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Volume 17, Number 1 ARTICLES Rethinking the Texas Writ of Error System Appellate Review by Mandamus and Prohibition in Texas Criminal Litigation Reducing Appellate Delay - A Fast Track System Reconciling Defamation Law and the Free Enterprise System When the Media Provides Consumer or Investor Information Jury Practice in Texas Civil Cases CASENOTES Tenured Public Employee Entitled to Pre-Termination Hearing Regardless of Statutory Procedures for Dismissal: Cleveland Board of Education v. Loudermill, 105 S. Ct. 1487 (1985) Employee Dismissed for Refusing to Commit an Illegal Act States a Cause of Action under a Narrow Exception to the Employment-at-Will Doctrine: Sabine Pilot Service, Inc. v. Hauck, 687 S.W.2d 733 (Tex. 1985) Prejudgment Interest Available on Accrued Damages in Personal Injury, Wrongful Death, and Survival Actions: Cavnar v. Quality Control Parking, Inc., 696 S.W.2d 549 (Tex. 1985) Mandama, as an Effective Interlocutory Appeal Disallowed under the Texas Venue Statute, Will Not Issue to Enforce a Conclusive Original Venue Judgment: Hendrick Medical Center v. Howell, 690 S.W.2d 42 (Tex. App. - Dallas 1985, no writ) Parol Evidence of Quality of Goods in Admissible under the DTPA Regardless of Inspection Rights in the Written Contract: Weitzel v. Barnes, 691 S.W.2d 598 (Tex. 1985) A Spouse's Interest in Joint Management Community Property Cannot Be Conveyed to a Third Party so as to Effect Partition of the Community Estate: Dalton v. Don J. Jackson, Inc., 691 S.W.2d 765 (Tex. App. - Austin 1985, writ withdrawan on motion) Volume 17, Number 2 FIFTH CIRCUIT SURVEY SURVEYS Admiralty Law Antitrust Law Bankruptcy Law Civil Procedure Criminal Law and Procedure Employment Discrimination Environmental Law Evidence Federal Jurisdiction First Amendment Intellectual Property Labor and Employment Law Prisoners' Rights Securities Federal Income Taxation Volume 17, Number 3 ARTICLES The Texas Corporate Survival Statute: An Endangered Species How Settlements Affect Nonsettling Tortfeasors' Liability: From No Contribution to Equitable Apportionment The Economics of Rent Control - A Texas Perspective Acquisition of Municipal Water Rights in Texas: A Conceptual and Operational Analysis The Contractual Indemnity Provision Effective to Protect an Indemnitee against His Own Negligence or Other Fault COMMENTS Determining the Measure of Reimbursement: Equity Demands Consideration of the Effects of the Divided Management System Expansion of Implied Warranty Coverage under the DTPA: Service Contracts Joinder of Offenses under Article 21.24 of the Texas Code of Criminal Procedure: A Return of the Common Law CASENOTES A Wrongful Death Action Can Be Maintained for Prenatal Injuries Causing the Stillbirth of a Fetus: Witty v. American General Capital Distributors, 697 S.W.2d 636 (Tex. App. - Houston [1st Dist.] 1985, writ granted) The Discovery Rule Dies in a Medical Malpractice Case: Morrison v. Chan, 699 S.W.2d 205 (Tex. 1985) New York Upholds Ultramares and Delineates Three-Part Test Which Noncontractual Parties Must Satisfy to Hold Accountants Liable in Negligence: Credit Alliance Corp. v. Arthur Andersen and (and) Co., 65 N.Y.2d 536, 483 N.E.2d 110, 493 N.Y.S.2d 435 (1985) Volume 17, Number 4 FAMILY CODE SYMPOSIUM SUPPLEMENT Title 1. Husband and Wife Title 2. Parent and Child Title 3. Delinquent Children and Children in Need of Supervision Title 4. Protection of the Family Commentary: Texas Homestead Law 1985 Revisions to Texas Property Code, Chapter 41 Texas Homestead Law Matrimonial Property Act Legislative History ARTICLE After the Divorce - Securing and Obtaining the Property: Post-Judgment Relief in Texas ESSAY The Texas Statutory Right to Jury Trial in Child Custody Cases: Its Constitutionality Remains Unresolved |