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The Oyez Project is an unofficial online multimedia archive website for the Supreme Court of the United States. It was initiated by the Illinois Institute of Technology 's Chicago-Kent College of Law and now also sponsored by Cornell Law School Legal Information Institute and Justia .
Oyez (/ oʊ ˈ j ɛ z /, / oʊ ˈ j eɪ /, / oʊ ˈ j ɛ s /; more rarely with the word stress at the beginning) is a traditional interjection said two or three times in succession to introduce the opening of a court of law. The interjection was also traditionally used by town criers to attract the attention of the public to public ...
Text of American Express Co. v. Italian Colors Restaurant, No. 12-133, 570 U.S. 228 (2013) is available from: Google Scholar Justia Oyez (oral argument audio) Supreme Court (slip opinion) (archived) This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the United States Government
The Supreme Court hears arguments Thursday over whether former President Donald Trump can be kept off the 2024 ballot because of his efforts to overturn the 2020 election results, culminating in ...
Priddy, a central figure in the legalization of forced sterilization of the mentally feeble was the first superintendent of the colony. [1] Priddy had long been a proponent of sterilization as a potential method for controlling the harm the feeble minded could have on a society.
Fletcher v. Peck, 10 U.S. (6 Cranch) 87 (1810), was a landmark United States Supreme Court decision in which the Supreme Court first ruled a state law unconstitutional. The decision created a growing precedent for the sanctity of legal contracts and hinted that Native Americans did not hold complete title to their own lands (an idea fully realized in Johnson v.
Branzburg v. Hayes, 408 U.S. 665 (1972), was a landmark decision of the US Supreme Court invalidating the use of the First Amendment as a defense for reporters summoned to testify before a grand jury.
Oncale v. Sundowner Offshore Services, 523 U.S. 75 (1998), is a landmark decision of the US Supreme Court.The case arose out of a suit for sex discrimination by a male oil-rig worker, who claimed that he was repeatedly subjected to sexual harassment by his male co-workers with the acquiescence of his employer.