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The Personal Liberty Law of 1826 decreed that no person could be taken out of the state of Pennsylvania to be held as a slave. [6] Prigg was arrested and tried upon his return to the state with Margret and her family. Prigg argued in front of the Supreme Court that the Personal Liberty Laws were unconstitutional.
1931 Stromberg v. California, 283 U.S. 359 (1931) - represented Yetta Stromberg; 1932 Powell v. Alabama, 287 U.S. 45 (1932) - represented the Scottsboro Boys; 1933 United States v.
Turning to whether the state's denial of marriage rights to same-sex couples violated the state constitution's guarantee of equal protection and due process, she noted that "The Massachusetts Constitution protects matters of personal liberty against government incursion as zealously, and often more so, than does the Federal Constitution, even ...
Committee for Public Education and Religious Liberty v. Regan, 444 U.S. 646 (1980) Mueller v. Allen, 463 U.S. 388 (1983) School Dist. of Grand Rapids v. Ball, 473 U.S. 373 (1985) Aguilar v. Felton, 473 U.S. 402 (1985) Witters v. Washington Department of Services for the Blind, 474 U.S. 481 (1986) Zobrest v. Catalina Foothills School District ...
From 1973 until he was elected president in 2016, Donald Trump and his businesses were involved in over 4,000 legal cases in United States federal and state courts, including battles with casino patrons, million-dollar real estate lawsuits, personal defamation lawsuits, and over 100 business tax disputes. [1]
The Liberty lawsuit spells out what Rice says happened to her son at Liberty North. LeBlanc stood 6-foot-3 and 245 pounds. He was what Rice called “a gentle giant” who was, the lawsuit alleges ...
The lawsuit was settled without money changing hands and without changes in school policies. [15] Perry v. Schwarzenegger. ADF represented Proposition 8 proponents ProtectMarriage.com in the Federal lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the proposition, which limited marriage in California to one man and one woman. [16]
The Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty filed the latest lawsuit targeting the bar association's internship program. It argues that the bar is violating the equal protection rights of law ...