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The Head-On Collision Of Gasperini And The Derailment Of Erie: Exposing The Futility Of The Accommodation Doctrine, Armando Gustavo Hernandez Nov 2009

The Head-On Collision Of Gasperini And The Derailment Of Erie: Exposing The Futility Of The Accommodation Doctrine, Armando Gustavo Hernandez

Armando G. Hernandez

A simple truism we all learned in our childhood was that the square pegs did not fit into the circular shaped cut-outs. Greek philosophers often struggled with this very same conundrum of squaring the circle. In 1996, the Supreme Court decided Gasperini v. Center for Humanities, Inc., 518 U.S. 415 (1996). The case required application of the Court's Erie jurisprudence. Many commentators hailed the case as the ideal moment to clarify the Court's esoteric body of law. However, writing for a six vote majority, Justice Ginsburg held that state law (the square) and federal law (the circle) could be accommodated. …


Painting Preemption With The Wrong Brush: The Misapplication Of The Preemption Doctrines In Von Saher V. Norton Simon Museum Of Art, Alexis H. Rossman Nov 2009

Painting Preemption With The Wrong Brush: The Misapplication Of The Preemption Doctrines In Von Saher V. Norton Simon Museum Of Art, Alexis H. Rossman

Alexis H. Rossman

Adolf Hitler and the Nazis looted thousands of works of art throughout World War II. After the war, many pieces were not returned to the rightful owners but instead remained in public and private collections throughout the United States and abroad. California enacted California Code of Civil Procedure Section 354.3 in response to difficulties encountered by plaintiffs seeking to recover these pieces. The statute created a forum in California courts for plaintiffs to bring claims as rightful owners of Holocaust-era artwork. The Ninth Circuit recently found that this statute was preempted by the federal government’s exclusive power to conduct foreign …


The Eye Of The Beholder: A Defendant-Reliant Approach To Valuing Injunctive Relief For The Purposes Of The Amount In Controversy Requirement, Jason Schwalm Mar 2009

The Eye Of The Beholder: A Defendant-Reliant Approach To Valuing Injunctive Relief For The Purposes Of The Amount In Controversy Requirement, Jason Schwalm

Jason E Schwalm

This article examines a long standing Circuit court split concerning the valuation of injunctive relief for the purposes of diversity jurisdiction. Specifically, the note argues that the Sixth Circuit, as the last court to weigh in on this argument, should use the experience of the other circuits in creating a defendant-reliant approach to the valuation of injunctive relief. This approach would acknowledge the defendant-focused nature of injunctive relief and in doing so would reject both sides of the Circuit court split.


Looking For Fair Use In The Dmca's Safety Dance, Ira Nathenson Jan 2009

Looking For Fair Use In The Dmca's Safety Dance, Ira Nathenson

Ira Steven Nathenson

Like a ballet, the notice-and-take-down provisions of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act ("DMCA") provide complex procedures to obtain take-downs of online infringement. Copyright owners send notices of infringement to service providers, who in turn remove claimed infringement in exchange for a statutory safe harbor from copyright liability. But like a dance meant for two, the DMCA is less effective in protecting the "third wheel," the users of internet services. Even Senator John McCain - who in 1998 voted for the DMCA - wrote in exasperation to YouTube after some of his presidential campaign videos were removed due to take-downs. McCain …


Switzerland, Samuel P. Baumgartner Jan 2009

Switzerland, Samuel P. Baumgartner

Samuel P. Baumgartner

Switzerland has the traditional Austro-German representative association procedures. Debate on adoption of other models, given the opportunity of the introduction of a first federal Code of Civil Procedure, reveals considerable cautious conservatism toward reform.