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...Coast Guard was not working that night, but the trial court concluded that "the fault of the vessel was more egregious than the fault of the Coast Guard." The blame, ruled that court, was 75%-25%. Yet the damages had to be split evenly. After considering those facts, Justice Potter Stewart, a World War II naval officer, weighed the old "equal division" rule and found it wanting: "An ancient form of rough justice, a means of apportioning damages where it was difficult to measure which party was more at fault." Said Stewart: "It is no longer apparent, if it ever...
...David D. Potter, professor of Neurobiology, said yesterday the proposed procedures, which he described as more centralized, may help those who have traditionally benefited most and not those who haven...
...four finds Ham Potter at four, Dave Calkins at three, Bruce Cranston holding down the two oar and Geoff Brooks balancing things out at bow. Julian Hatton is in control for the coxing duties...
Kingman Brewster, president of Yale; Gov. Ella Grasso of Connection; and Associate Supreme Court Justices Potter Stewart and Byron White were among the alumni who attended the gathering...
...attack with an appeal in state courts. But may that attack continue into federal courts via a habeas corpus petition? In a heroin possession case, a four-man minority argued that "the great writ was not designed as a means of freeing persons who have voluntarily confessed guilt." Justices Potter Stewart, William Brennan, William Douglas, Thurgood Marshall and Harry Blackmun endorsed the procedure as a practical way of permitting "the constitutional issues [to] be litigated without the necessity of going through ... a trial." The result may be more guilty pleas -meaning fewer trials for state courts -but perhaps also more...