Riley v. California

Holding that an employee had a reasonable expectation of privacy in the call records and text messages contained on a cell phone owned by his employer because he "had a right to exclude others from using the phone" and explaining that "a property interest in the item searched is only one factor in the analysis, and lack thereof is not dispositive"

Davis v. Alaska

Holding that this confrontation right is applicable to state and federal defendants alike

Pennsylvania v. Ritchie

Holding that "criminal defendants have the right to the government’s assistance in compelling the attendance of favorable witnesses at trial and the right to put before a jury evidence that might influence the determination of guilt"

United States v. Gonzales

Holding that "any other term of imprisonment" includes terms imposed by state courts

Hilton v. S.C. Pub. Rys. Comm'n

Holding that Will is a rule of statutory construction, not of constitutional law, and that the reliance interests created by the Court's prior decision interpreting the Federal Employers' Liability Act to include state-owned railroads warranted adherence to stare decisis rather than to the clear statement rule

U.S. v. Warshak

Holding that government violated Fourth Amendment when, without warrant, it compelled internet service provider to surrender contents of user emails

In re J.H.

Regarding the prejudicial effect of defective notices; due process violations in dependency proceedings have been held to the harmless beyond a reasonable doubt standard of prejudice

People v. Hammon

In Hammon, the California Supreme Court held that, in light of the strong policy of protecting a patient's treatment history, the Sixth Amendment rights of confrontation and cross-examination do not authorize pretrial disclosure of privileged psychiatric information.

United States v. Pierce

Holding that this "[C]ourt's supplemental [jury] instruction did not modify any essential element of the offense"

Sierra Club v. San Joaquin Local Agency Form. Commn

Acknowledging the existence of “ ‘narrow exceptions to the general rule’ ”

Section Amendment IV - Search and Seizure

Recognizing "[t]he right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures... [without] probable cause"

Section 2510 - Definitions

Defining "[i]nvestigative or law enforcement officer" as an officer "empowered by law to conduct investigations of or to make arrests for [certain] offenses . . . and any attorney authorized by law to prosecute or participate in the prosecution of such offenses"

Section 2701 - Unlawful access to stored communications

Holding liable any person who "intentionally accesses without authorization a facility through which an electronic communication service is provided ... and thereby obtains, alters, or prevents authorized access to a wire or electronic communication while it is in electronic storage"

Section 2703 - Required disclosure of customer communications or records

Recognizing that these providers "shall disclose" such information "when the governmental entity uses an administrative subpoena authorized by a Federal or State statute"

Section 2516 - Authorization for interception of wire, oral, or electronic communications

Listing the executive officers who may authorize a wiretap application

Section 2707 - Civil action

Granting relief to those "aggrieved by any violation of this chapter in which the conduct constituting the violation is engaged in with a knowing or intentional state of mind"

Section 2702 - Voluntary disclosure of customer communications or records

Restricting use of Internet subscriber information without consent

Section 793 - Gathering, transmitting or losing defense information

Referring to § 793 "for the purpose aforesaid"

Section 1524 - [Effective Until 1/1/2025] Grounds for search warrant

Noting that "[t]he property" listed in a search warrant "may be taken on the warrant from any place"

Section 1546 - Definitions

Defining " ‘adverse result’ " for CalECPA purposes

Rule 8.520 - Briefs by parties and amici curiae; judicial notice