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Minnesota Supreme Court Grapples with Voting Rights and Equal Protection
The Minnesota Supreme Court recently decided a challenge to Minnesota’s system for restoring voting rights...
In Nevada, Pandemic Sunsets but Novel Powers are Preserved
A recent decision by the Nevada Supreme Court has given one state agency considerable power...
Washington Supreme Court Allows Some Claims To Proceed in Challenge to Delivery Fee Ordinance
In a recent Washington Supreme Court decision, Washington Food Industry Association v. City of Seattle,...
Biometric Privacy Ruling at Illinois Supreme Court Could Cost White Castle Billions
White Castle may be best known for its sliders, but after this year, Illinois lawyers...
Iowa Supreme Court Upholds the Warrantless DNA Analysis of a Drinking Straw Collected from a Fast-Food Restaurant
In State v. Burns, the Iowa Supreme Court considered whether police violated the U.S. or...
Textualism, Governmental Immunity, and the Common Law at the Tennessee Supreme Court
Writing for a unanimous Tennessee Supreme Court in Lawson v. Hawkins County, Justice Sarah Campbell...
Arizona Supreme Court Takes Aim at Legislative Intent in Tax Case
Arizona Department of Revenue v. Tunkey[1] concerned Arizona’s transaction privilege tax (“TPT”). The unanimous Arizona...
Florida Supreme Court Identifies Limits on Governmental Immunity Doctrines
In the recent decision Fried v. Florida, the Florida Supreme Court confronted the tension between...
Public records, Excel spreadsheets, and textualism: Kansas Supreme Court affirms the separation of powers
Within the American system of government, legislative authority is the sole prerogative of the people’s...
Idaho Supreme Court rejects controversial ethics rule 8.4(g)
The Idaho Supreme Court recently took the extraordinary step of unanimously rejecting a proposal by...