Indiana Law Review Volume 26 No. 1 1992 Articles The Ethics Opinions of the Bar: A Valuable Contribution or an Exercise in Futility? Jorge L. Carro A Role for "Expert Arbitrators" in Resolving Valuation Issues Before the United States Tax Court: A Remedy to Plaguing Problems Nina J. Crimm Notes Curiouser and Curiouser: The United States Supreme Court Continues Its Assault on Federal Habeas Corpus Michael J. Mitchell Dumping Drug Dealers Off the Dole: An Examination of the Procedural Due Process Implications of Pre-Hearing Seizures of Public Housing Leaseholds from Tenants Involved in Drug Trafficking Amy L. Ficklin A Nation Divided: By What Standard Should Fourth Amendment Seizure Findings Be Reviewed on Appeal? Brent E. Kidwell The Scope of Federal Preemption: How Far May States Go in Regulating Multiple Employer Welfare Arrangements Established Under ERISA? Catherine M. Morrison Comment Some Real-Life Observations About Judging Patricia M. 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Opinions expressed are those of the contributor and are not presented as the views of the Indiana Law Review, its editors, or Indiana University School of Law-Indianapolis. Indiana Law Review Volume 26 1992 Number 1 Copyright © 1992 by the Trustees of Indiana University TABLE OF CONTENTS Articles The Ethics Opinions of the Bar: A Valuable Contribution or an Exercise in Futility? Jorge L. Carro 1 A Role for "Expert Arbitrators" in Resolving Valuation Issues Before the United States Tax Court: A Remedy to Plaguing Problems Nina J. Crimm 41 Notes Curiouser and Curiouser: The United States Supreme Court Continues Its Assault on Federal Habeas Corpus Michael J. Mitchell 65 Dumping Drug Dealers Off the Dole: An Examination of the Procedural Due Process Implications of Pre-Hearing Seizures of Public Housing Leaseholds from Tenants Involved in Drug Trafficking Amy L. Ficklin 89 A Nation Divided: By What Standard Should Fourth Amendment Seizure Findings Be Reviewed on Appeal? Brent E. Kidwell 117 The Scope of Federal Preemption: How Far May States Go in Regulating Multiple Employer Welfare Arrangements Established Under ERISA? Catherine M. Morrison 151 Comment Some Real-Life Observations About Judging . . .Patricia M. Wald 173 Volume 26 1992 Number 1 ® The entire text of this Law Review is printed on recycled paper. Indiana University School of Law—Indianapolis 1992-93 ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICERS AND FACULTY Administrative Officers Thomas M. Ehrlich, President of the University and Professor of Law. LL.B., Harvard University. Gerald L. Bepko, Vice-President, Indiana University; Chancellor, Indiana University- Purdue University at Indianapolis and Professor of Law. J.D., IIT/Chicago-Kent College of Law; LL.M., Yale University. Norman Lefstein, Dean and Professor of Law. LL.B., University of Illinois; LL.M., Georgetown University. Thomas B. Allington, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Professor of Law. J.D., University of Nebraska; LL.M., New York University. 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