In an effort to increase dialogue about state court jurisprudence, the Federalist Society presents State Court Docket Watch. This publication is one component of the State Courts Project, presenting original articles on state court jurisprudence and illustrating new trends and ground-breaking decisions in the state courts.

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The thirty-eight articles you’ll find in this edition of State Court Docket Watch were all originally published at fedsoc.org in 2021. They are presented alphabetically by state.

To view the complete 2021 white paper, click here.

Alabama

Barnett v. Jones by Barrett Bowdre - Pg. 4

Arizona

State of Arizona v. Mixton by Timothy Sandefur - Pg. 7

Schires v. Carlat by Paul Avelar - Pg. 10

California

In re Humphrey by Craig Trainor - Pg. 12

Florida

In Re: Amendments to Florida Rule of Civil Procedure 1.510 by Jason Gonzalez, Rachel Procaccini - Pg. 14

Iowa

State of Iowa v. Wright by John G. Wrench - Pg. 16

In the Matter of Adopting Felony Conviction Challenge for Cause Amendments to Chapter 1 Rules of Civil Procedure and Chapter 2 Rules of Criminal Procedure 19 by GianCarlo Canaparo - Pg. 19

Illinois

Guns Save Lives, Inc. v. Ali by Amy Swearer - Pg. 20

Indiana

State of Indiana v. Timbs by Jeremiah Mosteller - Pg. 22

Kentucky

Cameron v. Beshear by J. Brooken Smith - Pg. 25

Massachusetts

DeWeese–Boyd v. Gordon College by Jordan Lorence - Pg. 28

Michigan

Council of Organizations and Others for Education About Parochiaid v. State of Michigan by Thomas Rheaume, Gordon Kangas - Pg. 31

Minnesota

State of Minnesota v. Khalil by Dean Mazzone - Pg. 34

Mississippi

Initiative Measure No. 65: Mayor Butler v. Watson by Prof. Christopher Green - Pg. 37

Montana

State of Montana v. Mercier by Arthur Rizer - Pg. 39

New Jersey

In re Petition for Expungement of the Criminal Records Belonging to T.O. by Anastasia Boden - Pg. 41

New Mexico

Grisham v. Romero by GianCarlo Canaparo - Pg. 44

State of New Mexico v. Wilson by Daniel Suhr - Pg. 47

Ohio

State of Ohio v. Weber by Joseph Greenlee - Pg. 50

Oklahoma

State of Oklahoma ex rel. Attorney General of Oklahoma v. Johnson & Johnson by Katie Jackson - Pg. 53

Oregon

State of Oregon v. Pittman by Joseph DeMarco - Pg. 56

Pennsylvania

Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. Alexander by Matthew Cavedon - Pg. 58

South Carolina

Wilson v. City of Columbia by Christopher Mills, Anna Edwards - Pg. 60

South Dakota

Hamen v. Hamlin County, South Dakota by Anya Bidwell - Pg. 62

Vermont

State of Vermont v. Misch by Prof. George Mocsary - Pg. 65

Virginia

Loudoun County School Board v. Cross by Cindy Crawford - Pg. 68

Washington

State of Washington v. Blake by Tim Lynch - Pg. 71

Woods v. Seattle's Union Gospel Mission by Seth Cooper - Pg. 73

City of Seattle v. Long by Ashli Tagoai - Pg. 76

Washington State Legislature v. Inslee by GianCarlo Canaparo - Pg. 79

State of Washington v. Haag by GianCarlo Canaparo - Pg. 81

Wisconsin

Jefferson v. Dane County, Wisconsin by Andrew Cook - Pg. 84

State of Wisconsin v. Roundtree by Amy Swearer - Pg. 87

State of Wisconsin v. Halverson by Anthony LoCoco - Pg. 89

Fabick v. Evers by Andrew Cook - Pg. 92

Zignego v. Wisconsin Elections Commission by Drew Watkins - Pg. 94

Tavern League of Wisconsin, Inc. v. Andrea Palm by Corydon Fish - Pg. 97

Clean Wisconsin v. Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources by Corydon Fish, Andrew Cook - Pg. 100

 

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