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Simplifying Patent Venue
Micah Quigley
BA 2018, Grove City College; JD Candidate 2021, The University of Chicago Law School.

Many thanks to Colin Freyvogel for helping me sort out this piece’s most difficult arguments, and to my parents for taking an interest in this project for my sake.

From the 1990s to 2017, life was good for plaintiffs in patent infringement lawsuits. In 1990, the Federal Circuit1 interpreted the patent venue statute—28 USC § 1400(b)—to allow patent venue in any district with personal jurisdiction over a corporate defendant.

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Litigating the Line Drawers: Why Courts Should Apply Anderson-Burdick to Redistricting Commissions
Andrew C. Maxfield
BA 2018, University of Wisconsin–Madison; JD Candidate 2021, The University of Chicago Law School.

I’d like to thank Professor Nicholas Stephanopoulos, Claire Rogerson, Brenna Ledvora, Becky Gonzalez-Rivas, Javier Kordi, Meghan Holloway, Daly Brower, and the entire editing team of The University of Chicago Law Review for incredible suggestions and advice on this piece. I’d also like to thank my high school English teacher Mr. Hale, who I was taught by that the passive voice should sparingly be used in my writing.

In the battle against partisan gerrymandering, redistricting commissions are now on the front lines.

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California’s Proposition 47 and Effectuating State Laws in Federal Sentencing
Brenna Ledvora
BS 2015, Northwestern University; JD Candidate 2021, The University of Chicago Law School.

Vickie Sanders was convicted in a California state court of felony drug possession, sixteen years before California voters would pass Proposition 47. Proposition 47, which was passed in 2014, reduces most possessory drug offenses from felonies to misdemeanors, and allows California courts to retroactively redesignate individuals’ felonies as misdemeanors.

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Statutes and Spokeo: The Case of the FDCPA
Jason R. Smith
AB 2018, The University of Chicago; JD Candidate 2021, The University of Chicago Law School.

Thank you to Jon Fish, Garrett Solberg, and all of the editors at The University of Chicago Law Review for their comments and advice.

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The Scope of Tribal Immunity in Real Property Disputes
Sean Frazzette
AB 2016, Harvard College; JD Candidate 2021, The University of Chicago Law School.

I would like to thank Professor William Baude and the editors and staff of The University of Chicago Law Review for their thoughtful advice and insight.

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The Golden Share: Attaching Fiduciary Duties to Bankruptcy Veto Rights
Yiming Sun
BA 2018, University of California, Los Angeles; JD Candidate 2021, The University of Chicago Law School.

I wish to thank Professors Douglas Baird and Anthony Casey, as well as The University of Chicago Law Review editors, for their guidance and advice throughout the writing process.

Suppose you are a large investment fund that just loaned money to a company. Like many large lenders, you secured the loan with the company’s equipment as collateral. But unfortunately, the company missed an interest payment and defaulted under the terms of its notes. What’s worse, it subsequently filed for bankruptcy.

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