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Patterson V. State |
234 Ala. 342, Supreme Court of Alabama, Docket Number 8 DIV 757 (6/14/1937) |
Appeal from Circuit Court, Morgan County; W.W. Callahan, Judge. Haywood Patterson was convicted of rape, and he appeals. Affirmed. |
1937 |
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Paxton V. Paxton |
173 So. 488, Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit, Docket Number 1695 (4/10/1937) |
Appeal from Twentieth Judicial District Court, Parish of East Feliciana; Chas. L. Munson, Judge. Suit by Walter Paxton and others against Steve G. Paxton and others. From a part of a judgment, plaintiffs appeal. Affirmed. |
1937 |
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People V. Cancino |
10 Cal.2d 223, Supreme Court of California, Docket Number CR. 4129 (11/26/1937) |
In Bank. Francisco Cancino was convicted of murder of the first degree, and he appeals. Affirmed. |
1937 |
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Reply Brief for Appellant, Lone Star Gas Co. V. Texas |
Supreme Court of the United States, Docket Number No. 313 (10/1/1937) |
Not perceiving how the Court will be aided by appellees' Introductory Statement (1-4) especially their general characterizations of our brief, we attempt no reply in kind, and immediately... |
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Ridgway V. Cockburn |
163 Misc. 511, Supreme Court, Westchester County, New York (6/3/1937) |
Action by Marion A. Ridgway against Pauline Teresa Cockburn to enforce a covenant contained in a conveyance and for an injunction. Judgment for plaintiff. |
1937 |
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This has some negative history but hasn’t been reversed
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Ridgway V. Cockburn |
163 Misc. 511, Supreme Court, Westchester County, New York (6/3/1937) |
Action by Marion A. Ridgway against Pauline Teresa Cockburn to enforce a covenant contained in a conveyance and for an injunction. Judgment for plaintiff. |
1937 |
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This has some negative history but hasn’t been reversed
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Robert L. Stern, Washington, D. C. |
Separability and Separability Clauses in the Supreme Court |
51 Harvard Law Review 76 (November, 1937) |
THE problem of determining which portions of a partly invalid law may stand alone is of more than usual significance at the present time, when many laws are being challenged on constitutional grounds. Only if legislators are able to guess how the courts will act in excising invalid parts of a statute can they proceed intelligently to enact laws... |
1937 |
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Shanes V. State |
233 Ala. 418, Supreme Court of Alabama, Docket Number 1 DIV 915 (1/21/1937) |
Appeal from Circuit Court, Mobile County; Joel W. Golsby, Judge. Wesley Shanes, alias Wesley Shaves, was convicted of carnally knowing a girl under 12 years of age, and he appeals. Reversed and remanded. |
1937 |
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Sharper V. Security Mut. Ben. Ass'n |
177 So. 461, Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit, Docket Number 5529 (12/3/1937) |
Appeal from Fourth Judicial District Court, Parish of Ouachita; D.I. Garrett, Judge. Action by James Sharper against the Security Mutual Benefit Association. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appeals. Affirmed. |
1937 |
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State ex Rel. Gaines V. Canada |
342 Mo. 121, Supreme Court of Missouri, En Banc, Docket Number 35286 (12/9/1937) |
Appeal from Circuit Court, Boone Couty; W. M. Dinwiddie, Judge. Mandamus proceeding by the State of Missouri, at the relation of Lloyd L. Gaines, against S. W. Canada, registrar of the University of Missouri, and others. From a judgment quashing the alternative writ and denying a peremptory writ, the relator appeals. Affirmed. |
1937 |
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State ex Rel. Mckinney V. Lowry |
100 Colo. 144, Supreme Court of Colorado, Docket Number 13811 (3/15/1937) |
In Department. Error to District Court, City and County of Denver; George F. Dunklee, Judge. Proceeding by the State of Colorado, on the relation of T. T. McKinney and another, in behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated, against Walter B. Lowry, as Manager of Improvements and Parks of the City and County of Denver, and another, for... |
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State V. Bell |
212 N.C. 20, Supreme Court of North Carolina, Docket Number 3 (9/22/1937) |
Appeal from Superior Court, Beaufort County; C. L. Williams, Judge. William (Pete) Bell and another were convicted of first degree murder, and they appeal. No error. The defendants were charged in the bills of indictment with the murder of one Heber Roberson. The jury returned verdict of guilty of murder in the first degree as to both defendants,... |
1937 |
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State V. Dawson |
186 La. 900, Supreme Court of Louisiana, Docket Number 33922 (3/1/1937) |
Appeal from Twenty-First Judicial District Court, Parish of Tangipahoa; Amos L. Ponder, Judge. Joe Dawson, Jr., was convicted under an indictment for the crime of shooting with intent to kill, and he appeals. Affirmed. |
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State V. Gill |
186 La. 339, Supreme Court of Louisiana, Docket Number 34140 (1/4/1937) |
Appeal from Eighth Judicial District Court, Parish of Caldwell; F. E. Jones, Judge. William Gill was convicted of murder, and he appeals. Affirmed. |
1937 |
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State V. Logan |
341 Mo. 1164, Supreme Court of Missouri, Division No. 2, Docket Number 35118 (12/17/1937) |
Appeal from Circuit Court, Callaway County; W. C. Hughes, Special Judge. Anderson Logan was convicted of first degree murder, and he appeals. Reversed and remanded. |
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State V. Wainwright |
119 W.Va. 34, Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia, Docket Number 8549 (6/15/1937) |
Error to Circuit Court, Jefferson County. Chester D. Wainwright was convicted for receiving goods stolen in another state, and he brings error. Affirmed. |
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State V. Walls |
211 N.C. 487, Supreme Court of North Carolina, Docket Number 506 (4/28/1937) |
Appeal from Superior Court, Mecklenburg County; J. A. Rousseau, Judge. Tommie Walls was convicted of burglary in the first degree, and he appeals. No error. |
1937 |
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Statement and Brief for Appellants Opposing Appellees' Motion to Dismiss or Affirm., New York Life Ins. Co. V. Alexander |
Supreme Court of the United States, Docket Number No. 622 (1/5/1937) |
In order to avoid repetition, the appellants make reference to and confirm the statement of facts contained in their statement of jurisdiction. Appellants also make reference to such... |
1937 |
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Succession of Gibson |
186 La. 723, Supreme Court of Louisiana, Docket Number 33933 (3/1/1937) |
Appeal from First Judicial District Court, Parish of Caddo; Robert Roberts, Judge. Proceedings in the matter of the succession of George and Annie Tate Gibson, deceased, wherein Nathaniel Gibson and others filed suit against George Gibson and others. From the decree, defendants appeal, and plaintiffs answer the appeal. Decree rendered in accordance... |
1937 |
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Thomas Reed Powell |
The Nine Old Men. By Drew Pearson and Robert S. Allen. New York: Doubleday, Doran & Company, 1936. Pp. 325. $2.50 |
46 Yale Law Journal 561 (January, 1937) |
It may well excite wonder that a scholarly journal should deem it appropriate to notice a book like this. Perhaps it is because the subject is an important one. Perhaps it is because shabby gossip is so likely to have a wide appeal that the book itself may seem to be important because of the number of its readers. Unfortunately the number of... |
1937 |
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The Supreme Court as Protector of Political Minorities |
46 Yale Law Journal 862 (March, 1937) |
The handful of Supreme Court decisions dealing with the limits imposed by the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment upon the power of the states to restrain political expression vary sufficiently on their facts to make possible any number of distinctions and conflicting generalizations. Since sedition, criminal syndicalism and... |
1937 |
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Triplett V. Trotter |
169 Va. 440, Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia (11/11/1937) |
Appeal from Circuit Court, Shenandoah County; Philip Williams, Judge. Suit by Leonidas Triplett and others against Herbert Trotter, executor of Joseph I. Triplett, deceased, and others. From the decree, Leonidas Triplett and others appeal. Affirmed. |
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U. S. V. Clark |
19 F.Supp. 981, District Court, W.D. Missouri, Western Division, Docket Number 13676 (6/29/1937) |
Criminal prosecutions against Samuel J. Clark and others. On motion for new trial. Motion denied. |
1937 |
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Vaughn V. State |
235 Ala. 80, Supreme Court of Alabama, Docket Number 1 DIV. 946 (12/9/1937) |
Appeal from Circuit Court, Mobile County; Joe M. Pelham, Jr., Judge. R.P. Vaughn, alias Albright, was convicted of murder in the first degree, and he appeals. Affirmed. |
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Williams V. Zimmerman |
172 Md. 563, Court of Appeals of Maryland, Docket Number 28 (5/26/1937) |
Appeal from Circuit Court, Baltimore County; Frank I. Duncan, Judge. Mandamus by Margaret Williams, infant, by Joshua B. Williams, Jr., her father and next friend, and Joshua B. Williams, Jr., individually, against David W. Zimmerman, principal of the Catonsville High School, and others. From a judgment dismissing the petition, plaintiffs appeal.... |
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Agwilines, Inc., V. National Labor Relations Board |
87 F.2d 146, Circuit Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit, Docket Number 8171 (12/22/1936) |
Petition to Review Findings and Order of National Labor Relations Board. Proceedings on the petition of Agwilines, Inc., to review findings and order of the National Labor Relations Board against Agwilines, Inc. Decree in accordance with opinion. |
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Association of Rock Island Mechanical and Power Plant Employees V. Lowden |
15 F.Supp. 176, District Court, D. Kansas, First Division, Docket Number 1891-N (3/26/1936) |
Suit by the Association of Rock Island Mechanical and Power Plant Employees and others against Frank O. Lowden and others, trustees, etc., of the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Company, and the Chicago, rock Island & Gulf Railway Company, wherein the plaintiffs were granted a temporary injunction. Temporary injunction dissolved, and bill... |
1936 |
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Babb V. Crescent Amusement Co. |
266 Ky. 382, Court of Appeals of Kentucky (12/1/1936) |
Appeal from Circuit Court, Warren County. Action by Herbert Babb and another against the Crescent Amusement Company, and another. From the judgment, the plaintiffs appeal. Affirmed. |
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Beckett V. U.s. |
84 F.2d 731, Circuit Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit, Docket Number 7393, 7372 (6/30/1936) |
Appeals from the District Court of the United States for the Western District of Tennessee, Western Division; John D. Martin, Judge. J. W. Beckett and Dr. A. Ross were convicted for using the mails in a scheme to defraud and of conspiring to so use the mails, and they appeal. Affirmed. |
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Breedlove V. Suttles |
183 Ga. 189, Supreme Court of Georgia, Docket Number 11456 (10/14/1936) |
Error from Superior Court, Fulton County; Hugh M. Dorsey, Judge. Mandamus proceeding by Nolen R. Breedlove against T.E. Suttles, tax collector. To review a judgment for defendant, plaintiff brings error. Judgment in accordance with opinion. Nolen R. Breedlove, alleging himself to be 28 years of age and to have resided in Fulton... |
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