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Brief for the United States, Marzani V. U.s. |
Supreme Court of the United States, Docket Number No. 59 (11/1/1948) |
The main opinion of the Court of Appeals on the original hearing (R. 272-281) and the opinion on petition for rehearing (R. 292-293) are reported at 168 F. 2d 133. The opinion of the... |
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Brief of American Civil Liberties Union, as Amicus Curiae, Sipuel V. Bd. Of Regents of the University of Oklahoma |
Supreme Court of the United States, Docket Number No. 369 (1/8/1948) |
The American Civil Liberties Union, which is devoted to the furtherance of the civil rights guaranteed by the Constitution of the United States, submits this brief in the belief that... |
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Brief of Respondent, Wolf V. the People of the State of Colorado |
Supreme Court of the United States, Docket Number Nos. 17, 18 (10/1/1948) |
In presenting our answers to the arguments of counsel for the petitioner, we have attempted to arrange the issues for discussion in orderly sequence. As we see it, the first question here... |
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Brief of Respondents, Sipuel V. Bd. Of Regents of the University of Oklahoma |
Supreme Court of the United States, Docket Number No. 369 (1/2/1948) |
There is but one real issue involved in this case and that is whether or not the trial court, that is, the District Court of Cleveland County, Oklahoma, erred in declining to issue a writ... |
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Brief of the Japanese American Citizens League, Amicus Curiae., Takahashi V. Fish and Game Com'n |
Supreme Court of the United States, Docket Number No. 533 (4/16/1948) |
The Japanese American Citizens League is familiar with the problems of persons of Japanese ancestry in the State of California. Through its educational program, false and misleading... |
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Brown V. Baskin |
78 F.Supp. 933, District Court, E.D. South Carolina, Charleston Division, Docket Number CIV. 1964 (7/20/1948) |
Action by David Brown, on behalf of himself and others similarly situated, against W. P. Baskin, State chairman of the Democratic Party of South Carolina, and others as members of the State executive committee and as chairman of the respective county committees of South Carolina, except the county of Richmond, for declaratory and injunctive relief... |
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Brown V. Baskin |
80 F.Supp. 1017, United States District Court E.D. South Carolina, Charleston Division, Docket Number 1964 (11/26/1948) |
Action by David Brown, on behalf of himself and others similarly situated against W. P. Baskin, and others for an injunction against preventing participation in primary elections to be held in South Carolina, only as provided in the rules and provisions adopted by the Democratic party of South Carolina in its 1948 convention. Permanent injunction... |
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Brown V. State |
213 Ark. 989, Supreme Court of Arkansas, Docket Number 4530 (10/25/1948) |
Appeal from Circuit Court, Ouachita County, First Division; Gus W. Jones, Judge. James A. Brown was convicted of assault with intent to kill, and he appeals. Affirmed. |
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Butcher V. State |
151 Tex.Crim. 458, Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas, Docket Number 23947 (3/3/1948) |
Appeal from District Court, Hutchinson County; Jack Allen, Judge. David Butcher was convicted of murder with malice, and he appeals. Affirmed. |
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Caldwell V. State |
214 Ark. 287, Supreme Court of Arkansas, Docket Number 4532 (12/13/1948) |
Appeal from Circuit Court, Chicot County; John M. Golden, Judge. Bowie Caldwell was convicted of murder in the second degree, and he appeals. Affirmed. |
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Cassell V. State |
154 Tex.Crim. 648, Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas, Docket Number 24158 (12/8/1948) |
Commissioners' Decision Appeal from Criminal District Court No. 2, Dallas County; Henry King, Judge. Lee Cassell was convicted of murder, and he appeals. Affirmed. |
1948 |
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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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Christopher V. American News Co. |
171 F.2d 275, United States Court of Appeals Seventh Circuit, Docket Number 9603 (12/15/1948) |
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division; Philip L. Sullivan, Judge. Action by Louis C. Christopher against the American News Company, etc., for libel. From a judgment dismissing the complaint, the plaintiff appeals. Judgment reversed. |
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Compulsory Resale Price Maintenance in Liquor: a New York Experiment in Controlled Competition |
57 Yale Law Journal 459 (January, 1948) |
Periodic price wars among producers of liquor, together with the unique status of that commodity under the Federal Constitution, have resulted in bold experiments in price stabilization. Permissive resale price maintenance, with its reliance upon enforcement by private parties, has not proved a complete answer to the problem presented by allegedly... |
1948 |
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Consolidated Reply Brief for Petitioners, Hurd V. Hodge |
Supreme Court of the United States, Docket Number Nos. 290, 291 (1/13/1948) |
Note: Table of Contents page numbers missing in original document The Petitioners submit the following Consolidated Reply Brief to the Respondents' Consolidated Brief. In their briefs, the... |
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Curt F. Steib |
Constitutional Law-equal Protection of the Laws-alien Land Laws |
27 Texas Law Review 85 (November, 1948) |
The State of California brought escheat proceedings under its Alien Land Law for farm land purchased by a Japanese alien in the name of his minor son, a natural-born citizen. The law prohibited aliens ineligible for citizenship from having any interest, legal or equitable, in agricultural lands, and imposes a prima facie presumption of intent to... |
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Frederick F. Lewis |
Constitutional Law-use of "Blue Ribbon" Juries in State Courts |
26 Texas Law Review 533 (April, 1948) |
Defendants, two labor union officials, were convicted by a special jury of conspiracy to extort and extortion by obtaining money from contractors through threats of labor disorders. Defendants challenged the panel from which the special jury was drawn on the ground that laborers and women were systematically excluded and that the special panel was... |
1948 |
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Control of Communist Activities |
1 Stanford Law Review 85 (November, 1948) |
A democratic state faces no problem more delicate than that posed by subversive minorities dedicated to the task of supplanting the existing government with an incompatible form of government. Control of subversive activities of Communists is difficult because either too much or too little restraint can be fatal to the liberties of the people.... |
1948 |
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Cumings V. Hokr |
31 Cal.2d 844, Supreme Court of California, in Bank, Docket Number 19588, 19589, 19590, 19591, 19592, (5/18/1948) |
Consolidated actions by Earl C. Cumings and others against Frank Hokr, Anne O'Ferrall, E. B. O'Ferrall and others, by M. A. Hester and Blair Hill against Carlos J. Barbe, Arteal C. Graves, Clara B. Graves and others, by M. A. Hester and Bertha Kenyon against Wardell T. Thompson and others, by M. A. Hester and Blair Hill against Mary Morrison and... |
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Denny V. Dorr |
333 Ill.App. 581, Appellate Court of Illinois, Second District, Docket Number 10208 (3/9/1948) |
Appeal from Circuit Court, Winnebago County; Wm. R. Dusher, Judge. Action by Julius Denny against Edward C. Dorr and another, doing business as the Harrison Tavern, to recover for a violation of rights guaranteed by the Civil Rights Act, Smith-Hurd Stats. c. 38, §§ 125 et seq., 125, 126. Judgment for plaintiff and defendants appeal.... |
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Will Maslow |
Federal Protection of Civil Rights-quest for a Sword. By Robert K. Carr. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1947. Pp.284. $3.00 |
57 Yale Law Journal 1149 (April, 1948) |
Professor Carr's monograph on the federal civil rights laws comes at a particularly opportune time. The epochal report of the President's Committee on Civil Rights (Mr. Carr was its executive secretary) has stimulated nation-wide discussion of the need to secure the fundamental rights of Americans. Professor Carr's exceedingly useful book furnishes... |
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Frank V. Herring |
240 Mo.App. 425, Kansas City Court of Appeals, Missouri, Docket Number 20947 (1/12/1948) |
Appeal from Circuit Court, Callaway County; W. M. Dinwiddie, Judge. Suit for slander by Marcella Frank against Paul Herring. Judgment for plaintiff and defendant appeals. Judgment affirmed. |
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Freeman V. School Bd. Of Chesterfield County |
82 F.Supp. 167, District Court E.D. Virginia, Docket Number CIV. 631, CIV. 644, CIV. 175 (4/7/1948) |
Consolidated actions by Arthur M. Freeman and others against County School Board of Chesterfield County and others, by Margaret Smith, an infant, etc., and others against School Board of King George County, Virginia, and others, by Alice Lorraine Ashley, an infant, etc., and others against School Board of Gloucester County and others, involving... |
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Frost Lumber Industries V. Harrison |
35 So.2d 832, Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit, Docket Number 7124 (4/30/1948) |
Appeal from Third Judicial District Court, Parish of Union; E. L. Walker, Judge. Suit by Frost Lumber Industries, Inc., against Fonnie Harrison and others to effect a partition by licitation, wherein Mariah Harrison intervened. Judgment for plaintiff, and the intervenor appeals. Judgment reversed, plaintiff's demands rejected and suit dismissed. |
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Hall V. U.s. |
168 F.2d 161, United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia, Docket Number 9584, 9589, 9590 (4/5/1948) |
Appeals from the District Court of the United States for the District of Columbia. Herbert H. Hall, Joe M. Gray and Shirley Harris were convicted of murder in the first degree, and they appeal. Affirmed. |
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Hampton V. O'rear |
309 Ky. 1, Court of Appeals of Kentucky (11/9/1948) |
Appeal from Circuit Court, Montgomery County; John J. Winn, Judge. Action by Edward C. O'Rear, trustee, etc., and others, opposed by Mrs. A. Howard Hampton, and others, to enforce a charitable trust. From the judgment, defendants appeal. Judgment reversed with directions. |
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Hampton V. Thompson |
171 F.2d 535, United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit, Docket Number 12485 (12/17/1948) |
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas; Ben H. Rice, Jr., Judge. Action to enjoin enforcement of award of first division of National Railroad Adjustment Board by Allen Hampton and others against Guy A. Thompson, trustee of SanAntonio, Uvalde & Gulf Railroad Company, and others. From the judgment, the... |
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Hardyman V. Collins |
80 F.Supp. 501, United States District Court, S.D. California, Central Division, Docket Number 8004-Y (10/4/1948) |
Action by Hugh Hardyman and others against Orville Collins and others for damages for an invasion of plaintiffs' civil rights. On defendants' motion to dismiss. Motion granted. |
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Hart V. Knox County |
79 F.Supp. 654, District Court E.D. Tennessee, Northern Division, Docket Number CIV.1072 (5/3/1948) |
Action by Ada Lucile Hart and others against Knox County and others, wherein Tennessee Valley Authority and certain individuals intervened, to restrain the county from leasing a tract of land from Tennessee Valley Authority for a recreational park. The case was removed from the state court. On defendants' motion for summary judgment. Injunction... |
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Henderson V. I. C. C. |
80 F.Supp. 32, United States District Court D. Maryland, Docket Number 3829 (9/25/1948) |
Action under Interstate Commerce Act, § 17(9), 49 U.S.C.A. § 17(9); 28 U.S.C.A. §§ 1336, 1398, 2284, 2321-2325, by Elmer W. Henderson against Interstate Commerce Commission and United States of America to set aside an order of the Commission with respect to dining car service on the Southern Railway, wherein the Southern Railway was granted leave... |
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Heywood V. Jericho Co. |
193 Misc. 905, Supreme Court, New York County, New York, Special Term, Part III (12/14/1948) |
Action by Donald Heywood against the Jericho Company and others, for alleged infringement of plaintiff's common-law copyright in a certain playlet. On defendants' motions for an order dismissing the complaint. Motions granted. |
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