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Today in Supreme Court History
with Dan Schiavetta, Jr.
a.k.a. “captcrisis”
Today in Supreme Court History: September 30
Lux v. Rodrigues, 561 U.S. 1306 (decided September 30, 2010): Roberts denies injunction requiring Virginia election officials to count...

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Sep 30, 20231 min read
Today in Supreme Court History: September 29
Smith v. Richey, 89 S.Ct. 54 (decided September 29, 1968): Another soldier challenging callup to active duty as violating the Ready...

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Sep 29, 20231 min read
Today in Supreme Court History: September 28
Collins v. Virginia, 138 S.Ct. 53 (decided September 28, 2017): granted cert on a case involving the automobile exception to the warrant...

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Sep 28, 20231 min read
Today in Supreme Court History: September 27
Taniguchi v. Kan Pacific Saipan, Ltd. (decided September 27, 2011): cert granted due to Circuit Court split of authority; the Court...

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Sep 27, 20231 min read
Today in Supreme Court History: September 26
Matter of Disbarment of Mosely, 512 U.S. 1284 (decided September 26, 1994): Municipal judge convicted of extorting kickbacks from...

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Sep 26, 20231 min read
Today in Supreme Court History: September 25
Tennant v. Jefferson County Comm’n, 567 U.S. 758 (decided September 25, 2012): Full Court, reversing District Court, approves of West...

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Sep 25, 20231 min read
Today in Supreme Court History: September 24
Twentieth Century Airlines v. Ryan, 74 S.Ct. 8 (decided September 24, 1953): Reed refuses to stay administrative proceedings against...

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Sep 24, 20231 min read
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
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
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
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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Sep 20, 20231 min read
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
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
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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Sep 17, 20231 min read
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
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
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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Sep 14, 20232 min read
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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Sep 13, 20231 min read
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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Sep 12, 20231 min read
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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Sep 11, 20231 min read
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