State Court Docket Watch November 2007

In this issue [32 pp. pdf]

Missouri Looks to Reform the Missouri Plan, by Jonathan Bunch

Gay Marriage Update: Iowa & Maryland, by John Shu

Missiouri Supreme Court Unanimously Upholds Statute In Part Creating Civil Liability for Abortion Providers, by Matthew J. Brooker

Missouri and New Jersey Courts Reject "Market Share" Liability for Lead Paint Manufacturers by Brian P. Brooks

Michigan Supreme Court Upholds Voter Phote ID Law

Parental Law in the States: Maryland, Minnesota, Pennsylvania, by James A. Haynes

Tribal Sovereign Immunity Does Not Bar California's Suit over Campaign Contribution Disclosure Violations, by Tom Gede

Court Bars California Governments from Retaining Private Contingency-Fee Counsel in Nuisance Suits, by Tom Gede

Nevada Legislature Passes Proposal to Change Judicial Selection Process, by Matthew D. Saltzman
Proposals to End Judicial Elections in Minnesota

Is the Tennessee Plan Constitutional? by Maclin P. Davis, Jr.

Judicial Selection Litigation in New York, by Benjamin L. Ginsburg & John Hilton