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Full-Text Articles in Legal History
Carlos Cisneros: His Life, Career, & Contributions, Susan Kelly, Jerold Widdison
Carlos Cisneros: His Life, Career, & Contributions, Susan Kelly, Jerold Widdison
Water Matters!
State Senator Carlos Cisneros links New Mexico’s past, present and future.
The Public Lands And The National Heritage, Charles F. Wilkinson
The Public Lands And The National Heritage, Charles F. Wilkinson
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First Hudson Capital, Llc V. Seaborn, Kristopher Ferranti
First Hudson Capital, Llc V. Seaborn, Kristopher Ferranti
NYLS Law Review
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Much Ado About Pluralities: Pride And Precedent Amidst The Cacophy Of Concurrences, And Re-Percolation After Rapanos, Donald J. Kochan, Melissa M. Berry, Matthew J. Parlow
Much Ado About Pluralities: Pride And Precedent Amidst The Cacophy Of Concurrences, And Re-Percolation After Rapanos, Donald J. Kochan, Melissa M. Berry, Matthew J. Parlow
Donald J. Kochan
Conflicts created by concurrences and pluralities in court decisions create confusion in law and lower court interpretation. Rule of law values require that individuals be able to identify controlling legal principles. That task is complicated when pluralities and concurrences contribute to the vagueness or uncertainty that leaves us wondering what the controlling rule is or attempting to predict what it will evolve to become. The rule of law is at least handicapped when continuity or confidence or confusion infuse our understanding of the applicable rules. This Article uses the recent U.S. Supreme Court decision in Rapanos v. United States to …