Word: court
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...second quarter opened with no better outlook. W. A. Beyer '32, Harvard's high scorer then dribbled half the length of the floor for the Crimson's first tally. Growing accustomed to the size of the court by that time, Harvard made a series of goals, but failed to equal Milton's mark by the end of the half, the schoolboys leading...
Joseph Story in Supreme Court...
Joseph Story (1779-1845) was Dane Professor of Law from 1829 to 1845. He was one of the Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1813 to 1845. His treatises, published between 1832 and 1845, on different subjects of commercial law, on conflict of laws, on equity, and on constituional law, had much to do with the shaping of American law in its formative period. Story is one of the great figures in American judicial history, as well as in American law writing and law teaching...
...Professor Salvemini's opposition to the party in power was responsible for his being removed as a professor, and being brought to trial before a Florence court on the charge of sedition. Although acquitted by the court, he was set upon by a mob of Fascists as he was leaving the courtroom, and barely escaped with his life. As a result of this affair he was obliged to flee from the country, leaving all his property behind to be confiscated by the Fascists. He has the distinction of being one of the two men who have been deprived of their...
Last week in the New York Supreme Court the action for separation brought by Richard D. Wyckoff against Mrs. Cecelia G. Wyckoff, publisher of Magazine of Wall Street was withdrawn...