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Table Of Contents--Issue 4 Jan 1997

Table Of Contents--Issue 4

Missouri Law Review

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Remarks Of United States District Judge Nanette K. Laughrey Upon Her Investiture Ceremony September 27, 1996 Umc School Of Law, Nanette K. Laughrey Jan 1997

Remarks Of United States District Judge Nanette K. Laughrey Upon Her Investiture Ceremony September 27, 1996 Umc School Of Law, Nanette K. Laughrey

Missouri Law Review

Remarks from United States District Judge Nanette Laughrey during her investitute ceremony on September 27, 1996.


Purchase Money Security Interests In The Preference Zone: Questions Answered And Questions Raised By The 1994 Amendments To Bankruptcy Code 547, Timothy R. Zinnecker Jan 1997

Purchase Money Security Interests In The Preference Zone: Questions Answered And Questions Raised By The 1994 Amendments To Bankruptcy Code 547, Timothy R. Zinnecker

Missouri Law Review

In October 1994, Congress approved the Bankruptcy Reform Act of 1994,' which revised various provisions of the United States Bankruptcy Code. The revisions included two amendments to the preference statute, 11 U.S.C. §547. Historically, a creditor generally could preserve from preference attack an otherwise voidable purchase money security interest if the creditor perfected its security interest no later than the tenth day after the debtor first possessed the collateral. After first discussing the basics of a preference attack on an Article Nine security interest, this article summarizes the leading cases that prompted Congress to amend 11 U.S.C. § 547(c)(3)(B), suggests …


Unlikely Pair: Equitable Construction And The Irc--Supreme Court Construes The Irc To Permit Third Party Standing To Challenge The Tax Collection Activities Of The Irs, An, Robert F. Epperson Jr. Jan 1997

Unlikely Pair: Equitable Construction And The Irc--Supreme Court Construes The Irc To Permit Third Party Standing To Challenge The Tax Collection Activities Of The Irs, An, Robert F. Epperson Jr.

Missouri Law Review

To bring suit against the Internal Revenue Service [hereinafter "Service"] a taxpayer must first cite an act of Congress which waives the Service's protection from lawsuits under the doctrine of sovereign immunity. 28 U.S.C. § 1346(a)(1) permits an individual to bring an action in the district courts for recovery of taxes alleged to have been wrongfully collected by the federal government. The scope of this section, unfortunately, is in dispute as to who has standing to challenge the collection activities of the Internal Revenue Service. As a general rule, citizens cannot challenge the tax liabilities of a third party There …


Statutory Construction And Judicial Policy-Making Impact Whether Title Vii's Definition Of Employer Imposes Individual Liability Upon An Agent, Cheryl L. Feutz Jan 1997

Statutory Construction And Judicial Policy-Making Impact Whether Title Vii's Definition Of Employer Imposes Individual Liability Upon An Agent, Cheryl L. Feutz

Missouri Law Review

Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 19642 ("Title VII") prohibits employment discrimination Although no question exists that "employers" are liable for their discriminatory acts as well as for their agents' acts that occur within the scope of employment,4 a conflict exists among the federal circuits regarding whether Title VII's definition of "employer" also imposes individual liability upon the employer's agent. The Seventh Circuit answered this question for its circuit in Williams v. Banning.'


Miranda In Custody Determinations: Mixed Question Of Fact And Law, Avani S. Kherdekar Jan 1997

Miranda In Custody Determinations: Mixed Question Of Fact And Law, Avani S. Kherdekar

Missouri Law Review

This Note explores how the "in custody" determination was historically viewed and addresses the impact of the Court's holding that it is a "mixed" question of fact and law


Cumulative Subject Index For Volumes 59-61 Jan 1997

Cumulative Subject Index For Volumes 59-61

Missouri Law Review

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