DAVID W. CASE

University of Mississippi School of Law
Lamar Law Center, Room 543
P.O. Box 1848
University , Mississippi 38677

E-mail: dwcase@olemiss.edu

Phone: 662-915-6843
Fax: 662-915-6842

EMPLOYMENT

University of Mississippi School of Law
Associate Professor of Law, 2007-present
Teach and research in environmental law and regulation, environmental and toxic
torts, environmental management, property, and civil procedure

EDUCATION

Vanderbilt University
Ph.D., December 2004, Interdisciplinary Studies: Environmental Law,
Management and Policy

Columbia University
LL.M., May 1993

University of Mississippi
J.D., cum laude, May 1988 (class rank: 5/87), Phi Kappa Phi
Associate Editor-in-Chief/Comments, Mississippi Law Journal

University of Mississippi
B.A., May 1985, English and Political Science

PRIOR EMPLOYMENT

University of Memphis Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law
Assistant Professor of Law, 2002-2007
Visiting Assistant Professor of Law, 2001-2002

Ott & Purdy, P.A., Jackson, Mississippi
Partner, 1995-98; Associate, 1994-95, 1988-1991
Practice areas included construction contracting, suretyship, government
contracts, and appellate advocacy

Law Clerk for the Honorable Rhesa H. Barksdale
Circuit Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, Jackson,
Mississippi, 1991-92

United States Department of Justice , Washington, D.C.
Attorney, Civil Division, Commercial Litigation Branch, 1993
Handled cases in Court of Federal Claims and Federal Circuit Court of Appeals

Law Clerk for the Honorable James C. Sumner
Magistrate Judge, United States District Court for the Southern District of
Mississippi, Jackson, Mississippi, 1993-94

OTHER ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE

University of Mississippi School of Law
Visiting Professor, Summer 2005 (Environmental Law, Civil Procedure I),
Summer 2002 (Environmental Law)

Tennessee Institute for Pre-Law
University of Memphis School of Law, Alternative Admissions Summer Program
Faculty, Torts (2006, 2005), Contracts (2003, 2002)

Vanderbilt Center for Environmental Management Studies (VCEMS)
Senior Research Associate, 2001 to present
Bridgestone Americas Fellow in Environmental Management, 1998-2001

Mississippi College School of Law
Adjunct Professor, Summer 1994 (State and Local Government Law)

Columbia University School of Law
Teaching Fellow, Fall 1992 (Mass Torts) (Co-taught by Professor Harold L. Korn
and Adjunct Professor Jack B. Weinstein, United States District Judge for the Eastern District of New York)

University of Mississippi School of Law
Teaching Assistant, Fall 1986, Fall 1987 (Legal Research and Writing)

PUBLICATIONS

Journal Articles

Changing Corporate Behavior Through Environmental Management Systems , 31 Wm. & Mary Envtl. L. & Pol’y Rev. 75 (2006) (solicited for Symposium on Corporate Governance and Environmental Best Practices)

The EPA’s HPV Challenge Program: A Tort Liability Trap? , 62 Wash. & Lee L. Rev. 147 (2005)

Corporate Environmental Reporting as Informational Regulation: A Law and Economics Perspective , 76 U. Colo. L. Rev. 379 (2005)

The Pedagogical Don Quixote De La Mississippi , 33 U. Mem. L. Rev. 529 (2003)

The Law and Economics of Environmental Information as Regulation , 31 Envtl. L. Rep. 10773 (2001)

The EPA’s Environmental Stewardship Initiative: Attempting to Revitalize a Floundering Regulatory Reform Agenda , 50 Emory L.J. 1 (2001) (lead article)

Legal Considerations in Voluntary Corporate Environmental Reporting , 30 Envtl. L. Rep. 10375 (2000)

Setting a Higher Standard: Judicial Review of Federal Affirmative Action in the Wake of Adarand , 16 Miss. C. L. Rev. 369 (1996) (solicited for Symposium on The Role of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit in the Civil Rights Movement)

From Pruett to Presley: The Long and Winding Road to Abrogation of Common Law Sovereign Immunity in Mississippi , 63 Miss. L.J. 537 (1994) (lead article)

In Search of an Independent Judiciary: Alternatives to Judicial Elections in Mississippi, 13 Miss. C. L. Rev. 1 (1992) (lead article)

Comment, Resolving the Conflict Between Chapter 13 of the Bankruptcy Code and the Free Exercise Clause – In re Green: A Step in the Wrong Direction , 57 Miss. L.J. 163 (1987)

Dissertation

Essays on State-of-the-Art Environmental Policy Tools (2004) (Ph.D. dissertation, Vanderbilt University) (in circulation at Vanderbilt University Library; ISBN # 0-496-15384-6)

Other Publications

“Federal Law – Environmental Regulations,” “Nuisance Law,” entries in Encyclopedia of American Environmental History ( Univ. of Houston Center for Public History ed., forthcoming 2008).

Remembering Tom Mason , 73 Miss. L.J. i (2004)

Tribute to “Iron Mike” Featherstone, 70 Miss. L.J. 497 (2000)

Environmental Information Disclosure and Stakeholder Involvement: Searching for Common Ground , 6 Corp. Envtl. Strategy 415 (1999) (joint with Mark Cohen, Mark Abkowitz, Susan Buck, and Patricia Drake)

Mississippi, in 2 State-by-State Guide to Architect, Engineer, and Contractor Licensing 967 (Stephen G. Walker et al. eds., 1999) (Chapter 27)

PRESENTATIONS

Presentation, “Changing Corporate Behavior Through Environmental Management Systems,” University of Mississippi School of Law, Faculty Luncheon Speaker Series, March 2007

Presentation, “Changing Corporate Behavior Through Environmental Management Systems,” William & Mary School of Law Environmental Law and Policy Symposium (“Corporate Governance and Environmental Best Practices”), February 2006

Presentation, “Expanding the Frontier of Negligent Entrustment Liability in Tennessee,” Barristers Education Services Seminar, December 2005

Presentation, “Recent Developments in Tennessee Tort Law,” Memphis Bar Association Seminar, December 2004

Presentation, “ Reducing Liability in the Reporting of Environmental Information,” 2002 National Environmental Innovations Summit, Environmental Performance Institute, Washington, D.C., September 2002

Presentation, “Environmental Law,” Memphis Bar Association Seminar (“Summer School at the University of Memphis”), July 2002

Conference Moderator, Vanderbilt Center for Environmental Management Studies National Summit ( “Environmental Risk Communication: What Is It and How Can It Work?”), Nashville, Tennessee, March 2002

Presentation, “ Reducing Liability in the Reporting of Environmental Information,” 2001 National Environmental Innovations Summit, Environmental Performance Institute, Washington, D.C., September 2001

Presentation, “Legal Considerations in Voluntary Corporate Environmental Reporting,” Vanderbilt Center for Environmental Management Studies Workshop
(“Corporate Environmental and Sustainability Reporting: A New Look for the Information Age”), Nashville, Tennessee, May 2001

Conference Moderator, 2000 Business Environment Learning Leadership ( BELL) Conference ( “Communicating Corporate Environmental Performance & Sustainability in the New Information Economy”), May 2000 (chaired panels on topics “Environmental Information Disclosure: Too Much or Too Little?” and “Corporate Environmental and Sustainability Reports: The State of the Art and Beyond”)

Presentation, “Legal Considerations in Voluntary Corporate Environmental Reporting,” Vanderbilt Center for Environmental Management Studies Workshop
(“Corporate Environmental Reports: The State of the Art and Beyond”), Nashville, Tennessee, January 2000

Presentation, “The Saturn +5 ISO 14000 Pilot Project,” Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation Environmental Management System Workshop, Chattanooga, Tennessee, June 1999

Conference Moderator, Vanderbilt Center for Environmental Management Studies National Summit (“Environmental Information Disclosure and Stakeholder Involvement: Searching for Common Ground” ), Nashville, Tennessee, March 1999

TEACHING AND SERVICE AT UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI SCHOOL OF LAW
(2007-present)

Courses Taught

Property – 2007-08

Environmental Law – 2007 (summer), 2007-08

Environmental Torts – 2007-08

Civil Procedure II – 2007 (summer)

TEACHING AND SERVICE AT UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS SCHOOL OF LAW
(2001-2007)

Courses Taught

Contracts I – 2006-07, 2002-03, 2001-02

Contracts II – 2006-07, 2002-03, 2001-02

Environmental Law – 2006-07, 2005-06, 2004-05, 2003-04, 2002-03, 2002 (summer), 2001-02

Environmental Law Seminar – 2006-07, 2002-03

Environmental Torts – 2007 (summer), 2006 (summer), 2005-06, 2005 (summer), 2004-05

Torts I – 2005-06, 2004-05, 2003-04

Torts II – 2005-06, 2004-05, 2003-04 (2)

Community Service

Board of Directors, Memphis Bar Association – 2007, 2006, 2005

University Service

University Faculty Senate – 2006-07, 2005-06, 2004-05, 2003-04

Academic Freedom and Responsibility Committee – 2005-06, 2004-05

University Task Force on Interdisciplinary Research and Teaching – 2005-06, 2004-05

University Task Force on Academic Integrity – 2005-06

Senate Committee on Committees – 2006-07, 2004-05

Senate Academic Policies Standing Committee – 2005-06

Senate Library Policies Standing Committee – 2003-04

Law School Service

Admissions Committee – 2006-07, 2005-06, 2004-05, 2003-04, 2002-03

Ad Hoc Committee on Alternative Admissions – 2006-07 (Chair), 2004-05

Teaching Assignments Committee – 2006-07, 2003-04

Faculty Recruiting Committee – 2005-06, 2004-05

Faculty Judicial Clerkships Advisor – 2006-07, 2005-06

Faculty Advisor, Environmental Law Council – 2006-07, 2005-06, 2004-05, 2003-04, 2002-03 2001-02

Coach, National Environmental Law Moot Court Competition (Pace) Team – 2007 (Finalist), 2006 (Quarterfinalist), 2005 (Semifinalist), 2004 (Semifinalist), 2003, 2002 (Quarterfinalist)