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GARCIA (SERGIO C.) ON ADMISSION

Amicus Curiae Brief of La Raza Lawyers Association of Sacramento, et al.

33 Cited authorities

  1. United States v. Lopez

    514 U.S. 549 (1995)   Cited 2,373 times   21 Legal Analyses
    Holding that the Gun-Free School Zones Act "exceeds the authority of Congress to ‘regulate Commerce’ " as it "neither regulates a commercial activity nor" "contains jurisdictional element which would ensure, through case-by-case inquiry, that the firearm possession in question affects interstate commerce" (quoting U.S. Const. Art. I § 8 cl. 3 )

  2. Plyler v. Doe

    457 U.S. 202 (1982)   Cited 3,009 times   15 Legal Analyses
    Holding that States cannot deny to illegal aliens the free public education they provide to citizens and legally documented aliens

  3. Hoffman Plastic Compounds v. Nat'l Labor Relations Bd.

    535 U.S. 137 (2002)   Cited 317 times   38 Legal Analyses
    Holding that backpay awards to undocumented workers terminated in violation of the National Labor Relations Act ran counter to federal immigration law

  4. Hines v. Davidowitz

    312 U.S. 52 (1941)   Cited 2,184 times   12 Legal Analyses
    Holding that the Alien Registration Act of 1940 preempted Pennsylvania's alien registration requirements

  5. Schware v. Board of Bar Examiners

    353 U.S. 232 (1957)   Cited 974 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Holding that a state cannot exclude a person from the practice of law based on failure to satisfy its standards of qualification "when there is no basis for their finding that he fails to meet these standards"

  6. In re Griffiths

    413 U.S. 717 (1973)   Cited 373 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Holding unconstitutional a Connecticut law barring aliens from becoming lawyers

  7. Supreme Court of New Hampshire v. Piper

    470 U.S. 274 (1985)   Cited 236 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Holding that New Hampshire rule excluding nonresidents from bar violated Clause

  8. Caminetti v. United States

    242 U.S. 470 (1917)   Cited 1,906 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Holding that importation of a woman for immoral purposes may constitutionally be regulated even when it is not for material gain

  9. Konigsberg v. State Bar

    353 U.S. 252 (1957)   Cited 233 times
    In Konigsberg v. State Bar of California, 353 U.S. 252, 256-258 (1957), for example, California argued that the California Supreme Court's order dismissing the petitioner's prayer for relief was based on an independent and adequate state ground: the requirements of a state procedural rule.

  10. Save Tara v. City of West Hollywood

    45 Cal.4th 116 (Cal. 2008)   Cited 101 times   15 Legal Analyses
    Recognizing the "two considerations of legislative policy important to the timing of mandated EIR preparation: that CEQA not be interpreted to require an EIR before the project is well enough defined to allow for meaningful environmental evaluation; and that CEQA not be interpreted as allowing an EIR to be delayed beyond the time when it can, as a practical matter, serve its intended function of informing and guiding decision makers."

  11. Section 1603 - Definitions

    28 U.S.C. § 1603   Cited 1,351 times   7 Legal Analyses
    Requiring that a "majority" of "shares or other ownership interest" be "owned" by the foreign state or its political subdivision

  12. Section 1

    Cal. Const. art. VI § 1   Cited 233 times

    The judicial power of this State is vested in the Supreme Court, courts of appeal, and superior courts, all of which are courts of record. Cal. Const. art. VI § 1

  13. Section 1621 - Aliens who are not qualified aliens or nonimmigrants ineligible for State and local public benefits

    8 U.S.C. § 1621   Cited 103 times   2 Legal Analyses
    Granting the U.S. Attorney General sole discretion to exempt certain state or local public benefits from PRWORA’s restrictions

  14. Section 18

    Cal. Const. art. VI § 18   Cited 103 times
    Providing for discipline and removal of judges for misconduct by the California Commission on Judicial Performance"

  15. Rule 9.22 - Suspension of licensees of the State Bar for failure to comply with judgment or order for child or family support

    Cal. R. 9.22   Cited 8 times

    (a)State Bar recommendation for suspension of delinquent licensees Under Family Code section 17520, the State Bar is authorized to transmit to the Supreme Court twice a year the names of those licensees listed by the State Department of Child Support Services as delinquent in their payments of court-ordered child or family support with a recommendation for their suspension from the practice of law. (Subd (a) amended effective January 1, 2019; previously amended effective January 1, 2007.) (b)Conditions

  16. Rule 9.2 - Interim Special Regulatory Assessment for Attorney Discipline

    Cal. R. 9.2   Cited 3 times

    (a) This rule is adopted by the Supreme Court solely as an emergency interim measure to protect the public, the courts, and the legal profession from the harm that may be caused by the absence of an adequately functioning attorney disciplinary system. The Supreme Court contemplates that the rule may be modified or repealed once legislation designed to fund an adequate attorney disciplinary system is enacted and becomes effective. (b) (1) Each active licensee shall pay a mandatory regulatory assessment

  17. Rule 9.44 - Registered foreign legal consultant

    Cal. R. 9.44   Cited 2 times

    (a)Definition A "registered foreign legal consultant" is a person who: (1) Is admitted to practice and is in good standing as an attorney or counselor-at-law or the equivalent in a foreign country; and (2) Has a currently effective certificate of registration as a registered foreign legal consultant from the State Bar. (Subd (a) amended effective January 1, 2007.) (b)State Bar registered foreign legal consultant program The State Bar must establish and administer a program for registering foreign

  18. Rule 9.30 - Law school study in schools other than those accredited by the examining committee

    Cal. R. 9.30   Cited 1 times

    (a)Receipt of credit A person who seeks to be certified to the Supreme Court for admission in and licensed to practice law under section 6060(e)(2) of the Business and Professions Code may receive credit for: (1) Study in a law school in the United States other than one accredited by the examining committee established by the Board of Trustees of the State Bar under Business and Professions Code section 6046 only if the law school satisfies the requirements of (b) or (c) of this rule; or (2) Instruction