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Intellectual Property,
U.S. Supreme Court

Oct. 29, 2014

Deputizing the whole wide countryside

This term, the U.S. Supreme Court will decide Ohio v. Clark, embedded in which is a fundamental and far-reaching question about when the federal Constitution applies to the actions of private citizens.

2nd Appellate District, Division 2

Brian M. Hoffstadt

Associate Justice
California Court of Appeal

UCLA School of Law, 1995

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This term, the U.S. Supreme Court will decide Ohio v. Clark, 13-1352. Clark directly presents a question regarding the meaning of the confrontation clause under Crawford v. Washington, 541 U.S. 36 (2004). But embedded in Clark is a more fundamental - and potentially far-reaching - question about when the federal Constitution applies to the actions of private citizens.

Darius Clark was charged with assault and related crimes after a preschool teacher ...

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