Anthrax reporter contempt of court ruling [US DC] News
Anthrax reporter contempt of court ruling [US DC]

Steven J. Hatfill, M.D., v. Attorney General Michael Mukasey, et al., US District Court for the District of Columbia, March 7, 2008 [holding former USA Today reporter Toni Locy in contempt of court for violating order to testify about government sources who provided information about germ warfare researcher Steven J. Hatfill]. Read the full text of the opinion [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.