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Constitutional Law - Freedom Of Religion - Fluoridation Of City Water, John M. Webb S.Ed.
Constitutional Law - Freedom Of Religion - Fluoridation Of City Water, John M. Webb S.Ed.
Michigan Law Review
In its proprietary capacity the City of Bend maintains and operates a water system with the exclusive right to supply water to its inhabitants. In February 1952 the mayor and city commissioners adopted an ordinance providing for the introduction of fluorine into the water supply to reduce dental caries in the teeth of young children. The plaintiff as a resident and taxpayer brought suit to enjoin such action. A demurrer to his complaint was sustained. On appeal, held, affirmed. A city, in the exercise of its police power, may enact reasonable regulations for the protection of the public health, …
Social Scientists Take The Stand: A Review And Appraisal Of Their Testimony In Litigation, Jack Greenberg
Social Scientists Take The Stand: A Review And Appraisal Of Their Testimony In Litigation, Jack Greenberg
Michigan Law Review
"How to inform the judicial mind, as you know, is one of the most complicated problems,'' said Justice Frankfurter during argument of the school segregation cases. And as law deals more and more with issues of great public consequence the judiciary's need for knowledge increases. Much of this knowledge is within the realm of what are called the social sciences.
Although jurisprudents and social scientists have long complained of a gulf between law and social science, little notice has been given to the recent, recurrent collaboration between the two at the trial level. In a variety of cases social scientists' …
Vaughan: The United States Patent System. Legal And Economic Conflicts In American Patent History, Bernard F. Garvey
Vaughan: The United States Patent System. Legal And Economic Conflicts In American Patent History, Bernard F. Garvey
Michigan Law Review
A Review of The United States Patent System. Legal and Economic Conflicts in American Patent History. By Floyd L. Vaughan.
Patent Office Performance In Perspective, George E. Frost
Patent Office Performance In Perspective, George E. Frost
Michigan Law Review
" the only patent that is valid is one which this Court has not been able to get its hands on."
Justice Jackson's note of despair reflects all too accurately the treatment patents have seemingly received in the hands of the courts since the "new trend" of recent years. It has become the legal fashion to characterize letters patent as something the Patent Office issues and the courts strike down. Statistical support for this conclusion can be readily assembled.