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Word: lavalava (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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Wray's argument was enough for Samoa's Chief Judge Arthur Morrow, 71, former dean of Iowa's Drake University Law School. Amazing the lavalava-clad spectators, Morrow declared the Samoan civil rights law null and void. Moreover, at Wray's request, Judge Morrow approved the arrest of Governor Lee's prosecutor for arresting Brown without a warrant (possible penalty: a $500 fine, a year in jail or both). Said one sober Samoan as he left the courtroom: "We now know that the American Constitution means something in American Samoa...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Constitutional Law: Puka Bill's Gift to Samoa | 9/4/1964 | See Source »

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