Fowler Law Professor Ronald Rotunda is Cited by U.S. Supreme Court, Among Others
March 26, 2015
Chapman University Fowler School of Law Professor Rotunda’s reference text,
Legal Ethics – The Lawyer’s Deskbook on Professional Responsibility
(co-authored with John S. Dzienkowski) was cited in Justice Anthony Kennedy’s majority opinion for the U.S. Supreme Court on February 25, 2015 in
North Carolina State Bd. of Dental Examiners v. F.T.C.
, 135 S.Ct. 1101, 1115 (2015).
In another recent case, Professor Ronald Rotunda’s
Treatise on Constitutional Law: Substance and Procedure
(co-authored with John E. Nowak) was cited in the March 13, 2015 opinion by the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania in the case of
Calbex Mineral Ltd. v. ACC Resources Co., L.P.
, — F.Supp.3d —- (2015). Professor Rotunda’s constitutional law treatise work has international influence in foreign courts as well. For example, it was cited several times in case opinion just recently added to the Westlaw database from the Supreme Court of the Republic of the Philippines.
See
Chavez v. Gonzales
, 2008 PHSC 170 (Republic of the Philippines S.Ct. Feb. 15, 2008) (en banc).
For Professor Rotunda’s additional recent citations in court opinions as well as public commentary and scholarly writings, please review the
Faculty News
section of the law school’s
website
.
