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Recent Trends in the Alabama Supreme Court
Tort and Consumer Issues In the early ‘90s, tort reform advocates viewed Alabama as a...
Mississippi Supreme Court and the “Era Of Judicial Supremacy”
As the 1980s began, some critics alleged that Mississippi’s government was afflicted with inertia, and...
Mississippi Supreme Court Limits Permissive Joinder
Mississippi’s state court system has served as a magnet for mass tort litigation. Mississippi has...
Recent State Cases Largely Support Property Rights
The state courts have continued to issue environmental law and property rights cases. Some support...
Venue Laws in South Carolina
Over the past several decades, the venue laws of the State of South Carolina have...
Recent Developments in Ohio Class Action Litigation
In Wilson v. Brush Wellman, Inc. (2004), 103 Ohio St.3d 538, 817 N.E.2d 59, the...
Mass Torts in Mississippi
Introduction The landscape for the litigation of mass tort claims in Mississippi has undergone a...
Montoy v. Kansas: An Update
A recent issue of State Court Docket Watch profiled an education finance case pending in...
Recent Gay Marriage Rulings
Gay marriage litigation continues to occur in various forms among the several states. In the...
Product Liability Greatly Expanded in Wisconsin
On July 15, the Wisconsin Supreme Court significantly expanded the potential liability of product manufacturers...
Washington State Supreme Court Hands Down Decision in Eminent Domain Case
In HTK Management, L.L.C. v. Seattle Popular Monorail Authority (Wash. 2005), the Washington State Supreme...
Expanding State Constitutional Rights in Criminal Law
The Supreme Court of Wisconsin has issued a series of decisions in its 2004-2005 term...
Attorney-Client Privilege May Be Weakened By Recent Cases
Several attorney-client privilege cases compelling disclosure have recently made news: Illinois and North Carolina courts...
Florida Supreme Court Allows Assignment of Legal Malpractice Claim to Third Party Plaintiff
In Cowan Liebowitz & Latman, P.C., v. Kaplan,1 the Florida Supreme Court decided whether a...
The Proliferation of State Statutes Using Racial and Ethnic Classifications
Classifications along racial and ethnic lines have long been criticized by those who favor equal...
It's Not Just the Test That's a Lemon, It's How Some Judges Apply It
On March 2, 2005, the United States Supreme Court heard two cases involving public displays...
Can Bush Supreme Court Appointments Lead to a Rollback of the New Deal?
In anticipation of a conflict regarding nominations to the Supreme Court, some commentators have speculated...
Business and the Supreme Court
During the past few months--in connection with both the Presidential election and speculation about Supreme...