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Gleisser: Juries And Justice, Charles S. Desmond Dec 1968

Gleisser: Juries And Justice, Charles S. Desmond

Michigan Law Review

A Review of Juries and Justice by Marcus Gleisser


Copyright--Protection Denied To Verbal Expression Of Simple Subject Matter--Morrissey V. Proctor & Gamble Co., Michigan Law Review Nov 1968

Copyright--Protection Denied To Verbal Expression Of Simple Subject Matter--Morrissey V. Proctor & Gamble Co., Michigan Law Review

Michigan Law Review

The plaintiff copyrighted a series of rules for a sales promotional contest in which contestants' social security numbers were used as the basis for a "sweepstakes." In 1959 he submitted the contest rules and game suggestions to several companies, including the defendant Procter & Gamble Company, to see if they were interested in using his scheme. The defendant failed to accept or even to respond to the plaintiff's solicitation. However, three years later Procter & Gamble initiated a "Shopping Fling Sweepstakes" which utilized contestants' social security numbers as the basic element of the game. Plaintiff brought an action for copyright …


Group Legal Services For Trade Associations, Richard D. Copaken Apr 1968

Group Legal Services For Trade Associations, Richard D. Copaken

Michigan Law Review

This Article will examine the goals of the Canons of Professional Ethics in this trade association context, noting the pre-Button limitations on the representation of members of such associations, and analyzing the possible impact of the three cases on the development of group legal services in this area. Hopefully, the perspective gained from such an examination may prove useful in the difficult task immediately confronting the legal profession: reformulation of the Canons to bring them into conformity with Button, BRT and UMW while minimizing, on the one hand, the loss of those traditional conceptions which have continuing value and …


The Jury And The Defense Of Insanity, Rita James Simon Mar 1968

The Jury And The Defense Of Insanity, Rita James Simon

Washington and Lee Law Review

No abstract provided.


Smit, Ed: International Co-Operation In Litigation: Europe, Vittorio S. Denti Mar 1968

Smit, Ed: International Co-Operation In Litigation: Europe, Vittorio S. Denti

Michigan Law Review

A Review of International Co-operation in Litication: Europe edited by Hans Smit


Pleading & Practice (1959-1967), Dudley Warner Woodbridge Jan 1968

Pleading & Practice (1959-1967), Dudley Warner Woodbridge

Virginia Bar Notes

No abstract provided.


Causation In Common Sense: A Reply To Messrs. Hart And Honore, Paul F. Rothstein Jan 1968

Causation In Common Sense: A Reply To Messrs. Hart And Honore, Paul F. Rothstein

Georgetown Law Faculty Publications and Other Works

No abstract provided.


Weather Modification: Law And Administration, James N. Corbridge Jr., Raphael J. Moses Jan 1968

Weather Modification: Law And Administration, James N. Corbridge Jr., Raphael J. Moses

Publications

No abstract provided.


Insurance Questions In Voir Dire, Kenneth S. Kabb Jan 1968

Insurance Questions In Voir Dire, Kenneth S. Kabb

Cleveland State Law Review

The scope of this article includes the voir dire examination in the federal courts, primarily in civil cases. The questions to be considered are: (1) how is the voir dire examination to be conducted; (2) what are the limitations imposed on the trial judge, counsel, and the parties with respect to the manner and conduct of the questioning; (3) what is the allowable scope of questions that may be asked prospective jurors; and (4) what will constitute reversible error, and who has the burden of proof.


The Law Of Presumptions: A Look At Confusion, Kentucky Style, Robert G. Lawson Jan 1968

The Law Of Presumptions: A Look At Confusion, Kentucky Style, Robert G. Lawson

Law Faculty Scholarly Articles

Over the years the term “presumption” has been used by virtually all courts to “designate what are more accurately termed inferences or substantive rules of law.” It has also been used as a “loose synonym for presumption of fact, presumption of law, rebuttable presumption, and irrebuttable presumption.” To this list the Kentucky Court of Appeals had added mandatory presumption, presumptive evidence, and prima facie case. Perhaps of more significance than the indiscriminate use of terminology is the extent to which courts have used “presumptions” to describe judicial reasoning of various kinds and to perform chores more appropriate to unrelated procedural …


Order Of Presentation As A Factor In Jury Persuasion, Robert G. Lawson Jan 1968

Order Of Presentation As A Factor In Jury Persuasion, Robert G. Lawson

Law Faculty Scholarly Articles

The “law of primacy in persuasion” has been formulated as follows: The side of a controversial issue having the advantage of first position in the order of presentation is more effective in changing opinion than the side presented last, all other factors being equal. Recent experimentation has revealed that “primacy” is not “an indubitable factor in persuasion,” but occurs only under certain conditions. In this article, an effort has been made to evaluate the experimentation conducted in this area of communications research, and to determine if the conditions of the courtroom are such that order of presentation could be expected …


Jurisdiction--Libel--First Amendment's Role In Determining Place Of Trial In Libel Actions, Michigan Law Review Jan 1968

Jurisdiction--Libel--First Amendment's Role In Determining Place Of Trial In Libel Actions, Michigan Law Review

Michigan Law Review

The seeming unfairness of basing jurisdiction solely on such ordinarily inconsequential acts as mailing a newspaper into another state has troubled some courts. Traditionally, the validity of such a jurisdictional basis would be judged against the fourteenth amendment standard of "fair play." In several recent cases, however, courts have brought to bear constitutional standards of free speech as well as of fairness in dealing with the problem of jurisdiction over the out-of- state defendant in a libel action. The Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, in deciding New York Times Co. v. Connor, ruled that "First Amendment considerations …