Crosby-Garbotz v. Fell in & for County of Pima
No. CR-18-0050-PR, 2019 WL 438194 (Ariz. Feb. 5, 2019). Case brief by Amanda Manke. Full Case Brief
Home Away from Home: Assistance Animals, Extended-Stay Hotels, and the Fair Housing Act
50 Ariz. St. L.J. 1265 (2018). Lindsey Bulloch. The Americans with Disabilities Act protects individuals with disabilities from discrimination in places of public accommodation, like restaurants or hotels. At the same time, the Fair Housing Act protects buyers and renters…
Baseball Jurisprudence: Its Effects on America’s Pastime and Other Professional Sports Leagues
50 Ariz. St. L.J. 1171 (2018). Allan H. (“Bud”) Selig and Matthew J. Mitten. This article analyzes leading baseball-related judicial decisions, arbitration awards, and federal legislation regarding the Major League Baseball (MLB) commissioner’s “best interests” power, baseball’s antitrust exemption, and…
How to Save Unemployment Insurance
50 Ariz. St. L.J. 1009 (2018). Brian Galle. Unemployment insurance is almost universally recognized as one of a government’s best tools for fighting recessions, as well as an important source of relief for working-class families suffering temporary hardship. Unfortunately, as…
Sweetheart Deals, Deferred Prosecution, and Making a Mockery of the Criminal Justice System: U.S. Corporate DPAs Rejected on Many Fronts
50 Ariz. St. L.J. 1113 (2018). Peter R. Reilly. Corporate Deferred Prosecution Agreements (DPAs) are contracts negotiated between the federal government and defendants to address allegations of corporate misconduct without going to trial. The agreements are hailed as a model…
Corporate Long Arms
50 Ariz. St. L.J. 1067 (2018). Summer Kim. One of the most persistent debates among corporate law scholars has been whether the competition among states for corporate charters produces a race to the top or a race to the bottom.…
Consent and Coercion
50 Ariz. St. L.J. 951 (2018). Kimberly Kessler Ferzan. There are substantial disputes as to what sorts of behavior constitute coercion and thereby undermine consent. This disagreement was on full display during the public fray over Aziz Ansari’s behavior on…
Redefining Blight in Arizona’s Government Property Lease Excise Tax (GPLET) Abatement
50 Ariz. St. L.J. 791 (2018). Christopher Koester. The GPLET—controversial in both pronunciation and practice—has played a major role in financing some of Arizona’s most prominent commercial developments, including Phoenix’s CityScape and Renaissance Square and the Hayden Ferry Lakeside office…
Retiring the One-Party Consent Statute for Long-Term Care Residents’ Rooms
50 Ariz. St. L.J. 1347 (2018). Lynsie Zona. A recent article in the Arizona Daily Star opened with a heartbreaking story: A woman learned that her father had not received a critical medication during a month’s stay at an assisted…
Taming Unworkability Doctrine: Rethinking Stare Decisis
50 Ariz. St. L.J. 1215 (2018). Mary Ziegler. Unworkability, a factor in the Supreme Court’s analysis of stare decisis, has played a central role in recent blockbuster decisions, including Janus v. American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees, Council 31…