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The CM Law Library Blog seeks to inform the Cleveland-Marshall College of Law community about key legal education, research, practice, and law library news, with a particular focus on Cuyahoga County and Ohio as well as faculty research interests.

Supremes' Fall Term: Navy v. Whales

Amy Burchfield, Access & Faculty Services Librarian amy.burchfield@law.csuohio.edu | June 24, 2008 - 13:31

Chances are, you’ve probably heard about the issue of sonar and its effect on whale populations [for overview, see video clip narrated by Pierce Brosnan].

The Supreme Court [docket] has recently stepped in and agreed to hear a case on the Navy’s use of sonar for military training exercises off the coast of Southern California. Earlier, the Ninth Court of Appeals upheld a trial court order to suspend or minimize the Navy’s use of sonar when whales are in the vicinity [Natural Resources Defense Council v. Winter, 518 F.3d 658; 2008 U.S. App. LEXIS 4504; 38 ELR 20057 (2008)]. Now the Supreme Court will review that decision this fall term.

For more information, read the NYT article, “Justices Take Case on Navy Use of Sonar.”

Blog tip: IntLawGrrls – Do whales have standing? Ask the Supremes…


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Westlaw's Reference Attorney Tips

Sue Altmeyer, Electronic Services Librarian, sue.altmeyer@law.csuohio.edu | June 24, 2008 - 10:50

Westlaw's intranet database of reference attorney tips is now easily available to Westlaw users. Just click on Help (upper right hand corner), click on Help Topics, then click on West Research Assistance. You can find research tips by browsing the folders. The folders are categorized by: (1) researching codes, (2) researching text,periodicals and forms, and (3) legal topics listed alphabetically. There is also a search box, although I had better luck finding items by browsing.

For example, to find Department of Labor Interpretive Bulletins, select Topics F-L, then Labor & Employment. Among the listed articles, is one on DOL Interpretive Bulletins. It says that Interpretive Bulletins can be found in the Federal Register, and gives suggestions for search terms.


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Naked Cowboy Loses His Privacy Claim

Jessica Mathewson-Library Media Technical Asst.-jessica.mathewson@law.csuohio.edu | June 24, 2008 - 10:44

Back in February, New York City street musician Robert Burck, known as the Naked Cowboy, filed a lawsuit against Mars, Inc. for outfitting an M & M character in his signature gear (guitar, cowboy hat & boots and briefs) in a video shown in Times Square. Yesterday, Judge Denny Chin granted the motion, filed by the defense, to dismiss the Naked Cowboy's right to privacy claim. However, the Judge denied the defense motion to dismiss the Naked Cowboys' claim of false endorsement. The Judge found that Mars' advertisments could infer the Naked Cowboy endorses their candy. More legal haggling to be done this summer.


See our previous post,
Naked Cowboy Sues for Trademark Infringement


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You Can be a Budget Hero

Jan Novak, Associate Director jan.novak@law.csuohio.edu | June 24, 2008 - 08:15

Feeling frustrated and helpless with our Government’s inability to solve the issues you see as top priorities? Take control in the only way you can: play a game. American Public Media’s Budget Hero let’s you make the decisions on how our tax dollars should be used. Indulge yourself.

Thanks to the Law Librarian blog for the tip.


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