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Today in Supreme Court History
with Dan Schiavetta, Jr.
a.k.a. “captcrisis”
Today in Supreme Court History: September 3
Knickerbocker Printing Corp. v. United States, 75 S.Ct. 212 (decided September 3, 1954): in Eminent Domain case alleging inadequate...

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Sep 3, 20231 min read
Today in Supreme Court History: September 1
Whole Woman’s Health v. Jackson, 141 S.Ct. 2949 (decided September 1, 2021): Court denies motion to stay enforcement of Texas law S.B.8...

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Sep 1, 20232 min read
Today in Supreme Court History: August 31
Harris v. United States, 404 U.S. 1232 (decided August 31, 1971): Douglas, reversing both the District Court and the Court of Appeals,...

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Aug 31, 20231 min read
Today in Supreme Court History: August 30
Wise v. Lipscomb, 434 U.S. 1329 (decided August 30, 1977): Powell stays Court of Appeals judgment rejecting reapportionment plan for...

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Aug 30, 20231 min read
Today in Supreme Court History: August 29
Keyes v. Denver School District No. 1, 396 U.S. 1215 (decided August 29, 1969): Brennan vacates Circuit Court’s stay of desegregation...

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Aug 29, 20231 min read
Today in Supreme Court History: August 28
Willhauck v. Flanagan, 448 U.S. 1323 (decided August 28, 1980): Brennan denies stay of prosecutions by two D.A.’s arising from high speed...

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Aug 28, 20231 min read
Today in Supreme Court History: August 27
In re Disbarment of N. Deday LaRene, 518 U.S. 1046 (1996): criminal defense attorney disbarred after he got in with his gangster clients...

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Aug 27, 20231 min read
Today in Supreme Court History: August 26
Beltran v. Smith, 458 U.S. 1303 (decided August 26, 1982): imprisoned gangster, cooperating with prosecutors and in the Witness...

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Aug 26, 20231 min read
Today in Supreme Court History: August 25
Guey Heung Lee v. Johnson, 404 U.S. 1215 (decided August 25, 1971): Douglas denies stay of San Francisco desegregation order as to...

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Aug 25, 20231 min read
Today in Supreme Court History: August 24
Kemp v. Smith, 463 U.S. 1321 (decided August 24, 1983): Powell denies stay of execution; notes that case has been reviewed 16 times by...

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Aug 24, 20231 min read
Today in Supreme Court History: August 23
Lopez v. United States, 404 U.S. 1213 (decided August 23, 1971): Douglas orders draft resister released on his own recognizance;...

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Aug 23, 20231 min read
Today in Supreme Court History: August 22
California v. American Stores Co., 492 U.S. 1301 (decided August 22, 1989): O’Connor continues injunction preventing merger of...

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Aug 22, 20231 min read
Today in Supreme Court History: August 21
Matter of Disbarment of Gottfried, 518 U.S. 1043 (decided August 21, 1996): the Court disbars Lawrence R. Gottfried, who had been...

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Aug 21, 20231 min read
Today in Supreme Court History: August 20
Metropolitan Co. Board of Education v. Kelley, 453 U.S. 1306 (decided August 20, 1981): Stevens refuses to vacate stay of desegregation...

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Aug 20, 20231 min read
Today in Supreme Court History: August 19
Corpus Christi School District v. Cisneros, 404 U.S. 1211 (decided August 19, 1971): Black reinstates stay dissolved by Fifth Circuit of...

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Aug 19, 20232 min read
Today in Supreme Court History: August 18
Hortonville Joint School Dist. No. 1 v. Hortonville Education Ass’n, 423 U.S. 1301 (decided August 18, 1975): Rehnquist refuses to stay...

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Aug 18, 20231 min read
Today in Supreme Court History: August 17
Arrow Transportation Co. v. Southern Ry. Co., 83 S.Ct. 1 (decided August 17, 1962): Black continues restraining order as to railway rates...

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Aug 17, 20231 min read
Today in Supreme Court History: August 16
Russo v. United States, 404 U.S. 1209 (decided August 16, 1971): Douglas dissolves a Ninth Circuit stay of contempt conviction; applicant...

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Aug 16, 20231 min read
Today in Supreme Court History: August 15
Bas v. Tingy, 4 U.S. 37 (decided August 15, 1800): During the Quasi-War with France (well depicted in the miniseries “John Adams”, with...

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Aug 14, 20231 min read
Today in Supreme Court History: August 14
American Trucking Ass’ns v. Gray, 483 U.S. 1306 (decided August 14, 1987): Blackmun upholds injunction creating escrow for extra taxes...

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Aug 14, 20231 min read
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