The Alaska Supreme Court declined to grant a temporary restraining order preventing Governor Bill Walker's unilateral expansion of Medicaid coverage under the Affordable Care Act. The State Legislative had asked for the order pending the outcome of a constitutional challenge to Walker's actions. Read more at Alaska Dispatch News.
The Colorado Supreme Court upheld a lower court's decision to exclude environmental groups attempting to intervene in litigation over a city's fracking moratorium. Read more at the Longmont Times-Call.
California Lawyer has an overview of cases decided in the California Supreme Court's last term, highlights of the coming term, and shifts in the balance of the court.