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Miller V. Board of Ed. Of District of Columbia |
106 F.Supp. 988, United States District Court District of Columbia, Docket Number CIV. 515-52 (7/3/1952) |
Action for injunction by Kenneth Allan Miller, a minor, by Louise B. Miller, his mother and next friend, and others, against the Board of Education of the District of Columbia, and others. The defendants moved for summary judgment. The United States District Court for the District of Columbia, Pine, J., held that under the equal facilities... |
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Morgan V. Kreppier |
60 So.2d 139, Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit, Docket Number 3561 (6/30/1952) |
Action by James Morgan against Alfred J. Kreppier, and another, for injuries sustained in automobile accident. The District Court, Parish of East Baton Rouge, Charles A. Holcombe, J., awarded plaintiff damages of $85.60 for ten days loss of work, $250 for pain and discomfort, $61 for doctor bills, and all costs including expert fees, together with... |
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Mutual Implement & Hardware Ins. Co. V. Pittman |
214 Miss. 823, Supreme Court of Mississippi, Docket Number 38192 (6/9/1952) |
Proceedings on a workmen's compensation claim filed by Joseph Pittman and opposed by Mutual Implement & Hardware Insurance Company and others. The Circuit Court, Pearl River County, J. C. Shivers, J., affirmed an award in favor of the claimant made be the Workmen's Compensation Commission, and the defendants appealed. The Supreme Court, Hall, J.,... |
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This has some negative history but hasn’t been reversed
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Payne V. Payne |
58 So.2d 377, Supreme Court of Mississippi, Docket Number 38227 (4/14/1952) |
Habeas corpus proceeding by mother against the paternal grandparents, involving the custody of child. The Circuit Court, Lauderdale County, Jesse H. Graham, J., affirmed a judgment of the county court awarding custody to the mother and the grandparents appealed. The Supreme Court, Kyle, J., held that the mother was entitled to custody of the child... |
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People V. Johnson |
111 Cal.App.2d 497, District Court of Appeal, First District, Division 2, California, Docket Number CR. 2798 (6/4/1952) |
The defendant was convicted in the Superior Court of the State of California in and for the County of Santa Clara, Wm. F. James, J., of possession of narcotics, and he appealed. The District Court of Appeal, Nourse, P. J., held that evidence did not entitle defendant to an instruction on entrapment. Affirmed. |
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Petitioners' Reply Brief, Daniels V. Allen |
Supreme Court of the United States, Docket Number No. 20 (4/28/1952) |
In Points I and II of his argument, respondent contends that neither the jury nor the confessions questions may be the subject of collateral attack by federal habeas corpus. Matters... |
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Radigan V. O'connell |
280 A.D. 92, Supreme Court, Appellate Division, First Department, New York (4/8/1952) |
Proceeding in the matter of the application of Patrick J. Radigan, and another, for an order pursuant to the Civil Practice Act, section 1283 et seq., against John F. O'Connell, and others, constituting the New York State Liquor Authority, to review determination cancelling restaurant liquor license No. RL9290 issued to petitioners. The... |
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Ray V. Blair |
257 Ala. 151, Supreme Court of Alabama, Docket Number 6 DIV. 395 (2/29/1952) |
Edmund Blair brought mandamus proceedings against Ben F. Ray, as Chairman of the State Democratic Executive Committee of Alabama, to compel him to certify to the Secretary of State the name of the petitioner as a candidate for nomination as presidential and vice-presidential elector in the Democratic primary. The Circuit Court of Jefferson County,... |
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This is no longer good law for at least one of the points of law it contains. |
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Reid V. State |
200 Md. 89, Court of Appeals of Maryland, Docket Number 159 (5/7/1952) |
Defendant was convicted in the Circuit Court, Baltimore County, Frederick Lee Cobourn, Chief Judge, and J. Howard Murray, Associate Judge, of rape, and was sentenced to be hanged, and he appealed. The Court of Appeals, Marbury, C. J., held that the sentence of death could not be interfered with by the Court of Appeals on the ground that trial court... |
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Reply Brief for Petitioners, Spottswood Thomas Bolling, et Al., Petitioners, V. C. Melvin Sharpe, et Al., Respondents. |
Supreme Court of the United States, Docket Number No. 4 (12/1/1952) |
In order to clarify the issues in this case and to indicate some minor corrections in the briefs and record and to disclose some apparent misconceptions on the part of respondents with... |
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Reply Brief for Petitioners, Spottswood Thomas Bolling, et Al., Petitioners, V. C. Melvin Sharpe, et Al., Respondents. |
Supreme Court of the United States, Docket Number No. 8 (12/9/1952) |
In order to clarify the issues in this case and to indicate some minor corrections in the briefs and record and to disclose some apparent misconceptions on the part of respondents with... |
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Reply Brief for the United States, U.s. V. Kahriger |
Supreme Court of the United States, Docket Number No. 167 (12/1/1952) |
Appellee contends that the statute upon which the information was based compels a person to be a witness against himself. (R. 3). The court below did not pass upon that contention. United... |
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Rice V. Sioux City Memorial Park Cemetery |
102 F.Supp. 658, United States District Court, N.D. Iowa, Western Division, Docket Number CIV. 666 (2/4/1952) |
Evelyn Rice sued the Sioux City Memorial Park Cemetery, Incorporated, and others in the state court for damages for defendants' refusal to bury plaintiff's alleged non-Caucasian husband in a private burial lot purchased by plaintiff under a contract restricting burial privileges to Caucasians, and defendants removed the action to the federal... |
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Robinson V. State |
86 Ga.App. 375, Court of Appeals of Georgia, Division No. 2, Docket Number 34112 (6/13/1952) |
An accused was indicted for rape and he brought error from the Superior Court, De Kalb County, Clarence Vaughn, J. The Supreme Court, 209 Ga. 48, 70 S.E.2d 514, transferred the case. The Court of Appeals, Townsend, J., held that disqualification of judges on ground that they possessed pecuniary interest in the prosecution was not justified.... |
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Rudd V. State |
231 Ind. 105, Supreme Court of Indiana, Docket Number 28768 (8/4/1952) |
Conviction in the Circuit Court, Madison County, Joseph H. Davis, J., of murder in the second degree, and defendant appealed. The Supreme Court, Emmert, J., held that there was not substantial compliance with statutes governing selection and summoning of grand jury and that such noncompliance was harmful to defendant's substantial rights. Judgment... |
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Rutkin V. U.s. |
72 S.Ct. 571, U.S.N.J (3/24/1952) |
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Rutkin V. U.s. |
343 U.S. 130, Supreme Court of the United States, Docket Number 195 (3/24/1952) |
Prosecution for wilfully attempting to defeat and evade income and victory taxes, wherein the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey rendered a judgment of conviction, and defendant appealed. The United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, McLaughlin, Circuit Judge, 189 F.2d 431, affirmed the judgment, and defendant... |
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Smith V. Dallas Ry. & Terminal Co. |
250 S.W.2d 256, Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Waco, Docket Number 2998 (6/5/1952) |
Action by Lola Mae Smith, and others, against the Dallas Railway & Terminal Company, for the death of Howard Smith, allegedly caused by negligence of defendant's bus driver in failing to yield right-of-way to ambulance which decedent was operating at time of collision. The District Court, Dallas County, Paine L. Bush, J., rendered judgment for... |
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Smith V. State |
96 Okla.Crim. 25, Criminal Court of Appeals of Oklahoma, Docket Number A-11572 (9/10/1952) |
An accused was convicted in the County Court of Payne County, Oklahoma, Wallace Dickey, Jr., J., of selling intoxicating liquor, and his punishment was fixed at thirty days in jail and a $50 fine, and he appealed. The Criminal Court of Appeals, Powell, J., held that evidence justified conviction. Affirmed. |
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Spears V. Com. |
253 S.W.2d 570, Court of Appeals of Kentucky (12/19/1952) |
Petition for writ of error coram nobis to vacate conviction of willful murder. The Circuit Court, Campbell County, Ray L. Murphy, J., rendered judgment denying a writ of coram nobis, and petitioner appealed. The Court of Appeals, Sims, J., held that grounds for writ of error coram nobis were not alleged or shown. Judgment affirmed. |
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State ex Rel. White V. Anderson |
62 So.2d 343, Supreme Court of Florida, Special Division B (12/16/1952) |
Mandamus proceeding by which applicant sought to compel Board of Public Instruction to admit him to motor training course in vocational school. The Circuit Court for Escambia County, L. L. Fabisinski, J., entered final judgment adverse to relator, and he appealed. The Supreme Court, Drew, J., held that evidence was insufficient to warrant finding... |
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State V. Green |
221 La. 713, Supreme Court of Louisiana, Docket Number 40819 (7/3/1952) |
An accused was convicted in the Seventh Judicial District Court, Parish of Concordia, Jesse C. McGee, J., of murder, and he appealed. The Supreme Court, McCaleb, J., held that evidence did not establish that confessions made by defendant were not made under influence of fear, duress, intimidation, promises or other inducements, so that such... |
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State V. Roman |
235 N.C. 627, Supreme Court of North Carolina, Docket Number 654 (5/21/1952) |
The defendant was convicted in the Superior Court of Davidson County, J. W. Pless, Jr., J., of first degree murder, and he appealed. The Supreme Court, Winborne, J., held that charge of the Superior Court did not violate statute providing that no judge, in giving charge to jury, shall give an opinion whether a fact is fully or sufficiently proven.... |
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State V. Thomas |
222 S.C. 484, Supreme Court of South Carolina, Docket Number 16691 (12/10/1952) |
Murder prosecution. The jury found the defendants guilty of manslaughter. The General Sessions Court, Georgetown County, J. Henry Johnson, J., entered judgment, and one of the defendants appealed. The Supreme Court, Baker, C. J., held that evidence relating to the corpus delicti warranted submission of the case to the jury and admission of certain... |
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Statement as to Jurisdiction, Cox V. Peters |
Supreme Court of the United States, Docket Number No. 540 (1/16/1952) |
In compliance with Rule 12 of the Rules of the Supreme Court of the United States, as amended, plaintiff in error-appellant submits herewith his statement particularly disclosing the basis... |
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Eugene V. Rostow |
The Democratic Character of Judicial Review |
66 Harvard Law Review 193 (December, 1952) |
It would require an uncommon portion of fortitude in the judges to do their duty as faithful guardians of the Constitution, where legislative invasions of it had been instigated by the major voice of the community. Alexander Hamilton A THEME of uneasiness, and even of guilt, colors the literature about judicial review. Many of those who have... |
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Donald H. Wollett , Robert J. Lampman |
The Law of Union Factionalism - the Case of the Sailors |
4 Stanford Law Review 177 (February, 1952) |
During the past two years a bitter internal struggle, centering in Seattle, has raged within the Sailors' Union of the Pacific (SUP). In that period at least one hundred seventy-five members, including thirty who have been expelled, have been subjected to varying degrees of union discipline. Appeal to the courts by disciplined members has directed... |
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The Supreme Court, 1951 Term |
66 Harvard Law Review 98 (November, 1952) |
L1-7 R7page I. L2-6,T6Constitutional Law 99 A. L3-6,T6Executive Power 99 B. L3-6,T6Containment of Subversion 104 L4-6,T6Deportation Proceedings 104 L4-6,T6Right to Bail 108 L4-6,T6State Loyalty Programs 111 C. L3-6,T6Civil Liberties: Bill of Rights and the Fourteenth Amendment 112 L4-6,T6Freedom of Speech 112 L4-6,T6Motion Picture Censorship 114... |
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Thomas V. State |
257 Ala. 124, Supreme Court of Alabama, Docket Number 6 DIV. 311 (3/13/1952) |
Defendant was convicted in the Circuit Court, Jefferson County, F. R. Matthews, J., of rape and he appealed. The Supreme Court, Lawson, J., held that the evidence was sufficient to show prima facie that defendant's confession was voluntarily made and that his rights under Fourteenth Amendment were not infringed by manner of securing the confession.... |
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U.s. V. Charles Kazuyuki Fujimoto |
105 F.Supp. 727, United States District Court, D. Hawai'i, Docket Number CRIM. 10495 (6/12/1952) |
Prosecution for violation of the Smith Act. Defendants moved to dismiss indictments on ground that grand jury was not validly selected, and to quash trial jury panel. The District Court, Stephens, Circuit Judge, sitting by designation as United States District Judge, held that the grand jury and petit jury panel containing more Caucasians and... |
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