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Today in Supreme Court History
with Dan Schiavetta, Jr.
a.k.a. “captcrisis”
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...

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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;...

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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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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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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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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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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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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 direct appeal a case...

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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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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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Today in Supreme Court History: August 7
Ex parte Clarke , 9 S.Ct. 2 (decided August 7, 1888): Harlan denies habeas to a steamship operator who had been convicted of selling...

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Aug 71 min read
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...

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Aug 51 min read
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 41 min read
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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Today in Supreme Court History: August 3
Breswick & Co. v. United States , 75 S.Ct. 912 (decided August 3, 1955): the Interstate Commerce Commission, which had approved a merged...

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Aug 21 min read
Today in Supreme Court History: August 2
Levy v. Parker , 396 U.S. 1204 (decided August 2, 1969): Douglas grants bail to army doctor convicted of Military Code provision...

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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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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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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 291 min read
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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