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Regulating Pornography: Recent Legal Trends, Alan C. Weinstein Feb 1982

Regulating Pornography: Recent Legal Trends, Alan C. Weinstein

Law Faculty Articles and Essays

Since the Supreme Court's 1976 decision in Young v. American Mini Theaters, Inc., 427 U.S. 50 (1976) local governments have been permitted to single out adult bookstores and theaters for special regulatory treatment.' In the wake of Young, many municipalities enacted "pornography zoning" ordinances based on the Detroit dispersion model. Observing this trend in 1978, the Harvard Law Review noted that these municipalities were interpreting Young as approving pornography zoning as constitutionally acceptable "in nearly all circumstances." 2 This interpretation seemed incorrect, however, to the Review's editors: "Detroit's pornography zoning was found to satisfy three established First Amendment criteria; future …


Maintaining Residential Integration: Municipal Practices And Law, Kermit J. Lind Jan 1982

Maintaining Residential Integration: Municipal Practices And Law, Kermit J. Lind

Kermit J. Lind

Suburban integration following the passage of the Federal Fair Housing Law in 1968 presented an unprecedented challenge to those communities. Residential integration was not the desire of the majority of homeowners then and racial discrimination was deeply imbedded in the business of selling and buying homes. Integration was usually presumed to be the interval between the first black family moving into a neighborhood and the last white family leaving. But not for everyone. Some communities made a determination to embrace and maintain residential integration. Municipal governments were pressed by both their constituents and federal policies tied to federal funds to …


A Practical Approach To The Use Of Expert Testimony, Irving Younger Jan 1982

A Practical Approach To The Use Of Expert Testimony, Irving Younger

Cleveland State Law Review

I will raise the questions that a lawyer is likely to put to himself when preparing a case involving expert witnesses, followed by an explanation of how to deal with the expert witness in court. After raising particular issues, I will sketch out the answer that you will find, and since we need to look at some particular jurisdiction, I will pay attention to the federal jurisdiction and the twenty or so states that have enacted the Federal Rules of Evidence. Then, by way of contrast, I will refer to some New York cases, simply because first, I know them …


The Products Liability Revolution - Proposals For Continued Legislative Response In The Automotive Industry, Stephen J. Werber Jan 1982

The Products Liability Revolution - Proposals For Continued Legislative Response In The Automotive Industry, Stephen J. Werber

Law Faculty Articles and Essays

The law of automobile product liability in the United States developed intially through a process of evolution, as evidenced by the more than four decades between the leading decisions in the area. Since then, the restrained evolution of judicial development has become a revolution with its major focus of attack in several significant areas, including: (1) crashworthiness, (2) strict liability in tort, (3) burden of proof to establish the existence of a "defect"; and (4) apportionment of liability judgments, i.e., comparative fault versus joint and several liability. The purpose of this Article is twofold: to trace and comment upon these …


The Foreign Affairs Power: The Dames & (And) Moore Case, David F. Forte Jan 1982

The Foreign Affairs Power: The Dames & (And) Moore Case, David F. Forte

Cleveland State Law Review

In 1981, the Supreme Court decided Dames & Moore v. Regan. According to the modest view of the majority opinion, the Dames & Moore case is not even a brick, with or without straw. As Justice Rehnquist stated for the Court: "We attempt to lay down no general 'guide-lines'...and attempt to confine the opinion only to the very questions necessary to the decision of the case." A second look, however, reveals that in Dames & Moore, the Supreme Court did more than resolve some of the sticky legalities that were part of a serious foreign policy crisis. It also moved …


Conscientious Objection To War: The Background And A Current Appraisal, Richard P. Fox Jan 1982

Conscientious Objection To War: The Background And A Current Appraisal, Richard P. Fox

Cleveland State Law Review

This article reviews the legal history of conscientious objection to war in the United States. Then the current status of the law and the 1982 Selective Service Regulations are discussed and appraised. It is hoped that some of the popular misconceptions regarding conscientious objection will be dissipated by this article.


Antitrust Improvements Act Of 1976, Parens Patriae Act: Paper Tiger Or Sleeping Giant, Patricia J. O'Donnell-Gaynor Jan 1982

Antitrust Improvements Act Of 1976, Parens Patriae Act: Paper Tiger Or Sleeping Giant, Patricia J. O'Donnell-Gaynor

Cleveland State Law Review

The Parens Patriae Act has been in effect for several years. Although there has been relatively little time in which to test the full measure of its effectiveness, it has gradually become apparent that much of the Act's promise remains unfulfilled. Recent federal court decisions, when coupled with the problems of funding which are being encountered by many state attorneys general, might be endangering the Act's continuing vitality and undercutting the legislature's intent in enacting the measure. This Note will discuss some of the major issues which are emerging under the Act and will attempt to separate the promise from …


Confidential Employees: A Recommendation For Uniformity, Thomas L. Mcginnis Jan 1982

Confidential Employees: A Recommendation For Uniformity, Thomas L. Mcginnis

Cleveland State Law Review

In NLRB v. Hendricks County Rural Electric Membership Corp., the Court held that there is a "reasonable basis in law for the Board's use of the 'labor nexus test." At the same time, the Court declined to address the issue of whether the limited implied exclusion is also proper. This Note will address that open question by tracing the legislative, administrative and judicial treatment of confidential employees. The mode of analysis will be chronological, commencing with the passage of the Act. The analysis will detail the development of the labor nexus standard and the limited implied exclusion and will examine …


Contract Market Self-Regulation Under The Commodity Exchange Act, Marshall J. Nachbar Jan 1982

Contract Market Self-Regulation Under The Commodity Exchange Act, Marshall J. Nachbar

Cleveland State Law Review

On May 3, 1982, the Supreme Court decided Curran v. Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Inc. The Court answered the question o fwhether there was a private right of action for violations of the Commodity Exchange Act by holding that there was an implied right of action. In Curran, the CFTC had argued that a private right of action strengthens the enforcement and regulatory mechanisms already in place. The Court apparently found this to be a persuasive argument. Whether a private right of action will have the desired effect remains to be seen.


What You Don't Know Will Hurt You: Physicians' Duty To Warn Patients About Newly Discovered Dangers In Previously Initiated Treatment, Barbara Eileen Calfee Jan 1982

What You Don't Know Will Hurt You: Physicians' Duty To Warn Patients About Newly Discovered Dangers In Previously Initiated Treatment, Barbara Eileen Calfee

Cleveland State Law Review

This Note will explore the newly recognized duty to warn a patient when the health care provider subsequently learns that previous non-negligent treatment is or may be harmful to him. The Note begins by discussing the need for a duty to follow up on medical treatment. The proposed duty is analogized to existing forms of liability involving obligations to inform, to correct and to continue acting within a special relationship. The Note then outlines the prima facie case for, and defenses to, an action for breach of the proposed duty to follow up. It then considers objections that may be …


The Civil Rights Lawyer In The 1980'S, Thelton E. Henderson Jan 1982

The Civil Rights Lawyer In The 1980'S, Thelton E. Henderson

Cleveland State Law Review

There has been a lot of discussion recently about civil rights and the future, if any, of the civil rights movement. Some ask whether the civil rights movement in this country is dead. In response, I hope to answer this question by examining the civil rights movement along with the role of the civil rights lawyer in the 1980's.


Maintaining Residential Integration: Municipal Practices And Law, Kermit J. Lind Jan 1982

Maintaining Residential Integration: Municipal Practices And Law, Kermit J. Lind

Cleveland State Law Review

This Article focuses on the policies and programs that can be established to sustain racial diversity in housing. It reviews the circumstances that give rise to such policies and programs, describes the legal framework within which they must be fit, and examines some of them in light of the needs and interests of policy makers in communities that are open to minority groups. Since effective housing integration policies and programs can vary significantly from one place to another, each municipality must consider its options in view of its circumstances and the changing conditions in its housing market. In response to …


The Need For Workers' Compensation Reform In Ohio's Definition Of Injury: Szymanski V. Halle's Department Store, Ellen L. Knight Jan 1982

The Need For Workers' Compensation Reform In Ohio's Definition Of Injury: Szymanski V. Halle's Department Store, Ellen L. Knight

Cleveland State Law Review

This Note begins with a background of Ohio Supreme Court limitations on the General Assembly's definition of injury in workers' compensation law. Part IV(C) of this Note will analyze other jurisdiction's approaches to the compensability of physical injury caused by mental stimulus and will discuss other aspects and refinements of personal injury in the course of employment. It is proposed that there is a need for reform in Ohio's construction of "any injury"'-one that will embrace the nationwide trends of "uniformly" compensating workers for both physical and mental injury caused by mental stimulus. Ohio currently excludes both types of injuries. …


The Foreign Affairs Power: The Dames & Moore Case, David F. Forte Jan 1982

The Foreign Affairs Power: The Dames & Moore Case, David F. Forte

Law Faculty Articles and Essays

A second look, however, reveals that in Dames & Moore, the Supreme Court did more than resolve some of the sticky legalities that were part of a serious foreign policy crisis. It also moved the country one step forward towards a strengthened constitutional structuring of the foreign affairs power. …Dames & Moore v. Regan was the test vehicle through which the Supreme Court scrutinized the constitutionality of the settlement with Iran which permitted the release of the American hostages held by that government.…Because the executive orders of two Presidents were the only barriers to Dames & Moore executing its judgment, …


Capital Punishment And Lethal Assaults Against Police, William C. Bailey Jan 1982

Capital Punishment And Lethal Assaults Against Police, William C. Bailey

Sociology & Criminology Faculty Publications

This investigation provides a multivariate analysis of the deterrent effect of the death penalty on the rate of lethal assaults against the police. Examining state level data for the period 1961 to 1971, we hypothesize a significant inverse relationship between the rate of police killings and (1) the statutory provision for capital punishment and (2) the execution rate of convicted murderers. Contrary to the deterrence hypotheses, no support is found for the argument that the provision and use of the death penalty provides an added measure of protection for the police. Rather, variation in police killings rates, like the general …


Genetically-Influenced Antisocial Conduct And The Criminal Justice System, Lawrence E. Taylor Jan 1982

Genetically-Influenced Antisocial Conduct And The Criminal Justice System, Lawrence E. Taylor

Cleveland State Law Review

The trend of current genetic research is clear. Assuming the legal system is eventually presented with the scientific capability of "reading" DNA and the statistical ability of predicting with substantial accuracy the probable future consequences of aberrant genetic structure, some very difficult questions will be posed. How should the criminal justice system deal with a criminal offender whose conduct was caused by a genetic aberration? Does society have the right to seek out such individuals before they cause harm and remove them from the community?


Multiple Convictions Statute In Ohio: Has It Achieved Its Intended Result, Dale A. Nowak, Jeffrey A. Key Jan 1982

Multiple Convictions Statute In Ohio: Has It Achieved Its Intended Result, Dale A. Nowak, Jeffrey A. Key

Cleveland State Law Review

The Ohio Allied Offense Statute is a codification of the common law doctrine of merger and is the Ohio legislature's attempt to insulate criminal defendants from harsh and absurd punishment. This Article discusses the relationship of certain constitutional guarantees against multiple punishments to the Allied Offense Statute and the multiple punishment controversy in Ohio.


Federal Decisional Law Under The Williams Act, Robert A. Profuse Jan 1982

Federal Decisional Law Under The Williams Act, Robert A. Profuse

Cleveland State Law Review

The legal requirements relating to tender offers have become a subject of great interest to a broad spectrum of corporate America. Given the frequency of litigation in this context, and the fact that the Williams Act itself and the SEC's rules provide clear answers to only the most basic of questions, analysis and understanding of the federal decisional law relating to tender offers - the principal focus of this Article - is of obvious significance. It constitutes an effort to analyze generally the principal issues raised in the many tender offer cases decided since the enactment of the Williams Act …


Is America Over-Lawyered, Shirley M. Hufstedler Jan 1982

Is America Over-Lawyered, Shirley M. Hufstedler

Cleveland State Law Review

Are we over-lawyered? The answer that a lawyer must give is the kind of response that always exasperates laypersons-yes and no. We do have far more lawyers than we can absorb in the existing professional structures, at costs that can be paid by persons who need those services. The unmet need for legal services is very large and growing. Program after program designed to fund legal aid for the poor has been cut or extinguished. Even in a profession that is as crowded as our own, there is always room for the very best, the dedicated and the least selfish.


Constitutional Issues In The Regulation Of The Financing Of Election Campaigns, Archibald Cox Jan 1982

Constitutional Issues In The Regulation Of The Financing Of Election Campaigns, Archibald Cox

Cleveland State Law Review

The decisions sustaining campaign expenditures by corporations and organized groups are libertarian in the superficial sense that they sustain claims under the first amendment. Their effect, however, is to increase the influence of organized groups, especially of groups with access to money, and to diminish the voice of the individual. If liberty means the opportunity of the individual man or woman to express himself or herself in a society in which ideas are judged principally by their merit, increasing the relative influence of organizations and shrinking the attention paid to individual voices means a net loss of human freedom.


Reverse Freedom Of Information Act Litigation In A Non-Commercial Setting: The Case Of Professor Doe, Lawrence A. Silver Jan 1982

Reverse Freedom Of Information Act Litigation In A Non-Commercial Setting: The Case Of Professor Doe, Lawrence A. Silver

Cleveland State Law Review

So complex are the questions of what the right of privacy is, and when and how it can be invoked, that special precautions must be taken to prevent an article dealing with it from drifting off into the fascinating but misty realms of metaphysical speculation. This Article will deal with an important issue raised but not answered by the Federal Freedom of Information and Privacy Acts: the rights of a private party who seeks to prevent the federal government from releasing information concerning him.


Capital Punishment In Ohio: Aggravating Circumstances, Elaine C. Hilliard Jan 1982

Capital Punishment In Ohio: Aggravating Circumstances, Elaine C. Hilliard

Cleveland State Law Review

The state of Ohio enacted a new death penalty statute which became effective October 19, 1981. As of January 18, 1983, eighty-three defendants had been indicted under the new statute. It is, therefore, both necessary and timely to evaluate Ohio's statutory delineation of who may die and its effect for compliance with constitutional mandates. This Note sets forth the hypotheses and supporting legal authority for analyzing Ohio's statutory aggravating circumstances individually and in the aggregate on equal protection and procedural due process grounds.


Robbins, Belton And Ross: Reconsideration Of Bright Line Rules For Warrantless Container Searches, Christopher J. St. John Jan 1982

Robbins, Belton And Ross: Reconsideration Of Bright Line Rules For Warrantless Container Searches, Christopher J. St. John

Cleveland State Law Review

This Note analyzes the development of these warrantless container search and seizure exceptions to furnish a comprehensive review of their justifications. The major focus is on the underlying rationale of Belton and Ross and the possible ramifications of such far-reaching warrant exceptions. The Note recommends that state courts interpret their state constitutions to allow the less drastic alternative of warrantless seizures of certain containers rather than warrantless searches as permitted by Belton and Ross under the federal Constitution. In addition, an analytic methodology for isolating interrelated yet distinct search and seizure questions is proposed. Initially, a general background of fourth …


Standard Of Proof In Proceedings To Terminate Parental Rights, Dean Michael Rooney Jan 1982

Standard Of Proof In Proceedings To Terminate Parental Rights, Dean Michael Rooney

Cleveland State Law Review

This Note advocates the use of the beyond-a-reasonable-doubt standard of proof in proceedings to terminate parental rights permanently. The Note will commence with background considerations such as the authority of the state to terminate parental rights, the rights of the parties involved in a termination proceeding and a discussion of standards of proof. Consideration will also be given to the factors which should have an impact on the standard of proof in permanent termination proceedings. These factors include: the vagueness of termination statutes, the fundamental right of family integrity, the broad discretionary powers of the courts involved, the need for …