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Kaitlin Caruso
Kaitlin Caruso is an associate professor of law at the University of Maine School of Law.
Habeas and Happy the Elephant
A Bronx Zoo elephant that died last week was made famous in litigation over whether habeas corpus can be used to challenge the confinement of nonhuman animals.
Nonhuman Rights Project, Inc. v. Breheny
New York Court of Appeals affirmed dismissal of a habeas petition submitted on behalf of an elephant challenging her zoo confinement
IntegrateNYC, Inc. v. State
New York Court of Appeals dismissed the plaintiffs' state constitutional claim that the NYC public education system discriminates against Black and Latino students, finding the allegations vague and conclusory
Ball v. Roman Catholic Bishop of Manchester
New Hampshire Supreme Court held that retroactive application of a law eliminating the statute of limitations for personal actions based on sexual assault would violate Part I, Article 23 of the New Hampshire Constitution
State Court Oral Arguments to Watch for in June
Issues on the dockets include crossover voting, a gun ban for young adults, transgender prisoners, and court reporter shortages.
In re Schoenhals
Washington Supreme Court held that Washington's constitutional prohibition on mandatory life-without-parole sentences for 18-to-20-year-old offenders is a substantive constitutional rule that applies retroactively on collateral review
Maunalua Bay Beach Ohana 28 v. State
Hawaii Supreme Court held that Hawaii's Takings Clause does not waive sovereign immunity for awards of attorneys' fees in inverse condemnation cases against the State
State v. Spies
Hawaii Supreme Court held that officers engaging in consensual interrogation after a traffic stop must clearly inform the person that they are free to go prior to commencing the interrogation, absent independent reasonable suspicion justifying continued detention
In re A.K.M.
Montana Supreme Court held that Montana's Equal Protection Clause requires extending the right to court-appointed counsel that indigent parents have in abuse-and-neglect cases to indigent parents in private termination-of-parental-rights proceedings
