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Duquesne Law Review

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Introductory Note, Mary Jo Howard Dively Jan 2000

Introductory Note, Mary Jo Howard Dively

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The Growth Of Prison Privatization And The Threat Posed By 42 U.S.C. § 1983, David J. Delfiandra Jan 2000

The Growth Of Prison Privatization And The Threat Posed By 42 U.S.C. § 1983, David J. Delfiandra

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Receipt Of A Complaint, Prior To Or Unattended By Formal Service Of Process, Does Not Trigger A Defendant's Thirty-Day Period To Remove A Case: Murphy Brothers, Inc. V. Michetti Pipe Stringing, Inc., D. Troy Blair Jan 2000

Receipt Of A Complaint, Prior To Or Unattended By Formal Service Of Process, Does Not Trigger A Defendant's Thirty-Day Period To Remove A Case: Murphy Brothers, Inc. V. Michetti Pipe Stringing, Inc., D. Troy Blair

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The Supreme Court of the United States held that a named defendant's time to remove an action from state court to federal court, under 28 U.S.C. § 1446(b), is triggered by either simultaneous service of summons and complaint, or receipt of the complaint, through service or otherwise, after and apart from service of the summons, but not by mere receipt of the complaint unattended by any formal service of process.

Murphy Brothers, Inc. v. Michetti Pipe Stringing, Inc., 119 S. Ct. 1322 (1999).


Title Page - Volume 38 (1999-2000) Jan 2000

Title Page - Volume 38 (1999-2000)

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The Standard Pollution Exclusion Clause In Commercial General Liability Insurance Policies Bars Coverage For Personal Injuries Resulting From On-Site Exposure To Pollutants Discharged Within A Construction Envelope: Madison Construction Co. V. Harleysville Mutual Insurance Co., Bryan C. Devine Jan 2000

The Standard Pollution Exclusion Clause In Commercial General Liability Insurance Policies Bars Coverage For Personal Injuries Resulting From On-Site Exposure To Pollutants Discharged Within A Construction Envelope: Madison Construction Co. V. Harleysville Mutual Insurance Co., Bryan C. Devine

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The Pennsylvania Supreme Court held that the standard pollution exclusion clause in commercial general liability policies, which bars coverage for the discharge of pollutants, is clear and unambiguous on its face, thereby requiring application of the clause's plain and ordinary meaning to bar coverage for personal injuries caused by exposure to fumes discharged by a useful product within a construction envelope.

Madison Construction Co. v. Harleysville Mutual Insurance Co., 735 A.2d 100 (Pa. 1999).


Plaintiffs Need Not Show Egregious Conduct To Seek Punitive Damages Under Title Vii Of The Civil Rights Act Of 1991: Kolstad V. American Dental Association, Laura A. Maines Jan 2000

Plaintiffs Need Not Show Egregious Conduct To Seek Punitive Damages Under Title Vii Of The Civil Rights Act Of 1991: Kolstad V. American Dental Association, Laura A. Maines

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Pennsylvania Medical Informed Consent Law: A Call To Protect Patient Autonomy Rights By Abandoning The Battery Approach, Bryan J. Warren Jan 2000

Pennsylvania Medical Informed Consent Law: A Call To Protect Patient Autonomy Rights By Abandoning The Battery Approach, Bryan J. Warren

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Cases Noted - Volume 38 (1999-2000) Jan 2000

Cases Noted - Volume 38 (1999-2000)

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The Fifteenth Amendment's Prohibition Against State Suffrage Restrictions Based Upon Race Encompasses Ancestral Restrictions That Are Used As Substitutes For Race: Rice V. Cayetano, Tina L. Corcoran Jan 2000

The Fifteenth Amendment's Prohibition Against State Suffrage Restrictions Based Upon Race Encompasses Ancestral Restrictions That Are Used As Substitutes For Race: Rice V. Cayetano, Tina L. Corcoran

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The Supreme Court of the United States held that State voter eligibility statutes that limit suffrage to only those persons meeting a statutorily defined ancestry are prohibited by the Fifteenth Amendment when the legislative purpose behind the ancestral definition is to treat those defined persons as a distinct people so that ancestry becomes a proxy for race.

Rice v. Cayetano, 120 S. Ct. 1044 (2000).


The Approaching Death Of The Collective Right Theory Of The Second Amendment, Roger I. Roots Jan 2000

The Approaching Death Of The Collective Right Theory Of The Second Amendment, Roger I. Roots

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The notion that the Second Amendment right to bear arms is a collective rather than an individual right has persisted even though it has been buried by scholarly criticism. The author predicts that the collective right theory will finally collapse under the pressure of this scholarly criticism and the historical evidence that such a theory was not contemplated by the Founders when the Constitution and the Bill of Rights were created. According to the author, the federal district court decision in United States v. Emerson may be the impetus for this impending demise.


A Federal Age Discrimination Remedy Violates State Eleventh Amendment Immunity: Kimel V. Florida Board Of Regents, Gregory T. Neugebauer Jan 2000

A Federal Age Discrimination Remedy Violates State Eleventh Amendment Immunity: Kimel V. Florida Board Of Regents, Gregory T. Neugebauer

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The United States Supreme Court held that despite the unmistakably clear intent of Congress to abrogate the states' Eleventh Amendment immunity from private lawsuits, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act's purported abrogation is invalid as it is not an appropriate exercise of the Fourteenth Amendment enforcement power of Congress.

Kimel v. Florida Board of Regents, 120 S. Ct. 631 (2000).


Articles - By Title - Volume 38 (1999-2000) Jan 2000

Articles - By Title - Volume 38 (1999-2000)

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Recent Decisions - By Title - Volume 38 (1999-2000) Jan 2000

Recent Decisions - By Title - Volume 38 (1999-2000)

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Title Page - Volume 38 (1999-2000) Jan 2000

Title Page - Volume 38 (1999-2000)

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Table Of Contents, Volume 38, Number 2, Winter 2000 Jan 2000

Table Of Contents, Volume 38, Number 2, Winter 2000

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The New Laws That Will Enable Electronic Contracting: A Survey Of The Electronic Contracting Rules In The Uniform Electronic Transactions Act And The Uniform Computer Information Transactions Act, Mary Jo Howard Dively Jan 2000

The New Laws That Will Enable Electronic Contracting: A Survey Of The Electronic Contracting Rules In The Uniform Electronic Transactions Act And The Uniform Computer Information Transactions Act, Mary Jo Howard Dively

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Through The Looking Glass: What Courts And Ucita Say About The Scope Of Contract Law In The Information Age, Raymond T. Nimmer Jan 2000

Through The Looking Glass: What Courts And Ucita Say About The Scope Of Contract Law In The Information Age, Raymond T. Nimmer

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Mass Market Transactions In The Uniform Computer Information Transactions Act, Holly K. Towle Jan 2000

Mass Market Transactions In The Uniform Computer Information Transactions Act, Holly K. Towle

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School Violence: An Incurable Social Ill That Should Not Lead To The Unconstitutional Compromise Of Students' Rights, Timothy L. Jacobs Jan 2000

School Violence: An Incurable Social Ill That Should Not Lead To The Unconstitutional Compromise Of Students' Rights, Timothy L. Jacobs

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Private Insurers Suspending Workers' Compensation Benefits Are Not State Actors And Employee's Medical Treatment Must Be Reasonable And Necessary Before Due Process Attaches: American Manufacturers Mutual Insurance Co. V. Sullivan, Mark A. Nuzzo Jan 2000

Private Insurers Suspending Workers' Compensation Benefits Are Not State Actors And Employee's Medical Treatment Must Be Reasonable And Necessary Before Due Process Attaches: American Manufacturers Mutual Insurance Co. V. Sullivan, Mark A. Nuzzo

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The United States Supreme Court held that private workers' compensation insurers are not converted to state actors merely because the business is subject to extensive state regulation, and due process procedures are not implicated until the employee's property interest attaches by proving the medical treatment was reasonable and necessary.

American Manufacturers Mutual Insurance Co. v. Sullivan, 119 S. Ct. 977 (1999).


Table Of Contents, Volume 38, Number 3, Spring 2000 Jan 2000

Table Of Contents, Volume 38, Number 3, Spring 2000

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Recent Developments In Pennsylvania Administrative Law, P. Gavin Eastgage Jan 2000

Recent Developments In Pennsylvania Administrative Law, P. Gavin Eastgage

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Recent Developments In Pennsylvania Constitutional Law, Jennifer R. Minter Jan 2000

Recent Developments In Pennsylvania Constitutional Law, Jennifer R. Minter

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Recent Developments In Pennsylvania Criminal Law, Patrick Carothers, Christopher M. Turak Jan 2000

Recent Developments In Pennsylvania Criminal Law, Patrick Carothers, Christopher M. Turak

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Pennsylvania's Manufacturing Exemption To The Capital Stock Tax, When Limited To Manufacturing Within Pennsylvania, Violates The Commerce Clause Ppg Industries, Inc. V. Commonwealth, Craig Haller Jan 2000

Pennsylvania's Manufacturing Exemption To The Capital Stock Tax, When Limited To Manufacturing Within Pennsylvania, Violates The Commerce Clause Ppg Industries, Inc. V. Commonwealth, Craig Haller

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The Pennsylvania Supreme Court held that the Pennsylvania capital stock tax statute allows a corporation operating in Pennsylvania to exempt only the value of capital stock related to manufacturing within Pennsylvania from the computation of its capital stock tax, and, under that interpretation, the manufacturing exemption facially discriminates against interstate commerce.

PPG Industries, Inc. v. Commonwealth, No. 87, 1999 Pa. LEXIS 1734 (Pa. June 17, 1999).


Recent Developments In Pennsylvania Domestic Relations Law, Elana Sbarro Jan 2000

Recent Developments In Pennsylvania Domestic Relations Law, Elana Sbarro

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Recent Developments In Pennsylvania Tax Law, James A. Horchak Jan 2000

Recent Developments In Pennsylvania Tax Law, James A. Horchak

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Recent Developments In Pennsylvania Tort Law, Patrick Lavelle Jan 2000

Recent Developments In Pennsylvania Tort Law, Patrick Lavelle

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The Pennsylvania School Code Requires A School District To Credit Teachers For Past Years Of Service When Placing Those Teachers On A Local Salary Schedule, Sally A. Kane Jan 2000

The Pennsylvania School Code Requires A School District To Credit Teachers For Past Years Of Service When Placing Those Teachers On A Local Salary Schedule, Sally A. Kane

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The Pennsylvania Supreme Court held that under the essence test, an arbitration award that denied re-hired teachers credit for prior years of service within the same school district for purposes of placement on a district's local salary scale violated the Pennsylvania School Code.

Mifflinburg Area Education Ass'n v. Mifflinburg Area School District, 724 A.2d 339 (Pa. 1999).


Crime, Punishment, And Romero: An Analysis Of The Case Against California's Three Strikes Law, Brian P. Janiskee, Edward J. Erler Jan 2000

Crime, Punishment, And Romero: An Analysis Of The Case Against California's Three Strikes Law, Brian P. Janiskee, Edward J. Erler

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In a well-received study, Crime and Punishment in California: The Impact of Three Strikes and You're Out, Franklin E. Zimring, Sam Kamin, and Gordon Hawkins assert that California's Three Strikes law has failed to deter crime. The authors submit that the study has not provided sufficient statistical evidence to prove that Three Strikes does not deter crime. The authors argue that the statistical methodology employed in the study was flawed, and that this flaw created a distorted view of the deterrent effect of Three Strikes. The authors do not attempt to demonstrate that Three Strikes deters crime; however, they …