Cases

Among Friends: Lynn Martin, Jerry Lewis, and Race for Chair of House Republican Conference

Publication Date: March 01, 1989

When Illinois Representative Lynn Martin seeks a place in the Republican congressional leadership, she finds herself in a very different kind of election campaign one without speeches or rallies. The dynamics of this quiet campaign among...

Building the Baltic

Publication Date: January 01, 1989

When the destruction or conversion of single-room occupancy hotels, or SROs, in San Diego's downtown seemed to lead to an increase in homelessness, a private real estate developer argued that he could build profitable new SROs if the city would...

INF: The Second Zero

Publication Date: January 01, 1989

The 1987 intermediate nuclear forces treaty can be called the first true disarmament treaty of the nuclear age for having eliminated both short- and intermediate-range nuclear weapons from western Europe. This case examines the potential risks...

Mayor Joseph P. Riley, Charleston, South Carolina: The Politics of Preservation (Epilogue)

Publication Date: January 01, 1989

A New South mayor's vision of economic development brings him into pitched conflict with preservation groups convinced that a hotel project threatens the integrity of Charleston, South Carolina's famed downtown historic district. Mayor Joseph...

Mayor Joseph P. Riley, Charleston, South Carolina: The Politics of Preservation

Publication Date: January 01, 1989

A New South mayor's vision of economic development brings him into pitched conflict with preservation groups convinced that a hotel project threatens the integrity of Charleston, South Carolina's famed downtown historic district. Mayor Joseph...

Framing a Response to Foreign-Inspired Terrorism: The Chirac Government's 1986 Reforms

Publication Date: January 01, 1989

When a wave of terrorist bombings strikes at the heart of Paris, the newly installed government of Prime Minister Jacques Chirac must balance hard-line campaign promises forswearing negotiations with terrorists groups against a growing need to...

Troubles in Lebanon (B)

Publication Date: January 01, 1989

These cases were written by Robert Murray, a member of the Tower Commission that examined the US policy in Lebanon during the early 1980s. Part A focuses on a September 1982 meeting of the National Security Council which considers a request from...

Troubles in Lebanon (A)

Publication Date: January 01, 1989

These cases were written by Robert Murray, a member of the Tower Commission that examined the US policy in Lebanon during the early 1980s. Part A focuses on a September 1982 meeting of the National Security Council which considers a request from...

Criminal Justice in Guatemala: The Case of the Quetzaltenango Assassinations (Epilogue)

Publication Date: January 01, 1989

The disappearance and death of two political activists in the Guatemalan city of Quetzaltenango becomes unusual and dramatic when it leads, seemingly against all odds, to the jail terms for police convicted in the slayings. This case tells the...

Criminal Justice in Guatemala: The Case of the Quetzaltenango Assassinations

Publication Date: January 01, 1989

The disappearance and death of two political activists in the Guatemalan city of Quetzaltenango becomes unusual and dramatic when it leads, seemingly against all odds, to the jail terms for police convicted in the slayings. This case tells the...

Military Contracting: Getting Out of the Business

Publication Date: January 01, 1989

In 1982, more than 138,000 United States manufacturing firms sold products to the Department of Defense. Five years later, fewer than 40,000 companies were filling military orders. Most of the companies that closed out their military contracting...

Bill Ketcham: Sequel

Publication Date: January 02, 1989

This case is part of a collection designed to expand the use of case teaching and to assist both new and experienced case teachers. While the focus of this case is on teaching international affairs, the subject of the case is teaching itself. It...