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The Marriage Penalty: The Working Couple's Dilemma, Wendy C. Gerzog Jan 1978

The Marriage Penalty: The Working Couple's Dilemma, Wendy C. Gerzog

Fordham Law Review

No abstract provided.


Covert Entry In Electronic Surveillance: The Fourth Amendment Requirements , Richard H. Sternberg Jan 1978

Covert Entry In Electronic Surveillance: The Fourth Amendment Requirements , Richard H. Sternberg

Fordham Law Review

No abstract provided.


Shipowner's Duties And Apportionment Of Liability Under The Longshoremen's And Harbor Workers' Compensation Act, Anne Hintermeister Jan 1978

Shipowner's Duties And Apportionment Of Liability Under The Longshoremen's And Harbor Workers' Compensation Act, Anne Hintermeister

Fordham Law Review

No abstract provided.


Book Review Jan 1978

Book Review

Fordham Law Review

No abstract provided.


National League Of Cities V. Usery―The Commerce Power And State Sovereignty Redivivus , Bernard Schwartz Jan 1978

National League Of Cities V. Usery―The Commerce Power And State Sovereignty Redivivus , Bernard Schwartz

Fordham Law Review

No abstract provided.


Keeping Secrets From The Jury: New Options For Safeguarding State Secrets, Veronica M. Fallon Jan 1978

Keeping Secrets From The Jury: New Options For Safeguarding State Secrets, Veronica M. Fallon

Fordham Law Review

No abstract provided.


Elimination Of The Highest And Best Use Principle: Another Path Through The Middle Way, Joseph P. Tomain Jan 1978

Elimination Of The Highest And Best Use Principle: Another Path Through The Middle Way, Joseph P. Tomain

Fordham Law Review

No abstract provided.


Labor Law - Full-Time Faculty Held Not To Be "Employees" Under The National Labor Relations Act , Bonnie Wilkinson Jan 1978

Labor Law - Full-Time Faculty Held Not To Be "Employees" Under The National Labor Relations Act , Bonnie Wilkinson

Fordham Law Review

No abstract provided.


Interseller Price Verification And Hard Bargaining: Reconciliation Of The Sherman Act, Robinson-Patman Act, And The Forces Of Competition , Gerald T. Ford Jan 1978

Interseller Price Verification And Hard Bargaining: Reconciliation Of The Sherman Act, Robinson-Patman Act, And The Forces Of Competition , Gerald T. Ford

Fordham Law Review

No abstract provided.


Regulation Of The New York Art Market: Has The Legislature Painted Dealers Into A Corner?, Leslie Kaufman Akst Jan 1978

Regulation Of The New York Art Market: Has The Legislature Painted Dealers Into A Corner?, Leslie Kaufman Akst

Fordham Law Review

No abstract provided.


Legal Restrictions On American Access To Foreign Cultural Property, Michael S. Blass Jan 1978

Legal Restrictions On American Access To Foreign Cultural Property, Michael S. Blass

Fordham Law Review

No abstract provided.


Recent Developments Jan 1978

Recent Developments

Fordham Law Review

No abstract provided.


Fair Plans: History, Holtzman And The Arson-For-Profit Hazard, Joanne Dwyer Jan 1978

Fair Plans: History, Holtzman And The Arson-For-Profit Hazard, Joanne Dwyer

Fordham Urban Law Journal

This Comment discusses the Fair Access to Insurance Requirements (FAIR) plans implemented in twenty-six states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico pursuant to the Urban Property Insurance Protection and Reinsurance act in an attempt to ameliorate urban deterioration by reducing unfair insurance pratices. These plans provided insurance to property owners denied insurancy in the voluntary market. The Comment outlines the history of FAIR plans, their federally mandated guidelines, and the state's implementation of such requrements, the Holtzman amendment of 1978 (requiring at least one-third of the voting members of the FAIR plan governing boards to be independent representatives of …


Juvenile Privacy: A Minor's Right Of Access To Contraceptives, Victor D'Ammora Jan 1978

Juvenile Privacy: A Minor's Right Of Access To Contraceptives, Victor D'Ammora

Fordham Urban Law Journal

This note traces the historical development of an adult's right to privacy, explore and evaluate the minor's right of access to contraceptives, and focus on parental involvement in a minor's personal decisions regarding abortion and contraceptives.


Confession Corroboration In New York: A Replacement For The Corpus Delicti Rule , Julian S. Millstein Jan 1978

Confession Corroboration In New York: A Replacement For The Corpus Delicti Rule , Julian S. Millstein

Fordham Law Review

No abstract provided.


Charles D. Breitel - Judging In The Grand Style, Thomas Mayo Jan 1978

Charles D. Breitel - Judging In The Grand Style, Thomas Mayo

Fordham Law Review

When Chief Judge Charles D. Breitel retires from the New York Court of Appeals in December 1978, he will leave a legacy of judicial work that spans two and one-half decades, the last eleven years of which will have been a product of his years on New York's highest court. The process of sifting through not only the Chief Judge's many opinions but also his extrajudicial comments has no doubt begun in earnest in a number of quarters. This Article represents an initial attempt to evaluate Chief Judge Breitel's craftmanship as an appellate decisionmaker.


Proposing Standards For Child Custody: The Proceedings, The Role Of The Agency, And The Best Interests Of The Child, Joseph Carrieri, Walter Murawski Jan 1978

Proposing Standards For Child Custody: The Proceedings, The Role Of The Agency, And The Best Interests Of The Child, Joseph Carrieri, Walter Murawski

Fordham Urban Law Journal

Article discusses the nature of child custody proceedings, the roles of the court and the parties, and the standards which the courts will apply in determining the custody of the child under the standard of “best interests” of the child. Article proposes that legislature should amend section 614 of the Family Court Act and section 384(b) of the Social Services Law to state clearly whether the “best interest of the child” test has any relevancy at the fact-finding stage, or whether there must be an independent finding at the fact-finding hearing of neglect or fault on the part of the …


Legal Duty To The Unborn Plaintiff: Is There A Limit, Frank Gulino Jan 1978

Legal Duty To The Unborn Plaintiff: Is There A Limit, Frank Gulino

Fordham Urban Law Journal

Author traces the history of legal duty in prenatal injury cases and examines the factors which contributed to the expansion and evolution of such duty. Author examines the approaches used by courts in deciding whether to grant a cause of action for prenatal injuries and analyzes recent decisions and what effect they may have on the future prenatal injury litigation.


Actuarial Liability: Erisa, Malpractice And The Equity Funding Fraud, Robert Hershan Jan 1978

Actuarial Liability: Erisa, Malpractice And The Equity Funding Fraud, Robert Hershan

Fordham Urban Law Journal

Article discusses the potential effect of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) on actuaries. Article discusses how actuaries may be held accountable for negligence and whether they can be considered fiduciaries.


Limited Partnerships In Diversity: The Effect Of Rule 17(B) On Federal Jurisdiction, Marian Burnbaum Jan 1978

Limited Partnerships In Diversity: The Effect Of Rule 17(B) On Federal Jurisdiction, Marian Burnbaum

Fordham Urban Law Journal

Article discusses the Uniform Limited Partnership Act (ULPA) which removed the ability of limited partners to sue or be sued upon partnership rights and how federal courts have different approaches for determining a limited partnerships citizenship under the Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 17(b). One approach applies the common law citizenship rule for unincorporated associations which makes the limited partnership a citizen of every state in which any general or limited partner resides. The alternative method first utilizes Rule 17(b) which directs the court to state law in the location of proper parties to the action where the court may …


The Peculiar Collective Bargaining Status Of Hospital Housestaff, Diane Wende Bricker Jan 1978

The Peculiar Collective Bargaining Status Of Hospital Housestaff, Diane Wende Bricker

Fordham Urban Law Journal

Article discusses confusion as to whether state or federal labor relations boards may decide the collective bargaining rights of housestaff in non-profit hospitals. The National Labor Relations Board found that housestaff were primarily students rather than employees and consequently not a labor organization within the meaning of the National Labor Relations Act. However, since the position is contrary to that which many state courts and labor boards have adopted the article examines (1)if the NLRB preempted state control of labor relations of housestaff in non-profit hospitals and (2) if so, will the federal decision endure, despite the dissatisfaction of state …


Hunters And The Hunted: Rights And Liabilities Of Bailbondsmen, Michael Goldstein Jan 1978

Hunters And The Hunted: Rights And Liabilities Of Bailbondsmen, Michael Goldstein

Fordham Urban Law Journal

This Note examines the development of this extrajudicial power to make arrests, the manner in which it is handled in the context of tort law, and the impact of civil rights legislation on the rights of bailbondsmen.


Challenging New York Grand Jury Composition: The Barrier Of The "Systematic And Intentional Exclusion" Requirement, Pearl Zuchlewski Jan 1978

Challenging New York Grand Jury Composition: The Barrier Of The "Systematic And Intentional Exclusion" Requirement, Pearl Zuchlewski

Fordham Urban Law Journal

Note examines the statutory law which provides for a grand jury in New York, the background of federal constitutional requirements, and New York court decisions which have interpreted the statutes when defendants or witnesses have challenged a grand jury for failing to conform to "the very idea of a jury," which is a body "composed of the peers or equals of the persons whose rights it is selected or summoned to determine his neighbors, fellows and associates.


Developing A Consumer Right To Invoke The Boycott Exception To The Insurance Company Exemption From Federal Antitrust Laws, Brian Mccarthy Jan 1978

Developing A Consumer Right To Invoke The Boycott Exception To The Insurance Company Exemption From Federal Antitrust Laws, Brian Mccarthy

Fordham Urban Law Journal

The McCarran-Ferguson Act provides that the business of insurance shall be subject to the laws of the several states which relate to the regulation or taxation of such business. The Act further provides that the business of insurance shall be exempt from federal antitrust laws if state regulation exists. However, an exception to this exemption exists in section 3(b) of the McCarran Act. Section 3(b) provides that nothing within the McCarran Act shall render the Sherman Act inapplicable to any agreement to boycott, coerce, or intimidate, or any act of boycott, coercion, or intimidation. Despite the seemingly clear statutory language …


De Novo Review Under The Food Stamp Act: Interpreting "Administrative Action", Thomas Tesoro Jan 1978

De Novo Review Under The Food Stamp Act: Interpreting "Administrative Action", Thomas Tesoro

Fordham Urban Law Journal

Note examines the judicial review of the Secretary of Agriculture’s determination of households eligible for the food stamp program and compares the various approaches adopted by different circuits.


Ending Discrimination Against The Handicapped Or Creating New Problems? The Hew Rules And Regulations Implementing Section 504 Of The Rehabilitation Act Of 1973, Abbe Herbst Jan 1978

Ending Discrimination Against The Handicapped Or Creating New Problems? The Hew Rules And Regulations Implementing Section 504 Of The Rehabilitation Act Of 1973, Abbe Herbst

Fordham Urban Law Journal

Congress' intention of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 was to eradicate discrimination based on handicap. Note examines how the Rules and Regulations promulgated to implement section 504 of the Act by permitting waivers under certain circumstances fall short of accomplishing this goal and examines the small, but increasing number of cases decided under the Act.


Criminal Law- Entrapment Defense- Jury Entitled To Disbelieve A Defendant's Unrebutted Test, Alex Calabrese Jan 1978

Criminal Law- Entrapment Defense- Jury Entitled To Disbelieve A Defendant's Unrebutted Test, Alex Calabrese

Fordham Urban Law Journal

Article summarizes United States v. Townsend and argues that a defendant’s wiliness and enthusiasm in carrying out the commission of a crime is irrelevant to the issue of whether the defendant was initially predisposed to commit the offense.


Labor Law- Seniority Rules- An Otherwise Bona Fide Seniority System That Perpetuates Effects Of Pre-Title Vii Discrimination Is Not Unlawful , Marjorie London Jan 1978

Labor Law- Seniority Rules- An Otherwise Bona Fide Seniority System That Perpetuates Effects Of Pre-Title Vii Discrimination Is Not Unlawful , Marjorie London

Fordham Urban Law Journal

Article summarizes International Brotherhood of Teamsters v United States and says that the Supreme Court has carved out an exception to the mandate of the Civil Rights Act that the courts remedy the effects of past employment discrimination that has produced a result that is contrary to the framework and intent of the Act.


Constitutional Law--Due Process And Equal Protection--Price-Anderson Act's $560,000,000 Limit On Liability From A Nuclear Power Plant Accident Is Unconstitutional, Michael Fitzgerald Jan 1978

Constitutional Law--Due Process And Equal Protection--Price-Anderson Act's $560,000,000 Limit On Liability From A Nuclear Power Plant Accident Is Unconstitutional, Michael Fitzgerald

Fordham Urban Law Journal

Article summarizes Carolina Environmental Study Group v United States Atomic Energy Commission and congressional intent of the Price-Anderson Act. Article then speculates that the Price-Anderson Act will be found to be unconstitutional by the Supreme Court


State And Local Tax Incentives For Urban Growth: A Concept Whose Time Never Was?, Joseph Murphy Jan 1978

State And Local Tax Incentives For Urban Growth: A Concept Whose Time Never Was?, Joseph Murphy

Fordham Urban Law Journal

Article discusses the principal tax benefit programs available to private businesses which invest in urban industrial and commercial development, and in housing construction in New York. Article discusses tax incentives created specifically to encourage job development and industrial expansion with particular attention to the Job Incentive Program and investment tax credit schemes.