Volume 16, Number 1

FIFTH CIRCUIT SURVEY

SURVEYS

Administrative Law

—Joe A. Tucker

Admiralty Law

—Owen M. Goudelocke

Antitrust Law

—Erwin A. Elias

Bankruptcy Law

—Bill H. Brister

Civil Procedure

—David L. Crump, Susan Waite Crump

Federal Jurisdiction

—Thomas E. Baker

First Amendment

—Grover J. Rees, III

Employment Discrimination

—Elwyn C. Lee

Voting Rights

—Elwyn C. Lee

Consumer Law

—Art Brender

Criminal Law and Procedure

—Charles P. Bubany

Environmental Law

—Frank F. Skillern

Evidence

—Thomas Black

Intellectual Property

—Alan Scott Rau

Labor Law

—David R. Richards

Securities

—A. Michael Hainsfurther

Volume 16, Number 2

ARTICLES

The Availability and Utility of Chapter 13 of the Bankruptcy Code to Farmers under the 1984 Bankruptcy Amendments

—Richard F. Dole, Jr.

Judicial Review of the Findings of Fact Made by Texas Administrative Agencies in Contested Cases

—John Powers

COMMENTS

Broad Tort Immunity Provided Texas Public Schools and Public School Personnnel: A Reappraisal

—Gary A. Goff

The Bankruptcy Amendments and Federal Judgeship Act of 1984: The Impact on the Right of Jury Trial in Bankruptcy Court

—Carla Howard

CASENOTES

Settling Tortfeasor Need Not Be Joined as a Party to Determine Its Share of Causation in Cases Involving Strictly Liable Defendants: Acord v. General Motors Corp., 669 S.W.2d 111 (Tex. 1984)

—Jonathan Edelfelt

Single Factor Based on Petitioner's Marital Status Cannot Determine the Best Interests of the Child: In re W.E.R., 663 S.W.2d 887 (Tex. App. - San Antonio 1983), rev'd on Other Grounds, 669 S.W.2d 716 (Tex. 1984)

—John Martin Klein

Below-Market Intrafamily Loans - The Recognition of Unrealized Earnings and Accumulations of Wealth: I.R.C. Section 7872 and Dickman v. Commissioner, 104 S. Ct. 1086 (1984)

—Barry R. Senterfitt

Exemplary Damages May Be Recovered against the Estate of a Deceased Tortfeasor under the Texas Survival Statute: Hofer v. Lavender, 679 S.W.2d 470 (Tex. 1984)

—Susan K. Zimmer

Volume 16, Number 3

ARTICLES

Joint Tenancy with Right of Survivorship: A Legacy from Thirteenth Century England

—Anne L. Spitzer

Leasing and Operating State-Owned Lands for Oil and Gas Development

—H. Philip Whitworth

COMMENTS

Out of the Mouths of Babes Ofttimes Come Confessions: An Assessment of Juvenile Confession Law under the Texas Family Code

—John Martin Klein

The Current Status of the Open Courts Provision and the Discovery Rule in Texas: In a State of Limbo after Krusen

—William B. Mateja

CASENOTES

Survival Actions Do Not Constitute Matters Incident to an Estate as Set Forth in Section 5A of the Texas Probate Code: Seay v. Hall, 677 S.W.2d 19 (Tex. 1984)

—Robert L. Nicholson

Title to Uranium Is Held by the Mineral Estate Owner as a Matter of Law: Moser v. United States Steel Corp., 676 S.W.2d 99 (Tex. 1984) (Moser II)

—Mark D. Taylor

Volume 16, Number 4

ARTICLES

The Industry Deal among Oil and Gas Companies and the Federal Securities Acts

—R. K. Pezold and Danny P. Richey

Unexplained Accidents and Assaults: The Problems and Burdens of Proof under the Texas Workers Compensation Statute

—J. Thomas Sullivan

COMMENTS

New Mexico Continues to Study Water Embargo Measures: A Reply to the State Water Law Study Committee

—Wyatt L. Brooks, Valerie M. Fogleman

The Texas-Mexico Twin Plants System: Industry and Item 807.00 of the United States Tariff Schedules

—Al Watkins

CASENOTES

Unappropriated Water: The Amount of Water Remaining after Taking into Account All Existing Permits at Their Recorded Levels: Lower Colorado River Authority v. Texas Department of Water Resources, 683 S.W.2d 357 (Tex. 1984)

—Michael J. Craddock

Municipal Ordinance Requiring Parkland Dedication as a Condition to Subdivision Plat Approval Held Not Unconstitutional Per Se: City of College Station v. Turtle Rock Corp., 680 S.W.2d 802 (Tex. 1984)

—Susan Zimmer Cox