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Federal Procedure - Trial Practice - Not Reversible Error For Trial Judge To Summon Jury Sua Sponte After Waiver, Thomas A. Dieterich

Michigan Law Review

Plaintiff instituted this action for breach of contract and defendant counterclaimed. Neither party demanded a jury trial during the period in which it was claimable as of right. Subsequently defendant moved for a jury trial. The motion was denied and was never renewed. Seven months later, on the eve of the trial, the court issued an order sua sponte for a jury trial. Plaintiff's objection was overruled. The jury awarded damages to plaintiff in the same amount as the conceded counterclaim. On appeal, held, affirmed, one judge dissenting. Although the trial judge's action in calling a jury on his …

Federal Right Jurisdiction And The Declaratory Remedy, Herman L. Trautman

Vanderbilt Law Review

Why should we have federal district courts? What should be their primary function? These questions are fundamental to the formulation of a rational basis for the distribution of judicial power between state courts and the trial courts of the federal government.

Our American federal system seeks as a constant objective an appropriate division of governmental power between a national unit, which deals with problems requiring uniform treatment, and state units, which have responsibility for problems depending more upon local conditions. Applying the principle to the federal district courts, it seems clear that their primary function should be to adjudicate federal …

Vinson In Congress, William W. Oliver

Articles by Maurer Faculty

No abstract provided.

Book Reviews, Ralph F. Fuchs, Will A. Wilkerson, Walter C. Lindley, Robert S. Lancaster, Vincent V. Thursby

Vanderbilt Law Review

Administrative Procedure Legislation in the State

By Ferrell Heady

Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 1952. Pp. 137. $1.00.

reviewer: Ralph F. Fuchs

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Bar Examinations and Requirements for Admission to the Bar Prepared by Committee on Bar Examinations and Requirements for Admission to the Bar for the Survey of the Legal Profession

Colorado Springs: Shepard's Citations. 1952. Pp. xvii, 498. $5.00.

reviewer: Will Allen Wilkerson

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Trial Judge

By Bernard Botein

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1952.Pp. 337 $5.00.

reviewer: Walter C. Lindley

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The Spirit of Liberty: Papers and Addresses of Learned Hand Collected and with Introduction and …

Judicial Standards For The Protection Of Basic Freedoms, Jacob D. Hyman

Buffalo Law Review

No abstract provided.

Discipline Of Judges, Frederic M. Miller

Michigan Law Review

In most of the states, judges of the appellate courts and of the trial courts of general jurisdiction are subject to discipline or removal from office by impeachment at the hands of the legislature, pursuant to constitutional provisions analogous to those applicable to the Federal Judiciary. Such proceedings are seldom instituted. The survey indicates that, during the 20 year period from 1928 to 1948, only three impeachment proceedings were prosecuted and in all three the defense prevailed.

Jurors On Trial, Joseph Brodley, Harold M. Hoffman

Articles by Maurer Faculty

No abstract provided.

Charles Evans Hughes And The Supreme Court, By Samuel Hendel, Richard E. Wolfson

Indiana Law Journal

No abstract provided.

Nims: Pre-Trial, John W. Reed

Michigan Law Review

A Review of PRE-TRIAL. By Harry D. Nims.

Nims: Pre-Trial, John W. Reed

Michigan Law Review

A Review of PRE-TRIAL. By Harry D. Nims.

In Memory Of Mr. Justice Wiley B. Rutledge, Ralph F. Fuchs

Articles by Maurer Faculty

No abstract provided.

The Commerce Power: An Instrument Of Federalism, Albert S. Abel

Indiana Law Journal

No abstract provided.

Other Writings

Indiana Law Journal

Addresses and Other Writings, 1927-1949, by Wiley B. Rutledge.

Mr. Justice Rutledge - Law Clerks' Reflections, Victor Brudney, Richard F. Wolfson

Indiana Law Journal

No abstract provided.

Mr. Justice Rutledge And Full Faith And Credit, Fowler Harper

Indiana Law Journal

No abstract provided.

Rutledge And Civil Liberties, W. Howard Mann

Indiana Law Journal

No abstract provided.

Court Of Appeals Opinions

Indiana Law Journal

Opinions Delivered as Associate Justice of the Appellate Court of the District of Columbia, May, 1939, to February, 1943.

Supreme Court Opinions

Indiana Law Journal

Opinions Delivered as Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, April, 1943 to July, 1949.

Teacher Of Men, W. Willard Wirtz

Indiana Law Journal

No abstract provided.

Mr. Justice Rutledge, Hugo L. Black

Indiana Law Journal

No abstract provided.

Mr. Justice Rutledge - The Man, Irving Brant

Indiana Law Journal

No abstract provided.

The Constitutional World Of Mr. Justice Frankfurter, By Samuel J. Konefsky, John Frank

Indiana Law Journal

No abstract provided.

On Understanding The Supreme Court, By Paul A. Freund, W. Howard Mann

Indiana Law Journal

No abstract provided.

Chief Justice John Marshall And The Growth Of The Republic, By David Loth, William B. Hesseltine

Indiana Law Journal

No abstract provided.

Vanderbilt: Men And Measures In The Law, Michigan Law Review

Michigan Law Review

A Review of MEN AND MEASURES IN THE LAW. By Arthur T. Vanderbilt.

Courts-Necessity Of Existence Of De Jure Office As Condition For Recognition Of De Facto Judge

Washington and Lee Law Review

No abstract provided.

Mr. Justice Black: The Man And His Opinions, By John P. Frank, Sherman Minton

Indiana Law Journal

No abstract provided.

The United States Supreme Court: 1948-49, John P. Frank

Articles by Maurer Faculty

No abstract provided.

Mr. Chief Justice Stone, Herbert Wechsler

Indiana Law Journal

Remarks at the meeting of the Bar of the Supreme Court of the United States in memory of Chief Justice Stone, November 12, 1947

The Roosevelt Court: A Study In Judicial Politics And Values, 1937-1947, By C. Herman Pritchett, Walter P. Armstrong

Indiana Law Journal

No abstract provided.