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Larger March calendar includes high-stakes COVID insurance case

At the Lectern

The Supreme Court yesterday announced it will hear six oral arguments in March, the biggest calendar of the term. With four more calendars after March, the court is now on pace to issue 42 or 43 opinions for the term, a higher pace than previously, but still at an historic low (see here ). The court granted review in March 2022.

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Cannabis, property tax opinions filing tomorrow

At the Lectern

2) Does state law preempt a local ordinance when both prohibit the same conduct and the state law has a mens rea component that the local ordinance does not? ” The court granted review in March 2022. It also told the parties at oral argument “to focus on the question of dismissal under Penal Code section 1385.”