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City of Cincinnati, ex rel. Mark Miller v. City of Cincinnati
Ohio Supreme Court will consider whether lower court erred in reading additional taxpayer standing requirements into a statute permitting taxpayers to sue on a city's behalf to stop abuses of municipal power if the city fails to pursue the action itself
State v. McLain
Maine Supreme Court held that the state constitution's privilege against self-incrimination provides greater protection than the federal Fifth Amendment with respect to waiving that privilege.
State v. Kelliher
Held that a de facto life sentence for a juvenile defendant whom a trial court deemed “neither incorrigible nor irredeemable” violates the state constitution
Lyon v. Riverside Methodist Hospital
Ohio Court of Appeals held that a law capping noneconomic damages for medical malpractice claims does not facially violate state constitutional due process or equal protection, but did violate those guarantees as applied to the plaintiff whose award was signficantly reduced for extreme injuries.
Mohebali v. Hayes
North Carolina Court of Appeals held that a law capping jury awards of noneconomic damages for medical malpractice did not violate the state constitutional jury trial right of a plaintiff who sued her physician for negligence for allowing her pregnancy to extend to 44-weeks, resulting in fetal death.
In re Tom Malinowski
Appellants claimed that state's ban on fusion voting violates rights to vote, to free speech and political association, to equal protection, and to assemble
People v. Bankston
California Supreme Court will consider whether the state constitution limits relief available under the state's racial justice act, particularly with respect to death penalty eligibility, if a defendant establishes racial bias was exhibited at trial
Arnold v. Kotek
Oregon Supreme Court will consider whether a voter-approved ballot measure requiring a permit process to be eligible to purchase a gun and completion of a background check before any transfer, as well as banning large-capacity magazines, violates the state constitutional right to bear arms.
Hon. Nathan Hecht
Hon. Nathan Hecht is the former chief justice of the Texas Supreme Court, a partner at the law firm Jackson Walker, and a distinguished judicial fellow at NYU School of Law.
