VOLUME XXXIX                                     2006                                                NUMBER 4

NOTES

Party On?:  The Excellent Adventures of Social Host Liability in Massachusetts

Terror and the T:  A Constitutional Analysis of the MBTA’s Stop-and-Search Policy

When Is it OK to Tattle?  The Need to Amend the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act

As Good As It Gets:  Why Massachusetts Should Not Adopt an Attorney-Conducted Voir Dire Process for Civil Trials

Striking a Balance:  The Efforts of One Massachusetts City to Draft an Effective Anti-Loitering Law Within the Bounds of the Constitution

COMMENTS

Criminal Law/Constitutional Law - Judicial Fact-finding Limited in Post-hoc Investigation into Prior Plea-based Conviction - Shepard v. United States, 544 U.S. 13 (2005)

Civil Procedure - Supplemental Jurisdiction Extended to Plaintiffs in
Diversity Jurisdiction Cases with Claims Less Then $75,000 - Exxon Mobil
Corporation v. Allapattah Services, Inc., 125 S. Ct. 2611 (2005)

Constitutional Law - Mechanical Race-Conscious Transfer Plan in Elementary and Secondary Public School System Held Constitutional - Comfort v. Lynn School Committee, 418 F.3d 1 (1st Cir. 2005)

Tort Law - Diminishing the Burden Placed on Plaintiffs to Prove Municipality
Liability - Young v. City of Providence, 404 F.3d 4 (1st Cir. 2005)