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A Qualified Academic Freedom Privilege In Employment Litigation: Protecting Higher Education Or Shielding Discrimination?, Ayna J. Partain Nov 1987

A Qualified Academic Freedom Privilege In Employment Litigation: Protecting Higher Education Or Shielding Discrimination?, Ayna J. Partain

Vanderbilt Law Review

Courts have long honored the fundamental principle that the right to full and fair litigation assumes the unobstructed availability of evidence.' When the divulgence of information in court threatens interests or relationships of sufficient social importance,however, courts have recognized a compelling justification for sacrificing the free flow of evidence and have created rules of privilege. Since 1972, when Congress extended Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 19641 to academic institutions, colleges and universities increasingly have faced broad discovery requests for confidential personnel files by plaintiffs alleging that discriminatory factors such as sex, race, or age played an impermissible …


In Defense Of Public Defenders: Polk County V. Dodson, Jeffrey C. Gilbert May 1982

In Defense Of Public Defenders: Polk County V. Dodson, Jeffrey C. Gilbert

University of Miami Law Review

In Polk County v. Dodson, the United States Supreme Court held that a public defender does not act under color of state law "when performing a lawyer's 'traditional functions' as counsel to a defendant in a criminal proceeding." The Court formulated a "functions" test to distinguish cases holding that public defenders act under color of state law when performing administrative tasks or when engaging in nontraditional or criminal acts. The author questions the Court's marked curtailment of indigents' access to federal courts when alleging ineffective representation by public defenders under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Moreover, the author concludes that …


Prisoner's Rights--The Need For An Inmate Grievance Commission In West Virginia, Thomas W. Kupec May 1976

Prisoner's Rights--The Need For An Inmate Grievance Commission In West Virginia, Thomas W. Kupec

West Virginia Law Review

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Between Law And Justice: Professor Bittker's Case For Black Reparations, Henry J. Richardson Iii Apr 1975

Between Law And Justice: Professor Bittker's Case For Black Reparations, Henry J. Richardson Iii

Indiana Law Journal

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A Viable Substitute For The Exclusionary Rule: A Civil Rights Appeals Board, John L. Roche Jun 1973

A Viable Substitute For The Exclusionary Rule: A Civil Rights Appeals Board, John L. Roche

Washington and Lee Law Review

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New Frontiers, Michael E. Tigar Jan 1969

New Frontiers, Michael E. Tigar

Faculty Scholarship

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