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Motion for Leave to File Brief as Amicus Curiae and Brief in Support Thereof, Railway Mail Ass'n V. Corsi |
Supreme Court of the United States, Docket Number No. 691 (3/12/1945) |
May it Please the Court: The undersigned, as counsel for the American Civil Liberties Union, respectfully moves this Honorable Court for leave to file the accompanying brief in this case as... |
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Newman V. State |
148 Tex.Crim. 645, Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas, Docket Number 23068 (4/25/1945) |
Commissioners' Decision. Appeal from District Court, Special Ninth District, Polk County; E. T. Murphy, Judge. L. C. Newman was convicted of murder, and he appeals. Judgment affirmed. |
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People of Virgin Islands V. Brodhurst |
148 F.2d 636, Circuit Court of Appeals, Third Circuit, Docket Number 8721 (3/21/1945) |
Appeal from the District Court of the Virgin Islands, Division of St. Croix, at Christiansted; Herman E. Moore, Judge. Canute A. Brodhurst, Sr., was adjudged guilty of criminal contempt in a summary proceeding in the District Court of the Virgin Islands, and he appeals. Reversed. |
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Raines V. State |
73 Ga.App. 177, Court of Appeals of Georgia, Division No. 1, Docket Number 30985 (11/17/1945) |
Error from Superior Court, Bibb County; Mallory C. Atkinson, Judge. Johnny Raines was convicted of assault and battery and he brings error. Reversed. |
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Reynolds V. Board of Public Instruction for Dade County, Fla. |
148 F.2d 754, Circuit Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit, Docket Number 11224 (4/23/1945) |
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of Florida; John W. Holland, Judge. Suit by Hubert C. Reynolds, suing on behalf of himself and others having common rights and interests, against the Board of Public Instruction for the County of Dade, State of Florida, and another, to obtain a declaratory judgment that... |
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Richardson V. Kelly |
144 Tex. 497, Supreme Court of Texas, Docket Number A-196 (12/29/1945) |
Error to Court of Civil Appeals of Third Supreme Judicial District, Travis County. Bill of review proceeding by Sid W. Richardson and another against Keith Kelly, receiver of National Indemnity Underwriters of America and of C. H. Verschoyle, Inc., to vacate a judgment, wherein numerous parties intervened as plaintiffs and the receiver filed a... |
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This has some negative history but hasn’t been reversed
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Zechariah Chafee, Jr. |
Safeguarding Civil Liberty Today |
58 Harvard Law Review 1093 (September, 1945) |
About twenty years ago a symposium was held at Harvard on the next war. Professor Norris Hall of the chemistry department predicted the abundant use of poison gas of new and terrible types. Professor Manley O. Hudson foretold that the war aims declared at the outset of the conflict would completely change their character during its course and be... |
1945 |
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Screws V. U.s. |
325 U.S. 91, Supreme Court of the United States, Docket Number 42 (5/7/1945) |
M. Claude Screws, Frank Edward Jones and Jim Bob Kelley were convicted of violating, and of a conspiracy to violate, Criminal Code, s 20, 18 U.S.C.A. s 52, penalizing willful deprivation under color of any law, statute, ordinance, regulation or custom of any rights, privileges or immunities secured or protected by the Constitution and laws of the... |
1945 |
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Southern Pac. Co. V. State of Ariz. Ex Rel. Sullivan |
325 U.S. 761, Supreme Court of the United States, Docket Number 56 (6/18/1945) |
Action by the State of Arizona, on the relation of John L. Sullivan, Attorney General of the State of Arizona, against the Southern Pacific Company to recover from defendant penalties under the Train Limit Law. From a judgment of the Supreme Court of Arizona, 145 P.2d 530, which reversed a judgment for defendant, defendant appeals. Reversed. Mr.... |
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State V. Cole |
354 Mo. 181, Supreme Court of Missouri, Division No. 2, Docket Number 39327 (6/11/1945) |
Buford Cole was convicted of murder in the first degree and sentenced to death, and he appeals. Judgement affirmed, and sentence ordered executed. |
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State V. Dorsey |
207 La. 928, Supreme Court of Louisiana, Docket Number 37636 (3/26/1945) |
John Dorsey, Jr., was convicted of murder and sentenced to death and from the conviction and sentence he appeals. Verdict and sentence annulled, a new trial granted, and case remanded for further proceedings consistent with opinion. |
1945 |
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State V. Henderson |
71 R.I. 219, Supreme Court of Rhode Island, Docket Number 8679 (7/19/1945) |
Exceptions from Superior Court, Providence and Bristol Counties; Walter Curry, Judge. D. C. Henderson was convicted of rape, and he brings exceptions. Exceptions overruled, and case remitted for further proceedings. |
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State V. Humble Oil & Refining Co. |
187 S.W.2d 93, Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Waco, Docket Number 2595 (1/25/1945) |
Appeal from District Court, Montgomery County; E. T. Murphy, Judge. Suit in trespass to try title by W. T. Williams against Humble Oil & Refining Company and others wherein the State of Texas intervened. The suit was consolidated with other suits involving the same tract of land. From a judgment for Humble Oil & Refining Company and others, the... |
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This has some negative history but hasn’t been reversed
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State V. Lord |
225 N.C. 354, Supreme Court of North Carolina, Docket Number 369 (6/6/1945) |
Appeal from Superior Court, Cabarrus County; Allen H. Gwyn, Judge. Clarence Lord was convicted of murder in the first degree, and he appeals. No error. |
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State V. North Am. Car Corp. |
118 Mont. 183, Supreme Court of Montana, Docket Number 8541 (12/11/1945) |
Appeal from District Court, First District, Lewis and Clark County; A. J. Horsky, Judge. Action by the State of Montana against the North American Car Corporation to recover taxes. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appeals. Reversed and remanded with instructions. |
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State V. Wilson |
236 Iowa 429, Supreme Court of Iowa, Docket Number 46312 (6/19/1945) |
Appeal from District Court, Poweshiek County; P. J. Siegers, Judge. Defendant was found guilty of manslaughter and appealed from the judgment thereon. The judgment is reversed. |
1945 |
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Tademy V. Scott |
68 F.Supp. 556, District Court, N.D. Georgia, Atlanta Division, Docket Number 2701 (1/30/1945) |
Action by Edward Tademy against C. A. Scott, and others for libel. On defendants' motion to dismiss the complaint. Judgment for defendants. |
1945 |
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This has some negative history but hasn’t been reversed
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A. C. P. |
The Harvard Law School Library - Recent Acquisitions |
58 Harvard Law Review 1248 (October, 1945) |
Last month a research student from Montreal visited our Library to see if our section on Canon Law was as good as its reputation. He said he had been told in Rome that Harvard had the most complete collection of Canon Law in this country. Be that as it may, we are not resting on our laurels. We attempt to fill in the gaps as available items not now... |
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E. Merrick Dodd, Harvard Law School |
The Supreme Court and Organized Labor, 1941-1945 |
58 Harvard Law Review 1018 (September, 1945) |
THIS article is a review of the Supreme Court's labor union decisions during the last four terms of court, a period which coincides substantially with that during which the United States has been at war. The cases with which it deals are those which relate to the activities of labor unions and of employers in their relations with labor unions,... |
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Thiel V. Southern Pac. Co. |
149 F.2d 783, Circuit Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit, Docket Number 10681 (5/15/1945) |
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Northern District of California, Southern Division; John C. Bowen, Judge. Action by Gilbert E. Thiel against Southern Pacific Company to recover for injuries sustained by plaintiff while a passenger on defendant's train. From a judgment for defendant, the plaintiff appeals. Affirmed. |
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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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Tobacco By-products & Chemical Corp. |
64 NLRB No. 43, N.L.R.B, Docket Number Case No. 5-R-1987 (10/15/1945) |
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1945 |
Administrative Decisions & Guidance |
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Willard Hurst, Washington, D. C. |
Treason in the United States |
58 Harvard Law Review 806 (July, 1945) |
THE doctrinal development of the law of treason after the adoption of the Constitution is contributed primarily by the judges; treatise discussions are scissors and paste-pot affairs, or horn-book recitations of question-begging generalities. The judges, however, shine mainly by comparison. In view of the potentialities for good and evil in the... |
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Van Hodge V. State |
149 Tex.Crim. 64, Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas, Docket Number 23179 (11/7/1945) |
Appeal from Criminal District Court No. 2, Harris County; Langston G. King, Judge. Joseph Van Hodge was convicted of murder, and he appeals. Affirmed. |
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Watkins V. State |
199 Ga. 81, Supreme Court of Georgia, Docket Number 15050 (2/8/1945) |
Error from Superior Court, Bibb County; Chester A. Byars, Judge. David Watkins was convicted of murder, and he brings error. Affirmed. |
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Akins V. State |
148 Tex.Crim. 523, Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas, Docket Number 22877 (6/21/1944) |
Appeal from Criminal District Court, Dallas County; A. R. Stout, Acting Judge. L. C. Akins was convicted of murder and sentenced to death, and he appeals. Judgment affirmed. |
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Bautista V. Jones |
25 Cal.2d 746, Supreme Court of California, Docket Number L.A. 18437 (12/30/1944) |
SCHAUER, CARTER, and TRAYNOR, JJ., dissenting. In Bank. |
1944 |
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This has some negative history but hasn’t been reversed
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Brief for Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company, Steele V. Louisville & Nashville R. Co. |
Supreme Court of the United States, Docket Number No. 45 (11/11/1944) |
The original Bill in this cause was filed in the Circuit Court of Jefferson County, Alabama, in Equity by Bester William Steele, as complainant v. Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company, a... |
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Brief for Respondents, Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen and W. H. Thomas., Steele V. Louisville & Nashville R. Co. |
Supreme Court of the United States, Docket Number No. 45 (11/13/1944) |
To the Honorables, the Chief Justice and the Associate Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States: (1) The decree of the Circuit Court of Jefferson County, Alabama, in Equity,... |
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Brief for Respondents, Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen, Ocean Lodge No. 76, Port Norfolk Lodge No. 775 and W. M. Munden, Tunstall V. Broth. Of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen |
Supreme Court of the United States, Docket Number No. 37 (11/13/1944) |
The opinion of the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit (R. 55) is reported in 140 F. 2d 35. The opinion of the United States District Court for the Eastern... |
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Brief for the National Labor Relations Board, N.l.r.b. V. Le Tourneau Co. Of Georgia |
Supreme Court of the United States, Docket Number No. 452 (10/1/1944) |
The opinion of the Circuit Court of Appeals (R. 91-93) is reported in 143 F. (2d) 67. The findings of fact, conclusions of law, and order of the Board (R. 33-46) are reported in 54 N. L. R.... |
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