Family Law Opinions Rewritten – Authors & Cases

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Rachel Rebouché
Professor of Law
Temple University Beasley School of Law
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Reynolds v. United States, 98 U.S. 145 (1879)

Commentary: Marie Failinger
Judge Edward J. Devitt Professor of Law
Mitchell Hamline School of Law
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Rewritten Opinion: Laura Kessler
Professor of Law
University of Utah College of Law
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McGuire v. McGuire, 59 N.W.2d 336 (Neb. 1953)

Commentary: Mary Anne Case
Arnold I. Shure Professor Law
University of Chicago Law School
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Martha Ertman
Carole & Hanan Sibel Research Professor
University of Maryland Law School
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Zvi Triger
Associate Professor
Haim Striks School of Law, Israel
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Dandridge v. Williams, 397 U.S. 471 (1970)

Commentary: Maya Manian
Professor of Law
University of San Francisco School of Law
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Rewritten Opinion: Susan Frelich Appleton
Lemma Barkeloo & Phoebe Couzins Professor of Law
Washington University School of Law
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Wisconsin v. Yoder, 406 U.S. 205 (1972)

Commentary: Lisa Fishbayn Joffe
Director, Hadassah-Brandeis Institute
Brandeis University
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Rewritten Opinion: Kristen Murray
Professor of Law
Temple University Beasley School of Law
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Marvin v. Marvin, 557 P.2d 106 (Cal. 1976)

Commentary: Aníbal Rosario Lebrón
Assistant Professor of Lawyering Skills
Howard University School of Law
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Rewritten Opinion: Kate Sablosky Elengold
Clinical Associate Professor
University of North Carolina School of Law
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Kulko v. Superior Court, 436 U.S. 84 (1978)

Commentary: Mary-Beth Moylan
Associate Dean for Experiential Learning and Professor of Lawyering Skills
University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law
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Rewritten Opinion: Katherine Macfarlane
Associate Professor of Law
University of Idaho College of Law
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Daly v. Daly, 715 P.2d 56 (Nev. 1986)

Commentary: Raff Donelson
Assistant Professor of Law & Philosophy
Louisiana State University
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Rewritten Opinion: Nancy Polikoff
Professor of Law
American University Washington College of Law
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Michael H. v. Gerald D., 491 U.S. 110 (1989)

Commentary: Suzanne Kim
Judge Denny Chin Scholar and Professor of Law
Rutgers Law School
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Rewritten Opinion: Albertina Antognini
Associate Professor of Law
University of Kentucky College of Law
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DeShaney v. Winnebago County Department of Social Services, 489 U.S. 189 (1989)

Commentary: Macarena Saez
Director of the International Human Rights Clinic and Practitioner in Residence
American University Washington College of Law
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Rewritten Opinion: Jessica Dixon Weaver
Associate Professor of Law
Southern Methodist University School of Law
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Simeone v. Simeone, 581 A.2d 162 (Pa. 1990)

Commentary: Jamie Abrams
Professor of Law
University of Louisville Brandeis School of Law
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Rewritten Opinion: Alicia Kelly
Distinguished Professor of Law
Delaware Law School, Widener University
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John Culhane
Distinguished Professor of Law
Delaware Law School, Widener University
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Borelli v. Brusseau, 12 Cal. App. 4th 647 (1993)

Commentary: June Carbone
Robina Chair of Law, Science and Technology
University of Minnesota School of Law
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Rewritten Opinion: Jo Carrillo
Professor of Law
UC Hastings College of Law
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Turner v. Rogers, 564 U.S. 431 (2011)

Commentary: Warren Binford
Professor of Law
Willamette University
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Rewritten Opinion: Elizabeth L. MacDowell
Professor of Law
William S. Boyd School of Law, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
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In re T.J.S., 54 A.3d 263 (N.J. 2012)

Commentary: Melanie Jacobs
Associate Dean for Graduate and International Programs and Professor of Law
Michigan State University College of Law
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Rewritten Opinion: Seema Mohapatra
Professor of Law
Barry Law School
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Matter of A-R-C-G-, 26 I.&N. Dec. 388 (B.I.A. 2014)

Commentary: Natalie Nanasi
Clinical Professor of Law
Southern Methodist University School of Law
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Rewritten Opinion: Suzan M. Pritchett
Associate Professor of Law
University of Wyoming College of Law
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Sessions v. Morales-Santana, 2017 WL 2507339 (U.S. 2017)

Commentary: Cynthia Godsoe
Associate Professor of Law
Brooklyn Law School
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Rewritten Opinion: Tracy Thomas
John F. Seiberling Chair of Constitutional Law and Professor of Law
University of Akron Law School of Law
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