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Dates: during 1950-1959
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¶ Ruled that homeowners could not be sued for failing to abide by restrictive racial covenants in selling their properties, a sequel to a 1948 ruling which said that racial covenants were legal but could not be enforced in the courts.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Two Decisions | 6/22/1953 | See Source »

Nevada has new citizens from other states who do not seem to understand that Biltz knows what is best for them all. One of the noisiest is ex-New Yorker Hank Greenspun, publisher of the Las Vegas Sun. When gambling ads disappeared from Greenspun's paper, he sued both...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: NEVADA: Mr. Big | 6/15/1953 | See Source »

When her ex-husband, Actor Burgess Meredith, sued in Manhattan for a $200,000 slice of what was once "community property," Cinemactress Paulette Goddard asked the Supreme Court in Manhattan for some advice. A Mexican divorce had been good enough when she divorced Charlie Chaplin, but didn't the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Jun. 15, 1953 | 6/15/1953 | See Source »

In Manhattan, Hermitage House publishers sued Actress Ethel Barrymore and Harper & Bros, publishers for $125,000 each. The charge: Miss Barrymore had signed a contract in 1947 to write her memoirs for Hermitage House, but last January agreed to let Harper have her story. The defense: Miss Barrymore had been...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, may 11, 1953 | 5/11/1953 | See Source »

Hollywood lawyers, who thrive on champagne-spiked arguments, had another one: onetime Actress Marion Davies was sued for $11,582, the catering cost of a party at her home last year celebrating the marriage (now defunct) of Marilyn Morrison to Sob-Singer Johnny Ray. The plaintiff: Marion's old...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, may 4, 1953 | 5/4/1953 | See Source »

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