Full federal appeals court rules ban on day laborers unconstitutional

The full panel of the federal 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that a Redondo Beach ordinance aimed at clearing the streets of day laborers looking for work was too restrictive of free speech. The court wrote, “[The ordiance] is not narrowly tailored because [it] restricts significantly more speech than is necessary, and because the [...]

Federal appeals court to rehear case on day laborers’ right to solicit

The full panel of judges of the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals will reconsider a ruling that police in Redondo Beach, California can arrests day laborers soliciting work on sidewalks and medians. -db Courthouse News Service October 18, 2010 (CN) – The 9th Circuit has agreed to reconsider its June ruling that police in Redondo [...]

Redondo Beach: Federal court denies day laborers right to solicit work from people in cars

Day laborers will not be able use sidewalks and medians to ask riders in passing cars for work. A federal appellate court ruled that a Redondo Beach law was constitutional because it was tailored to address safety concerns and did not restrict the laborers’ rights to solicit work in other environs. -db Contra Costa Times [...]

Southern California: Workers want right to solicit work on street corner

Day laborers in Costa Mesa are contesting a city law that bans them from seeking employment on city streets. The laborers want “solicitation speech” included as protected speech under the First Amendment. -db Courthouse News Service February 8, 2010 By Elizabeth Banicki SANTA ANA, Calif. (CN) – Day laborers say Costa Mesa enforces an unconstitutional [...]

California Supreme Court upholds SLAPP ruling in case against Fox News

The Supreme Court upheld the dismissal of a suit brought by day laborers finding that they were not defamed in a Fox News story. -DB Metropolitan News-Enterprise August 27, 2009 A Fourth District Court of Appeal ruling upholding the dismissal of a suit charging Fox News Network with defaming immigrant day laborers in a story about [...]