Cases

Cocaine Mothers

Publication Date: January 01, 1990

Early in 1989, prosecutors in Florida charged a woman with child abuse after she gave birth to her second baby born with signs of cocaine dependency. This case briefly summarizes the problem of cocaine use, the effects of prenatal exposure, and...

General Electric and the National Broadcasting Company: A Clash of Cultures

Publication Date: January 01, 1990

On June 9, 1986, General Electric Co. acquired the Radio Corporation of America (RCA) for $6.8 billion, setting a record for the largest non-oil merger in US history. GE wanted RCA for its defense-related businesses and for its solid domestic...

Battle of the Alamodome: Henry Cisneros and the San Antonio Stadium (Economic Analysis Version)

Publication Date: January 01, 1990

Economic Analysis Version of case HKS Case Number 896.0. Major government-funded public works projects are often touted both for the needs they will fulfill and the jobs they will provide. This case examines the assumptions underlying San...

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...