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100 Years of Education for Service and Justice
(Creighton Law Review. vol. 38, pg. [xix], )FIRST PARAGRAPH(S)|This issue of the Creighton Law Review arrives at a signal moment in the history of the Law School.| In October of 2004, the Creighton Law School concluded its first 100 years of educating lawyers for ... -
1993 Amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure: Their Anticipated Impact on Employment Litigation, The
(Creighton Law Review. vol. 28, pg. 997, )INTRODUCTION| On December , 1993, the rules of the "litigation game" changed significantly in our federal court system. On that date, a number of amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure became effective in those ... -
1L is the New Bar Prep
(Creighton Law Review. vol. 51, no. 1, pg. 37-74, 2017)FIRST PARAGRAPH(S)|Law school graduates, in growing numbers, are failing the bar exam. This reality is all the more staggering when we consider that these graduates have been preparing for the bar exam since their first ... -
2003 California Gubernatorial Recall, The
(Creighton Law Review. vol. 41, pg. 37, )FIRST PARAGRAPH(S)|California is one of eighteen American states that authorize the recall of statewide officers, and one of the approximately thirty-six states that authorize the recall of local elected officials. Although ... -
2006: A Consumer Bankruptcy Odyssey
(Creighton Law Review. vol. 39, pg. 225, )INTRODUCTION|Congress has concluded that the voyage of consumer bankruptcy in the United States is off course and that some of its crew - consumer bankruptcy attorneys and bankruptcy judges - no longer can be completely trusted ... -
2040 Initiative and the Werner Institute - Symposium - 50 Years of Loving: Seeking Justice Through Love and Relationships
(Creighton Law Review. vol. 50, no. 3, pg. 617-749, 2017)FIRST PARAGRAPH(S)|On March 23 and 24, 2017, the 2040 Initiative and the Werner Institute, both housed in the Creighton School of Law, hosted the symposium "50 Years of Loving: Seeking Justice Through Love and Relationships.” ... -
25th Anniversary of the Creighton Law Review
(Creighton Law Review. vol. 25, pg. 17, )FIRST PARAGRAPH(S)|The publication of Volume 25 of the Creighton Law Review represents an important achievement of the Creighton University School of Law. In honor of the 25th Anniversary, the 1991-92 Board of Editors ... -
50 Years of Loving: A Reflection On Seeking Justice Through Love and Relationships
(Creighton Law Review. vol. 50, no. 3, pg. 685-692, 2017)FIRST PARAGRAPH(S)|If an openly gay man or woman was asked twenty-five years ago (1992) if the country would sanction same-sex marriage, the response would likely have been one of utter incredulity. At that time, the AIDS ... -
50 Years of Loving: Essay
(Creighton Law Review. vol. 50, no. 3, pg. 669-671, 2017)FIRST PARAGRAPH(S)|Our input into how society is structured and functions is often discarded, because the colonized are not supposed to analyze the slave master’s authority or blessings. In 1967, I was thirteen years old ... -
50 Years Of Loving: What's Wrong With Being Colorblind?
(Creighton Law Review. vol. 50, no. 3, pg. 673-679, 2017)FIRST PARAGRAPH(S)|When I was a little girl, as far as I was concerned everybody looked like me. Jesus was white, so was Santa and every single one of my classmates. My mom was white, so was my dad, so was my whole family ... -
Abandon Ship - The Need to Maintain a Consistency between Causation in Admiralty and Common Law Tort: Lone Star Industries, Inc. v. Mays Towing Co.
(Creighton Law Review. vol. 25, pg. 1007, )FIRST PARAGRAPH(S)| General admiralty or maritime law recognizes negligence as an actionable wrong.' The elements necessary to establish negligence in admiralty cases are essentially similar to the elements necessary to ... -
Abortion Regulation in Light of the Bill of Attainder Clause: Mazurek v. Armstrong
(Creighton Law Review. vol. 31, pg. 869, )INTRODUCTION| In Roe v. Wade, the United States Supreme Court declared that a woman's right to decide whether or not to terminate her pregnancy was fundamental under the "right of privacy" derived from the Ninth and ... -
About Present Cash Value
(Creighton Law Review. vol. 18, pg. 305, )The major goal behind awarding damages in a personal injury action is to compensate a plaintiff for his or her actual loss. With that goal in mind, consider the problems presented by an award for damages to be suffered in ... -
About Presumptions in Civil Actions
(Creighton Law Review. vol. 17, pg. 307, )INTRODUCTION| The Nebraska legislature has said that in civil cases presumptions shift the burden of persuasion. The Nebraska Supreme Court regularly says that certain presumptions disappear from the case once contrary ... -
Absolute Priority Rule and the Family Farmer - Setting a Farm Debtor's Priorities Straight: Norwest Bank Worthington v. Ahlers, The
(Creighton Law Review. vol. 22, pg. 139, )INTRODUCTION| In Norwest Bank Worthsngton v. Ahlers, the United States Supreme Court sounded a warning to the nation's financially ailing family farmers. In overruling the decision of the United States Court of Appeals for ... -
Abuse of State Power Guaranteed by the Twenty-First Amendment - Preventing the Diversion of Out-of-State Liquor Destined for Federal Enclave: United States v. North Dakota
(Creighton Law Review. vol. 22, pg. 1167, )INTRODUCTION| The twenty-first amendment" explicitly authorizes state regulation of liquor and embodies the only constitutional grant of power to the states. North Dakota's attempt to enforce legislation enacted under the ... -
Access to President Clinton's Videotaped Testimony Denied: The Eighth Circuit Addresses the Common Law and Constitutional Rights of Access to Judicial Records in United States v. McDougal
(Creighton Law Review. vol. 31, pg. 571, )INTRODUCTION| The United States Supreme Court has long held that "what transpires in the courtroom is public property." There is a common law right to inspect and copy judicial records that supports that proposition. The ... -
Accountant's Liability - Contributory Negligence in Accountant Malpractice Actions after Lincoln Grain, Inc. v. Coopers (and) Lybrand
(Creighton Law Review. vol. 18, pg. 429, )INTRODUCTION|An accountant may be held liable for malpractice either in contract for the breach of his contractual duties or in tort for the breach of his general duty to exercise due care. Since an accountant may be liable ... -
Accounting for Bad News: Securities Fraud Litigation and the Equal Application of Market Efficiency
(Creighton Law Review. vol. 43, pg. 471, )FIRST PARAGRAPH(S)| The Fraud-on-the-Market theory holds that high volume markets, such as the New York Stock Exchange, effectively incorporate all available information of present and expected value into a security's ... -
Acknowledgment
(Creighton Law Review. vol. 25, pg. [xxi], )FIRST PARAGRAPH | A special acknowledgment is due to the support staff at my law firm in Yutan, Nebraska. Without the help of three invaluable assistants, Shara Hartung, Cindy Eggers, and Cassy Williamsen, this issue would ...