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News Puerto Rico voting case [US 1st Circuit]
Puerto Rico voting case [US 1st Circuit]
Bernard Hibbitts | JURIST Staff
October 15, 2004 10:06:00 am

Iguarta de la Rosa v. US, United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, October 14, 2004 . Read the full text of...

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News Nader ballot ruling [PA Commonwealth Ct.]
Nader ballot ruling [PA Commonwealth Ct.]
Bernard Hibbitts | JURIST Staff
October 13, 2004 04:50:00 pm

In Re: Nomination Paper of Ralph Nader, Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court, October 13, 2004. Read the full text of the opinion here . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here....

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News Intellectual property task force report [US DOJ]
Intellectual property task force report [US DOJ]
Bernard Hibbitts | JURIST Staff
October 13, 2004 12:46:00 pm

Report of the Department of Justice's Task Force on Intellectual Property, October 12, 2004 . An accompany DOJ press release notes that in addition to recommendations regarding civil...

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News Spyware suit [Federal Trade Commission]
Spyware suit [Federal Trade Commission]
Bernard Hibbitts | JURIST Staff
October 12, 2004 03:38:00 pm

Federal Trade Commission, Plaintiff, v. Seismic Entertainment Productions, Inc., SmartBot.net, Inc., and Sanford Wallace, Defendants., United States District Court, District of New Hampshire, filed October 6, 2004. Read the full text of the complaint here and the memorandum in...

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News Kentucky Ten Commandments cert. petition [US Supreme Court]
Kentucky Ten Commandments cert. petition [US Supreme Court]
Bernard Hibbitts | JURIST Staff
October 12, 2004 02:00:00 pm

McCreary County v. ACLU of Kentucky, petition to the US Supreme Court for writ of certiorari . Read the petition here ,...

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News Civil rights record of the Bush administration [US Commission on Civil Rights]
Civil rights record of the Bush administration [US Commission on Civil Rights]
Bernard Hibbitts | JURIST Staff
October 11, 2004 09:37:00 am

US Commission on Civil Rights staff report released October 5, 2004 ....

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News American Jobs Creation Act of 2004 [US Senate]
American Jobs Creation Act of 2004 [US Senate]
Bernard Hibbitts | JURIST Staff
October 11, 2004 08:52:00 am

HR 4520, passed in the House Thursday on the basis of a conference committee report and awaiting approval in the Senate, October 11, 2004 [providing $136 billion in tax cuts for corporations and repealing a $5 billion annual subsidy for...

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News Justice For All Act of 2004 [US Senate]
Justice For All Act of 2004 [US Senate]
Bernard Hibbitts | JURIST Staff
October 9, 2004 09:21:00 pm

HR 5107, passed in the House and passed by voice vote in the Senate without amendment, October 9, 2004 [to eliminate the substantial backlog of DNA samples collected from crime scenes and convicted offenders, to improve and expand the DNA...

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News Brief supporting state laws against same-sex marriage [AG CA]
Brief supporting state laws against same-sex marriage [AG CA]
Bernard Hibbitts | JURIST Staff
October 8, 2004 09:29:00 pm

California Attorney General Bill Lockyer, October 8, 2004 [California's opening brief in the San Francisco gay marriage case in San Francisco Superior Court; in an acompanying press release the AG's office noted that "Pursuant to the Attorney General's duty to...

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News National Intelligence Reform Act of 2004 [US Senate]
National Intelligence Reform Act of 2004 [US Senate]
Bernard Hibbitts | JURIST Staff
October 7, 2004 10:35:00 am

S 2845, United States Senate, passed October 6, 2004 . Read the full text here . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here. This legislation must be reconciled with a pending House version before it can...

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First meeting of the US Supreme Court

On February 1, 1790, the Supreme Court of the United States convened for the first time. The meeting was held at the Merchants' Exchange Building in New York City, then the national capital. Chief Justice John Jay presided over the first Court with five Associate Justices: James Wilson, John Blair, James Iredell, William Cushing, and John Rutledge. However, due to the limitations of 18th-century transportation technology, the meeting was postponed by Jay until the following day. The first meeting was held primarily to organize the Supreme Court. The Justices did not hear their first actual case, Chrisholm v. Georgia, until 1792.

Sir Edward Coke born

Sir Edward Coke, Chief Justice of the King's Bench and author of law reports and commentaries (including, most famously, Coke on Littleton), was born on February 1, 1552. Learn more about Sir Edward Coke.

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