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Recent Cases, Vanderbilt Law Review Staff

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Civil Rights--Private Education-Racially Discriminatory Admissions Policies Violate Right to Contract Provision of 42 U.S.C. § 1981

Plaintiffs, ' blacks who had been denied admission solely on the basis of their race to two all-white private schools that received no state aid,' sought damages and injunctive relief in federal district court contending that these rejections violated section 1981 of 42 U.S.C. by denying them the same right to contract as enjoyed by white citizens.

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Copyright--Telecommunications--CATV Importation of Distant Television Signals Constitutes Infringement Under Sections One (c) & (d) of the Copyright Act

Plaintiffs,' creators and producers of television programs,brought a …

Recent Development: Comment, Law Review Staff

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The National Labor Relations Act (NLRA)' provides that certain classes of employees are excluded from the Act's coverage of bargaining unit formation and employee activity. The National Labor Relations Board has added to this unprotected category two classifications of employees--those who are engaged in management policy formulation or effectuation (managerial employees) and those who assist management in the formulation of labor relations policies (confidential employees)--because of their close affiliation with management. The concept of managerial employee, however, has not been defined precisely and thus has given rise to considerable confusion when applied in various factual settings. In two recent Board …

Labor Law--The National Labor Relations Board Redefines And Restricts The Scope Of Managerial Employee Classification, Law Review Staff

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The National Labor Relations Act (NLRA)' provides that certain classes of employees are excluded from the Act's coverage of bargaining unit formation and employee activity. The National Labor Relations Board has added to this unprotected category two classifications of employees--those who are engaged in management policy formulation or effectuation (managerial employees) and those who assist management in the formulation of labor relations policies (confidential employees)--because of their close affiliation with management. The concept of managerial employee, however, has not been defined precisely and thus has given rise to considerable confusion when applied in various factual settings. In two recent Board …

Recent Developments, Law Review Staff

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Preservation of internal union solidarity through the exercise of disciplinary power over members has been recognized as an essential prerequisite to maintenance of a strong bargaining position vis-a-vis management.' Therefore, courts have afforded unions relative freedom to discipline members who violate rules of internal union government. Somewhat different principles of union discipline, however, are applied to members who occupy supervisory positions with the employer.' The employee-member is loyal primarily to his union, but the loyalty of the supervisor-member ultimately is two-dimensional:' he is loyal to the union by virtue of his union membership and to the employer by virtue of …