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News States brief ~ Indiana high court hears arguments on  "implied consent" abortion law
States brief ~ Indiana high court hears arguments on "implied consent" abortion law
Rachel Felton
June 21, 2005 05:27:00 pm

Leading Tuesday's states brief, the Indiana Supreme Court heard oral arguments today on whether abortion clinics should be allowed to pursue their challenge to the state's abortion "implied consent" law , which requires women seeking an...

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News States brief ~ NJ high court orders assessment of financial privacy protections
States brief ~ NJ high court orders assessment of financial privacy protections
Rachel Felton
June 20, 2005 05:13:00 pm

Leading Monday's states brief, the Supreme Court of New Jersey ordered its criminal practice committee to assess whether financial records should be given more protection as a matter of public policy. In upholding the conviction of a...

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News States brief ~ Iowa Supreme Court refuses to address ruling that dissolved civil union
States brief ~ Iowa Supreme Court refuses to address ruling that dissolved civil union
Rachel Felton
June 17, 2005 04:58:00 pm

Leading Friday's states brief, the Iowa Supreme Court today refused to address the ruling of a lower court that dissolved a Vermont civil union . The Supreme Court did not judge the merits of the legal claim...

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News States brief ~ GA high court warns about jury instructions on eyewitness evidence
States brief ~ GA high court warns about jury instructions on eyewitness evidence
Rachel Felton
June 16, 2005 05:20:00 pm

Leading Thursday's states brief, the Supreme Court of Georgia has warned criminal trial judges to be careful in the way they instruct juries about weighing the value of eyewitness identification. In a decision today, the Court said...

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News States brief ~ CT Supreme Court orders town to release aerial photos, maps to public
States brief ~ CT Supreme Court orders town to release aerial photos, maps to public
Rachel Felton
June 15, 2005 03:30:00 pm

Leading Wednesday's states brief, the Connecticut Supreme Court ruled today that the town of Greenwich must release its computer database of aerial photographs and maps to the public. The Supreme Court rejected the town's argument that the...

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News States brief ~ Ohio high court to decide grandparent visitation rights
States brief ~ Ohio high court to decide grandparent visitation rights
Rachel Felton
June 14, 2005 03:11:00 pm

Leading Tuesday's states brief, the Supreme Court of Ohio heard arguments today in a case concerning the visitation rights of grandparents. Since the 2002 US Supreme Court decsion in Troxel v. Granville Ohio courts have issued conflicting...

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News States brief ~ Eighth Circuit to reconsider MO fee on disabled parking permits
States brief ~ Eighth Circuit to reconsider MO fee on disabled parking permits
Rachel Felton
June 13, 2005 06:23:00 pm

Leading Monday's states brief, the United States Supreme Court today ordered a federal appeals court to reconsider whether the state of Missouri can charge the disabled $2 for portable disabled parking placards. The placards allow disabled persons to park...

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News States brief ~ Florida judge dismisses school districts’ funding suit
States brief ~ Florida judge dismisses school districts’ funding suit
Rachel Felton
June 10, 2005 05:52:00 pm

In Friday's report on law in the states, Circuit Judge P. Kevin Davey of Florida's 11th Judicial District today dismissed a lawsuit filed by five of Florida's larger school boards over changes in the way the state's...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

Knights Templar arrested in France on false charges

French members of the Crusade-era chivalric order the Knights Templar, including Grand Master Jacques de Molay, were arrested upon the orders of King Phillip IV of France on October 13, 1307. The group was baselessly accused of multiple offenses, including idolatry and homosexual acts. The Templars would be tried for these offenses before being disbanded officially by Pope Clement V in 1312. Learn more about the Knights Templar.

Rosenbergs' espionage appeal denied by Supreme Court

On October 13, 1952, the US Supreme Court announced that it had declined to grant certiorari in the appeal of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, condemned to death for conspiracy to commit atomic espionage for the Soviet Union. Justice William O. Douglas eventually granted a stay of execution on June 17, 1953, but that order was vacated by the full Court and the Rosenbergs were executed on June 19, 1953. Learn more about the Rosenbergs' case from the Eisenhower Presidential Library.

Greenwich Mean Time established as universal standard

On October 13, 1884, Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) was declared universal time by the International Meridian Conference, a gathering of 25 nations from around the globe.
Read the proceedings of the International Meridian Conference from Project Gutenberg.

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