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Architectural Malpractice: Toward An Equitable Rule For Determining When The Statute Of Limitations Begins To Run, Jeffrey R. Cruz Jan 1988

Architectural Malpractice: Toward An Equitable Rule For Determining When The Statute Of Limitations Begins To Run, Jeffrey R. Cruz

Fordham Urban Law Journal

In the past thirty years, the architectural profession has been characterized by dramatic changes in both its legal liabilities and in its relationship with other members of the construction industry. With the recent abrogation of the privity doctrine, strangers to architectural contracts may now sue in tort and architects inevitably find themselves in a multitude of lawsuits. This Note discusses the contractual nature of the owner/architect relationship and the judicial attempts to analogize to relationships in other professions, and then considers the prevailing judicial theories as to when a cause of action accrues against architects and against professionals in general. …


Case Note: Criminal Law - Parole - State Board Of Parole Must Issue Statement Of Reasons For Denial Of Parole. United States Ex Rel. Johnson V. Chairman, New York State Board Of Parole, 500 F.2d 925 (2d Cir. 1974), William B. Smith Jan 1975

Case Note: Criminal Law - Parole - State Board Of Parole Must Issue Statement Of Reasons For Denial Of Parole. United States Ex Rel. Johnson V. Chairman, New York State Board Of Parole, 500 F.2d 925 (2d Cir. 1974), William B. Smith

Fordham Urban Law Journal

This Case Note analyzes the Second Circuit's decision in United States ex rel. Johnson v. Chairman, New York State Board of Parole, which held that due process considerations required the Board to issue a statement giving its reasons for denial of parole, both as a guide for the prisoner's rehabilitative efforts and as an enduring record for possible appellate review.


The Infirmities Of Affirmative Action: The New York City Plan Jan 1974

The Infirmities Of Affirmative Action: The New York City Plan

Fordham Urban Law Journal

The regulations announced by Mayor John Lindsay that propose new contract bid regulations designed to eliminate discrimination in employment in New York City were implemented and are the basics of the city's present program. New York City's present affirmative action attempts to increase the number of minorities employed in city-financed construction projects. But, how viable are these programs in light of the expected attacks based on the federal preemption doctrine? Questions of due process and equal protection must be examined when affirmative action programs require contractors to make good faith efforts to meet these goals. Affirmative action programs are part …