Enron re-indictments [US DOJ] News
Enron re-indictments [US DOJ]

US v. Joseph Hirko and Rex Shelby, United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas, November 9, 2005 [re-indictment of former Enron executives five months after their original case ended in acquittal and mistrial]. Read the full text of the indictment here [PDF]. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

THIS DAY @ LAW

Senate declares Napoleon Emporer of France

On May 18, 1804, the French Senate declared Napoleon Bonaparte Emperor of France.

Supreme Court upheld segregation in Plessy v. Ferguson

On May 18, 1896, the US Supreme Court ruled in Plessy v. Ferguson that racially separate but equal facilities were constitutional. This ruling was later overturned by the court in 1954's Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka.