Antitrust Damage Claims: A View From Efta Court

Claims Court at the Crossroads

A Small Claims Court for Pennsylvania

Two of the principal criticisms directed against the present arrangement of our courts are that the costs are too high in controversies involving small sums of money and that the procedure in such cases is too complicated. In many states an effort has been made to remedy these defects by the establishment of special courts, of limited jurisdiction, to hear certain cases of small claims only. To...

The Missing Court of Claims Report: Is Letitia Humphreys Court of Claims Report 42?

Between the years 1855 and 1863, the opinions or breportsQ of the United States Court of Claims were delivered to the House of Representatives for final consideration. In total, 296 cases were conveyed, but in the process, Report 42 was lost and, according to indexes of such documents, bnever received by [the] House.Q This article cites examined records of the Court of Claims, from both the Uni...

The juvenile court: a view from the bench.

This article describes the changing role of the juvenile court from the perspective of an urban juvenile court judge. The author's experiences as the administrative judge for Baltimore City's juvenile court address typical current juvenile court dilemmas such as lack of funding, physical space that is inadequate for the needs of the court and those it serves, and limited dispositional options f...

The Roberts Court and the Limits of Antitrust

Numerous commentators have characterized the Roberts Court’s antitrust decisions as radical departures that betray a pro-business, anticonsumer bias. That characterization is inaccurate. Although some of the decisions do represent significant changes from past practice, the “probusiness/anti-consumer” characterization fails to appreciate the fundamental limits of antitrust, a body of law that r...