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Back Issues

Volume 39
Summer 1990

A REVIEW OF RECENT DECISIONS OF THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FEDERAL CIRCUIT

INTRODUCTION

The United States Courts of Appeals, The Federal Circuit, and the Nonregional Subject Matter Concept: Reflections on the Search for a Model
The Honorable S. Jay Plager

ARTICLES

Criminal Convictions, "Off-Duty Misconduct," and Federal Employment: The Need for Better Definition of the Basis for Disciplinary Action
Neal Miller

Installment Method Asset Sales by S Corporations
Alan S. Kaden
Mary E. LaFrance

The Song Remains the Same-But Not Necessarily the Name
Mark Traphagen
Robert D. Litowitz

AREA SUMMARIES

The Government Contract Decisions of the Federal Circuit During 1989
The Honorable Alexander Younger

Patent Law Developments in the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit During 1989
Alex Chartove

International Trade Decisions of the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit During 1989
David M. Cohen

Review of the 1989 Trademark Decisions of the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Ann K Ford
Scott R. Flick

NOTE

Colonial American Life Insurance Co. v. Commissioner: Supreme Court Disregards Congressional Intent that Indemnity Reinsurance Ceding Commissions be Deductible
William M. Gatesman

To be cited as: 39 Am. U. L. Rev.
© Copyright 1990 American University Law Review.


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