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People v. Kardasz; People v. Martin
Michigan Supreme Court upheld lifetime sexual offender registration against facial and as-applied cruel or unusual punishment challenge; and heard argument in challenges to lifetime electronic monitoring
League of Women Voters of Utah v. Utah State Legislature (LWV 1)
Utah Supreme Court sent partisan gerrymandering case back to lower court to consider whether the legislature violated voters' fundamental right to "reform or alter" their government when it overturned redistricting reforms passed by initiative. Lower court found legislators violated that right and struck the current congressional map, adopting an alternative proposed by the plaintiffs
State v. Hemion
Oregon Supreme Court ruled open courts clause and public records statute did not authorize trial court to order a public defense provider to turn over caseload records related to its representation of indigent criminal defendants
Coleman v. Board of Education
Kentucky Supreme Court held that a statute restructuring the relationship between a county's board of education and its school superintendent violated a prohibition against special or local legislation, modifying the court's prior decision upholding the law
Texas v. Bruck
New York trial court dismissed Texas's petition seeking to order county clerk to accept its filing intended to begin the process of enforcing that state's default judgment against a New York doctor, who allegedly sent abortion pills to a Texas woman.
Jackson v. Florida
Florida Supreme Court upheld a 2023 law that permits eligible defendants to be sentenced to death on the recommendation of only 8 of 12 jurors
State v. Sabra Danielson, State v. Simone Nelson
Washington Supreme Court held it does not violate equal protection as a wealth-based classification for a trial court to refund financial obligations paid in cash when a conviction is vacated but to deny reimbursement of community service labor performed in lieu of payment
Clarke v. Town of Newburgh
New York Court of Appeals held local government could not assert state or federal equal protection challenge to the vote dilution provision of the state's Voting Rights Act
In re Judge Jennifer Medley
Louisiana Supreme Court suspended district judge under state constitutional clause and judicial conduct code for activities during her election campaign — including knowingly false statements that her opponent was a "deadbeat dad" — disagreeing those statements were protected by the First Amendment.
Voces de la Frontera v. Gerber
Original action accepted by the Wisconsin Supreme Court alleging sherriffs who honored ICE detainer requests acted outside the scope of their arresting authority, but subsequently removed to federal court
