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Goodlett V. Goodman Coal & Coke Co. |
192 F. 775, Circuit Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit, Docket Number 2143 (1/3/1912) |
In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Tennessee. Ejectment by Gilbert C. Goodlett and others against the Goodman Coal & Coke Company and others. Judgment for defendants, and plaintiffs bring error. Reversed, and new trial granted. |
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Hitchman Coal & Coke Co. V. Mitchell |
202 F. 512, District Court, N.D. West Virginia (12/23/1912) |
In Equity. Suit by the Hitchman Coal & Coke Company against John Mitchell and others. On final hearing. Decree for complainant. For prior opinion, see 172 Fed. 963. |
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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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In re Alverto |
198 F. 688, District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania (9/24/1912) |
Petition for naturalization by Eugenio Alverto. Denied. |
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In re Fite |
11 Ga.App. 665, Court of Appeals of Georgia, Docket Number 4,463 (10/12/1912) |
A. W. Fite was attached for contempt of court. Finding against accused, and punishment assessed. |
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This has some negative history but hasn’t been reversed
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Israel V. City of New Orleans |
130 La. 980, Supreme Court of Louisiana, 18, Docket Number598 (5/20/1912) |
Appeal from Civil District Court, Parish of Orleans; E. K. Skinner, Judge. Action by Jacob Israel against the City of New Orleans and others to enjoin the enforcement of an order. From a judgment for defendants, plaintiff appeals. Judgment set aside, and injunction ordered to issue. |
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Jackson V. United States |
47 Ct.Cl. 579, United States Court of Claims, Docket Number 18274 (6/17/1912) |
Crevasses on the right bank of the Mississippi operate as safety valves in allowing the escape of water into vast natural drainage basins in the rear, thereby appreciably lessening the height of the river in times of flood. The Mississippi Commission builds levees on the right bank exclusively, which dam the crevasses and prevent the escape of... |
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Joyner V. Moore-wiggins Co. |
152 A.D. 266, Supreme Court, Appellate Division, Fourth Department, New York (7/9/1912) |
Appeal from Trial Term, Monroe County. Action by Susan M. Joyner against the Moore-Wiggins Company, Limited. From a judgment for plaintiff, and from an order denying a motion for a new trial upon the minutes of the court, defendant appeals. Judgment and order affirmed. |
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Francis J. Swayze, Newark, N. J. |
Judicial Construction of the Fourteenth Amendment |
26 Harvard Law Review 1 (November, 1912) |
THE subject of this article is the judicial definition of the following language of the Fourteenth Amendment to the federal Constitution: No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process... |
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Lang V. Vaughn |
137 Ga. 671, Supreme Court of Georgia (2/28/1912) |
Error from Superior Court, Chatham County; W. G. Charlton, Judge. Action by M. L. Lang and others against H. T. Vaughn and others. From the judgment, Lang and others bring error. Affirmed. |
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Louisville & N.r. Co. V. Ritchel |
148 Ky. 701, Court of Appeals of Kentucky (6/4/1912) |
Appeal from Circuit Court, Bourbon County. Action by Rella Ritchel against the Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company. From a judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals. Affirmed. |
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Marrero V. Middleton |
131 La. 432, Supreme Court of Louisiana, Docket Number 19,654 (10/31/1912) |
Appeal from Twenty-Eighth Judicial District Court, Parish of Jefferson; E. K. Skinner, Judge ad hoc. Action by Louis H. Marrero, Jr., against Fred. A. Middleton. From a judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals. Affirmed. |
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Mccullough V. State |
10 Ga.App. 403, Court of Appeals of Georgia, Docket Number 3,854 (1/15/1912) |
Error from Superior Court, Gordon County; A. W. Fite, Judge. Jerry McCullough was convicted of assault with intent to rape, and brings error. Reversed. |
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Mccullough V. State |
11 Ga.App. 612, Court of Appeals of Georgia, Docket Number 4,216 (10/2/1912) |
Error from Superior Court, Gordon County; A. W. Fite, Judge. Jerry McCullough was convicted of assault with intent to commit rape, and brings error. Reversed. |
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Mcintosh V. State |
8 Okla.Crim. 469, Criminal Court of Appeals of Oklahoma (12/31/1912) |
Appeal from District Court, Wagoner County; R. C. Allen, Judge. Jesse McIntosh was convicted of murder, and his punishment assessed at imprisonment in the penitentiary for life, and he appeals. Reversed and remanded for new trial. |
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Mclendon V. State |
179 Ala. 54, Supreme Court of Alabama (6/20/1912) |
Certified Question from Court of Appeals. Action by the State against C. L. McLendon to recover occupation taxes. From a judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals. On certified question from the Court of Civil Appeals. See, also, 60 South. 406. Dowdell, C. J., and McClellan and Sayre, JJ., dissenting. |
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Mcquitty V. Wilhite |
247 Mo. 163, Supreme Court of Missouri, Division No. 1 (12/24/1912) |
Appeal from Circuit Court, Boone County; N. D. Thurmond, Judge. Action by Harriett McQuitty against R. L. Wilhite and others. From a judgment for plaintiff, defendants appeal. Affirmed. |
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Modern Horse Shoe Club V. Stewart |
242 Mo. 421, Supreme Court of Missouri, Division No. 2 (5/9/1912) |
Appeal from St. Louis Circuit Court; Moses N. Sale, Judge. Bill for injunction by the Modern Horse Shoe Club against Alphonso C. Stewart and others and Patrick J. Gaffney. From a judgment against defendant Gaffney, that defendant appeals. Reversed, and bill dismissed. |
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Oklahoma Land Co. V. Thomas |
34 Okla. 681, Supreme Court of Oklahoma (8/8/1912) |
Commissioners' Opinion, Division No. 1. Error from District Court, Wagoner County; John H. King, Judge. Action by John R. Thomas and another against the Oklahoma Land Company and another to recover possession of certain land and for damages for rents and profits arising therefrom. Judgment for plaintiffs, and defendants bring error. Reversed and... |
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Royse V. U.s. |
47 Ct.Cl. 333, United States Court of Claims, Docket Number 11889-1749 (4/1/1912) |
These claims are familiarly known as the Kentucky draft cases. The numerous claimants seek to recover back the amount of $300 each which they paid to be relieved from military service during the Civil War. The claims are based upon the fact that it was subsequently found that the districts in which the claimants lived had furnished their full quota... |
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Slaughter V. Commonwealth |
149 Ky. 5, Court of Appeals of Kentucky (6/11/1912) |
Appeal from Circuit Court, Christian County. Tom Slaughter was convicted of murder, and he appeals. Reversed. See, also, 146 S. W. 422. |
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Sparks V. State |
64 Tex.Crim. 610, Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas (1/17/1912) |
Appeal from Nacogdoches County Court; F. P. Marshall, Judge. Sid Sparks was convicted of gaming, and he appeals. Affirmed. |
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State ex Rel. Barthe & Levy V. Mayor of City of New Orleans |
130 La. 195, Supreme Court of Louisiana, 18, Docket Number625 (2/12/1912) |
Appeal from Civil District Court, Parish of Orleans; E. K. Skinner, Judge. Action by the State, on the relation of Barthe & Levy, against the Mayor of the City of New Orleans. From a judgment for defendant, relators appeal. Reversed and exceptions to petition overruled, and cause remanded to be tried on the merits. |
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State V. Lee |
130 La. 477, Supreme Court of Louisiana, Docket Number 19,193 (3/25/1912) |
Appeal from Fourteenth Judicial District Court, Parish of Avoyelles; G. H. Couvillon, Judge. Mack Lee was convicted of murder, and he appeals. Reversed and remanded. See, also, 127 La. 1077, 54 South. 356. |
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State V. Washington |
242 Mo. 401, Supreme Court of Missouri, Division No. 2 (5/9/1912) |
Appeal from St. Louis Circuit Court; W. A. Taylor, Judge. Theodore Washington was convicted of crime, and he appeals. Reversed and remanded. |
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This has some negative history but hasn’t been reversed
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Story V. State |
178 Ala. 98, Supreme Court of Alabama (5/30/1912) |
Appeal from Tuscaloosa County Court; Henry B. Foster, Judge. Clarence Story was convicted of crime, and he appeals. Reversed and remanded. |
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Tate V. Tate |
18 Cates 169, Supreme Court of Tennessee (6/20/1912) |
Appeal from Chancery Court, Shelby County; Francis Fentress, Chancellor. Bill by J. C. Tate and wire against Martha F. Tate and another. On appeal. Decree directed. |
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Jay Newton Baker, J. D. Washington, D. C, District of Columbia Bar |
The American Federation of Labor |
22 Yale Law Journal 73 (December, 1912) |
Labor organizations are mostly associations of persons banded together by obligations and governed by established rules to protect and secure for laboring persons the highest wage from capital masters. The purposes of the organizations are attained by a kind of diplomacy which sometimes does not shine with the brilliancy characteristic of high... |
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U.s. ex Rel. Lowe V. Fisher |
223 U.S. 95, Supreme Court of the United States, Docket Number 445 (1/29/1912) |
IN ERROR to the Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia to review a judgment which, on a second writ of error, affirmed the judgment of the Supreme Court of the District, dismissing a petition for mandamus to compel the Secretary of the Interior to cancel his action in striking the names of certain Cherokee freedmen from the approved roll of... |
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Wadley V. Jones |
138 Ga. 223, Supreme Court of Georgia (5/15/1912) |
Error from Superior Court, Jenkins County; B. T. Rawlings, Judge. Action by Mattie A. Jones and others against W. M. Wadley, executor, and others. Judgment for plaintiffs, and defendants bring error. Reversed. |
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Warren V. State |
103 Ark. 165, Supreme Court of Arkansas (4/8/1912) |
Appeal from Circuit Court, Pulaski County; Robt. J. Lea, Judge. John Henry Warren was convicted of burglary and assault with intent to commit rape, and he appeals. Affirmed. |
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This has some negative history but hasn’t been reversed
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