Author | Title | Citation | Summary | Year | Type | Key Terms in Title or Summary | Case Status |
Thomas Reed Powell, Harvard Law School |
And Repent at Leisure |
58 Harvard Law Review 930 (September, 1945) |
IF every decree of divorce granted by a court of one state is open to question and disregard in the courts of a second state the resulting uncertainties are certain to be socially undesirable. If every decree of divorce granted by a state court must be accepted blindly by the courts of every other state, the resulting certainties may have many... |
1945 |
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Appellant's Reply Brief., Railway Mail Ass'n V. Corsi |
Supreme Court of the United States, Docket Number No. 691 (3/24/1945) |
This reply brief is filed for the purpose of making comment on certain observations contained in the briefs filed in opposition and to call attention to errors in statements made therein.... |
1945 |
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Ashworth V. State |
148 Tex.Crim. 561, Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas, Docket Number 23189 (10/24/1945) |
Appeal from District Court, Shelby County; S. H. Sanders, Judge. George Ashworth was convicted of murder without malice, and he appeals. Reversed and remanded. |
1945 |
Cases |
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Atlanta Oak Flooring Co. |
62 NLRB No. 124, N.L.R.B, Docket Number Case No. 10-R-1464 (6/28/1945) |
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1945 |
Administrative Decisions & Guidance |
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Board of Ed. Of Berea V. Ballard |
299 Ky. 370, Court of Appeals of Kentucky (2/9/1945) |
Appeal from Circuit Court, Madison County; Wm. J. Baxter, Judge. Suits by John Ballard and others against the Board of Education of Berea and others to enjoin defendants from further prosecuting of transferred quarterly court actions, wherein defendants filed demurrers. From an adverse judgment, defendants appeal. Reversed with directions. |
1945 |
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Brents V. Stone |
60 F.Supp. 82, District Court, E.D. Illinois, Docket Number 463-D (4/27/1945) |
Action for declaratory judgment by Venable L. Brents, Sr., against Clyde E. Stone and others, as Justices of the Supreme Court of Illinois. Action dismissed. |
1945 |
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Brief for Appellant., Railway Mail Ass'n V. Corsi |
Supreme Court of the United States, Docket Number No. 691 (2/13/1945) |
The opinion of the Court of Appeals of the State of New York is reported in 293 N. Y. 315; the opinion of the Appellate Division in 267 App. Div. 470; and the opinion of the Special Term in... |
1945 |
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Brief for Petitioners, Allen Bradley Co. V. Local Union No. 3, Intern. Broth. Of Elec. Workers |
Supreme Court of the United States, Docket Number No. 702 (2/2/1945) |
The action was commenced in the District Court for the Southern District of New York on December 9, 1935, seeking a declaratory judgment pursuant to Section 274(d) of the Judicial Code (28... |
1945 |
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Brief for the State of Texas, Akins V. Texas |
Supreme Court of the United States, Docket Number No. 853 (4/23/1945) |
FN1. Akens v. State, 145 Tex. Cr. R. 289, 167 S. W. 2d 758. FN2. General and Special Laws, 40th Leg., Reg. Sess., ch. 156, p. 228, printed as § 5, Art. 200a, Vernon's Annotated Civil... |
1945 |
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Brown V. Brown |
190 S.W.2d 730, Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Dallas, Docket Number 13617 (6/22/1945) |
Appeal from District Court, Hunt County; Charles Berry, Judge. Suit for divorce by Joe Brown against Hazel Brown. Judgment for the plaintiff, and the defendant appeals. Judgment affirmed. |
1945 |
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Cawthorn V. Commonwealth |
300 Ky. 641, Court of Appeals of Kentucky (10/19/1945) |
Appeal from Circuit Court, Harlan County; James S. Forester, Judge. Tom Cawthorn was convicted of voluntary manslaughter, and he appeals. Affirmed. |
1945 |
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Chickasaw Nation V. U.s. |
103 Ct.Cl. 45, United States Court of Claims, Docket Number K-334 (1/8/1945) |
Plaintiff's motion for new trial overruled April 2, 1945 |
1945 |
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Com. V. Isenstadt |
318 Mass. 543, Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Middlesex (9/17/1945) |
Exceptions from Superior Criminal Court, Middlesex County; Hanify, Judge. Abraham A. Isenstadt was convicted of selling, and of having in his possession for the purpose of sale, exhibition, loan or circulation, a book which was obscene, indecent, or impure, or manifestly tended to corrupt the morals of youth, and he brings exceptions. Exceptions... |
1945 |
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This has some negative history but hasn’t been reversed
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Dooley V. Savannah Bank & Trust Co. |
199 Ga. 353, Supreme Court of Georgia, Docket Number 15103, 15117 (6/6/1945) |
Error from Superior Court, Chatham County; Wm. Hugh Stephens, Judge. Action by Savannah Bank & Trust Company as administrator with the will annexed of Peter Rabey, against Louise Fisher and Margarita H. Dooley, trustee, to restrain defendants from selling or disposing of a certain tract of land to any person not of the white or Caucasian race, in... |
1945 |
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This has some negative history but hasn’t been reversed
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Ellis V. Board of Ed. Of San Francisco Unified School Dist. |
27 Cal.2d 322, Supreme Court of California, in Bank, Docket Number S.F. 17249, Docket Number 32 Cal.2d 850, Supreme Court of California, Docket Number S.F. 17685 (11/27/1945) |
EDMONDS, J., dissenting. Proceeding in mandamus by John B. Ellis and others to compel the Board of Education of the San Francisco Unified School District and others to permit petitioners to use the auditorium of the Evening High School of Commerce for a free public meeting without furnishing public liability insurance. Writ granted. |
1945 |
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Gospel Spreading Ass'n V. Bennetts |
147 F.2d 878, United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia, Docket Number 8837 (1/29/1945) |
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the District of Columbia. Suit between Gospel Spreading Association, Incorporated, and others, and Ella Mildred Bennetts and others, involving the validity of a restrictive race covenant in a deed to real estate. From the decree, the former appeal. Reversed and remanded with instructions. |
1945 |
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In re Condemnation of Lots Nos. 2, 27, 803, Etc., in Square 3960 |
58 F.Supp. 832, District Court of the United States for the District of Columbia, Docket Number 2969 (1/3/1945) |
Proceeding by the District of Columbia in the matter of the condemnation of Lots Nos. 2, 27, 803, etc., in Square 3960, for a schoolhouse site. Motion to strike, constituting in effect a challenge to the array. Motion denied. |
1945 |
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In the Matter of K----- |
2 I. & N. Dec. 253, BIA, Docket Number A-2655247 (56065/802) (1/25/1945) |
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1945 |
Administrative Decisions & Guidance |
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Jackson V. Imburgia |
184 Misc. 1063, Supreme Court, Monroe County, New York, Special Term (5/7/1945) |
Action by Elmer Jackson against Frank Imburgia, doing business under the style and name of East Main Hotel, also known as Triton Hotel, and Harry Koveleski; and action by James Anthony... |
1945 |
Trial Court Orders |
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Joint Brief for Petitioners, Smith V. U.s. |
Supreme Court of the United States, Docket Number Nos. 66, 292 (10/26/1945) |
Administrative law in this country is not really a system at all, but is simply an exercise of arbitrary power in relation to certain matters which are specified or indicated by statute,... |
1945 |
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Kerr V. Enoch Pratt Free Library of Baltimore City |
149 F.2d 212, Circuit Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit, Docket Number 5273 (4/17/1945) |
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the District of Maryland, at Baltimore; W. Calvin Chesnut, Judge. Action by T. Henderson Kerr and another against the Enoch Pratt Free Library of Baltimore City and others for pecuniary damages, for injunctive relief, and for declaratory judgment. From a judgment dismissing the complaint, 54... |
1945 |
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This has some negative history but hasn’t been reversed
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King V. Chapman |
62 F.Supp. 639, District Court, M.D. Georgia, Columbus Division, Docket Number CIV. 143 (10/12/1945) |
Action by Primus E. King against J. E. Chapman, Jr., and others, chairman and members of the Democratic Executive Committee of Muscogee County, Georgia, to recover damages for alleged deprivation of plaintiff's right to vote in Democratic primary held on July 4, 1944. Judgment for plaintiff. |
1945 |
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Larus & Bro. Co., Inc. |
62 NLRB No. 134, N.L.R.B (6/30/1945) |
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1945 |
Administrative Decisions & Guidance |
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Madison V. Nunnelee |
246 Ala. 325, Supreme Court of Alabama, Docket Number 3 DIV. 420 (1/18/1945) |
Appeal from Circuit Court, Montgomery County; Walter B. Jones, Judge. Appeal by General P. Madison to the circuit court from a decision or order of the Board of Registrars of Montgomery County, composed of Mrs. Frank Nunnelee, Mrs. Atticus Mullin, and J. W. Reinhardt, denying registration as an elector. From an order or judgment dismissing the... |
1945 |
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Manheim Dairy Co. V. Little Falls Nat. Bank |
54 N.Y.S.2d 345, Supreme Court, Herkimer County, New York (2/22/1945) |
Action by the Manheim Dairy Company, Inc., against the Little Falls National Bank to recover damages allegedly sustained by plaintiff by reason of defendant's violation of its duty and aiding the plaintiff's treasurer in his embezzlement of plaintiff's funds. On defendant's motions for nonsuit and dismissal of complaint at close of plaintiff's case... |
1945 |
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Manheim Dairy Co. V. Little Falls Nat. Bank |
54 N.Y.S.2d 345, Supreme Court, Herkimer County, New York (2/22/1945) |
Action by the Manheim Dairy Company, Inc., against the Little Falls National Bank to recover damages allegedly sustained by plaintiff by reason of defendant's violation of its duty and... |
1945 |
Trial Court Orders |
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Matthews V. Spears |
24 So.2d 195, Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit, Docket Number 2769 (12/21/1945) |
Appeal from Seventeenth Judicial District Court, Parish of Terrebonne; J. Louis Watkins, Judge. Action by James Matthews and others against I. H. Spears to annul and erase from the records an instrument purporting to give defendant a power of attorney to handle plaintiffs' affairs and to transfer to defendant a one-fourth interest in the minerals... |
1945 |
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Mays V. Burgess |
147 F.2d 869, United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia, Docket Number 8831 (1/29/1945) |
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the District of Columbia. Suit by William T. Burgess and others against Clara I. Mays and others involving the validity of a deed of sale. From a judgment setting aside the deed and enjoining the named defendant from the use and occupancy of the property, the defendants appeal. Affirmed. |
1945 |
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This has some negative history but hasn’t been reversed
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Mitchell V. Wright |
62 F.Supp. 580, District Court, M.D. Alabama, Eastern Division, Docket Number 102-O (10/12/1945) |
Action by William P. Mitchell against Mrs. George C. Wright and another for declaratory judgment, for a permanent injunction and to recover damages. On defendants' motion to dismiss. Motion granted and complaint dismissed. |
1945 |
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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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Morris V. Williams |
149 F.2d 703, Circuit Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit, Docket Number 12887 (6/19/1945) |
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Arkansas; Thomas C. Trimble, Judge. Action by Susie Morris, for herself and for others similarly situated, against Robert M. Williams, Chairman, Murray O. Reed, Secretary, Mrs. W. P. McDermott and others, constituting the Board of Directors of the Little Rock Special... |
1945 |
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This has some negative history but hasn’t been reversed
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