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Washington Union Fees Law Goes to Supreme Court
The United States Supreme Court will decide this term an important case involving the use...
Missouri Supreme Court Extends Workers Compensation Litigation
Fred Schoemehl sustained an on-the-job knee injury in May 2001, and filed a claim for...
Georgia Supreme Court Strikes Down Asbestos Litigation Reform
The Supreme Court of Georgia, in DaimlerChrysler Corp. et al v. Ferrante et al,1 unanimously...
Gay Marriage in the State Courts: New Jersey
Gay marriage litigation continues to occur in several states. On October 25, 2006 the Supreme...
Alabama Supreme Court Considers Companion Separation of Powers Challenges
In 1998, the Alabama Legislature established a program of “Community Services Grants.”1 Criticized by some...
A Court Unbound? The Recent Jurisprudence of the Wisconsin Supreme Court
Public commentary about the Wisconsin Supreme Court as "activist" began in the wake of the...
Sordid Business: The Supreme Court Confronts the Constitutionality of Racial Preferences in K-12 Education
The Chief Justice’s words, written in the context of a congressional redistricting case, are equally...
The Modern Role of State Attorneys General: A Renewed Activism
This paper describes the traditional role of the state attorneys general and contrasts that traditional...
Ohio Supreme Court Upholds Charter School Law
In 1997, Ohio enacted a public charter school program, allowing parents, primarily those living in...
Extraterritorial Application of State Antitrust Law Rejected in Texas
In late October 2006, the Supreme Court of Texas handed down a decision with important...
Pennsylvania Supreme Court Upholds Fetal Homicide Act
The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, in Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. Matthew Bullock,1 unanimously upheld the...
Missouri Supreme Court Rejects Voter ID Law
Missouri has had a serious and recurring problem with multiple-cast and fraudulent ballots, and general...
Carey v. Wolnitzek and the Future of Kentucky Judicial Elections
Just before Election Day (2006), the United States District Court for the Eastern District of...
Washington Supreme Court: Laws Suspending Licenses & Regulating Ergonomics Upheld
In Amunrud v. Board of Appeals (Wash. 2006), the Washington Supreme Court upheld (6 to...
Texas-Sized Transformation: The Conservative Counterrevolution on the Texas Supreme Court
Over the past twenty years, it is quite possible that no state supreme court has...
Michigan Supreme Court Takes Step to Address Asbestos Litigation Problems
Asbestos-related lawsuits filed by claimants who are not sick have occupied the courts in Michigan...
Colorado’s Immigration Reform
On June 12, 2006, the Colorado Supreme Court refused to allow a ballot initiative that...
Same-Sex Marriage in the State Courts
Gay marriage litigation continues to occur in several states. In the first half of 2006,...