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State v. Baugh
Held that defendant’s counsel rendered constitutionally ineffective assistance by failing to request jury instructions on its duty to be unanimous as to each element of each convicted count
Satcher v. Columbia County
Held that the injunction entered against county, preventing it from maintaining a defective stormwater drainage system, exceeded the scope of the sovereign immunity waiver
Roderick M. Hills Jr.
Roderick M. Hills Jr. is the William T. Comfort, III Professor of Law at New York University
Choice of Law in an Era of Abortion Conflict
When a citizen of an anti-abortion state travels to another state to receive the procedure, which state’s law should apply?
R.W. v. Dept. of Education and T.G.A. v. Dept. of Education
Will consider whether a law that requires the state to publicize suspensions of teachers who are charged with serious crimes, requires removal of references to those suspensions -- or whether due process principles in the Pennsylvania Constitution do -- if those charges are subsequently resolved in the educators' favor.
Sports Medicine Research & Testing Lab. v. Board of Equalization of Salt Lake County
Held that taxpayer's use of facility to perform market-rate testing for professional sports organizations did not serve a charitable purpose and taxpayer was not entitled to tax exemption
State v. King
Held that the constitutional prohibition on pre-submission deliberations by juries does not apply to three judge panels
Gilpin v. Harris
Ruled that victims are entitled to restitution from defendants found "guilty except insane" under Arizona's Victims' Bill of Rights when the defendant's actions cause or threaten death or serious bodily injury
Norwood v. Frame
Held that defendant's sentence of life in prison pursuant to a recidivist statute did not violate constitutional proportionality principles
State v. Case
Ruled that a warrantless entry into the defendant's home was justified under the community caretaker doctrine and did not violate Montana's expanded privacy protections
