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Full-Text Articles in Law
Ohio Railroad Crossing Law: The Scope Of Liability, Donald P. Traci
Ohio Railroad Crossing Law: The Scope Of Liability, Donald P. Traci
Cleveland State Law Review
As a practicing attorney involved in personal injury suits initiated as the result of railroad crossing accidents, the author of this article shares a sense of guilt with other trial attorneys for the unsettled and confusing legal ruins left by recent efforts to moderate the statutory interpretations applicable to railroad crossing accidents. The history of the contradictions in the development of railroad crossing law and an alternative statutory interpretation to resolve the inconsistencies evidenced by the courts is the subject of this article.
Ohio Railroad Crossing Law: The Scope Of Liability, Donald P. Traci
Ohio Railroad Crossing Law: The Scope Of Liability, Donald P. Traci
Cleveland State Law Review
As a practicing attorney involved in personal injury suits initiated as the result of railroad crossing accidents, the author of this article shares a sense of guilt with other trial attorneys for the unsettled and confusing legal ruins left by recent efforts to moderate the statutory interpretations applicable to railroad crossing accidents. The history of the contradictions in the development of railroad crossing law and an alternative statutory interpretation to resolve the inconsistencies evidenced by the courts is the subject of this article.
State V. Ecker, 311 So. 2d 104 (Fla. 1975), Deborah Miller
State V. Ecker, 311 So. 2d 104 (Fla. 1975), Deborah Miller
Florida State University Law Review
Constitutional Law- VAGRANCY- FLORIDA'S LOITERING STATUTE UPHELD AS CONSTITUTIONAL WHEN CONSTRUED TO PROHIBIT LOITERING WHICH THREATENS PUBLIC SAFETY OR A BREACH OF THE PEACE.
Kentucky Law Survey: Education, Carolyn S. Bratt
Kentucky Law Survey: Education, Carolyn S. Bratt
Law Faculty Scholarly Articles
This article provides a survey of Kentucky case law on the topic of education. During the past survey year, the Kentucky Court of Appeals decided several cases in which public education was the common denominator. Developments occurred in the areas of student discipline, merger of first class city-county school districts, and due process requirements for removal of tenured teachers. The most significant case, however, was Dorr v. Fitzer, which involved the authority of a county board of education to reject, without cause, a school superintendent's recommendation that a teacher with four consecutive limited service contracts be granted a continuing …
Statutory Interpretation: The Uses And Anatomy Of Context, Reed Dickerson
Statutory Interpretation: The Uses And Anatomy Of Context, Reed Dickerson
Articles by Maurer Faculty
Every communication that is generated by a written instrument consists of two elements which must be considered in arriving at the meaning of the communication. Those elements are: (1) the written vehicle itself, and (2) its surrounding context. The surrounding context which thus completes the communication consists only of those underlying cultural aspects which, when considered in relation to the written vehicle, are: (1) relevant to the written vehicle, (2) reliable, (3) shared by the author and the audience, and (4) relied on by both author and audience to complete the communication. The author suggests that those cultural elements which …
Better Organization Of Legal Knowledge, Layman E. Allen, Tomoyuki Ohta
Better Organization Of Legal Knowledge, Layman E. Allen, Tomoyuki Ohta
Articles
The increasing need of legislatures to draft complicated statutes, e.g., the Internal Revenue Code, requires the development of new techniques for defining and communicating complicated policies both accurately and understandably. At present, these complicated statutes are expressed in long, convoluted sentences with frequent uses of exceptions and limitations. Current drafting technique, with its inadequacies, often hinders a comprehensive understanding of the policy being communicated and often fails to communicate the policy accurately. Moreover, with the voluminous increase of legal literature in recent times, legal researchers experience increasing difficulty in attempting to retrieve relevant judicial and administrative interpretations. The authors propose …
In Personam Jurisdiction Over Nonresident Manufacturers In Product Liability Actions, Harry B. Cummins
In Personam Jurisdiction Over Nonresident Manufacturers In Product Liability Actions, Harry B. Cummins
Michigan Law Review
A wide divergence of opinion exists regarding the wisdom as well as the constitutionality of extensive jurisdiction through the use of liberally drafted and construed "long-arm" statutes. Hesitance may result from a fear of burdening a defendant with the inconvenience and expense of a foreign suit brought against him solely for the purpose of harassment. While this comment does not advocate the extent to which a court should assert the jurisdictional powers conferred on it by a given "long-arm" provision, it examines the scope of jurisdiction constitutionally permissible over nonresident manufacturers in product liability cases with a view toward formulating …
Statutory Interpretation: Core Meaning And Marginal Uncertainty, Reed Dickerson
Statutory Interpretation: Core Meaning And Marginal Uncertainty, Reed Dickerson
Articles by Maurer Faculty
No abstract provided.
Mechanics' Liens-Improvements Outside Building--Lien Allowed For The Clearing Of Land Unconnected With The Construction Of A Building, Byron Bronston S.Ed
Mechanics' Liens-Improvements Outside Building--Lien Allowed For The Clearing Of Land Unconnected With The Construction Of A Building, Byron Bronston S.Ed
Michigan Law Review
Plaintiff filed a bill of complaint seeking to enforce a mechanic's lien for the clearing of eighty acres of land pursuant to an agreement with the owners. The bill alleged that plaintiff's lien was superior to a mortgage which, though prior in time of execution, had been recorded subsequent to the inception of the clearing contract. Defendant mortgagee demurred on the ground that land clearance did not qualify for a lien under the pertinent mechanic's lien statute which provided that "every ... person ... who shall do or perform any work or labor upon ... any building or improvement on …
Statutory Construction, Clinch H. Belser
Statutory Construction, Clinch H. Belser
South Carolina Law Review
No abstract provided.
Corporations - Amendment Of Articles Of Incorporation - Power Of Majority To Require Holders Of Redeemable Preferred Stock To Accept Bonds Instead Of Money In Redemption, Clayton R. Smalley
Corporations - Amendment Of Articles Of Incorporation - Power Of Majority To Require Holders Of Redeemable Preferred Stock To Accept Bonds Instead Of Money In Redemption, Clayton R. Smalley
Michigan Law Review
Plaintiffs owned 6 percent cumulative convertible prior preferred stock in defendant corporation. The stock had a stated value of $100 per share, and was redeemable at the option of the corporation at $115 per share plus accumulated dividends. By vote of more than two-thirds of the outstanding shares of each class of stock issued, defendant's articles of incorporation were amended to authorize its board of directors to redeem the prior stock at $120 per share, payable in the company's 5 percent 30-year debentures. Interest on the debentures was to be cumulative, paid out of earnings, and subordinated to the other …
Statutory Construction, Clinch H. Belser
Statutory Construction, Clinch H. Belser
South Carolina Law Review
No abstract provided.
Statutory Construction, Clinch H. Belser
Statutory Construction, Clinch H. Belser
South Carolina Law Review
No abstract provided.
Statutory Construction, J. F. Buzhardt Jr.
Statutory Construction, J. F. Buzhardt Jr.
South Carolina Law Review
No abstract provided.
Husband And Wife -- Personal Tort Actions Between Spouses -- Statutory Construction, Robert B. Olsen S.Ed.
Husband And Wife -- Personal Tort Actions Between Spouses -- Statutory Construction, Robert B. Olsen S.Ed.
Michigan Law Review
Following an interlocutory divorce decree, and while the parties were living apart from one another, defendant allegedly assaulted the plaintiff. The trial court dismissed her complaint on the ground that no action could be brought by one spouse against the other for personal torts committed during coverture. On appeal, held, reversed, three judges dissenting and one concurring. The Judicial Code and the Husband and Wife Statutes of Utah, when considered together, entitle a married woman to maintain an action against her husband for injuries intentionally inflicted upon her. Taylor v. Patten, 2 Utah (2d) 404, 275 P. (2d) …
Book Review. Legislative Drafting By Reed Dickerson, Frank Edward Horack Jr.
Book Review. Legislative Drafting By Reed Dickerson, Frank Edward Horack Jr.
Articles by Maurer Faculty
No abstract provided.
Remarks On The Theory Of Appellate Decision And The Rules Or Canons About How Statutes Are To Be Construed, Karl N. Llwellyn
Remarks On The Theory Of Appellate Decision And The Rules Or Canons About How Statutes Are To Be Construed, Karl N. Llwellyn
Vanderbilt Law Review
One does not progress far into legal life without learning that there is no single right and accurate way of reading one case, or of reading a bunch of cases. For
(1) Impeccable and correct doctrine makes clear that a case "holds"with authority only so much of what the opinion says as is absolutely necessary to sustain the judgment. Anything else is unnecessary and "distinguishable" and noncontrolling for the future. Indeed, if the judgment rests on two, three or four rulings, any of them can be rightly and righteously knocked out, for the future, as being thus "unnecessary." Moreover, any …
Legal Writing On Statutory Construction, Paul H. Sanders, John W. Wade
Legal Writing On Statutory Construction, Paul H. Sanders, John W. Wade
Vanderbilt Law Review
This review does not purport to provide a complete critique of the various works in the field of Statutory Construction. It is not directed primarily to the specialist. Instead, it is intended to bring together for the benefit of the general practitioner the various books and other writings on the subject and thus amounts essentially to a bibliography. But an effort has been made to suggest the approach of the longer works and to estimate in some measure their value. Thus this symposium on the subject of Statutory Construction can be rounded out by providing convenient reference to other writings …
A Better Theory Of Legal Interpretation, Charles P. Curtis
A Better Theory Of Legal Interpretation, Charles P. Curtis
Vanderbilt Law Review
We have, almost all of us, I think, been brought up in the belief that the interpretation of legal documents consists essentially in a search for the intention of the author. I take it the classic, and I am sure the most elegant, exposition of this doctrine is the paper which Vaughan Hawkins, almost ninety years ago, in 1860, read before the juridical Society. Thayer printed it as an appendix in his Preliminary Treatise on Evidence and said of it, "the nature of the inquiry is described with penetration and accuracy." Hawkins states our creed in a few sentences...
"[I]n …
The Position Of Statutory Construction In Present Day Law Practice, John W. Macdonald
The Position Of Statutory Construction In Present Day Law Practice, John W. Macdonald
Vanderbilt Law Review
Even the title assigned to this article emphasizes a point of view. We will consider the position of statutory construction not from the aspect of judges, appellate or trial, who must decide cases. Instead we are to look at the subject from the point of view of the practitioner, the lawyer himself. The practice of law is of course varied. And there are many fields of knowledge which control that practice. Some of these obviously do not involve law at all. The lawyer is a litigator, an advocate in court or before quasi-judicial bodies. He is also a counsellor, an …
Statutory Construction In Resolving Conflicts Between State And Local Legislation, Charles S. Rhyme
Statutory Construction In Resolving Conflicts Between State And Local Legislation, Charles S. Rhyme
Vanderbilt Law Review
As creatures of the states, our municipalities occupy a unique position in our governmental scheme. Not endowed with sovereignty, the municipality possesses no inherent powers, and can only do that which is authorized by the state.' The exercise of local powers, therefore, becomes the exercise of those powers which have been conferred upon it by state legislative action. Possible exceptions to this are those states in which "home rule" has been constitutionally conferred upon municipalities, by which authority to form local governments and to administer municipal affairs in the manner desired by the local electorate prevails. In view of the …
Factors Influencing Judges In Interpreting Statutes, Arthur W. Phelps
Factors Influencing Judges In Interpreting Statutes, Arthur W. Phelps
Vanderbilt Law Review
There has been recent discussion of abandoning the literal meaning rule and most of the other rules of statutory construction. A broader principle is favored which will allow the full play of the rational processes of the court. This view has great appeal, and, in terms of freeing judges who apply rules as rules without regard to their object, serves a need. But if it means a sudden release of the judiciary from always starting with a statute as it reads--as it is written--as it has meaning for most of us--it is a harmful suggestion. Law is something more than …
Some Statutory Construction Problems And Approaches In Criminal Law, James C. Quarles
Some Statutory Construction Problems And Approaches In Criminal Law, James C. Quarles
Vanderbilt Law Review
Statutory construction and interpretation, important in every field of law, is vital in a field containing a large number of legislative acts and a considerable body of appellate court decisions construing them. For this reason alone, statutory construction problems are particularly significant in criminal law. Many American jurisdictions punish no activity other than that expressly declared criminal by statute.' The Federal Government, which of course punishes no crimes except those defined by Congress, has contributed to this growth of the criminal law through the imposition of many duties and the proscription of various activities relating to the collection of revenue, …
Cooperative Action For Improved Statutory Interpretation, Frank Edward Horack Jr.
Cooperative Action For Improved Statutory Interpretation, Frank Edward Horack Jr.
Articles by Maurer Faculty
No abstract provided.
Legislative History And Maryland Statutory Construction, Bernard S. Meyer
Legislative History And Maryland Statutory Construction, Bernard S. Meyer
Maryland Law Review
No abstract provided.
Review: Selected Cases On The Law Of Taxation
Review: Selected Cases On The Law Of Taxation
Michigan Law Review
A review of SELECTED CASES ON THE LAW OF TAXATION By Henry Rottschaefer.
Statutory Interpretation -- Light From Plowden's Reports, Frank Edward Horack
Statutory Interpretation -- Light From Plowden's Reports, Frank Edward Horack
Articles by Maurer Faculty
No abstract provided.
When Is A Preferential Transfer 'Required' To Be Recorded? , Evans Holbrook
When Is A Preferential Transfer 'Required' To Be Recorded? , Evans Holbrook
Articles
The BANKRUPTCY ACT of 1898 (as amended in 1903 and 1910), after defining a preference, provides in § 60b that preferences made under certain circumstances may be recovered from the preferred creditor if the latter had "reasonable cause to believe" that a preference was to be effected "at the time of the transfer * * * or of the recording or registering of the transfer if by law recording or registering thereof is required," such time being within four months before bankruptcy. Bankrupcty courts have for years been vexed with the question: When is a transfer "required" to be recorded …