v. County of Santa Cruz
- 302 F3D 909Berkla v. Corel Corp.
- 302 F3D 1067Greene v. Henry
- 295 F3D 1315Netscape Communications Corp. v. Konrad
- 294 F3D 1075Little v. Kern County Superior Court
- 292 F3D 1236Chandler v. City of Arvada
- 290 F3D 1043Vizcaino v. Microsoft Corp.