555 U.S. 460 (2009) Cited 660 times 8 Legal Analyses
Holding that a government adopted donated monument because it "took ownership of that monument and put it on permanent display in a park that it owns and manages"
544 U.S. 550 (2005) Cited 200 times 1 Legal Analyses
Holding that beef advertising campaign constituted government speech because the "message set out in the beef promotions is from beginning to end the message established by the Federal Government"
496 U.S. 1 (1990) Cited 215 times 1 Legal Analyses
Holding that "compelled association" of state bar was justified by the "State's interest in regulating the legal profession and improving the quality of legal services"
30 Cal.App.4th 539 (Cal. Ct. App. 1994) Cited 434 times
Waiving appellant's arguments as she failed to "brief the statutory issue on appeal . . . presented no intelligible legal argument as to any other contentions"
Holding that "there is no tort remedy for the intentional spoliation of evidence by a party to the cause of action to which the spoliated evidence is relevant, in cases in which, as here, the spoliation victim knows or should have known of the alleged spoliation before the trial or other decision on the merits of the underlying action."
521 U.S. 457 (1997) Cited 108 times 2 Legal Analyses
Holding that the Court of Appeals erred in relying on Central Hudson for the purpose of testing the constitutionality of government-mandated assessments for promotional advertising
In Gerawan Farming, 14 Cal.Rptr.3d 14, 90 P.3d at 1189, the court opined that "the compelled funding of commercial speech does not violate the First Amendment if it is part of a larger marketing program... and if the speech is germane to the purpose of the program."
Finding First Amendment concerns where an agricultural act "seem[ed] to really be special interest legislation on behalf of the industry's interest more . . . than the government's"