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Four more articles that need work
United States v. Constantine, Morissette v. United States, Williamson v. Lee Optical Co., and Owen Equipment & Erection Co. v. Kroger all need a good deal of work. If anyone has some time to kill, you might want to have a look at these. --Eastlaw 04:33, 17 September 2006 (UTC)
- I'll take a look at Williamson later today. Peyna 14:12, 17 September 2006 (UTC)
New PCA?
After several months of being the PCA, Hamdan v. Rumsfeld hasn't seen much more work as of late. The article looks good, so can we pick a new PCA? --MZMcBride 19:23, 17 September 2006 (UTC)
- I've closed it.--Kchase T 12:11, 25 September 2006 (UTC)
Leser v. Garnett
I got annoyed at the reference in the Nineteenth Amendment article about a Supreme Court case without the case name, so I found out it was Leser v. Garnett and added a page for it. I'd appreciate it if someone could take a look at it and make sure it's okay. I didn't know what to put for some of the infobox bits (like citations) so I left them blank. - Flooey 21:15, 17 September 2006 (UTC)
Several articles that focus on the involvement of Abrams in several cases (SCOTUS and otherwise) have been nominated for deletion under the above link. Postdlf 04:27, 18 September 2006 (UTC)
Advice on how to handle articles?
I'm at a crossroads with what once was "Floyd Abrams and the Pentagon Papers case" but is now History and background of New York Times Co. v. United States. It was always my goal to create an article that delved more into the background of the Supreme Court cases themselves, from arguments to procedural posture to some of the dialogue that occurs between the judges and lawyers. I didn't think this suited the main Supreme Court cases, which concentrate on the opinions and holdings. I'm at a point with this article where I am going to start to Lexis-Nexis it and compare it with news stories, etc. What I do not' want to do is repeat work that is already done, namely the current main article New York Times Co. v. United States article. I don't want competing articles, but complimentary ones. So, I'm a little stuck. Do I now lead the reader to the main article? Do I go into some of the posturing that went on in the Supreme Court case? Do I write a brief paragraph and do a {{ goto ]]? I'm not really sure what to do now that I have finished the base of the article (before checking/revising it with newspaper accounts) up to the filing of the writ of certiorari. I could use some advice/suggestions. Dave --DavidShankBone 16:52, 26 September 2006 (UTC)
Erie doctrine cases
Apparently, someone has taken the liberty of writing articles on three of the more important Erie doctrine cases: Guaranty Trust Co. v. York, Byrd v. Blue Ridge Rural Electric Cooperative, Inc., and Hanna v. Plumer. The articles are accurate in their description of the cases but could use some formatting.— Preceding unsigned comment added by Eastlaw (talk • contribs)
- I fixed up Hanna somewhat. Postdlf 17:01, 8 October 2006 (UTC)
- I cleaned up Guaranty and Byrd. Also as a reminder: voting is open for the next PCA. --MZMcBride 19:02, 8 October 2006 (UTC)
- OK, I'll have a look at what could be the next PCA. Also, sorry for forgetting to sign my comment. --Eastlaw 06:28, 9 October 2006 (UTC)
- Sorry, I should have checked the talk page before listing a new PCA. Feel free to revert me, or we can just use one of these for next time.--Kchase T 15:02, 11 October 2006 (UTC)
- OK, I'll have a look at what could be the next PCA. Also, sorry for forgetting to sign my comment. --Eastlaw 06:28, 9 October 2006 (UTC)
Schlesinger v. Councilman
OK, I know it's a bit late to choose a PCA, but the article for Schlesinger v. Councilman could really use some work. It really needs to be expanded. --Eastlaw 06:45, 15 October 2006 (UTC)
Hamdan GA nomination
I put Hamdan v. Rumsfeld up for GA nomination. The reviewer wanted more citations in a few of the justices' opinion sections (see comments on the talk page). Any help with cites would be greatly appreciated. --MZMcBride 23:20, 16 October 2006 (UTC)
External links to texts
Should we try to create a redirect page for case text and laws like they have for books [1] and maps [2] so that people are not required to go to one site for Supreme Court cases and other laws? Remember 20:24, 18 October 2006 (UTC)
- I understand what you're suggesting, I'm just not sure there are enough websites to warrant a special page. FindLaw contains quite a large number of cases, but not all. LexisOne contains every case, but it isn't linkable. Justia is becoming better, but currently is not very good at all. Certain high-profile cases have multiple websites devoted to them, but databases that have all of the cases and are free are very, very limited. I wish there were more free databases that contained all the cases and were linkable, but it just isn't so. Thanks. --MZMcBride 03:05, 19 October 2006 (UTC)
Project directory
Hello. The WikiProject Council has recently updated the Wikipedia:WikiProject Council/Directory. This new directory includes a variety of categories and subcategories which will, with luck, potentially draw new members to the projects who are interested in those specific subjects. Please review the directory and make any changes to the entries for your project that you see fit. There is also a directory of portals, at User:B2T2/Portal, listing all the existing portals. Feel free to add any of them to the portals or comments section of your entries in the directory. The three columns regarding assessment, peer review, and collaboration are included in the directory for both the use of the projects themselves and for that of others. Having such departments will allow a project to more quickly and easily identify its most important articles and its articles in greatest need of improvement. If you have not already done so, please consider whether your project would benefit from having departments which deal in these matters. It is my hope that all the changes to the directory can be finished by the first of next month. Please feel free to make any changes you see fit to the entries for your project before then. If you should have any questions regarding this matter, please do not hesitate to contact me. Thank you. B2T2 19:35, 25 October 2006 (UTC)
Beacon Theaters v. Westover
Somebody began writing an article for Beacon Theaters v. Westover, but it barely contains any information, just a quote from Cornell LII. I'm personally not all that familiar with this case...that is, I have heard of it, but I haven't read it and don't know much about the reasoning involved. I have been very busy with real life concerns, so if any of you can work on it, please do. --Eastlaw 06:52, 5 November 2006 (UTC)
- I made a few minor edits, including a page move. --MZMcBride 22:35, 5 November 2006 (UTC)
I recently finished the article on this obscure but important case. I would like someone from the project to peer-review it.<<Coburn_Pharr>> 03:47, 7 November 2006 (UTC)