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Supreme Court hears search and seizure, pension cases

October 8, 2008 06:18:00 AM

The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Tuesday in three cases, including two raising issues of criminal procedure. In Herring v. United States , 07-513, the Court will decide whether...

Skilling reaches settlement agreement in Labor Department civil lawsuit

November 16, 2006 12:54:00 PM

The US Department of Labor announced a settlement agreement Thursday with former Enron CEO Jeffrey Skilling , concluding the DOL's civil suit against him. The agreement provides that...

Shell settles employee civil suit over reserves overstatement

July 12, 2005 08:12:00 AM

Royal Dutch/Shell Group announced Tuesday that it has settled a civil suit brought by employees in response to the company's overstatement of reserves for $90 million. The plaintiff employees were part of a retirement savings...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

Supreme court overturns racially restrictive covenants

On May 3, 1948, the Supreme Court ruled that racially-restrictive covenants violate the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, even covenants between private individuals. In Shelley v. Kraemer, the Court overturned a covenant among members of a neighborhood in St. Louis, Missouri that restricted home sales to only white families.

World Press Freedom day

May 3 is World Press Freedom Day. On May 3, 1845, Macon B. Allen, the first African American to practice law in the United States, was admitted to the Massachusetts bar. Learn more about Allen's admission.