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Corporate Life After Death: Cercla Preemption Of State Corporate Dissolution Law, Audrey J. Anderson
Corporate Life After Death: Cercla Preemption Of State Corporate Dissolution Law, Audrey J. Anderson
Michigan Law Review
This Note discusses CERCLA's preemption of state corporate dissolution law. Although CERCLA contains a preemption clause intended to specify CERCLA's relationship with other laws, this clause addresses only state laws that impose stricter standards than those contained in CERCLA, and does not address state laws that, like dissolution laws, remove liability from a party otherwise liable under CERCLA. Courts, therefore, have also looked to section 107 of CERCLA, which imposes liability against specified parties "[n]notwithstanding any other provision or rule of law," to determine CERCLA's general relationship with state law. Through such an analysis, courts have agreed that CERCLA does …
Compensation For Constitutional Torts: Reflections On The Significance Of Fault, John C. Jeffries Jr.
Compensation For Constitutional Torts: Reflections On The Significance Of Fault, John C. Jeffries Jr.
Michigan Law Review
This essay is about a neglected aspect of the problem of redressing constitutional violations. Most discussions focus on incentive effects. Unconstitutional conduct can be discouraged by the "hands-on" mechanism of reform by injunction or, more commonly, through the indirection of deterrence. Deterrence issues include selection of the penalties needed to deter official misconduct; the risk that they may also inhibit legitimate government activity; the recruitment of private attorneys general to augment enforcement; and various costs of administration. These and other aspects of deterrence pervade discussions in the Supreme Court. They are also debated in a rich and sophisticated secondary literature. …
Pain And Suffering Guidelines: A Cure For Damages Measurement "Anomie", Frederick S. Levin
Pain And Suffering Guidelines: A Cure For Damages Measurement "Anomie", Frederick S. Levin
University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform
This Note argues that adapting the criminal sentencing guidelines systems in use in several states to the personal injury context would provide appropriate standards for measuring pain and suffering damages. Part I explores why present methods for measuring pain and suffering are objectionable. A description of the proposed method for developing guidelines is provided in Part II. Part II explores the use of guidelines in criminal sentencing and the analogy between sentencing decisions and assessment of damages for nonpecuniary loss. Part II also describes how to develop and implement guidelines for assessing pain and suffering damages. Part III examines why …
Hiring Ruled Contractual, Bill Gore, Douglas A. Kahn, Stan Shields
Hiring Ruled Contractual, Bill Gore, Douglas A. Kahn, Stan Shields
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On December 29, 1988, the California Supreme Court decided Foley vs. Interactive Data Corp., perhaps the most eagerly awaited state supreme court decision in years. The Foley ruling, which immediately was hailed as a tremendous victory for California employers, eliminated punitive damage awards for many wrongfully terminated employees. That was good news for the employers. The decision, however, also provided employers with sobering news. Most significantly, the court ruled that employment relationships essentially are contracts, with terms created by the reasonable expectation of the parties. Thus, the majority of California employees now have a right to sue for breach …