Fall 1995

Articles

Critical Legal Doubts About Language 

Louis E. Wolcher 

Legitimacy, Consequentialism, and Conflict of Laws: Lea Brilmayer’s Rights-Based Theory

Jeffrey Brand-Ballard

Comments

Lien Times in Massachusetts: Tenancy by the Entirety After Corraccio v. Lowell Five Cents Saving Bank

Janet D. Ritsko

Who Will Produce Corporate Documents? Case Comment of the In re John Doe Grand Jury Investigation

Neville S. Hedley

Sex Offender Registration and Community Notification: Protection, Not Punishment

Ryan A. Boland

Protecting the Rights of Linguistic Minorities: Challenges to Court Interpretation

Charles M. Grabau & Llewellyn Joseph Gibbons 

Update and Overview of Massachusetts Case Law Considering the Scope and Meaning of the Abuse Prevention Statute and Related Issues for Prosecutors

Nancy L. Hathaway & John P. Zanini

The Honorable Drew S. Days, III, Solicitor General of the United States

Key Tronic Corporation v. United States: A New Standard Narrows the Scope of the American Rule as Applied to CERCLA Private Contribution Recovery Actions

John R. Casciano

Harris v. Forklift Systems, Inc.: The Supreme Court Moves One Step Closer to Establishing a Workable Definition for Hostile Work Environment Sexual Harassment Claims

Kerry A. Colson

Central Bank of Denver v. First Interstate Bank of Denver: The Supreme Court Chops a Bough From the Judicial Oak: There is no Implied Private Remedy to Sue for Aiding and Abetting Under Section 10(b) and SEC Rule 10b-5

Scott M. Murray

Webster v. Motorola: Employees Reclaiming the Right to Privacy: Random Drug Testing for Safety-Sensitive Employees Only

Michelle Lynn O’Brien

Whose Family Is it Anyway? The Continuing Struggle for Lesbians and Gay Men Seeking to Adopt Children

William E. Adams, Jr. 

Parades and Prejudice: The Incredible True Story of Boston’s St. Patrick’s Day Parade and the United States Supreme Court

Gretchen Van Ness 

Parading the First Amendment Through the Streets of South Boston

Dwight G. Duncan 

Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. v. FCC: The Supreme Court Positions Cable Television on the First Amendment Spectrum 

James A. Bello

Should the Jury Be Instructed as to the Consequences of a Successful Not Guilty by Reason of Insanity Verdict? A Comment on Shannon v. United States

Nicole M. Miles

Waters v. Churchill: Personal Grievance or Protected Speech, Only a Reasonable Investigation Can Tell – The Termination of At-Will Government Employees

Keith L. Sachs

State v. Pierce: State Constitutional Protection Against the Belton Search Incident to Arrest Rule  

Jon F. Sheehan

Undermining the Protection of Health Insurance: The Preexisting Condition Clause

Jennifer M. Franco

The Confidence Game: Public Perceptions of the Judiciary

Hon. Bruce M. Selya

Reflections on Solomon and Other Forms of Progress

Hon. John M. Greaney

Beyond Confrontation: A Holistic Approach to the Practice of Law

Hon. Mel L. Greenberg

Some Thoughts on Appellate Advocacy

Hon. J. Harold Flannery

Davis v. United States: The Ambiguous Request for Counsel

Susan L. Ross

Cook v. Rhode Island, Department of Mental Health, Retardation & Hospitals: The First Circuit Tips the Scales of Justice to Protect the Overweight

Peter J. Perroni

Patents Claiming Genetically Engineered Inventions: A Few Thoughts on Obtaining Broad Property Rights

Stephen G. Whiteside, Ph. D.

Article 2: Revocation of Acceptance – Should a Seller Be Granted a Setoff for the Buyer’s Use of the Goods?

Carolyn F. Lazaris

Out of the Ashes of the Cross: The Legacy of R.A.V. v. City of St. Paul

Jonathan M. Holdowsky