EU-US airline passenger records ruling [ECJ] News
EU-US airline passenger records ruling [ECJ]

European Parliament v. Council of the European Union, European Court of Justice, May 30, 2006 [ruling that an agreement between the European Union and the US that compels European airlines to disclose information about passengers flying from Europe to the US is illegal]. Read the full text of the ruling. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

THIS DAY @ LAW

St. Ives, patron saint of lawyers, died

St. Ives, Paris student of the civil law, advocate of the poor, and patron saint of lawyers died on May 19, 1303.

Learn more about St. Ives in the Catholic Encyclopedia.

Mexico ratifies Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo

On May 19, 1948, Mexico ratified the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo. The treaty ended the Mexican-American War and ceded roughly half of Mexico's territory to the United States. Learn more about the Mexican-American War from the US Library of Congress.