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  • SELECT SUPREME COURT DECISIONS ANALYSES AND IMPLICATIONS ; SELECT SUPREME COURT DECISIONS ANALYSES AND IMPLICATIONS ; CONTENTS ; PREFACE ; Chapter 1 SEX DISCRIMINATION AND THE UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT: DEVELOPMENTS IN THE LAW* ; SUMMARY ; INTRODUCTION ; EQUAL PROTECTION CASES ; TITLE VII OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1964 ; Disparate Treatment and Disparate Impact ; Pregnancy Discrimination ; Gender Stereotypes ; Mixed Motives ; Sexual Harassment ; Same-Sex Sexual Harassment ; Employer Liability ; Retaliation ; Class Action Status ; TITLE IX OF THE EDUCATION AMENDMENTS OF 1972.
  • End Notes Chapter 2 DAVIS V. UNITED STATES: RETROACTIVITY AND THE GOOD-FAITH EXCEPTION TO THE EXCLUSIONARY RULE* ; SUMMARY ; INTRODUCTION ; THE EXCLUSIONARY RULE AND ITS GOOD-FAITH EXCEPTION ; UNITED STATES V. DAVIS ; Opinion of the Court ; Exclusionary Rule and the Retroactivity Doctrine ; Exclusionary Rule and the Development of Fourth Amendment Law ; Exclusionary Rule and Police Compliance with Appellate Precedent ; Concurrence ; Dissent ; IMPLICATIONS FOR CONGRESSIONAL ACTION ; CONCLUSION ; End Notes.
  • Chapter 3 WARRANTLESS, POLICE-TRIGGERED EXIGENT SEARCHES: KENTUCKY V. KING IN THE SUPREME COURT* SUMMARY ; INTRODUCTION ; BACKGROUND ; KING IN THE UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT ; End Notes ; Chapter 4 ASHCROFT V. AL-KIDD: OFFICIAL IMMUNITY AND MATERIAL WITNESSES BEFORE THE SUPREME COURT* ; SUMMARY; INTRODUCTION ; BACKGROUND ; MATERIAL WITNESS STATUTE ; Bail ; ABSOLUTE IMMUNITY ; QUALIFIED IMMUNITY ; Al-Kidd Before the Court ; End Notes ; Chapter 5 THE CONFRONTATION CLAUSE AFTER MICHIGAN V. BRYANT AND BULLCOMING V. NEW MEXICO* ; SUMMARY ; BACKGROUND.
  • CRAWFORD V. WASHINGTON:13 TESTIMONIAL VERSUS NONTESTIMONIAL EVIDENCE The Post-Crawford Cases ; RECENT CASES: MICHIGAN V. BYRANT AND BULLCOMING V. NEW MEXICO ; Michigan v. Bryant:32 out-of-Court Statements Made to the Police ; Excited Utterances versus Dying Declarations ; Primary Purpose and Ongoing Emergencies ; Bullcoming v. New Mexico:59 Forensic Analysis Reports and the Testimony of Laboratory Analysts; IMPLICATIONS OF BRYANT AND BULLCOMING ; Effects on Forensic Analysts, Forensic Laboratories, and DNA Databases ; Effects on Law Enforcement and Federal and State Rules of Evidence.
  • End Notes Chapter 6 RIEGEL V. MEDTRONIC, INC.: FEDERAL PREEMPTION OF STATE TORT LAW REGARDING MEDICAL DEVICES WITH FDA PREMARKET APPROVAL* ; SUMMARY ; INTRODUCTION ; AN OVERVIEW OF FDA PREMARKET NOTIFICATION AND PREMARKET APPROVAL (PMA) OF MEDICAL DEVICES ; Premarket Notification (510(k) Submissions) ; Premarket Approval (PMA) ; PMA Supplements ; PREEMPTION ; Federal Preemption of State Law ; Arguments for Federal Preemption of State Law Tort Claims with Respect to Devices ; Arguments Against Federal Preemption of State Law Tort Claims with Respect to Devices.