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The Western and Baltimore decisions were two of a dozen handed down by the Supreme Court last week. In another significant case, the court reaffirmed that high government officials have only a qualified immunity from lawsuits; it nonetheless threw out a suit against Nixon Attorney General John Mitchell for illegal...
In the matter of Karen Ann Quinlan, the parents' petition has finally been granted. After she succumbed to pneumonia last week, held in the arms of her weeping mother, Joseph Quinlan said, "She died with dignity."
CBS is now throwing up a series of blocking moves in the hope of wearing down Turner. The network last week petitioned the Federal Communications Commission to stop Turner's bid. In addition, 97 groups ranging from the National Organization for Women to the United Church of Christ filed in...
CBS has searched for support wherever it may find it, enlisting even a former Turner employee, Broadcaster Daniel Schorr, who three months ago left his job as CNN senior correspondent in a contract dispute. For years Schorr had been a CBS newsman. In its petition, CBS cites an article by...
Yale clerical and technical workers began organizing in 1968, but it was not for another 15 years and three NLRB elections later that AFL-CIO Local 34 gained official ratification. To get NLRB approval, a union must receive a majority vote from its worker constituency in a sanctioned election. The...