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Darned If You Due Process, Darned If You Don't! Understanding The Due Process Dilemma For Punitive Damages In Title Vii Class Actions, Paul Edgar Harold, Tracy L. Cole

University of Arkansas at Little Rock Law Review

When Congress expanded the remedies available to Title VII the plaintiffs in the Civil Rights Act of 1991 to include compensatory and punitive damages, it did not realize that it was creating a minefield for certifying would-be Title VII class actions. The Fifth Circuit thoroughly explored many of the new pitfalls and hazards in its landmark opinion in Allison v. Citgo Petroleum Corp. This article attempts to critically evaluate a recent post-Allison trend whereby Title VII plaintiffs seeking class certification have foregone their claims for compensatory damages while still seeking punitive damages. Plaintiffs, relying on the Supreme Court's recent cases …

The Little Rock School District's Quest For Unitary Status, Honorable Robert L. Brown

University of Arkansas at Little Rock Law Review

This essay discusses the major judicial benchmarks affecting the Little Rock School District since Brown v. Board of Education, andl additionally touches on attitudinal stumbling blocks between the races where problems continue to arise and where suspicions run deep.

After some forty years of litigation the Little Rock School District has been declared unitary in all respects by the Federal District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas. There are judicial benchmarks since Brown and three cases bear mentioning. The initial focus of the essay is on the unitary-status decisions handed down by the Federal District Court, and specifically by …

From Little Rock To Seattle And Louisville: Is "All Deliberate Speed" Stuck In Reverse?, Charles J. Ogletree Jr., Susan Eaton

University of Arkansas at Little Rock Law Review

More than 50 years after Brown v. Board of Education, in Parents Involved in Community Schools v. Seattle School District, the Supreme Court issued a much anticipated, sharply divided opinion concerning the conscious use of a student’s "race" in plans to desegregate now de facto segregated public schools. The Court found unconstitutional the race-inclusive methods used by the Seattle and Louisville public school officials who were attempting to create racially integrated schools.

In order to understand the full impact of the Supreme Court’s recent decisions regarding school desegregation, an analysis of the Seattle and Louisville plans and the Court’s reasoning …

Harry Ashmore And "The Crisis Mr. Faubus Made", Elizabeth Jacoway

University of Arkansas at Little Rock Law Review

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Comments Made At The Ben J. Altheimer Symposium On The 50th Anniversary Of The Central High Crisis Held At The Ualr William H. Bowen School Of Law, John W. Walker

University of Arkansas at Little Rock Law Review

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History Of The Alternative Desegregation Plan And The Black Community's Perspective And Reaction, Johanna Miller Lewis

University of Arkansas at Little Rock Law Review

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Cooper V. Aaron: Development And Implementation Of The Litigation, Judith Kilpatrick

University of Arkansas at Little Rock Law Review

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Little Big Man—United States District Judge Ronald N. Davies, William R. Wilson Jr.

University of Arkansas at Little Rock Law Review

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Reflections On The Commemoration Of The 50th Anniversary Of The Crisis At Little Rock Central High School, Judge Wiley Branton Jr.

University of Arkansas at Little Rock Law Review

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The Little Rock Confrontation And Cooper V. Aaron: Development And Implementation Of Constitutional Litigation, Tony A. Freyer

University of Arkansas at Little Rock Law Review

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