Berkeley, California
1 law school1 law library1,266 opinions mention this place
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.
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
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
Law schools in Berkeley
Law libraries in Berkeley
Find legal help in Berkeley
Practice-area guides and local resources for Berkeley, California.
Other cities in California
Ordered by number of opinions mentioning each city.
- Standard · 115,759
- Washington · 107,419
- Challenge · 70,447
- Likely · 57,899
- Williams · 54,213
- Columbia · 42,186
- Davis · 41,471
- Anderson · 40,157
- Jackson · 37,433
- Bell · 24,241
- Nelson · 24,164
- Los Angeles · 21,132
- Marshall · 20,826
- Freedom · 19,410
- Campbell · 17,375
- Arnold · 16,135
- Ross · 16,022
- Edwards · 15,826
- Baker · 15,587
- Wallace · 15,235
- San Francisco · 14,989
- Orleans · 12,956
- Raymond · 12,143
- Richmond · 10,476
Opinions mentioning Berkeley
- 956 F2D 1300Richmond Tenants Organization, Inc. v. Kemp
- 955 F2D 1312Service Employees International Union v. Fair Political Practices Commission
- 955 F2D 1214McCalden v. California Library Ass'n
- 951 F2D 1466United States v. Sturman
- 939 F2D 808Oscar v. University Students Co-operative Ass'n
- 933 F2D 759Goss Golden West Sheet Metal, Inc. v. Sheet Metal Workers International Union, Local 104
- 933 F2D 1481Employers Insurance of Wausau v. National Union Fire Insurance Co. of Pittsburgh
- 930 F2D 1440Alameda County Training & Employment Board v. U.S. Department of Labor
- 928 F2D 519Association of American Medical Colleges v. Cuomo
- 925 F2D 745LCS Services, Inc. v. Hamrick
- 925 F2D 1385Municipal Utilities Bd. v. Alabama Power Co.
- 924 F2D 1520Cooper v. Dupnik
- 924 F2D 1062Chou v. University of California
- 921 F2D 183Tuttle v. Henry J. Kaiser Co.
- 917 F2D 1150Blackwell v. City of St. Charles
- 908 F2D 1108Doherty v. U.S. Department of Justice, Immigration & Naturalization Service
- 902 F2D 760Mendoza Perez v. U.S. Immigration & Naturalization Service
- 902 F2D 201Dougherty v. American Telephone & Telegraph Co.
- 899 F2D 951Reazin v. Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Kansas, Inc.
- 897 F2D 1519West Coast Theater Corp. v. City of Portland
- 895 F2D 1535Masson v. New Yorker Magazine, Inc.
- 894 F2D 547Granite Computer Leasing Corp. v. Travelers Indemnity Co.
- 887 F2D 1213Terra Nova Insurance v. 900 Bar, Inc.
- 885 F2D 642Hansen v. Black
- 881 F2D 1452Masson v. New Yorker Magazine, Inc.
- 878 F2D 1290Smith Machinery Co. v. Hesston Corp.
- 876 F2D 1446Davis v. Marsh
- 875 F2D 916Lamphere v. Brown University
- 872 F2D 907Narell v. Freeman
- 863 F2D 601Tuttle v. Henry J. Kaiser Co.
- 859 F2D 762Guadamuz v. Bowen
- 858 F2D 579Ridgeway v. Montana High School Ass'n
- 858 F2D 467Keith v. Volpe
- 858 F2D 1394BV Engineering v. University of California
- 857 F2D 1300Bateson v. Geisse
- 856 F2D 1572United States v. Solomon
- 856 F2D 1425United States v. Freitas
- 855 F2D 1485King v. Southern Pacific Transportation Co.
- 854 F2D 1442AT & T Information Systems, Inc. v. Federal Communications Commission
- 853 F2D 932Palestine Information Office v. Shultz
- 852 F2D 413United States v. Benjamin
- 852 F2D 1241United States v. Pemberton
- 851 F2D 226Territory of Guam v. Taisipic
- 841 F2D 886Brandchaft v. E.F. Hutton & Co.
- 840 F2D 964Southern Union Gas Co. v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
- 840 F2D 701Chalk v. United States District Court Central District of California
- 839 F2D 628Territory of Guam v. Iglesias
- 838 F2D 698Walsh Trucking Co. v. Insurance Co. of North America
- 834 F2D 751Toyota of Berkeley v. Automobile Salesmen's Union, Local 1095
- 832 F2D 947Michigan State Chamber of Commerce v. Austin