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One Crime, Two Punishments - Asset Forfeiture Cases Offer Chance To Sort Out Double Jeopardy Issues, Richard C. Reuben Dec 1995

One Crime, Two Punishments - Asset Forfeiture Cases Offer Chance To Sort Out Double Jeopardy Issues, Richard C. Reuben

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At a time when anti-government sentiment is running high in some quarters, the U.S. Supreme Court is considering several cases on the hot-button issue of government seizure of private property linked to crimes, known as asset forfeitures.


A Catalogue Of Judicial Federalism In The United States, Thomas E. Baker Jan 1995

A Catalogue Of Judicial Federalism In The United States, Thomas E. Baker

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No abstract provided.


Your Honor What I Meant To State Was . . .: A Comparative Analysis Of The Judicial And Evidentiary Admission Doctrines As Applied To Counsel Statements In Pleadings, Open Court, And Memoranda Of Law, Ediberto Román Jan 1995

Your Honor What I Meant To State Was . . .: A Comparative Analysis Of The Judicial And Evidentiary Admission Doctrines As Applied To Counsel Statements In Pleadings, Open Court, And Memoranda Of Law, Ediberto Román

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This article analyzes the law regarding party admissions; specifically as applied to statements in pleadings, open court, and memoranda of law. In particular, this article will: (1) provide a detailed description of the two types of admissions counsel make; (2) address courts' treatment of attorneys' admissions in different circumstances; and (3) provide an argument for treating attorneys' admissions in memoranda of law similar to admissions in open court or in pleadings. The goal of this article is to provide a blueprint of the law on admissions, an area of law where all to often counsel pays little attention, and to …


Will The Federal Courts Of Appeals Perish If They Publish? Or Does The Declining Use Of Opinions To Explain And Justify Judicial Decisions Pose A Greater Threat?, Martha Dragich Jan 1995

Will The Federal Courts Of Appeals Perish If They Publish? Or Does The Declining Use Of Opinions To Explain And Justify Judicial Decisions Pose A Greater Threat?, Martha Dragich

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This Article examines three of those practices: selective publication, summary disposition, and vacatur upon settlement.


A View To The Future Of Judicial Federalism: “Neither Out Far Nor In Deep”, Thomas E. Baker Jan 1995

A View To The Future Of Judicial Federalism: “Neither Out Far Nor In Deep”, Thomas E. Baker

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Professor Baker briefly sketches some likely future scenarios for state courts and federal courts and then highlights what he expects will be the future opportunities for cooperation and judicial federalism. Included are discussions of the separate futures of the state and federal courts and then how the two judiciaries will relate to each other in the years ahead.


Intramural Reforms: How The U.S. Courts Of Appeals Have Helped Themselves, Thomas E. Baker Jan 1995

Intramural Reforms: How The U.S. Courts Of Appeals Have Helped Themselves, Thomas E. Baker

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No abstract provided.