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News Order requiring Microsoft to release Java update [US DC]
Order requiring Microsoft to release Java update [US DC]
January 21, 2003 10:38:00 pm

Sun Microsystems v. Microsoft, United States District Court for the District of Maryland, January 21, 2003 . Read the opinion here . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

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News Criminal conspiracy ruling [US SC]
Criminal conspiracy ruling [US SC]
January 21, 2003 10:15:00 pm

United States v. Jimenez Recio, Supreme Court of the United States, January 21, 2003 . Read the opinion here . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

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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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THIS DAY @ LAW

Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 signed into law

US President Millard Filmore signed the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 on September 18 of that year, obliging law enforcement to arrest escaped slaves in all US states, including those where slavery was not legal. Free black men and women were endangered by the act's passage as they were at risk of being falsely identified as escaped slaves. The act heightened tensions between abolitionists in the North and slaveholders in the South, contributing to what would become the Civil War eleven years later. Learn more about the Fugitive Slave Act from the National Constitution Center.

Jurist Joseph Story born

On September 18, 1797, future US Supreme Court Justice, Harvard law professor, and legal author Joseph Story was born in Marblehead, Massachusetts. West Virginia University law professor James Elkins notes that Story was also a poet; learn more about Story and read a couple of his poems here.

Anti-Corn Law League created in UK

On September 18, 1838, the Anti-Corn Law League was created in the United Kingdom. As the name suggests, the purpose of the association was to press for the abolition of British Corn Laws, which were indeed repealed in 1846. After the repeal, the organization worked to oppose other protectionist measures in the UK. The weekly news publication, The Economist, was founded as part of the anti-corn law movement.

Jurist Joseph Story born

On September 18, 1797, future US Supreme Court Justice, Harvard law professor, and legal author Joseph Story was born at Marblehead, Massachusetts.

West Virginiia University law professor James Elkins notes that Story was also a poet - learn more about Story and read a couple of his poems here.

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