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In November 1970, Justice notably ordered the Texas Education Agency (TEA) to desegregate its schools in United States v. Texas , which is regarded as one of the most extensive desegregation orders in legal history as it encompassed over a thousand school districts and nearly two million students. [ 2 ]
United States v. Texas, 599 U.S. ___ (2023), a case in which the Supreme Court considered whether the states have Article III standing to challenge the legality of the Department of Homeland Security's guidelines for the enforcement of civil immigration law. United States v. Texas, a case in which the Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ...
The Cowboy mafia was the nickname for a group of marijuana smugglers who operated in the United States during the 1970s. [1] [2] At the time they were reportedly the most prolific drug smugglers in Texas. The nickname was given to the group by the Dallas media, as the capture and trial of the group created significant media coverage throughout ...
Officer Scott Smith shot Franklyn Reid to death during a foot chase. The following month, Smith was charged with murder in Reid's death, and was sentenced to 6 years of prison in 2000. The conviction was appealed, and Smith pleaded no contest to a misdemeanor charge of criminally negligent homicide, and received two years of probation. [46 ...
June 30 – New York Times Co. v. United States: The Supreme Court of the U.S. rules that the Pentagon Papers may be published, rejecting government injunctions as unconstitutional prior restraint. [8]
United States v. Texas, 579 U.S. 547 (2016), is a United States Supreme Court case regarding the constitutionality of the Deferred Action for Parents of Americans (DAPA) program. In a one-line per curiam decision, an equally divided Court affirmed the lower-court injunction blocking the President Barack Obama's program.
United States ex rel. Gerald Mayo v. Satan and His Staff was a 1971 case filed before the United States district court for the Western District of Pennsylvania in which Gerald Mayo alleged that "Satan has on numerous occasions caused plaintiff misery and unwarranted threats, against the will of plaintiff, that Satan has placed deliberate obstacles in his path and has caused plaintiff's ...
Medellín v. Texas, 552 U.S. 491 (2008), was a decision of the United States Supreme Court that held even when a treaty constitutes an international commitment, it is not binding domestic law unless it has been implemented by an act of the U.S. Congress or contains language expressing that it is "self-executing" upon ratification. [1]