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State Court Docket Watch: Justice v. West Virginia AFL-CIO
In Justice v. West Virginia AFL-CIO, the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, the state’s...
State Court Docket Watch: Corman v. Acting Secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Health
On December 10, 2021, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court unanimously affirmed,[1] on expedited direct appeal, a...
State Court Docket Watch: State of Washington v. Haag
On September 23, 2021, the Washington Supreme Court decided State v. Haag and vacated the...
State Court Docket Watch: Oklahoma ex rel. Hunter v. Johnson & Johnson
In Oklahoma ex rel. Hunter v. Johnson & Johnson, the Oklahoma Supreme Court overturned a...
State Court Docket Watch: Guns Save Lives, Inc. v. Ali
On October 21, 2021, the Illinois Supreme Court struck down two Cook County gun and...
State Court Docket Watch: Washington State Legislature v. Inslee
On November 10, 2021, the Washington Supreme Court handed the state legislature a win and...
State Court Docket Watch: City of Seattle v. Long
Under Seattle’s Traffic Code, a vehicle may not be parked on a city street for...
2021 Civil Justice Update
This paper reviews key civil justice issues and changes in 2021. Part I focuses on broad...
State Court Docket Watch: In Re Humphrey
On May 23, 2017, Kenneth Humphrey, a 66-year-old four-strike offender under California law,[1] followed a...
State Court Docket Watch: Barnett v. Jones
In its recent opinion in Barnett v. Jones,[1] the Alabama Supreme Court applied textual rules...
State Court Docket Watch: State of Indiana v. Tyson Timbs
An Eight-Year Battle The Indiana Supreme Court has considered the state’s use of civil asset...
State Court Docket Watch: Wilson v. City of Columbia
In Wilson v. City of Columbia,[1] the South Carolina Supreme Court held that a city...
State Court Docket Watch: Loudoun County School Board v. Cross
On August 30, 2021, the Virginia Supreme Court issued its decision in Loudoun County School...
State Court Docket Watch: State of New Mexico v. Wilson
During the COVID-19 pandemic, the governor of New Mexico issued a series of public health...
State Court Docket Watch: Cameron v. Beshear
As society grapples with the evolving nature of the COVID-19 pandemic, public policy disagreements about...
State Court Docket Watch: In the Matter of Adopting Felony Conviction Challenge for Cause Amendments to Chapter 1 of Civil Procedure and Chapter 2 Rules of Criminal Procedure
On February 19, the Iowa Supreme Court amended the state rules of civil and criminal...
State Court Docket Watch: Clean Wisconsin v. Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
Note from the Editor: The Federalist Society takes no positions on particular legal and public...
State Court Docket Watch: DeWeese-Boyd v. Gordon College
Note from the Editor: Mr. Lorence's organization, Alliance Defending Freedom, was retained by Gordon College to...