Cases

Knapp Commission and Patrick Murphy (A)

Publication Date: January 01, 1977

This case considers the actions of two individuals committed to combatting corruption in the New York City Police Department. Mike Armstrong is chief counsel of the Knapp Commission, an independent commission established by the mayor to...

Automobile Emissions Control: The Sulfates Problem (A)

Publication Date: January 01, 1977

This two-case set and sequel (HKS Cases 77.0, 78.0, & 78.1) examines EPA Administrator Russell Train's response to automakers' 1975 petition to extend the deadline for compliance with the 1970 Clean Air Act Amendments. Enforcement of the...

C-5A (B)

Publication Date: January 01, 1976

When the first C-5A rolled out of its hangar in 1968, the giant transport plane was hailed by President Johnson as "a long leap forward in the effective military might of America." This case tells the saga of the C-5A, from its origins in...

C-5A (A)

Publication Date: January 01, 1976

When the first C-5A rolled out of its hangar in 1968, the giant transport plane was hailed by President Johnson as "a long leap forward in the effective military might of America." This case tells the saga of the C-5A, from its origins in...

Jerome Miller and the Department of Youth Services (B) (Sequel)

Publication Date: January 01, 1976

In his first two years as Massachusetts Commissioner of Youth Services, Jerome Miller initiated a number of reform measures in an effort to provide more humane treatment for the young persons in his department's care, but he became increasingly...

Jerome Miller and the Department of Youth Services (B)

Publication Date: January 01, 1976

In his first two years as Massachusetts Commissioner of Youth Services, Jerome Miller initiated a number of reform measures in an effort to provide more humane treatment for the young persons in his department's care, but he became increasingly...

Jerome Miller and the Department of Youth Services (A)

Publication Date: January 01, 1976

In his first two years as Massachusetts Commissioner of Youth Services, Jerome Miller initiated a number of reform measures in an effort to provide more humane treatment for the young persons in his department's care, but he became increasingly...

Morley Affair (Abridged)

Publication Date: January 01, 1976

This case describes an intense controversy among the staff of the New York City Environmental Protection Agency over the hiring of a former Army officer who served in Vietnam. The administrator makes, and then withdraws, the job offer. Some of...

Morley Affair (Sequel)

Publication Date: January 01, 1976

This case describes an intense controversy among the staff of the New York City Environmental Protection Agency over the hiring of a former Army officer who served in Vietnam. The administrator makes, and then withdraws, the job offer. Some of...

Morley Affair

Publication Date: January 01, 1976

This case describes an intense controversy among the staff of the New York City Environmental Protection Agency over the hiring of a former Army officer who served in Vietnam. The administrator makes, and then withdraws, the job offer. Some of...

Notes on the Massachusetts Medical School Assignment

Publication Date: January 01, 1976

The recently inaugurated governor of Massachusetts must decide whether to proceed with a proposed medical school for the state university system. He is being advised by his secretary of administration and finance, who has obtained two analyses...

Labor Relations, Politics, and Public Opinion: The New York City Sanitation Strike of 1968

Publication Date: January 01, 1976

This case describes a labor dispute in New York City that escalated into a conflict between two nationally known politicians. In early February 1968, members of the Uniformed Sanitationmen's Association, rejecting a tentative contract settlement...