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02/09/2010 Standard benefits paid according to the Second Book of the Code of Social Law ("Hartz IV legislation") not constitutional
File no.: 1 BvL 1/09
12/01/2009 Opening of shops in Berlin on all four Sundays in advent is not constitutional
File no.: 1 BvR 2857/07
11/17/2009 § 130.4 of the Criminal Code is compatible with Article 5.1 and 5.2 of the Basic Law
File no.: 1 BvR 2150/08
11/03/2009 Adding of child benefit to tax liability according to § 31 sentence 5 and § 36.2 sentence 1 of the Income Tax Act even if it is not set off against maintenance payments is compatible with the Basic Law
File no.: 2 BvL 3/05
10/23/2009 Organstreit proceedings brought by the Left parliamentary group on the Bundeswehr deployment in Kosovo unsuccessful
File no.: 2 BvE 4/08
10/22/2009 Unequal treatment of marriages and registered civil partnerships concerning survivor’s pensions under an occupational pension scheme (VBL) unconstitutional
File no.: 1 BvR 1164/07
10/15/2009 Submission by the Federal Finance Court on the question of the taxation of life annuities is inadmissible
File no.: 2 BvL 3/02
10/12/2009 Another successful constitutional complaint against decisions granting extradition
File no.: 2 BvR 2115/09
10/06/2009 Minimum contribution collected according to § 16 of the Federal Financial Supervisory Authority Act is constitutional
File no.: 2 BvR 852/07
09/08/2009 Motion for a temporary injunction against a deportation under the Dublin II procedure successful
File no.: 2 BvQ 56/09
07/30/2009 Response to “minor interpellations” by the Federal Government not constitutional
File no.: 2 BvE 5/06
07/23/2009 Limited grant of permission to testify and refusal to surrender documents to BND committee of inquiry partly contrary to constitutional law
File no.: 2 BvE 3/07
07/21/2009 Announcement of the provisional official election result for the 16th German Bundestag prior to the by-election in the Dresden I constituency held constitutional
File no.: 2 BvC 2/06
07/15/2009 Seizure and confiscation of emails on the provider’s mail server not unconstitutional
File no.: 2 BvR 902/06
06/30/2009 Act Approving the Treaty of Lisbon compatible with the Basic Law; accompanying law unconstitutional to the extent that legislative bodies have not been accorded sufficient rights of participation
File no.: 2 BvE 2/08
06/16/2009 Provision on state financial advancement of Jewish communities in Brandenburg unconstitutional
File no.: 2 BvR 890/06
06/14/2009 No obligation for small private mutual insurance associations to contract with non-members in the basic category
File no.: 1 BvR 825/08
06/10/2009 Constitutional complaints relating to private health insurance are unsuccessful
File no.: 1 BvR 706/08
06/09/2009 Provisions for long-service awards under the Income Tax Act held constitutional
File no.: 2 BvL 1/00
06/05/2009 Constitutional complaint against duties collected for the Forestry Sales Fund / Timber Promotion Fund successful
File no.: 2 BvR 743/01
05/05/2009 Statutory restriction to "double married name" compatible with Basic Law
File no.: 1 BvR 1155/03
04/28/2009 Number-of-units taxation standard of the Hamburg Gaming Machines Tax Act incompatible with the principle of equality
File no.: 1 BvL 8/05
03/24/2009 Reasoning of the denial of the motion for a temporary injunction moved by an electricity producer falling under the Renewable Energy Sources Act
File no.: 1 BvR 3076/08
03/05/2009 New Federal Court of Justice case-law on the deprivation of a challenge of its factual basis in criminal proceedings constitutional
File no.: 2 BvR 2044/07
03/03/2009 Use of voting computers in 2005 Bundestag election unconstitutional
File no.: 2 BvC 3/07
02/27/2009 Procedural challenges of temporary injunctions issued by the Hesse Administrative Court in the matter of Frankfurt/Main Airport unsuccessful
File no.: 1 BvR 165/09
02/27/2009 Application for a temporary injunction in the matter of the Bavarian Assembly Act succeeds in part
File no.: 1 BvR 2492/08
02/19/2009 Motion for a temporary injunction moved by an electricity producer falling under the Renewable Energy Sources Act denied
File no.: 1 BvR 3076/08
02/18/2009 Unsuccessful constitutional complaint of a non-believing theology professor challenging his exclusion from training theologians
File no.: 1 BvR 462/06
02/03/2009 Duties collected for the Agricultural Marketing Fund incompatible with the Basic Law
File no.: 2 BvL 54/06
01/23/2009 Federal Constitutional Court reserves itself the right to examine electoral-law provisions or important doubts under electoral law even after the end of an electoral period
File no.: 2 BvC 4/04
01/22/2009 Decision on a remonstrance does not start a new time-limit for lodging a constitutional complaint “Transitional period” until 2 March 2009
File no.: 1 BvR 848/07
12/09/2008 Amended statutory regulations on the "commuter tax allowance" unconstitutional
File no.: 2 BvL 1/07
12/04/2008 The favourable treatment of insured persons with 45 obligatory contribution years and reductions in old-age pensions drawn early are constitutional
File no.: 1 BvL 3/05
11/07/2008 Application for a temporary injunction against the reform of the law of procedural investigation measures in the Act on "data retention" unsuccessful
File no.: 2 BvR 236/08
11/06/2008 Extended application for a temporary injunction in the matter of "data retention" succeeds in part
File no.: 1 BvR 256/08
10/30/2008 Denial of legal advice and representation in matters regarding child benefit according to the Income Tax Act unconstitutional
File no.: 1 BvR 2310/06
07/30/2008 Constitutional complaints in "ban on smoking" cases successful
File no.: 1 BvR 3262/07
07/23/2008 § 8.1 no. 2 of the Transsexuals Act unconstitutional
File no.: 1 BvL 10/05
07/03/2008 Provisions of the Federal Electoral Act from which the effect of negative voting weight emerges unconstitutional
File no.: 2 BvC 1/07
06/19/2008 Appointment of civil servants to senior executive positions on a fixed-term basis unconstitutional
File no.: 2 BvL 11/07
06/04/2008 Exemption from inheritance and gift tax to also provisionally apply to donations to municipal voters' associations
File no.: 2 BvL 4/05
05/28/2008 Exemption from trade tax for the self-employed and farmers and § 15.3 no. 1 of the Income Tax Act constitutional
File no.: 1 BvL 2/04
05/07/2008 Deployment of German soldiers in AWACS aircraft over Turkey required the approval of the Bundestag
File no.: 2 BvE 1/03
04/01/2008 Parents who do not wish to have contact with their child will not as a rule be forced to do so
File no.: 1 BvR 1620/04
03/19/2008 Application for a temporary injunction in the matter of "data retention" succeeds in part
File no.: 1 BvR 256/08
03/18/2008 Standards of constitutional law applying to the admissibility of photojournalism concerning the private and everyday life of celebrities
File no.: 1 BvR 1602/07
03/14/2008 Decision regarding the deduction of special expenses for contributions to occupational pension schemes for the assessment periods prior to 2005
File no.: 2 BvR 1220/04
03/14/2008 The deduction of special expenses for health insurance contributions must take account of the expenditure of the taxable person essential to maintain a minimum standard of living
File no.: 2 BvL 1/06
03/13/2008 Criminal liability of sibling incest is constitutional
File no.: 2 BvR 392/07
03/11/2008 Statutory regulations in Hesse and Schleswig-Holstein on automatic number plate recognition void
File no.: 1 BvR 2074/05
03/06/2008 Constitutional boundaries governing recommendations for resolutions issued by the Mediation Committee
File no.: 2 BvL 12/01
02/27/2008 Provisions in the North-Rhine Westphalia Constitution Protection Act (Verfassungsschutzgesetz Nordrhein-Westfalen) on online searches and on the reconnaissance of the Internet null and void
File no.: 1 BvR 370/07
01/29/2008 Television reporting at court while the court is in recess is in principle permissible where the public has a strong interest in receiving information
File no.: 1 BvR 620/07
02/15/2006 Authorisation to shoot down aircraft in the Aviation Security Act void
File no.: 1 BvR 357/05
07/18/2005 European Arrest Warrant Act void
File no.: 2 BvR 2236/04
06/23/2005 Successful constitutional complaint against exclusion of right of contact in the matter of Görgülü
File no.: 1 BvR 2790/04
04/20/2005 Successful constitutional complaint against custody decision of Naumburg Higher Regional Court in the matter of Görgülü
File no.: 1 BvR 1664/04
12/29/2004 Federal Constitutional Court: Father is provisionally granted right of access
File no.: 1 BvR 2790/04
10/19/2004 On the consideration of the decisions of the European Court of Human Rights by domestic institutions, in particular German courts
File no.: 2 BvR 1481/04
11/13/2003 Extradition to the United States of America
File no.: 2 BvR 1506/03
03/25/2003 On the Participation of German Soldiers in NATO's AWACS Operation in Turkey
File no.: 2 BvQ 18/03