Press and Communications

1943 ◽  
Vol 20 (4) ◽  
pp. 348-357
Author(s):  
F. E. Merwin ◽  
F. K. Baskette
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Federal Court ◽  
Early Summer ◽  
Department Of Justice ◽  
Professional Journals ◽  
Associated Press ◽  
Southern District ◽  
Emory University

“PROFESSIONAL journals and general periodicals in August, September and October evidenced unusual interest in the decision of the Federal Court in the Southern District of New York in the action brought against the Associated Press by the Department of Justice for alleged violation of the Sherman and Clayton Acts. Policies and organization of the federal information and propaganda agencies commanded attention also, although the spate of articles in this area diminished following the Congressional appropriations hearings in the spring and early summer. A glance through the citations in this bibliography will reveal the preoccupation of newspapers and periodicals over news print shortages. Professional journals called attention to the further invasion of the retail advertising field by radio. The editor of this bibliography is now aided in its compilation by Professor Floyd K. Baskette of the Department of Journalism, Emory University. F.E.M.

U.S. Federal Court of Appeals Upholds United Nations' Immunity in Case Related to Cholera in Haiti

2017 ◽  
Vol 111 (1) ◽  
pp. 162-170
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
United Nations ◽  
Federal Court ◽  
District Court ◽  
Court Of Appeals ◽  
Southern District ◽  
Health Screenings ◽  
The United Nations ◽  
The U.S

On October 9, 2013, a group of Haitian cholera victims and their survivors sued the United Nations, along with two UN officials and the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH), in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. The plaintiffs alleged that the United Nations had negligently and recklessly allowed peacekeepers from Nepal carrying cholera to enter Haiti in the wake of the 2010 earthquake without reasonable health screenings. The suit further alleged that the United Nations had negligently maintained inadequate sanitation facilities. Finally, the petitioners alleged that the United Nations’ refusal to accept responsibility for the outbreak had exacerbated the epidemic. According to the United Nations, by August 2016, nearly 800,000 people had become infected with cholera, and more than 9,000 had died of cholera.

scholarly journals U.S. Department of Justice Indicts Venezuelan Leader Nicolás Maduro on Narcotrafficking Charges

2020 ◽  
Vol 114 (3) ◽  
pp. 511-518
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
New York ◽  
Attorney General ◽  
Armed Forces ◽  
The United States ◽  
Department Of Justice ◽  
State Immunity ◽  
Head Of State ◽  
Southern District ◽  
Heads Of State

On March 26, 2020, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced the indictment of Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro, along with fourteen current and former regime officials, on charges mostly related to drug trafficking. Specifically, an indictment unsealed in the Southern District of New York charges Maduro with leading the Venezuelan narcotrafficking group Cártel de Los Soles and conspiring with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia—People's Army (FARC) guerilla group to “‘flood’ the United States with cocaine” and “us[e] cocaine as a weapon against America.” Although the United States, consistent with international law, normally treats sitting heads of state as immune from prosecution, U.S. Attorney General Barr indicated that Maduro did not qualify for head-of-state immunity because the United States does not recognize him as the president of Venezuela. Instead, the United States and fifty-seven other countries recognize Interim President Juan Guaidó. The indictment may mark a shift in the broader U.S. policy toward Venezuela, which had largely relied on targeted sanctions against key Maduro allies to encourage defection.

The Competent Infant: Research and Commentary, edited by L. Joseph Stone, Henrietta T. Smith and Lois Barclay Murphy. New York: Basic Books, Inc., 1973, 1,193 pp., $30.00

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1974 ◽  
Vol 53 (6) ◽  
pp. 956-957
Author(s):  
R. D. Becker
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Brain Function ◽  
Experimental Psychopathology ◽  
Professional Journals ◽  
Exponential Increase ◽  
Communicative Development ◽  
Physical Environments ◽  
Psychological Medicine ◽  
Preterm Babies ◽  
Behavioral Sequelae

In recent years there has been a bewildering and indeed a staggering proliferation of newly published books, scholarly monographs, research anthologies, and compendia as well as an exponential increase in newly organized professional journals within the areas of developmental and psychological medicine, child neurology, experimental psychopathology and the neurobiology of growth and development as well as new volumes in the area of advances in syndrome identification. These have dealt broadly with subjects ranging from prenatal influences of maternal and fetal undernutrition on the integrity of subsequent brain function to studies dealing with patterns of neurocognitive, affective and communicative development in infancy, to neurological and behavioral sequelae of prenatal and paranatal complications, low birth weight, small-for-dates and preterm babies, fetal heroin or methadone addiction and withdrawal, problems of dysmaturity and the multiple outcomes related to the isolated and restrictive early cognitive and physical environments of the "critically ill" newborn and infant in "intensive special care" in isolettes.

Argentine Republic v. Amerada Hess Shipping Corp.

1989 ◽  
Vol 83 (3) ◽  
pp. 565-568
Author(s):  
Carlos M. Vázquez
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
The United States ◽  
Federal Courts ◽  
District Court ◽  
Court Of Appeals ◽  
Southern District ◽  
Law Of Nations ◽  
The Supreme Court ◽  
Argentine Republic ◽  
Federal Jurisdiction

Plaintiffs and respondents, Amerada Hess Shipping Corp. and United Carriers, Inc., were respectively the charterer and owner of the Hercules, a crude oil tanker that was bombed in international waters by Argentine military aircraft during the war over the Malvinas or Falkland Islands. The ship was severely damaged and had to be scuttled off the coast of Brazil. After unsuccessfully seeking relief in Argentina, the companies filed suit against defendant and appellant, the Argentine Republic, in the Southern District of New York. Plaintiffs argued that the federal courts had jurisdiction under the Alien Tort Statute (28 U.S.C. §1350 (1982)), which confers federal jurisdiction over “any civil action by an alien for a tort only, committed in violation of the law of nations or a treaty of the United States.” The district court dismissed the suit for lack of subject matter jurisdiction, holding that the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act of 1976 (28 U.S.C. §§1330, 1602-1611 (1982)) (FSIA) is by its terms the sole basis of federal jurisdiction over cases against foreign states. A divided panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit reversed. The Supreme Court (per Rehnquist, C.J.) unanimously reversed the Second Circuit and held that the FSIA provides the exclusive basis of federal jurisdiction over suits against foreign states.

scholarly journals Notes Procedural Fencing in Retiree Benefits Disputes: Applications of the First-Filed Rule in Federal Courts

2007 ◽  
Vol 69 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Julie Vanneman
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
West Virginia ◽  
Federal Court ◽  
The United States ◽  
Federal Courts ◽  
Phone Call ◽  
District Court ◽  
Health Coverage ◽  
Southern District ◽  
Maximum Benefit

Basil Chapman retired from ACF Industries, a railroad-car maker, after thirty-eight years of service. In December 2003, he received an unexpected phone call at his West Virginia home from a union representative, who informed him that an ACF executive wanted to speak with him. When they spoke, the executive informed Mr. Chapman that ACF was planning on changing its retirees’ health coverage plan. The ACF plan would now have a lifetime maximum benefit cap on hospital and surgical expenses for each participant and would require retirees to make monthly contributions. According to court papers filed later, Mr. Chapman responded, “We have a contract. You can’t do that.” Then, he said that he would “file in federal court” against ACF. The next business day, ACF filed a declaratory judgment action in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri asking the court to rule that retiree benefits were not vested and that ACF accordingly could alter benefits unilaterally. On January 26, 2004, Mr. Chapman, other named plaintiffs, and their union sued ACF in the United States District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia.

MANUAL OF NEWBORN CARE AT GRADY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL. Edited by D. Feldman, et al. New York, Medcom Press, $13.95; 255 pp

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1977 ◽  
Vol 59 (4) ◽  
pp. 644-644
Author(s):  
Alistair G. S. Philip
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Central Nervous System ◽  
Nervous System ◽  
Newborn Infant ◽  
Newborn Care ◽  
House Staff ◽  
Memorial Hospital ◽  
Emory University ◽  
Proper Perspective

This manual of newborn care was formulated by the faculty of Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, and the introduction indicates the authors' concern with providing the proper perspective for students and house staff, for whom it is primarily intended. They state that "Given an intact central nervous system and an intact body through which to execute its development, the newborn infant has the greatest of all potential for achievement.... The newborns we care for today will be the keepers of our world in 35 years of so."

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