69 Cited authorities

Turner v. Safley
482 U.S. 78 (1987) Cited 10,134 times 11 Legal Analyses
Holding a regulation unconstitutional after noting that the prison "pointed to nothing in the record suggesting" the existence of a rational connection between the regulation and the asserted government interest and that "[c]ommon sense likewise suggests that there is no [such] connection"
Cleburne v. Cleburne Living Center, Inc.
473 U.S. 432 (1985) Cited 9,682 times 5 Legal Analyses
Holding that mental disability is not a quasi-suspect class
Santosky v. Kramer
455 U.S. 745 (1982) Cited 8,729 times 4 Legal Analyses
Holding that "[b]efore a State may sever ... the rights of parents in their natural child, due process requires that the State support its allegations by at least clear and convincing evidence"
Washington v. Glucksberg
521 U.S. 702 (1997) Cited 2,629 times 4 Legal Analyses
Holding that there is no fundamental right to physician-assisted suicide
Heller v. Doe
509 U.S. 312 (1993) Cited 2,336 times 1 Legal Analyses
Holding that courts must accept a legislature's generalizations under rational basis review "even when there is an imperfect fit between means and ends" or where the classification "is not made with mathematical nicety"
Federal Communications Commission v. Beach Communications, Inc.
508 U.S. 307 (1993) Cited 2,226 times 7 Legal Analyses
Holding that a law survives rational basis review so long as there is "any reasonably conceivable state of facts that could provide a rational basis for the classification"
Dist. Attorney's Office for the Third Judicial Dist. v. Osborne
557 U.S. 52 (2009) Cited 1,117 times 5 Legal Analyses
Holding that because a plaintiff did not have a liberty interest in state executive clemency, he therefore did not have an interest in "any procedures available to vindicate an interest in state clemency"
Lawrence v. Texas
539 U.S. 558 (2003) Cited 1,150 times 33 Legal Analyses
Holding statute that criminalizes two persons of same sex engaging in intimate sexual conduct unconstitutional under the Fourteenth Amendment
Romer v. Evans
517 U.S. 620 (1996) Cited 1,257 times 13 Legal Analyses
Holding unlawful a state law that precluded local ordinances from protecting homosexuals from discrimination because it "seems inexplicable by anything but animus toward the class it affects"
San Antonio School District v. Rodriguez
411 U.S. 1 (1973) Cited 3,089 times 3 Legal Analyses
Holding that classifications on the basis of geography are not suspect
Rule 56 - Summary Judgment
Fed. R. Civ. P. 56 Cited 328,160 times 158 Legal Analyses
Holding a party may move for summary judgment on any part of any claim or defense in the lawsuit
Rule 201 - Judicial Notice of Adjudicative Facts
Fed. R. Evid. 201 Cited 28,180 times 26 Legal Analyses
Holding "[n]ormally, in deciding a motion to dismiss for failure to state a claim, courts must limit their inquiry to the facts stated in the complaint and the documents either attached to or incorporated in the complaint. However, courts may also consider matters of which they may take judicial notice."
Section 994 - Duties of the Commission
28 U.S.C. § 994 Cited 12,276 times 11 Legal Analyses
Granting the commission authority to "promulgate ... guidelines ... for use ... in determining the sentence to be imposed in a criminal case"
Section 534 - Acquisition, preservation, and exchange of identification records and information; appointment of officials
28 U.S.C. § 534 Cited 203 times
Granting the Attorney General the authority to "acquire collect, classify, and preserve identification, crime, and other records" and to "exchange such records and information with, and for the official use of, authorized officials of the Federal Government . . ."

Perry et al v. Schwarzenegger et al

69 Cited authorities

Holding a regulation unconstitutional after noting that the prison "pointed to nothing in the record suggesting" the existence of a rational connection between the regulation and the asserted government interest and that "[c]ommon sense likewise suggests that there is no [such] connection"

Holding that mental disability is not a quasi-suspect class

Holding that "[b]efore a State may sever ... the rights of parents in their natural child, due process requires that the State support its allegations by at least clear and convincing evidence"

Holding that there is no fundamental right to physician-assisted suicide

Holding that courts must accept a legislature's generalizations under rational basis review "even when there is an imperfect fit between means and ends" or where the classification "is not made with mathematical nicety"

Holding that a law survives rational basis review so long as there is "any reasonably conceivable state of facts that could provide a rational basis for the classification"

Holding that because a plaintiff did not have a liberty interest in state executive clemency, he therefore did not have an interest in "any procedures available to vindicate an interest in state clemency"

Holding statute that criminalizes two persons of same sex engaging in intimate sexual conduct unconstitutional under the Fourteenth Amendment

Holding unlawful a state law that precluded local ordinances from protecting homosexuals from discrimination because it "seems inexplicable by anything but animus toward the class it affects"

Holding that classifications on the basis of geography are not suspect

Holding a party may move for summary judgment on any part of any claim or defense in the lawsuit

Granting the commission authority to "promulgate ... guidelines ... for use ... in determining the sentence to be imposed in a criminal case"

Granting the Attorney General the authority to "acquire collect, classify, and preserve identification, crime, and other records" and to "exchange such records and information with, and for the official use of, authorized officials of the Federal Government . . ."