The Golden Gate University (GGU) Law Review publishes scholarly writing on a broad range of legal topics, including constitutional law, criminal procedure, immigration law, contract law, and administrative law. Established in 1969, the GGU Law […]
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Introduction to Upcoming Ninth Circuit Survey, by Judge Clifton
By: The Honorable Richard R. Clifton For nearly four decades, the Golden Gate University Law Review has produced an annual volume reviewing decisions of the Ninth Circuit. As our court covers over one-fifth of the […]
read moreTaking a Second Look at Arrestee DNA in California
Last term, the U.S. Supreme Court decided in Maryland v. King that Maryland could take suspects’ DNA as a matter of course following an arrest, without any particular reason for doing so. After the King […]
read moreHollingsworth v. Perry: United States Supreme Court Grants Certiorari to Hear the ‘Prop 8’ Case
As the marriage equality battle enters the U.S. Supreme Court, which will take up both the Defense of Marriage Act and California’s Proposition 8, Shawn Barnett, Golden Gate University Law Review’s Managing Editor, offers a Case […]
read moreInjunction Junction: Microsoft v Motorola, Case No. 12-35352 (9th Cir. Sept. 28, 2012)
Black’s Law Dictionary defines “vexatious” as “without reasonable or probable cause of excuse; harassing; annoying.” In an ongoing breach of contract lawsuit filed by Microsoft against Motorola, Microsoft v. Motorola, the Ninth Circuit affirmed a federal […]
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