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News Verizon subscriber disclosure order [US DC]
Verizon subscriber disclosure order [US DC]
January 21, 2003 09:58:00 pm

RIAA v. Verizon, US District Court for the District of Columbia, January 21, 2003. Read the order here . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

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News Ruling against World War II enslavement suits [9th Circuit]
Ruling against World War II enslavement suits [9th Circuit]
January 21, 2003 09:33:00 pm

Deutsch v. Turner, US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, January 21, 2003 . Read the opinion here . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

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News First Amendment in adult entertainment context ruling [7th Circuit]
First Amendment in adult entertainment context ruling [7th Circuit]
January 17, 2003 10:55:00 pm

Ben's Bar v. Village of Somerset, United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, January 17, 2003 . Read the opinion here . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

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News Antitrust extraterritoriality ruling [DC Circuit]
Antitrust extraterritoriality ruling [DC Circuit]
January 17, 2003 10:44:00 pm

Empagran v. F.Hoffman LaRoche, United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, January 17, 2003 . Read the opinion here . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

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News Ruling on DOT decision to open US highways to Mexican trucks [9th Circuit]
Ruling on DOT decision to open US highways to Mexican trucks [9th Circuit]
January 16, 2003 11:07:00 pm

Public Citizen v. Dept. of Transportation, US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, January 16, 2003 . Read the opinion here . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

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News Ruling on constitutionality of FL Sexual Predators Act [FL DCA]
Ruling on constitutionality of FL Sexual Predators Act [FL DCA]
January 15, 2003 05:30:00 pm

Espindola v. State, Florida 3rd Circuit Court of Appeal, January 15, 2003 . Read the opinion here . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

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News Eldred copyright extension ruling [US SC]
Eldred copyright extension ruling [US SC]
January 15, 2003 05:04:00 pm

Eldred v. Ashcroft, Supreme Court of the United States, January 15, 2003 . Read the opinion here . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

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News Effect of US government surveillance programs on privacy rights [ACLU]
Effect of US government surveillance programs on privacy rights [ACLU]
January 15, 2003 04:49:00 pm

Bigger Monster, Weaker Chains: The Growth of an American Surveillance Society, American Civil Liberties Union, January 15, 2003 . Read the full text of the report here . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

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News Miners' healthcare benefits ruling [US SC]
Miners' healthcare benefits ruling [US SC]
January 15, 2003 10:33:00 am

Barnhart v. Peabody, Supreme Court of the United States, January 15, 2003 . Read the opinion here . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

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News Double jeopardy ruling [US SC]
Double jeopardy ruling [US SC]
January 14, 2003 06:15:00 pm

Sattazahn v. Pennsylvania, Supreme Court of the United States, January 14, 2003 . Read the opinion here. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

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Supreme Court ruled corporations due equal protection rights

On May 10, 1886, the US Supreme Court ruled in Santa Clara County v. Southern Pacific Railroad Company that corporations were "persons" within the terms of the Fourteenth Amendment, and therefore were due rights of equal protection under state law.

Nelson Mandela became first black president of South Africa

On May 10, 1994, Nelson Mandela was inaugurated as the first black President of South Africa. Before becoming President, Mandela was an anti-Apartheid leader in segregated South Africa. He served twenty-seven years in prison before his release in 1990, after which he was elected president of the country. Mandela was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1993.

Read a biography of Nelson Mandela from the Nobel Foundation.

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