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Knight v. Fontes
Arizona Supreme Court held the retention election process for intermediate appellate judges does not violate the "free and equal" elections clause or equal privileges and immunities provision
State Court Oral Arguments to Watch for in January
Issues on the dockets include legislative responses to Missouri’s voter-approved reproductive rights amendment, Utah’s execution methods, and Idaho’s school-choice program.
League of Women Voters of Greeley v. Board of County Commissioners of City of Weld
Held that the Colorado Constitution's Home Rule provision does not authorize counties to disregard state redistricting statutes
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.
Wygant v. Lee (formerly Moore v. Lee)
Tennessee Supreme Court upheld state legislative maps passed in 2022 against challenges that the house map split more counties than necessary and the senate map failed to consecutively number districts
McVay v. Cockroft
Oklahoma Supreme Court will consider whether a law making it harder for citizen initiative petitions to qualify for the ballot violates citizens' state constitutional initative, free speech, and equal protection rights.
Singleton v. North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services
A doctor challenges a law that requires healthcare providers to obtain a “certificate of need” before offering new services or facilities in a geographic area
State v. James Ellis
Washington Supreme Court held restitution imposed on an indigent defendant did not violate state or federal excessive fines clause, finding the amount to be compensatory, not punitive.
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.
