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The main judgment was given by Chief Judge Anderson and Senior Circuit Judges Roney and Cook. Judge Cook gave separate concurring reasons. He did not accept the limited v. general publication rule as being determinative; his thinking centered on the fact that no tangible copy without a copyright notice, which the law then required, was ...
Learned Hand (1872–1961), judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. (1841–1935), Associate Justice , Supreme Court of the United States John Marshall Harlan (1833–1911), Associate Justice , Supreme Court of the United States
A retired justice, according to the United States Code, is no longer a member of the Supreme Court, but remains eligible to serve by designation as a judge of a U.S. Court of Appeals or District Court, and many retired justices have served in these capacities. Historically, the average length of service on the Court has been less than 15 years.
Legal effect of a pardon: Mutual Film Corporation v. Industrial Commission of Ohio: 236 U.S. 230 (1915) free speech and the censorship of motion pictures: Guinn v. United States: 238 U.S. 347 (1915) constitutionality of Oklahoma's "grandfather law" used to disenfranchise African-American voters Hadacheck v. Sebastian: 239 U.S. 394 (1915)
This page lists legal decisions of the House of Lords. Until 30 September 2009, the House of Lords was the highest appellate court for the United Kingdom. Cases were determined not by the House of Lords itself, but by its Judicial Committee, consisting of up to nine legally qualified peers, generally referred to as "Law Lords".
The central question of The Nature of the Judicial Process is how judges should decide cases. Cardozo's answer is that judges should do what they have always done in the Anglo-American legal tradition, namely, follow and apply the law in easy cases, and make new law in hard cases by balancing competing considerations, including the paramount value of social welfare.
Thornton v Shoe Lane Parking Ltd [1971] 2 QB 163, a case about the incorporation of terms by notice, famous for the opening line of Lord Denning MR's judgment: "Mr Thornton was a freelance trumpeter of the highest quality" Broome v Cassell & Co Ltd [1971] 2 QB 354, compensatory damages. Led to strong rebuke by Lord Hailsham in the House of Lords.
Jonathan Jasper Wright (February 11, 1840 – February 18, 1885) was an African-American lawyer who served as a state senator and judge on the Supreme Court of the State of South Carolina during Reconstruction from 1870 to 1877.