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The Denial Of A State Constitutional Right To Bail In Juvenile Proceedings: The Need For Reassessment In Washington State, Kathleen A. Baldi Jan 1996

The Denial Of A State Constitutional Right To Bail In Juvenile Proceedings: The Need For Reassessment In Washington State, Kathleen A. Baldi

Seattle University Law Review

Article I, section 20 of the Washington Constitution states that "[a]ll persons charged with crimes shall be bailable by sufficient sureties, except for capital offenses when the proof is evident, or the presumption great." Despite seemingly unequivocal language that this constitutional provision is applicable to "all persons," the Washington Supreme Court, in Estes v. Hopp, declared that juveniles do not have a constitutional right to bail. The Estes court engaged in little constitutional analysis, but instead, reasoned that juvenile proceedings are civil in nature and that article 1, section 20 applies only in criminal proceedings. Central to the Estes …


How To Count To Fifteen: Determining The Jurisdictional Scope Of Title Vii: An Analysis Of Walters V. Metropolitan Educational Enterprises Inc., Barbara J. Fick Jan 1996

How To Count To Fifteen: Determining The Jurisdictional Scope Of Title Vii: An Analysis Of Walters V. Metropolitan Educational Enterprises Inc., Barbara J. Fick

Journal Articles

This article previews the Supreme Court case Walters v. Metropolitan Educational Enterprises, Inc., 519 U.S. 202 (1997). The author expected the Court to consider how the number of employees of a particular employer should be counted for for purposes of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.


Juror Empathy And Race, Douglas O. Linder Jan 1996

Juror Empathy And Race, Douglas O. Linder

Faculty Works

No abstract provided.


Beyond Gender: Peremptory Challenges And The Roles Of The Jury, Nancy S. Marder Feb 1995

Beyond Gender: Peremptory Challenges And The Roles Of The Jury, Nancy S. Marder

All Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.


Equal Protection Jan 1995

Equal Protection

Touro Law Review

No abstract provided.


What's Happening With Respect To The Second Circuit, Hon. George C. Pratt Jan 1995

What's Happening With Respect To The Second Circuit, Hon. George C. Pratt

Touro Law Review

No abstract provided.


Imagining Children's Rights, Suellyn Scarnecchia Jan 1995

Imagining Children's Rights, Suellyn Scarnecchia

Articles

Today, I will tell you some stories about real, live children, whose futures have been determined by our legal system. To speak of children's rights hypothetically, raises images of children suing to go live with their rich uncle or suing to demand a Nintendo system from their parents. I hope that by bringing you stories of the legal system's treatment of real children, you will have a better understanding of what I mean by children's rights and why they must be recognized. Although children's rights have been recognized in limited ways in the areas of free speech, criminal law and …


Are Back Pay And Damages In Age Discrimination Cases Subject To Income Taxes?, Matthew J. Barrett Jan 1995

Are Back Pay And Damages In Age Discrimination Cases Subject To Income Taxes?, Matthew J. Barrett

Journal Articles

The Internal Revenue Code excludes damages received "on account of personal injuries" from federal income taxation. In this case, the Supreme Court decides if back pay and damages received under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act qualify for this exclusion. The Court's decision could affect thousands of workers who have brought, or may bring, federal age discrimination claims after losing their jobs in downsizings. It may also resolve the tax status of punitive damages.


28 U.S.C. § 1658: A Limitation Period With Real Limitations, Kimberly Jade Norwood Apr 1994

28 U.S.C. § 1658: A Limitation Period With Real Limitations, Kimberly Jade Norwood

Indiana Law Journal

No abstract provided.


The Role Of Race In The Memphis Courts, D'Army Bailey Mar 1994

The Role Of Race In The Memphis Courts, D'Army Bailey

Washington and Lee Law Review

No abstract provided.


The Key To Unlocking The Clubhouse Door: The Application Of Antidiscrimination Laws To Quasi-Private Clubs, Sally Frank Jan 1994

The Key To Unlocking The Clubhouse Door: The Application Of Antidiscrimination Laws To Quasi-Private Clubs, Sally Frank

Michigan Journal of Gender & Law

This article focuses on discrimination in quasi-private clubs and the impact of laws and the United States Constitution on that discrimination. For the purposes of this article, a quasi-private club is any organization that claims to be private but which might in fact be viewed as public. The term "quasi-private" is used because litigation concerning discrimination in such organizations often rests on whether the entity is private, and therefore cannot be regulated.


Perceptual Prisms And Racial Realism: The Good News About A Bad Situation, Jonathan K. Stubbs Jan 1994

Perceptual Prisms And Racial Realism: The Good News About A Bad Situation, Jonathan K. Stubbs

Law Faculty Publications

A moment of critical reflection seems appropriate. We are nearly half way through the last decade of the last century of this millennium. The Cold War has abated (at least temporarily) and the United States remains a world leader in human rights protections. Eastern European countries and the former Soviet Republics are taking fledgling steps toward creating stable democratic institutions. Nevertheless, widespread challenges face the world community--civil wars in numerous countries, nµclear proliferation, and the AIDS epidemic . . . .


'If I Knew Then What I Know Now': The Role Of After-Acquired Evidence In Employment Discrimination Cases: An Analysis Of Mckennon V. Nashville Banner, Barbara J. Fick Jan 1994

'If I Knew Then What I Know Now': The Role Of After-Acquired Evidence In Employment Discrimination Cases: An Analysis Of Mckennon V. Nashville Banner, Barbara J. Fick

Journal Articles

This article previews the Supreme Court case McKennon v. Nashville Banner Publishing Company, 513 U.S. 352 (1995). The author expected the Court to address whether after acquired evidence of employee misconduct is a complete defense for an employer's termination decision which would otherwise violate the Age Discrimination in Employment Act or is it relevant only to the scope of the remedy afforded to an employee terminated in violation of the Act.


Rethinking Federal Judicial Selection Nov 1993

Rethinking Federal Judicial Selection

BYU Law Review

No abstract provided.


Postconviction Review Of Jury Discrimination: Measuring The Effects Of Juror Race On Jury Decisions, Nancy J. King Oct 1993

Postconviction Review Of Jury Discrimination: Measuring The Effects Of Juror Race On Jury Decisions, Nancy J. King

Michigan Law Review

In Part I, I review the empirical evidence concerning the effect of jury discrimination on jury decisions. Using the work of social and cognitive psychologists, I argue that the influence of jury discrimination on jury decisions is real and can be measured by judges in certain circumstances. The empirical studies suggest criteria that courts could use to identify the cases in which jury discrimination is most likely to affect the verdict. I also refute the argument that white judges can never predict the behavior of jurors of racial backgrounds different than their own and conclude that judicial estimates of the …


Judicial Opinions As Binding Law And As Explanations For Judgments, Thomas W. Merrill Oct 1993

Judicial Opinions As Binding Law And As Explanations For Judgments, Thomas W. Merrill

Cardozo Law Review

To what extent does the executive branch have autonomous powers of legal interpretation? The issue is often broadly framed in terms of two disparate understandings of the allocation of interpretative power: "judicial supremacy" and "departmentalism." In this paper, I shall speak of two different understandings of judicial opinions: the idea that judicial opinions (or at least the "holdings" of opinions) are legally binding on actors in the executive branch, and the idea that opinions are, from the perspective of executive actors, merely explanations for judicial judgments. I adopt this locution because it focuses more precisely on the core of the …


Judicial Activism And The Administration Of Civil Rights Policy, Kenyon D. Bunch, Grant B. Mindle Mar 1993

Judicial Activism And The Administration Of Civil Rights Policy, Kenyon D. Bunch, Grant B. Mindle

Brigham Young University Education and Law Journal

No abstract provided.


State Responses To Task Force Reports On Race And Ethnic Bias In The Courts, Suellyn Scarnecchia Jan 1993

State Responses To Task Force Reports On Race And Ethnic Bias In The Courts, Suellyn Scarnecchia

Articles

While several states have embarked on studies of race and ethnic bias in their courts, Minnesota is only the sixth to publish its report to date. As Minnesota joins the ranks of states with published reports, it is worthwhile to assess the impact of the five earlier published reports from other states. Final reports have been published in Michigan (1989), Washington (1990), New York (1991), Florida (1991) and New Jersey (1992). The published reports make findings and provide several specific recommendations for change. This article will review the published findings and recommendations of the task forces and will discuss the …


Chase Court And Fundamental Rights: A Watershed In American Constitutionalism, The , Robert J. Kaczorowski Jan 1993

Chase Court And Fundamental Rights: A Watershed In American Constitutionalism, The , Robert J. Kaczorowski

Faculty Scholarship

Three weeks before he died in May 1873, the frail and ailing Salmon P. Chase joined three of his brethren in dissent in one of the most important cases ever decided by the United States Supreme Court, the Slaughter-House Cases.1 This decision was a watershed in United States constitutional history for several reasons. Doctrinally, it represented a rejection of the virtually unanimous decisions of the lower federal courts upholding the constitutionality of revolutionary federal civil rights laws enacted in the aftermath of the Civil War. Institutionally, it was an example of extraordinary judicial activism in overriding the legislative will of …


There Goes The Neighborhood: The Evolution Of "Family" In Local Zoning Ordinances, William Graham Jan 1993

There Goes The Neighborhood: The Evolution Of "Family" In Local Zoning Ordinances, William Graham

Touro Law Review

No abstract provided.


Does Sexual Harassment Require Proof Of Psychological Injury? An Analysis Of Harris V. Forklift Systems, Barbara J. Fick Jan 1993

Does Sexual Harassment Require Proof Of Psychological Injury? An Analysis Of Harris V. Forklift Systems, Barbara J. Fick

Journal Articles

This article previews the Supreme Court case Harris v. Forklift Systems, Inc., 510 U.S. 17 (1993). The author expected the Court to address whether, under Title VII the Civil Rights Act of 1965, a plaintiff is required to prove that he or she suffered psychological injury as a result of sexual harassment in the workplace in order to prove a hostile-environment.


A Date With Justice: Prostitution And The Decriminalization Debate, Margaret A. Baldwin Jan 1993

A Date With Justice: Prostitution And The Decriminalization Debate, Margaret A. Baldwin

Cardozo Journal of Equal Rights & Social Justice

The article critiques the decriminalization of prostitution, arguing that it fails to address the systemic exploitation and violence faced by women in prostitution. The author contends that decriminalization would empower pimps, johns, and legal systems to further exploit women, as it legitimizes their power dynamics. The analysis emphasizes the need to prioritize the survival and empowerment of prostituted women over legal reforms that benefit their exploiters.


Equal Educational Opportunity: The Rehnquist Court Revisits Green And Swann, Brian K. Landsberg Jan 1993

Equal Educational Opportunity: The Rehnquist Court Revisits Green And Swann, Brian K. Landsberg

McGeorge School of Law Scholarly Articles

No abstract provided.


Retroactive Application Of The Civil Rights Act Of 1991 To Pending Cases, Michele A. Estrin Jun 1992

Retroactive Application Of The Civil Rights Act Of 1991 To Pending Cases, Michele A. Estrin

Michigan Law Review

This Note addresses the applicability of the Civil Rights Act of 1991 to cases pending on the Act's date of enactment. Part I discusses current Supreme Court doctrine on the issue. This Part finds that the Court has endorsed two conflicting views on retroactively applying statutes to pending cases and that the lower federal courts consequently lack a principled framework for dealing with retroactivity issues in the 1991 Act. Part II describes the battle over the Civil Rights Acts of 1990 and 1991 and the subsequent confusion over the enacted statute's reach. This Part finds that Congress provided conflicting textual …


Introduction To The Report And Recommendations Of The Florida Supreme Court Racial And Ethnic Bias Study Commission, Leander J. Shaw, Jr. Jan 1992

Introduction To The Report And Recommendations Of The Florida Supreme Court Racial And Ethnic Bias Study Commission, Leander J. Shaw, Jr.

Florida State University Law Review

No abstract provided.


Reforming Florida's Juvenile Justice System: A Case Example Of Bobby M. V. Chiles, Jodi Siegel Jan 1992

Reforming Florida's Juvenile Justice System: A Case Example Of Bobby M. V. Chiles, Jodi Siegel

Florida State University Law Review

No abstract provided.


Report And Recommendations Of The Florida Supreme Court Racial And Ethnic Bias Commission, Florida Supreme Court Racial And Ethnnic Bias Study Commission Jan 1992

Report And Recommendations Of The Florida Supreme Court Racial And Ethnic Bias Commission, Florida Supreme Court Racial And Ethnnic Bias Study Commission

Florida State University Law Review

No abstract provided.


Addendum To The Report And Recommendations Of The Florida Supreme Court Racial And Ethnic Bias Study Commission, Florida Supreme Court Racial And Ethnnic Bias Study Commission Jan 1992

Addendum To The Report And Recommendations Of The Florida Supreme Court Racial And Ethnic Bias Study Commission, Florida Supreme Court Racial And Ethnnic Bias Study Commission

Florida State University Law Review

No abstract provided.


Reflections On Recent Remarks Of "That Unnecessary And Dangerous Officer", Roger J. Miner '56 Jan 1992

Reflections On Recent Remarks Of "That Unnecessary And Dangerous Officer", Roger J. Miner '56

Flag Day & Law Day Ceremonies

No abstract provided.


Civil Rights Act Of 1991, William L. Taylor Jan 1992

Civil Rights Act Of 1991, William L. Taylor

Touro Law Review

No abstract provided.