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Bayou Bridge Pipeline, LLC v. 38.00 Acres
Ruled that takings clause requiring compensation to the full extent of landowner's loss provides authority for award of attorney fees and litigation costs
Lowther v. Town of Bastrop
Ruled that municipality is constitutionally mandated to satisfy court order to pay back wages to firefighters by clause excepting fire minimum wages from overall constitutional limitation on unfunded mandates
Legislative Efforts to Abolish Qualified Immunity Yield Mixed Results
Colorado and New Mexico have enacted laws to hold police and other officials accountable for state constitutional violations, while other states have broadened immunities.
McCarty v. Arkansas State Plant Board
Ruled statute permitting private entities to appoint members to a governmental board was an unconstitutional delegation of legislative appointment power
In re Childers-Gray
Ruled that adjudication of sex-change petitions is within the judicial power, and does not violate the constitution's separation of powers clause or present a nonjusticiable political question
State Constitutional Conventions, Explained
The last state to hold a conventional convention was in Rhode Island in 1986.
State v. Patel
Ruled statute’s limitation on victim’s restitution award violates right to receive restitution in the full amount of economic loss or injury caused by a defendant's criminal conduct
Protect the Adirondacks! Inc. v. New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
Ruled that state's plan to construct community connector trails designed for snowmobile use in the state's forest violated constitution's "forever wild" clause
Tillman v. Goodpasture
Ruled that statute abolishing wrongful birth tort did not violate rights to jury trial and legal remedy, as both rights apply only to common-law claims existing at the time of their adoption
Commonwealth v. Eid
Ruled that absence of a maximum term rendered sentencing provision in statute related to driving under a suspended license unconstitutionally vague
