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Conflicting Federal And State Medical Marijuana Policies: A Threat To Cooperative Federalism, Todd Grabarsky Sep 2013

Conflicting Federal And State Medical Marijuana Policies: A Threat To Cooperative Federalism, Todd Grabarsky

West Virginia Law Review

The legal status of medical marijuana in the United States is something of a paradox. On one hand, the federal government has placed a ban on the drug with no exceptions. On the other hand, forty percent of states have legal- ized its cultivation, distribution, and consumption for medical purposes. As such, medical marijuana activity is at the same time proscribed (by the federal government) and encouraged (by state governments through their systems of regulation and taxation). This Article seeks to shed light on this unprecedented, nebulous zone of legality in which an activity is both legal and illegal, what …


The Reactionary Road To Free Love: How Doma, State Marriage Amendments, And Social Conservatives Undermine Traditional Marriage, Scott Titshaw Sep 2012

The Reactionary Road To Free Love: How Doma, State Marriage Amendments, And Social Conservatives Undermine Traditional Marriage, Scott Titshaw

West Virginia Law Review

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Principles Of Forum Selection, Antony L. Ryan Dec 2000

Principles Of Forum Selection, Antony L. Ryan

West Virginia Law Review

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North Star Steel Company V. Thomas: Time For Warning, Vanessa Zyla Goddard Jun 1996

North Star Steel Company V. Thomas: Time For Warning, Vanessa Zyla Goddard

West Virginia Law Review

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Conflict Of Laws: The New Approach To Choice Of Law: Justice In Search Of Certainty, Part Two, James Audley Mclaughlin Sep 1991

Conflict Of Laws: The New Approach To Choice Of Law: Justice In Search Of Certainty, Part Two, James Audley Mclaughlin

West Virginia Law Review

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Conflict Of Laws: The Choice Of Law Lex Loci Doctrine, The Beguiling Appeal Of A Dead Tradition, Part One, James Audley Mclaughlin Jun 1991

Conflict Of Laws: The Choice Of Law Lex Loci Doctrine, The Beguiling Appeal Of A Dead Tradition, Part One, James Audley Mclaughlin

West Virginia Law Review

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Conflict Of Laws Resolution In Employment Contracts: The West Virginia Approach, Linda M. Gutsell Jan 1990

Conflict Of Laws Resolution In Employment Contracts: The West Virginia Approach, Linda M. Gutsell

West Virginia Law Review

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No Place Like Home: Public Policy And Prudent Practice In The Conflict Of Laws, Jeffrey Jackson Jun 1988

No Place Like Home: Public Policy And Prudent Practice In The Conflict Of Laws, Jeffrey Jackson

West Virginia Law Review

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Paul V. National Life, Lex Loci Delicti And The Modern Rule: A Difference Without Distinction, Vernon A. (Bo) Melton Jr. Jan 1988

Paul V. National Life, Lex Loci Delicti And The Modern Rule: A Difference Without Distinction, Vernon A. (Bo) Melton Jr.

West Virginia Law Review

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Obscenity And The Conflict Of Laws, Frederick F. Schauer Apr 1975

Obscenity And The Conflict Of Laws, Frederick F. Schauer

West Virginia Law Review

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Federal Courts--State Laws In Conflict With Federal Procedural Rules Sep 1971

Federal Courts--State Laws In Conflict With Federal Procedural Rules

West Virginia Law Review

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Conflict Of Laws--Torts--Lex Loci Delicti Yielding To Significant Contracts, K. Paul Davis Apr 1967

Conflict Of Laws--Torts--Lex Loci Delicti Yielding To Significant Contracts, K. Paul Davis

West Virginia Law Review

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Some Conflict Of Laws Problems Relating To Negotiable Instruments, William O. Morris Feb 1964

Some Conflict Of Laws Problems Relating To Negotiable Instruments, William O. Morris

West Virginia Law Review

In instances in which a negotiable instrument has circulated in two or more jurisdictions courts have had some difficulty in determining whether to apply the laws of one jurisdiction or the other in determining whether the complaining party had in fact obtained title to the instrument, and in determining the rights and liabilities of the parties in respect to the instrument. If an instrument, by its terms, discloses that it was drawn and was payable in the same jurisdiction in which the instrument was transferred, the courts are not faced with a conflict of laws problem for clearly the laws …


Conflict Of Laws--Wrongful Death Measures Of Damages--Substantive Or Procedural?, Earl Moss Curry Jr. Feb 1963

Conflict Of Laws--Wrongful Death Measures Of Damages--Substantive Or Procedural?, Earl Moss Curry Jr.

West Virginia Law Review

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Conflict Of Laws--Full Faith And Credit--Lack Of Jurisdiction Vs. Mistake Of Law, Ralph Charles Dusic Jr. Dec 1962

Conflict Of Laws--Full Faith And Credit--Lack Of Jurisdiction Vs. Mistake Of Law, Ralph Charles Dusic Jr.

West Virginia Law Review

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Conflict Of Laws--Full Faith And Credit For Foreign Custody Judgements, Forest Jackson Bowman Jun 1962

Conflict Of Laws--Full Faith And Credit For Foreign Custody Judgements, Forest Jackson Bowman

West Virginia Law Review

No abstract provided.


Conflict Of Laws--Jurisdiction Over Nonresident Defendants By Extraterritorial Service Of Process, Peter Uriah Hook Apr 1961

Conflict Of Laws--Jurisdiction Over Nonresident Defendants By Extraterritorial Service Of Process, Peter Uriah Hook

West Virginia Law Review

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The Effects Of The Autonomy Of The Parties On The Validity Of Conflict-Of-Laws Sales Contracts, Louis C. James Apr 1960

The Effects Of The Autonomy Of The Parties On The Validity Of Conflict-Of-Laws Sales Contracts, Louis C. James

West Virginia Law Review

No abstract provided.


Abstracts Of Recent Cases, L. S. D. Feb 1959

Abstracts Of Recent Cases, L. S. D.

West Virginia Law Review

No abstract provided.


Conflict Of Laws--Choice Of Law--(Adhesion) Contract Of Affreightment With Stipulation Of Applicable Law, H. R. A. Jr. Dec 1955

Conflict Of Laws--Choice Of Law--(Adhesion) Contract Of Affreightment With Stipulation Of Applicable Law, H. R. A. Jr.

West Virginia Law Review

No abstract provided.