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Federal judge vacates ex-Enron CFO broadband conviction

Federal judge vacates ex-Enron CFO broadband conviction

Joshua Pantesco

February 1, 2007 08:27:00 am

A federal district judge on Wednesday vacated the conviction of former Enron CFO Kevin Howard in light of an August 2006 opinion by the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth...

Gratz settles affirmative action admissions lawsuit with University of Michigan

Gratz settles affirmative action admissions lawsuit with University of Michigan

Joshua Pantesco

February 1, 2007 07:57:00 am

Class action representatives Jennifer Gratz and Patrick Hamacher have settled their suit challenging the former affirmative action policies of the University of Michigan after a district judge on Wednesday issued an order approved the settlement terms, decertified...

Federal judge halts Guantanamo habeas cases pending appeals ruling

Federal judge halts Guantanamo habeas cases pending appeals ruling

Joshua Pantesco

February 1, 2007 07:46:00 am

US District Judge Reggie Walton on Wednesday denied several motions challenging the ongoing detentions of 16 Guantanamo Bay detainees, ruling that until the US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit decides whether civilian judges may...

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Cuba leases Guantanamo Bay to the US in perpetuity

On February 23, 1903, Cuba leased Guantanamo Bay to the United States "in perpetuity" as part of the Cuban-American Treaty. The United States subsequently used the lease to establish a Naval Base at Guantanamo. With the US invasion of Afghanistan in October 2001, a military prison was built at Guantanamo to house prisoners of war and terrorism suspects captured by American forces, becoming the subject of much controversy over its detentions without trial.

NAACP founder W.E.B. DuBois born

W.E.B. DuBois, founder of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), was born on February 23, 1868. Review the W.E.B. DuBois Papers at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, and released FBI files on DuBois kept because of his affiliation with "communist front groups."