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...president of UNC has appealed the decision to the United States Supreme Court. The case is on the Supreme Court docket and will probably go before the court this year, Hugh J. Beard Jr., a Charlotte, N.C. lawyer and main plaintiff to the original appeal, said yesterday...
...glories, the old pros must earn an annual minimum (an average of $667 for each of the first 15 tournaments entered) or else be forced into the field of "rabbits" who spend the first day of each week scrambling to make the 156-man draw in qualifying rounds. Says Plaintiff Lionel Hebert (1957 P.G.A. champion): "I resent anyone in this era telling me that what I won, they're going to take away. They're going to have a hell of a fight doing...
...bill's rape provisions make evidence of the plaintiff's prior sexual conduct admissable in court only when directly related to a defense of consent. Countryman believes that rape defendants will now use that defense. He approved, however, the portion of the bill declaring spouse rape illegal...
Alan van Gestel, one of the lawyers for the town, said yesterday, "It's a clear-cut victory--if there isn't a tribe in 1976, then there's no plaintiff, and no case...
Herbert's lawyers say they will appeal to the Supreme Court. Unless the ruling is reversed, it could be used by journalists in their attempts to keep a plaintiff from prying into their thoughts during the preparation of a disputed article or broadcast. In a dissent, Judge Thomas Meskill called Herbert's questions legitimate because in order to win a libel case, a public figure like Herbert must prove that a journalist had serious doubts about the accuracy of his report, but published it anyway...