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Constitutional Law - Congressional Powers - Validity Of The 1951 Gamblers' Occupation Tax Act, James W. Callison S.Ed.

Michigan Law Review

The Revenue Act of 1951 levied a tax on persons engaged in the business of accepting wagers, requiring such persons to register their names and places of business and residence with the Collector of Internal Revenue. The act also required the disclosure of the name and address of each person receiving wagers for the registrant, or, if the registrant himself received wagers for another, the name of that person. Violations of the act were punishable by fine and imprisonment. Defendant was indicted for willful failure to register and pay the tax. The district court granted defendant's motion to dismiss on …

Kol Ha'am Co., Ltd. V. Minister Of The Interior, Shimon Agranat, Yoel Sussman, Moshe Landau

Translated Opinions

Two communist newspapers, respectively owned by the petitioners, published articles containing material which, in the opinion of the Minister of the Interior, was likely to endanger the public peace, and acting under s. 19(2) (a) of the Press Ordinance the Minister suspended both the newspapers for periods of ten and fifteen days respectively. On the return to orders nisi calling upon the Minister to show cause why the orders of suspension should not be set aside,

Held: In exercising his power of suspension under s. 19(2) (a) of the Press Ordinance, the guiding principle is that the Minister must consider …

Constitutional Law-Validity Of Statute Making Membership In Subversive Organizaton Evidence Of Unfitness For Employment In Schools. [United States Supreme Court]

Washington and Lee Law Review

No abstract provided.

Judicial Acquiescence In The Forfeiture Of Constitutional Rights Through Expansion Of The Conditioned Privilege Doctrine

Indiana Law Journal

No abstract provided.

Constitutional Law--Commerce Clause--Supersedure Of State Regulation By The Federal Motor Carrier Act, G. D. H. S.

West Virginia Law Review

No abstract provided.

Sapoznikov V. The Court Of Discipline Of The Israel Police, Yoel Sussman, Moshe Silberg, Yitzhak Olshan

Translated Opinions

Under section 18 of the Police Ordinance the Inspector-General may constitute Courts of Discipline to try police officers charged with disciplinary offences, the section prescribing the offences which may be the subject of such charges. One of those offences is thus described (in section 18(1)(i)): "any offence contrary to the good order and discipline of the Force.. ." The High Commissioner in Council was empowered by section 50(1)(e) to make rules "for the definition of offences to the prejudice of good order and discipline", and under that power made the Police (Disciplinary Offences) (Definition) Rules, 1941. Offence No. 23 of …

Constitutional Law-Appellate Jurisdiction Over State Court Decisions-When Is A State Court Decision "Final", Marcus A. Rowden S.Ed.

Michigan Law Review

Plaintiff brought suit to enjoin peaceful picketing of an apartment project by defendant labor organizations. The Circuit Court, Montgomery County, Alabama granted temporary injunction ex parte. Defendants appealed to the Alabama Supreme Court which affirmed the trial court's order denying a motion to dissolve the injunction. Certiorari was sought and granted by the United States Supreme Court. Held, certiorari had been improvidently granted since the Alabama Supreme Court's determination had not constituted a final judgment or decree. Montgomery Bldg. and Constr. Trades Council v. Ledbetter Erection Co.,. 344 U.S. 178, 73 S.Ct. 196 (1952).

Nonpreferential Aid To Religion Is Not An Establishment Of Religion, James M. O'Neill

Buffalo Law Review

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Dr. O'Neill's Rebuttal, James M. O'Neill

Buffalo Law Review

No abstract provided.

What Is Happening In The Conflict Of Laws: Three Supreme Court Cases, Wendell Carnahan

Vanderbilt Law Review

An answer to the topical inquiry is "A great deal" but full explanation of the general answer to a very big question cannot be attempted in a single article. Instead, attention will be directed primarily to the opinions in three cases decided on the same day by the Supreme Court of the United States. These cases present problems in the segments of conflict of laws dealing with principles of forum non conveniens and full faith to a statute,' jurisdiction over a foreign corporation and a combination of choice of laws rules and judicial recognition of an alimony award. These cases …

Habeas Corpus And Court-Martial Prisoners, James Snedeker

Vanderbilt Law Review

The origin of habeas corpus is lost in the mists of history. The leading idea, deliverance by summary legal process from illegal confinement, was present in the laws of countries in existence prior to the beginning of the English law and in other countries which derived none of their principles of jurisprudence or rules of procedure from English law. It was known to Roman law and to old Spanish law. It was recognized by the Magna Charta in 1215, although such recognition was probably not a primary purpose of the barons in forcing King John to sign that document. The …

Search And Seizure Under The Fourth Amendment As Interpreted By The United States Supreme Court, E. G. Trimble

Kentucky Law Journal

No abstract provided.

Claims Against The State Of Kentucky--Reverse Eminent Domain, Paul Leo Oberst, Thomas P. Lewis

Kentucky Law Journal

No abstract provided.

Freedom Of Speech--Group Libel--Beauharnais V. People Of State Of Illinois, Thomas P. Lewis

Kentucky Law Journal

No abstract provided.

Search And Seizure Under The Fourth Amendment As Interpreted By The United States Supreme Court, E. G. Trimble

Kentucky Law Journal

No abstract provided.

Constitutional Law-Right To Bail, Robert L. Sandblom S.Ed.

Michigan Law Review

The Eighth Amendment of the Constitution provides that "Excessive bail shall not be required . . . ." This clause, as with all of the Bill of Rights, serves as a limitation on the federal government. From a very early date this provision has likewise established a boundary on the discretion of the federal courts in their exercise of criminal jurisdiction. Although this Eighth Amendment provision is a protection against federal encroachment, it does not limit the powers of states, arguments of individual Justices to the contrary notwithstanding.

In the recent Supreme Court decision of Stack v. Boyle, this …

"Constitutional" Limitations On Amendments In Indiana

Indiana Law Journal

No abstract provided.

Constitutional Law—Freedom Of Religion—Chest X-Ray As A Condition Of Admission To State University, Gordon F. Crandall

Washington Law Review

The Board of Regents of the University of Washington required that each student submit to a chest X-Ray examination for the purpose of disclosing tubercular infection. P, a Christian Scientist, sought to register for her senior year, and when she refused to submit to the examination she was denied admission. She then petitioned to the Regents for an exemption on the ground that to submit would violate her religious convictions. The petition was denied, and P now seeks a writ of mandamus to compel the Regents to admit her without requiring the X-Ray examination, contending, inter alia, that the requirement …

Book Reviews, Thomas Reed Powell, Bernard D. Meltzer, Louis L. Jaffe, Edward D. Morgan, Paul H. Sanders, Neill H. Alford Jr., Carl M. Franklin, Fowler Harper, Robert E. Childs, David E. Watts, Joseph L. Frascona, Maynard E. Pirsig, Samuel M. Fahr, Robert S. Stevens, Corwin W. Johnson, W. Friedmann, Thomas A. Cowan

Journal of Legal Education

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Ohio Valley Panorama, Albert S. Abel

West Virginia Law Review

The past and present applications of the Compact Clause of the United States Constitution have been explored elsewhere so clearly and amply that their further investigation would be unrewarding. The stated ground of decision in West Virginia ex rel. Dyer v. Sims opens up for the interstate compact a promising future as a device for co-operative government. A contrary decision would have seriously, indeed almost fatally, weakened the clause. Adoption of proposed alternative reasons could have made its strength a matter of more menace than promise. The former conclusion is fairly obvious, the latter perhaps less so. The task of …

The Unhappy History Of Civil Rights Legislation, Eugene Gressman

Michigan Law Review

The enforcement by federal legislation of the constitutional right of individuals is a story written largely in terms of confusion, distortion and frustration. Seldom, if ever, have the power and the purposes of legislation been rendered so impotent. Indeed, this story constitutes one of the saddest chapters in the historic struggle to effectuate the American ideal of freedom and equality for all.

Recent Cases, Law Review Staff

Vanderbilt Law Review

Recent Cases

Adverse Possession--Statutes--May One Acquire an Indefeasible Life Estate under Tennessee Code Section 8582

Constitutional Law--Freedom of the Press--Effect of City Ordinance Prohibiting Solicitation of Magazine Subscriptions without Prior Consent of Person Solicited

Constitutional Law--Statutes--Requirement of Loyalty Oath as Valid Exercise of Police Power

Contracts--Procurement of Government Contracts on Contingent Fee Basis--Effect of Executive Order

Criminal Law--Mens Rea--Requirement in Action for Converting Government Property--Necessity for Criminal Intent

Damages--Injury to Child--Expenses of Parent in Attending Child

Divorce--Determination of Place Where Abandonment Occurs--Effect of Residence Requirement for Bringing Action

Domestic Relations--Legitimation Statute--Interpretation and Effect

Evidence--Unreasonable Searches and Seizures--Admissibility of Evidence Obtained …

Constitutional Law—Admission Of Evidence Obtained By Use Of Stomach Pump Violative Of Due Process, Joseph A. Taddeo

Buffalo Law Review

Rochin v. People of California, 72 S. Ct. 205 (1952).

Recent Cases, Law Review Staff

Vanderbilt Law Review

CONSTITUTIONAL LAW--RACIAL RESTRICTIVE COVENANTS--ALLOWANCE OF DAMAGES FOR BREACH

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CORPORATIONS--PARENT AND SUBSIDIARY--SUBSIDIARY AS INSTRUMENTALITY OF PARENT WHEN USED TO CARRY ON UNFAIR TRADE PRACTICES

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EVIDENCE--ADMISSIBILITY OF CONFESSION--SCOPE OF REVIEW OF COURT-MARTIAL BY COURT OF MILITARY APPEALS

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EVIDENCE--CONFLICT OF LAWS--APPLICATION OF DOCTRINE OF RES IPSA LOQUITUR

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EVIDENCE--DUE PROCESS--USE IN STATE PROSECUTION OF EVIDENCE FORCIBLY OBTAINED BY STOMACH PUMP

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EVIDENCE--ENTRIES IN THE REGULAR COURSE OF BUSINESS--TEST FOR EXTENT OF ADMISSIBILITY UNDER FEDERAL JUDICIAL CODE

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EVIDENCE--HEARSAY--ADOPTION OF LIBERAL ADMISSION RULES OF ADMINISTRATIVE TRIBUNALS IN ANTITRUST COURT ACTION

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EVIDENCE--IMPEACHMENT OF ONE'S OWN WITNESS--USE OF PRIOR INCONSISTENT STATEMENTS

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Discipline Of Judges, Frederic M. Miller

Michigan Law Review

In most of the states, judges of the appellate courts and of the trial courts of general jurisdiction are subject to discipline or removal from office by impeachment at the hands of the legislature, pursuant to constitutional provisions analogous to those applicable to the Federal Judiciary. Such proceedings are seldom instituted. The survey indicates that, during the 20 year period from 1928 to 1948, only three impeachment proceedings were prosecuted and in all three the defense prevailed.

Constitutional Law-Due Process-Restrictions Upon Advertising, Joseph M. Kortenhof

Michigan Law Review

In its efforts to combat gasoline price wars and the fraud that allegedly accompanied them, the City of Pontiac enacted an ordinance designed to restrict the scope of gasoline advertising. It provided that: "No sign or placard stating the price or prices of gasoline other than such signs or placards as hereinabove provided [signs not larger than 12 by 12 inches attached to pumps] shall be posted or maintained on the premises on which said gasoline is sold or offered for sale." Defendant retailed gasoline; by combining hauling and retailing into one operation, savings of about four cents a gallon …

Constitutional Law--Fifth Amendment--Privilege Against Self-Incrimination By Admission Of Occupation And Of Knowledge Of Whereabouts Of A Fugitive Witness, Lois Hambro

Michigan Law Review

Petitioner, who was known as an underworld character and racketeer, was subpoenaed before a federal grand jury investigating federal crime and rackets and was asked his occupation and business and whether he had seen, talked to, or knew the whereabouts of a certain person upon whom a subpoena had been issued but not served requiring such fugitive person to appear before a federal grand jury. He refused to answer on the ground of the constitutional privilege against self-incrimination. Petitioner was adjudged in contempt of court for refusal to answer the questions. The court of appeals affirmed the judgment and the …

Constitutional Law-Due Process-Bill Of Attainder-Loyalty Oaths For City Employee, James I. Huston

Michigan Law Review

In 1948, pursuant to an amendment to its charter, Los Angeles passed an ordinance which provided that all city employees must (1) take an oath that they did not espouse, and had not espoused within five years prior to the effective date of the ordinance, the forceful overthrow of the government; that they were not, nor had they been within the same period, affiliated with a group espousing such aims, and that they would not join any such group while in city employ, and (2) execute an affidavit relating whether they had ever belonged to the Communist Party, and if …

Legal And Social Control Of Abortion, Myer S. Tulkoff

Kentucky Law Journal

No abstract provided.

The Meaning Of "One Subject" In The Kentucky Constitution, James S. Kostas

Kentucky Law Journal

No abstract provided.