| 06/06/2013 |
Exclusion of Registered Civil Partnerships from Income Splitting for Spouses (“Ehegattensplitting”) Unconstitutional
File no.: 2 BvR 909/06 |
| 05/28/2013 |
“In-State-Residents” (Landeskinder) Provision in Former Bremen Act on Study Accounts Unconstitutional
File no.: 1 BvL 1/08 |
| 05/14/2013 |
Accreditation Conditions and Information for Journalists and Visitors Concerning the Oral Hearing in the “ESM/ECB” Principal Proceedings
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| 04/24/2013 |
Counter-Terrorism Database in its Fundamental Structures Compatible with the Basic Law, but not Regarding Specific Aspects of its Design
File no.: 1 BvR 1215/07 |
| 04/12/2013 |
“NSU Proceedings”: Application of a Turkish Newspaper for a Temporary Injunction Successful in Part – Further Applications Unsuccessful
File no.: 1 BvR 990/13 |
| 04/03/2013 |
Assessment of Contributions Only Permissible Within a Definite Period of Time
File no.: 1 BvR 2457/08 |
| 03/19/2013 |
Legal Regulation of Plea Bargaining is Constitutional – Informal Agreements are Impermissible
File no.: 2 BvR 2628/10 |
| 03/05/2013 |
Applications made by the NPD against Bundestag, Bundesrat and Federal Government unsuccessful
File no.: 2 BvE 11/12 |
| 02/28/2013 |
Successful Constitutional Complaint Against Compulsory Medical Treatment in Forensic Psychiatric Hospitals – Legal basis of Saxony State law Void
File no.: 2 BvR 228/12 |
| 02/27/2013 |
Retrospective imposition of preventive detention following confinement in a psychiatric hospital is subject to strict prerequisites
File no.: 2 BvR 2122/11 |
| 02/19/2013 |
Non-admission of successive adoption by registered civil partners is unconstitutional
File no.: 1 BvL 1/11 |
| 12/21/2012 |
Inadmissible application for constitutional review regarding parental benefits for holders of a residence permit according to section 104a AufenthG
File no.: 1 BvL 4/12 |
| 09/12/2012 |
Applications for the issue of temporary injunctions to prevent the ratification of the ESM Treaty and the Fiscal Compact unsuccessful for the most part
File no.: 2 BvR 1390/12 |
| 08/01/2012 |
Unequal treatment of registered civil partnerships and marriage in the family allowance under civil service law unconstitutional
File no.: 2 BvR 1397/09 |
| 07/19/2012 |
Except where this would breach the duty to establish a distance between preventive detention and imprisonment sentences (Abstandsgebot), it is constitutional and in keeping with the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) for a sentencing court to reserve its right to order preventive detention at the time of sentencing
File no.: 2 BvR 1048/11 |
| 07/18/2012 |
Provisions governing basic cash benefits provided for in the Asylum Seekers Benefits Act held unconstitutional
File no.: 1 BvL 10/10 |
| 07/11/2012 |
Constitutional complaints regarding delisting unsuccessful
File no.: 1 BvR 3142/07 |
| 07/05/2012 |
Notary’s constitutional complaint against instructions issued by the supervisory authority regarding the documentation of his notarial escrow services rejected
File no.: 1 BvR 3017/09 |
| 07/04/2012 |
Unsuccessful complaint challenging the Federal Constitutional Court justices being elected by the German Bundestag’s electoral committee
File no.: 2 BvC 2/10 |
| 06/19/2012 |
Successful applications in Organstreit proceedings regarding the "ESM/Euro Plus Pact"
File no.: 2 BvE 4/11 |
| 06/06/2012 |
Application for a review of the provision on pensions paid for the upbringing of children held inadmissible
File no.: 1 BvL 20/09 |
| 05/30/2012 |
Retrospective reform of the temporary increase in the rate of the retirement pension held constitutional
File no.: 2 BvL 5/10 |
| 05/22/2012 |
Entry into force of the introduction of a statutory obligation to announce the price in the case of “call-by-call” telephone services postponed – Reasoning
File no.: 1 BvR 367/12 |
| 05/04/2012 |
Entry into force of the introduction of a statutory obligation to announce the price in the case of “call-by-call” telephone services postponed
File no.: 1 BvR 367/12 |
| 05/02/2012 |
Organstreit proceedings relating to the election of the Federal President: exclusion of Federal Constitutional Court Justice Müller
File no.: 2 BvE 2/09 |
| 04/17/2012 |
Exclusion of crediting periods of detention under measures of correction and prevention unconstitutional in part
File no.: 2 BvR 2258/09 |
| 03/08/2012 |
Exclusion of non-EU citizens from the grant of Land child-raising benefit under the Bavarian Land Child-Raising Benefit Act unconstitutional
File no.: 1 BvL 14/07 |
| 03/06/2012 |
Reduction of special payments for Deutsche Telekom civil servants held constitutional
File no.: 2 BvL 4/09 |
| 02/28/2012 |
Application in Organstreit proceedings regarding the Bundestag’s right of participation/EFSF successful for the most part
File no.: 2 BvE 8/11 |
| 02/24/2012 |
Provisions of Telecommunications Act on storage and use of telecommunications data unconstitutional in part
File no.: 1 BvR 1299/05 |
| 02/22/2012 |
The allocation of constituencies on the basis of the German residential population does not render the 2009 Bundestag election unconstitutional
File no.: 2 BvC 3/11 |
| 02/21/2012 |
Exclusion of eating establishments from the permission to provide separate smoking rooms under the Hamburg Act on the Protection from Passive Smoking held unconstitutional
File no.: 1 BvL 21/11 |
| 02/14/2012 |
W 2 remuneration of professors in Hesse held unconstitutional
File no.: 2 BvL 4/10 |
| 01/18/2012 |
Decision regarding the privatisation of institutions for the execution of measures of correction and prevention: provision on the ordering of security measures by private nurses under the Hesse Act on the Execution of Measures of Correction and Prevention held constitutional
File no.: 2 BvR 133/10 |
| 12/29/2011 |
On the permissibility of admitting personal information in criminal proceedings that has been collected unlawfully, and on punishability as fraud through the conclusion of life insurance policies
File no.: 2 BvR 2500/09 |
| 12/28/2011 |
Application in Organstreit proceedings on railway-owned real estate held inadmissible Parliament has no right of approval with regard to the sale of Deutsche Bahn AG assets
File no.: 2 BvE 3/08 |
| 12/07/2011 |
Amendment of legislation on undercover investigation in criminal proceedings held constitutional
File no.: 2 BvR 236/08 |
| 11/09/2011 |
Five per cent barrier clause in the law governing the European elections held unconstitutional
File no.: 2 BvC 4/10 |
| 10/28/2011 |
Temporary injunction regarding the euro rescue package: For the time being, no transfer of the Bundestag’s rights of participation to a so-called nine-member special panel
File no.: 2 BvE 8/11 |
| 10/26/2011 |
On the admissibility of a concrete review of statutes regarding an Act transposing European Union law
File no.: 1 BvL 3/08 |
| 10/20/2011 |
Another successful constitutional complaint lodged by a person committed to a psychiatric hospital as a measure of correction and prevention against compulsory medical treatment –legislation in Baden-Württemberg held unconstitutional as well
File no.: 2 BvR 633/11 |
| 09/09/2011 |
Decision regarding the protection of the fundamental rights of legal entities from the European Union and of distribution rights under the Copyright Act (imitation designer furniture)
File no.: 1 BvR 1916/09 |
| 09/07/2011 |
Constitutional complaints lodged against aid measures for Greece and against the euro rescue package unsuccessful – No violation of the Bundestag’s budget autonomy
File no.: 2 BvR 987/10 |
| 08/19/2011 |
Application of the Schleswig-Holstein Land parliament in the dispute between the Federation and the Länder against the “brake on debt” inadmissibl
File no.: 2 BvG 1/10 |
| 06/30/2011 |
Decision regarding the judicial review of administrative decisions with regard to lending concrete meaning to undetermined legal terms
File no.: 1 BvR 857/07 |
| 06/28/2011 |
Successful constitutional complaint against retrospective order of preventive detention
File no.: 2 BvR 2846/09 |
| 06/21/2011 |
Provision on the partial release, depending on the duration of studies, from repayment of a loan under the Federal Training Assistance Act is partly unconstitutional
File no.: 1 BvR 2035/07 |
| 05/04/2011 |
Provisions on Preventive Detention Unconstitutional
File no.: 2 BvR 2365/09 |
| 04/20/2011 |
Complaint lodged by the federal chairman of DIE PARTEI concerning the scrutiny of an election is inadmissible
File no.: 2 BvC 12/10 |
| 04/15/2011 |
Successful constitutional complaint lodged by a person committed to a psychiatric hospital as a measure of correction and prevention against compulsory medical treatment aimed at achieving the objective of the measure – legislation in Rhineland-Palatinate held unconstitutional
File no.: 2 BvR 882/09 |
| 02/22/2011 |
Freedom of Assembly also Applies at Frankfurt Airport
File no.: 1 BvR 699/06 |
| 02/18/2011 |
Cuts in the reduced earning capacity pensions are constitutional also where the pension payment starts before the recipient’s 60th year of age
File no.: 1 BvR 3588/08 |
| 02/16/2011 |
Decision regarding the requirement of safeguarding employees’ rights if the employer changes by virtue of law in the context of a privatisation
File no.: 1 BvR 1741/09 |
| 02/11/2011 |
New case-law on the calculation of post-marital maintenance applying the so-called division-by-three method is unconstitutional
File no.: 1 BvR 918/10 |
| 01/28/2011 |
Prerequisites for the statutory recognition of transsexuals according to § 8.1 nos. 3 and 4 of the Transsexuals Act are unconstitutional
File no.: 1 BvR 3295/07 |
| 01/26/2011 |
Termination of proceedings regarding the repatriation of asylum-seekers according to the Dublin II Regulation
File no.: 2 BvR 2015/09 |
| 12/29/2010 |
Elimination of unemployment assistance as of 1 January 2005 is constitutional
File no.: 1 BvR 2628/07 |
| 12/07/2010 |
§§ 90 and 91 of the Hamburg Higher Education Act is unconstitutional in part
File no.: 1 BvR 748/06 |
| 12/02/2010 |
Provisions on keeping laying hens unconstitutional
File no.: 2 BvF 1/07 |
| 11/24/2010 |
Application for judicial review in the matter of the Genetic Engineering Act is unsuccessful
File no.: 1 BvF 2/05 |
| 11/18/2010 |
Flat-rate non-deductible business expenses under § 8b.3 sentence 1 and § 8b.5 sentence 1 of the Corporate Income Tax Act constitutional
File no.: 1 BvL 12/07 |
| 11/10/2010 |
Decision regarding the liability exclusion privilege of a parent not living in the same household as the child according to § 116.6 sentence 1 of the Tenth Book of the Code of Social Law
File no.: 1 BvL 14/09 |
| 11/03/2010 |
Judicial referral from the Federal Finance Court on "minimum taxation" under the Tax Relief Act 1999/2000/2002 impermissible
File no.: 2 BvL 59/06 |
| 09/24/2010 |
Regulations governing the information gathering of the Federation in connection with the granting of financial aid to local authorities and Länder according to the Investing in the Future Act in part unconstitutional
File no.: 2 BvF 1/09 |
| 09/21/2010 |
Reprographic levy under the Copyright Act: violation of the guarantee of a lawful judge by failure to consider a reference to the Court of Justice of the European Union
File no.: 1 BvR 1631/08 |
| 09/07/2010 |
Reduction of pension claims of expellees and refugees under Foreign Pensions Act constitutional
File no.: 1 BvR 2530/05 |
| 08/26/2010 |
The Mangold judgment of the European Court of Justice does not transgress Community competence in a constitutionally objectionable manner
File no.: 2 BvR 2661/06 |
| 08/19/2010 |
Decision regarding retroactive effect in tax law III: Reduction of the relief for compensation of loss of income past or present partly unconstitutional
File no.: 2 BvL 1/03 |
| 08/19/2010 |
Decision regarding retroactive effect in tax law II: Reduction of the participation quota in the taxation of private sales of equity shares partly unconstitutional
File no.: 2 BvR 748/05 |
| 08/19/2010 |
Decision regarding retroactive effect in tax law I: Extension of the speculation period in the case of transactions for the sale of land partly unconstitutional
File no.: 2 BvL 14/02 |
| 08/17/2010 |
Unequal Treatment of Marriage and Registered Civil Partnerships in Gift and Inheritance Tax Act Unconstitutional
File no.: 1 BvR 611/07 |
| 08/11/2010 |
Constitutional complaints against convictions for abuse of trust partially successful
File no.: 2 BvR 2559/08 |
| 08/05/2010 |
Transfer of property rights of untraceable co-heirs to the compensation fund held constitutional
File no.: 1 BvR 8/07 |
| 08/03/2010 |
Exclusion from parental custody of the father of a child born out of wedlock when mother refuses consent is unconstitutional
File no.: 1 BvR 420/09 |
| 07/29/2010 |
Amendment to the tax deduction for a home office held unconstitutional
File no.: 2 BvL 13/09 |
| 07/28/2010 |
Decision regarding the transfer of entitlements and expectancies under supplementary and special pension systems of the GDR
File no.: 1 BvL 9/06 |
| 07/27/2010 |
Decision regarding the pedagogic freedom of a professor at a university of applied sciences
File no.: 1 BvR 216/07 |
| 07/08/2010 |
Constitutional Complaints against Incorporation of Private Companies into Public Rescue Services Unsuccessful
File no.: 1 BvR 2011/07 |
| 06/11/2010 |
Aviation Security Act did not require the consent of the Bundesrat
File no.: 2 BvL 8/07 |
| 06/10/2010 |
Application for a temporary injunction to prevent the euro rescue package unsuccessful
File no.: 2 BvR 1099/10 |
| 06/02/2010 |
Unequal Treatment of Employee Groups upon the Privatisation of Clinics in the City of Hamburg Unconstitutional
File no.: 1 BvL 8/08 |
| 06/01/2010 |
Application in Organstreit proceedings relating to Bundeswehr deployment in Heiligendamm rejected
File no.: 2 BvE 5/07 |
| 05/07/2010 |
Temporary injunction to prevent giving of guarantee for loans to Greece is not issued
File no.: 2 BvR 987/10 |
| 03/04/2010 |
Minimum assessment rate of 200% for trade tax in conformity with the Basic Law
File no.: 2 BvR 2185/04 |
| 03/02/2010 |
Data retention unconstitutional in its present form
File no.: 1 BvR 256/08 |
| 02/19/2010 |
Provisions for the transition from the imputation system to the half-income system incompatible, in the case of corporation tax, with the principle of equality before the law
File no.: 1 BvR 2192/05 |
| 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 |
| 01/20/2010 |
Reduction of the compensatory amount for companies providing passenger transport services to the public pursuant to § 45a.2 sentence 3 of the Passenger Transport Act unconstitutional due to defects in the legislative process
File no.: 2 BvR 758/07 |
| 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 |
| 11/26/2004 |
Federal Constitutional Court: Constitutional complaint against Brandenburg Higher Education Act unsuccessful
File no.: 1 BvR 911/00 |
| 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 |
