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Conflict of Laws--Divorce-- Minimum Contacts Doctrine Extended to Non-Resident in Alimony Award

Conflict of Laws--Torts--Law of Forum Applies to Accident Involving Only Out-of-State Motorists

Constitutional Law--Desegregation--States Are Required To Take Affirmative Action To Desegregate Higher Education Facilities

Constitutional Law--Selective Service Act--Fifth Amendment Requires Civil Judicial Review of Draft Board Classification and Induction Orders

Public Welfare--Substitute Father Regulation Inconsistent with Social Security Act and Invalid Criterion for Denying AFDC Payments to Needy Children

Taxation--Corporate Income Tax--Pre-Sale Declaration of Dividend by Subsidiary in Amount Equal to Retained Earnings Held Tax-Exempt Inter-Corporate Dividend on Receipt by Parent

Elliot E. Cheatham, Phillip C. Jessup

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A man of great courage and a fighter for principle, he would never surrender, but if conscience and conviction permitted, he would have great pleasure in giving. As one of our other colleagues has suggested to me, Elliott Cheatham's greatness as a teacher' is due to the fact that he is always eager to give. I have witnessed many examples of Elliott's modesty, which should not be mistaken for any wobbly lack of self-confidence. When he pleads that he has limitations which suggest the desirability of seeking someone else for an honor or place of distinction or a juridical contribution, …

Recent Cases, Law Review Staff

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Antitrust--When Plaintiff Participates in a Scheme Initiated by Defendant, In Pari Delicto Is No Bar to Recovery

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Civil Rights--Amusement Park Is Covered by Title II of the Civil Rights Act of 1964

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Civil Rights--Desegregation--Freedom-of-Choice Plans Are Not To Be Used When More Effective Means for Desegregation Are Available

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Constitutional Law--Fourteenth Amendment Entitles Defendants Charged with Serious Crimes in State Courts to Trial by Jury

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Constitutional Law-Reapportionment--"One Man, One Vote" Held Applicable to Units of Local Government

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Constitutional Law--Search and Seizure--Police May Conduct Limited Search for Weapons in Course of Field Investigatin Without Probable Cause for …

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Constitutional Law--Obscenity--Materials May Be Obscene for Minors without Being Obscene for Adults

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Constitutional Law--Standing-Federal Taxpayer Has Standing To Challenge Federal Expenditures Violating Specific Constitutional Prohibition

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Copyright--Telecommunication--CATY Carriage of Copyrighted Material Does not Constitute Infringement

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Criminal Law--Exclusion for Cause of Prospective Jurors With Scruples Against Death Penalty Violates Due Process

Recent Cases, Law Review Staff

Vanderbilt Law Review

Conflict of Laws--Significant Interest Doctrine Extended to Marital Property Litigation

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Constitutional Law-Search and Seizure--Fourth Amendment Restrictions Apply to Electronic Eavesdropping When Conversations Are Private--Physical Trespass Test Discarded

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Constitutional Law-Section 5(a) (1) (D) Prohibiting Members of Communist-Action Organizations from Employment in Defense Facilities Held Unconstitutional Infringement Upon Freedom of Association

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Criminal Law--Evidence-Unauthorized Juror View Violates Sixth Amendment Right to Confrontation

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Domestic Relations--Intentional False Representation of Pregnancy Grounds for Annulment

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Income Tax--Corporations--Attorneys' and Accountants' Fees Incurred in Sale of Assets Pursuant to a Section 337 Liquidation Are Not Deductible

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Interest--Usury--Charging Debtor with Statutory Maximum Loan Fees …

Recent Cases, Law Review Staff

Vanderbilt Law Review

Antitrust--Unincorporated Divisions of a Corporation May Be Separate Entities for Purposes of Antitrust Laws

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Constitutional Law--One-Year Residence Requirement as Condition of Eligibility for State Welfare Aid Held Unconstitutional

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International Law--Sovereign Immunity and Act of State--Hickenlooper Amendment Precludes Assertion of Act of State Where Act Is Violative of International Law

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Products Liability--Lender Held Liable for Gross Defects in Housing Development It Had Financed

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Taxation--Constructive Ownership Rules Automatically Applied to Section 302(b) (1)Dividend Equivalency Test

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Taxation--IRS Rules Organization Which Discriminates on Basis of Race Not Charitable

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antitrust, constitutional law, international law, products liability, taxation

Recent Cases, Law Review Staff

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Conflict of Laws--Torts--Law of Jurisdiction with Predominant Interest in Resolution of Issue Applied

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Constitutional Law--Owner of Private Subdivision May Refuse To Sell to Negroes

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Eminent Domain--Compensation for Substantial Impairment of Riparian Owners' Right of Access Denied

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Taxation--Professional Service Corporations--Kintner Regulations Held Invalid

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Taxation--Recovered Charitable Contributions, Previously Claimed as Deductions, Are Gross Income In Year of Receipt