Volume 48

Book 1

NINTH ANNUAL CRIMINAL LAW SYMPOSIUM: THE FOURTH AMENDMENT IN THE 21ST CENTURY 

KEYNOTE SPEAKER

Orin S. Kerr, Executing Warrants for Digital Evidence: The Case for Use Restrictions on Nonresponsive Data, 48 Tex. Tech L. Rev. 1 (2015).

PANEL ONE: WHAT IS (SHOULD BE) THE SCOPE AND LIMITATION OF THE POWER TO SEARCH CELL PHONES AND/OR COMPUTERS?

Thomas K. Clancy, Fourth Amendment Satisfaction—The “Reasonableness” of Digital Searches, 48 Tex. Tech L. Rev. 37 (2015).

Mary Graw Leary, The Supreme Digital Divide, 48 Tex. Tech L. Rev. 65 (2015).

Richard H. McAdams, Riley’s Less Obvious Tradeoff: Forgoing Scope-Limited Searches, 48 Tex. Tech L. Rev. 97 (2015).

Paul Ohm, The Life of Riley (v. California), 48 Tex. Tech L. Rev. 133 (2015).

LUNCHEON KEYNOTE

Christopher Slobogin, A Defense of Privacy as the Central Value Protected by the Fourth Amendment’s Prohibition on Unreasonable Searches, 48 Tex. Tech L. Rev. 143 (2015).

PANEL TWO: WHAT IS (SHOULD BE) THE SCOPE AND LIMITATION OF THE POLICE POWER TO TRACK SUSPECTS?

Steven I. Friedland, Of Clouds and Clocks: Police Location Tracking in the Digital Age, 48 Tex. Tech L. Rev. 165 (2015).

David Gray, A Collective Right to Be Secure from Unreasonable Tracking, 48 Tex. Tech L. Rev. 189 (2015).

Brian L. Owsley, Cell Phone Tracking in the Era of United States v. Jones and Riley v. California, 48 Tex. Tech L. Rev. 207 (2015).

Russell L. Weaver, The Fourth Amendment and Technologically Based Surveillance, 48 Tex. Tech L. Rev. 231 (2015).

PANEL THREE: WHAT IS (SHOULD BE) THE SCOPE AND LIMITATION OF GOVERNMENTAL POWER TO COLLECT DNA?

Ronald J. Rychlak, DNA Fingerprinting, Genetic Information, and Privacy Interests, 48 Tex. Tech L. Rev. 245 (2015).

Arnold H. Loewy, A Proposal for the Universal Collection of DNA, 48 Tex. Tech L. Rev. 261 (2015).

Wayne A. Logan, Government Retention and Use of Unlawfully Secured DNA Evidence, 48 Tex. Tech L. Rev. 269 (2015).

Tracey Maclin, Government Analysis of Shed DNA Is a Search Under the Fourth Amendment, 48 Tex. Tech L. Rev. 287 (2015).

Book 2

Articles

Steven W. Golden, In Art We Trust: The Intersection of Trust and Bankruptcy Law in Detroit, 48 Tex. Tech L. Rev. 313 (2016).

Benjamin Robertson, Katy Pier Moore, and Corey F. Wehmeyer, Consent to Assignment Provisions in Texas Oil and Gas Leases: Drafting Solutions to Negotiation Impasse, 48 Tex. Tech L. Rev. 335 (2016).

Speeches

Rabia Chaudry, Undisclosed: Five Legal Lessons from the Case of Adnan Syed, 48 Tex. Tech L. Rev. 363 (2016).

Stephen W. Preston, Reflections of Wartime General Counsel, 48 Tex. Tech L. Rev. 375 (2016).

Comments

C.J. Baker, The One, Two, Threes of Involuntary Bankruptcy: Creditor Numerosity in the Fifth Circuit, 48 Tex. Tech L. Rev. 387 (2016).

Josué J. Galván, Now What?: A Guide to Navigating the Michael Morton Act’s Seemingly Unconstitutional Pro Se Provision, 48 Tex. Tech L. Rev. 423 (2016).

Theresa Golde, Pennies an Hour: Was This Really the Intent Behind 14(C) of the Fair Labor Standards Act? A Note Calling for a System Change to an Otherwise Broken System, 48 Tex. Tech L. Rev. 459 (2016).

Niravkumar Patel, Enhancing Recovery and Royalties: The Flawed Decision in French v. Occidental Permian Ltd. and How Lessors Can Overcome Lease Language Barriers to Prohibit Post-Production Deductions, 48 Tex. Tech L. Rev. 505 (2016).

Book 3

Fifth Circuit Survey: July 2014–June 2015

Forward

Judge Leslie H. Southwick, Forward, 48 Tex. Tech L. Rev. i (2016).

Survey Articles

Blake H. Bailey, Bankruptcy: 2014–2015, 48 Tex. Tech L. Rev. 539 (2016).

William J. Stowe and Michael J. Woodson, Civil Procedure: 2014–2015, 48 Tex. Tech L. Rev. 563 (2016).

David S. Coale, Commercial Litigation 2014–2015, 48 Tex. Tech L. Rev. 587 (2016).

Kellie E. Billings-Ray, Sireesha V. Chirala, and Megan Maddox Neal, Environmental Law: 2014–2015, 48 Tex. Tech L. Rev. 619 (2016).

Luke J. Gilman, Evidence: 2014–2015, 48 Tex. Tech L. Rev. 651 (2016).

William D. Elliott, Federal Taxation: 2014–2015, 48 Tex. Tech L. Rev. 679 (2016).

Christopher West and Benjamin Robertson, Oil and Gas Law: 2014–2015, 48 Tex. Tech L. Rev. 695 (2016).

Book 4

WATER LAW SYMPOSIUM

Jennifer L. Harder, Unlimited Rights in a Water-Scarce World? Quantification of Dormant Rights to Common Pool Groundwater, 48 Tex. Tech L. Rev. 719 (2016).

Rhett Larson, Augmented Water Law, 48 Tex. Tech L. Rev. 757 (2016).

Tom I. Romero, II, Bridging the Confluence of Water and Immigration Law, 48 Tex. Tech L. Rev. 779 (2016).

R. Walton Shelton, Stewardship and the Reuse of Texas Water, 48 Tex. Tech L. Rev. 829 (2016).

Articles

Charles E. Aster and Michael A. Attaway, Syndicated Construction Loans, Defaulting Lenders, and Equitable Remedies, 48 Tex. Tech L. Rev. 853 (2016).

Gerald S. Reamey, The Truth Might Set You Free: How the Michael Morton Act Could Fundamentally Change Texas Criminal Discovery, or Not, 48 Tex. Tech L. Rev. 893 (2016).

Comments

Jeryn Crabb, Texas Can’t Hold ’em Anymore: Why Individuals with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Committed to State Supported Living Centers Need Judicial Review of Their Commitment Orders, 48 Tex. Tech L. Rev. 931 (2016).

Andy Linn, Agriculture Sector Poised to Soar with Drone Integration, But Federal Regulation May Ground the Industry Before It Can Take Off, 48 Tex. Tech L. Rev. 975 (2016).

Aaron Powell, Salty Plaintiffs and Industry Defenses: A Texas Lawyer’s Guide to Induced Seismicity and Saltwater Disposal Wells, 48 Tex. Tech L. Rev. 1001 (2016).

Morgan Shell, Transgender Student-Athletes in Texas School Districts: Why Can’t the UIL Give All Students Equal Playing Time?, 48 Tex. Tech L. Rev. 1043 (2016).

Online Edition

Comments

Catharine Hansard, Searching for the Missing Piece: An Examination of the Constitutional Language in Texas’s Education Clause that Continues to Fuel the Puzzling School Finance Saga, 48 Tex. Tech L. Rev. Online Ed. 1 (2016).

Tara Parker, Private Prisons Behind Bars: Why Corrections Corporations Must Abide by Public Information Laws, 48 Tex. Tech L. Rev. Online Ed. 39 (2016).

Kevin C. Smith, Unspooling the Furrowed Brow: How Eyebrow Threaders Will Protect Economic Freedom in Texas, 48 Tex. Tech L. Rev. Online Ed. 71 (2016).