The New Jersey Supreme Court unanimously overturned an appellate decision, which held that the state Department of Children and Families could automatically place a parent on a registry of child abusers if he or she left a child in an unattended car for any amount of time. The Supreme Court instead held that the Department must consider a number of factors before placing parents on the abuse registry, including distance, visibility, and ambient conditions. Read more at NorthJersey.com.
The State Bar of Wisconsin covered several trends in the Wisconsin Supreme Court's decision making, including a decline in 4-3 decisions and corresponding increase in unanimous decisions. Read more here.
