UC Law Constitutional Quarterly is dedicated to publishing innovative and reputable articles, many of which have been cited by courts across the nation. The Quarterly has captured the attention of the United States Supreme Court, state supreme courts, and state appellate courts.

What we’ve achieved. . .

  • United States Supreme Court

    • Bobby James Moore v. Tex., 581 U.S. _ (2017).

    • Christian Legal Society v. Martinez, 130 S. Ct. 2971 (2010).

    • Citizens United v. FEC, 558 U.S. 310 (2010).

    • Maryland v. Shatzer, 130 S. Ct. 1213 (2010).

    • Buckley v. Am. Constitutional Law Found., Inc., 525 U.S. 182 (1999).

    • Gormley v. Dir., Conn. State Dept. of Adult Probation, 449 U.S. 1023 (1980) (White, B., dissenting).

  • United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit

    • Gov't of the V.I. v. Scotland, 614 F.2d 360 (3d Cir. 1980).

  • United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

    • Bowen v. Watkins, 669 F.2d 979 (5th Cir. 1982).

  • United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit

    • U.S. v. Jones, 689 F.3d 696 (7th Cir. 2012).

    • Hill v. Ross, 183 F.3d 586 (7th Cir. 1999).

  • United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

    • McCoy v. City of Monticello, 342 F.3d 842 (8th Cir. 2003).

    • U.S. v. Barnes, 634 F.2d 387 (8th Cir. 1980).

    • Tureen v. Equifax, 571 F.2d 411 (8th Cir. 1978).

  • United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

    • U.S. v. Franklin, 701 Fed. Appx. 575 (9th Cir. 2017) (Pregerson, J., dissenting).

    • Raich v. Gonzales, 500 F.3d 850 (9th Cir. 2007).

    • U.S. v. Navarro-Vargas, 408 F.3d 1184 (9th Cir. 2005).

    • RUI One Corp. v. City of Berkeley, 371 F.3d 1137 (9th Cir. 2004).

    • United Food and Commercial Workers Union, Local 1036 v. NLRB, 307 F.3d 760 (9th Cir. 2002).

  • United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit

    • Jones v. Governor of Florida, 975 F.3d 1016 (11th Cir. 2020).

  • United States District Court for the Northern District of California

    • West v. Hatton, No. 17-cv-01440-PJH (N.D. Cal. 2017).

  • United States District Court for the Central District of California

    • Renteria v. Asunsion, No. CV 16-6874 R (FFM) (C.D. Cal. 2016).

  • United States District Court for the District of Colorado

    • U.S. v. Jordan, No. 04-cr-00229-LTB (D. Colo. 2014).

  • United States District Court for the District of Illinois

    • Spallone v. Vill. of Roselle, 584 F. Supp. 1387 (N.D. Ill. 1984).

  • United States District Court for the District of Kansas

    • Rinsley v. Brandt, 446 F. Supp. 850 (D. Kan. 1977).

  • United States District Court for the District of Maryland

    • Witten v. A.H. Smith & Co., 567 F. Supp. 1063 (D. Md. 1983).

  • United States District Court for the District of Nebraska

    • Bernbeck v. Moore, 936 F. Supp. 1543 (D. Neb. 1996).

  • United States District Court, Southern District of New York

    • Munich Reinsurance Am. v. Ace Prop. & Casualty Ins. Co., 500 F. Supp. 2d

      272 (S.D.N.Y. 2007).

    • In re Methyl Tertiary Butyl Ether ("MTBE") Prods. Liab. Litig. (Quincy Cmty. Servs.

      Dist. v. Atl. Richfield Co.), 522 F. Supp. 2d 569 (S.D.N.Y. 2007).

Alabama

  • Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama

    • Watson v. State, 808 So. 2d 77 (Ala. Crim. App. 2001).

    • Conkle v. State, 677 So. 2d 1211 (Ala. Crim. App. 1995).

Arizona

  • Supreme Court of Arizona

    • Kotterman v. Killian, 193 Ariz. 273, 972 P.2d 606 (1999).

  • Court of Appeals of Arizona

    • State ex rel. Romley v. Super. Ct., 891 P.2d 246 (App. Div. 1 1995).

California

  • Supreme Court of California

    • In re White on Habeas Corpus, No. S233265, 2017 BL 264333 (Cal. 2017).

    • Lockyer v. City and Cty. of S.F., 95 P.3d 459 (Cal. 2004).

    • Edelstein v. City and Cty. of S.F., 56 P.3d 1029 (Cal. 2002).

    • Golden Gateway Center v. Golden Gateway Tenants Ass’n., 29 P.3d 797 (Cal. 2001).

    • Gerawan Farming v. Lyons, 12 P.3d 720 (Cal. 2000).

    • L.A. Alliance for Survival v. City of L.A., 993 P.2d 34 (Cal. 2000).

    • Hill v. Nat’l Collegiate Athletic Ass’n., 865 P.2d 633 (Cal. 1994).

    • Arnel Dev. Co. v. City of Costa Mesa, 620 P.2d 565 (Cal. 1980).

  • California Court of Appeal, First Appellate District

    • Diaz v. Oakland Tribune, 139 Cal.App.3d 118 (App. 1st Dist. 1983).

  • California Court of Appeal, Third Appellate District

    • People v. Dehle, 166 Cal.App.4th 1380 (App. 3d Dist. 2008).

  • California Court of Appeal, Fourth Appellate District

    • People v. Rivera, 127 Cal.App.3d 136 (App. 4th Dist. 1981).

Colorado

  • Supreme Court of Colorado

    • Richardson v. Dist. Court in & for the Eighth Judicial Dist., 632 P.2d 595 (Colo.

      1981).

Connecticut

  • Supreme Court of Connecticut

    • State v. Arroyo, 973 A.2d 1254 (2009).

Idaho

  • Supreme Court of Idaho

    • State v. Jennings, 611 P.2d 1050 (1980).

Illinois

  • Supreme Court of Illinois

    • People v. Caballes, 221 Ill. 2d 282 (2006).

Iowa

  • Supreme Court of Iowa

    • City of Sioux City v. Jacobsma, 862 N.W.2d 335 (Iowa 2015).

Maine

  • Supreme Court of Maine

    • Jackson v. Town of Searsport, 456 A.2d 852 (Me. 1983).

Massachusetts

  • Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

    • Planned Parenthood League of Mass., Inc. v. Att’y Gen., 464 N.E.2d 55 (1984).

Minnesota

  • Supreme Court of Minnesota

    • Spann v. State, 704 N.W.2d 486 (Minn. 2005).

    • In re Atkinson, 291 N.W.2d 396 (Minn. 1980).

    • State v. Rosillo, 281 N.W.2d 877 (Minn. 1979).

  • Court of Appeals of Minnesota

    • Spann v. State, 686 N.W.2d 868 (Minn. Ct. App. 2004).

    • State v. Williams, 664 N.W.2d 432 (Minn. Ct. App. 2003).

Nevada

  • Supreme Court of Nevada

    • Pough v. State, 406 P.3d 959 (Nev. 2017).

New Hampshire

  • Supreme Court of New Hampshire

    • Beck v. Town of Raymond, 394 A.2d 847 (1978).

New Jersey

  • Supreme Court of New Jersey

    • Rivkin v. Dover Twp. Rent Leveling Bd., 671 A.2d 567 (1996).

    • S. Burlington Cty. NAACP v. Twp. of Mount Laurel, 92 N.J. 158 (1983).

    • State v. Hunt, 450 A.2d 952 (1982).

  • New Jersey Superior Court, Appellate Division

    • State v. Ikerd, 850 A.2d 516 (Super. Ct. App. Div. 2004).

New Mexico

  • Supreme Court of New Mexico

    • Morris v. Brandenburg, 2016-NMSC-027, 376 P.3d 836 (2016).

New York

  • Supreme Court of New York

    • Matter of Fruchter v. Zoning Bd. of Appeals of Hurley, 133 A.D.3d 1174 (App Div, 3d Dept 2015).

Oklahoma

  • Supreme Court of Oklahoma

    • In re Initiative Petition No. 364, 930 P.2d 186 (Opala, M., concurring).

Oregon

  • Supreme Court of Oregon

    • Falk v. Amsberry, 290 Or. 839, 626 P.2d 362 (1981) (Lent, J., concurring).

    • State v. Kessler, 614 P.2d 94 (1980).

Pennsylvania

  • Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Philadelphia County

    • Irwin v. Citibank (S.D.), N.A., 27 Pa. D. & C.4th 569 (Ct. Com. Pl. 1993).

Texas

  • Texas Court of Criminal Appeals

    • Lawrence v. State, 240 S.W.3d 912 (Tex. Crim. App. 2007).

Washington

  • Supreme Court of Washington

    • All-Pure Chemicals Co. v. White, 896 P.2d 697 (1995).

    • Macias v. Dept. of Labor & Industries, 668 P.2d 1278 (1983).

    • Horowitz v. Dept. of Retirement Sys., 635 P.2d 1078 (1981).

Wisconsin

  • Supreme Court of Wisconsin

    • State v. Albright, 96 Wis. 2d 122 (1980).

Wyoming

  • Supreme Court of Wyoming

    • Saldana v. State, 846 P.2d 604 (Wyo. 1993).

    • Dworkin v. L.F.P., 839 P.2d 903 (Wyo. 1992).

    • Cody Gas Co. v. Public Serv. Comm’n, 748 P.2d 1144 (Wyo. 1988).

    • Howard v. State, 762 P.2d 28 (Wyo. 1988).

    • Christy v. State, 731 P.2d 1204 (Wyo. 1987).

    • Lindsey v. State, 725 P.2d 649 (Wyo. 1986).