Burrage v. United States

Holding that "results from" imposes but-for causation

Muscarello v. United States

Holding that "us[ing] or carr[ying] a firearm" occurs when the firearm is locked in the glove compartment or trunk of a vehicle that the defendant is driving

United States v. Bass

Holding § 922(g)'s predecessor constitutional in light of the jurisdictional element

Briggs v. Eden Council for Hope Opportunity

Holding that anti-SLAPP motions brought "to strike a cause of action arising from a statement made before, or in connection with an issue under consideration by, a legally authorized official proceeding need not separately demonstrate that the statement concerned an issue of public significance."

Dyna-Med, Inc. v. Fair Employment Housing Com

Holding that the statute did not extend to cover remedies that were “different in kind from the enumerated remedies,” because “ more reasonable reading of the phrase ‘including, but not limited to,’ ... permitting only additional corrective remedies comports with the statutory construction doctrines of ejusdem generis, expressio unius est exclusio alterius and noscitur a sociis.”

Cortez v. Purolator Air Filtration Products Co.

Holding restitution is "the return of the excess of what the plaintiff gave the defendant over the value of what the plaintiff received"

People v. Castenada

Finding that legislature's wording of "actively participates," as contained in Cal. Penal Code § 186.22, is not void for vagueness

People v. Avery

Allowing courts to look to the entire record of conviction to determine whether the out-of-state conduct constitutes a "serious felony" under Three Strikes

Green v. State

Holding that the FEHA protects only employees with a disability who can perform the essential duties of the job with reasonable accommodation

People v. Bland

Finding that it was reasonable for a jury to infer facilitative nexus where the drugs were found in the closet in the same room where an unloaded rifle was found beneath the defendant's bed

Section 924 - Penalties

Holding that conviction for eluding police, under Maine statute which provides that "[w]hoever, after being requested or signaled to stop, attempts to elude a law enforcement officer by driving a vehicle at a reckless rate of speed which results in a high-speed chase between the operator's vehicle and any law enforcement vehicle using a blue light and siren is guilty" of a felony-level crime, involves conduct that presents a serious potential risk of physical injury to another for purposes of 18 U.S.C. § 924(e)

Section Amendment XIV - Rights Guaranteed: Privileges and Immunities of Citizenship, Due Process, and Equal Protection

Prohibiting deprivations by “State”

Section 7

Guaranteeing due process and equal protection

Rule 8.500 - Petition for review