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Federal appeals court affirms decision in Somalia torture case

February 3, 2016 01:23:00 PM

The US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit affirmed the decision of the US District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia , holding Monday that a Somali torture claim lacked a "sufficient nexus"...

January 13, 2014 03:16:18 PM

The US Supreme Court on Monday rejected an appeal from Mohamed Ali Samantar , former Somali prime minister, who was ordered to pay Somali torture victims $21 million in...

August 22, 2013 09:34:52 AM

A judge for the US District Court for the Southern District of Ohio on Tuesday awarded $5 million in compensatory damages and $10 million in punitive damages to a victim of torture at...

November 21, 2012 01:25:19 PM

A judge for the US District Court for the Southern District of Ohio on Tuesday ruled that a former Somali military colonel was responsible for the torture of a human rights advocate in the 1980s. Colonel Abdi...

August 29, 2012 10:49:08 AM

A judge for the US District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia on Tuesday awarded $21 million to seven Somalis in a lawsuit against former Somali prime minister Mohamed Ali Samantar [JURIST...

February 24, 2012 02:14:11 PM

Former Somali prime minister Mohamed Ali Samantar on Thursday accepted legal responsibility for war crimes and crimes against humanity before the US District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia . The civil suit was brought...

November 8, 2011 11:20:46 AM

A judge for the US District Court for the Southern District of Ohio on Tuesday refused to dismiss a lawsuit against a former Somali military colonel. The defendant, Abdi Aden Magan, who now lives in Ohio, is...

August 28, 2011 03:00:00 PM

China's National People's Congress (NPC) on Friday adopted an interpretation of certain articles of the Basic Law of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region , removing lawsuits against sovereign nations from the jurisdiction of Hong...

April 2, 2011 11:33:23 AM

A judge for the US District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia on Friday denied a motion to dismiss a federal suit against former Somali prime minister and defense minister Mohamed Ali Samantar ....

February 17, 2011 01:39:18 PM

A judge for the US District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia ruled Tuesday that former Somali prime minister and defense minister Mohamed Ali Samantar is not entitled to legal immunity from civil lawsuits. Samantar, who...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

Bakke affirmative action case argued

On October 12, 1977, the US Supreme Court heard arguments in the "reverse discrimination" case of Allan Bakke, a white student denied admission to University of California Davis Medical School. The court ruled the following year that that the Davis affirmative action plan was unconstitutional; Bakke was admitted to UC Davis Medical School and eventually graduated from there with his MD. Listen to the oral arguments and the reading of opinions by Chief Justice Burger, Justice Powell and others on Oyez.

Bakke affirmative action case argued

On October 12, 1977, the US Supreme Court heard arguments in the "reverse discrimination" case of Allan Bakke, a white student denied admission to University of California Davis Medical School.

The Court ruled the following year that that the Davis affirmative action plan was unconstitutional; Bakke was admitted to UC Davis Medical School and eventually graduated from there with his MD. Listen to the oral arguments and the reading of opinions by Chief Justice Burger, Justice Powell and others on Oyez, the Supreme Court multimedia site at Northwestern University.