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Brief for the United States, Screws V. U.s. |
Supreme Court of the United States, Docket Number No. 42 (10/13/1944) |
The majority and dissenting opinions in the Circuit Court of Appeals (R. 217-227) and the concurring opinion of Judge Waller on petition for rehearing (R. 232) are reported in 140 F. (2d)... |
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Brief for the United States, U.s. V. Saylor |
Supreme Court of the United States, Docket Number Nos. 716, 717 (4/17/1944) |
The memorandum opinions of the district court (No. 716, R. 7-10; No. 717, R. 8-10) are unreported. The judgments of the district court sustaining demurrers to the indictments were filed on... |
1944 |
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Brief of Appellee, Pollock V. Williams |
Supreme Court of the United States, Docket Number No. 345 (1/24/1944) |
The opinion of the Supreme Court of Florida reversing the judgment of the Circuit Court of Brevard County, Florida (R. 9-14) is reported in . Fla ., 14 So. 2d 700. The jurisdiction of the... |
1944 |
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Brief of Japanese American Citizens League, Amicus Curiae, Korematsu V. U.s. |
Supreme Court of the United States, Docket Number No. 22 (10/9/1944) |
The Japanese American Citizens League is a national organization of American citizens of Japanese ancestry organized in 1930. When Lt. Gen. J. L. DeWitt issued the military evacuation... |
1944 |
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Burkhardt V. Lofton |
63 Cal.App.2d 230, District Court of Appeal, Second District, Division 3, California, Docket Number CIV. 14117 (3/8/1944) |
Appeal from Superior Court, Los Angeles County; Roy V. Rhodes, Judge. Actions by Christine Burkhardt against Lee Lofton and others, and by Dole M. Burkman and others against Mae Liddy and others, and by Dole M. Burkman and others against Henry Laws and others to enjoin defendants Lofton and Laws from using or occupying certain lots in violation of... |
1944 |
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Carter Mfg. Co. |
59 NLRB No. 162, N.L.R.B, Docket Number Case No. 15-R-1232 (12/9/1944) |
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1944 |
Administrative Decisions & Guidance |
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Chesapeake-camp Corp. |
57 NLRB No. 209, N.L.R.B, Docket Number Cases Nos. 5-R-1553 and 5-R-1580 (8/31/1944) |
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1944 |
Administrative Decisions & Guidance |
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Com. Ex Rel. V. Thomas |
50 Pa. D. & C. 626, Court of Common Pleas of Pennsylvania, Westmoreland County (1/1/1944) |
This matter comes before the court on the application of Ralph Johnson for discharge on a writ of habeas corpus, following the issue of a warrant for his arrest by the Governor of Pennsylvania, pursuant to a request for Johnson's extradition by the State of Alabama, to answer to a charge of assault and battery with intent to kill. This is the... |
1944 |
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Com. Ex Rel. V. Thomas |
50 Pa. D. & C. 626, Court of Common Pleas of Pennsylvania, (1/1/1944) |
This matter comes before the court on the application of Ralph Johnson for discharge on a writ of habeas corpus, following the issue of a warrant for his arrest by the Governor of... |
1944 |
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Don Brown |
Constitutional Law-equal Protection of the Law-exclusion of Mexicans from Grand Juries |
23 Texas Law Review 78 (December, 1944) |
After indictment, trial, and conviction on a murder charge, the defendant, a person of Mexican extraction, urged as error the refusal of the trial court to quash the indictment upon a showing that there were persons in the county of Mexican extraction who were qualified to serve on the grand jury, that no such persons were called to serve on the... |
1944 |
Law Review Articles and Other Secondary Sources |
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Coxe V. Coxe |
182 Va. 754, Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia (6/22/1944) |
Appeal from Circuit Court of City of Richmond; Julien Gunn, Judge. |
1944 |
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Dees V. Metts |
245 Ala. 370, Supreme Court of Alabama, Docket Number 1 DIV. 186 (2/3/1944) |
Appeal from Circuit Court, Monroe County; Frank G. Horne, Special Judge. Proceeding to probate the will of John Benjamen Watts, deceased, by Loxley L. Dees, with contest by Olga Metts, which was transferred to the Circuit Court; and bill in equity to cancel a deed by Olga Metts against Nazarine Parker and others. Said cases... |
1944 |
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Zechariah Chafee, Jr. |
Delaware Cases, 1792-1830 |
57 Harvard Law Review 399 (January, 1944) |
The publication of over six hundred Delaware cases in these three volumes adds greatly to our sources for understanding what Pound calls the formative period of American law. During at least forty years before 1832, the date of the first cases in Harrington's Reports, several Delaware lawyers compiled elaborate notebooks of the cases which they... |
1944 |
Law Review Articles and Other Secondary Sources |
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Eugene C. Barker |
Economic Interpretation of the Constitution |
22 Texas Law Review 373 (June, 1944) |
The thesis of the so-called economic interpretation of the Constitution of the United States is that the Constitution was written and launched by a group of rich men seeking selfish property advantages against the interest of men of little or no property; that they were animated primarily, if not solely, by hope of immediate personal gain; that... |
1944 |
Law Review Articles and Other Secondary Sources |
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Ex Parte Mohriez |
54 F.Supp. 941, District Court, D. Massachusetts, Docket Number 1500 (4/13/1944) |
Proceeding in the matter of the petition of Mohamed Mohriez for naturalization. Petition granted. |
1944 |
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Fairchild V. Raines |
24 Cal.2d 818, Supreme Court of California, Docket Number L.A. 18735 (8/31/1944) |
In Bank. Action by Hazel Fairchild and others, against Ross H. Raines and others, to enjoin certain defendants from using and occupying real property and to enjoin certain other defendants from permitting their codefendants to occupy such lots. From a judgment for plaintiffs, the defendants appeal. Reversed. Prior opinion 143 P.2d 528. |
1944 |
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Fry V. Dixie Motor Coach Corp. |
142 Tex. 589, Supreme Court of Texas, Docket Number A-85 (4/26/1944) |
Error from Court of Civil Appeals of Fifth Supreme Judicial District. Suit by Bessie Fry against Dixie Motor Coach Corporation for personal injuries allegedly sustained by plaintiff while a passenger on defendant's bus. To review a judgment the Court of Civil Appeals, 177 S.W.2d 992, for defendant, reversing a judgment for plaintiff, plaintiff... |
1944 |
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Gableman V. Department of Conservation |
309 Mich. 416, Supreme Court of Michigan, Docket Number 11 (9/11/1944) |
Suit in equity by Charles Gableman against the Department of Conservation of the State of Michigan for an injunction against defendant's use of lots purchased by it as part of a public fishing site in violation of restrictions on the use of lots in a residential subdivision. From a decree granting an injunction, defendant appeals. Decree vacated,... |
1944 |
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This has some negative history but hasn’t been reversed
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Gregory V. Moore |
70 Ga.App. 671, Court of Appeals of Georgia, Division No. 2, Docket Number 30353 TO 30377 (2/22/1944) |
Error from Superior Court, DeKalb County; James C. Davis, Judge. Action by Madge Moore against C. E. Gregory and others for damages for alleged libel. The court overruled certain general and special demurrers and sustained certain demurrers of the defendants but allowed plaintiff to file certain amendments, and defendants bring error and plaintiff... |
1944 |
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Hedgepeth V. Bd. Of Ed. Of City of Trenton |
131 N.J.L. 153, Supreme Court of New Jersey (1/31/1944) |
Proceedings by the State, on the relation of Gladys Hedgepeth and Berline Williams, respectively, for writs of mandamus to compel the Board of Education of the City of Trenton to admit relators' children to the junior high school nearest their homes. On rules to show cause why the writs should not issue. Writs allowed. |
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Imerman Screw Products Co. |
56 NLRB No. 1, N.L.R.B, Docket Number Case No. 7-R-1638 (4/25/1944) |
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1944 |
Administrative Decisions & Guidance |
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Thomas Reed Powell, Harvard Law School |
Insurance as Commerce |
57 Harvard Law Review 937 (September, 1944) |
ON June 5, 1944, in United States v. South-Eastern Underwriters Association a minority of the Supreme Court of the United States with effective power in the premises held a group of fire insurance companies properly indictable under the Sherman Act, thus ruling that the acts charged in the indictment constituted a combination in restraint of trade... |
1944 |
Law Review Articles and Other Secondary Sources |
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James V. Marinship Corp. |
25 Cal.2d 721, Supreme Court of California, Docket Number S.F. 17015 (12/30/1944) |
In Bank. |
1944 |
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This has some negative history but hasn’t been reversed
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Kaiser Co. V. Industrial Acc. Commission |
65 Cal.App.2d 218, District Court of Appeal, First District, Division 2, California, Docket Number CIV. 12700 (7/14/1944) |
Petition by Kaiser Company, Inc., employer, and the Hartford Accident & Indemnity Company, insurance carrier, to annul an award of workmen's compensation to Mollie Pruitt made by the Industrial Accident Commission of the State of California. Award affirmed. |
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Kathan V. Williams |
309 Mich. 219, Supreme Court of Michigan, Docket Number 49 JAN. TERM 1944 (6/30/1944) |
Action by Dr. Albert D. Kathan and wife and others against Alfred C. Williams and wife and another to enforce a claimed reciprocal negative easement respecting property. From a decree dismissing the bill, plaintiffs appeal. Affirmed. |
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Kerr V. Enoch Pratt Free Library of Baltimore City |
54 F.Supp. 514, District Court, D. Maryland, Docket Number 2071 (3/7/1944) |
Action by T. Henderson Kerr and Louise Kerr against the Enoch Pratt Free Library of Baltimore City and others for pecuniary damages, for injunctive relief and for declaratory judgment. Complaint dismissed in accordance with opinion. |
1944 |
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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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Lundine V. Mckinney |
183 S.W.2d 265, Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Eastland, Docket Number 2463 (9/22/1944) |
Appeal from District Court, Jefferson County; W. S. Nichols, Judge. Action by Arthur G. Lundine and others, as members of the Operative Plasterers and Cement Finisher's Local Association No. 435, and the Operative Plasterers and Cement Finisher's International Association, and in behalf of and for the benefit of said Local and as representatives of... |
1944 |
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Motion for Leave to File Brief as Amicus Curiae and Brief in Support Thereof, Tunstall V. Broth. Of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen |
Supreme Court of the United States, Docket Number Nos. 37, 45 (11/20/1944) |
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 these cases... |
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Mudd V. Mudd |
206 La. 1055, Supreme Court of Louisiana, Docket Number 37381 (11/6/1944) |
Suit by Catherine Compton Mudd against William Mudd for separation from bed and board. From a judgment for plaintiff, the defendant appeals. Judgment annulled and suit dismissed. |
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Murray V. State |
147 Tex.Crim. 474, Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas, Docket Number 22854 (5/10/1944) |
Appeal from District Court, Denton County; B. W. Boyd, Judge. Allen Murray was convicted of rape by force, threats, and fraud, and he appeals. Affirmed. |
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