Word: legalism
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
California finally granted Mrs. Ray Hendricks a final divorce decree, but would not recognize her as Mrs. Leo Durocher until another ceremony was performed. Meanwhile, her legal name would be Loraine Johnson Hendricks, but moviegoers would call her Laraine Day. Laraine and Leo thought they might legalize themselves on the Coast late in February...
...which made up its mind in an almost unprecedented hurry, had told the State of Oklahoma to give Ada an education equal to what whites get (TIME, Jan. 19). And at least one of the judges made it plain that a law school for just one pupil is no legal education at all. But this week the Oklahoma state regents established a school of law at Oklahoma City (as part of Langston University for Negroes), to be open by next Monday. Whether this step would satisfy the U.S. Supreme Court, no one yet knew...
McCarthy grumpily conceded that Ginsberg had a legal right to commit what McCarthy considered a moral wrong, but added: "I hope men like Ginsberg will be forced out of business...
Professor of law since 1919, Chafee held the Langdell chair for ten years. He is the author of numerous legal reports and treatises...
Four days later, Chief Justice Fred M. Vinson drawled out the court's unanimous decision, which seemed to go further than the Gaines rule. Said Vinson: "[Ada Sipuel] is entitled to secure legal education afforded by a state institution. [Oklahoma] must provide it for her . . . and provide it as soon as it does for applicants of any other group." Ada took a train for home, to be ready when Oklahoma's new term begins next week...