Volume 11, Number 1

ARTICLES

Attempting a Balance: The 1979 Amendments to the Texas Deceptive Trade Practices Consumer Protection Act

Products Liability in Texas

Commentary Secular Humanism as an Established Religion: A Response to Whitehead and Conlan

COMMENTS

Stricter Standard of Review for State Socio-Economic Legislation through a Revival of the Contract Clause

Attorney Liability under SEC Rule 2(E): A New Standard

Hypnosis: Understanding Its Use in the Criminal Process

CASENOTES

Constitutional Law Civil Commitment Due Process Clause Requires Clear and Convincing Standard of Proof in State Involuntary Civil Commitment Proceedings: Addington v. Texas

Criminal Procedure Public Trial The Public Has No Constitutional Right to Attend Pretrial Suppression Hearing. Gannett Co. v. DePasquale

Elections Denial of the Right to Vote in Municipal Elections to Otherwise Qualified Voters Residing Within a City's Extraterritorial Jurisdiction Does Not Violate the Equal Protection Clause Holt Civic Club v. City of Tuscaloosa

Trade Regulation The Carmack Amendment to the Interstate Commerce Act Does Not Preclude Recovery under the Texas Deceptive Trade Practices Act for Damages to Goods Shipped in Interstate Commerce: American Transfer and Storage Co. v. Brown

Criminal Procedure Search and Seizure It Is Unreasonable under the Fourth and Fourteenth Amendments to Stop an Automobile for a License and Registration Check Unless There Is at Least a Reasonable and Articulable Suspicion: Delaware v. Prouse

Volume 11, Number 2

FIFTH CIRCUIT SURVEY

ARTICLE

Judicial Review of Social Security Disability Decisions: A Proposal for Change

SURVEYS

Admiralty Law

Antitrust Law

Bankruptcy Law

Civil Procedure

Civil Rights

Criminal Law and Procedure

Federal Rules of Evidence

Labor Law

Securities

Tax

Volume 11, Number 3

ARTICLES

Disposition of Repossessed Goods under Article 9 of the Texas U.C.C.

Strangulating Hearsay: The Residual Exceptions to the Hearsay Rule

COMMENTS

Constitutional Revolution in the Law of Libel: New York Times and Gertz Applied

Texas Underground Water Law: The Need for Conservation and Protection of a Limited Resources

CASENOTES

Commercial Law Priority of Liens Absent a Congressional Directive, the Priority of Private Liens and Consensual Liens Arising from Certain Government Lending Programs Is to Be Determined Nondiscriminatory State Laws: United States v. Kimbell Foods, Inc.

Labor Law National Labor Relations Board The National Labor Relations Act Does Not Authorize the National Labor Relations Board to Exercise Jurisdiction over Law Teachers in Parochial Schools: NLRB v. Catholic Bishop of Chicago

Texas Civil Procedure Summary Judgment The Part Adverse to a Summary Judgment Motion May, without Filing an Answer or other Response, Raise on Appeal the Sufficiency of the Summary Judgment Proof to Support the Specific Grounds Other Response, May Not Raise Any Other Material Fact Issue as Grounds for Reversal: Combs v. Fantastic Homes, Inc.

Uniform Commercial Code Letters of Credit A Standby Letter of Credit Issued by a National Bank Creates a Valid, IntraVires Obligation under Article 5 of the Texas Uniform Commercial Code: Republic National Bank v. Northwest National Bank

Constitutional Law Commercial Speech Trade Names Are Not a Protected Form of Commercial Speech Friedman v. Rogers Recent Decision

Volume 11, Number 4

ARTICLES

Assumption of the Risk and Misuse in Strict Tort Liability Prelude to Comparative Fault

Picketing and the Expanding Role of the State Labor Injunction

SPECIAL PROJECTS

Uncertificated Securities, Articles 8 and 9 of the U.C.C., and the Texas Business Corporation Act: A New System to Accommodate Modern Securities Transactions


CASENOTES

Constitutional Law Fifth Amendment A Private Cause of Action Is Implied Directly under the Due Process Clause of the Fifth Amendment: Davis v. Passman

Labor Law An International Union Is Not Liable for Damages for Failing to Use All Reasonable Means to Prevent or Terminate a Wildcat Strike by Local Union Members if the Union Did Not Instigate, Support, Ratify, or Encourage the Strike Carbon Fuel Co. v. UMW

Products Liability Crashworthiness, Strict Liability and the Demise of the Henderson Bifurcated Test in Design Defect Cases Special Issues Will No Longer Define Unreasonably Dangerous but Will Require Balancing of Utility and Risk Turner v. General Motors Corp.

Usury A Bona Fide Commitment Fee Is Not Interest for Purposes of Usury Law Violations: Stedman v. Georgetown Savings and Loan Association