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State Court Docket Watch: Washington v. Palla Sum
In Washington v. Palla Sum, the Washington Supreme Court considered whether courts in Washington should...
State Court Docket Watch: Glass v. City of Montgomery
Alabama’s constitution prohibits the legislature from enacting a “local law”—one that applies only in one...
State Court Docket Watch: In re: D.D.
Hard cases make bad law.[1] In re: D.D.[2]—a Maryland policing case involving the odor of...
DuBose v. McGuffey
In recent years, a debate has emerged related to the appropriate role of bail in...
Criminal Law Update: A Survey of State Law Changes in 2020
Through legislation, local ordinances, ballot initiatives, executive orders, and constitutional amendments, states across the country...
State Court Docket Watch: Harper v. Hall
In its 2019 decision in Rucho v. Common Cause, the U.S. Supreme Court closed the...
State Court Docket Watch: Columbus Bar Assn. v. Bahan
Does the First Amendment protect a lawyer from discipline by the bar after she gets...
State Court Docket Watch: Whole Woman’s Health v. Jackson
In Whole Woman’s Health v. Jackson, the Supreme Court of Texas held that certain state...
State Court Docket Watch: Whitehead v. Fagan
On December 3, 2021, the Oregon Supreme Court delivered a unanimous opinion in Whitehead v....
State Court Docket Watch: Cleveland Metro. Bar Assn. v. Morton
In Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association v. Morton,[1] the Ohio Supreme Court sanctioned an attorney for...
State Court Docket Watch: Commonwealth v. Barr
For decades, the plain smell doctrine allowed law enforcement to use the smell of marijuana,...
State Court Docket Watch: McDonald v. Symphony Bronzeville Park, LLC.
In McDonald v. Symphony Park Bronzeville, the Illinois Supreme Court decided that the Illinois Workers’...
State Court Docket Watch: Parsons v. Colt’s Manufacturing Company
In December 2021, a unanimous Nevada Supreme Court determined in Parsons v. Colt’s Manufacturing Company[1]...
State Court Docket Watch: Yurish v. Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc.
In 2001, in Bartnicki v. Vopper, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that a third party...
State Court Docket Watch: Rogers v. Honorable Mroz
On February 1, 2022, the Arizona Supreme Court held that the First Amendment barred a...
State Court Docket Watch: AZ School Boards Association et al. v. State of Arizona
Arizona’s Constitution requires that each bill passed by its Legislature contain only one subject and...
State Court Docket Watch: Smith v. Isakson
Docket Watch: Smith v. Isakson The right to a trial by jury has been a...
State Court Docket Watch: State of Alaska v. The Alaska Legislative Council
Most are familiar with the United States Senate’s “advice and consent” role in confirming Executive...