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1 909 F.2d 820 (5th Cir. 1990).
2 Id. at 833.
3 Id.
4 Id. at 822.
5 Id. at 823.
6 Id. at 824.
7 Id. at 824-25.
8 Id. at 832.
9 29 U.S.C. §794 (1988).
10 Leckelt, 909 F.2d at 826.
11 Id. at 830.
12 Id. at 829.
13 Id.
14 Id. at 830.
15 LA. REV. STAT. ANN. § 2251 (West 1982).
16 Leckelt, 909 F.2d at 831.
17 Id., at 832.
18 Id., at 833.
page 183 note 1 747 F. Supp. 250 (D. Vt. 1990).
page 183 note 2 Id. at 263.
page 183 note 3 Id. at 262.
page 183 note 4 Id. at 263.
page 183 note 5 Id. at 250.
page 183 note 6 Id. at 256.
page 183 note 7 Id. at 250.
page 183 note 8 Id. at 254.
page 183 note 9 United States v. Williams, 583 F.2d 1194 (2d Cir. 1978).
page 184 note 10 Jakobetz, 747 F. Supp. at 254.
page 184 note 11 Id. at 262.
page 184 note 12 Id.
page 184 note 13 Id. at 263.
page 184 note 1 164 A.D.2d 73, 561 N.Y.S.2d 164 (1990).
page 184 note 2 Id. at 81, 561 N.Y.S.2d at 169.
page 184 note 3 Id. at 78-79, 561 N.Y.S.2d at 167 (citing Morrison Assurance Co. v. North Am. Reinsurance Corp., 588 F. Supp. 1324 (N.D. Ala. 1984), aff'd, 760 F.2d 279 (11th Cir. 1985); Loewenthal v. Security Ins. Co. of Hartford, 50 Md. App. 112, 436 A.2d 493 (1981)).
page 185 note 4 Lavanant, 164 A.2d at 77, 561 N.Y.S.2d at 166 (referring to unreported New York Civil Court order dated Nov. 30, 1989).
page 185 note 5 Id. at 77-78, 561 N.Y.S.2d at 166-67.
page 185 note 6 Id.
page 185 note 7 See supra text accompanying note 3.
page 185 note 8 Lavanant, 164 A.2d at 79-80, 561 N.Y.S.2d at 168.
page 185 note 9 Id. at 80, 561 N.Y.S.2d at 168.
page 185 note 10 Id.
page 185 note 11 Id. at 82, 561 N.Y.S.2d at 169.
page 185 note 1 910 F.2d 291 (5th Cir. 1990).
page 186 note 2 Id. at 296.
page 186 note 3 Id. at 292.
page 186 note 4 Id.
page 186 note 5 Id. at 293.
page 186 note 6 Id. at 294 (citing Shelp v. National Sur. Corp., 333 F.2d 431, 436 (5th Cir.), cert, denied, 379 U.S. 945 (1964)).
page 186 note 7 LA. CIV. CODE ANN. art. 2315 (West 1979 & Supp. 1991).
page 186 note 8 Green, 910 F.2d at 295.
page 187 note 9 Id. at 296.
page 187 note 1 916 F.2d 294 (5th Cir. 1990).
page 187 note 2 Id. at 296 (citing 29 C.F.R. § 1910.1025(k) (1990)).
page 187 note 3 St. Joe Resources, 916 F.2d at 296.
page 187 note 4 29 C.F.R. § 1910.1025(k)(2)(ii) (1990).
page 187 note 5 St. Joe Resources, 916 F.2d at 296.
page 187 note 6 Id. at 297.
page 187 note 7 Id. at 299.
page 188 note 8 Id.
page 188 note 9 Id.
page 188 note 10 Id.
page 188 note 1 750 F. Supp. 39 (D. Mass. 1990).
page 188 note 2 29 U.S.C. § 794 (1988).
page 188 note 3 Glanz, 750 F. Supp. at 46.
page 188 note 4 Id. at 43.
page 188 note 5 Id. at 41.
page 188 note 6 Id.
page 189 note 7 Id.
page 189 note 8 Id. at 46.
page 189 note 9 Id. at 43.
page 189 note 10 Id.
page 189 note 11 Id. at 42 (quoting Smith v. Department of Hum. Servs., 876 F.2d 832, 834 (10th Cir. 1989)).
page 189 note 12 Id. at 44 (quoting Harrison v. Royal Protective Life Ins. Co., 379 Mass. 212, 396 N.E.2d 987 (1979)).
page 189 note 1 920 F.2d.45 (D.C. Cir. 1990).
page 189 note 2 Id. at 46.
page 189 note 3 Id.
page 190 note 4 Id. at 48. A “compelling need” for a rule or regulation exists when that rule or regulation is “essential as distinguished from helpful or desirable, to the accomplishment of the mission or the execution of functions of the agency or primary national subdivision in a manner which is consistent with the requirements of an effective and efficient government.” 5 C.F.R. 12424.11(a) (1990).
page 190 note 5 Department of Health & Hum. Servs. v. Federal Labor Regulations Auth., 920 F.2d at 47.
page 190 note 6 5 U.S.C. §§7101 - 7135 (1988).
page 190 note 7 Id. at § 7117(a)(2).
page 190 note 8 Id. at §7117(c).
page 190 note 9 Department of Health & Hum. Servs. v. Federal Labor Regulations Auth., 920 F.2d at 47.
page 190 note 10 Id.
page 190 note 11 Id.
page 190 note 12 Id. (quoting National Treasury Employees Union and Dep't of Health & Hum. Servs., 33 F.L.R.A. 61 (1988)).
page 190 note 13 Department of Health & Hum. Servs. v. Federal Labor Regulations Auth. 920 F.2d at 48.
page 191 note 14 Id.
page 191 note 1 917 F.2d 1338 (3d Cir. 1990).
page 191 note 2 Id.
page 191 note 3 Id. at 1344.
page 191 note 4 Id. at 1339.
page 191 note 5 Id.
page 191 note 6 Id.
page 191 note 7 Id. at 1341.
page 191 note 8 Id. at 1342.
page 191 note 9 Id. at 1344.
page 191 note 10 Id. at 1345.
page 192 note 11 Id.
page 192 note 12 Id.
page 192 note 1 798 P.2d 914 (1990), to be reported at 118 Idaho 632.
page 192 note 2 798 P.2d at 919.
page 192 note 3 Id. at 918.
page 192 note 4 Id at 917.
page 192 note 5 Id. at 916.
page 192 note 6 Id.
page 192 note 7 Id. at 917.
page 193 note 8 Id.
page 193 note 9 Id. at 918.
page 193 note 10 Powell v. Texas, 392 U.S. 514, 536 (1968).
page 193 note 11 Searcy, 798 P.2d 918.
page 193 note 12 Id. (citing Leland v. Oregon, 343 U.S. 790 (1952)).
page 193 note 13 Searcy, 798 P.2d at 919.
page 193 note 14 Id. at 918 (citing State v. Korell, 213 Mont. 316, 690 P.2d 992 (1984)).
page 193 note 1 748 F. Supp. 319 (D. Md. 1990).
page 193 note 2 Id. at 329.
page 193 note 3 Id. at 322-23.
page 194 note 4 Id. at 321, 323.
page 194 note 5 Id. at 324.
page 194 note 6 Id. at 324, preliminary injunction granted, Court Memorandum Nov. 14, 1986; preliminary injunction dissolved, 748 F. Supp. 319 (D. Md.), aff'd, 751 F. Supp. 75 (D. Md. 1990).
page 194 note 7 Riddick, 748 F. Supp. at 324.
page 194 note 8 Id. at 326.
page 194 note 9 Id. at 327, 329.
page 194 note 10 Id. at 329.
page 194 note 11 Id. at 332.
page 194 note 12 Id.
page 195 note 1 748 F. Supp. 749 (D. Haw. 1990).
page 195 note 2 Id. at 752.
page 195 note 3 Id. at 768.
page 195 note 4 42 U.S.C. § 4321-4347 (1988).
page 195 note 5 Stone, 748 F.Supp. at 752.
page 195 note 6 Id.
page 195 note 7 Id.
page 195 note 8 Id. at 754.
page 195 note 9 Id. at 757.
page 195 note 10 Id. at 754.
page 195 note 11 Id. at 758.
page 196 note 12 Id.
page 196 note 13 Id. at 761.
page 196 note 14 Id.
page 196 note 15 Id. at 764.
page 196 note 16 Id. at 765.
page 196 note 17 Id. at 768.
page 196 note 18 Id.
page 196 note 1 913 F.2d 1033 (2d Cir. 1990).
page 196 note 2 Id. at 1045.
page 196 note 3 Id. “Qualified immunity is the doctrine that shields government officials performing discretionary functions from being held liable for civil damages arising from their actions which do ‘not violate clearly established statutory or constitutional rights of which a reasonable person would have known.'” Id. at 1039 (quoting Harlow v. Fitzgerald, 457 U.S. 800, 818 (1982)).
page 197 note 4 McLaughlin, 913 F.2d at 1037.
page 197 note 5 Id. at 1038.
page 197 note 6 Id.
page 197 note 7 Id. Plaintiff alleged violations of his constitutional rights to due process and to protection from harm under the fourteenth amendment and under the Civil Rights Act, 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (1988) and violations of his federal statutory rights under the Education for All Handicapped Children Act of 1975, 20 U.S.C. §§ 1401 - 1485 (1988) and the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, 29 U.S.C. § 794 (1988).
page 197 note 8 McLaughlin, 913 F.2d at 1038.
page 197 note 9 Id.
page 197 note 10 Id. at 1039.
page 197 note 11 Id. at 1045.
page 198 note 12 Id.
page 198 note 13 Id. at 1036.
page 198 note 14 Id. at 1037.
page 198 note 1 568 So. 2d 4 (Fla. 1990).
page 198 note 2 Id. at 17.
page 198 note 3 Id.
page 198 note 4 Id. at 8.
page 198 note 5 Id. at 9.
page 198 note 6 Id.
page 199 note 7 Id. at 7-8.
page 199 note 8 Id. at 10-12.
page 199 note 9 Id. at 12-13.
page 199 note 10 Id. at 15.
page 199 note 12 Id. at 13-15.
page 199 note 13 Id. at 15.
page 199 note 1 580 A.2d 887 (1990).
page 199 note 2 580 A.2d at 893.
page 199 note 3 Id.
page 199 note 4 Id.
page 200 note 5 Id. at 890.
page 200 note 6 Id. at 888.
page 200 note 7 Id. at 889.
page 200 note 8 Id. at 890.
page 200 note 9 Id. at 889.
page 200 note 10 Id. at 890.
page 200 note 11 Id. at 889 (recognizing that Kellinger, through his actions, might have been attempting to manipulate the system).
page 200 note 12 Id. at 890.
page 200 note 13 Id. at 891.
page 200 note 14 Id.
page 200 note 15 Id. at 892.
page 200 note 16 Id. at 893.
page 201 note 1 436 Mich. 443, 462 N.W.2d 44 (1990).
page 201 note 2 Id. at 447-48, 462 N.W.2d at 46.
page 201 note 3 Id. at 460, 462 N.W.2d at 46.
An amniotic fluid embolism occurs when the amniotic fluid infuses into the mother's circulatory system, most often through a vent in the uterus or through the mother's pelvic veins… . The debris-filled fluid is taken up into the mother's circulatory system, pumped through her heart and into her lungs … causing injury, and often, death.
Id. at 454 n.15, 462 N.W.2d at 49 n.15.
page 201 note 5 Id. at 447, 462 N.W.2d at 45.
page 201 note 6 Id. at 443, 462 N.W.2d at 44.
page 201 note 7 Id. at 443, 462 N.W.2d at 44-45.
page 201 note 8 Id. at 448-49, 462 N.W.2d at 46.
page 201 note 9 Id. at 449, 462 N.W.2d at 46.
page 202 note 10 Id. at 457, 462 N.W.2d at 50.
page 202 note 11 Id. at 461, 462 N.W.2d at 52.
page 202 note 12 Id. at 470, 462 N.W.2d at 56.
page 202 note 13 Id. at 469, 462 N.W.2d at 56.
page 202 note 14 Id. at 471, 462 N.W.2d at 57.