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Wisconsin Supreme Court rules state legislative maps are unconstitutional and must be redrawn

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The Supreme Court of Wisconsin ruled 4-3 that the state legislature’s assembly district maps are unconstitutional under the Wisconsin Constitution on Wednesday and ordered new remedial maps to be drawn for the 2024 elections. Karofsky authored the majority opinion of the court. Justice Jill J.

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Justices reverse Wisconsin court ruling that increased majority-Black districts in state legislature

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Share The Supreme Court on Wednesday threw out a ruling by the Wisconsin Supreme Court that adopted a redistricting plan submitted by the state’s governor, Democrat Tony Evers, for seats in the state’s legislature. In 2021, the Wisconsin legislature drew new maps for the state assembly and state senate.

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Guest Post: Third-Party Litigation Funding: Disclosure to Courts, Congress, and the Executive

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Stroud is General Counsel at Unified Patents – an organization often adverse to litigation-funded entities. [1] litigation finance boom of the past 20 years—as has been widely reported, private equity now undergirds huge swaths of U.S. Guest post by Jonathan Stroud. Patent assertion finance today is a multibillion-dollar business. [2]

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Locked and Loaded: Supreme Court is Ready for a Showdown on the Second Amendment

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In 2008, the Supreme Court handed down a landmark ruling in District of Columbia v. City of Chicago , the court ruled that this right applied against the states. The high court has been carefully waiting for just the right case to address states and cities that have sought to limit gun rights. Penal Law § 400.00(2)(f)

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Wisconsin Corrections Officers Win Class Status

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RSS Feed Find us on Facebook Follow us on Twitter Menu LegalReader.com · Legal News, Analysis, & Commentary Home Business Health & Medicine Lawsuits & Litigation News & Politics Science Positive News Crimes Search Lawsuits & Litigation Wisconsin Corrections Officers Win Class Status Sara E.

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December 2020 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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Each month, Arnold & Porter and the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law collect and summarize developments in climate-related litigation, which we also add to our U.S. climate litigation charts. Hawaii Court Ruled that Commercial Aquarium Fishing Required Environmental Review. and non-U.S. Zepeda , No. filed Nov.

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July 2017 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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Each month, Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP (APKS) and the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law collect and summarize developments in climate-related litigation, which we also add to our U.S. climate litigation charts. CLIMATE LITIGATION CHART. and non-U.S. NEW CASES, MOTIONS, AND NOTICES. ADDITION TO THE NON-U.S.

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