Oakland gang injunction upheld by court

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Oakland's hotly debated gang injunctions have passed their first legal test.

A state appeals court ruled Monday that a judge's June 2010 order limiting the movements and contacts of 15 alleged gang members in a 100-square-block area of North Oakland, and subjecting them to a 10 p.m. curfew, did not punish them for innocent conduct or violate their rights of speech or association.

California cities have increasingly used injunctions to target gangs in specific neighborhoods since the state Supreme Court upheld them in 1997.