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Contempt Power And The United States Courts, Joshua Carback Jan 2023

Contempt Power And The United States Courts, Joshua Carback

Mitchell Hamline Law Journal of Public Policy and Practice

Contempt power is one of the most important legacies of English common law in federal common law. Substantively, the contempt power of the United States Courts is relatively similar to that employed by the Court of King’s Bench in the eighteenth century. Procedurally, however, it is quite different. The Rules Enabling Act of 1934 created an interbranch framework for crafting procedural rules for the United States Courts. All three branches of the federal government collaborated under that framework with the intention of rationalizing, systemizing, and delimiting the boundaries of contempt power. The culmination of decades of strenuous rulemaking, unfortunately, was …


Judges As Agents Of The Law, Daniel Harris Jan 2020

Judges As Agents Of The Law, Daniel Harris

Mitchell Hamline Law Journal of Public Policy and Practice

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The “Law Of Ramsey County” – Reflections Of A Trial Judge On State Government Gridlock, Kathleen Gearin Jan 2019

The “Law Of Ramsey County” – Reflections Of A Trial Judge On State Government Gridlock, Kathleen Gearin

Mitchell Hamline Law Review

No abstract provided.


The Winter Of Discontent: A Circumscribed Chevron, Nicholas R. Bednar Jan 2019

The Winter Of Discontent: A Circumscribed Chevron, Nicholas R. Bednar

Mitchell Hamline Law Review

No abstract provided.


Separation Of Powers In New Mexico: Item Vetoes, State Policy-Making, And The Role Of State Courts, Michael B. Browde Jan 2019

Separation Of Powers In New Mexico: Item Vetoes, State Policy-Making, And The Role Of State Courts, Michael B. Browde

Mitchell Hamline Law Review

No abstract provided.


From Warren To Burger: Race Relations Inside The Court, Robert Fabrikant Jan 2017

From Warren To Burger: Race Relations Inside The Court, Robert Fabrikant

Mitchell Hamline Law Review

No abstract provided.


Get Out From Under Your Overcoat, Jeanne J. Graham Jan 2015

Get Out From Under Your Overcoat, Jeanne J. Graham

William Mitchell Law Review

No abstract provided.


Tribute To Justice Rosalie Wahl, Donovan W. Frank Jan 2014

Tribute To Justice Rosalie Wahl, Donovan W. Frank

William Mitchell Law Review

No abstract provided.


Tribute To Justice Rosalie Wahl, Eric J. Magnuson Jan 2014

Tribute To Justice Rosalie Wahl, Eric J. Magnuson

William Mitchell Law Review

No abstract provided.


Tribute To Justice Rosalie Wahl, Sharon Sayles Belton Jan 2014

Tribute To Justice Rosalie Wahl, Sharon Sayles Belton

William Mitchell Law Review

No abstract provided.


Tribute To Justice Rosalie Wahl, Harriet Lansing Jan 2014

Tribute To Justice Rosalie Wahl, Harriet Lansing

William Mitchell Law Review

No abstract provided.


Tribute To Justice Rosalie Wahl, Eric S. Janus Jan 2014

Tribute To Justice Rosalie Wahl, Eric S. Janus

William Mitchell Law Review

No abstract provided.


A Tribute To Justice Esther M. Tomljanovich, Paul H. Anderson Jan 2006

A Tribute To Justice Esther M. Tomljanovich, Paul H. Anderson

William Mitchell Law Review

No abstract provided.


The Jurisprudence Of Justice Esther Tomljanovich: Balancing The Scales Of Justice, Ann L. Iijima Jan 2005

The Jurisprudence Of Justice Esther Tomljanovich: Balancing The Scales Of Justice, Ann L. Iijima

William Mitchell Law Review

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Federal Court Special Masters: A Vital Resource In The Era Of Complex Litigation, Mark A. Fellows, Roger S. Haydock Jan 2005

Federal Court Special Masters: A Vital Resource In The Era Of Complex Litigation, Mark A. Fellows, Roger S. Haydock

William Mitchell Law Review

This article is dedicated to all those who have served as special masters in federal court. After serving as a judicial master, it is easy to believe in the importance of the role in our grand system of justice. After reading this article, we hope it will be clear how vital masters are to everyone receiving fair, just, and expedient civil justice.


Special Masters In State Court Complex Litigation: An Available And Underused Case Management Tool, Lynn Jokela, David F. Herr Jan 2005

Special Masters In State Court Complex Litigation: An Available And Underused Case Management Tool, Lynn Jokela, David F. Herr

William Mitchell Law Review

This article examines the role masters have played in litigation and explores the benefits that might be obtained from the greater use of masters in the future. The FJC survey of federal judges appointing special masters concluded that special masters were “extremely or very effective.” The FJC study is an empirical survey of the effectiveness of special masters, and it includes commentary from judges regarding their experience after appointing special masters. These benefits include better, faster, and fairer resolution of litigation in the cases in which masters are used, as well as an easing of the burdens these cases place …


2004 Special Masters Conference: Transcript Of Proceedings, Various Special Masters Jan 2005

2004 Special Masters Conference: Transcript Of Proceedings, Various Special Masters

William Mitchell Law Review

A historic gathering of special masters occurred on October 15th and 16th, 2004 in Saint Paul, Minnesota. Federal and state court-appointed masters from around the country met for the first time to share their experiences as special masters and to form a national association of court appointed masters. This issue of the William Mitchell Law Review contains articles presented at the conference and the transcript of faculty presentations. Throughout the transcript of faculty presentations, the word “speaker” denotes a conference attendee.


Foreword, Helen Meyer Jan 2004

Foreword, Helen Meyer

William Mitchell Law Review

The William Mitchell Law Review has decided once again to dedicate one issue of this annual volume to Recent Decisions of the Minnesota Supreme Court. This issue reviews some of the court’s more important decisions from the 2003-04 term. If tradition is honored, the articles and notes you find in these pages will be thorough, well-written, and thoughtful in their analysis of each decision. This annual review is a tradition that gives our legal community a wonderful opportunity to publicly comment on the work of the court. This public testing of the court’s work is a healthy part of the …


Windfall Justice: Sentences At The Mercy Of Hypertechnicality, Jack Nordby Jan 2004

Windfall Justice: Sentences At The Mercy Of Hypertechnicality, Jack Nordby

William Mitchell Law Review

Once upon a time (a time not so remote as to be beyond the memories of many of us who still toil in the vineyards of justice), the severity of a criminal sentence was determined largely at the whim of the trial judge, who was guided only by vague considerations of suitability. Non-premeditated murder, for example, might be punished by anything from probation to forty years in prison. A parole board exercised a similarly subjective power to temper the term with early release. Then, about a quarter century ago, the legislature created a commission to establish sentencing “guidelines,” said to …


Foreword, Sam Hanson Jan 2003

Foreword, Sam Hanson

William Mitchell Law Review

Introduction to issue of Recent Decisions of the Minnesota Supreme Court (from 2002-03 term).