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Retroactive

Hope v. Commissioner (7th Cir. 2023)

Posted: June 29, 2023

Seventh Circuit opinion holding that Indiana law requiring individuals convicted of sex offenses pre-enactment to register due to existing registration obligations elsewhere did not violate equal protection.

Hope v. Commissioner (7th Cir. 2023)

Montana v. Hinman (Mont. 2023)

Posted: June 28, 2023

Montana Supreme Court opinion holding that Montana's sex offense registration statute ("SVORA"), as amended since 2007, is punitive in nature and cannot be retroactively applied to defendants whose convictions predate the 2007 amendments.

Montana v. Hinman (Mont. 2023)

Koch v. Village of Hartland (7th Cir. 2022)

Posted: August 15, 2022

Seventh Circuit decision in Ex Post Facto case, overturning the retroactivity standard articulated in prior circuit holdings and concluding that the critical inquiry in assessing retroactivity is “whether the law changes the legal consequences of acts completed before its effective date.”

Koch v. Village of Hartland (7th Cir. 2022)

Hope v. Commissioner (7th Cir. 2023)

Montana v. Hinman (Mont. 2023)

Koch v. Village of Hartland (7th Cir. 2022)

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