Criminal Law
Criminal Municipal Courts
Local Government
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Taxation
Tax Limits and the Future of Local Democracy
Property tax limits are state-level laws that place caps on local governments’ tax rates and revenue. These statutory limits, which put pressure on already strapped cities and counties in forty-six…
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Eighth Amendment
Martin v. City of Boise
Ninth Circuit Refuses to Reconsider Invalidation of Ordinances Completely Banning Sleeping and Camping in Public.
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Local Government
Pennsylvania Restaurant & Lodging Ass’n v. City of Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania Supreme Court Upholds Paid Sick Leave Act and Strikes Emergency Preparedness Act Under Home Rule Law.
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Local Government
S.B. 263, 154th Gen. Assemb., Reg. Sess. (Ga. 2018)
Georgia Authorizes the Creation of the City of Eagle’s Landing.
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Sherman Act
Chamber of Commerce v. City of Seattle
Ninth Circuit Holds Collective Bargaining Ordinance Not Entitled to State Action Immunity.
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First Amendment
City of El Cenizo v. Texas
Fifth Circuit Reverses Injunction of Texas’s Sanctuary Cities Bill.
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Conflict of Laws
Singer v. City of Newton
Massachusetts District Court Finds Portion of Local Drone Ordinance Preempted by FAA Regulation.
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Civil Rights
Seattle, Wash., Ordinance 125393
Seattle Bans the Use of Criminal History in Rental Decisions.
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42 U.S.C. § 1983
How Private Insurers Regulate Public Police