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Journal of Environmental and Sustainability Law

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Bombs Under Bangor: The Ninth Circuit Holds Submarine Base Siting Beyond The Scope Of Nepa And The Esa. Ground Zero Center For Non-Violent Action V. U.S. Department Of The Navy, Crystal L. Hermann Nov 2005

Bombs Under Bangor: The Ninth Circuit Holds Submarine Base Siting Beyond The Scope Of Nepa And The Esa. Ground Zero Center For Non-Violent Action V. U.S. Department Of The Navy, Crystal L. Hermann

Journal of Environmental and Sustainability Law

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On The Basis For Creation Of A New Method Of Defining International Jurisdiction In The Arctic Ocean, Barry Hart Dubner Nov 2005

On The Basis For Creation Of A New Method Of Defining International Jurisdiction In The Arctic Ocean, Barry Hart Dubner

Journal of Environmental and Sustainability Law

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Hunting On National Wildlife Refuges: Unchecked Expansion Or Fully Compatible Use?, Kurt R. Moser Nov 2005

Hunting On National Wildlife Refuges: Unchecked Expansion Or Fully Compatible Use?, Kurt R. Moser

Journal of Environmental and Sustainability Law

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Environmental Updates Nov 2005

Environmental Updates

Journal of Environmental and Sustainability Law

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Public Health And Safety Exception: Finding A "Position Of Trust" Where None Exists. United States V. Snook, John R. Griffith Nov 2005

Public Health And Safety Exception: Finding A "Position Of Trust" Where None Exists. United States V. Snook, John R. Griffith

Journal of Environmental and Sustainability Law

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Upping The Ante: Fines For Ignoring Epa Information Requests Unlikely To Be "Excessive" In Sixth Circuit. United States V. Gurley , Jason M. Scherer Nov 2005

Upping The Ante: Fines For Ignoring Epa Information Requests Unlikely To Be "Excessive" In Sixth Circuit. United States V. Gurley , Jason M. Scherer

Journal of Environmental and Sustainability Law

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Justice Harry Blackmun And The Phenomenon Of Judicial Preference Change, Theodore W. Ruger Nov 2005

Justice Harry Blackmun And The Phenomenon Of Judicial Preference Change, Theodore W. Ruger

Missouri Law Review

We are fond of putting our judges into neat adjectival boxes, particularly when they sit on the Supreme Court. These typologies often reflect perceived attitudinal or ideological preferences; some Justices are called "liberal" or "conservative" or "moderate," or occasionally some hyphenated combination thereof. Or the labels might seek to capture variations in jurisprudential philosophy or method, such as "formalist," "pragmatist," "originalist," "textualist," or "minimalist." No Justice is immune from this classification game, and the subject of this symposium is an apt example. From the moment of his nomination by President Nixon in 1970, Harry A. Blackmun attracted a bevy of …


Reflections On Judging: A Discussion Following The Release Of The Blackmun Papers, Martha Dragich Pearson, Christina E. Wells Nov 2005

Reflections On Judging: A Discussion Following The Release Of The Blackmun Papers, Martha Dragich Pearson, Christina E. Wells

Missouri Law Review

Justice Blackmun's papers were opened to the public on March 4, 2004, the fifth anniversary of his death. Held in the Manuscript Division of the Library of Congress, the collection includes over half a million items, many handwritten by Justice Blackmun. Anyone can read them. For legal scholars, this kind of research can only be described as exhilarating and many of the articles in this symposium draw on research from Justice Blackmun's papers. For the public, the release comes at a time when the interest in judges is particularly acute.


Politics And Judgment, Suzanna Sherry Nov 2005

Politics And Judgment, Suzanna Sherry

Missouri Law Review

Two hundred years after its most famous invocation in Marbury v. Madison, judicial review has apparently lost its luster. Despite its global spread, it is in disrepute in its country of origin. The mainstream American academic attitude toward judicial review as practiced by the modem Supreme Court ranges from open hostility to a position similar to Winston Churchill's on democracy: It is the worst way to implement a Constitution, except for all the rest. In this essay, I want to explain the source of the hostility, defend judicial review against its critics, and make a few suggestions for improvement.


Monastic Life Of A Federal Distric Judge, The, Colleen Mcmahon Nov 2005

Monastic Life Of A Federal Distric Judge, The, Colleen Mcmahon

Missouri Law Review

There is no one on earch more monk-like than a federal district judge. As a result, there is no one on earth who more surely needs to have some understanding of core monastic virtures in order to do the job well.


Burger-Blackmun Relationship: Lessons For Collegiality From The Blackmun Papers, The, Duane Benton, Barrett J. Vahle Nov 2005

Burger-Blackmun Relationship: Lessons For Collegiality From The Blackmun Papers, The, Duane Benton, Barrett J. Vahle

Missouri Law Review

The [Blackmun] Papers have extensive correspondence, diaries, and other documents illuminating the relationship between Blackmun and Burger. The general thesis presented by Woodward & Amrstrong, Lewis, Greenhouse, Totenberg, and Munford is accurate. This article examines the Papers in detail, against the backdrop of the literature on collegiality. We find a very complex relationship: in the 1950s and 1960s, Burger provided a vital Washington connection for, and political clout to, Blackmun. During those two decades, Blackmun was a key link back to Minnesota, and a solic supporter for Burger. When the two became colleagues on the Supreme Court in 1970, their …


Lifting The Veil: Justice Blackmun's Papers And The Public Perception Of The Supreme Court, Tony Mauro Nov 2005

Lifting The Veil: Justice Blackmun's Papers And The Public Perception Of The Supreme Court, Tony Mauro

Missouri Law Review

The starting point of any discussion of the public perception of the United States Supreme Court is the liklihood that no public perception exists. By and large, the Supreme Court operates at the very outer edges of public awareness; for years, polls have indicated that many more Americans know the names of the three Stooges than any three Supreme Court justices.


Willful Judging Of Harry Blackmun, The, Gregory C. Sisk Nov 2005

Willful Judging Of Harry Blackmun, The, Gregory C. Sisk

Missouri Law Review

As an invited guest at a symposium in which a central place is given to examining the personal papers and judicial life of a jurist who is esteemed and even revered by many of those participating and attending, my playing of a negative note may sound discordant. Indeed, it may appear downright rude. Because my hosts assured me that the academic ideal of balanced perspectives and critical analysis animated this symposium, and that they would expect nothing less than such a countervailing viewpoint from me, I feel less churlish than otherwise I might.


Tales From The Blackmun Papers: A Fuller Appreciation Of Harry Blackmun's Judicial Legacy, Joseph F. Kobylka Nov 2005

Tales From The Blackmun Papers: A Fuller Appreciation Of Harry Blackmun's Judicial Legacy, Joseph F. Kobylka

Missouri Law Review

Even after he leaves the Court, a Justice remains part of the orchestra. Those who succeed him may not copy his style, but often play within the same melodic and rhythmic structures. Justice Blackmun himself, over the course of preparing his Roe and Doe opinions, eventually fell into the structures put in place in cases ranging from Union Pacific Railway Co. v. Botsford to Stanley v. Georgia. The Justices he left behind did much the same with Roe and, more significantly, Bowers. The Court's decision in Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pennsylvania v. Casey represented a partial "victory" for Justice Blackmun, …


Perspectives On Decisionmaking From The Blackmun Papers: The Cases On Arbitrability Of Statutory Claims, Ellen E. Deason Nov 2005

Perspectives On Decisionmaking From The Blackmun Papers: The Cases On Arbitrability Of Statutory Claims, Ellen E. Deason

Missouri Law Review

Judges' decisions must rank among the most documented types of decisionmaking. At the appellate level, in particular, the arguments made to judges are a matter of record and the decisions are recorded in written opinions that provide a reasoned explanation. Yet there are many unknowns about this decisionmaking process. This article draws on information found in the Blackmun Papers collection at the Library of Congress to explore Supreme Court decisionmaking as illustrated in the series of cases that opened the door to welcome arbitration of statutory claims. I The cases brought about the weakening and eventual abrogation of a long-standing …


Revelations From The Blackmun Papers On The Development Of Death Penalty Law, Martha Dragich Pearson Nov 2005

Revelations From The Blackmun Papers On The Development Of Death Penalty Law, Martha Dragich Pearson

Missouri Law Review

Justice Blackmun's legacy is strongly linked to two issues - abortion and capital punishment. Blackmun's opinions in these controversial areas account for much of the notion that his ideology changed while on the Court. Participants in this Symposium have reflected on these and other areas where Justice Blackmun left his mark on American law. Professor Deason explores the arbitrability cases and shows that the Court struggled - and Justices changed their minds - even in connection with relatively technical legal issues arising in non-controversial commercial contexts. One reason the Court struggles with some issues is that legal standards are (or …


Justice Blackmun And The Spirit Of Liberty, Richard C. Reuben Nov 2005

Justice Blackmun And The Spirit Of Liberty, Richard C. Reuben

Missouri Law Review

As we see in this symposium, Justice Harry Blackmun is as controversial in death as he was in life. His strongest critics, such as Professor Greg Sisk, view the Justice as an unprincipled judge who let his personal views on the issues before the Court control his jurisprudence.' More damning words cannot be spoken about a judge, and Roe v. Wade of course is the case they focus on. His strongest proponents, most famously Yale Law School Dean Harold Koh and Stanford Law School Professor Pam Karlan, view the Justice as a man of high principle who worked carefully, methodically, …


Why Do Supreme Court Justices Succeed Or Fail - Harry Blackmun As An Example, Lawrence S. Wrightsman, Justin R. La Mort Nov 2005

Why Do Supreme Court Justices Succeed Or Fail - Harry Blackmun As An Example, Lawrence S. Wrightsman, Justin R. La Mort

Missouri Law Review

At present, 108 Justices have served on the United States Supreme Court. Some have clearly been successes as judges, while a few have clearly not, and a large number are cast into that middle, "satisfactory" or "average," category. The purpose of this paper is to propose, examine, and evaluate specific factors as determinants of judicial success, and then to consider Justice Harry Blackmun's place on a continuum of successes and failures. The paper is divided into three sections. First, it reviews several ideal qualities and examines the results of several surveys of experts, which classify the Justices into categories based …


Internationalism Of Justice Harry Blackmun, The, Margaret E. Mcguinness Nov 2005

Internationalism Of Justice Harry Blackmun, The, Margaret E. Mcguinness

Missouri Law Review

This comment is intended to provide a roadmap for closer examination of the Blackmun Papers and to evaluate the sources of internationalism in Justice Blackmun's opinions. An understanding of those sources can in turn inform typologies of internationalism among other Justices, past, present, and future. It seems particularly salient to be discussing the internationalist aspects of Justice Blackmun's legacy today, at a time when the Court is deeply divided on questions of executive power over foreign affairs, the relevance of foreign and international political practices and judicial opinions to constitutional interpretation, and the extent to which decisions of international tribunals …


Did Roe V. Wade Pass The Arbitrary And Capricious Test, Daniel A. Farber Nov 2005

Did Roe V. Wade Pass The Arbitrary And Capricious Test, Daniel A. Farber

Missouri Law Review

Justice Blackmun sat on 3,653 cases during his twenty-four terms on the Supreme Court, yet he will surely be best remembered for his role in one case, Roe v. Wade. Seldom has a judicial decision been more controversial. True, many opinions are harshly criticized. But the criticisms of Roe were distinctive. According to critics, Roe was not merely bad law, in some sense it was not law at all. One particularly outspoken critic recently calls Roe "perhaps the most indefensible 'constitutional' decision ever reached by this Court to date' as well as "manifestly and atrociously contrary to the Constitution."


Some Reflections On The Symposium: Judging, The Classical Legal Paradigm, And The Possible Contributions Of Science, Christina E. Wells Nov 2005

Some Reflections On The Symposium: Judging, The Classical Legal Paradigm, And The Possible Contributions Of Science, Christina E. Wells

Missouri Law Review

One theme running through the many excellent contributions to this symposium involves the myriad influences of judicial decision-making. As Professor Wrightsman notes, Supreme Court Justices' personal characteristics may affect their ability to influence colleagues and, consequently, the outcome of Supreme Court decisions. Professor Ruger observes that judges have both attitudinal and jurisprudential preferences that may change over time, affecting legal outcomes differently as time passes. Professor Sisk similarly notes that judges' personal values and experiences influence their decision-making. These observations are consistent with those of numerous other scholars, who find wide-ranging and diverse influences on the judicial resolution of legal …


Current State Of Co-Employee Immunity Under Workers' Compensation Law, The, Michael S. Kruse Nov 2005

Current State Of Co-Employee Immunity Under Workers' Compensation Law, The, Michael S. Kruse

Missouri Law Review

The exclusivity provision of Missouri's Workers' Compensation Act ("the Act") essentially constitutes a statutory mandated quid-pro-quo agreement amongst employees and their employers. Under the terms of the Act, employers incur the burden of no-fault liability for workplace injuries. The Act states that "[e]very employer ... shall be liable, irrespective of negligence, to furnish compensation . . . for personal injury or death of the employee by accident arising out of and in the course of [his] employment." In exchange for employers incurring this burden, the Act statutorily abrogates any common law right of action the employee may hold against the …


Does Loss Of Custody Of A Child Resulting From Attorney Negligence Cause Damage, Jesse E. Weisshaar Nov 2005

Does Loss Of Custody Of A Child Resulting From Attorney Negligence Cause Damage, Jesse E. Weisshaar

Missouri Law Review

Attorneys face the prospect of legal malpractice actions on a daily basis and in regard to every type of legal issue with which they deal. Indeed, a lawyer's negligence subjects him to liability whether he has mishandled a multimillion dollar business transaction or failed to adequately represent his client in a custody battle over the client's children. Whereas the harm in the former example is clearly monetary, the latter example presents the issue of whether the client can recover monetary damages for loss of custody of his child, a harm that is non-economic in nature. While few people would likely …


Which One Here Is Not Like The Others - No Third-Party Standing For Lawyers To Assert Indigent Criminal Defendants' Right To Counsel On Appeal, Courtney C. Stirrat Nov 2005

Which One Here Is Not Like The Others - No Third-Party Standing For Lawyers To Assert Indigent Criminal Defendants' Right To Counsel On Appeal, Courtney C. Stirrat

Missouri Law Review

In Kowalski v. Tesmer, the Supreme Court held that attorneys lack standing to assert the rights of indigent criminal defendants.1t The Court's application of its prudential rules of standing presents great concern, as it leaves thirty years of precedent in doubt. This Note examines the parameters of the Court's prudential standing requirements and the great shift in thirdparty standing after Kowalski.1


No More Russian Roulette: Chapter 13 Cram-Down Creditors Take A Bullet, Jon W. Jordan Nov 2005

No More Russian Roulette: Chapter 13 Cram-Down Creditors Take A Bullet, Jon W. Jordan

Missouri Law Review

Until the United States Supreme Court's decision in Till v. SCS Credit Corp., secured creditors in Chapter 13 bankruptcy cases likely viewed the forced acceptance of a debtor's Chapter 13 repayment plan as a high-stakes game of chance. Prior to this decision, the interest rate applied to the deferred payments to "cram-down" creditors varied dramatically, depending upon the jurisdiction in which the debtor filed bankruptcy and the broad discretion of the bankruptcy court judge. However, by misinterpreting the legislative intent of Congress, the Supreme Court adopted a standard that will consistently under-compensate creditors. Suddenly, secured creditors' high-stakes game of chance …


Music, Mediation, And Superstrings: The Quest For Universal Harmony, John W. Cooley Jul 2005

Music, Mediation, And Superstrings: The Quest For Universal Harmony, John W. Cooley

Journal of Dispute Resolution

It is my thesis that to be an effective mediator, one needs to be a musician at heart (if not in fact)-both a composer and performer. Music is what a mediator does-what a mediator makes. To design or perform well, a mediator must at least understand music composition and performance in all its aspects. A mediator has no choice in the matter, because music, in a broad sense, permeates nature and is considered to be the quintessential ingredient of all matter and energy-of everything or unthing in the universe. To understand how music relates to what he or she does, …


Adr Through A Cultural Lens: How Cultural Values Shape Our Disputing Processes, Julia Ann Gold Jul 2005

Adr Through A Cultural Lens: How Cultural Values Shape Our Disputing Processes, Julia Ann Gold

Journal of Dispute Resolution

I arrived for my second Nepali language class on time, but the teacher kept chatting about inconsequential things. I was paying by the hour, and we had already spent 25 minutes talking about nothing! A week later, I received an invitation to an art exhibit. The location was "Royal Museum," so that is where I went, only to find an empty building and no people. What had I missed? In my first meeting with the Dean of the Law Campus, we talked about trekking, the upcoming religious holidays, his visit to Seattle two years ago, relatives in the United States, …


Vacatur Of Labor Arbitration Awards: Watering Down The Supreme Court's Drawn From The Essence Precedent May Sound The Death Knell For Labor Arbitration , Jonathan R. Waldron Jul 2005

Vacatur Of Labor Arbitration Awards: Watering Down The Supreme Court's Drawn From The Essence Precedent May Sound The Death Knell For Labor Arbitration , Jonathan R. Waldron

Journal of Dispute Resolution

In CITGO Asphalt Ref. Co. v. Paper, Allied-Indus., Chem., & Energy Workers Int'l Union Local No. 2-991, the Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, while merely giving lip service to Supreme Court precedent, further contributes to the situation where many circuit courts insidiously refuse to follow the Supreme Court's prohibition against reaching the merits of a labor arbitrator's award. It would appear that only through renewed Supreme Court vigilance and clarity can this trend be impeded.


International Arbitration Is Not Your Father's Oldsmobile, Kenneth F. Dunham Jul 2005

International Arbitration Is Not Your Father's Oldsmobile, Kenneth F. Dunham

Journal of Dispute Resolution

This article provides a short prospectus for the unwary lawyer who must venture into unfamiliar territory abroad. Although there are numerous arbitral forums available in countries all over the world, this article will focus primarily on the LCIA and the ICC. Following a brief history of international arbitration and the history of these two international arbitral forums, the article will discuss some of the major issues in international arbitration such as forum selection, issue preclusion and procedural matters. This article also includes sections on appealing awards and enforcement of awards under existing international treaties. The article is brought to a …