Vallejos v Commissioner of Registration
The hearing on Vallejos' case began on 22 August 2011, and stretched out until the 24th. David Pannick represented the respondent, the Commissioner of Registration. During the hearing, the courtroom was packed to overflowing with lawyers, journalists, and other members of the public, who took up not just the seats in the public gallery, but also those for defendants and jury members (the latter being unoccupied as the case at hand was not a jury trial but a judicial review). Another hundred people watched the proceedings on a large-screen television in the lobby, while protestors both supporting and opposing Vallejos' case faced off outside the building without incident.
Romero Institute
Daniel Sheehan taught a college-level course at the University of California at Santa Cruz on social justice entitled "The Trajectory of Justice: Eight Cases that Changed America." The course examines foundational cases between 1970 and 2000: "Eisenstadt v. Baird" (1970), "Pentagon Papers Case" (1971), "In re Pappas" (1972), "U.S. v. James W. McCord, Jr." (1973), "Silkwood v. Kerr-McGee Corp." (1975), "Greensboro Massacre (Waller v. Butkovich) (1985)", "American Sanctuary Movement Case ("U.S. v. Stacey Lynn Merkt, et al.")" (1984) and "Avirgan v. Hull and the Iran-Contra Affair" (1986).