Because it has been published, the letter is not covered by a California statute that protects reporters' notebooks and confidential sources.

It is a narrow ruling limited to the constitutionality of that California statute.

The juvenile was prosecuted under a California statute (section 530.55) which applies to anyone who:

At least nine other states, including Connecticut, have laws or regulations similar to the California statute.

The Court hinted that the California statute compromised the constitutional right to freedom of movement.

But the appellate court found that the California statute is just such a law.

Only a California statute on deceptive practices applied.

The plaintiffs also sued on theories unrelated to the California statute.

The state of Illinois later expanded on the California statute.

"There are all these proposals now to gut 17200," he said of the California statute used by Trevor.