Source: State & Local Legal Center
Register for SLLC SCOTUS police cases webinar, July 29.
Cases Decided
PennEast Pipeline Co. v. New Jersey
Holding: the federal government may constitutionally grant pipeline companies the authority to condemn necessary rights-of-way in which a state has an interest
Authors: Jennifer Selendy, Erica Iverson, Vivek Tata, and Adam Hersh of Selendy & Gay
Holding: a regulation allowing union organizers access to agriculture employers’ property to solicit support for unionization up to three hours a day, 120 days a year is a per se physical taking
Writers: Matthew Littleton and David T. Goldberg, Donahue, Goldberg, Weaver & Littleton
Holding: City of Philadelphia violated the First Amendment when it refused to contract with Catholic Social Service (CSS) to certify foster care families because CSS refuses to work with same-sex couples
Writer: John Korzen of the Wake Forest University School of Law Appellate Advocacy Clinic
City of Portland v. FCC (cert. denied)
Issue: whether the Federal Communication Commission Small Cell Order, which limits fees local governments can charge for use of public land to build 5G, violates the Telecommunications Act
Writer: John Korzen of the Wake Forest University School of Law Appellate Advocacy Clinic
Supreme Court Review webinar series
Police practices featured front and center in multiple U.S. Supreme Court cases this term. Join Shay Dvoretzky, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, who argued a Fourth Amendment case involving the “community caretaking” exception, and David Gans, Director of the Civil Rights, Human Rights, and Citizenship Program at the Constitutional Accountability Center, which filed multiple amicus briefs in Fourth Amendment and qualified immunity cases this term, in a discussion of all the police cases. Topics range from Fourth Amendment searches and seizures to excessive force to local governments holding onto impounded vehicles after a bankruptcy stay has been filed.
Date and time: July 29; 1PM Eastern
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SCOTUS Review articles
Supreme Court Review for States 2021
SHORT Supreme Court Review for States 2021
Supreme Court Review for Local Governments 2021
SHORT Supreme Court Review for Local Governments 2021
Blog postings
SCOTUS Upholds Affordable Care Act Over Lack of Standing
Supreme Court Upholds Free Exercise Clause and Rules Against City
Supreme Court Sides with Tribal Authority to Investigate State Law Violations
Gorsuch Rejects Broad Challenge to Colorado COVID-19 Restrictions
Results of Supreme Court Takings Case Mixed for States and Local Governments
NCAA Loses SCOTUS Student-Athlete Compensation Case
Cheerleader Wins SCOTUS Off-Campus Free Speech Case
SCOTUS Adopts Case-by-Case Approach to Warrantless Pursuit of Fleeing Misdemeanants Into Home
SCOTUS Reverses Excessive Force Case Officers Won Before Lower Court
Supreme Court to Decide First Amendment Billboard Case
Supreme Court Rules Against States’ Rights in Pipeline Case
SCOTUS Upholds Arizona’s Voting Requirements
Supreme Court Strikes Down State Charity Donor Disclosure Requirement