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Title Page - Volume 15 (1976-1977) Jan 1976

Title Page - Volume 15 (1976-1977)

Duquesne Law Review

No abstract provided.


The Future Of The Coal Substitution Option, Stuart M. Rosenblum Jan 1976

The Future Of The Coal Substitution Option, Stuart M. Rosenblum

Duquesne Law Review

No abstract provided.


Administrative Law - Judicial Review - Pennsylvania Local Agency Law - Exclusive Remedies, David B. Adams Jan 1976

Administrative Law - Judicial Review - Pennsylvania Local Agency Law - Exclusive Remedies, David B. Adams

Duquesne Law Review

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has held that a party aggrieved by the adjudication of a local agency who fails to take the statutory appeal provided by the Local Agency Law is precluded from contesting the merits of the agency's order at a subsequent enforcement proceeding.

Erie Human Relations Commission ex rel. Dunson v. Erie Insurance Exchange, 348 A.2d 742 (Pa. 1975).


Title Page - Volume 14 (1975-1976) Jan 1976

Title Page - Volume 14 (1975-1976)

Duquesne Law Review

No abstract provided.


Products Liability, Workmen's Compensation And The Industrial Accident, Caroline Mitchell Jan 1976

Products Liability, Workmen's Compensation And The Industrial Accident, Caroline Mitchell

Duquesne Law Review

No abstract provided.


Pleading The Statute Of Frauds Or Statutes Of Limitations In Pennsylvania: A Need For Reform, Andrew M. Roman Jan 1976

Pleading The Statute Of Frauds Or Statutes Of Limitations In Pennsylvania: A Need For Reform, Andrew M. Roman

Duquesne Law Review

No abstract provided.


The Scope Of Collective Bargaining In Public Education Under The Pennsylvania Public Employee Relations Act, John C. Bates Jan 1976

The Scope Of Collective Bargaining In Public Education Under The Pennsylvania Public Employee Relations Act, John C. Bates

Duquesne Law Review

No abstract provided.


Civil Rights - Title Vii - Employee Seniority - Layoffs, Phoebe Haddon Northcross Jan 1976

Civil Rights - Title Vii - Employee Seniority - Layoffs, Phoebe Haddon Northcross

Duquesne Law Review

The United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit has held that a collective bargaining contract provision for layoffs by reverse order employment seniority is consistent with a coexisting conciliation agreement for increased minority hiring which is silent respecting overall seniority and with public policy enunciated by Title VII, since a facially neutral plant-wide seniority system is bona fide within the meaning of Title VII, section 703(h), notwithstanding perpetuation of past discrimination.

Jersey Central Power & Light Co. v. Local 327, IBEW, 508 F.2d 687 (3d Cir. 1975), petition for cert. filed, 44 U.S.L.W. 3111 (U.S. Aug. …


Constitutional Law - Fourteenth Amendment - Due Process - State Prejudgment Garnishment Statute, R. Jeffrey Behm Jan 1976

Constitutional Law - Fourteenth Amendment - Due Process - State Prejudgment Garnishment Statute, R. Jeffrey Behm

Duquesne Law Review

The Supreme Court of the United States has held the due process requirements of the United States Constitution were not satisfied by a state statute which permitted issuance of a prejudgment writ of garnishment on the basis of conclusory allegations made in an ex parte proceeding without judicial participation and which afforded the alleged debtor's interest in the property no protection other than provisions for posting bond and counterbond.

North Georgia Finishing, Inc. v. Di-Chem, Inc., 419 U.S. 601 (1975).


Constitutional Law - Freedom Of The Press - Right Of Privacy - Publication Of True Information On The Public Record, Joyce Mckeever Jan 1976

Constitutional Law - Freedom Of The Press - Right Of Privacy - Publication Of True Information On The Public Record, Joyce Mckeever

Duquesne Law Review

The Supreme Court of.the United States has held that a state may not base a cause of action for invasion of privacy on the publication of accurate information obtained from judicial records open to the public, because crime, criminal prosecutions and judicial proceedings are events of legitimate concern to the public which fall within the media's duty of responsible news coverage.

Cox Broadcasting Corp. v. Cohn, 420 U.S. 469 (1975).


Criminal Law - Conspiracy - Wharton's Rule - Organized Crime Control Act Of 1970, Rosemary Kirr Jan 1976

Criminal Law - Conspiracy - Wharton's Rule - Organized Crime Control Act Of 1970, Rosemary Kirr

Duquesne Law Review

The Supreme Court of the United States has held that separate convictions for conspiracy to commit and completion of a federal gambling offense are not subject to the presumption of merger created by Wharton's Rule because Congress intended to retain each offense as an independent weapon in combating organized crime.

Iannelli v. United States, 420 U.S. 770 (1975).


Title Page - Volume 14 (1975-1976) Jan 1976

Title Page - Volume 14 (1975-1976)

Duquesne Law Review

No abstract provided.


Elizabeth M. Scheib, Ronald R. Davenport Jan 1976

Elizabeth M. Scheib, Ronald R. Davenport

Duquesne Law Review

No abstract provided.


Elizabeth M. Scheib, John J. Sciullo Jan 1976

Elizabeth M. Scheib, John J. Sciullo

Duquesne Law Review

No abstract provided.


Increasing Coal Production And Utilization Through The Next Decade: Some Technical Aspects Of The Problem?, Bernard D. Blaustein, Gerst A. Gibbon, Fred R. Brown Jan 1976

Increasing Coal Production And Utilization Through The Next Decade: Some Technical Aspects Of The Problem?, Bernard D. Blaustein, Gerst A. Gibbon, Fred R. Brown

Duquesne Law Review

No abstract provided.


Some Fundamental Problems Involved In Stationary Source Compliance Under The Clean Air Act, James C. Carroll Jan 1976

Some Fundamental Problems Involved In Stationary Source Compliance Under The Clean Air Act, James C. Carroll

Duquesne Law Review

No abstract provided.


The Federal Coal Mine Health And Safety Act Of 1969: Its Impact On Safety And Coal Production, Ralph E. Bailey Jan 1976

The Federal Coal Mine Health And Safety Act Of 1969: Its Impact On Safety And Coal Production, Ralph E. Bailey

Duquesne Law Review

No abstract provided.


The Materiality Test - Mills Revisited, Richard H. Potter Jan 1976

The Materiality Test - Mills Revisited, Richard H. Potter

Duquesne Law Review

No abstract provided.


Copyright - Infringement - Public Performance For Profit - Radio Reception As Performance, Donna L. Seidel Jan 1976

Copyright - Infringement - Public Performance For Profit - Radio Reception As Performance, Donna L. Seidel

Duquesne Law Review

The Supreme Court of the United States has held that reception of a licensed radio broadcast of copyrighted musical compositions in a commercial establishment where the compositions are heard by the public does not constitute copyright infringement because it is not a "performance" within the meaning of the copyright law.

Twentieth Century Music Corp. v. Aiken, 422 U.S. 151 (1975).


Constitutional Law - Fourteenth Amendment - Due Process - State Action - Termination Of Service By A State-Regulated Public Utility, Stephen Jurman Jan 1976

Constitutional Law - Fourteenth Amendment - Due Process - State Action - Termination Of Service By A State-Regulated Public Utility, Stephen Jurman

Duquesne Law Review

The Supreme Court of the United States has held that the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania's connection with the termination of service by a public utility corporation was insufficient to make the utility's conduct attributable to the state for purposes of the fourteenth amendment.

Jackson v. Metropolitan Edison Co., 419 U.S. 345 (1974).