A two-year-old West Sacramento injunction against the Broderick Boys street gang has been thrown out by the California Third District Court of Appeal in Sacramento.

In issuing its ruling, the court said the Yolo County District Attorney's Office had not given those affected by the injunction enough notice to oppose it legally.

Yolo County Superior Court issued the injunction in February 2005. It banned the Broderick Boys, also known as Nortenos, from engaging in a wide variety of activities within a three-square mile area of West Sacramento. At the time the court issued the order, there were about 350 documented members of the Broderick Boys gang.