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Bay Stater (official term used by state government) and Citizen of the Commonwealth (identifier used in state law) [31] Massachusettsian, [32] Massachusite, [33] [34] Masshole (derogatory [35] as an exonym; however, it can be affectionate when applied as an endonym [36]) Michigan: Michiganian
The North Eastern Reporter, North Eastern Reporter Second and North Eastern Reporter Third (ISSN 0275-262X) are United States regional case law reporters.Collectively, the North Eastern Reporter is part of the National Reporter System created by John B. West for West Publishing Company, which is now part of Thomson West.
Despite being generally considered a liberal state, New York has a history of being conservative on issues regarding marriage; it was the last state in the country to allow no-fault divorce and still maintains a (seldom enforced) law against adultery (Penal Law § 255.17). Until 1966, adultery was the only ground of divorce; cruelty, a ground ...
When California first enacted divorce laws in 1850, the only grounds for divorce were impotence, extreme cruelty, desertion, neglect, habitual intemperance, fraud, adultery, or conviction of a felony. [29] In 1969-1970, California became the first state to pass a purely no-fault divorce law, i.e., one which did not offer any fault divorce ...
While divorce may carry a negative connotation, it's still common. Recent data from the Census Bureau indicates that about 30 percent of marriages end in divorce. When people are losing a life ...
Palsgraf v. Long Island Railroad Co., 248 N.Y. 339 (1928), a case in the New York Court of Appeals, reported in New York Reports. Note that the New York Court of Appeals is the highest court in New York. Because the New York Reports only report opinions of the New York Court of Appeals, there is no need to repeat the court designation before ...
The law was codified in some states, the first one being New York with legislation in 1864, and similar legislation existed in many U.S. states in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Since 1935, this tort has been abolished in 42 states, including New York [ 7 ] and Illinois. [ 8 ]
In April 2009, Citation Technologies created a free, searchable website for Federal Register articles dating from 1996 to the present. [ 7 ] GovPulse.us, [ 8 ] a finalist in the Sunlight Foundation's Apps for America 2, [ 9 ] provided a Web 2.0 interface to the Federal Register , including sparklines of agency activity and maps of current rules ...