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News States brief ~ CA Supreme Court rules same-sex couples are lawful parents
States brief ~ CA Supreme Court rules same-sex couples are lawful parents
Rachel Felton
August 22, 2005 06:10:00 pm

Leading Monday's states brief, the California Supreme Court today extended child support laws and custody rights to estranged gay and lesbian couples who used reproductive science to conceive by ruling that same-sex couples who raise children are the lawful...

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News States brief ~ NJ appeals court says mental competency to be decided by jury
States brief ~ NJ appeals court says mental competency to be decided by jury
Rachel Felton
August 18, 2005 05:17:00 pm

Leading Thursday's states brief, a New Jersey court of appeals has ruled that a jury should decide whether Porfirio Jimenez is mentally competent and able to face the death penalty. A spokesman for the Office of the...

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News States brief ~ MI appeals court rules parochial school teachers can’t join union
States brief ~ MI appeals court rules parochial school teachers can’t join union
Rachel Felton
August 17, 2005 06:03:00 pm

Leading Wednesday's states brief, the Michigan Court of Appeals ruled today that faculty at a parochial school cannot join the Michigan Education Association, the state's largest teacher's union, because the legislature did not intend to grant the Michigan Employment...

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News States brief ~ 8th Circuit says ND can’t use state law to challenge river management
States brief ~ 8th Circuit says ND can’t use state law to challenge river management
Rachel Felton
August 16, 2005 07:41:00 pm

Leading Tuesday's states brief, the US Court of Appeals for the Eight Circuit ruled today that North Dakota may not use federal water pollution laws to challenge the Army Corps of Engineers' management of the...

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News States brief ~ RI Supreme Court hears arguments on constitutionality of casinos
States brief ~ RI Supreme Court hears arguments on constitutionality of casinos
Rachel Felton
August 15, 2005 05:39:00 pm

Leading Monday's states brief, the Rhode Island Supreme Court heard oral arguments today on whether a casino proposed by the Narragansett Indian tribe and the Las Vegas-based Harrah's Entertainment would be a constitutional expansion of...

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News States brief ~ OR Supreme Court rules regulation that bars logging not "taking"
States brief ~ OR Supreme Court rules regulation that bars logging not "taking"
Rachel Felton
August 11, 2005 04:03:00 pm

Leading Thursday's states brief, the Oregon Supreme Court has denied a timber company state compensation after the company was barred from logging trees around a bald eagle's nest by ruling today that state wildlife regulation of private...

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News States brief ~ CA Supreme Court to hold off review of gay marriage case
States brief ~ CA Supreme Court to hold off review of gay marriage case
Rachel Felton
August 10, 2005 06:09:00 pm

Leading Wednesday's states brief, the California Supreme Court held today without comment that it will not immediately review a March ruling that declared the state ban on same-sex marriage unconstitutional. In that ruling, Superior Court...

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News States brief ~ Federal court declines to block AZ Proposition 200 implementation
States brief ~ Federal court declines to block AZ Proposition 200 implementation
Rachel Felton
August 9, 2005 04:38:00 pm

Leading Tuesday's states brief, the US Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals today refused to block the implementation of Arizona's Proposition 200 , which denies some state public benefits to illegal immigrants and makes...

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News States brief ~ No suspension of Iowa sex offender residency restriction
States brief ~ No suspension of Iowa sex offender residency restriction
Rachel Felton
August 8, 2005 05:02:00 pm

Leading Monday's states brief, the US Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals has denied a request to suspend an Iowa state law that prohibits certain sex offenders from living within 2000 feet of a school or day care...

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News States brief ~ Iowa high court rules city cannot control adjacent nature preserve
States brief ~ Iowa high court rules city cannot control adjacent nature preserve
Rachel Felton
August 5, 2005 04:56:00 pm

Leading Friday's states brief, the Iowa Supreme Court ruled today that Cedar Rapids does not have the authority to expand its control to include a preserve adjacent to the city because the city's extra-territorial jurisdiction does not...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

US Congress approves first Patent Act

On April 10, 1790, Congress approved the US's first Patent Act. The Patent Act of 1790 allowed inventors to maintain "sole and exclusive right and liberty of making, constructing, using and vending to others" a patented invention for fourteen years. The Act furthermore created the US Patent Board, the precursor to the modern US Patent Office. Read the current US Patent Law from the Cornell University Law School.

Hugo Grotius born

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