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Today in Supreme Court History
with Dan Schiavetta, Jr.
a.k.a. “captcrisis”
Today in Supreme Court History: September 23
Katzenbach v. McClung, 85 S.Ct. 6 (decided September 23, 1964): Black lifts injunction against enforcement of Civil Rights Act against...

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Sep 23, 20231 min read
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Today in Supreme Court History: September 22
Pfeifer v. E.I. duPont de NEmours and Co., 530 U.S. 1300 (decided September 22, 2000): denies cert to review Nebraska Supreme Court...

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Sep 21, 20231 min read
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Today in Supreme Court History: September 21
McLeod v. General Electric Co., 87 S.Ct. 5 (decided September 21, 1966): Harlan reinstates NLRB decision forcing General Electric to...

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Sep 21, 20231 min read
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Today in Supreme Court History: September 20
Barthuli v. Board of Trustees of Jefferson Elementary School District, 434 U.S. 1337 (decided September 20, 1977): Rehnquist says he...

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Today in Supreme Court History: September 19
United States v. United Liquors Corp., 77 S.Ct. 208 (decided September 19, 1956): Reed denies stay of antitrust judgment prohibiting...

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Sep 19, 20231 min read
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Today in Supreme Court History: September 18
Matter of Disbarment of Donald D. Nash, 473 U.S. 931 (decided September 18, 1985). He had been convicted of Class A sodomy. He later...

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Sep 18, 20231 min read
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Today in Supreme Court History: September 17
Mikutaitis v. United States, 478 U.S. 1306 (decided September 17, 1986): Stevens grants stay of contempt order of witness who refused to...

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Today in Supreme Court History: September 16
Socialist Labor Party v. Rhodes, 89 S.Ct. 3 (decided September 16, 1968): Stewart declines to order Ohio Secretary of State to place...

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Sep 16, 20231 min read
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Today in Supreme Court History: September 15
Matter of Disbarment of Peter T. Roman, 487 U.S. 1261 (decided September 15, 1988): Stole client funds, forged signatures, lied to the...

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Sep 15, 20231 min read
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Today in Supreme Court History: September 14
McCarthy v. Briscoe, 429 U.S. 1316 (decided September 14, 1976): under 28 U.S.C. §1253, one can directly appeal to the Supreme Court from...

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Today in Supreme Court History: September 13
M.I.C. Ltd. v. Bedford Township, 463 U.S. 1341 (decided September 13, 1983): Brennan stays injunction against showing two allegedly...

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Today in Supreme Court History: September 12
Aaron v. Cooper, 358 U.S. 1 (decided September 12, 1958): in a per curiam decision issued quickly due to the school year beginning, the...

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Today in Supreme Court History: September 11
Smith v. United States, 423 U.S. 1303 (decided September 11, 1975): Douglas, in a wheelchair, stays order requiring federal grand jury...

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Today in Supreme Court History: September 10
Williams v. Rhodes, 89 S.Ct. 1 (decided September 10, 1968): Stewart, after conferring with other Justices, directs that George Wallace...

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Today in Supreme Court History: September 9
McGee v. Alaska, 104 S.Ct. 16 (decided September 9, 1983): Rehnquist denies prisoner’s request to be released on bail even though the...

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Sep 9, 20231 min read
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Today in Supreme Court History: September 8
Tuscarora Nation of Indians v. Power Authority of the State of New York, 79 S.Ct. 4 (decided September 8, 1958): Harlan partially grants...

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Today in Supreme Court History: September 7
Uhler v. AFL-CIO, 105 S.Ct. 5 (decided September 7, 1984): Rehnquist says federal courts have no jurisdiction to stay California Supreme...

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Today in Supreme Court History: September 6
Shamburger v. Cockrell, 536 U.S. 986 (decided September 6, 2002): Denies stay of execution and also denies cert. Stevens and Ginsburg...

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Sep 6, 20231 min read
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Today in Supreme Court History: September 5
Moore v. Brown, 448 U.S. 1335 (decided September 5, 1980): Rehnquist refuses to stay injunction requiring Mobile, Alabama school board to...

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Sep 5, 20231 min read
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Today in Supreme Court History: September 4
Certain Named and Unnamed Non-Citizen Children and their Parents v. Texas, 448 U.S. 1327 (decided September 4, 1980): Powell restores...

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Sep 4, 20231 min read
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