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LANDMARKS: Santa Ana attorney Ron Talmo loves to drive his RV to scenes of momentous U.S. Supreme Court cases (E1), but he could have biked to two locations in Orange County. . . . In 1965, a search for stolen coins in a Santa Ana home led to the decision that police need a warrant to search anything not within arm’s length of someone being arrested. . . . And in 1969, a Newport Beach restaurant complained about receiving bulk-mail erotic advertising, leading to the current, less lenient definition of obscenity.
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