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Arizona Supreme Court Allows Pearce Recall to Move Forward, Rejects Constitutional Challenge

Ariz. L. Rev. Syl. (2011)

Brett Livingood View PDF

On November 8, 2011, voters in Arizona’s Legislative District 18 ousted Senate President Russell Pearce in a historic recall election—the first successful recall of a sitting legislator in Arizona and…

Highest Degree of Confusion: The Case Against the Common Carrier Doctrine

Ariz. L. Rev. Syl. (2011)

Matt Milner View PDF

The common carrier doctrine—a common law principle that holds common carriers of passengers to the “highest degree of care,” rather than the reasonable care standard that governs most negligence actions—has…

ALR Member Argues in Front of the Arizona Supreme Court

Ariz. L. Rev. Syl. (2011)

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ALR member and 3L writer Stephen Elzinga argued in front of the Arizona Supreme Court in State v. Eddington last month. You can view an archived video of the argument…

Not a Free Speech Court

53 Ariz. L. Rev. 723 (2011)

Erwin Chemerinsky Isaac Marks Memorial Lecture View PDF

Two of the most high-profile decisions in the Supreme Court’s October 2010 term were clear victories for freedom of speech. In Snyder v. Phelps, the Court considered whether the First…

An Economic Analysis of Patent Law’s Inequitable Conduct Doctrine

53 Ariz. L. Rev. 735 (2011)

Thomas F. Cotter Article View PDF

In recent years, patent law’s inequitable conduct doctrine has attracted considerable attention from judges, legislators, patent lawyers, and commentators. This trend culminated most recently in Therasense, Inc. v. Becton, Dickinson…

Extraneous Liability in Antitrust

53 Ariz. L. Rev. 781 (2011)

Alan Devlin Article View PDF

Whether an act gives rise to liability should turn on its tendency to yield particular outcomes rather than on its ultimate effect, which may have resulted from extraneous factors beyond…