REGULATORY PROVISION OF APPEALS IN COURTS IN INDIVIDUAL LABOR DISPUTES

Church Property Disputes in the Civil Courts

T HE EXTENT to which civil courts may assume jurisdiction of ecclesiastical matters in church property disputes1 was involved in the North Carolina case of Reid v. Johnston. 2 There, a Baptist church, organized in 1894, -received land on a conveyance which attached no doctrinal limitations to its use. In 1953, a new pastor, supported by a majority of the congregation, led a movement to withdraw...

Protean Statutory Interpretation in the Courts of Appeals

This Article is the first in-depth empirical and doctrinal analysis of differences in statutory interpretation between the courts of appeals and the Supreme Court. It is also among the first to anticipate how the Supreme Court’s interpretive approach may shift with the passing of Justice Scalia. We begin by identifying factors that may contribute to interpretive divergence between the two judic...

Invisible Adjudication in the U.S. Courts of Appeals

Nonacquiescence in Immigration Decisions of the U.S. Courts of Appeals

The Federal Appeals Courts at Century's End

I wish to thank Peggy Sanner for valuable suggestions, Eleanor Davison for processing this piece, and Jim Rogers for generous continuing support. Errors that remain are mine.