AuthorTitleCitationSummaryYearTypeKey Terms in Title or SummaryCase Status
  In re Applications of Wmbd, Inc. Peoria, Illinois Wirl Television Co. Peoria, Illinois 44 F.C.C.2d 649, F.C.C (6/29/1956)   1956 Administrative Decisions & Guidance    
  In re Girard's Estate 386 Pa. 548, Supreme Court of Pennsylvania (11/12/1956) Proceedings in the matter of a decedent's estate, wherein petitions were filed for citation to Board of Directors of City Trusts to show cause why certain applicants should not be admitted to school set up by testamentary trust. From decrees of the Orphans' Court of Philadelphia County as of No. 10 July Term, 1885, Robert V. Bolger and Mark E.... 1956 Cases   This is no longer good law for at least one of the points of law it contains.
  In re Girard's Estate 386 Pa. 548, Supreme Court of Pennsylvania (11/12/1956) Proceedings in the matter of a decedent's estate, wherein petitions were filed for citation to Board of Directors of City Trusts to show cause why certain applicants should not be admitted to school set up by testamentary trust. From decrees of the Orphans' Court of Philadelphia County as of No. 10 July Term, 1885, Robert V. Bolger and Mark E.... 1956 Cases   This is no longer good law for at least one of the points of law it contains.
  Interstate Rendition: Executive Practices and the Effects of Discretion 66 Yale Law Journal 97 (November, 1956) The impact of the federal system on the efficient administration of criminal justice across state borders was foreseen early in American constitutional history. Article IV of the Federal Constitution explicitly provides that a state shall extradite a fugitive criminal upon demand by the state in which the crime was committed. With the Rendition Act... 1956 Law Review Articles and Other Secondary Sources    
  Interstate Rendition: Executive Practices and the Effects of Discretion 66 Yale Law Journal 97 (November, 1956) The impact of the federal system on the efficient administration of criminal justice across state borders was foreseen early in American constitutional history. Article IV of the Federal Constitution explicitly provides that a state shall extradite a fugitive criminal upon demand by the state in which the crime was committed. With the Rendition Act... 1956 Law Review Articles and Other Secondary Sources    
  Johnson V. Nora 87 So.2d 757, Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit, Docket Number 8482 (3/23/1956) Action by neighbors for the issuance of an injunction prohibiting defendant from continuing to operate his liquor store, dance hall and cafe. The Tenth Judicial District Court, Parish of Natchitoches, L. P. Stephens, J., entered judgment permanently enjoining defendant from operating his business and he appealed to the Supreme Court, 228 La. 603,... 1956 Cases    
  Johnson V. Nora 87 So.2d 757, Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit, Docket Number 8482 (3/23/1956) Action by neighbors for the issuance of an injunction prohibiting defendant from continuing to operate his liquor store, dance hall and cafe. The Tenth Judicial District Court, Parish of Natchitoches, L. P. Stephens, J., entered judgment permanently enjoining defendant from operating his business and he appealed to the Supreme Court, 228 La. 603,... 1956 Cases    
  Johnson V. Whitfield 89 So.2d 413, Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit, Docket Number 4250 (6/29/1956) Action for damages sustained by guest passenger in an automobile collision. From an adverse judgment in the Nineteenth Judicial District Court, Parish of East Baton Rouge, Jess Johnson, J., the plaintiff appealed. The Court of Appeal, Ellis, J., held that the evidence established that the defendant was negligent and that plaintiff's driver was not... 1956 Cases    
  Johnson V. Whitfield 89 So.2d 413, Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit, Docket Number 4250 (6/29/1956) Action for damages sustained by guest passenger in an automobile collision. From an adverse judgment in the Nineteenth Judicial District Court, Parish of East Baton Rouge, Jess Johnson, J., the plaintiff appealed. The Court of Appeal, Ellis, J., held that the evidence established that the defendant was negligent and that plaintiff's driver was not... 1956 Cases    
  Jones V. City of Sarasota 89 So.2d 346, Supreme Court of Florida, En Banc (9/7/1956) Proceeding by seven beer and wine licensees attacking the validity of city ordinance which prohibited operation of beer and wine establishments where consumption is premitted on premises, if establishments are situated less than 500 feet from a school or church. The Circuit Court, Sarasota County, W. T. Harrison, J., entered a decree a sustaining... 1956 Cases    
  Jones V. City of Sarasota 89 So.2d 346, Supreme Court of Florida, En Banc (9/7/1956) Proceeding by seven beer and wine licensees attacking the validity of city ordinance which prohibited operation of beer and wine establishments where consumption is premitted on premises, if establishments are situated less than 500 feet from a school or church. The Circuit Court, Sarasota County, W. T. Harrison, J., entered a decree a sustaining... 1956 Cases    
  Krebiozen Research Foundation V. Beacon Press, Inc. 334 Mass. 86, Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk (5/3/1956) Cancer research foundation and physicians brought suit against publisher to enjoin publication of book unfavorable to foundation's drug used in cancer treatment. The Superior Court, Hurley, J., entered an interlocutory decree sustaining demurrer to the bill of complaint and a decree dismissing the bill of complaint, and the foundation and... 1956 Cases    
  Krebiozen Research Foundation V. Beacon Press, Inc. 334 Mass. 86, Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk (5/3/1956) Cancer research foundation and physicians brought suit against publisher to enjoin publication of book unfavorable to foundation's drug used in cancer treatment. The Superior Court, Hurley, J., entered an interlocutory decree sustaining demurrer to the bill of complaint and a decree dismissing the bill of complaint, and the foundation and... 1956 Cases    
  Lawson V. Traxler Gravel Co. 229 Miss. 159, Supreme Court of Mississippi, Docket Number 40215 (11/5/1956) Claimant brought compensation proceeding against former employer to recover compensation for alleged aggravation of tuberculosis. The Circuit Court of Hinds County, Leon F. Hendrick, J., entered judgment affirming the decision of the Workmen's Compensation Commission and the attorney-referee denying claim of claimant for compensation, and the... 1956 Cases    
  Lawson V. Traxler Gravel Co. 229 Miss. 159, Supreme Court of Mississippi, Docket Number 40215 (11/5/1956) Claimant brought compensation proceeding against former employer to recover compensation for alleged aggravation of tuberculosis. The Circuit Court of Hinds County, Leon F. Hendrick, J., entered judgment affirming the decision of the Workmen's Compensation Commission and the attorney-referee denying claim of claimant for compensation, and the... 1956 Cases    
  Marshall V. Central of Georgia Ry. Co. 147 F.Supp. 855, United States District Court S.D. Georgia, Savannah Division, Docket Number CIV. 834 (10/24/1956) Action to enjoin railroad company and others from putting into effect five-day work week under a collective bargaining agreement with brotherhood of railroad trainmen and for a judgment declaring such agreement void and for other relief. On defendants' motion to dismiss complaint, the District Court, Scarlett, J., held that collective bargaining... 1956 Cases    
  Marshall V. Central of Georgia Ry. Co. 147 F.Supp. 855, United States District Court S.D. Georgia, Savannah Division, Docket Number CIV. 834 (10/24/1956) Action to enjoin railroad company and others from putting into effect five-day work week under a collective bargaining agreement with brotherhood of railroad trainmen and for a judgment declaring such agreement void and for other relief. On defendants' motion to dismiss complaint, the District Court, Scarlett, J., held that collective bargaining... 1956 Cases    
  Matter of C- 7 I. & N. Dec. 108, BIA, Docket Number 1301-17007 (1/31/1956)   1956 Administrative Decisions & Guidance    
  Matter of C- 7 I. & N. Dec. 108, BIA, Docket Number 1301-17007 (1/31/1956)   1956 Administrative Decisions & Guidance    
  Motion for Leave to File Brief and Brief Amici Curiae., Lightfoot V. U.s. Supreme Court of the United States, Docket Number No. 4 (9/7/1956) The undersigned, as counsel for the citizens whose names are hereto attached (Appendix A), respectfully move this Honorable Court for permission to file the accompanying brief, amici... 1956 Briefs    
  Motion for Leave to File Brief and Brief Amici Curiae., Lightfoot V. U.s. Supreme Court of the United States, Docket Number No. 4 (9/7/1956) The undersigned, as counsel for the citizens whose names are hereto attached (Appendix A), respectfully move this Honorable Court for permission to file the accompanying brief, amici... 1956 Briefs    
  Nelson V. State 4 McCanless 462, Supreme Court of Tennessee (7/20/1956) Defendants were convicted of violating statute which makes it a felony to damage or destroy realty or personalty by means of explosives. The Criminal Court, Knox County, J. Fred Bibb, J., entered judgment, and defendants appealed. The Supreme Court, Swepston, J., held that evidence was sufficient to sustain conviction. Judgment affirmed. 1956 Cases   This has some negative history but hasn’t been reversed or overruled.
  Nelson V. State 4 McCanless 462, Supreme Court of Tennessee (7/20/1956) Defendants were convicted of violating statute which makes it a felony to damage or destroy realty or personalty by means of explosives. The Criminal Court, Knox County, J. Fred Bibb, J., entered judgment, and defendants appealed. The Supreme Court, Swepston, J., held that evidence was sufficient to sustain conviction. Judgment affirmed. 1956 Cases   This has some negative history but hasn’t been reversed or overruled.
Francis W. Coker Nine Men: a Political History of the Supreme Court from 1790 to 1955. By Fred Rodell. New York: Random House, 1955. Pp. Xii, 338. $5.00 65 Yale Law Journal 583 (February, 1956) Professor Rodell's book describes and appraises the powerful part the Justices of the Supreme Court play in our government. In the foreword he warns his readers that his appraisals will be influenced by prejudices based on his ideas and idealswhich he identifies as those of that great and unlike group that is fuzzily labeled liberal . or... 1956 Law Review Articles and Other Secondary Sources    
Francis W. Coker Nine Men: a Political History of the Supreme Court from 1790 to 1955. By Fred Rodell. New York: Random House, 1955. Pp. Xii, 338. $5.00 65 Yale Law Journal 583 (February, 1956) Professor Rodell's book describes and appraises the powerful part the Justices of the Supreme Court play in our government. In the foreword he warns his readers that his appraisals will be influenced by prejudices based on his ideas and idealswhich he identifies as those of that great and unlike group that is fuzzily labeled liberal . or... 1956 Law Review Articles and Other Secondary Sources    
  Payne V. State 226 Ark. 910, Supreme Court of Arkansas, Docket Number 4846 (11/5/1956) Prosecution of 19 year old defendant for murder incident to robbery. The Circuit Court, Jefferson County, Henry W. Smith, J., entered judgment upon jury verdict of guilty fixing punishment at death by electrocution. Defendant appealed. The Supreme Court, Ward, J., held, in part, that in view of admissibility of confession, and other testimony... 1956 Cases   This is no longer good law for at least one of the points of law it contains.
  Payne V. State 226 Ark. 910, Supreme Court of Arkansas, Docket Number 4846 (11/5/1956) Prosecution of 19 year old defendant for murder incident to robbery. The Circuit Court, Jefferson County, Henry W. Smith, J., entered judgment upon jury verdict of guilty fixing punishment at death by electrocution. Defendant appealed. The Supreme Court, Ward, J., held, in part, that in view of admissibility of confession, and other testimony... 1956 Cases   This is no longer good law for at least one of the points of law it contains.
  People V. Linson 47 Cal.2d 380, Supreme Court of California, In Bank, Docket Number CR. 5908 (11/27/1956) Prosecution for second degree burglary. The Superior Court of Los Angeles County, Edwin L. Jefferson, J., entered judgment of conviction and defendant appealed. The Supreme Court, Carter, J., held that evidence was sufficient to identify defendant as one committing the theft and sustained the conviction, and that argument of district attorney that... 1956 Cases    
  People V. Linson 47 Cal.2d 380, Supreme Court of California, In Bank, Docket Number CR. 5908 (11/27/1956) Prosecution for second degree burglary. The Superior Court of Los Angeles County, Edwin L. Jefferson, J., entered judgment of conviction and defendant appealed. The Supreme Court, Carter, J., held that evidence was sufficient to identify defendant as one committing the theft and sustained the conviction, and that argument of district attorney that... 1956 Cases    
  People V. Shepherd 141 Cal.App.2d 367, District Court of Appeal, Second District, Division 3, California, Docket Number CR. 5544 (5/8/1956) Defendants were convicted of grand theft of money. The Superior Court, Los Angeles County, Thomas L. Ambrose, J., entered judgment, and one defendant appealed. The District Court of Appeal, Shinn, P. J., held that evidence was sufficient to sustain conviction. Judgment affirmed. 1956 Cases    
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