Issue 4 | Volume 65 | Law Review at Washington University in St. Louis

Article

Wrongful Life, Wrongful Birth, and Justice in Tort Law

Patrick J. Kelley

Should those who undertake to aid couples in preventing the birth of a child by contraception or abortion be liable in tort for damages when something goes wrong and an “unwanted” child is born?

Recent Development

Federal Income Tax—Section 302(b)(3) Applies to Series of Corporate Redemptions Even Though Redemption Plan Is Not Contractually Binding. Bleily & Collishaw, Inc. v. Commissioner, 72 T.C. 751 (1979)

Iredell Jenkins

Recent Development

Parental Immunity—Unemancipated Minor Child of Divorced Parents May Sue Noncustodial Parent. Fugate v. Fugate, 582 S.W.2d 663 (Mo. 1979)

Edward McWhinney

Recent Development

Sex Discrimination—Workmen’s Compensation Presumption of Widow’s Dependency Does Not Violate Equal Protection Clause. Wengler v. Druggists Mutual Insurance Co., 583 S.W.2d 162 (Mo. 1979)

Palitha T.B. Kohona

Recent Development

Divorce—Kentucky Includes License to Practice Dentistry in Marital Property Division. Inman v. Inman, 578 S.W.2d 266 (Ky. Ct. App. 1979)

Lino Rodriguez-Arias Bustamante

Recent Development

Retaliatory Eviction—Hawaii Recognizes Common-Law Retaliatory Eviction Defense Supplementary to State Statute. Windward Partners v. Delos Santos, 577 P.2d 326 (1978)

Jacob W. F. Sundberg

Recent Development

First Amendment—State Constitution May Guarantee Broader Rights of Free Speech and Expression Than Those Rights Protected by the Federal Constitution. Robins v. Pruneyard Shopping Center, 592 P.2d 341 (1979)

Whitney R. Harris

Recent Development

Negligence—Violation of Police Department Internal Regulation Creates Rebuttable Presumption of Negligence Under State Evidence Statute. Peterson v. City of Long Beach, 594 P.2d 477 (1979)

Alejo A. De Cervera

Recent Development

Housing—Uniform Relocation Act Does Not Apply to Private Developer with Eminent Domain Powers. Young v. Harris, 599 F.2d 870 (8th Cir. 1979)

Harold J. Berman

Note

Real Estate As Securities: Sales of Residential Subdivision Lots

Abraham Edel and Elizabeth Flower

Recent Development

Fourth Amendment—Warrantless In-Home Arrest in Absence of Exigent Circumstances Violates Fourth Amendment. United States v. Houle, 603 F.2d 1297(8th Cir. 1979)

A. F. Utz

Case Comment

Inverse Condemnation Unavailable As Remedy for Deprivation of Property Value by City Zoning Ordinance. Agins v. Tiburon, 598 P.2d 25 (1979)

Stig Jorgensen

Case Comment

Criminal Defendant Has Sixth Amendment Right to Physically Confront Witness at Video-Taped Deposition. United States v. Benfield, 593 F.2d 815 (8th Cir. 1979)

Helmut Coing

Case Comment

Random License and Vehicle Registration Stops Declared Unreasonable Under the Fourth Amendment. Delaware v. Prouse, 99 S. Ct. 1391 (1979)

Jerome Hall

Note

International Application of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969: A New Strategy

Thomé H. Fang

Note

Unwed Fathers: An Analytical Survey of Their Parental Rights and Obligations

Herbert H. P. Ma

Note

Unconscionability: A New Helping Hand to Residential Tenants

Frank Fowle III

Recent Development

Illegitimacy—Ohio Intestate Succession Law Does Not Violate Equal Protection Clause. White v. Randolph, 391 N.E.2d 333 (1979)

C. G. Weeramantry