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The Legal Nature Of Collective Bargaining Agreements, Archibald Cox Nov 1958

The Legal Nature Of Collective Bargaining Agreements, Archibald Cox

Michigan Law Review

One reflecting upon the legal nature of a collective bargaining agreement can hardly avoid beginning with the thought that the institution has flourished outside of the courts and administrative agencies and often in the face of legal interference. The law had fallen into disrepute in the world of labor relations because it failed to meet the needs of men. Collective bargaining agreements were negotiated and administered without regard to conventional legal sanctions. Grievance procedures and arbitration evolved into an intricate and highly organized, private judicature. Many experienced and perceptive observers argued that the conventional sanctions for commercial contracts should not …


International Law - The United Nations Emergency Force - Legal Status, Dudley H. Chapman S.Ed. Nov 1958

International Law - The United Nations Emergency Force - Legal Status, Dudley H. Chapman S.Ed.

Michigan Law Review

The purpose of this comment is to consider the legal status of UNEF and of a potential permanent force of the same type. Some of the incidental legal problems confronting the United Nations will also be considered.


Air Law - Imputed Negligence - Liability Of Airplane Owner For Negligence Of Pilot, George E. Lohr S.Ed. Nov 1958

Air Law - Imputed Negligence - Liability Of Airplane Owner For Negligence Of Pilot, George E. Lohr S.Ed.

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Plaintiff, passenger in an airplane owned by defendant as proprietor of the flight school and piloted by a flight trainee with defendant's permission, suffered injuries in a crash allegedly caused by the negligence of the pilot and brought this action against defendant owner to recover damages. The trial court sustained defendant's motion to dismiss the complaint. On appeal, held, reversed and remanded for new trial. If the allegations of negligence of the pilot are found to be true, defendant would be liable for plaintiff's injuries even though he was not in actual control of the airplane. The governing statutory …


Wills - Testamentary Additions To The Corpus Of An Inter Vivos Trust-Recent Judicial And Legislative Developments, Richard I. Singer S.Ed. Nov 1958

Wills - Testamentary Additions To The Corpus Of An Inter Vivos Trust-Recent Judicial And Legislative Developments, Richard I. Singer S.Ed.

Michigan Law Review

The shape of the law relating to testamentary additions to the corpus of an inter vivos trust was outlined in 1951 by Professor George E. Palmer in an article entitled "Testamentary Dispositions to the Trustee of an Inter Vivos Trust." It is the purpose of this comment to consider recent developments in this area. A generalized formulation of the problem to be dealt with is-may a valid bequest be made to the trustee of an inter vivos trust without setting out the terms of the trust in the will?


Scientific Investigation And Defendants' Rights, B. J. George Jr. Nov 1958

Scientific Investigation And Defendants' Rights, B. J. George Jr.

Michigan Law Review

Advances in science, medicine and industry have made much of the world a more pleasant place in which to live. In general more men are living a physically more satisfying life in more comfortable surroundings than preceding generations. But with this has come a parallel increase in criminality to the point that the term "crime wave" is heard with increasing frequency. Many crimes are facilitated in their commission by adaption or application of new scientific discoveries by criminal elements. A natural consequence is that already overburdened police departments turn as quickly as is financially possible to new scientific techniques in …


Conflict Of Laws - Status Of Foreign Statute - Non-Recognition Of Support Obligation, David C. Berg S.Ed. Nov 1958

Conflict Of Laws - Status Of Foreign Statute - Non-Recognition Of Support Obligation, David C. Berg S.Ed.

Michigan Law Review

The State of California, Department of Mental Hygiene, brought suit in Texas against defendant, a California resident until his removal to Texas in 1954, to recover money expended by the state in support of defendant's mother, an incompetent inmate of a California state institution since 1944. California law requires an adult son to contribute to his parents' support while a similar provision of the Texas law imposes such an obligation on a parent but not on a child. In accordance with the applicable California statute of limitations, the state sued for the monthly payments which had accrued during the four-year …


Constitutional Law - Right To Travel - Authority Of Secretary Of State To Deny Passports, Arnold Henson S.Ed. Nov 1958

Constitutional Law - Right To Travel - Authority Of Secretary Of State To Deny Passports, Arnold Henson S.Ed.

Michigan Law Review

Petitioner's application for a passport was denied under §51.135 of the Passport Regulations promulgated by the Secretary of State on the grounds that he was a Communist and that he had a record of consistent and prolonged adherence to the Communist Party line. The letter of denial stated that before a passport would be issued, a non-communist affidavit as provided for in the Regulations would be required. Following petitioner's refusal to file the affidavit the State Department informed him that until one was filed his application would receive no further consideration. Petitioner thereupon brought an action for declaratory relief in …


Civil Procedure - Trial Practice - Consecutive Motions For Directed Verdict, John Gelder S.Ed. Nov 1958

Civil Procedure - Trial Practice - Consecutive Motions For Directed Verdict, John Gelder S.Ed.

Michigan Law Review

Plaintiff brought an action to recover arrearages in rent. At the conclusion of the evidence, plaintiff and then defendant made motions for a directed verdict. The trial court held that where both parties make a motion to direct a verdict, it is the duty of the court to decide the case on its merits and accordingly found in favor of the plaintiff. Defendant immediately moved to amend his motion to attach a reservation which would have the issues submitted to a jury, but the amendment was disallowed. The appellate court reversed the judgment, finding prejudice to defendant since the trial …


Constitutional Law - State Action - Imposing Criminal Penalties To Enforce Private Discrimination, Melvyn I. Mozinski S.Ed. Nov 1958

Constitutional Law - State Action - Imposing Criminal Penalties To Enforce Private Discrimination, Melvyn I. Mozinski S.Ed.

Michigan Law Review

Defendants, Negroes, entered a section of a private restaurant designated to be for "White" patrons only. Although they were denied service, they refused to comply with the proprietor's request to leave. Defendants were subsequently arrested by a police officer after declining his offer not to arrest if they would depart, and were tried for violation of the state's criminal trespass statutes. They were found guilty of a misdemeanor. On appeal, held, sustained. Defendants have no constitutionally protected right not to be discriminated against by an operator of a private enterprise. State v. Clyburn, 247 N.C. 455, 101 S.E. …


Federal Procedure - Judgments - Finality Of Judgment Required To Begin Running Of Time For Appeal, Arnold Henson S.Ed. Nov 1958

Federal Procedure - Judgments - Finality Of Judgment Required To Begin Running Of Time For Appeal, Arnold Henson S.Ed.

Michigan Law Review

Plaintiff brought action in a federal district court to recover taxes alleged to have been illegally assessed, and for interest thereon. On April 14, 1955, after hearing plaintiff's motion for summary judgment, the district judge filed an opinion stating that the motion was granted, and finding the amount of the taxes paid, but not finding the date of payment or the amount of interest due. The clerk noted: "April 14, 1955 ... Decision rendered on motion for summary judgment. Motion granted. See opinion on file." On May 24, 1955, plaintiff submitted a formal judgment which was signed and filed by …


Habeas Corpus - Jurisdiction - Exhaustion Of State Remedies As Prerequisite To Federal Relief, John D. Kelly S.Ed. Nov 1958

Habeas Corpus - Jurisdiction - Exhaustion Of State Remedies As Prerequisite To Federal Relief, John D. Kelly S.Ed.

Michigan Law Review

Petitioner, a prisoner of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania convicted of armed robbery in 1947, filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus in federal district court after several efforts to secure the writ in a state court had been unsuccessful. Jurisdiction was based on exhaustion of available state remedies. The petition alleged that the Commonwealth had violated petitioner's rights under the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment by denying him the right to be represented by counsel at his trial. The Commonwealth moved to dismiss on the ground that the petition on its face showed that state remedies …


Military Law - Service Discharge - Judicial Review Of Discharge Classifications, Edward M. Heppenstall Nov 1958

Military Law - Service Discharge - Judicial Review Of Discharge Classifications, Edward M. Heppenstall

Michigan Law Review

In 1954 petitioners were discharged from the Army in form other than "honorable." Petitioner Harmon had previously been questioned by Army officials regarding alleged Communist affiliations. Since most of the charges against him were based on conduct antedating his induction into the Army and since his military record had been "excellent," petitioner Harmon was informed that he would not be discharged as disloyal or subversive pursuant to Army regulations, but would be retained in his then present grade, assigned nonsensitive duties, and given a discharge at the end of his career appropriate to the character of the service he had …


Cooper: The Lawyer And Administrative Agencies, Whitney R. Harris Nov 1958

Cooper: The Lawyer And Administrative Agencies, Whitney R. Harris

Michigan Law Review

A Review of The Lawyer and Administrative Agencies. By Frank E. Cooper.


Recent Books, Michigan Law Review Nov 1958

Recent Books, Michigan Law Review

Michigan Law Review

A List of Books Received by Michigan Law Review


Periodical Index, Michigan Law Review Nov 1958

Periodical Index, Michigan Law Review

Michigan Law Review

This index includes articles, comments and some of the longer notes which have appeared in leading law reviews since the publication of the last issue of this Review.


Taxation - Federal Income Tax - Proceeds From Cancellation Of Contract Treated As Ordinary Income, Jerome B. Libin S.Ed. Jun 1958

Taxation - Federal Income Tax - Proceeds From Cancellation Of Contract Treated As Ordinary Income, Jerome B. Libin S.Ed.

Michigan Law Review

Taxpayer had the exclusive right for a period of ten years to purchase all the coal mined by the operator of certain mines. In 1949 the operator paid taxpayer $500,000 as consideration for the complete acquisition of taxpayer's right and interest in the purchase agreement. Taxpayer reported this sum as a long-term capital gain. The Commissioner claimed that the amount received was ordinary income. The Tax Court upheld taxpayer's contention, indicating that the transaction had resulted in the sale or exchange of a capital asset. On appeal by the Commissioner, held, reversed, one justice dissenting. This transaction was more …


Front Matter, Michigan Law Review Jun 1958

Front Matter, Michigan Law Review

Michigan Law Review

Front Matter for Volume 56, Issue 8 of Michigan Law Review


Antitrust Considerations In Motor Carrier Mergers, Carl H. Fulda Jun 1958

Antitrust Considerations In Motor Carrier Mergers, Carl H. Fulda

Michigan Law Review

Unification of separate independent business enterprises in a single organization may raise important questions of antitrust policy. The entity which emerges may have acquired, as a result of such unification, a market position of such significance that a substantial lessening of competition or even the creation of a monopoly becomes not only possible but probable. This would be apparent whenever opportunities for buyers of the products or services of the new single unit to shop freely, and to make independent decisions as to prices, channels of purchases and selection of suppliers were to be seriously curtailed, or where such curtailment …


A Comment On The Law Of Torts, Luke K. Cooperrider Jun 1958

A Comment On The Law Of Torts, Luke K. Cooperrider

Michigan Law Review

The recently-published treatise by Professors Harper and James, The Law of Torts, which is the subject of this article is no routine publication. It is not a mere recasting in different language of an already familiar synthesis; nor is it the kind of book one keeps around for casual reference. It is, rather, a statement of a philosophy of tort liability which, by reason of its consonance with much of the currently vocal thought in the field, and by reason of the powers of analysis and expression that the authors have brought to bear, is almost certainly destined to …


Cml Procedure - Mandamus - Application To Erroneous Refusal To Dismiss On The Ground Of Forum Non Conveniens, George E. Parker Iii Jun 1958

Cml Procedure - Mandamus - Application To Erroneous Refusal To Dismiss On The Ground Of Forum Non Conveniens, George E. Parker Iii

Michigan Law Review

Petitioner railroad, defendant in a suit brought in Illinois under the Federal Employers' Liability Act, moved to dismiss on the ground of forum non conveniens. The accident occurred in New Mexico, and none of the parties or witnesses was a resident of Illinois. The railroad, however, did business in Illinois as well as in other states, and had its principal offices and legal staff in Chicago. Upon denial of the motion to dismiss, the railroad, on original petition to the Supreme Court of Illinois, sought a writ of mandamus to compel dismissal. Held, writ denied, two justices dissenting. Mandamus …


Landowners' Rights In The Air Age: The Airport Dilemma, William B. Harvey Jun 1958

Landowners' Rights In The Air Age: The Airport Dilemma, William B. Harvey

Michigan Law Review

If Lord Tennyson had been a student of the common law, he might well have qualified his poetic foresight of "the heavens fill[ed] with commerce" by some cautious reference to the complaints of landowners below against the "pilots of the purple twilight, dropping down with costly bales." The result doubtless would have been poorer poetry but a far more accurate forecast of the problems to confront mid-20th century lawyers. Although the phenomenal growth of civil aviation since the first World War has opened up a host of difficulties, the only ones of concern in this article are those presenting the …


Copryright - Infringement - Parody Of Dramatic Production Held Not To Be Fair Use, William J. Wise S.Ed. Jun 1958

Copryright - Infringement - Parody Of Dramatic Production Held Not To Be Fair Use, William J. Wise S.Ed.

Michigan Law Review

Prior to December 1938, Patrick Hamilton wrote an original play entitled "Gaslight" which subsequently was published, performed and protected by copyright in both England and the United States. Loew's acquired exclusive motion picture rights to the play on October 7, 1942, and produced an original feature-length motion picture photoplay of the drama, also entitled "Gaslight." In 1945 Jack Benny sought and received permission to produce a 15-minute parody of the motion picture for his radio program. In 1953, without securing Loew's permission, Benny produced a 15-minute filmed parody of the motion picture for his television program. It was entitled "Autolight" …


Negligence - Last Clear Chance - Evidence Insufficient As A Matter Of Law, Theodore G. Koerner Jun 1958

Negligence - Last Clear Chance - Evidence Insufficient As A Matter Of Law, Theodore G. Koerner

Michigan Law Review

Plaintiff, having fallen asleep at night at the side of a narrow dirt road, was run over by defendant's automobile. He alleged that defendant was negligent in operating a vehicle at an excessive speed without proper lights. Defendant pleaded that plaintiff was contributorily negligent by being asleep in the road, and plaintiff then replied that defendant had the last clear chance to avoid the injury. On appeal from a judgment of involuntary nonsuit, held, affirmed, three justices dissenting. The plaintiff, by falling asleep at the side or in the middle of the road, was contributorily negligent as a matter …


Real Property - Restrictive Covenants - Effect Of Expiration Of Time Limitation In Deed Under General Plan, John D. Kelly Jun 1958

Real Property - Restrictive Covenants - Effect Of Expiration Of Time Limitation In Deed Under General Plan, John D. Kelly

Michigan Law Review

Plaintiffs were the owners of two lots in a subdivision originally owned by a real estate development company. Defendants were property owners or lien holders within the subdivision, the development company, and the prospective purchasers of plaintiff's lots who refused to buy on the ground that the lots were subject to certain restrictions. All purchasers of lots within the subdivision had received the same form deed containing the identical provision that restrictions, including one prohibiting nonresidential use, were to be enforceable for twenty-one years from the date of each conveyance. The first lot was sold in 1927 and plaintiffs' …


Real Property - Adverse Possession - Between Cotenants, Paul K. Gaston Jun 1958

Real Property - Adverse Possession - Between Cotenants, Paul K. Gaston

Michigan Law Review

C. V. James and his wife and children owned certain property as tenants in common. In 1931 defendant Fallon recovered a judgment against C. V. James, and the land was sold by a sheriff under execution. Fallon became the purchaser at the sheriff's sale and was issued a sheriff's deed purporting to convey the entire interest in the property. Thereafter he was "in the actual, visible, distant, hostile, exclusive, continuous and uninterrupted possession" of the land and paid all taxes thereon. Plaintiffs, the wife and children of James, brought this action to determine the ownership of the property. Fallon claimed …


Taxation - Federal Estate Tax - Insurance And Annuity Combinations, John B. Schwemm S.Ed. Jun 1958

Taxation - Federal Estate Tax - Insurance And Annuity Combinations, John B. Schwemm S.Ed.

Michigan Law Review

Decedent, aged seventy-six, invested in three single premium life insurance policies. Issuance of each was conditioned on the purchase of a single life, nonrefundable annuity of specified value, and no physical examination was required. Each combination was balanced so that the total premium, exclusive of loading charges, equalled the face value of the insurance. The resulting correlation between compound interest and annuity disbursements made the guaranteed payments to the annuitant correspond precisely with the expected income of a reinvestment of the entire deposit by the insurer. Decedent retained the annuity rights, but all present and future interests in the life …


Periodical Index, Michigan Law Review Jun 1958

Periodical Index, Michigan Law Review

Michigan Law Review

This index includes articles, comments and some of the longer notes which have appeared in leading law reviews since the publication of the last issue of this Review.


Snee & Pye: Status Of Forces Agreement: Criminal Jurisdiction, B. J. George Jr. Jun 1958

Snee & Pye: Status Of Forces Agreement: Criminal Jurisdiction, B. J. George Jr.

Michigan Law Review

A Review of Status of Forces Agreement: Criminal Jurisdiction: Criminal Jurisdiction. By Joseph M. Snee, S.J. and Kenneth A. Pye


Bonds - Income Bonds - Rights Of Bondholders And Deductibility Of Interest For Federal Income Tax Purposes, Guy B. Maxfield S.Ed., Michael M. Lyons S.Ed. Jun 1958

Bonds - Income Bonds - Rights Of Bondholders And Deductibility Of Interest For Federal Income Tax Purposes, Guy B. Maxfield S.Ed., Michael M. Lyons S.Ed.

Michigan Law Review

An income bond is an obligation of a corporation on which interest is payable only out of earnings, as distinguished from the ordinary corporate bond on which interest is a fixed charge regardless of earnings. Long regarded as a hybrid security which is to be issued only as a last resort, income bonds have grown surprisingly in popularity over the past two decades. It is the purpose of this comment to consider the historical background of income bonds, to make a comparative analysis of the bond indentures as they affect investors' rights, and to consider the deductibility of income bond …


Rhyne: Municipal Law, Robert E. Fryer May 1958

Rhyne: Municipal Law, Robert E. Fryer

Michigan Law Review

A Review of Municipal Law. By Charles S. Rhyne.