College of William & Mary Law School William & Mary Law School Scholarship Repository Student Newspaper (Amicus, Advocate...) Archives and Law School History 1999 The Amicus Curiae (Vol. 10, Issue 3) Repository Citation "The Amicus Curiae (Vol. 10, Issue 3)" (1999). Student Newspaper (Amicus, Advocate...). 131. https://scholarship.law.wm.edu/newspapers/131 Copyright c 1999 by the authors. This article is brought to you by the William & Mary Law School Scholarship Repository. https://scholarship.law.wm.edu/newspapers - .., The ) • r • I .lmzcus ...... - ~urzae VOLUMEX,ISSUhTHREE MONDAY,OCTOBER25, 1999 WILLIAM & MARY SCHOOL OF LAW Students Drink, Dance and Be Merry at Fall From Grace by LaurenS. Fassler spouse or significant other, but a number The parking lot at the Holiday Inn on of other students without dates came Richmond Road started filling up Saturday alone or in groups. night as more than a third ofthe law school "Hopefully that wasn't a discourage­ arrived to celebrate the annual mid-semes­ ment, people not being able to get a date," ter "Fall From Grace." Vogel said. _ "Everyoneknowsthat'FallFromGrace' At first people mingled around the is a ·good time so we generally get good tables and sampled the appetizers at the attendance," said 3L Mac Stuckey, the Holiday Inn-catered buffet table, includ­ Student Bar Association ( SBA) president, ing a vegetable platter and dip, wings, and regarding the October 16 semi-formal that meatballs. They also queued up behind lastfrom9:30p.m. to !2:30a.m. the bars located at the two back comers Men in suits and women in cocktail of the room. dresses crowded the low-lit hotel ballroom · Before long, people started heading complete with a dance floor, buffet table, to the dance floor, kicking up their heels two open bars, and circular tables covered and breaking out a sweat to a mixture of with white table cloths and clear glass Top 40 rock, Swing, slow dance, line vases with candles casting shadows. dances like the "Electric Slide," and old Students take time offthe dance floor to chat. Photo by LaurenS. Fassler "Last year Fall From Grace was held on favorites like "Shout." campus," said 2L George Vogel, the SBA Most students seemed to be having a off and the light went on, revealing the ing his hope that everyone had a good time treasurer. "Apparently it was not as nice good time, savoring the opportunity to slight haze of smoke in the air and the beer and announcing that taxi cabs were avail­ as everyone wanted it to be, so we stepped get out and leave their studies behind. bottles and empty glasses that had col­ able outside for anyone who needed a safe it up a notch this year." Then at 12:30 a.m., the atmosphere lected on the tables during the evening. Many students arrived with their changed abruptly. The D .J. cut the music Stuckey went in front ofhis peers, express- See Fall From Grace on 3 Backus Wins 1999 Bus.hrod Tournament by Eric Nakano ready carried them to the fmal round. troop leaders, began by arguing that the After a brief rebuttal by Ms. Backus, This year's Bushrod T. Washington appellate court was correct in finding the the panel went into chambers to deliberate. Moot Court tournarnent ended on Sun­ "You may have one or two Wilderness Girls a place ofpublic service, During the intermission, both finalists chat­ day, October 17, as the two finalists, Mary citing the size of the organization, and its ted with members of the audience. Mr. Sue Backus and Curtis Wayne Owen, pre­ judges convinced that you lucrative cookie business. He continued to Owen, when asked how he felt, joked "I sented their arguments in the appeal of are absolutely wrong but assert that the WGA's own policies pro­ didn'tcry. Ididn'tfaint. Ididn'tthrowup." Wilderness Girls ofAmerica v. Kim. This you only need one-half plus hibit it from establishing any particular re­ When the panel returned from delib­ year's problem was designed by Kindra ligious view, regardless of whether a troop eration, they announced that Ms. Backus Gromelski and concerns the dismissal of one to win." is sponsored by a church. Then, as he was had prevailed, and then proceeded to cri­ two adult troop leaders from the Wilder­ Bushrod ChiefJustice Charles Poston winding down his arguments, Mr. Owen tique the two contestants on their tech­ ness Girls of America after one wrote a was met with a particularly tough question: nique. Particularly noteworthy, in their letter identifying herselfas a lesbian to her Ms. Backus spoke first, representing Ifhis clients were dismissed in 1992, and the opinions was Mr. Owen's quick recovery college newsletter. This letter subsequently the Wilderness Girls of America. Re­ Law Against Discrimination didn't cover during questioning when presented with a came to the attention of the Wilderness sponding quickly and confidently to a them until the version amended in 1993, question that had not been previously Girls. The Wilderness Girls of America barrage of questions, she argued that the should the law apply? Pausing only a few considered, and Ms. Backus's apparent then dismissed the two troop leaders, who Wythe 4w Against Discrimination is moments, ·Mr. Owen urged the court to ease before the panel. Both contestants had served for two years. After unsuc­ intrinsically linked to physical facilities. broadly interpret the Law Against Discrimi­ cessfully petitioning the regional Wilder­ She then continued, arguing the Wilder­ nation. See Backus is Bushrod Champ on 2 p.ess Girls chapter, the two women brought ness Girls is a selective and private orga­ suit against the Wildeme~s Girls. The trial nization and therefore not subject to the In this Issue court ruled in favor ofthe Wilderness Girls, Law Against Discrimination. When and the appellate court ruled in favor ofthe pressed by the court, she conceded that Meet-Professor Marcus.......... p2 Think you had trouble with troop leaders. The case was then appealed this was a question of fact as well as law. to the Supreme Court of Wythe. Finally, she concluded by asserting that Hurricane Floyd, then check out The tournament was larger than usual enforcement ofthe Law Against Discrimi­ Did you have a good time at Fall Lee's problems..................... p1 0 this year, with 92 students competing for nation would "trample the Wilderness from Grace but some ofthe the 32 spots on next year's Moot Court Girls' First Amendment right of associa­ details are little fuzzy, see if you Can't cheer for anyone in this team. Both finalists were visibly nervous tion," by forcing the Wilderness Girls to made our Fall from Grace year's World Series? Neither as they stepped up to the podium, but endorse homosexuality. quickly regained the poise that had al- Mr. Owen, representing the dismissed photos .•.............................•••• p3&6 can J effPolich...•.........•.... ~ ... p 11 2 ==========================================Monday, October 25, 1999 THE AMicus Profes~ors Spotlight On: Paul Marcus By Andrew Hampton Wythe School of Law in 1992, Marcus taught at the Professor Paul Marcus has a 'Yide variety of experi­ University oflllinois Law School, served as Dean of the ences to his credit. He has been a dean, a law clerk, an University of Arizona's law school for five years and author and a litigator. Now he isonce again doing what he spent some time in private practice in California doing enjoys the most: teaching. The courses Marcus teaches mostly criminal and entertainment trial work. here at William and Mary include Entertainment Law The entertainment side ofhis practice allowed Marcus Litigation, Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure. He is not to work with such big name acts asThe Allman Brothers, a newcomer to either field, his professional experiences Grand Funk Railroad and artists on the Motown label. having prepared him well for his classroom role. Most of his entertainment work was copyright related, Marcus received his law degree from the University of Marcus said. He took on an even larger role in the area of California at Los Angeles where he was Articles Editor for copyright with the completion of a casebook entitled the UCLA Law Review. After graduation he headed Copyright and Other Aspects of Law Pertaining to cross-country to Clerk for the U.S. Court ofAppeals for the Literary, Musical and Artistic Works. The casebook, D.C. Circuit. Between that time and joining the faculty ofMarshall- See Professor Spotlight on 4 Photoby LaurenS. Fassler • Backus Claims Top Spot Ill Bushrod Final Backus is Bushrod Champ from 1 r were cautioned, however, against conceding any points 1999-2000 Moot Court Team in the face of difficult questioning. In Chief Justice AudraHale Charles Poston's words, "Don't feel that if you get really Mark Jackson David Shewchuck DerekBrostek Gretchen Greisler Humes Franklin slammed by one judge or a couple ofjudges on the panel Jennifer Brewer that you've lost. You may have one or two judges Jessica Norris Jill Kantor Katherine Morrison convinced that you are absolutely wrong, but you only Mark Floyd Martha Lawson Martha Swicegood need one-half plus one to win." Matthew Nieman Sarah Gee Members of the team will compete in intramural tour­ Scott Hovey Stacey Mollohan Thomas V oekler Tarneka Collier naments as 3Ls next year. They will write briefs and argue TraciMiller William Garrett Monica Robinson them before judges much as they did in Bushrod. Team Adam Doherty Amy Bauer members are ranked according to their Bushrod results to Andrew Margrabe Daniel Froehlich Anthony Tacconi Curtis Wayne Owen Mary Sue Backus Karan Singh determine who gets preference in townament selection Sheyna Burt next year.