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
- 169 F3D 548United States v. Any & All Radio Station Transmission Equipment
- 166 F3D 986Cook Inlet Treaty Tribes v. Shalala
- 161 F3D 519Shrink Missouri Government Pac v. Adams
- 16 F3D 892United States v. Clay
- 16 F3D 1027United States v. Wilson
- 154 F3D 658United States v. Wilson
- 153 F3D 184Egbuna v. Time-Life Libraries, Inc.
- 151 F3D 717Southworth v. Grebe
- 15 F3D 1519Union School District v. Smith
- 148 F3D 413Gillins v. Berkeley Electric Cooperative, Inc.
- 146 F3D 563Russell v. Burris
- 144 F3D 1182Duffield v. Robertson Stephens & Co.
- 144 F3D 110Goncalves v. Reno
- 14 F3D 1398Sacramento City Unified School District, Board of Education v. Rachel H. ex rel. Holland
- 139 F3D 561Roman Catholic Diocese of Springfield in Illinois v. Maryland Casualty Co.
- 138 F3D 711Malone v. Vasquez
- 136 F3D 603Tyler v. Cisneros
- 135 F3D 1260Norman-Bloodsaw v. Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory
- 134 F3D 379Turner v. Boutista
- 133 F3D 929Smith v. City of Berkeley
- 132 F3D 949Brzonkala v. Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University
- 132 F3D 1311Gibson v. County of Riverside
- 129 F3D 1343Elam Construction, Inc. v. Regional Transportation District
- 128 F3D 647Roberts v. Francis
- 120 F3D 1092American Constitutional Law Foundation, Inc. v. Meyer
- 12 F3D 1574Wickham Contracting Co. v. Fischer
- 119 F3D 794Berkeley Community Health Project v. City of Berkeley
- 117 F3D 1137Systemcare, Inc. v. Wang Laboratories Corp.
- 114 F3D 840Alpha Epsilon Phi Tau Chapter Housing Ass'n v. City of Berkeley
- 112 F3D 652Atlantic Coast Demolition & Recycling, Inc. v. Board of Chosen Freeholders
- 112 F3D 1017Govett American Endeavor Fun Ltd. v. Trueger
- 109 F3D 578Roe v. City & County of San Francisco
- 109 F3D 354Pryner v. Tractor Supply Co.
- 106 F3D 648Rosa H. v. San Elizario Independent School District
- 101 F3D 393Canutillo Independent School District v. Leija ex rel. Leija
- 101 F3D 1315Hairston v. Pacific 10 Conference
- 994 F2D 684United States v. LeMaux
- 994 F2D 1254Aetna Casualty & Surety Co. v. Chicago Insurance
- 993 F2D 1267Welsh v. Boy Scouts of America
- 991 F2D 257Coston v. Bank of Malvern
- 990 F2D 750Hakeem v. Beyer
- 990 F2D 1351McElroy Electronics Corp. v. Federal Communications Commission
- 990 F2D 1266Zumbo v. City of Berkeley
- 989 F2D 914Stachniak v. Hayes
- 983 F2D 1076Krain v. Kahn
- 979 F2D 1326Herring-Marathon Master Partnership B v. Boardwalk Fries, Inc.
- 972 F2D 384International Fabricare Institute v. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
- 969 F2D 1350Haitian Centers Council, Inc. v. McNary
- 964 F2D 1065United States v. Burger
- 963 F2D 1220Cooper v. Dupnik