U.S. Supreme Court
Jul. 25, 2009
High Court Ruling Shapes Local Control
A little-noticed U.S. Supreme Court decision made last month is already transforming the debate over how much control courts have over local jursidictions.
Daily Journal Staff Writer WASHINGTON - Lawyers for California's troubled Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation plan to file a motion Friday to test whether a little-noticed U.S. Supreme Court decision issued last month will help the state extricate itself from long-running institutional litigation. In a decision that has so far received little attention, the Supreme Court held in June by a 5-4 vote that a federal judge i...
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