Fall 2006 Student Work

Teams of students will prepare case studies of ten key public interest cases this semester. The case studies will become part of the assigned material for the course as we study the cases. Here is the list of assignments, the dates on which we will consider the cases and the students assigned to each team:

Case Study Student Assignments -

Fall 2006

Case Study 1: (9/26, 9/28)
education, racial discrimination
Brown v. Board of Education, 347 U.S. 483 (1954).
Farterria Bundy, Frank Bieszczat, Stephanie Crowell

Case Study 2: (10/3, 10/5)
welfare, due process, right to notice and hearing
Goldberg v. Kelly, 397 U.S. 254 (1970).
Meghan Paulas, Christopher Chesser, Stacey Dembo.

Case Study 3: (10/10, 10/12)
education, wealth discrimination
San Antonio Independent School District v. Rodriquez, 411 U.S. 111 (1973).
Jody Coultas, Allison Gans, Joel Eagle

Case Study 4: (10/17, 10/19)
termination of parental rights, right to counsel
Lassiter v. Department of Social Services of Durham County, 452 U.S. 18 (1981).
Michelle Bogosh, Kristen Jeschke, Rachna Mehta

Case Study 5: (10/24, 10/26)
domestic violence, due process
DeShaney v. Winnebago County Department of Social Services, 489 U.S. 189 (1989).
Caroline Cascino, Melissa Sobota, Cristen Meadows

Case Study 6: (10/31, 11/2)
right to abortion, wealth discrimination
Harris v. McRae, 448 U.S. 297 (1980).
Rachel Katz, Elizabeth Leeb, Anthony Nguyen

Case Study 7: (11/7, 11/9)
patronage in hiring and firing city employees
Shakman v. Democratic Organization of Cook County, 481 F.Supp. 1315 (N.D. Ill 1979); Shakman v. Democratic Organization of Cook County, 569 F.Supp. 177 (n.D. 1983).
Meghan Moore, Raghav Murali, Jill Roberts

Case Study 8: (11/14, 11/16)
environmental law, standing
Scenic Hudson Preservation Conference v. Federal Power Commission, 354 F. 2d 608 (2d Cir. 1965). Christine Zeivel, Alexandria Senn

Case Study 9: (11/21, 11/28)
eminent domain, takings clause
Kelo v. City Of New London, Connecticut, 125 S.Ct. 2655 (2005).
Andrew Russell, Melanie Starks, Rebecca Walsh

Case Study 10: (11/30, 12/6)
lawyers' trust funds, takings clause Brown v. Legal Foundation of Washington, 538 U.S. 216 (2003). Kristin Weber, Stacy Weissman, Melinda Stanley