Gray wolves, transgender job applicants, the terminally ill and members of a polygamous sect are among those who benefited from the decisions included in On Point's third annual Judicial Hall of Fame.
Here is the complete list:
Baxter v. State of Montana
Author: Dorothy McCarter (Lewis and Clark District Ct., Mont.)
Competent terminally ill have right to commit suicide with assistance of physician.
CBS Corp. v. FCC
Author: Anthony J. Scirica (3rd Circuit)
Janet Jackson's Super Bowl breast-baring too fleeting to be actionably indecent.
Defenders of Wildlife v. Hall
Author: Donald W. Molloy (USDC, Mont.)
Saving northern Rocky Mountain gray wolf from Bush Administration's effort to delist as endangered species.
In re Sara Steed
Author: Per Curiam (Texas Ct. of Appeals, 3rd District)
Gutted state's flimsy rationale for removing more than 460 children from ranch of polygamous sect.
J.K. v. Arizona Board of Regents
Author: Mary H. Murguia (USDC, Ariz.)
College football coach liable for failing to protect student who was raped by one of his players.
McIntyre v. U.S.
Author: Kermit V. Lipez (1st Circuit)
Rogue FBI agent's leak of informant's identity to Boston mobsters within scope of his employment.
McMillan v. City of New York
Author: Jack B. Weinstein (USDC, S. N.Y.)
Race-based evidence of life expectancy cannot be used in calculation of damages.
Miller v. American Fertility Group
Author: Margaret O'Mara Frossard (Illinois Appellate Ct., 5th Division)
Wrongful-death law does not extend to fertilized egg that has yet to be implanted in mother.
Paterno v. Superior Court
Author: Richard M. Aronson (Calif. 4th District Ct. of Appeal)
Protecting journalist's First Amendment rights from litigious newspaper publisher Wendy McCaw.
Schroer v. Billington
Author: James Robertson (USDC, D. Col.)
Making Title VII history by finding employer discriminated "because of ... sex" against a transgender job applicant.
12/28/08 
