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Asendorf V. Common School Dist. No. 102 of Sedgwick County |
175 Kan. 601, Supreme Court of Kansas, Docket Number 39144 (1/23/1954) |
Action by taxpayers for declaratory judgment and injunction restraining use of public funds for support of parochial school. Defendants asserted that, after institution of action, such use of funds had ceased. The Sedgwick District Court, Howard C. Kline, J., dismissed action as moot, and plaintiffs appealed. The Supreme Court, Thiele, J., held... |
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Blue V. Schaefer |
Not Reported in N.W.2d, Circuit Court of Wisconsin, Milwaukee Count, Docket Number 247-482 (2/3/1954) |
Plaintiffs' motion for an order to show cause as to why the traveling books of the plaintiffs should not be accepted by the defendants as officers of the Operative Plasterers' and Cement Masons' International Association, Local 138, and why the defendants as such officers should not place the names of plaintiffs on the roll as members of the... |
1954 |
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Blue V. Schaefer |
Not Reported in N.W.2d, Circuit Court of Wisconsin, Milwaukee County, Docket Number 247-482 (2/3/1954) |
Plaintiffs' motion for an order to show cause as to why the traveling books of the plaintiffs should not be accepted by the defendants as officers of the Operative Plasterers' and Cement... |
1954 |
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Board of Public Instruction of Manatee County V. State |
75 So.2d 832, Supreme Court of Florida, en Banc (11/16/1954) |
Petition to validate school bonds issued by special tax school district. The Circuit Court for Manatee County, Lynn Gerald, J., granted a motion to dismiss the petition and refused validation, and the board of public instruction appealed. Appellees lodged a motion to dismiss on ground that validity of the bonds was moot. The Supreme Court, Terrell,... |
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Brief and Argument of Respondent, Reeves V. Alabama |
Supreme Court of the United States, Docket Number No. 120 (10/23/1954) |
The opinion of the Supreme Court of Alabama (R. 185) is reported at 260 Ala. 66, 68 So. 2d 14. The judgment of the ?? Court of Montgomery County was affirmed by the Supreme Court of Alabama... |
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Brief for Petitioners on Further Reargument, Spottswood Thomas Bolling, et Al., Petitioners, V. C. Melvin Sharpe, et Al., Respondents. |
Supreme Court of the United States, Docket Number No. 4 (11/15/1954) |
On May 17th last, this Court disposed of the basic constitutional question presented by this case and companion cases by construing the due process clause of the Fifth Amendment and the... |
1954 |
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Brief for Respondents on Reargument, Spottswood Thomas Bolling, et Al., Petitioners, V. C. Melvin Sharpe, et Al., Respondents. |
Supreme Court of the United States, Docket Number No. 4 (12/30/1954) |
A final judgment of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia dismissing a complaint for injunction and declaratory judgment is here for review, by writ of certiorari,... |
1954 |
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Brief for the Petitioner, Reeves V. Alabama |
Supreme Court of the United States, Docket Number No. 120 (9/16/1954) |
The opinion of the Supreme Court of Alabama (R. 184) is reported at 68 So. 2d 14. The judgment of the Superior Court of Montgomery County was affirmed by the Supreme Court of Alabama on... |
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Brief for the United States, Quinn V. U.s. |
Supreme Court of the United States, Docket Number No. 8 (10/1/1954) |
The opinions of the Court of Appeals (R. 163-212) are reported at 203 F. 2d 20. The opinions of the District Court denying petitioner's motions to dismiss the indictment (R. 63-78) are... |
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Brief for the United States, U.s. V. Employing Lathers Ass'n of Chicago and Vicinity |
Supreme Court of the United States, Docket Number No. 439 (1/14/1954) |
The opinion of the District Court (R. 21) is not yet reported. The final judgment of the district court was entered on July 20, 1953 (R. 25). The petition for appeal was filed and allowed... |
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Brief of American Veterans Committee, Inc. (A.v.c.) Amicus Curiae, Brown, et Al., Appellants, V. Board of Education of Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas, et Al., Appellees. (No. 1) Bolling, et Al., Petitioners, V. Sharpe, et Al., Respondents. (No. 4) Gebhart |
Supreme Court of the United States, Docket Number Nos. 1, 4 and 5 (11/15/1954) |
The American Veterans Committee, Inc. is a nationwide organization composed of veterans who served honorably in the Armed Forces of the United States during World War I, World War II, or... |
1954 |
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Brief of Harry Mcmullan Attorney General of North Carolina, Amicus Curiae, Oliver Brown, et Al., Appellants, V. Board of Education of Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas, et Al. Harry Briggs, Jr., et Al., Appellants, V. R. W. Elliott, et Al. Dorothy E. Davis, |
Supreme Court of the United States, Docket Number Nos. 1, 2, 3 and 5 (11/15/1954) |
The Attorney General of the State of North Carolina submits this brief as amicus curiae because of the vast importance to the State of North Carolina, and to all of the people of the State,... |
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Brief of Harry Mcmullan, Brown V. Bd. Of Educ. Of Topeka |
Supreme Court of the United States, Docket Number Nos. 1, 2, 3, 5 (10/1/1954) |
ATTORNEY GENERAL OF NORTH CAROLINA, AMICUS CURIAE The Court restored these cases to the docket for further argument on Questions 4 and 5 previously propounded by the Court as follows: 4.... |
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Brief of John Ben Shepperd, Attorney General of Texas, Amicus Curiae, Oliver Brown, et Al., Appellants, V. Board of Education of Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas, et Al. Harry Briggs, Jr., et Al., Appellants, V. R. W. Elliott, et Al. Dorothy E. Davis, et Al |
Supreme Court of the United States, Docket Number Nos. 1, 2, 3, and 5 (11/15/1954) |
to the honorable supreme court of the united states: John Ben Shepperd, Attorney General of Texas, pursuant to request for leave to appear amicus curiae and file a brief, submits this... |
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Brief of Mac Q. Williamson, Attorney General of Oklahoma, Amicus Curiae, Brown V. Bd. Of Educ. Of Topeka |
Supreme Court of the United States, Docket Number Nos. 1, 2, 3, 5 (11/1/1954) |
Authority for the filing of this Amicus Curiae brief may be found in the concluding paragraph of this Court's opinion in the cases (as consolidated) above listed. 347 U. S. 483, 98 L. ed.... |
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Brief of Mac Q. Williamson, Attorney General of Oklahoma, Amicus Curiae, Oliver Brown, et Al., Appellants, V. Board of Education of Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas et Al. (No. 1) Harry Briggs, Jr., et Al., Appellants, V. R. W. Elliott, et Al. (No. 2) Dorot |
Supreme Court of the United States, Docket Number Nos. 1, 2, 3 and 5 (11/1/1954) |
Authority for the filing of this Amicus Curiae brief may be found in the concluding paragraph of this Court's opinion in the cases (as consolidated) above listed. 347 U. S. 483, 98 L. ed.... |
1954 |
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T. L. Tolan, Jr. |
Civil Liberties and the Vinson Court. By C. Herman Pritchett. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. 1954. Xi + 297 Pages. $5.00 |
7 Stanford Law Review 147 (December, 1954) |
In this and his previous volume, The Roosevelt Court (1948), Mr. Pritchett has discussed Supreme Court decisions in the field of civil liberties and other major areas in capsule form, not so much for the specialist, as he puts it in the Preface to this book, as for the interested layman. He acknowledges that he is not a lawyer and states that... |
1954 |
Law Review Articles and Other Secondary Sources |
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Coca-cola Bottling Co. Of Louisville, Inc. |
108 NLRB No. 81, N.L.R.B, Docket Number Case No. 9-CA-418 (4/23/1954) |
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1954 |
Administrative Decisions & Guidance |
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This has some negative history but hasn’t been reversed
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Hon. Leon R. Yankwich, J.D., LL.D., Chief Judge, United States District Court, Southern District of California |
Competition, Real or Soft? (Observations on Competition and Anti-trust Policy) |
14 Federal Rules Decisions 199 (1953, 1954) |
C1-3TABLE OF CONTENTS Page L1-2 I. The Monopoly Problem 201 L1-2 II. The Aim of Anti-Trust Legislation 202 L1-2III. The Badges of Monopoly 204 (A) Integration 204 (B) Price Control 207 (C) Patent Monopoly 209 (D) Tie-In Agreements 210 L1-2 IV. Winds of Doctrine 212 |
1954 |
Law Review Articles and Other Secondary Sources |
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Dr. Irvin Stewart |
45 W. Va. Op. Atty. Gen. 725, W.Va.A.G (6/1/1954) |
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1954 |
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Fletcher V. Coney Island |
121 N.E.2d 574, Court of Common Pleas of Ohio, Hamilton County, Docket Number A-139328 (7/21/1954) |
Suit to enjoin defendant corporation from denying plaintiff admission to its amusement park, because of her race, color, or any other reason not applicable alike to all citizens, in violation of a statute. The Court of Common Pleas, Weber, J., held that the reason, assigned by defendant for such denial, that plaintiff was suspected of being a... |
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Forrest V. Red Cross Hospital |
265 S.W.2d 80, Court of Appeals of Kentucky (2/19/1954) |
Action by paying patient against charitable institution to recover damages allegedly sustained from eating food, which contained a foreign substance, and which was served patient by charitable institution. The Common Pleas Court, Jefferson County, Lawrence S. Grauman, J., dismissed patient's complaint and patient appealed. The Court of Appeals,... |
1954 |
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Green V. State |
223 Ark. 761, Supreme Court of Arkansas, Docket Number 4764 (6/7/1954) |
Accused was convicted in Circuit Court, Drew County, John M. Golden, J., of grand larceny for theft of cow and he appealed. The Supreme Court, Griffin Smith, C. J., held, inter alia, that testimony given by witness as to statements he made to another was admissible as relevant and was not hearsay. Judgment affirmed. Robinson, George Rose Smith and... |
1954 |
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Harper V. Trenton Housing Authority |
1 McCanless 257, Supreme Court of Tennessee (9/6/1954) |
Housing authority brought condemnation proceeding against landowners to condemn land under the Housing Authority Law. The Circuit Court of Gibson County, John F. Kizer, J., made an adjudication that housing authority had the right to take the land sought to be condemned, and landowners filed a petition for certiorari and supersedeas in the Court of... |
1954 |
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Heard V. State |
210 Ga. 523, Supreme Court of Georgia, Docket Number 18527 (4/12/1954) |
Defendant was convicted of rape. The Superior Court, Cherokee County, after having denied defendant's motion to quash the indictment and challenge to the array of traverse jurors, rendered judgment, and defendant brought error. The Supreme Court, Hawkins, J., held, inter alia, that evidence was sufficient to sustain conviction. Judgment affirmed. |
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Heyward V. Public Housing Administration |
214 F.2d 222, United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit, Docket Number 11865 (3/18/1954) |
Action against the Public Housing Administration, its commissioner, the Housing and Home Finance Agency and its administrator for a declaratory judgment determining whether defendants can give federal financial and other assistance to a city housing authority, a state agency, in construction of a low rent public housing project, from which... |
1954 |
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Heyward V. Public Housing Administration |
214 F.2d 222, United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit, Docket Number 11865 (3/18/1954) |
Action against the Public Housing Administration, its commissioner, the Housing and Home Finance Agency and its administrator for a declaratory judgment determining whether defendants can... |
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Trial Court Orders |
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Honorable W. W. Trent |
45 W. Va. Op. Atty. Gen. 608, W.Va.A.G (2/8/1954) |
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Administrative Decisions & Guidance |
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Howard V. St. Louis-san Francisco Ry. Co. |
215 F.2d 690, United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit, Docket Number 15007 (9/14/1954) |
Action by a railroad train porter for injunction of agreement between brakemen's organization and railroad. The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri, Richard M. Duncan, J., refused to enter the decree requested by plaintiff, and plaintiff appealed. The Court of Appeals, Johnsen, Circuit Judge, held that where brakemen's... |
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Hughes V. Hughes |
125 Cal.App.2d 781, District Court of Appeal, Fourth District, California, Docket Number CIV 4700 (6/7/1954) |
Action brought for support of unborn child by its mother as guardian ad litem, and involving a question of legitimacy of the child. The Superior Court, Kern County, R. B. Lambert, J., made a determination adverse to defendant, and defendant appealed. The District Court of Appeal, Mussell, J., held that evidence on issue as to sterility of... |
1954 |
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