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South Carolina Supreme Court Upholds Heartbeat Abortion Ban
In Planned Parenthood South Atlantic v. State (Planned Parenthood II), the South Carolina Supreme Court...
Smell of Marijuana Alone Can Justify an Arrest, Even After Legalization of Hemp, Says Wisconsin Supreme Court
In State v. Moore,[1] decided on June 20, 2023, the Wisconsin Supreme Court faced a...
Texas Supreme Court Rules ERCOT Is a Government Entity, Blocks Suit Stemming From Winter Storm Uri
In the winter of 2021, Winter Storm Uri sent Texas into a deep freeze of...
Wisconsin Supreme Court Finds Local "User Fees" To Be Unlawful Property Taxes
The difference between a tax and a user fee may seem obvious at first glance:...
Pennsylvania Supreme Court Grapples With Corporate Income Tax and the Attorney General's Independence
With more than $2 million dollars of tax revenue and important separation of powers questions...
Ohio Supreme Court Rules Probate-Juvenile Court Had No Authority To Grant Criminal Witness Immunity
In a per curiam opinion, a unanimous Supreme Court of Ohio held that the Probate-Juvenile...
Michigan Supreme Court Enacts Preferred Pronoun Rule for State Judiciary
The debate about pronouns and gender identity has come to the judicial system. Courts are...
Nevada Supreme Court Rules That General Concerns About COVID-19 Do Not Trump Sixth Amendment
In Newson v. State,[1] a unanimous en banc Supreme Court of Nevada[2] held that a...
Ohio Supreme Court Rules Tax Exemptions Will No Longer Be Strictly Construed Against Taxpayers
In Stingray Pressure Pumping, LLC v. Harris, the Ohio Supreme Court recently interred a principle...
The Original Meaning of "Maliciously" at the Florida Supreme Court
In Tomlinson v. Florida, Justice John Couriel wrote for a unanimous Florida Supreme Court exploring...
Constitutional Bar on Retrospective Laws Limits Claims Under Colorado's Child Sex Abuse Statute
The Colorado Supreme Court recently issued a decision in Aurora Public Schools v. A.S. finding...
Utah Supreme Court Grapples With Public Recreational Access to Public Waters via Private Property
In Utah Stream Access Coalition v. VR Acquisitions, LLC (USAC II), the Utah Supreme Court...
New York's Municipal Home Rule Law Trumps Local Effort to Institute Term Limits
On May 19, 2023, the New York State Court of Appeals, in a unanimous decision,...
The Ohio Supreme Court Ruling That Allowed August 8 Special Election to Amend the Ohio Constitution to proceed
In State ex rel. One Person One Vote v. LaRose, the Ohio Supreme Court was...
North Carolina Supreme Court Reverses Itself In Two Election Law Cases Decided Months Prior
In December 2022, the North Carolina Supreme Court issued opinions in two cases—one striking down...
Indiana Supreme Court Upholds Law Banning Most Abortions, Establishes Right To Life-Saving Abortion
After the U.S. Supreme Court’s landmark decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization,[1] Indiana...
Iowa Supreme Court Leaves in Place Injunction of Fetal Heartbeat Law, New One Passed Weeks Later
In Planned Parenthood of the Heartland, Inc. v. Reynolds (Planned Parenthood IV), the Supreme Court...
After Ramos, the Louisiana Supreme Court Addresses Whether Certain Defendants Are Entitled to a New Trial
The Louisiana Supreme Court granted certiorari in State v. Vaughn to address a question left...