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  2. United States v. Williams (2008) - Wikipedia

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    United States v. Williams, 553 U.S. 285 (2008), was a decision by the Supreme Court of the United States that a federal statute prohibiting the "pandering" of child pornography [1] (offering or requesting to transfer, sell, deliver, or trade the items) did not violate the First Amendment to the United States Constitution, even if a person charged under the code did in fact not possess child ...

  3. Republic of Philippines v. Pimentel - Wikipedia

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    Pimentel, [note 1] 553 U.S. 851 (2008), is a decision of the Supreme Court of the United States which clarified the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure as regards money damages sought by a foreign government, the Republic of the Philippines, via its Presidential Commission on Good Government (PCGG). The case stemmed out of disputes surrounding one ...

  4. United Air Lines Flight 553 - Wikipedia

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    United Air Lines Flight 553. United Air Lines Flight 553 was a scheduled flight from Washington National Airport to Omaha, Nebraska, via Chicago Midway International Airport. On December 8, 1972, the Boeing 737-222 serving the flight, City of Lincoln, registration N9031U, [ 2 ][ 1 ]: 2 crashed while approaching Midway Airport. [ 1 ]: 1[ 3 ][ 4 ]

  5. Taylor v. Sturgell - Wikipedia

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    Taylor v. Sturgell. Brent Taylor, Petitioner v. Robert A. Sturgell, Acting Administrator, Federal Aviation Administration, et al. Taylor v. Sturgell, 553 U.S. 880 (2008), was a United States Supreme Court case involving res judicata. It held that a "virtually represented" non-party cannot be bound by a judgment.

  6. Copyright Act of 1976 - Wikipedia

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    S. 22 was passed by a vote of 316–7 in the House of Representatives on September 22, 1976. [8] The final version was adopted as title 17 of the United States Code on October 19, 1976, when President Gerald Ford signed it into law. The law went into effect on January 1, 1978.

  7. United States Code - Wikipedia

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    The United States Code is the result of an effort to make finding relevant and effective statutes simpler by reorganizing them by subject matter, and eliminating expired and amended sections. The Code is maintained by the Office of the Law Revision Counsel (LRC) of the U.S. House of Representatives. [ 2 ]

  8. Title 11 of the United States Code - Wikipedia

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    Chapters. Title 11 is subdivided into nine chapters. It used to include more chapters, but some of them have since been repealed in their entirety. The nine chapters are: [2] Chapter 1: General Provisions. Chapter 3: Case Administration. Chapter 5: Creditors, the Debtor and the Estate. Chapter 7: Liquidation.

  9. 2007 term opinions of the Supreme Court of the United States

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    8 10 0 6 24 Associate Justice: Anthony Kennedy: Ronald Reagan: February 18, 1988 86.1% 62/72 7 1 1 3 12 Associate Justice: David Souter: George H. W. Bush: October 9, 1990 76.7% 56/73 7 4 1 4 16 Associate Justice: Clarence Thomas: George H. W. Bush: October 23, 1991 76.7% 56/73 7 7 1 9 24 Associate Justice: Ruth Bader Ginsburg: Bill Clinton ...