DOCUMENTS IN THE NEWS - 1997
Court Decisions
Last updated on May 1,
2000
Affirmative Action in College
Admissions
- University of Texas v. Cheryl Hopwood et
al.
- Decision not to review 5th Circuit
Court of Appeals ban of racial
quotas for college admissions
- Directly affects Texas, Mississippi, and
Louisiana
- Supreme
Court Decision (Case Western Reserve)
- Short statement denying petition for writ of certiorari
- Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals
Decisions
- University of
California v. Bakke (Cornell)
- Text and syllabus of 1978 Supreme Court decision allowing racial quotas in
college admissions
- Full citation for printed Supreme Court Decisions is
438 U.S. 265
Piscataway
Board of Education v. Taxman
Proposition
209 (California)
- Supreme Court Turns
Down Appeal of Proposition 209 (Law Journal Extra)
- Coalition for Economic Equity v. Wilson
- Proposition 209 prevents gender and race preferences in California
State hiring
- Supreme Court refused to hear case by opponents on November 3, 1997
- News article and text of related documents
- California Attorney
General
- Chronology of legal actions with hot links
- Includes text of Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals decision
- Proposition
209 (Calif.Secy.State)
- Full text of proposal which prohibits California discrimination or
preferential treatment
- Analyses for and against proposal, written in 1996
- ACLU
Position
- Legal documents filed by the American Civil Liberties Union on
Proposition 209
- Articles on the constitutionality
- Affirmative Action
and Diversity Project (UCSB)
- Position papers on both sides of affirmative action issue
- Includes race, gender, changing definitions of diversity, pending
federal and state laws and court decisions
- University of California Regent decision prohibiting race as college
admission factor as well as UC faculty and student response
- Michigan Daily
- Article on effect of Proposition 209 on University of Michigan
affirmative action lawsuit
- Dated November 4, 1997
See also University of Michigan
Affirmative Action Lawsuit
Gratz and Hamacher v. The Regents of the
University of Michigan
Plaintiffs, Defense, Legal Issues
Local News Coverage, Related Materials
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Amistad Case
- Revolt on Spanish slave ship in 1839
- Supreme Court permitted captured slaves their freedom on March 9, 1841
- The movie Amistad, directed by Steven
Spielberg of Dreamworks, opened on December 10, 1997
- Barbara Chase-Riboud sued Dreamworks for violating her copyright on a
book entitled Echo of Lions
Amistad Case (Cornell Law
School)
- Historical background of the Amistad revolt and links to related sites
- Legal filings of the Chase-Riboud v. Dreamworks case
- Description of the movies, list of actors, and movie reviews
Amistad
Case (National Archives)
- Text of 1841 and related Supreme Court filings
- Teaching activities and questions to be answered by the primary
documents
Amistad Revolt
(State Department)
- History of the Amistad Revolt and U.S. relations with Sierra Leone
- Includes bibliography of printed and web products
Amistad
Trial (Linder/UMo-Kansas City)
- Chronology, maps, newspaper accounts
- Trial transcripts, Supreme Court decisions, letters and diaries
Exploring
Amistad (Mystic Seaport)
- History and timeline of Amistad revolt
- Continuously updated links to related web sites
John Quincy
Adams (Internet Public Library)
- Former President Adams argued the case on behalf of the slaves to
the Supreme Court
- Election results, inaugural addresses
- Brief biography and links to more extensive biographies
Massachusetts v. Woodward
- Louise Woodward, British nanny, convicted of second degree murder in
death of 8-month old Matthew Eappen
- Jury verdict controversial in United States and Britain
CNN
Coverage
- CNN news coverage of trial and verdict
- Links to related web sites
Court TV
Coverage
- Summary of trial, evidence, and sentencing
- Includes audio clips
Friends of Louise
Woodward
- Boston support group
- Text of Woodward's statement after being freed
- Appeal information and links to other web sites
Judge Hiller Zobel's Decision on
Appeal (AP)
- Judge to release his decision on sentence via e-mail after November
9, 1997
- Associated Press will carry the verdict at this web site
Louise
Woodward Campaign for Justice
- British web site mobilizing campaign for acquittal
Shaken Baby
Syndrome
- Signs of shaken baby syndrome from the California Department of
Social Services
Communications Decency Act Text (PL 104-104)
- Appears as Title V of the Telecommunications Act of 1996
Reno v.
ACLU
- Text of June 26th Supreme Court decision declaring sections of the
Communications Decency Act unconstitutional
Hawaii Circuit
Court Decision
- Text of First Circuit Court decision, December 3, 1996
- Decision prohibits State of Hawaii from barring marriage licenses for
gays and lesbians
Same
Sex Marriage Prohibition
- Defense of Marriage Act is Public Law 104-199 (H.R.
3396)
- Passed by Congress in September 1996
- Connect to THOMAS for text and debates
Supreme Court Decision: Romer,
Colorado v. Evans
Tobacco company settlement on cancer
causation
Attorneys General Settlement
- CNN coverage of settlement against all tobacco companies on June 20, 1997
- Includes news stories and highlights of the agreement
Attorneys
General Settlement Agreement
- With Brooke Group and Liggett Group, March 15, 1997
- Mississippi, West Virginia, Florida, Massachusetts, Louisiana
Attorneys General
Settlement Agreement
- Dated March 20, 1997
- Arizona, Connecticut, Hawaii, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Maryland,
Michigan, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, Oklahoma, Texas, Utah,
Washington, Wisconsin
Attorneys General - 1998
(National Association of Attorneys General)
- Text of November 1998 settlement
- Payments expected by individual states
Addendum to
Initial States Settlement Agreement
- Mississippi, Louisiana, West Virginia, Florida
Proposed
Tobacco Settlement: Issues from a Federal Perspective (CBO)
- April 1998 report from the Congressional Budget Office
- Analyzes impact of increased tobacco taxes on smoking reduction
- Impact of the settlement on federal regulations, the industry, and
teen smoking
Tobacco
Documents
- Documents subpoened by the House Commerce Committee from the
Minnesota v. Philip Morris case
- Requires Adobe Acrobat 3.0 version
Tobacco Industry
Documents (CDC)
- Searchable data base of 300,000 pages of on-line documents selected
by Minnesota lawyers on the tobacco trial
- The separate 4B index lists 4 million documents with over 27 million
pages; hard copy must be requested
- Links to tobacco industry web sites with settlement information
Tobacco
Resolution
- Text of state settlements with the tobacco industry
- Proposals presented before Congress, issue briefs, and news
AllPolitics
Coverage
- News coverage of Supreme Court decision (May 27, 1997) to permit
Paula Jones trial during Clinton Presidency
- Links to earlier news stories and public opinion polls
Court TV
Coverage
- Text of original sexual harassment lawsuit brought against Governor
Bill Clinton
- Solicitor General's argument that lawsuit be delayed until after the
President leaves office
- Numerous related legal documents
Supreme Court Decision (FINDLAW)
- Justice John Paul Steven's opinion permitting trial (May 27, 1997)
and syllabus
- Supreme
Court Decision via Cornell requires Java-capable
browser
Assisted
Suicide Laws (Euthanasia Society)
- Quotes Associated Press summary of assisted suicide laws by state
Compassion in Dying v.
Washington
- U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, 9th District, ruling of March 1996
- Overturns Washington State ban against assisted suicide
- Amicus Curiae
Brief of the International Anti-Euthanasia Task Force
- Washington
v. Glucksberg ruling by the Supreme Court on June 26, 1997
DeathNet
- Text and status of U.S. legal challenges to assisted suicide
- Foreign laws
Interest Groups
Jack Kevorkian
- Acquittal, March 1996
- Court TV summary of Jack Kevorkian's
acquittal for two physician-assisted deaths on March 8, 1996
- Detroit
News Archive
- Search Detroit News since August 1995 by keyword for additional stories
- Kevorkian
Papers
- Extensive links to articles, interviews, legal papers, and newsclips
- Anti-Kevorkian slant
- Mistrial in
Ionia Case (CNN)
- CNN coverage of mistrial declared in Ionia, Michigan case on June 12,
1997
- Mistrial due to inflammatory remarks of Kevorkian lawyer
- Links to previous Kevorkian coverage
- See Documents in the News, 1999 for Dr. Kevorkian's subsequent conviction
Michigan
Assisted Suicide Bills
- Senate
Bill 200
- Bill bans assisted suicide
- Sponsored by Senator William Van Regenmorter and passed by Michigan
Senate on December 4, 1997
- Includes text and legislative status
- Senate
Bill 653
- Introduced by Senator Peters
- Legalizes assisted suicide and requires referendum
- Text of bill and legislative status
- See Documents in the News, 1999 for Proposal B (defeated in 1998) and Michigan's subsequent suicide ban
Oregon Death
with Dignity Act
- Act being challenged in U.S. Supreme Court, 1996/97
Policy.com
- Extensive links to articles on the right-to-die since 1992
- Both sides of issue and various interest groups
- Includes AMA statement at Congressional hearing
Quill v. Vacco
- Supreme
Court Decision
- Decision issued June 26, 1997 upholding right of New York to ban
physician-assisted suicide
- Ruling by U.S. Court of Appeals, 2nd Circuit, struck down New York's
assisted suicide law in April 1996
physician-assisted suicide
Search Alta Vista
- Use terms such as "assisted suicide" to identify web sites with
varying viewpoints
Piscataway Board
of Education versus Taxman
- Decision of the Third Circuit Court of Appeals (1996) on layoffs of
equally-qualified people based on race
- Being considered by Supreme Court during 1997/98
- Text in Word Perfect Format; can be viewed on screen but best
downloaded and opened up under word processing program
- From Villanova School of Law
Supreme Court Docket (Law Journal Extra)
- Summary of race/sex/rules of evidence cases before Supreme Court and
citation to the cases being appealed
- Article dated October 6, 1997
Supreme Court Business Cases (Law Journal Extra)
- Description of the business cases before the court and citations to
relevant decisions being appealed
- Article dated October 6, 1997
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