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Decision-Making In The United States Court Of Appeals, Roger J. Miner '56 Jan 1984

Decision-Making In The United States Court Of Appeals, Roger J. Miner '56

Federal Courts and Federal Practice

No abstract provided.


Slavery And The Federal Courts, Roger J. Miner '56 Jan 1984

Slavery And The Federal Courts, Roger J. Miner '56

Court Conferences and Events

No abstract provided.


The United States District Court For The Northern District Of New York — Its History And Antecedents, Roger J. Miner '56 Jan 1984

The United States District Court For The Northern District Of New York — Its History And Antecedents, Roger J. Miner '56

Court Conferences and Events

No abstract provided.


Memorial Ceremony Of Hon. Henry F. Werker, Roger J. Miner '56 Jan 1984

Memorial Ceremony Of Hon. Henry F. Werker, Roger J. Miner '56

Memorials and Eulogies

No abstract provided.


Controlling The Structural Injunction, Robert F. Nagel Jan 1984

Controlling The Structural Injunction, Robert F. Nagel

Publications

No abstract provided.


Rethinking The Substantive Rules For Custody Disputes In Divorce, David L. Chambers Jan 1984

Rethinking The Substantive Rules For Custody Disputes In Divorce, David L. Chambers

Articles

A few states, mostly in the West and South, still retain a preference in custody disputes for placing young children with their mothers. In most other states, legislatures or courts have replaced the maternal presumption with a rule directing courts to be guided solely by the child's "welfare" or "best interests." A few legislatures have created a new preference for joint custody, directing courts to consider favorably requests by a parent for such arrangements, even over the objection of the other parent. This Article argues that the trend away from the maternal presumption is sensible, but that the current best-interests …


The Continuing Diminished Availability Of Federal Habeas Corpus Review To Challenge State Court Judgments: Lehman V. Lycoming County Children's Servies Agency, Ira P. Robbins, Susan M. Newell Jan 1984

The Continuing Diminished Availability Of Federal Habeas Corpus Review To Challenge State Court Judgments: Lehman V. Lycoming County Children's Servies Agency, Ira P. Robbins, Susan M. Newell

Scholarly Articles in Law Reviews & Journals

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Hearings On Jury Bias Or Misconduct, Ronald J. Bacigal Jan 1984

Hearings On Jury Bias Or Misconduct, Ronald J. Bacigal

Law Faculty Publications

In the recent cases of Smith v. Phillips, and Rushen v. Spain, the United States Supreme Court recognized that judicial review of ex parte contacts with a sitting jury may raise a number of separate but interrelated constitutional rights: (1) the right to an impartial jury; (2) the right to a due process post-trial hearing on jury bias; (3) a possible due process right to a mid-trial hearing on jury bias; (4) the defendant's right to be present at such mid· trial hearings; and (5) the right to be represented at such mid-trial hearings. As Justice Stevens noted in his …


Playing With Numbers: Determining The Majority Of Judges Required To Grant En Banc Sittings In The United States Court Of Appeals, James J. Wheaton Jan 1984

Playing With Numbers: Determining The Majority Of Judges Required To Grant En Banc Sittings In The United States Court Of Appeals, James J. Wheaton

Faculty Publications

This note addresses the effects that these two interests -- majority control of circuit law and judicial integrity -- have on the appropriate definition of majority. Neither legislative history nor Supreme Court constructions of section 46(c) provide an unambiguous rule, and interpretation of the majority requirement remains within the authority of each circuit. The Judicial Conference of the United States, at its meeting in September 1984, recommended that each circuit clearly describe its en banc voting procedures. This note delineates considerations that may assist the circuit courts in their efforts to outline the method by which they should order en …


Improving Jury Deliberations: A Reconsideration Of Lesser Included Offense Instructions, Michael D. Craig Apr 1983

Improving Jury Deliberations: A Reconsideration Of Lesser Included Offense Instructions, Michael D. Craig

University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform

This Note approves of efforts to avoid hung juries by giving lesser included offense instructions but opposes those instructions that restrict juror decisions and coerce minority jurors. Rather, this Note offers a lesser included offense instruction that promotes flexibility and jury compromise without undermining the deliberative process. Part I describes the problem of hung juries and how courts have tried to prevent them with restrictive lesser included offense instructions. Part II analyzes the coercive impact of restrictive lesser included offense instructions and concludes that an instruction conditioning deliberations upon individual juror disagreement better promotes compromises on the merits while reducing …


Habeas Corpus Review Of State Trial Court Failure To Give Lesser Included Offense Instructions, Michael H. Hoffheimer Apr 1983

Habeas Corpus Review Of State Trial Court Failure To Give Lesser Included Offense Instructions, Michael H. Hoffheimer

University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform

This Note advocates that federal courts review state criminal convictions in habeas corpus proceedings when lesser included offense instructions are available under state law but were not given. Part I demonstrates that granting such review conforms to the modern jurisdictional scope of federal collateral review because failure to give the instructions undermines the fact-finding function of juries and is therefore unconstitutional. Part II analyzes the proper standard of review and determines that the federal interest in protecting the reliability of the fact-finding process should prevail over any conflicting state interest in refusing to give lesser included offense instructions. Part II …


The Politics Of Judicial Reform, Michigan Law Review Mar 1983

The Politics Of Judicial Reform, Michigan Law Review

Michigan Law Review

A Review of The Politics of Judicial Reform edited by Philip L. Dubois


American Court Management: Theories And Practices, Michigan Law Review Mar 1983

American Court Management: Theories And Practices, Michigan Law Review

Michigan Law Review

A Review of American Court Management: Theories and Practices by David J. Saari


Judicial Reform: Setting The Prairies Afire, Monroe G. Mckay Mar 1983

Judicial Reform: Setting The Prairies Afire, Monroe G. Mckay

Michigan Law Review

A Review of A Blueprint for Judicial Reform edited by Patrick B. McGuigan and Randall R. Rader


Reassessing The Role Of The Trial Judge In Verdictless Dispositions Of Criminal Cases, H. Richard Uviller Mar 1983

Reassessing The Role Of The Trial Judge In Verdictless Dispositions Of Criminal Cases, H. Richard Uviller

Michigan Law Review

A Review of The Passive Judiciary by Abraham S. Goldstein


Justice O'Connor: A First Term Appraisal, Robert E. Riggs Mar 1983

Justice O'Connor: A First Term Appraisal, Robert E. Riggs

BYU Law Review

No abstract provided.


The Meaning Of Judicial Self-Restraint, Richard A. Posner Jan 1983

The Meaning Of Judicial Self-Restraint, Richard A. Posner

Indiana Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Honoring Judge Tuttle's Vision Of The Law, Alfred C. Aman Jan 1983

Honoring Judge Tuttle's Vision Of The Law, Alfred C. Aman

Articles by Maurer Faculty

No abstract provided.


An Appellate Court Dilemma And A Solution Through Subject Matter Organization, Daniel J. Meador Jan 1983

An Appellate Court Dilemma And A Solution Through Subject Matter Organization, Daniel J. Meador

University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform

The recent litigation explosion presents a two-pronged dilemma for American appellate courts. If, on the one hand, the number of appellate judges is not expanded to keep abreast of growing case loads, there is a risk that courts will rely too heavily on professional staff, thereby watering down the decision-making process. If, on the other hand, the number of judges is proportionately increased with the growth in appellate litigation, the number of three-judge decisional units will also increase, thereby threatening predictability and uniformity in the law of the jurisdiction. This Article undertakes to explain that dilemma and to offer a …


Oral Argument And Expediting Appeals: A Compatible Combination, Joy A. Chapper Jan 1983

Oral Argument And Expediting Appeals: A Compatible Combination, Joy A. Chapper

University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform

The purpose of this Article is to explore these issues in light of Sacramento's experience with the expedited appeal procedure. The data presented here are drawn from an evaluation of the first twelve months of the procedure's operation. This evaluation was based on court records of the more than one hundred cases that followed the expedited procedure to completion, in-person interviews with members of the court and court staff, and telephone interviews with participating attorneys. Part I briefly sets out the new procedure and the context in which this procedure was introduced and integrated. Part II discusses the conclusions that …


Judge Miner To Be Honored (Register Star), Register Star Nov 1982

Judge Miner To Be Honored (Register Star), Register Star

News Articles

No abstract provided.


Supreme Court At Law School Apr 1982

Supreme Court At Law School

Sheldon Plager (1977-1984)

No abstract provided.


Law Clerks And The Judicial Process: Perceptions Of The Qualities And Functions Of Law Clerks In American Courts, Michigan Law Review Mar 1982

Law Clerks And The Judicial Process: Perceptions Of The Qualities And Functions Of Law Clerks In American Courts, Michigan Law Review

Michigan Law Review

A Review of Law Clerks and the Judicial Process: Perceptions of the Qualities and Functions of Law Clerks in American Courts by John B. Oakley and Robert S. Thompson


Judicial Reform And The Pound Conference Of 1976, J. Clifford Wallace Mar 1982

Judicial Reform And The Pound Conference Of 1976, J. Clifford Wallace

Michigan Law Review

A Review of The Pound Conference: Perspectives on Justice in the Future edited by A. Leo Levin and Russell R. Wheeler


American Trial Judges, Michigan Law Review Mar 1982

American Trial Judges, Michigan Law Review

Michigan Law Review

A Review of American Trial Judges by John Paul Ryan, Allan Ashman, Bruce D. Sales, and Sandra Shane-DuBow


Caseload Explosion: The Appellate Response, 16 J. Marshall L. Rev. 1 (1982), Richard Henry Mills Jan 1982

Caseload Explosion: The Appellate Response, 16 J. Marshall L. Rev. 1 (1982), Richard Henry Mills

UIC Law Review

No abstract provided.


Nineteenth Century Interpretations Of The Federal Contract Clause: The Transformation From Vested To Substantive Rights Against The State , James L. Kainen Jan 1982

Nineteenth Century Interpretations Of The Federal Contract Clause: The Transformation From Vested To Substantive Rights Against The State , James L. Kainen

Faculty Scholarship

During the early nineteenth century, the contract clause served as the fundamental source of federally protected rights against the state. Yet the Supreme Court gradually eased many of the restrictions on state power enforced in the contract clause cases while developing the doctrine of substantive due process after the Civil War. By the end of the nineteenth century, the due process clause had usurped the place of the contract clause as the centerpiece in litigation about individual rights. Most analyses of the history of federally protected rights against the state have emphasized the rise of substantive due process to the …


United States Jurisdiction Over Extraterritorial Crime, Christopher L. Blakesley Jan 1982

United States Jurisdiction Over Extraterritorial Crime, Christopher L. Blakesley

Scholarly Works

The term jurisdiction may be defined as the authority to affect legal interests -- to prescribe rules of law (legislative jurisdiction), to adjudicate legal questions (judicial jurisdiction) and to enforce judgments the judiciary made (enforcement jurisdiction). The definition, nature and scope of jurisdiction vary depending on the context in which it is to be applied. United States domestic law, for example, defines and applies notions of jurisdiction pursuant to the United States constitutional provisions relating to the separation of powers. Within the United States, jurisdiction is defined and applied in a variegated fashion depending on whether a legal problem is …


More Judgeships -But Not All At Once, Abner J. Mikva Jan 1982

More Judgeships -But Not All At Once, Abner J. Mikva

Washington and Lee Law Review

No abstract provided.


The Attraction And Selection Of Good District Court Judges, Lawrence E. Walsh Jan 1982

The Attraction And Selection Of Good District Court Judges, Lawrence E. Walsh

Washington and Lee Law Review

No abstract provided.