Contra
Costa Times, Oakland, Calif., Lawyer Takes on World Trade Center
Property Damage Claims, 5/30/2004
In April, after a months-long, nationwide search, [Randall] Wulff was
named chief umpire on a three-person panel that will hear and decide property
damage claims stemming from the Sept. 11, 2001 destruction of the World
Trade Center towers in New York. The panel is expected to convene in the
fall. ...Wulff holds a bachelor's degree in international business from
the University of Oregon Honors College and a jurist doctorate from Hastings
College of the Law, where he was ranked first academically in his class
in 1972 and 1973, before serving as Hastings' first extern to the Chief
Justice of the California Supreme Court in 1974. more
San Francisco
Chronicle,SAN FRANCISCO City Hall same-sex nuptials in limbo,
5/30/2004
The California Supreme Court will issue its most closely watched decision
in years when it rules on San Francisco's same-sex marriages sometime
in the next three months. ...Even if the law is overturned, "I still
think those people would have to go through another marriage,'' said Vikram
Amar, a constitutional law professor at UC's Hastings College of the Law
in San Francisco. more
Oakland
Tribune, Software
5/30/2004
The State Bar of California recently selected Wendel, Rosen, Black &
Dean LLP attorney Angela T. Houlemard to receive one of 12 scholarships
for the pilot program of the Access & Fairness Leadership Academy
(AFLA). In addition, Houlemard was recently selected as the 2004 Alumnus
of the Year by the Black Alumni Chapter of Hastings Alumni Association
and Black Law Students Association at the University of California Hastings
College of the Law. more
Los Angeles
Times, Slain Postman's Mother Can Sue Weapon Makers; Ruling in
case resulting from a 1999 Valley rampage brings strong dissent from some
appeals court judges, 5/29/2004
The mother of letter carrier Joseph S. Ileto, who was slain by a white
supremacist, is entitled to move forward with her lawsuit against manufacturers
of weapons used to kill her son, the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals
in San Francisco ruled Friday. ...So far, people who have tried to sue
gun manufacturers for damages caused by gun crimes have not had much success,
said UC Hastings Law School professor Marsha N. Cohen. more
Findlaw's
Legal Commentary, [opinion piece] The Supreme Court Hands Down
a Key Federalism / Disability Law Decision, 5/27/2004
Years from now, when people look back on the legacy of the Rehnquist Court,
federalism - the relationship between the national and state governments
- will surely be one of the most talked-about areas of law. Over the last
decade and a half, in a number of important lines of cases, the Court
has reined in federal power -- ostensibly to protect the autonomy and
vitality of state and local entities....Vikram David Amar is a professor
of law at the University of California, Hastings College of Law in San
Francisco. more
New York
Times,Ruling Upholds Oregon Law Authorizing Assisted Suicide,
5/27/2004
A federal appeals court yesterday upheld the only law in the nation authorizing
doctors to help their terminally ill patients commit suicide. ...Vikram
Amar, a professor at Hastings College of the Law in San Francisco, said
it was sometimes hard to divine the Justice Department's guiding philosophy
in deciding which state laws to challenge. The department has tried to
override state medical marijuana laws, and it has vetoed the decisions
of local federal prosecutors who declined to seek the death penalty."
They haven't explained very well the distinctions they make," Mr.
Amar said, "and that leaves them open to the charge of hypocrisy."
more
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San Francisco
Examiner, Before the court: Justices hear both sides on Newsom's
authority to marry gays, 5/26/2004 With more than 4,000 same-sex marriages at stake, San Francisco argued
Tuesday that the mayor has a right to ignore a law he finds unconstitutional.
..."I think it's a total legal mess, and I don't think you can simply
say the marriages are invalid and we go back to the beginning," said
UC Hastings College of the Law Professor Joel Paul. "You can't unscramble
the egg."more
Reno Gazette-Journal,
Four join Railroaders Hall of Fame, 5/25/2004
It was a day of remembering Sparks when life was simple and lived at a
slower pace, how people relied upon one another in good times and bad....Upon
[Jack] Streeter’s return from the war, he enrolled in the Hastings
School of Law in San Francisco and was graduated in 1948. From there,
his list of accomplishments is long and distinguished. His wife of 46
years, Vera, continues at his side. more
San Francisco
Chronicle, Same-sex case rests on obscure statute, 5/23/2004 More than 30 years ago, a train hit a car at a San Jose railroad crossing,
killing two people. Today, the subsequent chain of events has created
a formidable legal obstacle to same-sex marriages in San Francisco ...Vikram
Amar, a constitutional law professor at UC's Hastings College of the Law
in San Francisco, said it's unlikely the court will validate the 4,000
marriages.... more
SF Recorder,
Pleas, Perjury and the Privilege, 5/21/2004
With his case going down the sewer, Marvin Washington copped a plea and
thought he was done.
...When called in front of the grand jury, Washington invoked his Fifth
Amendment right against self-incrimination. The government then granted
him immunity. That will make it tough for Anderson in front of Judge Illston,
said Rory Little, a Hastings College of the Law professor and former federal
prosecutor. more
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Columbus
Dispatch, FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION; THREAT TO GIRL EARNS MOTHER
REFUGEE STATUS, COURT RULES, 5/20/2004
A federal court has given a second chance at asylum to an East Side woman
who fears her daughter could be forced to undergo circumcision if they
are deported to their Ethiopian homeland. ...Karen Musalo, of the Center
for Gender and Refugee Studies at Hastings Law School in San Francisco,
said the ruling is the first at the federal level to extend protection
to parents trying to shield their daughters from a procedure sometimes
performed with unsanitary razors or broken glass.more
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CNN,Military's use of malaria drug in question, 5/20/2004
The Army probe found that Lariam was not the cause of the Fort Bragg deaths
-- a conclusion public health specialist Sue Rose disputes. Rose, who
is working to raise consumer awareness about Lariam, said the Army erred
in its investigation by including those who did not take the medication....Rose
-- an assistant adjunct professor in the George Washington University
School of Public Health and Health Services -- said she has been investigating
Lariam since the early 1990s. She also has a law degree from the University
of California, Hastings College of the Law. more
SF Recorder,
WITH MANY GAY LAWYERS ON HIGH COURT'S STAFF, SAME-SEX MARRIAGE
HITS CLOSE TO HOME, 5/19/2004 While it's unlikely Chief Justice Ronald George or his six companions
on the state Supreme Court will ever take part in a gay pride parade like
local politicians, the justices are hardly isolated from gay life.
In fact, gay employees - many of them out - abound in the Supreme Court.
...Joseph Grodin, who sat on the high court for five years in the '80s,
says the justices can't, and won't, fall prey to personal feelings. ...former
Justice Grodin, now a professor at Hastings College of the Law... more[online subscription required]
Oakland
Tribune,Cop
killing tests death penalty foe, 5/17/2004
Hastings law professor Rory Little, a former federal prosecutor, said
it wouldn't be easy to make this a federal case, either." There's
no federal interest in this case, unless you want to turn every murder
of someone we like into a federal case," he said. "As sympathetic
as I am to law enforcement ... it's the job of the local authorities to
prosecute murders of local cops, there's no statute that assigns that
job to the feds." ....Little agreed "her mistake was she announced
it the first day, although I don't consider that to be a mistake -- I
consider that to be honest." more
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Tri-Valley
Herald,First female DA on the hot seat 5/17/2004
...After just four months as San Francisco's first female DA, East Bay
native and former Alameda County prosecutor Kamala Harris is now besieged,
even by some former allies, for keeping a campaign promise.... She studied
economics and political science at Washington, D.C.'s Howard University,
then went to the University of California's Hastings College of the Law
in San Francisco. more
Orange
County Register,Ackerman steers to calm seas 5/16/2004
Sen. Dick Ackerman is sipping a Coors Light, listening to Willie Nelson,
basking on a sunsplashed deck as a guest wrestles with the wheel of his
42-foot Catalina sailboat, Free Ride, which is bearing down on the rocky
Long Beach breakwater....Ackerman majored in math at the University of
California, Berkeley, and he earned a law degree at Hastings School of
Law in San Francisco, where he met his future wife, Linda Vranesic. more
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Los Angeles
Daily News, p. N5, SWEET SOUND OF AWARDS FOR CSUN RADIO, 5/16/2004
Jennie J. Kwon of Northridge is the spring recipient of the First- Year
Section Scholarship at the University of California, Hastings College
of Law. In summer 2003, she served a judicial externship with Judge John
F. Walter of the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California
in Los Angeles.
Arizona
Republic, [opinion
piece] Viewpoints: History prolongs Palestinian family's grief 5/16/2004
This month, the 56th anniversary of the Palestinian "Nakba"
(Catastrophe), when one people gained a homeland and another lost theirs...
George E. Bisharat is a professor of law at Hastings College of the Law
in San Francisco, and frequently writes on law and politics in the Middle
East. more
BoleyBlogs,
New Site: Iraq - Legal News & International Law 5/13/2004
The Hastings Law Library has posted a fine resource, Iraq: Legal News
& International Law, providing comprehensive links to resources on
the myriad legal issues surrounding the Iraq war....BoleyBlogs!, whose
many dedicated editors had previously created a page for Iraq war news,
recommends this excellent resource created by Vincent Moyer, Foreign,
Comparative & International Law Librarian, Hastings College of the
Law Library. more
SF Recorder,Officer's Killing Attracts a Crowd 5/12/2004
It started as a disagreement over how to prosecute the man accused of
fatally shooting a San Francisco police officer: death penalty or not...
"Death penalty cases in the federal system are treated very carefully,"
said Hastings College of the Law professor Rory Little, who used to work
in the U.S. attorney's office. "Unless things have changed, they're
going to be very careful." more
[online subscription required]
Findlaw's
Legal Commentary, [opinion piece] The California Legislature Begins
to Take Up Gay Marriage 5/11/2004 Things are heating up on both coasts in the gay marriage legal controversy.
In Massachusetts, on May 17 state executive officials are expected to
begin issuing same-sex marriage licenses. Meanwhile, in California, the
other two branches of government are busy dealing with the subject. ...Vikram
David Amar is a professor of law at the University of California, Hastings
College of Law in San Francisco. more
Fresno
Bee, Fresno County's legal adviser retires 5/9/2004
...[Philip]Cronin came to Fresno County in 1992 after practicing private
law with a Bakersfield firm. A graduate of Hastings Law School in San
Francisco, he began his career in 1972 as a deputy attorney general with
the state Attorney General's Office in Sacramento... more
La Canada
Valley Sun, College News 5/6/2004
Melissa MacPherson, a member of the graduating class of 2004 at the University
of California, Hastings College of the Law, this spring was a recipient
of the Judge Robert Schnacke Scholarship... more
San Francisco
Examiner, BOXER calling for death in cop killer case, 5/4/2004
...Evan Lee, professor of criminal law at the University of California,
Hastings College of the Law, said that in instances where the U.S. Attorney
stepped in on a local case, the feds and the local DA normally joined
cases or politely decided whose case would go first... more
Las Vegas
Review-Journal, Douglas sworn in to state's high court, 5/4/2004
...Reared in Los Angeles, [Michael L.] Douglas received a bachelor's degree
from California State University at Long Beach in 1971 and his law degree
from the Hasting College of Law in San Francisco in 1974. He moved to
Las Vegas in 1982 where he first worked at a staff attorney for Nevada
Legal Services. From November 1984 through December 1995, he served as
a deputy district attorney in Clark County. more
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