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Case Law On American Indians August 2018-2019, Thomas P. Schlosser
Case Law On American Indians August 2018-2019, Thomas P. Schlosser
American Indian Law Journal
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An Updated Quantitative Study Of Iqbal's Impact On 12(B)(6) Motions, Patricia W. Moore
An Updated Quantitative Study Of Iqbal's Impact On 12(B)(6) Motions, Patricia W. Moore
Faculty Articles
The effect of Ashcroft v. Iqbal on pleading standards and behavior is a source of significant legal debate. This article serves as a follow-up to Professor Moore's 2010 empirical study on Iqbal's effect on courts' rulings on motions to dismiss complaints for failure to state a claim under Rule 12(b)(6) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. Professor Moore's previous study found a statistically significant increase in the likelihood that a court grants a 12(b)(6) motion with leave to amend following Iqbal. In this article, Professor Moore updates and increases the pool of cases in her database. The updated data …
The Unwelcome Judicial Obligation To Respect Politics In Racial Gerrymandering Remedies, Jeffrey L. Fisher
The Unwelcome Judicial Obligation To Respect Politics In Racial Gerrymandering Remedies, Jeffrey L. Fisher
Michigan Law Review
Like it or not, the attack on "bizarrely" shaped majority-minority electoral districts is now firmly underway. Nearly four years have passed since the Supreme Court first announced in Shaw v. Reno that a state's redistricting plan that is "so extremely irregular on its face that it rationally can be viewed only as an effort to segregate the races for purposes of voting" may violate the Equal Protection Clause. Such a district, the Court held, reinforces racial stereotypes, carries us further from the goal of a political system in which race no longer matters, and "threatens to undermine our system of …
Section 1983 Litigation In The Ohio Courts: An Introduction For Ohio Lawyers And Judges, Steven H. Steinglass
Section 1983 Litigation In The Ohio Courts: An Introduction For Ohio Lawyers And Judges, Steven H. Steinglass
Cleveland State Law Review
This review of §1983 litigation in the Ohio courts has three principal goals. First, it provides an introduction to state court §1983 litigation for Ohio lawyers and judges. Commentators have recognized the importance of state court §1983 litigation, and the Supreme Court has begun to pay greater attention to state court §1983 cases. Nonetheless, most §1983 materials focus on the federal courts. Moreover, the few works addressing litigation of §1983 claims in state courts either lack an Ohio focus or, where there is such a focus, deal narrowly with specific Ohio issues. This article seeks to bridge this gap by …