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Vol. 22, No. 2, September 22, 1967, University Of Michigan Law School

Res Gestae

•Seventeenth Annual Thomas M. Cooley Lectures Begin Next Week •Journal of Legal Reform •Civil Rights Research Council •Student Files •American Law Student Association Becomes Student Division of ABA •Report from the Board •Weekly Puzzle •Weekender •Sports

Vol. 22, No. 1, September 15, 1967, University Of Michigan Law School

Res Gestae

•Now We Begin: Welcome freshmen and a mutual purpose •New Faculty •Case Clubs •Announcements •Law Review •Legal Aid •Report from the Board •Weekly Puzzle •Weekender •Sports

Law School Fund 1966: Sixth Annual Report, University Of Michigan Law School

Miscellaneous Law School History & Publications

Booklet outlining the Law School Fund.

Antitrust-Patents-Licenses-Regulation Of Patent License Royalty Rates Under The Antitrust Laws, Michigan Law Review

Michigan Law Review

Neither the Constitution nor federal legislation defines a patentee's licensing rights; consequently, it has devolved upon the courts to control patent marketing practices. A patentee is entitled to a limited monopoly on his invention, and proper use of this grant is not a violation of any law regulating trade practices. Yet licensing affords an opportunity to enlarge the scope of this monopoly, and courts using various rationales have declared illegal different forms of patent licensing arrangements found to be outside the protective coverage of the patent grant. Until recently, however, the courts have not dealt with the problem of whether …

Antitrust-Limitation Of Actions-Clayton Act Statute Of Limitations Tolled On Treble Damage Suits Against Non-Government Defendant Co-Conspirators-- Michigan V. Morton Salt Co., Michigan Law Review

Michigan Law Review

Plaintiffs, several states and smaller governmental units, filed related antitrust treble damage claims against ten rock salt companies that had allegedly conspired to fix prices. These private actions were instituted subsequent to civil and criminal antitrust proceedings brought by the federal government in which four of the ten companies had been named as defendants and five designated as co-conspirators but not prosecuted. Section 5(b) of the Clayton Act provides that when such actions are brought by the government, "the running of the statute of limitations in respect of every private right of action arising under said laws and based in …

Cataldo, Gillam, Kempin, Jr., Stockton, & Weber: Introduction To Law And The Legal Process, Joseph Lazar

Michigan Law Review

A Review of Introduction to Law and the Legal Process By Bernard F. Cataldo, Cornelius W. Gillam, Frederick G. Kempin, Jr., John M. Stockton, and Charles M. Weber.

Gifts-Lnformal Writing As Substitute For Delivery, Michigan Law Review

Michigan Law Review

Traditionally, three requirements must be satisfied in order to make a valid inter vivos gift of personal property: (1) the donor must demonstrate his intention to make such a gift; (2) there must be a delivery to the donee of the property itself or of an instrument or deed of gift; and (3) the donee must accept this delivery. If the subject matter of the gift is not susceptible of immediate delivery, a question arises as to the means by which the delivery requirement may be satisfied. Although a donor in such a situation commonly delivers an informal writing which …

Investment Advice And The Fraud Rules, Robert N. Leavell

Michigan Law Review

Every day thousands of Americans are assaulted by mail, telephone, and personal contact with advice on how to invest their money for capital gains, often with dazzling reminders of the opportunity for great profits. If the advice is good, they may indeed one day have their treasure ship which will send their children to college or provide a round-the-world trip after retirement. If the advice is bad, they will of course learn by experience. But many of them will have to apply their lesson to a second inheritance or twenty years' savings. The quality of investment advice is therefore a …

Labor Law-Prima Facie Tort Doctrine Bars Unreasonable Deprivation Of Union Membership-Hurwitz V. Directors Guild Of America, Inc., Michigan Law Review

Michigan Law Review

In July 1965 the officers of the Directors Guild of America (DGA) and the Screen Directors International Guild (SDIG) concluded a merger agreement which provided that DGA was to be the surviving union and SDIG members were to become members of DGA automatically upon signing the DGA non-Communist loyalty oath. Although the SDIG membership ratified the merger agreement by a majority vote, six members steadfastly refused to sign the oath and as a result were not admitted to membership in DGA. They thereupon brought a diversity suit in a New York federal district court: and moved for a preliminary injunction …

The Labor Court Idea, R. W. Fleming

Michigan Law Review

When the War Labor Board first began to exert pressure on companies and unions to adopt grievance arbitration clauses during World War II, there was a considerable hesitance on both sides. Both groups worried that while third party decision making might momentarily improve productive efficiency, it would do so at the price of a long-run loss in institutional integrity and autonomy, and peace at any price held little fascination for either side. Nevertheless, grievance arbitration was accepted and gradually became the normal mechanism for resolving contractual disputes in the United States.

The Effect Of Guardianship On Estate Plans, George T. Stevenson

Michigan Law Review

One responds to the certainty of death with dread and respect, and one lays plans for the event. Few, however, admit or even think of the possibility that they may become incompetent in their old age; hence, provision is rarely made for this possibility in estate plans. The increased longevity resulting from the recent rapid strides in medicine has as its corollary an increase both in the number of persons who become incompetent before death and the duration of their affliction. This poses a challenge to estate planners and the law of guardianship.

Today the guardianship of the person of …

Labor Law-Arbitration And Award-Judicial Review Of Labor Arbitration Awards Which Rely On The Practices Of The Parties, Michigan Law Review

Michigan Law Review

Modem collective bargaining agreements typically provide for private arbitration as the means of resolving disputes between employees and management over the interpretation and application of the agreement. In the event the arbitrator's decision is challenged in court by the adversely-affected party, the question of how much judicial deference should be given to the private ruling becomes of some importance. The Supreme Court has set out guidelines which purport to define the proper role of courts in such disputes-that role being for the most part one of judicial deference to arbitrator's decisions. Nevertheless, the appropriate scope of judicial review remains unclear. …

Supplement--The Class Of 1951, Michigan Law Review

Michigan Law Review

Communications between the faculty of the University of Michigan Law School and alumni have improved rather dramatically in recent years. The appearance of Law Quadrangle Notes in 1957 was followed in 1960-1961 by the organization of the Law School Fund and in 1962 by the first meeting of the Committee of Visitors. As a result of these and other activities, the faculty and the alumni are better acquainted. But, as is so often true, a little information seems only to generate the need for more.

In order to test the utility of comprehensive information about graduates, former Dean A. F. …

Harvey: Law And Social Change In Ghana, Max Rheinstein

Michigan Law Review

A Review of Law and Social Change in Ghana By William Burnett Harvey

Recent Books, Michigan Law Review

Michigan Law Review

A List of Books Received by Michigan Law Review

The Uniform Commercial Code Comes Of Age, Roy L. Steinheimer Jr.

Michigan Law Review

Once upon a time back in the elegant and well-ordered Victorian age, a new organization known as the National Conference of State Boards of Commissioners for Promoting Uniformity of Legislation in the United States undertook the task of drafting a Negotiable Instruments Law (NIL) for adoption by the legislatures of the various states. The law was finally prepared and recommended by the Commissioners for adoption in 1896, and, by December of 1900, fifteen states had adopted it. In that month, Dean Ames, of the Harvard Law School, loosed a blast at this new law in an article in the Harvard …