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Penal Institutions Prison Litigation Reform: Provide That A Prisoner Filing A Writ Of Habeas Corpus Pay Fees From The Prisoner's Account; Prohibit In Forma Pauperis Filing By Prisoners Who Have Repeatedly Filed Frivolous Or Malicious Claims, Roger S. Williams Sep 1999

Penal Institutions Prison Litigation Reform: Provide That A Prisoner Filing A Writ Of Habeas Corpus Pay Fees From The Prisoner's Account; Prohibit In Forma Pauperis Filing By Prisoners Who Have Repeatedly Filed Frivolous Or Malicious Claims, Roger S. Williams

Georgia State University Law Review

The Act requires prisoners to pay costs and fees associated with the filing of a petition for writ of habeas corpus from their inmate accounts. The clerk of the court shall notify the superintendent of the institution in which the prisoner is incarcerated that a petition of habeas corpus has been filed. The inmate's account will then be frozen until all court costs and fees have been satisfied. The Act further prohibits prisoners, who have on three or more occasions filed malicious or frivolous actions, from filing an action in forma pauperis in any court of the state unless the …


Local Government Local Government Cable Fair Competition: Require Public Cable Service Providers To Conduct Cost-Benefit Analysis And Hold A Public Hearing Prior To Entering The Cable Service Market; Provide For Cost Accounting And Allocation And Prohibit Cross- Subsidization; Impose Fairness Requirements On Public Providers Regarding Franchise Agreements, Conditions Of Access To Public Property, And Price Or Rate Charged For The Cable Services; Provide For Applicability Of Open Meetings Laws; Subject Local Governments Acting As Cable Service Providers To Antitrust Liability, Michael E. Eisenstadt Sep 1999

Local Government Local Government Cable Fair Competition: Require Public Cable Service Providers To Conduct Cost-Benefit Analysis And Hold A Public Hearing Prior To Entering The Cable Service Market; Provide For Cost Accounting And Allocation And Prohibit Cross- Subsidization; Impose Fairness Requirements On Public Providers Regarding Franchise Agreements, Conditions Of Access To Public Property, And Price Or Rate Charged For The Cable Services; Provide For Applicability Of Open Meetings Laws; Subject Local Governments Acting As Cable Service Providers To Antitrust Liability, Michael E. Eisenstadt

Georgia State University Law Review

The Act requires public providers of cable television services to conduct a three-year cost-benefit analysis and hold at least one public hearing before they can deliver cable service in an area. Public providers must prepare and maintain proper records of the full cost accounting of providing their service in the same manner required from a private provider. A public provider may use capital from its general funds to finance its service, provided it allocates these funds in the calculation of its capital cost; it may not cross-subsidize its cable operation by using other funds and resources available to it without …


Awarding Costs And Attorneys' Fees In International Commercial Arbitrations, John Yukio Gotanda Jan 1999

Awarding Costs And Attorneys' Fees In International Commercial Arbitrations, John Yukio Gotanda

Michigan Journal of International Law

This Article examines the practice of awarding costs and fees in international commercial arbitrations. Part I reviews the history of awarding costs and fees and the approaches that countries have adopted to resolve these claims. It concludes that an overwhelming number of countries permit such awards and follow the principle that the losing party should reimburse the prevailing party for expenses incurred in connection with the arbitration, including attorneys' fees. Part II examines the approaches used by international arbitral tribunals in resolving claims for costs and fees and finds that they are inadequate. Part Ill proposes a new model for …


Medicaring: Quality End-Of-Life Care, Anne M. Wilkinson, Janet Heald Forlini Jan 1999

Medicaring: Quality End-Of-Life Care, Anne M. Wilkinson, Janet Heald Forlini

Journal of Health Care Law and Policy

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