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The Imperial Sovereign: Sovereign Immunity & The Ada, Judith Olans Brown, Wendy E. Parmet Dec 2001

The Imperial Sovereign: Sovereign Immunity & The Ada, Judith Olans Brown, Wendy E. Parmet

University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform

Professors Brown and Parmet examine the impact of the Supreme Court's resurrection of state sovereign immunity on the rights of individuals protected by the Americans with Disabilities Act in light of the recent decision, Board of Trustees of the University of Alabama v. Garrett. Placing Garrett within the context of the Rehnquist Court's evolving reallocation of state and federal authority, they argue that the Court has relied upon a mythic and dangerous notion of sovereignty that is foreign to the Framers' understanding. Brown and Parmet go on to show that, by determining that federalism compels constraining congressional power to …


Envisioning A Future For Age And Disability Discrimination Claims, Alison Barnes Dec 2001

Envisioning A Future For Age And Disability Discrimination Claims, Alison Barnes

University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform

This Article considers the reasons for reinterpretations of age and disability and examines the fundamental reasons for changes in the implementation of both the ADA and ADEA. Part I presents the basic structure and relevant requirements of the two statutes and comments on the reasons their legislative purposes are not often seen as overlapping. Part II discusses the recent Supreme Court decisions that have undermined the purposes and implementation of both the ADA and ADEA and chilled causes of action based on the ADA and ADEA. Part III projects the current problems with anti-discrimination causes into the future, when older …


Communis Opinio And The Methods Of Statutory Interpretation: Interpreting Law Or Changing Law, Michael P. Healy Dec 2001

Communis Opinio And The Methods Of Statutory Interpretation: Interpreting Law Or Changing Law, Michael P. Healy

Law Faculty Scholarly Articles

Interpretive methodology lies at the core of the Supreme Court's persistent modern debate about statutory interpretation. Supreme Court Justices have applied two fundamentally different methods of interpretation. One is the formalist method, which seeks to promote rule-of-law values and purports to constrain the discretion of judges by limiting them to the autonomous legal text. The second is the nonformalist or antiformalist method, which may consider the legislature's intent or purpose or other evidence as context for understanding the statutory text. The debate within the current Court is commonly framed and advanced by Justices Stevens and Scalia. Justice Scalia is now …


The District Of Columbia Circuit's New Found Vigilance Over Costly Regulations Affecting The Petroleum Industry: United States Environmental Protection Agency V. The American Petroleum Institute, Stuart O'Neal Jan 2001

The District Of Columbia Circuit's New Found Vigilance Over Costly Regulations Affecting The Petroleum Industry: United States Environmental Protection Agency V. The American Petroleum Institute, Stuart O'Neal

Villanova Environmental Law Journal

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The Tension Between The Need And Exploitation Of Migrant Workers: Using Msawpa's Legislative Intent To Find A Balanced Remedy, Mark J. Russo Jan 2001

The Tension Between The Need And Exploitation Of Migrant Workers: Using Msawpa's Legislative Intent To Find A Balanced Remedy, Mark J. Russo

Michigan Journal of Race and Law

This Comment concludes that the recent Maine federal district cases represent an irreconcilable spike in a national and international trend to afford more protection to a vulnerable class whose resources are the object of urgent demand. However, the search for a proper remedial weight in the balance between migrant worker protection and the provision of competitive farm labor is not a new problem.


Are Congressional Committees Constitutional ?: Radical Textualism, Separation Of Powers, And The Enactment Process, John C. Roberts Jan 2001

Are Congressional Committees Constitutional ?: Radical Textualism, Separation Of Powers, And The Enactment Process, John C. Roberts

Case Western Reserve Law Review

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Lowering The Bar: The Sixth Circuit Embraces The Ninth Circuit's Narrow Interpretation Of Section 1319(G)(6) Of The Clean Water Act In Rudolph Jones, Jr., Susan Jones, Tandy Jones Gilliland V. City Of Lakeland, Tennessee, Patrick Kurtas Jan 2001

Lowering The Bar: The Sixth Circuit Embraces The Ninth Circuit's Narrow Interpretation Of Section 1319(G)(6) Of The Clean Water Act In Rudolph Jones, Jr., Susan Jones, Tandy Jones Gilliland V. City Of Lakeland, Tennessee, Patrick Kurtas

Villanova Environmental Law Journal

No abstract provided.


When Indian Law And Tax Law Collide: How Pull-Tab Games Got To The Supreme Court , John Burgess Jan 2001

When Indian Law And Tax Law Collide: How Pull-Tab Games Got To The Supreme Court , John Burgess

Cleveland State Law Review

This Note will explore the reasons why two identical cases can turn out with completely different results. To do so, consideration will be given to the statutes involved and the varying interpretations of these statutes. Another important consideration is the policy behind these statutes, especially the IGRA. Part II will describe what the pull-tab games are, the statutes at issue, the conflicting cases, and the statutory interpretation issue. Part III will describe how the tenets of Indian Law can affect the analysis. Part IV will contain an analysis of the statutes and compare it to how the courts analyzed them. …


Potential Responsibility Under Cercla: Canadyne-Georgia Corp. V. Nationsbank, N.A. (South) - An Illustration Of Why We Need A Common Federal Rule Defining Owned And Operated, Timothy Holly Jan 2001

Potential Responsibility Under Cercla: Canadyne-Georgia Corp. V. Nationsbank, N.A. (South) - An Illustration Of Why We Need A Common Federal Rule Defining Owned And Operated, Timothy Holly

Villanova Environmental Law Journal

No abstract provided.


An Inconsistently Sensitive Mind: Richard Posner's Celebration Of Insurance Law And Continuing Blind Spots Of Econominalism, Jeffrey W. Stempel Jan 2001

An Inconsistently Sensitive Mind: Richard Posner's Celebration Of Insurance Law And Continuing Blind Spots Of Econominalism, Jeffrey W. Stempel

Scholarly Works

Seventh Circuit Judge Richard Posner is well known for bringing economic analysis to bear on a host of issues, including infamously controversial notions such the market for baby sale. Not surprisingly, Posner's insurance law opinions reflect economics, but perhaps not to the degree one would expect. A review of Posner's 20 years of opinions relating to insurance issues reviews his pragmatic jurisprudence as well. Decisions frequently reflect not only economics but also situational context and considerations of business reality as well as a sophisticated grasp of basic insurance doctrine and contract law. As a general matter, Posner also displays considerably …


Interpretive Communities: The Missing Element In Statutory Interpretation, William S. Blatt Jan 2001

Interpretive Communities: The Missing Element In Statutory Interpretation, William S. Blatt

Articles

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