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Big early-May calendar includes case that might address “culture war” issue

Apr 17, 2025

One of the cases is Taking Offense v. State of California, which by our count is the second oldest non-capital case on the court’s docket. When review was granted, it looked like the court would decide a hot-button issue — “Did the Court of Appeal err in declaring the provision of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) Long-Term Care Facility Residents’ Bill of Rights (Health & Saf. Code, § 1439.51) that criminalizes the willful and repeated failure to use a resident’s chosen name and pronouns unconstitutional on its face under the First Amendment?”