The Michael Morton Act: Minimizing Prosecutorial Misconduct.,
2015
St. Mary's University
The Michael Morton Act: Minimizing Prosecutorial Misconduct., Cynthia E. Hujar Orr, Robert G. Rodery
St. Mary's Law Journal
Twenty-five years ago, Texas prosecutors significantly limited the pre-trial discovery it disclosed to criminal defendants. As a result of this policy, innocent individuals accused of murder, like Michael Morton, were denied their right to due process. Michael Morton was incarcerated for twenty-five years following a wrongful murder conviction. He was denied access to crucial evidence, which included a bandana with the victim’s blood and the killer’s hair, and eyewitness accounts describing the killer at or near the time of the murder. The prosecutor purposely withheld this evidence from Michael Morton; but thanks to the efforts of the Innocence Project, he …
Potential Tort Liability For Personal Use Of Drone Aircraft.,
2015
St. Mary's University
Potential Tort Liability For Personal Use Of Drone Aircraft., Benjamin D. Mathews
St. Mary's Law Journal
In the United States, the use of personal drones has become more prevalent. Businesses now use drones to deliver products to consumers. Consumers now use drones to video and photograph special events. As a result, new laws are needed concerning personal usage of drones. The number of drone sales is predicted to double by 2024. This is reflected by companies such as Parrot, a vendor of private drones, who in the first quarter of 2014 sold 670,000 drones. Citizens whose personal liberties have been infringed upon by another individual’s use of personal drones, often resort to common law torts because …
Hamrick V. Ward: Clarifying Implied Easement Law.,
2015
St. Mary's University
Hamrick V. Ward: Clarifying Implied Easement Law., Courtney R. Potter
St. Mary's Law Journal
Abstract Forthcoming.
Compensation Forfeiture: Stacking Remedies Against Disloyal Agents And Employees.,
2015
St. Mary's University
Compensation Forfeiture: Stacking Remedies Against Disloyal Agents And Employees., George P. Roach
St. Mary's Law Journal
Abstract Forthcoming.
The Fifth Circuit In Texas V. United States Chose And Advocated The Term “Illegal Alien”,
2015
Florida A&M University College of Law
The Fifth Circuit In Texas V. United States Chose And Advocated The Term “Illegal Alien”, Maritza I. Reyes
Journal Publications
No abstract provided.
Rethinking Immigration’S Mandatory Detention Regime: Politics, Profit, And The Meaning Of “Custody”,
2015
Harvard Law School
Rethinking Immigration’S Mandatory Detention Regime: Politics, Profit, And The Meaning Of “Custody”, Philip L. Torrey
University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform
Immigration detention in the United States is a crisis that needs immediate attention. U.S. immigration detention facilities hold a staggering number of persons. Widely believed to have the largest immigration detention population in the world, the United States detained approximately 478,000 foreign nationals in Fiscal Year 2012. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), the agency responsible for immigration enforcement, boasts that the figure is “an all-time high.” In some ways, these numbers are unsurprising, considering that the United States incarcerates approximately one in every one hundred adults within its borders—a rate five to ten times higher than any other Westernized …
Racial Profiling In The War On Drugs Meets The Immigration Removal Process: The Case Of Moncrieffe V. Holder,
2015
University of California at Davis School of Law
Racial Profiling In The War On Drugs Meets The Immigration Removal Process: The Case Of Moncrieffe V. Holder, Kevin R. Johnson
University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform
In Moncrieffe v. Holder, the Supreme Court held that the Board of Immigration Appeals could not remove a long-term lawful permanent resident from the United States based on a single misdemeanor conviction for possession of a small amount of marijuana. The decision clarified the meaning of an “aggravated felony” for purposes of removal, an important question under the U.S. immigration laws. In the removal proceedings, Adrian Moncrieffe, a black immigrant from Jamaica, did not challenge his arrest and drug conviction. Consequently, the Supreme Court did not review the facts surrounding, or the lawfulness of, the criminal prosecution. Nonetheless, the traffic …
Rivera V. Nibco:A Tentative Limitation Of The Supreme Court's Decision Inhoffman Plastic Compounds, Inc. V. Nlrb,
2015
University of Richmond
Rivera V. Nibco:A Tentative Limitation Of The Supreme Court's Decision Inhoffman Plastic Compounds, Inc. V. Nlrb, Rebecca L. Ennis
Richmond Journal of Law and the Public Interest
In 2002, the United States Supreme Court handed down its decision in Hoffman Plastic Compounds, Inc. v. NLRB. This landmark decision seemingly eliminated any chance illegal immigrant employees had to obtain awards of backpay after being discharged in violation of the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA). More importantly, however, the decision sent a message to the country that illegal entry into the United States was a violation that was to be taken more seriously by the courts than grossly unfair employment practices. The Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit recently handed down a decision in Rivera v. NIBCO, Inc. …
Chae Chan Ping At 125: An Introduction,
2015
University of Oklahoma College of Law
Chae Chan Ping At 125: An Introduction, Kit Johnson
Faculty Articles
In 2014, the University of Oklahoma College of Law held a symposium to mark the 125th anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court opinion in Chae Chan Ping v. United States, 130 U.S. 581 (1889), also known as the Chinese Exclusion Case. Chae Chan Ping was a Chinese migrant who had lived in the United States for 12 years before he left the country, which he did only after obtaining legal permission to return. While Chae Chan Ping was at sea on his way back to the United States, Congress passed a law revoking reentry certificates for Chinese migrants, and Chae …
The Promise And Peril Of The Anti-Commandeering Rule In The Homeland Security Era: Immigrant Sanctuary As An Illustrative Case,
2015
Washington University in St. Louis School of Law
The Promise And Peril Of The Anti-Commandeering Rule In The Homeland Security Era: Immigrant Sanctuary As An Illustrative Case, Trevor George Gardner
Scholarship@WashULaw
Despite the broad powers wielded by the federal government in security administration, the Supreme Court’s holding in Printz v. United States serves as a substantial check against federal overreach. Hand wringing by legal scholars over the Court’s reasoning in Printz and the rigid rules against commandeering attached to this reasoning have obscured the fact that the case now stands as a bulwark against the expansion of federal authority over state, county, and local police. Given the holding in Printz, ICE cannot require the active participation of subnational police in immigration enforcement and must instead—despite its previous assertions to the contrary—solicit …
Particularized Social Groups And Categorical Imperatives In Refugee Law: State Failures To Recognize Gender And The Legal Reception Of Gender Persecution Claims In Canada, The United Kingdom, And The United States,
2015
The University of Western Ontario
Particularized Social Groups And Categorical Imperatives In Refugee Law: State Failures To Recognize Gender And The Legal Reception Of Gender Persecution Claims In Canada, The United Kingdom, And The United States, Melanie Randall
American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law
No abstract provided.
Persecution: How Much Is Enough?,
2015
University of Kentucky
Persecution: How Much Is Enough?, Hillary R. Chambers
Kentucky Law Journal
No abstract provided.
Convergence: A Meeting Responds To Cries Of Desperation,
2015
St. Mary's University School of Law
Convergence: A Meeting Responds To Cries Of Desperation, David Bristol, Lee J. Teran, Gretchen Haynes
Faculty Articles
No abstract provided.
Return Of The Jrad,
2015
University of Georgia School of Law
Return Of The Jrad, Jason A. Cade
Scholarly Works
Ignacio Diaz Aguilar’s felony conviction for document forgery made him a priority for deportation and disqualified him from the possibility of discretionary relief from removal, despite apparently significant equities and mitigating factors. And yet, when Federal District Court Judge Jack B. Weinstein sentenced Mr. Aguilar, he recommended that the government not deport him, even though no legal rules provided him with a route to that result. This essay places Judge Weinstein’s recommendation in a broader context, explaining its importance within the modern deportation regime. Statutory reforms and new agency practices have made criminal history the primary marker of noncitizen undesirability. …
Agreements To Alter The Limitation Period Imposed By U.C.C. Section 2-725: Some Overlooked Complications.,
2015
St. Mary's University
Agreements To Alter The Limitation Period Imposed By U.C.C. Section 2-725: Some Overlooked Complications., Gregory Crespi
St. Mary's Law Journal
Abstract Forthcoming.
Cueing Democracy: Replacing The Texas Election Code's Title Prohibition.,
2015
St. Mary's University
Cueing Democracy: Replacing The Texas Election Code's Title Prohibition., Christopher M. Childree
St. Mary's Law Journal
Abstract Forthcoming.
Resolving Drug Manufacturer Liability For Generic Drug Warning Label Defects.,
2015
St. Mary's University
Resolving Drug Manufacturer Liability For Generic Drug Warning Label Defects., Frank Scaglione
St. Mary's Law Journal
Although generic drugs are beneficial to consumers because they are offered as a more cost effective alternative to brand-name prescriptions, brand-name manufacturers are vulnerable to potential lawsuits because of generic drugs. Under the Drug Price Competition and Patent Term Restoration Act of 1984 (Hatch-Waxman Act), generic manufacturers are able to quickly enter the market following the termination of a brand-name drug’s patent. As a result of the Hatch-Waxman Act, 75% of all drugs on the market are generic. The Hatch-Waxman Act, however, also requires generic drug manufacturers to duplicate the brand-name drug’s warning label. As an unintended consequence, injuries have …
Texas Inventory Tax: Appraisal Districts' Misunderstanding Of The Law Causing Texas Retailers To Pay The Price.,
2015
St. Mary's University
Texas Inventory Tax: Appraisal Districts' Misunderstanding Of The Law Causing Texas Retailers To Pay The Price., Timothy Johnson
St. Mary's Law Journal
Abstract Forthcoming.
Employee Recourses To Manager-Revealed Private Health Information.,
2015
St. Mary's University
Employee Recourses To Manager-Revealed Private Health Information., Molly Thomson
St. Mary's Law Journal
Abstract Forthcoming.
Substantive Due Process For Noncitizens: Lessons From Obergefell,
2015
University at Buffalo School of Law
Substantive Due Process For Noncitizens: Lessons From Obergefell, Anthony O'Rourke
Journal Articles
The state of Texas denies birth certificates to children born in the United States — and thus citizens under the Fourteenth Amendment — if their parents are undocumented immigrants with identification provided by their home countries’ consulates. What does this have to do with same-sex marriage? In a previous article, I demonstrated that the Court’s due process analysis in United States v. Windsor is particularly relevant to the state’s regulation of undocumented immigrants. This short essay builds upon my earlier analysis by examining Obergefell v. Hodge’s applications outside the context of same-sex marriage. Obergefell’s due process holding, I …
