Jan 9 2025 Publication Federalist Society Review 2024 Civil Justice Update Mark A. Behrens Federalist Society Review, Volume 26 This paper reviews key civil justice issues and changes in 2024. Part I discusses legal reform...
Mar 2 2009 Publication State Court Docket Watch Rhode Island Supreme Court Overturns Lead Paint Judgment David Strachman In July 2008, the Rhode Island Supreme Court overturned a jury verdict imposing liability against...
Mar 2 2009 Publication State Court Docket Watch The Rise and Fall of Lead Paint Litigation in Ohio David J. Owsiany Over the last four years, Ohio has experienced a significant amount of activity related to...
Aug 2 2004 Publication State Court Docket Watch Litigation over State Education Financing in Kansas Megan L. Brown “The history of education since the Industrial Revolution shows a continual struggle between two forces:...
Dec 2 2010 Publication State Court Docket Watch Gay Marriage Update: New England, Iowa, Wisconsin, and California John Shu Litigation regarding gay marriage and other gay rights issues continues throughout the several states, and...
Jul 2 2009 Publication State Court Docket Watch “Now” Is the Time: U.S. Supreme Court Rules on Rhode Island Indian Land Case David Strachman The U.S. Supreme Court recently ended a decade-old skirmish in the 100-year legal battle between...
Jan 1 2003 Publication State Court Docket Watch The Case for Judicial Appointments Stephen B. Presser, Christopher C. Murray, John L. Dodd, Mark S. Pulliam, Alfred W. Putnam, Paula M. Stannard Views expressed in this paper are those of the authors only, and do not necessarily...
Mar 14 2012 Publication State Court Docket Watch A Survey of Empirical Evidence Concerning Judicial Elections Chris W. Bonneau State Courts White Paper The election of state judges is a controversial topic. Consider, for example, this quote from...
Jan 10 2013 Publication State Court Docket Watch Tort Reform Update: Recently Enacted Legislative Reforms and State Court Challenges Andrew Cook State Courts White Paper Introduction Since the 2010 elections altered the makeup of many state legislative and executive branches,...
Jul 9 2019 Publication State Court Docket Watch Criminal Justice Reform: A Survey of 2018 State Laws Robert Alt Criminal Justice Update State legislatures across the country made significant strides in reforming their criminal justice regimes throughout...
2024 Civil Justice Update
Mark A. Behrens
Federalist Society Review, Volume 26
This paper reviews key civil justice issues and changes in 2024. Part I discusses legal reform...
Rhode Island Supreme Court Overturns Lead Paint Judgment
David Strachman
In July 2008, the Rhode Island Supreme Court overturned a jury verdict imposing liability against...
The Rise and Fall of Lead Paint Litigation in Ohio
David J. Owsiany
Over the last four years, Ohio has experienced a significant amount of activity related to...
Litigation over State Education Financing in Kansas
Megan L. Brown
“The history of education since the Industrial Revolution shows a continual struggle between two forces:...
Gay Marriage Update: New England, Iowa, Wisconsin, and California
John Shu
Litigation regarding gay marriage and other gay rights issues continues throughout the several states, and...
“Now” Is the Time: U.S. Supreme Court Rules on Rhode Island Indian Land Case
David Strachman
The U.S. Supreme Court recently ended a decade-old skirmish in the 100-year legal battle between...
The Case for Judicial Appointments
Stephen B. Presser, Christopher C. Murray, John L. Dodd, Mark S. Pulliam, Alfred W. Putnam, Paula M. Stannard
Views expressed in this paper are those of the authors only, and do not necessarily...
A Survey of Empirical Evidence Concerning Judicial Elections
Chris W. Bonneau
State Courts White Paper
The election of state judges is a controversial topic. Consider, for example, this quote from...
Tort Reform Update: Recently Enacted Legislative Reforms and State Court Challenges
Andrew Cook
State Courts White Paper
Introduction Since the 2010 elections altered the makeup of many state legislative and executive branches,...
Criminal Justice Reform: A Survey of 2018 State Laws
Robert Alt
Criminal Justice Update
State legislatures across the country made significant strides in reforming their criminal justice regimes throughout...