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South Dakota Supreme Court Broadens ‘Marsy’s Law’ in Dispute Over Victim’s Diary
The case involved interpretation of the state’s constitutional amendment providing crime victims’ rights akin to those of criminal defendants.
Latino Action Network v. New Jersey
Held that public education system was segregated within districts but did not find statewide segregation
Brown v. Secretary of State
Held that a partisan gerrymandering claim raises a nonjusticiable political question
Tallahassee v. Florida Police Benevolent Association
Held that Marsy’s Law does not allow a victim, including police officers, the categorical right to withhold their name from disclosure
In Re: Prosecuting Attorneys Qualifications Commission Rules and Code of Conduct
Declined to approve proposed rules written by a new politically appointed body to investigate, discipline, and remove elected prosecutors
Police Benevolent Association v. City of New York
Held that law making it a misdemeanor for police officers to restrain an arrestee in a manner that impedes their breathing is not impermissibly vague
Harris County v. Texas
Plaintiff claimed that state law that abolishes Harris County election administrator violates ban on local or special laws about certain subjects
Anti-Abortion Strategies Center on 19th Century Federal Law
Activists hope to set up a clash between the Comstock Act and state laws protecting abortion.
Wisconsin Property Taxpayers, Inc. v. Town of Buchanan
Concurrence would have held that the fee structure implemented by the Town of Buchanan's Transportation Utility Fee violated the Uniformity Clause of the Wisconsin Constitution
