Of course, they deflect them all to the COA anyway ...

Following up on its call for briefing on the constitutionality of direct appeals from the state health department, the MSSC today did the same thing in a workers' compensation case (scroll to bottom).

The only thing worse than having to file an extra brief on a constitutional issue in a CON case is having to do it in a workers' comp case -- there just ain't enough money involved to make it feel like much fun.

What other direct appeals did the Legislature provide for last term? Searching the 2011 session for "direct w/2 appeal" I don't find anything else.