INTRODUCTION|Over the past decade, a majority of the Supreme Court of the United States has engaged in what some believe to be"the slow strangulation" of the exclusionary rule. Within the last two terms alone, the Court ...

INTRODUCTION|Since 1980, when Congress mandated periodic review of all beneficiaries receiving benefits under the Social Security Disability Insurance (DI) and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) programs, disability ...

INTRODUCTION|In 1973, the Creighton Law Review published an article entitled "What the Legal Community Needs to Know About the Small Claims Court." That article analyzed the development of the Nebraska Small Claims Court ...

INTRODUCTION|Feres v. United States established the doctrine barring a military servicemember's claim against a superior officer for injuries which occur because of activities which are "incident to service." The application ...

INTRODUCTION|On July 5, 1984, the Supreme Court announced its opinion in Segura v. United States. This decision affects two major criminal procedure doctrines-the exclusionary rule and the fourth amendment warrant requirement. ...

INTRODUCTION|Until the end of the nineteenth century, the United States followed the employment practices of the English common law. Under the English rules, a hiring for an indefinite period of time was presumed to be for ...

INTRODUCTION|Federal Rule of Evidence 407 precludes the admission of evidence of subsequent remedial measures if offered to prove negligence or culpable conduct. The Rule allows admission of such evidence for other ...

INTRODUCTION|In 1983, United States v. William Anderson Co. was noted in this journal as a landmark case in the area of corporate sentencing. The imposition of novel probation conditions on corporate defendants was viewed ...

INTRODUCTION|In Selective Service System v. Minnesota Public Interest Research Group, the United States Supreme Court determined that the federal government may deny financial assistance to male college students who have ...

INTRODUCTION|In recent years, a judicial recognition of a prisoner's right to be free from sexual attacks by fellow inmates has become firmly established in the federal courts of appeals. It is now generally accepted that ...