Harvard Law School – Faculty Disclosures re:
Related Outside Interests and Activities
Name: Daniel Meltzer
Institution: HLS
Title (HLS): Tenured Professor
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Client/Interest |
Role/Interest |
Matter |
Issue |
Dates |
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United States of America |
Gov't Official |
I served as Principal Deputy
Counsel to the President. In that capacity I worked on a number of legal
issues, some of which pertain to the courses I teach in a more or less direct
way. The details of the work undertaken are confidential. |
See above |
01/09-05/10 |
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Gary Ben Triestman |
Counsel |
After a request from the clerk of
the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit to participate in
the representation of an indigent prisoner, I served as "Of
Counsel" to the lawyer representing this prisoner. The dates listed are
approximate. |
When a defendant has been
convicted of a crime under a theory of the offense which the Supreme Court
has subsequently rejected as overly broad, may the defendant, having already
filed one petition under 28 U.S.C. section 2255,
file a second section 2255 petition or a habeas corpus petition under 28
U.S.C. section 2241. |
11/96-02/97 |
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Myself as one of a group of amici curiae |
Other |
Wright v. West |
In determining whether to grant a
petition for a writ of habeas corpus filed by a state prisoner, should a
federal court defer to the state court's application of law to fact or should
it review the state court's determination de novo. |
12/91-02/92 |
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Fleet Bank |
Counsel |
Of Counsel on Petition for
Rehearing En Banc and Petition for a Writ of Certiorari |
Does a federal court have
jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. section 1331 to hear a
claim that federal law preempts official action if the plaintiff also alleges
that the official action is not authorized under state law? |
10/98-05/99 |
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National Boards of Pharmacy |
Counsel |
Offering Advice on Copyright
Infringement Lawsuit |
The scope of congressional power
to abrogate state sovereign immunity and the existence of a due process
violation under the doctrine of Zinermon v. Burch |
09/07-12/08 |
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Frank McKithen |
Counsel |
After a request from the clerk of
the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit to participate in
the representation of a prisoner, I served as "Of Counsel" to the
legal team representing this prisoner. I do not recall the exact period of
time on which I worked on this matter, and so the dates listed are
approximate. |
Whether a prisoner's claim under
42 U.S.C. section 1983, seeking DNA testing of evidence, states a good claim
for relief under section 1983 and the Constitution, is barred by the Rooker-Feldman doctrine, and is precluded by res judicata. |
05/06-08/06 |