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Defining The Problem Of Cost In Federal Civil Litigation, Emery G. Lee Iii, Thomas E. Willging
Defining The Problem Of Cost In Federal Civil Litigation, Emery G. Lee Iii, Thomas E. Willging
Duke Law Journal
No abstract provided.
The Present Plight Of The United States District Courts, Patrick E. Higginbotham
The Present Plight Of The United States District Courts, Patrick E. Higginbotham
Duke Law Journal
No abstract provided.
Judicial Case Management: Caught In The Crossfire, Steven S. Gensler
Judicial Case Management: Caught In The Crossfire, Steven S. Gensler
Duke Law Journal
For thirty years, the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure have relied on active Judicial case management to combat undue cost and delay The complaints about cost and delay have not gone away, but few blame the case-management rules for that Indeed, lawyers continue to view active judicial case management as one of the best ways of reducing cost and delay, and most of the reforms being urged today seek even greater Judicial case management for that reason But some think the rulemakers took a wrong turn thirty years ago and that each round of rulemaking that places more reliance on …
Progress In The Spirit Of Rule 1, John G. Koeltl
Progress In The Spirit Of Rule 1, John G. Koeltl
Duke Law Journal
No abstract provided.
Sanctions For E-Discovery Violations: By The Numbers, Dan H. Willoughby Jr., Rose Hunter Jones, Gregory R. Antine
Sanctions For E-Discovery Violations: By The Numbers, Dan H. Willoughby Jr., Rose Hunter Jones, Gregory R. Antine
Duke Law Journal
This Article reviews our comprehensive survey of written opinions from cases in federal courts prior to January 1, 2010, involving motions for sanctions relating to the discovery of electronically stored information (ESI) We analyzed each case for various factors, including date, court, type of case, sanctioning authority, sanctioned party, sanctioned misconduct, sanction type, sanctions to counsel, if any, and the protections provided from sanctions by Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 37(e) The survey identified 401 sanction cases and 230 sanction awards and showed that sanction motions and awards have increased over time, particularly in the last five years Sanctions against …
Politics And Civil Procedure Rulemaking: Reflections On Experience, Paul D. Carrington
Politics And Civil Procedure Rulemaking: Reflections On Experience, Paul D. Carrington
Duke Law Journal
This Article is a reflection on personal experience as well as an account of what has happened to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure in the most recent quarter century It observes that the Supreme Court of the United States has assigned to itself a role in making procedural law inconsistent with the Rules Enabling Act of 1934 or any more-recent utterance of Congress This procedural law made by the Court is responsive to the desire of business interests to weaken the ability of citizens to enforce laws enacted to protect them from business misconduct The Article concludes with the …
Discovering A Better Way: The Need For Effective Civil Litigation Reform, John H. Beisner
Discovering A Better Way: The Need For Effective Civil Litigation Reform, John H. Beisner
Duke Law Journal
This Article addresses the myriad problems posed by unfettered discovery in the United States Rather than promoting fairness and efficiency in the American legal system, plaintiffs today often use discovery in an abusive and vexatious manner to coerce defendants into accepting quick settlements Over the past several decades, discovery has expanded in both scope and magnitude such that discovery costs now account for at least half of the total litigation costs in any given case The advent of electronic discovery has only exacerbated the problem, given the sheer number of electronic documents generated in the course of business and the …
“A Considerable Surgical Operation”: Article Iii, Equity, And Judge-Made Law In The Federal Courts, Kristin A. Collins
“A Considerable Surgical Operation”: Article Iii, Equity, And Judge-Made Law In The Federal Courts, Kristin A. Collins
Duke Law Journal
No abstract provided.
Rule 10b-5 And The Rise Of The Unjust Enrichment Principle, James J. Park
Rule 10b-5 And The Rise Of The Unjust Enrichment Principle, James J. Park
Duke Law Journal
No abstract provided.
Reconceptualizing Aggression, Michael Anderson
Mooting The Night Away: Postinauguration Midnight-Rule Changes And Vacatur For Mootness, Ari Cuenin
Mooting The Night Away: Postinauguration Midnight-Rule Changes And Vacatur For Mootness, Ari Cuenin
Duke Law Journal
No abstract provided.
Advice And Complicity, Matthew A. Smith
From Conley To Twombly To Iqbal: A Double Play On The Federal Rules Of Civil Procedure, Arthur R. Miller
From Conley To Twombly To Iqbal: A Double Play On The Federal Rules Of Civil Procedure, Arthur R. Miller
Duke Law Journal
This Article discusses the effects of the recent Supreme Court decisions in Bell Atlantic Corp. v. Twombly and Ashcroft v. Iqbal on the model of civil litigation established by the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure in 1938. Those Rules created a procedural system giving a litigant, using plain language and presenting the essential elements of a claim for relief an opportunity to pursue discovery and have his or her rights adjudicated on the merits. This Article discusses the basic values underlying that system and its importance in promoting broad citizen access to our federal courts and enabling the private enforcement …
Correcting Mandatory Injustice: Judicial Recommendation Of Executive Clemency, Joanna M. Huang
Correcting Mandatory Injustice: Judicial Recommendation Of Executive Clemency, Joanna M. Huang
Duke Law Journal
In 1987, the United States political and social systems lost trust in the judiciary and severely limited its authority by enacting the mandatory Federal Sentencing Guidelines. During this period, many judges were forced to impose sentences they viewed as unjust. Trust in the judiciary was restored in 2005, when United States v. Booker made the Sentencing Guidelines advisory. Despite the increase in judicial discretion, however, judges are still unable to correct sentences imposed during the intervening eighteen years because Booker does not apply retroactively. Unfortunately, the executive and legislative branches are similarly unable to provide adequate remedies. Congressional action is …
War Of The Words: How Courts Can Use Dictionaries In Accordance With Textualist Principles, Phillip A. Rubin
War Of The Words: How Courts Can Use Dictionaries In Accordance With Textualist Principles, Phillip A. Rubin
Duke Law Journal
No abstract provided.
The Arab-Israeli Conflict And Civil Litigation Against Terrorism, Adam N. Schupack
The Arab-Israeli Conflict And Civil Litigation Against Terrorism, Adam N. Schupack
Duke Law Journal
The Arab-Israeli conflict has been a testing ground for the involvement of U.S. courts in foreign conflicts and for the concept of civil litigation against terrorists. Plaintiffs on both sides of the dispute have sought to recover damages in U.S. courts, embroiling the courts in one of the world's most contentious political disputes. Plaintiffs bringing claims against the Palestine Liberation Organization, the Palestinian Authority, material supporters of terrorism, and the Islamic Republic of Iran have been aided by congressional statutes passed precisely to enhance their ability to bring such lawsuits, whereas plaintiffs bringing suit against Israel or Israeli leaders have …
Judicial Specialization And The Adjudication Of Immigration Cases, Lawrence Baum
Judicial Specialization And The Adjudication Of Immigration Cases, Lawrence Baum
Duke Law Journal
When scholars and policymakers consider proposals for specialized courts, they are usually and appropriately mindful of the potential effects of specialization on the adjudication of cases. Focusing on the immigration field, this Article considers these potential effects in relation to other attributes of adjudication: the difficulty of cases, the severe caseload pressures, and the strong hierarchical controls that are each important attributes at some or all levels of the adjudication system. Specifically, this Article discusses the effects of those attributes, the effects of judicial specialization, and the intertwining of the two. It applies that analysis to proposals to substitute some …
A Diversion Of Attention? Immigration Courts And The Adjudication Of Fourth And Fifth Amendment Rights, Jennifer M. Chacón
A Diversion Of Attention? Immigration Courts And The Adjudication Of Fourth And Fifth Amendment Rights, Jennifer M. Chacón
Duke Law Journal
Because of fundamental changes in the nature of immigration enforcement over the past decade, an increasing number of interactions between law enforcement agents and noncitizens in the United States are ultimately adjudicated not in criminal courts, but in immigration courts. Unfortunately, unlike the state and federal courts that have long performed an oversight function with regard to police activity, immigration courts were not designed to police the police. As a result, there are inadequate mechanisms in place to address many of the rights violations that are occurring in the context of immigration enforcement. This Article explores the procedural deficiencies of …
The Rights Of Others: Legal Claims And Immigration Outside The Law, Hiroshi Motomura
The Rights Of Others: Legal Claims And Immigration Outside The Law, Hiroshi Motomura
Duke Law Journal
This Article analyzes the rights of unauthorized migrants and elucidates how these noncitizens are incompletely but importantly integrated into the U.S. legal system. I examine four topics: (1) state and local laws targeting unauthorized migrants, (2) workplace rights and remedies, (3) suppression of evidence from an unlawful search or seizure, and (4) the right to effective counsel in immigration court. These four inquiries show how unauthorized migrants though unable to assert individual rights as directly as U.S. citizens in the same circumstances can nevertheless assert rights indirectly and obliquely by making transsubstantive arguments that fall into five general patterns. The …
Restructuring Immigration Adjudication, Stephen H. Legomsky
Restructuring Immigration Adjudication, Stephen H. Legomsky
Duke Law Journal
For decades, the immigration adjudication system has been under relentless attack from both the left and the right. The left has been concerned with the fairness of the proceedings, the accuracy and consistency of the outcomes, and the acceptability of both the procedures and the outcomes to the parties and to the public. The right has focused on the fiscal costs and elapsed times of these proceedings. This Article demonstrates that all of these criticisms have been well founded and that the roots of the problems are severe underfunding, reckless procedural shortcuts, the politicization of the process, and a handful …
Constraint Through Delegation: The Case Of Executive Control Over Immigration Policy, Cristina M. Rodríguez
Constraint Through Delegation: The Case Of Executive Control Over Immigration Policy, Cristina M. Rodríguez
Duke Law Journal
This Article proposes recalibrating the separation of powers between the political branches in the context of their regulation of immigration law's core questions: how many and what types of immigrants to admit to the United States. Whereas Congress holds a virtual monopoly over formal decisionmaking, the executive branch makes de facto admissions decisions using its discretionary enforcement power. As a result of this structure, stasis and excessive prosecutorial discretion characterize the regime, particularly with respect to labor migration. Both of these features exacerbate pathologies associated with illegal immigration and call for a structural response. This Article contends that Congress should …
Practical Impediments To Structural Reform And The Promise Of Third Branch Analytic Methods: A Reply To Professors Baum And Legomsky, Russell R. Wheeler
Practical Impediments To Structural Reform And The Promise Of Third Branch Analytic Methods: A Reply To Professors Baum And Legomsky, Russell R. Wheeler
Duke Law Journal
No abstract provided.
The Last Bankrupt Hanged: Balancing Incentives In The Development Of Bankruptcy Law, Emily Kadens
The Last Bankrupt Hanged: Balancing Incentives In The Development Of Bankruptcy Law, Emily Kadens
Duke Law Journal
This Article frames the history of the Anglo-American bankruptcy tradition as a search for solutions to the basic problem that has from the first underlain the bankruptcy process: how to obtain the assistance of a debtor in his financial dismantling. The pivotal moment in this story came in the years 1705 and 1706, when the English Parliament drafted a bill making the bankrupt's refusal to cooperate with the commissioners running his bankruptcy a capital crime. Almost as an afterthought, they also introduced discharge of debt. Incentivizing cooperation with discharge would have a fruitful future. Coercing the debtor to be honest, …
Protecting Shareholder Access To Director Elections: A Response To Ca, Inc. V. Afscme Urging The Adoption Of A Blasius Standard Of Review For The Exercise Of A Fiduciary-Out Clause, Christopher Fawal
Duke Law Journal
The shareholder's role in corporate management is evolving. In CA, Inc. v. AFSCME, the Delaware Supreme Court likely expanded that role in a ruling that signals the potential for greater shareholder access to the corporate boardroom and enhanced director accountability. The court determined that a shareholder proposal to mandate reimbursement of certain board of director candidates was a proper subject for shareholder bylaws. But the court also held that the particular bylaw in question did not preserve the board's ability to exercise its fiduciary duties and, therefore, violated Delaware law. Future bylaws governing director nominations and elections are likely to …
Robinson Everett: The Citizen-Lawyer Ideal Lives On, David F. Levi
Robinson Everett: The Citizen-Lawyer Ideal Lives On, David F. Levi
Duke Law Journal
No abstract provided.