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Marsh v. Alabama, 326 U.S. 501 (1946), was a case decided by the US Supreme Court, which ruled that a state trespassing statute could not be used to prevent the distribution of religious materials on a town's sidewalk even though the sidewalk was part of a privately-owned company town.
The first judges held court on the lower Eastern Shore of Virginia starting in 1632 by meeting in private homes, ordinaries and taverns. In 1677 the court was moved to an area called "The Hornes", later to be called Peachburg Town, and then Eastville. The site has served as the seat of Northampton County government since that time.
The United States Supreme Court Building in Washington, D.C. Courthouse of Vilnius regional court and Court of Appeal of Lithuania in Vilnius. A courthouse or court house is a structure which houses judicial functions for a governmental entity such as a state, region, province, county, prefecture, regency, or similar governmental unit.
Named after District Court Judge Robert Everett Coyle. U.S. Post Office & Courthouse: Los Angeles: Main and Winston Streets S.D. Cal. 1892 1901 Court was at Tajo Building at Broadway & 1st from 1901 to 1910 U.S. Post Office & Courthouse: Los Angeles: 312 North Spring Street S.D. Cal. 1910 1937 Razed, new courthouse built on same site U.S ...
Case history; Prior: On appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Kentucky: Holding; Where a river is said to be the boundary between two states, the boundary properly extended to the low water mark of the opposite shore and no higher; plaintiff's motion of ejectment based on title granted by the state of Kentucky was denied.
Belton Court was as much of a museum as it was a private residence. Peck devoted as much energy to his avocation of book and manuscript collecting as to his business and political career; he was deeply interested in New England history. When sold at auction in 1944, his book collection numbered 8,000 volumes, expensively bound and in excellent ...
Court – This suffix came into use in the 16th century [3] [4] [5] and was applied to the buildings where lords would receive their tenants (i.e., "hold court"). [ 6 ] Castle – Non-royal castles were generally the residences of feudal barons , whose baronies might comprise several dozen other manors.
A consolidated town hall, police, and fire station in South Palm Beach, Florida [7]. In Commonwealth countries, the term "town hall" may be used even in a city. [8] This is often the case in the United Kingdom (examples being Manchester Town Hall and Liverpool Town Hall), Australia (Sydney Town Hall), New Zealand, and elsewhere.