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Washington and Lee University School of Law (2 C, 1 P) Pages in category "Law schools in Virginia" The following 11 pages are in this category, out of 11 total.
Smyth v. Ames, 171 U.S. 361 (1898), also called The Maximum Freight Case, was an 1898 United States Supreme Court case. [1] The Supreme Court voided a Nebraska railroad tariff law, declaring that it violated the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution in that it takes property without the due process of law. [2]
Defendant A. H. Zehmer and his wife, Ida S. Zehmer, owned a tract of land of 471.6 acres (190.8 ha) in Dinwiddie County, Virginia, known as the Ferguson Farm. Plaintiff W. O. Lucy had known Zehmer for many years and had previously expressed interest in purchasing the farm.
Dinwiddie is located in southern Virginia, southwest of the independent city of Petersburg, which separated from the county (and adjacent Prince George County) in 1871.. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 507 square miles (1,310 km 2), of which 504 square miles (1,310 km 2) is land and 3.5 square miles (9.1 km 2) (0.7%) is wate
Summary Kidd v. Pearson: 128 U.S. 1 (1888) Scope of the Commerce Clause: Dent v. West Virginia: 129 U.S. 114 (1889) state licensing of doctors Botiller v. Dominguez: 130 U.S. 238 (1889) validity of Spanish and Mexican land grants within the Mexican Cession: Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Co. v. City of Chicago: 130 U.S. 581 (1889) Smith ...
The U.S. Supreme Court agreed on Friday to decide whether it should be more difficult for workers from "majority backgrounds," such as white or heterosexual people, to prove workplace ...
RICHMOND – The Virginia Court of Appeals has denied a Brunswick County man’s request to overturn his life sentence for first-degree murder, claiming that the crime does not fit the criteria ...
Micah Schwartzman (2005) – Hardy Cross Dillard Professor of Law, University of Virginia Law School; David Skeel (1987) – S. Samuel Arsht Professor of Corporate Law, University of Pennsylvania Law School; Paul B. Stephan (1977) – John C. Jeffries Jr., Distinguished Professor of Law, University of Virginia Law School [6]