Allan Ides (born 1949) is an American

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, the Christopher N. May Professor in the

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and was a visiting professor at the

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, for Fall 2011. From 1989 through 1997, Ides was a faculty member at

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. After graduating from Loyola Law School, Ides clerked for

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Justice

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from 1980 to 1981, and he argued for the defendant in the Supreme Court case '' United States v. Owens'' (484 US 554) on

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concerning memory-impaired witnesses. Ides has co-authored ''Civil Procedure: Cases and Problems'' and ''Examples & Explanations: Constitutional Law''.Publisher web site for ''Examples & Explanations: Constitutional Law''
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1949 births American legal scholars Law clerks of the Supreme Court of the United States Living people Loyola Marymount University faculty Washington and Lee University School of Law faculty {{US-legal-academic-bio-stub

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