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Annotations
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Houston, Texas
Permit 8451
Volume IX, Number 10
1303 San Jacinto, Houston, Texas 77002
April 1984
SBA Officers Elected
The following people were elected to offices in the re-
cent SBA elections — president, Joe Luce; vice president,
Barry Capece; secretary, Vicki Bailey; treasurer, Gary
Block; senior senators, Roy Brantley and Edgar Goldberg;
mid-law senators, Mark Burtner and Mark Goldberg;
freshman senators, Luci Aitken and Shawn Hill; Texas bar
rep, Sandy McKenzie; and ABA rep, Cindi Hooper.
The new Board of Governors will hold a joint meeting
with the outgoing Board on Tuesday, April 17, at 4:30 in
Room 317. The 1984-85 Board officially begins their year
on May 10.
Congratulations to the newly elected officers.
Spring banquet ruled "good time" by court
by Todd Yeslow
The Texas Supreme Court has
handed down its landmark deci-
sion of the spring term, resulting
from recent cases arising under
the Deceptive Trade Practices
Act. The unanimous holding
establishes a strict definition of
the frequently used term "good
time." Such holding removes any
inconsistency which may arise
from advertising using such term
resulting in misrepresentation
under the DTPA.
In developing a standard for
STCL legal center dedication set for May 2
by Barbara Pusch
Copy Editor
The formal dedication of the
Jesse H. Jones Legal Center of
South Texas College of Law on
May 2 is expected to be a historic
event not only for the college, but
also for the city of Houston, and
perhaps for the state of Texas.
The featured guest for the 7:30
p.m. dedication will be the Hon-
orable William H. Rehnquist,
U.S. Supreme Court Associate
Justice.
Also attending the dedication is
a 130-member Honors Commit-
tee, which includes such dignitar-
ies as Governor Mark White; the
Justices of the Supreme Court of
Texas and Court of Criminal Ap^
peals; IS Justices from the United
States District Court, Southern
District; the 1st and 14th Court of
Appeals Justices; state court Dis-
trict Judges and STCL's Board of
Directors.
Some 30 of Houston's promin-
ent attorneys as well as various
representatives of county govern-
ment, including County Judge
Jon Lindsay and Harris County
District Attorney John B.
Holmes, Jr., also will attend.
Invitations to the ceremony
were sent to approximately 45,000
persons, including the entire
Texas Bar Association, according
to Richard Allen, director of
STCL's External Affairs.
Each student will receive an
invitation to the ceremony and a
student pass, which must be
shown to gain admittance to the
dedication ceremony.
Everyone attending the dedica-
tion ceremony will receive a
40-page commemoration booklet
which capsulizes STCL's history
and growth.
A champagne reception begins
at 7:30 p.m. The highlight of the
dedication ceremony will be a
specially-prepared multi-media
presentation welcoming Justice
Rehnquist and providing a retro-
spective of STCL's phenomenal
growth.
The 11-story STCL Tower
houses the 1st and 14th Court of
Appeals on the top three floors,
the Spurgeon E. Bell Conference
Center on the first floor, admin-
istrative offices on the second
floor, and third floor classrooms.
Under a planned expansion pro-
gram, floors four and five will
contain classrooms and the sixth
floor is reserved for a Student
Center. The seventh and eighth
floors will contain new faculty of-
fices to replace those now in the
Cullen Building.
The building which originally
housed the entire law school also
will be dedicated and renamed the
Roy and Lillie Cullen Building.
The Cullen Building, which cur-
rently contains the law library,
classrooms, offices and the
750-seat Joe M. Green, Jr., Advo-
cacy Center auditorium, eventual-
ly will be devoted entirely to the
College's law library, advocacy
auditorium, and a major com-
puter research center.
STCL's student population is
approximately 1,200 full and part-
time students, according to Exter-
nal Affairs Director Allen.
The continued growth of the
school will be in "facilities, not in
numbers," according to Dean
Garland R. Walker.
"Operating as a private law
school, as do 86 of the 149 ABA-
approved law schools in the na-
tion, I believe that South Texas
College of Law will make more
progress in the next 10 years than
has been made in the first half-
century," Dean Walker said in a
letter to the alumni in 1975.
With the dedication of STCL's
new Legal Center and the future
expansion of legal research facili-
ties at STCL, Walker's projection
already has come true.
which activities can properly be
described as a "good time," the
Supreme Court relied upon dic-
tum in a precedent case, State v.
Aunt Bertha's Good-Time House,
Inc., in providing for the follow-
ing five-prong test.
"In order to determine if a cer-
tain representation of a 'good
time' is in fact a 'good time' for
purposes of this decision, the ac-
tivity described as being a good
time must provide for:
1. an open bar;
2. dinner;
3. fun-loving students, faculty
and alumni in attendance;
4. presentation of awards; and
5. dancing to music by the
band 'Eclipse' in the ballroom of
a fancy-schmancy hotel."
In order to satisfy the newly
defined standard and therefore be
considered as a bona fide "good
time," all of the above elements
must be present. In providing for
a prima facie case of a "good
time," the court cites the South
Texas College of Law Annual
Spring Awards Banquet as the on-
ly presently recognized activity
now meeting the requirements of
the five-prong test.
To gain the essence of this im-
portant decision and to gain a
first-hand experience of the only
recognized "good time" in the
state of Texas, STCL will sponsor
this spring's Annual Awards Ban-
quet in the interest of continuing
legal education. This learning ex-
perience will be held April 14 at
the Shamrock Hilton and is open
to all law students, faculty, and
alumnus. Student ticket prices are
$11 per person and such price will
cover all five elements constituting
a "good time." Torts II students
are particularly urged to attend,
for as the court has reasoned, "A
student lawyer should not be free-
ly admitted into the Bar if such
student has previously passed a
free bar."
Appellate Advocacy Team wins Cravens
by Morris Weiss
South Texas College of Law
defeated New York University in
the finals for the second consecu-
tive year to win the Cravens Na-
tional Invitational Moot Court
Competition at Chapel Hill,
North Carolina on March 3.
STCL team members are Rich-
ard Hogan (captain), Diane Shaw,
Vicki Martin, Kay Johnson (alter-
nate), and Deborah Petryszak
(alternate). In addition to its vic-
tory, South Texas won third best
brief and Diane Shaw was voted
the second best oralist of the com-
petition.
This year's problem involved
the fairness doctrine in the context
of broadcasters and cable televi-
sion. The scenario involved a pro-
abortion stance taken on a cable
television station. The group op-
posing this view sought air time to
present their side. The two issues
presented were (1) whether oppos-
ing viewpoints should be given
equal time, and (2) whether public
access channels should be "impos-
ed" on cable television systems.
South Texas briefed the re-
spondents side, arguing that there
is a scarcity of frequences and ac-
cess time should not be given. It
should be noted that Kay Johnson
played a substantial role in writing
the team's brief.
The South Texas team was seed-
ed second after the preliminary
rounds. During their march to vic-
tory they defeated, in order,
Chicago's John Marshall Law
School, University of Richmond,
Fordham University and New
York University. Diane Shaw
argued first respondent, Vickie
Martin argued first petitioner, and
Richard Hogan argued second
respondent and petitioner. In the
final round Diane and Richard
argued as respondents to a panel
of distinguished jurists repre-
senting the D.C., 11th and 6th
Circuits. Dean Treece and the
team are to be commended for
their victory in one of the most
prestigious tournaments in the
country.
Spurgeon E. Bell
Moot Court Competition
April 9-12
PRELIMINARY ROUNDS
Monday, April 9 9 a.m. & 1 p.m.
Tuesday, April 10 9 a.m. & 1 p.m.
FINAL ROUNDS
Wednesday, April 11 Octafinals, 9 a.m.
Quarterfinals, 1 p.m.
Thursday, April 12 Semifinals, 9 a.m.
Finals, 7 p.m.
Semi finals will be held in Room A01 and the Auditor-
ium. Both Semi-rounds will be judged by the judges of the
first and fourteenth Courts of Appeals. Finals will be held
in the Auditorium. They will be judged by a Texas Supreme
Court Justice, Dean Gerald Treece and Dr. W.J. William-
son.
All students are encouraged to attend the final rounds
and observe the Advocacy Program in action.
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