Overview Grimm v. Gloucester County School Board (U.S. Court of Appeals, 4th Circuit, August 26, 2020) –The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit ruled…
Overview Andrews v. Ortiz (Texas Court of Appeals, 7th District, September 1, 2020) – A Texas appellate court declined to dismiss a lawsuit filed by the…
Overview Watson v. Oppenheim (Mississippi Supreme Court, September 18, 2020) – The Mississippi Supreme Court found that voters with pre-existing conditions putting them at higher risk…
Overview Colvin v. Inslee (Supreme Court of Washington, July 23, 2020) – Petitioners sued the Washington State Department of Corrections seeking a writ of mandamus to…
Overview Schmitt v. Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of Washington (U.S. Court of Appeals, 9th Circuit, July 14, 2020) – The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals found…
Overview County of Butler v. Wolf (U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania, September 14, 2020) – The U.S. District Court for the Western…
Overview Sierra Club v. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. Court of Appeals, 3rd Circuit, August 27, 2020) – The court found that EPA acted in an…
Overview In re National Prescription Opiate Litigation (U.S. Court of Appeals, 6th Circuit, September 24, 2020) – The appellate court rejected a lower court’s decision to…
Overview In re S.P. (California Court of Appeals, 2nd Appellate District, District 6, August 6, 2020) – A California appellate court ruled that a juvenile court…
This guide provides an at-a-glance overview of key law and policy measures to facilitate increased civic engagement in communities.
