On April 19, 2016, the Supreme Court reached another 4-4 tie. In Franchise Tax Board of California v. Hyatt, the justices could not decide whether to overrule Nevada v. Hall, 440 U.S. 410 (1979), a case authorizing citizens of one state to sue the officials of another in their local courts. The justices did, however, decide a second issue before the Court, holding that Nevada’s actions in the case amounted to a “‘policy of hostility to the public Acts’ of a sister State,” in violation of the Constitution’s Full Faith and Credit Clause.
