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The Fifth Circuit in National Solid Waste Management Ass’n v. Pine Belt Regional Solid Waste Management Authority used the prudential “zone of interests” standing test to bar the plaintiffs, who…

Federal regulation of pharmaceuticals by the Food and Drug Administration raises the question whether the Agency’s authority preempts common law tort claims for injuries caused by defective drugs. The FDA…

This Article argues that a father’s biological connection to a child is constitutionally significant principally because it evidences the consent of the biological mother to the father’s parental relationship with…

Bankruptcy Code § 109(g)(2) is an eligibility provision that is intended to prevent debtors from filing abusive repetitive petitions when the debtor has voluntarily dismissed a bankruptcy case after the…

This Note discusses the background and development of redistricting law as well as current issues facing redistricting. This Note suggests that the redistricting process across the country is flawed and…

The court unanimously held that federal law confers no first-party contract rights on the landowners and that the District Court’s ruling precludes examination of the third-party beneficiary theory on the…