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Recent Cases, Law Review Staff

Vanderbilt Law Review

Antitrust--Agency Franchise Agreements Are Reasonable Trade Restraints Under Sherman Act While Restraints Following Sale Are Per Se Unlawful

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Antitrust--Product Extension Merger in Violation of Section 7 of the Clayton Act

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Constitutional Law--Reapportionment-Principle of "One Man, One Vote" Not Applicable to Appointed County School Board Performing Administrative Function

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Labor Law--Union Empowered To Expel Member for Failure To Exhaust Union Appellate Remedies

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Taxation--Federal Estate Taxation-State Trial Court Judgments on Property Rights Not Conclusive on Federal Courts Adjudicating Federal Tax Consequences

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Taxation--Federal Income Tax--Effect of Close Corporation Voting Trust on Right to Subchapter S Election

The Use Of Tests In Promotions Under Seniority Provisions, Aubrey L. Coleman, Jr.

Vanderbilt Law Review

The testing requirements enunciated by the 1964 Civil Rights Act and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission to eliminate certain types of discrimination through tests will assuredly have application in the further development of sound, overall testing programs for all employees. While at present very few contracts have provisions with respect to testing, undoubtedly most future agreements will. This development should reduce the number of disputes, since requirements now imposed by arbitrators will be written into bargaining agreements. While there will still be disagreements over whether the tests were properly evaluated, controversies as to whether the tests are specifically related to …

Plant Relocation: Viewed After Denial Of Enforcement Of Board's "Runaway Shop" Remedy In Garwin, E. Walter Bowman

Vanderbilt Law Review

Plant relocation--the transfer of all or a portion of plant operations to another site--can present two distinct categories of labor relations problems: (1) unfair labor practice problems under the National Labor Relations Act ("runaway shop" problems); and (2) problems of interpreting and applying a collective bargaining agreement.' While this note deals mainly with plant removal as an unfair labor practice, unionized employers must consider both problems carefully before embarking upon a relocation of operations. Miscalculations or ignorance of the consequences of certain relocation procedure can result in the imposition of liability sufficient to cause the employer to rue the day …

Recent Cases, Law Review Staff

Vanderbilt Law Review

Civil Rights--Exclusion of Wage Earners as a Class from Jury Service in State Courts Violates

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International Law and Trademark Infringement--Rights of Former Owners of Confiscated Cuban Businesses Under Hickenlooper Amendment

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Jurisdiction--Minimum" Contacts--First Amendment Requires a Greater Showing of Contact in a Libel Action To Satisfy Due Process Than Is Necessary in Other Types of Actions

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Labor Law--Attorney Undertaking Persuader Activity on Behalf of Employer Must Report Such Activity Under LMRDA

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Labor Law--Employer Must Bargain About an Economically Motivated Decision To Close a Portion of Its Operations

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Labor Law--Employer's Duty To Bargain When Authorization Cards Are …

Legislation: Public Employee Labor Relations / Removal Of Federal Judges, Law Review Staff

Vanderbilt Law Review

One of the most striking developments in labor relations during the past fifteen years has been the rapid increase of both employment and union organization in the public sector. In 1950, there were approximately 6 million public employees; today there are over 10 million, over three quarters of whom work on the state and local level. It is estimated that 1.5 million of these government employees are members of various union organizations, a sixty per cent increase over the past ten years. As a result of this growth, public employees have increasingly sought and gained organizational and bargaining rights parallel …