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Resources for the 2008 Moot Court Case

The following are Moot Court relevant links to additional resources, including articles, analyses, and blog posts.

Case Links:

These cases can be accessed through FindLaw.com. This site is absolutely free, all you have to do is create a login name and password.

California Street Terrorism Enforcement and Prevention Act
http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/cacodes/pen/186.20-186.33.html

NAACP v. Claiborne Hardware Co. (1982) This case held “…that nonviolent elements of petitioners’ activities are entitled to the protection of the First Amendment.”
http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?navby=case&court=us&vol=458&page=886

Coates v. City of Cincinnati (1971) This case deals with the right to assemble.
http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?navby=case&court=us&vol=402&page=611

This link is to the San Jose Supreme Court Case pertaining to the legitimacy of their gang ordinance P. ex rel. Gallo v. Acuna (1997)
http://california.lp.findlaw.com/ca02_caselaw/january1997.html

Article Links:

This website provides vast information about the 1st Amendment to the constitution, which includes the freedom to assemble.
http://www.firstamendmentcenter.org/

This website is a source to find all you need to know about gangs, specifically those in Los Angeles. LA is known for its numerous gang injunctions.
http://www.streetgangs.com/bibliography/gangbib.html
http://www.streetgangs.com/injunctions/

This is an article that describes three people’s experience with the gang ordinance of West Sacramento and it also provides the publics view on the gang problem and gang ordinance of this city.
http://www.newsreview.com/sacramento/Content?oid=35936

This website is a resource of current information on the gang ordinance of the city of West Sacramento.
http://www.sacbee.com/291/story/378447.html

This website is a great source of personal accounts of the people and communities being affected by the gang injunction in West Sacramento. This article provides information about a program used to quell gang violence.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/09/20/BAQRS9DSP.DTL%20

This article provides the reaction of the community to the new, first ever, gang injunction in Riverside County.
http://www.pe.com/localnews/inland/stories/PE_News_Local_C_gangs01.735c68.html

This article provides personal accounts of people who have been given this civil ordinance.
http://urbanistas.blog.com/1415862/

This website is a blog loaded with several articles on the topic of gang injunction, particularly that of West Sacramento. This site also has links to other helpful sites.
http://www.westsacramento-gang.blogspot.com/

 


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