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Full-Text Articles in Law
The Need For A New National Court, Douglas D. Mcfarland, Thomas E. Baker
The Need For A New National Court, Douglas D. Mcfarland, Thomas E. Baker
Faculty Publications
By any measure, the Supreme Court is tremendously overburdened. Statistics speak clearly on this point; sometimes they shout. After the caseload relief provided by the Judges' Bill, 4 which was passed in I925 and took effect during the I928 Term, the Supreme Court caseload grew slowly for thirty years. Beginning in the I96os, growth sharply accelerated, and during the I970S and I98os, the numbers exploded.
Thinking About Federal Jurisdiction — Of Serpents And Swallows, Thomas E. Baker
Thinking About Federal Jurisdiction — Of Serpents And Swallows, Thomas E. Baker
Faculty Publications
In this essay, Professor Baker assumes that the decision to get into or stay in federal court has been made, for whatever reason. His concentration is focused on providing a checklist of some of the typical challenges to jurisdiction and to highlight some uncommon responses. Organizationally, he first considers general issues which apply to all cases, and then considers separately some issues in diversity cases and in federal question cases.
1985 Survey Of Trends And Developments On Religious Liberty In The Courts, Carl H. Esbeck
1985 Survey Of Trends And Developments On Religious Liberty In The Courts, Carl H. Esbeck
Faculty Publications
The purpose of this survey is to note important caselaw developments in the state and lower federal courts concerning religious liberty during 1985. Purposely omitted are the widely reported United State Supreme Court opinions, as well as cases where the high court has granted review during its 1985-86 term. The focus here is to collect significant cases that may otherwise escape broad attention. Only the facts and rationale of each court's decision is recorded. No editorial comment on the merits of these cases is intended.
Congressional Standing To Sue: Whose Vote Is This, Anyway?, R. Lawrence Dessem
Congressional Standing To Sue: Whose Vote Is This, Anyway?, R. Lawrence Dessem
Faculty Publications
The article is divided into three major sections. Section I traces the development of a separate doctrine of “congressional standing.” It examines the doctrine's development from the Supreme Court's initial consideration of legislative standing through the current opinions of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. Section II then analyzes three possible theories of congressional injury and standing. Derivative, representative, and third-party standing theories are all rejected as a basis for congressional standing. While rejecting the suggestion that congressmen possess a personal interest in “their” votes sufficient to constitute the “distinct and palpable injury” required …
1986 Survey Of Trends And Developments In Religious Liberty In The Courts, Carl H. Esbeck
1986 Survey Of Trends And Developments In Religious Liberty In The Courts, Carl H. Esbeck
Faculty Publications
The purpose of this survey is to note important caselaw developments in the state and lower federal courts concerning religious liberty. Purposely omitted are the widely reported United States Supreme Court opinions, as well as cases where the high court has granted review during its 1986-87 term. The focus here is to collect significant cases that may otherwise escape broad attention. Only the facts and rationale of each court's decision is recorded. No editorial comment on the merits of these cases is intended.
Book Review Of The Second American Revolution, Neal Devins
Book Review Of The Second American Revolution, Neal Devins
Faculty Publications
No abstract provided.
The Supreme Court And The Privilege Against Self-Incrimination: Has The Burger Court Retreated?, Paul Marcus
The Supreme Court And The Privilege Against Self-Incrimination: Has The Burger Court Retreated?, Paul Marcus
Faculty Publications
No abstract provided.
A Compendium Of Proposals To Reform The United States Courts Of Appeals, Thomas E. Baker
A Compendium Of Proposals To Reform The United States Courts Of Appeals, Thomas E. Baker
Faculty Publications
Judge Ginsburg has provided a judge's-eye view of the work of a United States Court of Appeals in her Dunwody Lecture.'From her perspective as a judge on the District of Columbia Circuit, she has done a fine job describing the process of deciding appellate cases and composing a reasoned decision. But simply describing" things as they are" in the decisional process will not suffice in this article for two reasons. First, Judge Ginsburg has already done that, as have other judges.
Federal Jurisdiction, Thomas E. Baker
The Ambiguous Independent And Adequate State Ground In Criminal Cases: Federalism Along A Mobius Strip, Thomas E. Baker
The Ambiguous Independent And Adequate State Ground In Criminal Cases: Federalism Along A Mobius Strip, Thomas E. Baker
Faculty Publications
Playing With Numbers: Determining The Majority Of Judges Required To Grant En Banc Sittings In The United States Court Of Appeals, James J. Wheaton
Playing With Numbers: Determining The Majority Of Judges Required To Grant En Banc Sittings In The United States Court Of Appeals, James J. Wheaton
Faculty Publications
This note addresses the effects that these two interests -- majority control of circuit law and judicial integrity -- have on the appropriate definition of majority. Neither legislative history nor Supreme Court constructions of section 46(c) provide an unambiguous rule, and interpretation of the majority requirement remains within the authority of each circuit. The Judicial Conference of the United States, at its meeting in September 1984, recommended that each circuit clearly describe its en banc voting procedures. This note delineates considerations that may assist the circuit courts in their efforts to outline the method by which they should order en …
Impressions Of A Not-So-Average Juror, Robert H. Jerry Ii
Impressions Of A Not-So-Average Juror, Robert H. Jerry Ii
Faculty Publications
Direct observation of jury decision-making is impossible without tainting the quality of the observations, and perhaps the jury's decision itself. Another reason for the difficulty attorneys have in understanding how juries will respond to their efforts is lack of experience. Because attorneys rarely serve on juries, the typical attorney cannot converse with colleagues about personal observations of how juries decide cases.
It is probably fair to say that I am one of only a few lawyers who has served on a jury. My own recollections of my service may well be incomplete, skewed, and deficient. Generalizations from my recollections must …
Constitutional Criminal Procedure, Thomas E. Baker
Constitutional Criminal Procedure, Thomas E. Baker
Faculty Publications
No abstract provided.
Ancillary Relief In Federal Securities Law: A Study In Federal Remedies, George W. Dent
Ancillary Relief In Federal Securities Law: A Study In Federal Remedies, George W. Dent
Faculty Publications
After describing the history and current practice of ancillary relief in federal securities law, this Article analyzes the general law of federal remedies and ancillary relief, including ancillary relief in other areas of administrative law, recent developments in federal equity, statutory interpretation, and federal common law, and implied statutory remedies. The Article then examines pertinent aspects of the federal securities laws, including their legislative history and recent judicial interpretations. On this basis the Article recommends both a general approach to ancillary relief in federal securities law and responses to problems of specific remedies. Finally, the Article discusses ancillary relief under …
A Primer On Precedent In The Eleventh Circuit, Thomas E. Baker
A Primer On Precedent In The Eleventh Circuit, Thomas E. Baker
Faculty Publications
This article is the third and final article in a series of articles written by Professor Baker considering the problems of precedent created by the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals Reorganization Act of 1980. The Act divided the former Fifth Circuit into two autonomous judicial circuits: the new Fifth Circuit, composed of the District of the Canal Zone, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas, and the new Eleventh Circuit, composed of Alabama, Florida, and Georgia. In this article, Professor Baker seeks to provide an introduction to how the new Eleventh Circuit has treated antecedent Fifth Circuit precedents. First, Professor Baker identifies and …
Dam Federal Jurisdiction!, Thomas E. Baker
Dam Federal Jurisdiction!, Thomas E. Baker
Faculty Publications
From the outset, the reader should be familiar with our script. Our threefold purpose in writing this essay is to be at once descriptive, evaluative, and prescriptive. We shall describe briefly the decisions of the United States Supreme Court during the 1981 Term in the broad field of federal jurisdiction, and shall compare and contrast those decisions with the past decisions of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit.
A Postscript On Precedent In The Divided Fifth Circuit, Thomas E. Baker
A Postscript On Precedent In The Divided Fifth Circuit, Thomas E. Baker
Faculty Publications
Professor Baker analyzes the three courts that resulted from the split of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit in 1981 and how each court treats precedent.
Constitutional Criminal Procedure, Thomas E. Baker
Constitutional Criminal Procedure, Thomas E. Baker
Faculty Publications
This article discusses decisions of the new Eleventh Circuit and also decisions of the former Fifth Circuit, some of which are binding precedents for the new court. By way of introduction, the title Constitutional Criminal Procedure deserves amplification. Related criminal law topics not within the scope of this article include the following: the substantive law of crimes; non constitutional aspects of the Federal Rules of Evidence; non constitutional aspects of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure; procedural aspects of habeas corpus; sentencing; prisoners' rights; and civil rights suits alleging constitutional deprivations.
Probation For Class C Misdemeanors: To Fine Or Not To Fine Is Now The Question, Thomas E. Baker
Probation For Class C Misdemeanors: To Fine Or Not To Fine Is Now The Question, Thomas E. Baker
Faculty Publications
No abstract provided.
Constitutional Law, Thomas E. Baker
Constitutional Law, Thomas E. Baker
Faculty Publications
This 1981 article discusses principles of federal constitutional law. Professor Baker notes that the constitutional decisions of the courts of appeals will continue to increase in number and importance as the burgeoning federal caseload grows. Professor Baker analyzes how the Fifth Circuit dealt with constitutional principles in the year preceding the article. The article commences with a discussion of cases dealing with justiciability issues. The justiciability issues discussed include standing, mootness, advisory opinions, political questions, ripeness, and Eleventh Amendment issues. Next, Professor Baker discusses cases construing the Commerce Clause. Next, the article discusses cases dealing with due process issues, both …
Precedent Times Three: Stare Decisis In The Divided Fifth Circuit, Thomas E. Baker
Precedent Times Three: Stare Decisis In The Divided Fifth Circuit, Thomas E. Baker
Faculty Publications
October 1, 1981, marked a milestone in the history of our federal courts. On that day the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals Reorganization Act of 1980 (Reorganization Act) divided the" former fifth circuit" into the" new fifth circuit," composed of the District of the Canal Zone, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas, and the new" eleventh circuit," composed of Alabama, Florida, and Georgia.
The Role Of Appellate Court In Mandatory Sentencing Schemes, Larry I. Palmer
The Role Of Appellate Court In Mandatory Sentencing Schemes, Larry I. Palmer
Faculty Publications
No abstract provided.
Notice, Costs, And The Effect Of Judgment In Missouri's New Common-Question Class Action, William B. Fisch
Notice, Costs, And The Effect Of Judgment In Missouri's New Common-Question Class Action, William B. Fisch
Faculty Publications
On December 1, 1972, the Missouri Supreme Court greatly expanded the potential usefulness of the class action device in our state courts by adopting the most recent version of the federal class action rule.
Institute Of Contemporary Law: The California Superior Court System, Mary Emery, Nicholas Livak, Leon Panetta
Institute Of Contemporary Law: The California Superior Court System, Mary Emery, Nicholas Livak, Leon Panetta
Faculty Publications
The Institute of Contemporary Law, having recently completed an investigation and analysis of the California grand jury, now turns its efforts to the area of the superior court system in California. Hoping to correlate the work of students, lawyers and judges in this area, the following article attempts a broad review of the function and operation of the superior court in California. The history of the court, its rules and operation, its jurisdiction and its various departments are the topics covered by the discussion below. The presentation here offered is mainly expository and informational, and, it is hoped, will provide …
Appellate Court Articulation Of General Standards Of Conduct: Effective Guidance Versus Impotent Verbalism, Arthur W. Phelps
Appellate Court Articulation Of General Standards Of Conduct: Effective Guidance Versus Impotent Verbalism, Arthur W. Phelps
Faculty Publications
No abstract provided.