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Commonwealth v. Anthony Lewis
Pennsylvania Supreme Court declined to adopt stringent test for the evidence required to designate an area “high crime” in order for that circumstance to be a factor in whether reasonable suspicion exists for a police stop, leaving it to the discretion of the supression court.
City of Kalispell v. Doman
Montana Supreme Court will consider whether a law against obstructing a peace officer violates federal and state speech protections as applied to a defendant arrested while recording on his cellphone police conducting a traffic stop in a public place.
E.N v. Kehoe
Missouri Supreme Court will consider whether a state law banning gender-affirming care for minors and Medicaid coverage for such care for transgender adults violates the state constitution's equal protection, due process, and "gains of industry" clauses.
Stewart v. Rosenblum
Illinois Supreme Court held statutes providing for pretrial release did not unduly infringe any inherent judicial authority to indefinitely detain pretrial a defendant who repeatedly failed to appear.
Hawaii v. Zuffante
Hawaii Supreme Court held state due process clause requires law enforcement to record in-station custodial interrogations and, when feasible, out-of-station, as a necessary procedural safeguard for multiple rights, including to a fair trial.
Case Trends: Post-Dobbs and Skrmetti, State Courts Are Battlegrounds for Transgender and Reproductive Rights
State courts are leaning on their unique state constitutional provisions, departing from federal precedent, and deciding who can challenge restrictive laws.
A Win for Georgia's Gullah Geechee
The Georgia Supreme Court ruled that an island community descended from enslaved people could move forward with a referendum to overturn zoning changes that they argue will price them out of their homes.
