St. Mary's Law Journal

The Texas Response to Oil Pollution: Which Law to Apply
Michael Donaldson

Constitutional Law-Impeachment Trial Clause-A Claim That Senate Impeachment Rule XI Violates the Impeachment Trial Clause is A NonJusticiable Political Question. Nixon v. United States, - U.S. -, 113 S.Ct. 732, 122 L.Ed.2d 1 (1993).
David Todd Smith

Does a Corporation's Board of Directors Owe a Fiduciary Duty to Its Creditors?
Norwood Beveridge Jr.

Pregnant Substance Abusers: A Problem That Won't Go Away

Streamlining The Requirements of Statutory Notice For Contract and DTPA Claims in the Wake of Hines v. Hash
Eric Behrens

The Owl and The Takings Clause
Charles Clarke

Motions to Disqualify Based on Conflicts of Interest-Identifying the Rules of the Game
Sanara Lackman Kline

Federal Law-Civil Rights-Indivduals Obstructing Ingress and Egress to Abortoin Facilities Do Not Violate a Woman's Federak Rights Within 42 U.S.C. § 1985(3). Bray v. Alexandra Women's Health Clinic, - U.S. -, 113 S.Ct. 753, 122 L.Ed.2d 34 (1993).
Toni Driver

Admiralty-Tort Damages and Prcedure-Properly Invoked General Maritime Law is Waived in Wrongful Death Actions When a Party Fails to Object to Evidence of Damages not Recoverable Under General Martime Law. General Chemical Corp. v. De La Lastra, 852 S.W.2d 916 (Tex. 1993), cert. dismissed, No. 93-337, 1993 WL 375905, at *1 (U.S. Nov. 17, 1993).
R. Tim Hay

Family Law-Presumption of Paternity-Denying a Biological Father Standing to Establish His Paternity Of A Child Who Has A Presumed Father, Under Texas Family Code Sections 11.03(A)(7) and 12.06(A), violates the Texas Due Process Course of Law Guarantee. In Re J.W.T., 36 Tex. Sup. Ct. J. 1126 (June 30, 1993).
Sunny Jansma