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In Memoriam - John P. Taylor, Natural Resources Journal Oct 2004

In Memoriam - John P. Taylor, Natural Resources Journal

Natural Resources Journal

No abstract provided.


National Wildlife Refuge System: Ecological Context And Ingegrity, J. Michael Scott, Thomas Loveland, Kevin Gergely, James Strittholt, Nancy Staus Oct 2004

National Wildlife Refuge System: Ecological Context And Ingegrity, J. Michael Scott, Thomas Loveland, Kevin Gergely, James Strittholt, Nancy Staus

Natural Resources Journal

No abstract provided.


Making A Statement Without Saying A Word: What Implied Covenants Say When The Lease Is Silent On Post-Production Costs, R. Cordell Pierce Sep 2004

Making A Statement Without Saying A Word: What Implied Covenants Say When The Lease Is Silent On Post-Production Costs, R. Cordell Pierce

West Virginia Law Review

No abstract provided.


West Virginia's Seemingly Eternal Struggle For Fiscally And Environmentally Adequate Coal Mining Reclamation Bonding Program, Craig B. Giffin Sep 2004

West Virginia's Seemingly Eternal Struggle For Fiscally And Environmentally Adequate Coal Mining Reclamation Bonding Program, Craig B. Giffin

West Virginia Law Review

No abstract provided.


The Doctrine Of Judicial Deference And The Independence Of The Federal Mine Safety And Health Review Commission, R. Henry Moore Sep 2004

The Doctrine Of Judicial Deference And The Independence Of The Federal Mine Safety And Health Review Commission, R. Henry Moore

West Virginia Law Review

No abstract provided.


A Preliminary Discussion Of Natural Gas Pipelines Under The Great Lakes, Mary Beth Brandoni Apr 2004

A Preliminary Discussion Of Natural Gas Pipelines Under The Great Lakes, Mary Beth Brandoni

Buffalo Environmental Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Water And Coal Mining In Appalachia: Applying The Surface Mining Control And Reclamation Act Of 1977 And The Clean Water Act, Robert E. Beck Apr 2004

Water And Coal Mining In Appalachia: Applying The Surface Mining Control And Reclamation Act Of 1977 And The Clean Water Act, Robert E. Beck

West Virginia Law Review

No abstract provided.


Alternatives In Accretion: Why There Is Not Yet An Appropriate Solution To The Application Of Accretion Law To Mineral Estates, Daniel K. Brough Mar 2004

Alternatives In Accretion: Why There Is Not Yet An Appropriate Solution To The Application Of Accretion Law To Mineral Estates, Daniel K. Brough

BYU Law Review

No abstract provided.


Operation Executive Freedom (Of Contract): Following The Executive's Fiduciary Obligation From Manges To Magruder In Mineral Leasing, John B. Fowles Mar 2004

Operation Executive Freedom (Of Contract): Following The Executive's Fiduciary Obligation From Manges To Magruder In Mineral Leasing, John B. Fowles

BYU Law Review

No abstract provided.


Take-Or-Pay Royalties, The Trust Doctrine, And The Shoshone Case, Christopher S. Kulander Jan 2004

Take-Or-Pay Royalties, The Trust Doctrine, And The Shoshone Case, Christopher S. Kulander

American Indian Law Review

No abstract provided.


Applying International Trade Remedy Laws In The Caribbean: A Framework For Protection, Vasheist V. Kokaram Jan 2004

Applying International Trade Remedy Laws In The Caribbean: A Framework For Protection, Vasheist V. Kokaram

ILSA Journal of International & Comparative Law

What happens in the WTO is part of a broader pattern of neocolonialism in the global economy. This has two strands. The first is the self-interest of the major powers; their close ties with multinational companies ... and their willingness to use their political and economic strength to achieve their ends ...


For Any Reason Or No Reason At All: Reconciling Employment-At-Will With The Rights Of Texas Workers After Mission Petroleum Carriers Inc. V. Solomon., Jason P. Lemons Jan 2004

For Any Reason Or No Reason At All: Reconciling Employment-At-Will With The Rights Of Texas Workers After Mission Petroleum Carriers Inc. V. Solomon., Jason P. Lemons

St. Mary's Law Journal

Since its inception, Texas has been a favored destination for both up-start entrepreneurs and established corporations. One of the less heralded, but nonetheless significant factors that makes Texas so attractive to businesses is its long-standing devotion to the doctrine of at-will employment. The doctrine generally states that any employment relationship not governed by contract or a statutory provision is terminable at any time by either the employer or the employee for any reason or no reason at all. At-will employment has been praised by courts and commentators for the flexibility it offers both parties in decision making. Nevertheless, the at-will …


The Texas Cave Bug And The California Arroyo Toad Take On The Constitution's Commerce Clause., Daniel J. Lowenberg Jan 2004

The Texas Cave Bug And The California Arroyo Toad Take On The Constitution's Commerce Clause., Daniel J. Lowenberg

St. Mary's Law Journal

Abstract Forthcoming.


Playing The Probate Card: A Plaintiff's Guide To Transfer To Statutory Probate Court., Joseph R. Marrs Jan 2004

Playing The Probate Card: A Plaintiff's Guide To Transfer To Statutory Probate Court., Joseph R. Marrs

St. Mary's Law Journal

Plaintiffs and defendants in tort litigation by or against a probate estate can be better-litigated in statutory probate court. Since the 1970s, Texas probate courts have steadily risen to power. The Texas Supreme Court attempted to curtail this practice in Seay v. Hall. The Texas legislature overruled Seay and continued to expanded the jurisdiction of statutory probate courts. Despite the continuing “merry dance” between the legislation and judicial review, the legitimate purpose of expanding lawsuits to probate court remains that of efficiently resolving lawsuits linked to guardianship or decedents’ estates while preserving all parties’ interests. The author uses an example …


Legal Malpractice In Texas: Examining Selected Cases And Forecasting Future Trrends Third Annual Symposium On Legal Malpractice & Professional Responsibility: Symposium Presentations., Wallace B. Jefferson Jan 2004

Legal Malpractice In Texas: Examining Selected Cases And Forecasting Future Trrends Third Annual Symposium On Legal Malpractice & Professional Responsibility: Symposium Presentations., Wallace B. Jefferson

St. Mary's Law Journal

Little hard data exists concerning legal malpractice in Texas. What’s more, few legal law malpractice rulings are published. To date, there are only fifty written opinions on legal malpractice from Texas intermediate appellate courts. The activity that most often gave rise to a claim of legal malpractice involved the preparation, filing, and transmittal of documents, accounting for about a quarter of all claims. In San Antonio, Chief Justice Alma Lopez of the Fourth District Court of Appeals discussed common issues she sees in her courtroom. The issues ranged from failures to follow simple court rules to more substantial failures of …


Predatory Paternity Establishment: A Critical Analysis Of The Acknowledgment Of Paternity Process In Texas., Anne Greenwood Jan 2004

Predatory Paternity Establishment: A Critical Analysis Of The Acknowledgment Of Paternity Process In Texas., Anne Greenwood

St. Mary's Law Journal

Child support programs across the nation are struggling to achieve even meager recovery of the financial support children need from their parents. Obtaining child support payments from men who are not fathers and who unknowingly signed their rights away is not a sound long-term policy. States must ensure that children are supported and their custodial mothers receive assistance from non-custodial fathers. Logically, the law should only compel a man to support a child he fathered. If a man chooses to assume not only the financial obligation but also the relationship which belongs to the biological father; then such agreement must …


Family Violence Protective Orders In Texas And Appelate Review: Are They Meant For Each Other., Manuel C. Maltos Jan 2004

Family Violence Protective Orders In Texas And Appelate Review: Are They Meant For Each Other., Manuel C. Maltos

St. Mary's Law Journal

Historically, protective orders have been viewed as an effective civil legal recourse for those affected by family violence. Title Four of the Texas Family Code governs these protective orders and sets forth the requirements for obtaining such an order. With consistent improvements to Title Four, the legislature has responded to society's decreasing tolerance of family violence. As a result, now the Family Code mandates the issuance of a protective order as provided by Title Four, regardless of whether a divorce is pending. Further legislative efforts also lengthened the maximum duration of a protective order from one year to two years. …


Stranded In The Wastelands Of Unregulated Roadway Police Powers: Can Reasonable Officers Ever Rescue Us., Keith S. Hampton Jan 2004

Stranded In The Wastelands Of Unregulated Roadway Police Powers: Can Reasonable Officers Ever Rescue Us., Keith S. Hampton

St. Mary's Law Journal

This Article describes the present state of roadway police power and explores the vulnerability of drivers and occupants to police abuse, specifically using pretextual stops. Today, state and federal courts have made many police power accommodations to the constitutional reasonableness requirement. Current Fourth Amendment jurisprudence justifies almost all conceivable police seizures of people in vehicles. If the police officer can point out any traffic law violation, he can arrest. And if he can arrest under those circumstances, then the already blurred line between detentions and arrest becomes inconsequential, constitutionally speaking. This Article proposes that the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals …


Oil And Gas Law: Recent Oklahoma Cases Interpreting Oil And Gas Joint Operating Agreements, Mark D. Christiansen Jan 2004

Oil And Gas Law: Recent Oklahoma Cases Interpreting Oil And Gas Joint Operating Agreements, Mark D. Christiansen

Oklahoma Law Review

No abstract provided.


How To Keep The Lights On: An Exploration Of The Abrogration Of Wholesale Energy Contracts, 38 J. Marshall L. Rev. 303 (2004), Brian Bassett Jan 2004

How To Keep The Lights On: An Exploration Of The Abrogration Of Wholesale Energy Contracts, 38 J. Marshall L. Rev. 303 (2004), Brian Bassett

UIC Law Review

No abstract provided.


Tribal Authority Under The Clean Air Act: How Is It Working?, Jana B. Milford Jan 2004

Tribal Authority Under The Clean Air Act: How Is It Working?, Jana B. Milford

Natural Resources Journal

No abstract provided.


Recent Books On John Wesley Powell, Denise D. Fort Jan 2004

Recent Books On John Wesley Powell, Denise D. Fort

Natural Resources Journal

No abstract provided.


Civillity In The Legal Profession: A Survey Of The Texas Judiciary., Catherine M. Stone, Kimberlyl S. Keller, Shane J. Stolarczyk Jan 2004

Civillity In The Legal Profession: A Survey Of The Texas Judiciary., Catherine M. Stone, Kimberlyl S. Keller, Shane J. Stolarczyk

St. Mary's Law Journal

Abstract Forthcoming.


The Charity Oversight Authority Of The Texas Attorney General., John W. Vinson Jan 2004

The Charity Oversight Authority Of The Texas Attorney General., John W. Vinson

St. Mary's Law Journal

The Attorney General of Texas is the only elected official charged with regulating the state’s charitable interest. This duty and authority over charitable assets and entities are comprehensive and unique in themselves. Although the broader state representation role of American attorneys general has evolved considerably and been substantively codified in the statutory law, the area of charity regulations has remained remarkably true to its common law root. This Article will briefly examine the early roots of charity regulation and then discuss the authority and duties of the Attorney General of Texas in the modern context of charity regulation. In Texas, …


School Voucher Programs: Has The Supreme Court Pulled Up The Gangplank To Establishment Clause Challenges., Cecil C. Kuhne Iii Jan 2004

School Voucher Programs: Has The Supreme Court Pulled Up The Gangplank To Establishment Clause Challenges., Cecil C. Kuhne Iii

St. Mary's Law Journal

The Establishment Clause is not violated when a program is neutral toward religion and provides assistance directly to a broad class of citizens, who in turn voluntarily direct the aid to religious schools. A program containing these features permits government aid to reach religious institutions only thru the deliberate choices of individuals. Any incidental advancement or endorsement of religion is attributable to the individual recipient—not the government, which simply acts as a disburser. In Zelman v. Simmons-Harris, the Supreme Court reiterated this rationale from a twenty-year line of cases. Zelman is a death knell for Establishment Clause challenges to carefully …


Decriminalizing Sexual Conduct: The Supreme Court Ruling In Lawrence V. Texas., Jessica A. Gonzalez Jan 2004

Decriminalizing Sexual Conduct: The Supreme Court Ruling In Lawrence V. Texas., Jessica A. Gonzalez

St. Mary's Law Journal

Throughout America, homosexual men and women have fought for the protection of their constitutional rights; gay men, lesbian women, and bisexual persons have petitioned the government for marital rights, adoption privileges, and recognition in the armed forces. While American culture has changed to include homosexuals in its daily life, the judicial branch has been hesitant in accepting gay culture within the legal system. While American courts remained reluctant to invalidate anti-sodomy statutes, Lawrence v. Texas pushed homosexual issues to the forefront. Gay activists demanded that the courts recognize homosexual individuals as persons deserving of constitutional protections. In doing so, Lawrence …


Is Sue And Be Sued Language A Clear And Unambiguous Waiver Of Immunity., A. Craig Carter Jan 2004

Is Sue And Be Sued Language A Clear And Unambiguous Waiver Of Immunity., A. Craig Carter

St. Mary's Law Journal

Because “sue and be sued” language is ambiguous at best, courts should not find that this language is a waiver of immunity. Under Texas law, governmental entities—including the state, its agencies, and political subdivisions—are entitled to sovereign immunity from both suit and liability. For sovereign immunity to be applicable to governmental entities, sovereign immunity applies unless the legislature has clearly and unambiguously waived it. Although numerous Texas appellate courts have held that “sue and be sued” language is a waiver of sovereign immunity, the Texas Supreme Court has squarely addressed the issue only once, in Missouri Pacific Railroad Co. v. …


Aboilishing The Texas Jury Shuffle., Michael M. Gallgher Jan 2004

Aboilishing The Texas Jury Shuffle., Michael M. Gallgher

St. Mary's Law Journal

This Article argues that the Texas Legislature should abolish the jury shuffle and join the other forty-nine states who have already done so. The jury shuffle, when requested, is a procedure which results in a random shuffling of the names of the jury pool members. Texas attorneys currently possess an entirely cost and risk free procedure through which they can discriminate against potential jurors on the basis of race, gender, ethnicity, or anything else that suits their fancy. An attorney can request a jury shuffle without stating a reason and a judge cannot ask why a shuffle was requested or …


The Texas Courts' Adventures In Locating Texas Coastal Boundaries: Redrawing A Line In The Sand: Kenedy Memorial Foundation V. Dewhurst Defining An Exception To Luttes V. State., Thomas M. Murray Jan 2004

The Texas Courts' Adventures In Locating Texas Coastal Boundaries: Redrawing A Line In The Sand: Kenedy Memorial Foundation V. Dewhurst Defining An Exception To Luttes V. State., Thomas M. Murray

St. Mary's Law Journal

Kenedy Memorial Foundation v. Dewhurst determined the boundary of the Laguna Madre by narrowing the scope of the exception found in Luttes v. State. Luttes established the “mean high tide” test (MHHT), which governs lands controlled by civil law. The MHHT determines a boundary by the mean of the high tide without regard to a summer or winter tide. The exception, however, does not require the application of the MHHT in areas in which tidal gauges could not be used accurately. The Laguna Madre is a shallow strip of water, ranging between three and five miles in width, running between …


Ethical Issues In Judicial Campaigns Third Annual Symposium On Legal Malpractice & Professional Responsibility: Symposium Presentations., Micahel E. Keasler Jan 2004

Ethical Issues In Judicial Campaigns Third Annual Symposium On Legal Malpractice & Professional Responsibility: Symposium Presentations., Micahel E. Keasler

St. Mary's Law Journal

Abstract Forthcoming.