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Today in Supreme Court History
with Dan Schiavetta, Jr.
a.k.a. “captcrisis”
Today in Supreme Court History: August 13
Oden v. Brittain, 396 U.S. 1210 (decided August 13, 1969): Black denies motion to stay election of newly constituted local government in...

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Aug 13, 20231 min read
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Today in Supreme Court History: August 12
Chrysafis v. Marks, 141 S.Ct. 2482 (decided August 12, 2021): Court stays New York’s Covid eviction moratorium statute; holds that...

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Aug 12, 20231 min read
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Today in Supreme Court History: August 11
Fowler v. Adams, 400 U.S. 1205 (decided August 11, 1970): Black allows Florida candidate for U.S. House to be on ballot even though he...

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Aug 11, 20231 min read
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Today in Supreme Court History: August 10
Bowen v. Kendrick, 483 U.S. 1304 (decided August 10, 1987): Rehnquist notes that the Court always puts down for full appeal a case where...

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Aug 10, 20231 min read
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Today in Supreme Court History: August 9
United States v. FMC Corp., 84 S.Ct. 4 (decided August 9, 1963): Goldberg says he has no jurisdiction to stay a merger which allegedly...

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Aug 9, 20231 min read
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Today in Supreme Court History: August 8
Public Service Board of State of Vermont v. United States, 87 S.Ct. 3 (decided August 8, 1966): Harlan denies stay of ICC order granting...

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Aug 8, 20232 min read
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Today in Supreme Court History: August 7
Ex parte Clarke, 128 U.S. 395 (decided August 7, 1888): Harlan denies habeas to a steamship operator who had been convicted of selling...

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Aug 7, 20231 min read
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Today in Supreme Court History: August 6
In re Equitable Office Bldg. Corp., 72 S.Ct. 1086 (decided August 6, 1946): Bankruptcy trustee’s plan of reorganization had been accepted...

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Aug 6, 20231 min read
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Today in Supreme Court History: August 5
Davis v. Adams, 400 U.S. 1203 (decided August 5, 1969): Black upholds stay of Florida statute requiring incumbents of state office to...

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Aug 5, 20231 min read
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Today in Supreme Court History: August 4
Truong Dinh Hung v. United States, 439 U.S. 1326 (decided August 4, 1978): Brennan, reversing Circuit Court, allows bail pending appeal...

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Aug 4, 20231 min read
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Today in Supreme Court History: August 3
Breswick & Co. v. United States, 75 S.Ct. 912 (decided August 3, 1969): the Interstate Commerce Commission, which had approved a merged...

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Aug 3, 20231 min read
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Today in Supreme Court History: August 2
Levy v. Parker, 396 U.S. 1204 (decided August 2, 1969): Douglas grants bail to Levy, an army doctor, convicted of Military Code provision...

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Aug 2, 20231 min read
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Today in Supreme Court History: August 1
American Mfrs. Mut. Ins. Co. v. American Broadcasting-Paramount Theatres, Inc., 87 S.Ct. 1 (decided August 1, 1966): Harlan stays state...

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Aug 1, 20231 min read
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Today in Supreme Court History: July 31
Ex Parte Quirin, 317 U.S. 1 (decided July 31, 1942): allows Nazi saboteurs to argue their habeas petition before the Court, but upholds...

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Jul 31, 20231 min read
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Today in Supreme Court History: July 30
Perez v. United States, 1970 WL 105758 (decided July 30, 1970): Harlan affirms the Second Circuit’s denial of bail; defendant had been...

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Jul 30, 20231 min read
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Today in Supreme Court History: July 29
Times-Picayune Publishing Corp. v. Schulingkamp, 419 U.S. 1301 (decided July 29, 1974): Powell stays trial judge’s prior restraint order...

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Jul 29, 20231 min read
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Today in Supreme Court History: June 28
Fare v. Michael C., 439 U.S. 1310 (decided July 28, 1978): Rehnquist grants stay of California Supreme Court’s order as to minor being...

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Jul 28, 20231 min read
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Today in Supreme Court History: July 27
Mahan v. Howell, 404 U.S. 1201 (decided July 27, 1971): in one of his last acts, Hugo Black refuses to stay District Court order changing...

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Jul 26, 20231 min read
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Today in Supreme Court History: July 26
DeBoer by Darrow v. DeBoer, 509 U.S. 1301 (decided July 26, 1993): Stevens denies (on grounds of lack of a federal issue) couple’s...

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Jul 26, 20231 min read
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Today in Supreme Court history: July 25
Miller v. Calilfornia, 418 U.S. 915 (decided July 25, 1974): Appeal from California state court obscenity conviction (actually the state...

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Jul 24, 20232 min read
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