Libby motion to dismiss ruling [US DC] News
Libby motion to dismiss ruling [US DC]

US v. I. Lewis Libby, United States District Court for the District of Columbia, Judge Reggie B. Walton, April 27, 2006 [rejecting a motion to dismiss criminal charges against former vice-presidential aide I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby in connection with the leak of former CIA operative Valerie Plame's identity]. Read the full text of the memorandum opinion [PDF]. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

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Supreme Court ordered dissolution of Standard Oil

On May 15, 1911, the US Supreme Court found Standard Oil in violation of the Sherman Act and ordered its dissolution.

Read Standard Oil Co. of New Jersey v. U.S.

Austrian State Treaty signed

On May 15, 1955, the Allied Powers of World War II and representatives of Austria signed the Österreichischer Staatsvertrag (Austrian State Treaty), which re-established Austria as an independent nation for the first time since it was annexed by Nazi Germany in 1938. The treaty explicitly forbade any future attempts to unify with Germany.