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Pollock v. Farmers' Loan & Trust Company, 157 U.S. 429 (1895), affirmed on rehearing, 158 U.S. 601 (1895), was a landmark case of the Supreme Court of the United States.In a 5–4 decision, the Supreme Court struck down the income tax imposed by the Wilson–Gorman Tariff Act for being an unapportioned direct tax.
[22]: 37–38 Jackson's narrow interpretation of the Act set the stage for later consequential antitrust cases, including United States v. E. C. Knight Co. (1895), and it continued to influence interstate commerce law for half a century. [21]: 104, 107–108 In other cases, Jackson took a broader view of constitutional provisions.
After stealing $10 and a purse, Garner fled from Officer Elton Hyman by climbing a fence. Hyman shot Garner in the back of the head, saying he did so to prevent him from escaping. The shooting was ruled justified, as Tennessee had a law allowing police to shoot fleeing suspects for any reason. The shooting led to the Supreme Court case Tennessee v.
The Brandeis brief changed the direction of the Supreme Court and of U.S. law. It is considered a model for future Supreme Court presentations in cases affecting the health or welfare of classes of individuals. This strategy of combining legal argument with scientific evidence was later successfully used in Brown v.
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Jenelle Evans. John Lamparski/Getty Images for Indonesian Diversity Jenelle Evans gave an update about the Child Protective Services case against her and husband David Eason over her son Jace.
Evans v. Eaton could refer to: Evans v. Eaton, 16 U.S. (3 Wheat.) 454, on patent anticipation and scope; Evans v. Eaton, 20 U.S. (7 Wheat.) 356, on the need for patented improvements to be distinctly claimed
Arizona v. Evans, 514 U.S. 1 (1995), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court instituted an exclusionary rule exception allowing evidence obtained through a warrantless search to be valid when a police record erroneously indicates the existence of an outstanding warrant due to negligent conduct of a Clerk of Court.