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Brief for Respondent Harold L. Ickes, as Federal Emergency Administrator of Public Works, Duke Power Co. V. Greenwood County |
Supreme Court of the United States, Docket Number No. 32 (11/2/1936) |
The opinion of the District Court on a motion to dismiss (R. 117) is reported at 10 F. Supp. 854. The opinion of the District Court at the conclusion of the trial (R. 482) is reported at 12... |
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Brief for the District of Columbia, Dist. Of Columbia V. Clawans |
Supreme Court of the United States, Docket Number No. 103 (10/20/1936) |
No opinion was rendered by the Police Court. The opinion of the United States Court of Appeals (R. 23-28) is reported in 84 Fed. (2d) 265. The judgment of the United States Court of Appeals... |
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Brief of Appellant., Old Dearborn Distributing Co. V. Seagram-distillers Corp. |
Supreme Court of the United States, Docket Number No. 226 (8/19/1936) |
OFFICIAL REPORT OF OPINIONS BELOW. The official opinions of the Supreme Court of Illinois in this case are reported in Volume 363, Illinois Reports, at pages 559, and 610. (A) The Supreme... |
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Brief of John R. Crews, as Receiver, Amicus Curiae., U.s. V. Belmont |
Supreme Court of the United States, Docket Number No. 532 (10/1/1936) |
The opinion of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (R., p. 17) is not reported. The opinion of the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Second... |
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Brown V. State |
130 Tex.Crim. 276, Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas, Docket Number 18215 (4/29/1936) |
Commissioners' Decision. Appeal from District Court, Jackson County; J. P. Pool, Judge. Frank Brown was convicted of driving upon a public road while under the influence of intoxicating liquor, and he appeals. Reversed and remanded. |
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Brown V. State |
130 Tex.Crim. 319, Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas, Docket Number 18311 (5/13/1936) |
Commissioners' Decision. Appeal from District Court, Refugio County; J. P. Pool, Judge. Mack Coupie Brown was convicted of murder with malice aforethought, and he appeals. Affirmed. |
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Brown V. State |
130 Tex.Crim. 323, Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas, Docket Number 18312 (5/13/1936) |
Commissioners' Decision. Appeal from District Court, Refugio County; J. P. Pool, Judge. Oscar Brown was convicted of murder, and he appeals. Affirmed. |
1936 |
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Burglass V. Manfre |
168 So. 328, Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Parish of Orleans, Docket Number 16335 (6/1/1936) |
Appeal from First City Court of New Orleans; W. Alex. Bahns, Judge. Suit by Abraham Burglass against Paul J. Manfre and the O.K. Storage & Transfer Company, Inc. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant corporation appeals. Reversed and rendered in part, and affirmed in part. |
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Capital Auto. Co. V. Ward |
54 Ga.App. 873, Court of Appeals of Georgia, Division No. 1, Docket Number 25750 (12/3/1936) |
Error from Municipal Court of Atlanta; Ralph McClelland, Judge. Suit by Fred L. Ward against the Capital Automobile Company. Judgment for plaintiff, defendant's motion for a new trial was overruled, and defendant brings error. Affirmed. Fred L. Ward brought trover against Capital Automobile Company for a certain Oldsmobile automobile. The jury... |
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Chicago Park Dist. V. Lattipee |
364 Ill. 182, Supreme Court of Illinois, 23426, Docket Number 23377 (6/10/1936) |
No. 23377: Appeal from the Municipal Court of Chicago; Frank M. Padden, Judge. No. 23426: Appeal from Superior Court, Cook County; Francis B. Allegretti, Judge. Judgment of conviction and order dismissing the suit both affirmed. |
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This has some negative history but hasn’t been reversed
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Clemmons V. Nicholson |
180 S.C. 54, Supreme Court of South Carolina, Docket Number 14266 (3/31/1936) |
Appeal from Common Pleas Circuit Court of Marion County; E. C. Dennis, Judge. Action by De Witt Clemmons against A. R. Nicholson. From an adverse judgment, the plaintiff appeals. Reversed and remanded. |
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Davis V. State |
233 Ala. 202, Supreme Court of Alabama, Docket Number 8 DIV 766 (12/3/1936) |
Certiorari to Court of Appeals. Paul Davis was convicted of assault with intent to murder and appealed to the Court of Appeals. The judgment of conviction being reversed, the State, by its Attorney General, applies for certiorari to the Court of Appeals to review and revise the judgment and decision of that court in Davis v. State, 172 So. 343.... |
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Dean V. Hines |
100 S.W.2d 194, Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Texarkana, Docket Number 5027 (12/17/1936) |
Appeal from District Court, Marion County; I. N. Williams, Judge. Suit involving the distribution of the estate of James Deadman, wherein there were four sets of claimants, Ephram Dean and associates, Lucinda Bell and associates, John Williams and associates, and Bob Hines and associates. From a judgment for Bob Hines and associates, on their... |
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Sidney Post Simpson, Harvard Law School |
Fifty Years of American Equity |
50 Harvard Law Review 171 (December, 1936) |
THE first number of the Harvard Law Review appeared April 15, 1887, in the second year of Cleveland's first administration. The preceding year had seen the Haymarket riots. The main political issues of the day were the tariff, civil service reform, pensions, and control of the railroads and the trusts. The Sherman Act was a thing of the future;... |
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Frost V. Crockett |
109 S.W.2d 529, Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Galveston, Docket Number 10123 (6/12/1936) |
Appeal from District Court, Harris County; Chas. E. Ashe, Judge. Action by Mrs. May Mateer Crockett against C. M. Frost and others. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendants appeal. Affirmed. PLEASANTS, C. J., dissenting. |
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Funderburk V. Powell |
181 S.C. 412, Supreme Court of South Carolina, Docket Number 14354 (10/5/1936) |
Appeal from Common Pleas Circuit Court of Kershaw County; G. Dewey Oxner, Judge. Action by Watha Funderburk, by H. J. Funderburk, her guardian ad litem, against L. R. Powell, Jr., and another, receivers of the Seaboard Air Line Railway Company. From a judgment for plaintiff, defendants appeal. Affirmed. |
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Goldsmith V. State |
232 Ala. 436, Supreme Court of Alabama, Docket Number 3 DIV. 180 (5/28/1936) |
Appeal from Circuit Court, Lowndes County; A.E. Gamble, Judge. Richard Goldsmith was convicted of murder in the second degree, and he appeals. Reversed and remanded. |
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Hinton V. State |
175 Miss. 308, Supreme Court of Mississippi, Division A, Docket Number 32109 (3/30/1936) |
Appeal from Circuit Court, Perry County; W. J. Pack, Judge. Joe Hinton was convicted of larceny, and he appeals. Affirmed. |
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Holzer V. Deutsche Reichsbahn Gesellschaft |
159 Misc. 830, Supreme Court, New York County, New York, Special Term (6/22/1936) |
Action by Marcel M. Holzer, a German Jew, against Deutsche Reichsbahn Gesellschaft, a German corporation, and others, for breach of an employment contract in that the plaintiff was discharged and imprisoned on the sole ground that he was a Jew. On motion of plaintiff under Rules of Civil Practice, rule 109, subd. 6, to strike out three affirmative... |
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Holzer V. Deutsche Reichsbahn Gesellschaft |
159 Misc. 830, Supreme Court, New York County, New York, Special Term (6/22/1936) |
Action by Marcel M. Holzer, a German Jew, against Deutsche Reichsbahn Gesellschaft, a German corporation, and others, for breach of an employment contract in that the plaintiff was... |
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Home Ins. Co. Of New York V. Los Angeles Warehouse Co. |
16 Cal.App.2d 737, District Court of Appeal, Second District, Division 2, California, Docket Number CIV. 11057 (10/7/1936) |
Appeal from Superior Court, Los Angeles County; J. A. Smith, Judge. Action by the Home Insurance Company of New York against the Los Angeles Warehouse Company. From a judgment for defendant, plaintiff appeals. Affirmed. Hearing denied by Supreme Court; THOMPSON and EDMONDS, JJ., dissent. |
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Hunter V. Board of Educ. Of Floyd County |
265 Ky. 162, Court of Appeals of Kentucky (6/23/1936) |
Appeal from Circuit Court, Floyd County. Proceeding by Ballard Hunter and others to review the action of the Board of Education of Floyd County in removing named plaintiff from the office of superintendent of schools of such county. From an adverse judgment, plaintiffs appeal. Affirmed. |
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In re Turner's Estate |
285 Ill.App. 589, Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, First Division, Docket Number 38407 (5/11/1936) |
Appeal from Circuit Court, Cook County; Daniel P. Trude, Judge. Proceeding in the matter of the estate of Maria Turner, deceased, wherein Mary Fletcher Brammer and others set up a claim as heirs at law of deceased, which was opposed by Ferdinand W. Penn, executor, etc., and others. From an adverse judgment, claimants appeal. Reversed and remanded,... |
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In re Wachovia Bank & Trust Co. |
210 N.C. 385, Supreme Court of North Carolina, Docket Number 753 (6/30/1936) |
Appeal from Superior Court, Forsyth County; Hill, Special Judge. Proceeding in the matter of Wachovia Bank & Trust Company, executor of George T. Brown, deceased. From a judgment affirming an order of the clerk of the superior court requiring the trust company to file its final account as executor and pay over to itself as trustee all moneys and... |
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Keith V. State |
53 Ohio App. 58, Court of Appeals of Ohio, Seventh District, Trumbull County (3/7/1936) |
Le Roy Keith was convicted of first-degree murder, and he brings error.-[Editorial Statement.] Judgment modified, and, as modified, affirmed. |
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Kinchlow V. Peoples Rapid Transit Co. |
66 App.D.C. 382, United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, Docket Number 6540 (12/21/1936) |
Appeal from the District Court of United States for the District of Columbia. Action by Mamie Kinchlow against the Peoples Rapid Transit Company and another. Judgment for defendants, and plaintiff appeals. Affirmed. |
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Mecklenburg County V. Piedmont Fire Ins. Co. |
210 N.C. 171, Supreme Court of North Carolina, Docket Number 546 (5/20/1936) |
Proceeding by the County of Mecklenburg and the Board of County Commissioners for Mecklenburg County against the Piedmont Fire Insurance Company, wherein the defendant appealed from listing and assessment made by the county to the superior court of Mecklenburg county. From an adverse judgment, the plaintiffs appeal. Affirmed. The following is the... |
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Merchants Nat'l Bank V Commissioner |
United States Board of Tax Appeals, Docket Number 72606 (7/28/1936) |
The petitioner seeks redetermination of a deficiency of $6,594.54 in income tax for the year 1930, and alleges as grounds therefor that the respondent erred (a) in disallowing deductions of certain donations in the sum of $4,171.50, (b) in including in petitioner's gross income the sum of $1,606.27 as profit on the sale of real estate, when there... |
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Millhouse V. State |
232 Ala. 567, Supreme Court of Alabama, Docket Number 1 DIV. 895 (4/23/1936) |
Appeal from Circuit Court, Mobile County; Claude A. Grayson, Judge. Frank Millhouse was convicted of murder in the first degree, and he appeals. Reversed and remanded. THOMAS, FOSTER, and KNIGHT, JJ., dissenting. |
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Mitchell V. State |
59 Okla.Crim. 345, Criminal Court of Appeals of Oklahoma, Docket Number A-9011 (8/7/1936) |
Appeal from District Court, Tulsa County; Harry L. S. Halley, Judge. Lawrence Mitchell was convicted of murder, and he appeals. Judgment modified, and, as modified, affirmed. |
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