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Today in Supreme Court History
with Dan Schiavetta, Jr.
a.k.a. “captcrisis”
Today in Supreme Court History: January 20
Nashville Milk Co. v. Carnation Co. , 355 U.S. 373 (decided January 20, 1958): Robinson-Patman Act (prohibiting underselling to destroy...

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Jan 22, 20251 min read
Today in Supreme Court History: January 19
Patsone v. Pennsylvania , 232 U.S. 138 (decided January 19, 1914): upholds statute prohibiting foreign born non-citizens from killing...

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Jan 19, 20251 min read
Today in Supreme Court History: January 18
Mistretta v. United States , 488 U.S. 361 (decided January 18, 1989): The Sentencing Reform Act of 1984 created the Sentencing Commission...

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Jan 18, 20252 min read
Today in Supreme Court History: January 17
Jimmy Swaggart Ministries v. Board of Equalization of California , 493 U.S. 378 (decided January 17, 1990): generally applicable sales...

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Jan 17, 20251 min read
Today in Supreme Court History: January 16
Garrity v. New Jersey , 385 U.S. 493 (decided January 16, 1967): police officers being questioned in connection with investigation of...

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Jan 16, 20251 min read
Today in Supreme Court History: January 15
Berry v. Davis , 242 U.S. 468 (decided January 15, 1917): An Iowa statute authorized vasectomies on “idiots, feeble-minded, drunkards,...

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Jan 15, 20252 min read
Today in Supreme Court History: January 14
Wong Sun v. United States , 371 U.S. 471 (decided January 14, 1963): the leading “fruit of the poisonous tree” case, where statements...

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Jan 14, 20252 min read
Today in Supreme Court History: January 13
One, Inc. v. Olsesen , 355 U.S. 371 (decided January 13, 1958): Citing its recent analysis in Roth v. United States , Court reverses...

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Jan 13, 20252 min read
Today in Supreme Court History: January 12
United States v. Booker , 543 U.S. 220 (decided January 12, 2005): invalidating part of Federal Sentencing Act that empowers judge to...

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Jan 12, 20252 min read
Today in Supreme Court History: January 11
Dunn v. United States , 284 U.S. 390 (decided January 11, 1932): notable as the last opinion by Holmes, which he read from the bench (in...

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Jan 11, 20252 min read
Today in Supreme Court History: January 10
United States v. Georgia , 546 U.S. 151 (decided January 10, 2006): protections of Americans with Disabilities Act extend to those in...

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Jan 10, 20251 min read
Today in Supreme Court History: January 9
FW/PBS, Inc. v. City of Dallas , 493 U.S. 215 (decided January 9, 1990): “adult” businesses had Free Speech right to contest zoning...

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Jan 9, 20252 min read
Today in Supreme Court History: January 8
The Paquete Habana , 175 U.S. 677 (decided January 8, 1900): Fishing vessel was not a “prize of war” (its crew did not even know there...

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Jan 8, 20252 min read
Today in Supreme Court History: January 7
Marsh v. Alabama , 326 U.S. 501 (decided January 7, 1946): Alabama statute requiring people to leave private property when asked violates...

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Jan 7, 20251 min read
Today in Supreme Court History: January 6
United States v. Watts , 519 U.S. 148 (decided January 6, 1997): court can take into account “preponderance of evidence” of illegal...

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Jan 6, 20251 min read
Today in Supreme Court History: January 5
O’Gorman & Young, Inc. v. Hartford Fire Ins. Co. , 282 U.S. 251 (decided January 5, 1931): upholding New Jersey statute requiring...

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Jan 5, 20251 min read
Today in Supreme Court History: January 4
Theatre Enterprises, Inc. v. Paramount Film Distributing Corp. , 346 U.S. 537 (decided January 4, 1954): jury properly heard issue of...

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Jan 4, 20251 min read
Today in Supreme Court History: January 3
United States v. Gaskin , 320 U.S. 527 (decided January 3, 1944): “Peonage” (abducting someone in debt to you and forcing him to work for...

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Jan 4, 20251 min read
Today in Supreme Court History: January 2
Rochin v. California , 342 U.S. 165 (decided January 2, 1952): Defendant vomited out two capsules of (illegal) morphine at hospital after...

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Jan 2, 20251 min read
Today in Supreme Court History: January 1
Blake v. United States , 103 U.S. 227 (decided January 1, 1880): (Wikipedia has this being decided on January 1 though all Westlaw says...

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Jan 1, 20251 min read
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