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Georgia Supreme Court Tightens Limits on Organizational Standing
A unanimous Georgia Supreme Court recently weighed in on the ongoing battle over new...
Georgia Supreme Court Upholds Age-Based Restriction on Public Handgun Carry
On May 28, 2025, the Supreme Court of Georgia decided Stephens v. State of Georgia[1], affirming...
Texas Supreme Court Analyzes State Constitution’s Religious Services Protection
In 2021, Texas added a new protection to its state constitution that protects religious services...
Kansas Supreme Court Clarifies Statutory Immunity for Firearm Sellers
The Kansas Supreme Court recently considered the scope of immunity for firearm sellers under...
Texas Supreme Court Upholds the First New Appellate Court in Nearly Sixty Years
For the first time in nearly sixty years, the Texas Legislature created a new appellate...
Montana High Court Recognizes Executive-Privilege Exception to State Constitution’s Right-to-Know
The Montana Constitution protects the right to examine documents held by any arm of the...
New Jersey Supreme Court: Private Investors Liable as State Actors for Tax-Foreclosure Takings Under Tyler v. Hennepin County
In its 2023 decision in Tyler v. Hennepin County, the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously held...
Texas Justices Call Out McDonnell Douglas Framework
In a recent case involving an age discrimination claim against Texas Tech University Health...
Wisconsin Supreme Court Overrules Two-Year-Old Precedent to Allow Ballot Drop Boxes
Wisconsin Statute Section 6.87(4)(b)1 provides that an absentee ballot “shall be mailed by the elector,...
Wisconsin Supreme Court Rules Sidewalk is Not “Pedestrian Way”
Sojenhomer, LLC owned and operated a pub near the intersection of County Highway G...
FOID Cards and the Second Amendment at the Illinois Supreme Court
On September 19, 2024, the Supreme Court of Illinois decided Davis v. Yenchko,[1] a...
Understanding Jussie Smollett’s Appellate Win
Late last year, the Supreme Court of Illinois overturned former actor Jussie Smollett’s hate-crime hoax...
Separation of Powers and Prisoner Execution in Texas
On November 15, 2024, the Texas Supreme Court issued a unanimous decision in In re...
Nebraska Supreme Court Upholds Constitutionality of Felon Re-Enfranchisement
In State ex rel. Spung v. Evnen, the Nebraska Supreme Court rejected a constitutional...
Ohio Supreme Court Overrules “Lockstepping” Precedent, Finds State Constitution’s Open Courts Provision Applies to Juvenile Court Proceedings
Since Ohio joined the Union in 1803, its state constitution has provided that “All...
Supreme Judicial Court Streamlines Massachusetts Anti-SLAPP Motions
In Bristol Asphalt, Co. v. Rochester Bituminous Products, Inc., the Supreme Judicial Court of...
Is Voting in Kansas a Fundamental Right? Kansas Supreme Court Weighs In
Those who do not spend their days thinking about election law may be surprised to...
Michigan Supreme Court Rules on Distinction Between Rules and Informal Policy Statements
When does an agency’s action carry the force of law and bind both the...