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Order Of Presentation As A Factor In Jury Persuasion, Robert G. Lawson Jan 1968

Order Of Presentation As A Factor In Jury Persuasion, Robert G. Lawson

Law Faculty Scholarly Articles

The “law of primacy in persuasion” has been formulated as follows: The side of a controversial issue having the advantage of first position in the order of presentation is more effective in changing opinion than the side presented last, all other factors being equal. Recent experimentation has revealed that “primacy” is not “an indubitable factor in persuasion,” but occurs only under certain conditions. In this article, an effort has been made to evaluate the experimentation conducted in this area of communications research, and to determine if the conditions of the courtroom are such that order of presentation could be expected …


Insurance Questions In Voir Dire, Kenneth S. Kabb Jan 1968

Insurance Questions In Voir Dire, Kenneth S. Kabb

Cleveland State Law Review

The scope of this article includes the voir dire examination in the federal courts, primarily in civil cases. The questions to be considered are: (1) how is the voir dire examination to be conducted; (2) what are the limitations imposed on the trial judge, counsel, and the parties with respect to the manner and conduct of the questioning; (3) what is the allowable scope of questions that may be asked prospective jurors; and (4) what will constitute reversible error, and who has the burden of proof.


The Law Of Presumptions: A Look At Confusion, Kentucky Style, Robert G. Lawson Jan 1968

The Law Of Presumptions: A Look At Confusion, Kentucky Style, Robert G. Lawson

Law Faculty Scholarly Articles

Over the years the term “presumption” has been used by virtually all courts to “designate what are more accurately termed inferences or substantive rules of law.” It has also been used as a “loose synonym for presumption of fact, presumption of law, rebuttable presumption, and irrebuttable presumption.” To this list the Kentucky Court of Appeals had added mandatory presumption, presumptive evidence, and prima facie case. Perhaps of more significance than the indiscriminate use of terminology is the extent to which courts have used “presumptions” to describe judicial reasoning of various kinds and to perform chores more appropriate to unrelated procedural …


Jurisdiction--Libel--First Amendment's Role In Determining Place Of Trial In Libel Actions, Michigan Law Review Jan 1968

Jurisdiction--Libel--First Amendment's Role In Determining Place Of Trial In Libel Actions, Michigan Law Review

Michigan Law Review

The seeming unfairness of basing jurisdiction solely on such ordinarily inconsequential acts as mailing a newspaper into another state has troubled some courts. Traditionally, the validity of such a jurisdictional basis would be judged against the fourteenth amendment standard of "fair play." In several recent cases, however, courts have brought to bear constitutional standards of free speech as well as of fairness in dealing with the problem of jurisdiction over the out-of- state defendant in a libel action. The Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, in deciding New York Times Co. v. Connor, ruled that "First Amendment considerations …


Pleading & Practice (1959-1967), Dudley Warner Woodbridge Jan 1968

Pleading & Practice (1959-1967), Dudley Warner Woodbridge

Virginia Bar Notes

No abstract provided.


Causation In Common Sense: A Reply To Messrs. Hart And Honore, Paul F. Rothstein Jan 1968

Causation In Common Sense: A Reply To Messrs. Hart And Honore, Paul F. Rothstein

Georgetown Law Faculty Publications and Other Works

No abstract provided.


Weather Modification: Law And Administration, James N. Corbridge Jr., Raphael J. Moses Jan 1968

Weather Modification: Law And Administration, James N. Corbridge Jr., Raphael J. Moses

Publications

No abstract provided.


Wood: A Handbook Of Dental Malpractice, Marcus L. Plant Dec 1967

Wood: A Handbook Of Dental Malpractice, Marcus L. Plant

Michigan Law Review

A Review of A Handbook of Dental Malpractice by L. Brent Wood


Severance -- A Means Of Minimizing The Role Of Burden And Expense In Determining The Outcome Of Litigation, Warren F. Schwartz Nov 1967

Severance -- A Means Of Minimizing The Role Of Burden And Expense In Determining The Outcome Of Litigation, Warren F. Schwartz

Vanderbilt Law Review

This article is divided into two main parts. First, it is assumed that the controlling question is how severance affects the likely outcome of litigation by altering the normal incidence of expense and burden. Then the article examines the question of whether there are overriding considerations (particularly the need for "tempering" by reference to the entire controversy) which require that severance be withheld even if dictated by considerations of economy.


The Petit Jury In Virginia Sep 1967

The Petit Jury In Virginia

Washington and Lee Law Review

No abstract provided.


The Boston Strangler, By Gerold Frank Sep 1967

The Boston Strangler, By Gerold Frank

Washington and Lee Law Review

No abstract provided.


Antitrust-Limitation Of Actions-Clayton Act Statute Of Limitations Tolled On Treble Damage Suits Against Non-Government Defendant Co-Conspirators-- Michigan V. Morton Salt Co., Michigan Law Review Jun 1967

Antitrust-Limitation Of Actions-Clayton Act Statute Of Limitations Tolled On Treble Damage Suits Against Non-Government Defendant Co-Conspirators-- Michigan V. Morton Salt Co., Michigan Law Review

Michigan Law Review

Plaintiffs, several states and smaller governmental units, filed related antitrust treble damage claims against ten rock salt companies that had allegedly conspired to fix prices. These private actions were instituted subsequent to civil and criminal antitrust proceedings brought by the federal government in which four of the ten companies had been named as defendants and five designated as co-conspirators but not prosecuted. Section 5(b) of the Clayton Act provides that when such actions are brought by the government, "the running of the statute of limitations in respect of every private right of action arising under said laws and based in …


A Divided Country In Foreign Courts-Recent Litigation Involving Germany's Legal Status And The Zeiss Stiftung, Herbert L. Bernstein Mar 1967

A Divided Country In Foreign Courts-Recent Litigation Involving Germany's Legal Status And The Zeiss Stiftung, Herbert L. Bernstein

Michigan Law Review

The partition of countries in the wake of the second World War accounts for two Asian battlefields: Korea and Viet Nam. In Europe, where a dividing line was drawn through Germany, military hostilities have been avoided thus far. Instead, the controversies originating from that line are fought out at the conference table, through public and private media of communication, and in the courthouses.


The American Jury, By Harry Kalven, Jr. And Hans Zeisel Mar 1967

The American Jury, By Harry Kalven, Jr. And Hans Zeisel

Washington and Lee Law Review

No abstract provided.


Trademarks-Successful Plaintiffs In Trademark Infringement Actions Under The Lanham Act May Not Recover Attorney's Fees-Maier Brewing Co. V. Fleischmann Distilling Corp., Michigan Law Review Jan 1967

Trademarks-Successful Plaintiffs In Trademark Infringement Actions Under The Lanham Act May Not Recover Attorney's Fees-Maier Brewing Co. V. Fleischmann Distilling Corp., Michigan Law Review

Michigan Law Review

In an action for trademark infringement under the Lanham Act and for unfair competition, the District Court enjoined the defendant company from further use of the trademark and awarded the plaintiff $60,000 in attorney's fees. On appeal, held, reversed in part. The issuance of the injunction was upheld but the court declared that attorney's fees are not recoverable in trademark infringement cases prosecuted under the Lanham Act since Congress had not expressly provided for such awards.


Jury Selection—Key-Man System Eliminated, Anon Oct 1966

Jury Selection—Key-Man System Eliminated, Anon

Washington Law Review

Defendant was indicted by a federal grand jury for perjury. The jury commissioner solicited names of prospective jurors from various "key-men," community leaders who had been instructed in the qualifications which the jury commissioner felt prospective jurors should have. On appeal the Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit dismissed the indictment. Held: Key-man jury selection violates the standards for jury selection prescribed by the Civil Rights Act of 1957. Rabinowitz v. United States, 366 F.2d 34 (5th Cir. 1966).


Toward Uniform Guardianship Legislation, William F. Fratcher Apr 1966

Toward Uniform Guardianship Legislation, William F. Fratcher

Michigan Law Review

The Model Probate Code, part IV of which covers guardianship of the persons and property of infants and mental incompetents, was published in 1946 under the auspices of the University of Michigan Law School. It was prepared for the Probate Law Division of the Section of Real Property, Probate, and Trust Law of the American Bar Association by its Model Probate Code Committee in cooperation with the research staff of the Law School. No state has adopted the Model Probate Code in its entirety, but parts of it have been enacted in Arkansas, California, Colorado, Delaware, Hawaii, Illinois, Indiana, Missouri, …


Jury Trial Of Crimes, Lewis F. Powell, Jr. Mar 1966

Jury Trial Of Crimes, Lewis F. Powell, Jr.

Washington and Lee Law Review

No abstract provided.


Book Review, Alfred W. Gans Jan 1966

Book Review, Alfred W. Gans

Cleveland State Law Review

Reviewing Philip J. Hermann, Better Settlements Through Leverage, Acqueduct Books, 1965


How To Try A Personal Injury Case, James Dooley Jan 1966

How To Try A Personal Injury Case, James Dooley

Cleveland State Law Review

Proper presentation of a case in court is dependent upon proper preparation. Proper presentation means an intimate knowledge of the facts, the parties, possible witnesses, and, o fcourse, the governing legal principles. Indeed, proper preparation means far more than knowledge. It embraces true compre-hension. Before an advocate can present his client's cause or meet his adversary on equal terms, he himself must completely understand the problem. Clear expression of an idea is impossible without a clear understanding of it.


James: Civil Procedure, Jon R. Waltz Jan 1966

James: Civil Procedure, Jon R. Waltz

Michigan Law Review

A Review of Civil Procedure by Fleming James, Jr.


Punitive Damages: Punishment Of An Insured Defendant?, Carroway V. Johnson, Kenneth Lasson Oct 1965

Punitive Damages: Punishment Of An Insured Defendant?, Carroway V. Johnson, Kenneth Lasson

All Faculty Scholarship

The plaintiff sued the defendant for injuries sustained in an automobile collision and was awarded a judgment in the amount of $5,000 actual damages and $1,500 punitive damages. The defendant's insurance company had refused to defend her in that action or to pay the judgment obtained, relying upon an employee exclusion clause in the policy. The plaintiff thereupon sued the defendant on the judgment, this time joining the insurer as a co-defendant, and won a verdict to recover against the insurer the aforesaid amount. The insurance company appealed, questioning its liability for punitive damages.


The Grand Jury In Virginia Sep 1965

The Grand Jury In Virginia

Washington and Lee Law Review

No abstract provided.


Discovery Of Prejudicial Pre-Trial Publicity On Voir Dire Sep 1965

Discovery Of Prejudicial Pre-Trial Publicity On Voir Dire

Washington and Lee Law Review

No abstract provided.


The Effect Of Diversity Jurisdiction On State Litigation Jul 1965

The Effect Of Diversity Jurisdiction On State Litigation

Indiana Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Federal Courts--Application Of Federal Or State Law To Federal Agency Litigation, Larry Lynn Skeen Feb 1965

Federal Courts--Application Of Federal Or State Law To Federal Agency Litigation, Larry Lynn Skeen

West Virginia Law Review

No abstract provided.


Revitalization Of The International Judicial Assistance Procedures Of The United States: Service Of Documents And Takings Of Testimony, Richard F. Gerber Jun 1964

Revitalization Of The International Judicial Assistance Procedures Of The United States: Service Of Documents And Takings Of Testimony, Richard F. Gerber

Michigan Law Review

This comment will examine two aspects of such judicial assistance-service. of documents and taking of testimony-and it will analyze each from the viewpoint of assistance obtained abroad in aid of American litigation as well as assistance rendered within the United States in aid of foreign litigation. It will attempt to survey some of the problems involved in securing performance of these acts, indicate the changes in current practice which are likely to result from the revisions of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and the proposed amendments to the Judicial Code, and, last, suggest some additional measures which might promote …


Civil Procedure- Venue-Effect Of Contract Provision Fixing Venue As To Future Litigation, Robert C. Bonges May 1964

Civil Procedure- Venue-Effect Of Contract Provision Fixing Venue As To Future Litigation, Robert C. Bonges

Michigan Law Review

Defendants, residents of Harris County, Texas, executed in Harris County a conditional sale contract to purchase a food freezer from plaintiff's assignor. One of the contract provisions was that any suit on the contract was to be tried in Travis County, Texas. Plaintiff subsequently brought an action on the contract in Travis County, and defendants, contrary to their agreement, requested the trial court to transfer the action to a court of proper jurisdiction in Harris County, which was the proper county for suit under the applicable venue statute. In response, plaintiff argued that, since the contract created an obligation performable …


Child Custody In A Federal System, Leonard G. Ratner Mar 1964

Child Custody In A Federal System, Leonard G. Ratner

Michigan Law Review

Among the most difficult of judicial functions is the determination of a child's custody after its parents have separated. The difficulties are acute enough when all the parties remain in the same place; when the parties are in different states, an additional perplexing problem arises as to which state should have authority to make the custody decision. This broad question can be resolved into three distinct though interrelated issues: (1) what state may initially determine custody; (2) what state may later modify that determination; (3) to what extent is such a determination binding on other states.


Book Review, William K. Gardner Jan 1964

Book Review, William K. Gardner

Cleveland State Law Review

Reviewing Melvin Block, ed., The Art of Summation, New York State Association of Trial Lawyers, 1963