Serrano: Its Progeny and Its Prophecy

No court decision since the Brown\u27 decrees of 1954 have had such a devastating effect on the educational status quo as has the California STATE AID PROPERTY Tax decision of Serran and its progeny. Here, the California Supreme Court declared that unequal financing of public schools, based primarily on the local property tax, is a violation of the equal protection clause in that it invidiously discriminates against the poor

Clinical Experience and the College Work-Study Program

Mark Twain is often quoted as the source of the remark that Everybody talks about the weather, but nobody does anything about it. This quotation is appropriately used for many problems exclusive of the weather. It can also be applied to law school clinical experience and financial aid problems. As applied to weather and clinical programs, the quotation is not always quite accurate, as another often-quoted saying has been equally applicable: It is better to light a candle than to curse the darkness. Without question, many candles have been lighted in the clinical area. It is the purpose of this paper to expose another lighted candle by an explanation of one of the experimental programs at Cleveland-Marshall College of Law of Cleveland State University

Enforcement of Surrogate Mother Contracts: Case Law, the Uniform Acts, and State and Federal Legislation

Surrogate motherhood is possibly the most viable family issue in today\u27s society, and especially in the law. Surrogacy will be treated here solely as a fact of life, and examined solely from the point of view of its legal status under the appropriate Uniform Acts, existing and proposed legislation outside Ohio, and existing Ohio law. It may sound strange that Ohio was chosen as an example, in that a search of Ohio law will not show any law directly dealing with surrogacy. But then, that is the point. Ohio is one of only three states that have adopted both relevant Uniform Acts, which are effectively public policy statements, and does not yet have any statutes dealing with surrogate motherhood, either by artificial insemination or embryonic implant, even though at least the former procedure is current in the state. With very few exceptions, this lag is the rule in the country. There are already existing laws that apply to surrogacy, without mentioning it per se. That fact is a major emphasis of this Article. The balance will be on proposed surrogacy legislation

Book Review

Reviewing Weston Vernor Jr., Lillian M. Vernor and James F. Walom, Federal Income Taxation of Individuals, Jooint Committee on Continuing Legal Education, 196

Book Review

Review of The Lost Art of Cross Examination, J.W. Erlich, 1970

Enforcement of Surrogate Mother Contracts: Case Law, the Uniform Acts, and State and Federal Legislation

Surrogate motherhood is possibly the most viable family issue in today\u27s society, and especially in the law. Surrogacy will be treated here solely as a fact of life, and examined solely from the point of view of its legal status under the appropriate Uniform Acts, existing and proposed legislation outside Ohio, and existing Ohio law. It may sound strange that Ohio was chosen as an example, in that a search of Ohio law will not show any law directly dealing with surrogacy. But then, that is the point. Ohio is one of only three states that have adopted both relevant Uniform Acts, which are effectively public policy statements, and does not yet have any statutes dealing with surrogate motherhood, either by artificial insemination or embryonic implant, even though at least the former procedure is current in the state. With very few exceptions, this lag is the rule in the country. There are already existing laws that apply to surrogacy, without mentioning it per se. That fact is a major emphasis of this Article. The balance will be on proposed surrogacy legislation

Probationary Teachers and the Expectancy of Continued Employment

This article will investigate the extent to which the tenure benefits of due process are available to petitioners who can establish an expectancy of employment. This due process, as to dismissal, includes notice, opportunity for a hearing and reasonable cause

Clinical Experience and the College Work-Study Program

Mark Twain is often quoted as the source of the remark that Everybody talks about the weather, but nobody does anything about it. This quotation is appropriately used for many problems exclusive of the weather. It can also be applied to law school clinical experience and financial aid problems. As applied to weather and clinical programs, the quotation is not always quite accurate, as another often-quoted saying has been equally applicable: It is better to light a candle than to curse the darkness. Without question, many candles have been lighted in the clinical area. It is the purpose of this paper to expose another lighted candle by an explanation of one of the experimental programs at Cleveland-Marshall College of Law of Cleveland State University

Wetland seed dispersal by white-tailed deer in a large freshwater wetland complex

Mechanisms of long-distance dispersal are important in establishing and maintaining plant populations in isolated wetland habitats. White-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) have been cited as long-distance dispersers of both native and exotic plant species in North America; however, knowledge regarding their influence in wetlands is limited. Given traditional classification methods for seed dispersal, white-tailed deer are not likely viewed as important dispersal mechanism for wetland plants. We collected naturally deposited white-tailed deer faecal pellet piles from wetlands in Canaan Valley, West Virginia, USA. Pellet piles were cold-stratified and germinated seedlings over a layer of sterile potting mix. The percentage of germinated seedlings with a facultative wetland (FACW) or obligate wetland (OBL) plant indicator status were compared to the frequency of occurrence to those of germinated plants with facultative upland (FACU) or upland (UPL) indicator status. We identified 38 species. Of these, 1 % were UPL, 38 % were FACU, 18 % were FACW and 21 % were OBL. Graminoid species accounted for 42 %; forbs and woody species accounted for 29 % each. Our research has suggested that endozoochory by herbivores contributes to long-distance dispersal of wetland plants