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2006 Saddam Hussein sentenced to death by hanging by an Iraqi court
2006 Samuel Alito sworn in as Associate Justice of the Supreme Court 2005 Samuel Alito is nominated for the Supreme Court by George W. Bush 2005 John G. Roberts is confirmed as the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court 2005 John G. Roberts is nominated for Chief Justice of the Supreme Court 2005 John G. Roberts, Jr. is nominated to the United States Supreme Court 2005 The Supreme Court rules the death penalty unconstitutional for people who committed crimes before age 18 2000 Supreme Court halts Florida vote recount 1998 Lewis Powell, Supreme Court Justice, dies at 90 1998 Supreme Court rules attorney-client privilege extends beyond the grave, exempting Vince Foster's conversations with his lawyers from being used as evidence by Kenneth Starr 1998 Federal court rules President Clinton does not have executive privilege in the Lewinsky case so he must testify 1998 Federal court rules that Monica Lewinsky does not have an immunity agreement with Kenneth Starr 1998 Paula Jones' sexual harassment case against President Bill Clinton is thrown out of court 1998 Supreme Court lets Megan's Law stand 1997 French court orders producer Jacques Charrier, ex-husband of Brigitte Bardot, to pay the former screen star $8,300 in damages 1997 Oklahoma Court of Appeals upholds death sentence of Timothy McVeigh 1997 William J. Brennan, jurist, served on the Supreme Court for 34 years (1956-90), dies at 91 1997 Supreme Court strikes down Internet indecency law 1997 Supreme Court upholds doctor-assisted suicide ban 1997 Jamaica issues a warrant for singer Sade, who fails to report to court on charges of failure to obey a cop who signaled her to stop 1997 Supreme Court hears Internet indecency arguments 1996 Alexander Harman, judge, United States Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia 1969 - 1979, dies 1996 3 Philadelphia Federal Court judges overturn U.S. indecency ban on internet 1995 U.S. Federal Court votes that Cable companies must carry local stations 1995 Warren Earl Burger, Supreme Court Justice, dies of heart failure at 78 1995 Court orders Darryl Strawberry to pay back $350,000 in taxes 1995 Edward Sutcliffe, judge (British Central Criminal Court), dies at 77 1994 Stephen G. Breyer, sworn in as Supreme Court Justice 1994 New York Supreme Court refuses Howard Stern's non financial disclosure 1994 Court upholds NBA salary cap and draft rights 1994 Nomination hearings for Steven Breyer for supreme court justice begins 1994 Ruth Bader Ginsburg, sworn in as Supreme Court Justice 1994 Supreme Court outlaws excluding people from juries because of gender 1994 Liberal Supreme Court Justice Blackmun (Roe vs. Wade) resigns 1994 Accused of molesting a 13-year-old boy, Michael Jackson settles a civil lawsuit out of court 1993 Bentri Seddik, Algerian court judge, murdered at 46 1993 Rouaz Lakhdar, Algerian supreme court justice, murdered 1993 John/Eoin Higgins, N Ire supreme court justice (1984-93), dies at 66 1993 U.S. Court of Appeals rules congress must save all E-Mail 1993 Israeli Court of Appeal overturns (5-0) conviction of John Demjaujuk, saying not enough evidence he is Concentration Camp Ivan the Terrible 1993 Actor Richard Moll (Night Court) weds Susan Brown 1993 Night Court actor Richard Moll (50) weds Susan Brown (32) 1993 Supreme Court Justice Byron R. White announced plans to retire 1993 Rodney King in court says he thinks he heard cops yell racial slurs 1993 Frito Lay pays court ordered $2,500,000 to Tom Wait for using his song 1993 Thurgood Marshall, 1st black supreme court justice (1967-91), dies 84 1993 Manfred Lachs, Polish lawyer (International Court of Justice), dies 1993 June Clayworth, actress (Bodyguard, Criminal Court), dies of lymphoma 1992 G Harold Carswell, supreme court justice candidate 1970, dies at 72 1992 Supreme Court rules fund soliciting can be banned at airports 1992 Supreme Court rules hate crime laws violated free-speech rights 1992 Supreme Court rules states could not force mentally unstable criminal defendants to take anti-psychotic drugs 1992 Final episode of "Night Court" airs on NBC-TV 1992 Court throws out Apple's lawsuit against Microsoft 1992 U.S. Federal court finds Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega guilty of drug crimes 1992 Winand J Borgerhoff Mulder, court judge Amster (squaters), dies at 78 1992 Supreme Court rules 5-3 that Joseph Doherty isn't entitled to asylum 1991 Clarence Thomas, sworn in as Supreme Court Justice 1991 U.S. Supreme Court begins to hear Joseph Doherty case 1991 Clarence Thomas is confirmed as Supreme Court Justice 1991 Court rules Manuel Noriega, may access some secret U.S. documents 1991 Supreme Court rules prosecutors can be sued for legal advice they give police and can be held accountable 1991 U.S. Supreme Court bars subsidized clinics from discussing abortion 1991 Supreme Court rules jurors can't be barred from serving due to race 1991 Court awards Peggy Lee $3 million in suit against Disney 1991 Supreme Court rules unanimously employers can't exclude women from jobs where exposure to toxic chemicals could potentially damage fetus 1991 British Court of Appeal frees "Birmingham 6" who had been unjustly sentenced in August 1975 to life imprisonment 1991 U.S. Supreme Court agrees to hear Joseph Doherty case 1991 Michigan court bars Dr. Jack Kevorkian from assisting in suicides 1990 David Hackett Souter, sworn in as Supreme Court Justice 1990 U.S. Senate votes 90-9 to confirm David Souter to Supreme Court 1990 Senate Judiciary committee approves Souter's Supreme Court 1990 Justice William Brennan resigns from Supreme Court after 36 years 1990 Supreme Court rules family members cannot end lives of comatose relatives unless those relatives previously made their wishes known 1990 Supreme Court rules police check for drunk drivers constitutional 1990 Supreme Court says law prohibiting desecration of U.S. flag unconstitutional 1990 European court rules pension rights for both men and women 1990 New York court of appeals ends 2 year legal battle over 1988 America's Cup by refusing jurisdiction of case 1990 Bankruptcy court forces Frank Lorenzo to give up Eastern Airlines 1990 Supreme Court rejects appeal from retarded man, Dalton Prejean, condemned to death for murdering a Louisiana state trooper in 1977 1990 Paul Newman wins a court victory over Julius Gold, to keep giving all profits from Newman foods to charity 1990 Supreme Court strikes down Dallas' ordinance imposing strict zoning on sexually oriented businesses 1989 Penn is 1st to restrict abortions after Supreme Court gave states the right to do so 1989 Appeals court restores America's Cup to U.S. after New York Supreme Court gave it to New Zealand (New Zealand protested US's use of a catamaran) 1989 New York City court of appeals overturns lower court decision and returns America's Cup back to U.S. (from New Zealand) 1989 Supreme Court rules states do not have to provide funds for abortions 1989 Supreme Court rules ok to burn U.S. flag as a political expression 1989 U.S. Supreme Court rules employees have legal burden to prove non- discriminatory reasons for not hiring or promoting 1989 New York Supreme Court takes America's Cup away from San Diego Yacht Club for using a catamaran against New Zealand. Appeals court eventually overrules 1989 New Zealand wins America's Cup over Stars and Stripes, in a New York court 1989 U.S. Supreme Court upholds 1 person 1 vote rule of New York City Board of Estimate 1989 Soviet Union officially submits to jurisdiction of the World Court 1989 California court throws out most of Margo Adams's $12 million breach-of- contract suit against Red Sox third baseman Wade Boggs 1989 To gain deregulation WWF admits pro wrestling is an exhibition and not a sport, in a New Jersey court 1989 Challenge to "who is a Jew" law filed in Israeli Supreme Court 1988 U.S. 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals affirms Yonkers is guilty of racism 1988 Robert Bork's supreme court nomination rejected by U.S. Senate 1988 Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor OK after breast cancer surgery 1988 Israel's supreme court uphold's ban on Kahane's Kach Party as racist 1988 Pakistan's Supreme Court orders free elections 1988 Supreme Court upholds a law that made it illegal for private clubs to discriminate against women and minorities 1988 U.S. Supreme Court refuses to hear Yonkers argument they aren't racist 1988 U.S. Supreme Court rules trash may be searched without a warrant 1988 Anthony M. Kennedy, sworn in as Supreme Court Justice 1988 Anthony M. Kennedy appointed to Supreme Court 1988 3-judge panel of 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco strikes down Army's ban on homosexuals (later overturned by appeal) 1988 G Mennen Williams, Supreme Court justice, dies at 76 in Detroit 1988 Canada's Supreme court declares anti-abortion law unconstitutional 1988 Senate Judiciary Committee unanimously approves nomination of Judge Anthony M Kennedy to U.S. Supreme Court 1988 Supreme Court rules (5-3) public school officials have broad powers to censor school newspapers, plays and other expressive activities 1987 Judge Anthony M. Kennedy nominated to Supreme Court 1987 Supreme Court nominee Douglas H. Ginsburg admitted using marijuana 1987 Senate debate begins rejecting Robert Bork's Supreme Court nomination 1987 Bork nominated to Supreme Court, rejected in October by senate 1987 Supreme Court Justice Lewis F. Powell, Jr. announces his retirement 1987 Supreme Court rules school teaching evolution need not teach creation 1987 Supreme Court ruled dangerous defendants could be held without bail 1987 Supreme Court rules women/minorities may get jobs if less qualified 1987 U.S. Supreme Court upholds affirmative action, 5-4 1986 William Hubbs Rehnquist, sworn in as Chief Justice of Supreme Court 1986 Antonin Scalia appointed to Supreme Court 1986 Florence Halop, actress (Florence-Night Court), dies at 63 1986 Supreme Court struck down Gramm-Rudman deficit-reduction law 1986 Supreme Court upholds affirmative action in 2 rulings 1986 Georgia sodomy law upheld by Supreme Court (5-4) 1986 World Court rules U.S. aid to Nicaraguan contras illegal 1986 Jonathan Pollard, spy for Israel, pleads guilty in U.S. court 1986 English Hampton Court palace destroyed by fire, 1 dead 1986 Supreme Court rules Air Force could ban wearing of yarmulkes 1985 Potter Stewart, 94th Supreme Court Justice 1958 - 1981, dies in New Hampshire at 70 1985 Paul Hornung awarded $1,160,000 by a Louisville court against NCAA who barred him as a college football analyst for betting on games 1985 Supreme Court strikes down Alabama "moment of silence" law 1985 Selma Diamond, comedienne (Selma-Night Court), dies of cancer at 64 1985 U.S. renounces jurisdiction of World Court despite previous promise 1984 Berlin appeals court clears Paul McCartney in a paternity suit 1984 Supreme Court weakens 70-year-old "exclusionary rule"-evidence seized with defective court warrants can now be used in criminal trials 1984 Supreme Court rules Jaycees may be forced to admit women as members 1984 Supreme Court ends NCAA monopoly on college football telecasts 1984 Supreme Court declares illegally obtained evidence may be admitted at trial if it could be proved that it would have been discovered legally 1984 International Court of Justice rules on U.S. blockade of Nicaragua 1984 Supreme Court (5-4): city may use public money for Nativity scene 1984 California Supreme Court rejects quadriplegic Elizabeth Bouvia, who wants to starve herself to death in a public hospital 1984 Supreme Court rules (5-4) oks private use of home VCRs to tape TV programs for later viewing does not violate federal copyright laws 1984 Supreme Court reinstated $10M award to Karen Silkwood's family 1984 "Night Court" starring Harry Anderson premieres on NBC TV 1983 U.S. District Court begins trying Yonkers accuse of race discrimination 1983 Supreme Court rules retirement plans can't pay women less 1983 U.S. Supreme Court ruled Congress could not veto presidential decisions 1983 Supreme Court struck down state and local restrictions on abortion 1983 Supreme Court rules government can deny tax breaks to schools that racially discriminated against students 1983 China's supreme court commutes Chiang Ch'ing's death sentence to life 1983 NY Supreme Court issues a preliminary injunction barring New York Yankees from playing season-opening series against Tigers in Denver 1982 Supreme Court rules President can't be sued for actions in office 1982 Supreme Court rules all children, regardless of citizenship, are entitled to a public education 1982 Abe Fortas, Supreme court justice, dies at 71 1981 Sandra Day O'Conner becomes 1st female Supreme Court Justice 1981 Judge Wapner and People's Court premier on TV 1981 Senate confirms Sandra Day O'Conner to Supreme Court (99-0) 1981 Sandra Day O'Connor nominated for the Supreme Court 1981 Supreme Court upholds male-only draft registration, constitutional 1981 Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart retires, replaced by Sandra Day O'Connor, 1st woman on high court 1981 Supreme Court rules states could require, with some exceptions, parental notification when teen-age girls sought abortions 1980 President nominee Ronald Reagan promises to name a woman to Supreme Court 1980 Federal court voids Selective Service Act as it doesn't include women 1980 Supreme Court rules new forms of life created in labs could be patented 1980 Iran rejects a call to World Court to release U.S. hostages 1980 U.S. appeals to International Court on hostages in Iran 1980 William O Douglas, member U.S. Supreme court (1939-75), dies at 81 1979 World Court in Hague rules Iran should relase all U.S. hostages 1979 Boston Court issues occupancy permit for Cambridge Buddhist Center 1979 L.A. Court orders Clayton Moore to stop wearing Lone Ranger mask 1979 Supreme Court rules employers may use quotas to help minorities 1979 Supreme Court rules, 8-1, police can't randomly stop cars 1979 Supreme court of Lahore affirms death sentence against premier Bhutto 1979 Supreme Court strikes down (6-3) Pennsylvania law requiring doctors performing an abortion to try to preserve lives of potentially viable fetuses 1978 NY District Court Judge Constance Baker Motley rules that women sportswriters cannot be banned from locker rooms 1978 Alexander Ginzburg sentenced by Soviet court to 8 years 1978 Memphis fire fighters halt 3-day strike under a court order 1978 Supreme Court rules 5-4, FCC had a right to reprimand New York radio station WBAI for broadcasting George Carlin's "Filthy Words" 1978 Supreme Court orders California medical school to admit Allan Bakke a white man claiming reverse discrimination when application was rejected 1978 David Berkowitz sentenced in New York Supreme Court to 25 years to life 1978 Supreme Court rules pension plans can't require women to pay more 1978 U.S. Court of Appeals upholds Commissioner Kuhn's voiding of attempted player sales by A's owner Charlie Finley in June 1976 1977 Supreme Court allows Federal control of Nixon tapes papers 1977 5-4 Supreme Court decision allows lawyers to advertise 1977 Tom C Clark, former Supreme Court Justice (1949-67), dies in New York at 77 1977 Supreme Court tosses out automatic death penalty laws 1977 Supreme Court refuses to hear appeals of Watergate wrong doers H R Halderman, John Ehrlichman and John Mitchell 1977 Supreme Court rules "Live Free or Die" may be covered on New Hampshire licenses 1977 Supreme Court says people may refuse to display state motto on license 1976 Utah Supreme Court OKs execution of convicted murderer Gary Gilmore 1976 Supreme Court lifts 1972 ban on death penalty for convicted murderers 1976 Supreme Court rules death penalty not inherently cruel or unusual 1976 New Jersey Court rules Karen Anne Quinlan may be disconnected from respirator 1975 John Paul Stevens becomes a Supreme Court Justice 1975 Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas retired after 36 years 1975 Supreme Court rules teachers could spank their pupils after warning 1975 Boston begins court ordered busing of public schools 1975 Supreme Court rules uniform minimum legal fees are a violation 1974 Supreme Court unanimously rules Nixon must turn over Watergate tapes 1974 Earl Warren, Governor of California/Supreme court justice (1953-68), dies at 83 1974 Bumper Robinson, actor, Webster, Night Court 1973 Nixon's personal sec, Rose Mary Woods, tells a federal court she accidentally caused part of 18 -minute gap in a key Watergate tape 1973 87th U.S. Womens Tennis: M S Court beats E Goolagong Cawley (76 57 62) 1973 43rd French Womens Tennis: Margaret Court beats C Evert (67 76 64) 1973 U.S. Supreme Court approves equal rights to females in military 1973 Bobby Riggs beat Margaret Smith Court in Mother's Day match in California 1973 Roe vs Wade: U.S. Supreme Court legalizes some abortions 1973 4 Watergate burglars plead guilty in federal court 1973 47th Australian Women's Tennis: Margaret Court beats Goolagong (64 75) 1972 Supreme Court rules (5-4) that Death Penalty is cruel and unusual 1972 U.S. Supreme Court, 5-3, confirms lower court rulings in Curt Flood case, upholding baseball's exemption from antitrust laws 1972 U.S. Supreme Court rules states can't require 1-yr residency to vote 1972 California Supreme Court abolishes death penalty 1972 Lewis F. Powell, Jr. becomes a Supreme Court Justice 1972 William Hubbs Rehnquist, sworn in as Supreme Court Justice 1971 William H Rehnquist confirmed as Supreme Court justice 1971 Lewis F Powell, Jr. appointed to Supreme Court 1971 Lewis Franklin Powell confirmed as Supreme Court justice 1971 William H Rehnquist and Lewis F Powell nominated to U.S. Supreme Court by Nixon, following resignations of Justices Hugo Black and John Harlan 1971 Carleton Young, actor (Court of Last Resorts), dies at 64 1971 Supreme Court (8-0) overturns draft evasion conviction of Muhammad Ali 1971 International Court of Justice asks South Africa to pull out of Namibia 1971 Court Room by Clarence Carter hits #61 1971 U.S. Supreme Court upholds use of busing to achieve racial desegregation 1971 Cecil Parker, actor (Court Jester, Operation Snafu), dies at 73 1971 Supreme Court upheld busing as means of achieving racial desegregation 1971 WCJB TV channel 20 in Gainesville, Florida (ABC/NBC) begins broadcasting 3-judge U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals 1970 84th U.S. Womens Tennis: M Smith Court beats Rosemary Casals (62 26 61) 1970 Supreme Court ruled juries of less than 12 are constitutional 1970 Harry A. Blackmun, sworn in as Supreme Court Justice 1970 Harry A Blackmun appointed to Supreme Court 1970 Harry A Blackmun is confirmed as a justice on Supreme Court 1970 Senate rejects Nixon's nomination of Carswell to Supreme Court 1970 Federal bankruptcy court allows Seattle Pilots to be sold to Milwaukee 1970 Supreme Court ruled draft evaders can not be penalized after 5 years 1970 Lisa Eagen, Harlan Iowa, team handball wing/back court 1996 Olympics 1970 Nixon nominates G Harold Carswell to Supreme Court (fails) 1969 Lt William L Calley, charged with massacre of over 100 civilians in My Lai Vietnam in March 1968, ordered to stand trial by court martial 1969 83rd U.S. Womens Tennis: Margaret Smith Court beats Nancy Richey (62 62) 1969 U.S. amateur Womens Tennis: Margaret Court beat Virginia Wade (46 63 60) 1969 Warren E. Burger sworn in as Supreme Court Chief Justice 1969 Supreme Court rules suspension of Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. from House 1969 Associate Justice Abe Fortas resigns from Supreme Court 1969 Supreme Court strikes down laws prohibiting private possession of obscene material 1969 U.S. Supreme Court Justice Abe Fortas resigns 1968 Supreme Court declares Arkansas law banning teaching evolution in public schools unconstitutional 1968 Dawn Allinger, born in Salt Lake City, Utah, team handball back court, 1996 Olympics 1968 Supreme Court Chief Justice Earl Warren resigns 1968 Supreme Court bans racial discrimination in sale and rental of housing 1968 Toni Lee Jameson, Minneapolis, team handball back court 1996 Olympics 1968 Anthony Asquith, British director (Court Martial), dies at 65 1967 Thurgood Marshall sworn in as 1st black Supreme Court Justice 1967 Thurgood Marshall nominated as 1st black Supreme Court justice 1967 Supreme Court unanimously ends laws against interracial marriages 1966 Supreme Court's Miranda decision; suspect must be informed of rights 1966 U.S. Supreme Court rules the poll tax unconstitutional 1966 Supreme Court reverses Mass ruling that "Fanny Hill" is obscene 1966 Wisc State Circuit Court Judge Elmer W. Roller rules either the Braves stay in Milwaukee or NL must promise Wisconsin an expansion team for 1966 1965 John Keller, Jr., Toledo Ohio, team handball back court 1996 Olympics 1965 Elizabeth Lane becomes 1st female British supreme court justice 1965 Supreme Court rules 1879 Connecticut law ban of contraceptives unconstitutional 1965 Supreme Court declares federal law allowing post office to intercept communist propaganda is unconstitutional 1965 Norman Brokenshire, TV moderator (Four Square Court), dies at 66 1965 Kim Clarke, born in Tulsa, Oklahoma, team handball back court, 1988, 1992, 1996 Olympics 1964 Charles Meredith, actor (Court of Last Resort), dies at 70 1964 71st Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Maria Fraser beats M Court (64 79 63) 1964 Supreme Court rules closing schools to avoid desegregation unconstitut 1964 Supreme Court rules unconstitutional to deprive naturalized citizens of citizenship if they return to home country for more than 3 years 1964 Supreme Court issues New York Times vs. Sullivan decision, public officials must prove malice to claim libel and recover damages 1964 U.S. Supreme Court rules - 1 man 1 vote (Westberry vs. Sanders) 1963 Carol Peterka, Little Falls, Minnesota, team handball back court, 1992, 1996 Olympics 1963 77th U.S. Womens Tennis: Maria Fraser beats Margaret Smith Court (75 64) 1963 Supreme Court rules against Bible reading/prayer in public schools 1963 Supreme Court's Miranda Decision; defendants must have lawyers 1962 Byron R. White becomes a Supreme Court Justice 1962 Byron R White appointed to Supreme Court 1962 U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals orders Meredith admitted to University of Miss 1962 76th U.S. Womens Tennis: Margaret Smith Court beats Darlene Hard (97 64) 1962 Supreme Court rules New York school prayer unconstitutional 1962 Supreme Court backs 1-man-1-vote apportionment of seats in state legislature 1962 U.S. Supreme Court disallows race separation on public transportation 1961 Barbara Potter, Connecticut, tennis player, changed shirt on Wimbledon Court 1961 Otis M Smith appointed to Michigan Supreme Court 1961 J B Parsons is 1st African American judge of a U.S. District Court 1961 Learned Hand, Chief judge of U.S. court of Appeals, dies at 89 1961 James B Parsons is 1st black appointed to Federal District Court 1961 U.S. Supreme Court struck down a provision in Md's constitution requiring state office holders to believe in God 1961 Supreme Court rules cities and states have right to censor films 1960 U.S. appeals court rules novel, "Lady Chatterly's Lover," not obscene 1959 Postmaster General bans D H Lawrence's book, Lady Chatterley's Lover (overruled by U.S. Court of Appeals in Mar 1960) 1959 Supreme court rules La prohibiting black-white boxing unconstitutional 1958 Potter Stewart appointed to U.S. Supreme Court 1958 U.S. Supreme Court orders Little Rock Arkansas high school to integrate 1957 Supreme Court decides 6-3, baseball is only antitrust exempt pro sport 1956 Supreme Court strikes down segregation of races on public buses 1956 William J. Brennan, Jr. becomes a Supreme Court Justice 1956 William J Brennan, Jr. appointed to Supreme Court 1956 Federal court rules racial segregation on Montgomery buses anti-Const 1956 U.S. Supreme Court ends race segregation on buses 1956 Federal court bars former Little League Commissioner Carl Stotz from forming a rival group 1955 Supreme Court orders school integration "with all deliberate speed" 1954 Catherine Crier, born in Dallas, Texas, former district court judge, television personality, writer, anchor Court TV program 1954 Sonia Sotomayor, born in the Bronx, New York City, first Hispanic Supreme Court justice, third female Supreme Court justice 1954 Supreme Court unanimously rules on Brown vs. Topeka Board of Education reversed 1896 "separate but equal" Plessy Vs Ferguson decision 1954 Marsha Warfield, comedian/actress, Roz-Night Court 1953 U.S. Supreme Court rules (7-2) baseball is a sport not a business 1953 Supreme Court rules Major League baseball exempt from anti-trust laws 1953 Earl Warren appointed Chief Justice of the Supreme Court 1953 Supreme Court Justice Wm O Douglas stays executions of spies Julius and Ethel Rosenberg scheduled for next day their 14th anniversary 1953 Segregated lunch counters in DC forbidden by Supreme Court 1953 U.S. Court of Appeals rules that Organized Baseball is a sport and not a business, affirming the 25-year-old Supreme Court ruling 1952 Elayne Boosler, comedienne, Night Court 1952 Harry Anderson, Newport, Rhode Island, actor, Judge Harry Stone-Night Court 1951 Supreme Court rule "clear and present danger" of incitement to riot is not protected speech and can be a cause for arrest 1950 Markie Post, Marjorie, Palo Alto Cal, actress, Christine-Night Court 1950 U.S. Supreme Court undermines legal foundations of segregation 1949 U.N. International Court of Justice held Albania responsible for incidents in Corfu Channel and awards Britain damages 1949 Pamela Reed, born in Tacoma, Washington, actress, Grand, Kindergarten Cop, Home Court 1949 Dutch court affirms death sentence against SS chief Hanns Rauter 1948 California Supreme Court voids state statue banning interracial marriages 1948 Clarence Thomas, born in Savannah, Georgia, 108th U.S. Supreme Court Justice, 1991- 1948 The Hague Court of Justice convicts Hans Rauter (SS) to the death 1948 International Court of Justice opens at Hague Netherlands 1948 Supreme Court rules relg instructions in pub schools unconstitutional 1948 U.S. Supreme Court decision (Sipuel vs. Oklahoma State Board of Regents) 1947 John Larroquette, born in New Orleans, Louisiana, actor, Dan Fielding-Night Court 1946 Court martial convicts Henry de Man to 20 years, in Brussels 1946 U.S. officially submits to jurisdiction of World Court 1946 U.S. court martials 46 SS to death (Battle of Bulge crimes) in Dachau 1946 U.S. Supreme Court bans discrimination in interstate travel 1946 U.S. Supreme Court rules race separation on buses, unconstitutional 1946 Harlan Fiske Stone, Chief Justice Supreme Court (1941-46), dies at 73 1945 Special Court of justice convicts NSB-leader Mussert to death 1945 Supreme Court Justice Geoffrey Lawrence opens trial of Neurenberg 1945 President Truman appoints Irwin C. Mollison judge of U.S. Customs Court 1944 Supreme Court (Smith vs. Allwright) "white primaries" unconstitutional 1943 Paula Kelly, born in Jacksonville, Florida, dancer/actress, Liz-Night Court 1943 Richard Moll, Cal, actor, Night Court, House, Dungeonmaster, Survivor 1942 U.S. Supreme Court declares Nevada separation legal 1942 Margaret Smith Court, born in Australia, tennis pro, 1970 Grand Slam 1941 Louis D Brandeis, 1st Jewish Supreme Court Judge (1916-39), dies at 84 1941 Max Stafford-Clark, artistic director, Royal Court Theatre 1941 Supreme Court upheld Federal Wage and Hour law, sets minimum wages and max hours 1940 Nazis signs Technical Hague court Delft 1940 Paul Rudd, born in Boston, Massachusetts, actor, 'A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court' 1939 David H Souter, Weir, New Hampshire, 107th Supreme Court Justice, 1990- 1939 New York supreme court justice J F Crater legally declared dead 1939 Roger Buckley, British High Court Judge 1939 Supreme Court outlaws sit-down strikes 1938 Stephen Breyer, Supreme Court justice 1938 Stuart McKinnon, high court judge 1938 John Sheil, Northern Irish High Court judge 1937 Mark Potter, British court judge 1937 Senate rejects Franklin D.. Roosevelt proposal to enlarge Supreme Court 1937 Peter M. Harris, Official Solicitor, Supreme Court 1937 Simon Brown, British high court judge 1937 Mark Saville, QC, British high court judge 1937 Christopher Rose, born in England, Lord Justice Rose, Sir Christopher Rose, judge, member, Privy Council of the United Kingdom, served Court of Appeal of England and Wales 1937 Franklin D. Roosevelt proposes enlarging Supreme Court, "court packing" plan failed 1936 Rose Elizabeth Bird, California Supreme Court Justice 1936 Anthony Kennedy, born in California, 106th Supreme Court justice, 1988- 1936 1st bicycle traffic court in America established, Racine, Wisconsin 1936 Edward Cazalet, British High Court Judge 1936 Antonin Scalia, born in Trenton, New Jersey, 105th Supreme Court Justice, 1986- 1935 Maryland Court of Appeals orders University of M to admit (black) Donald Murray 1935 Supreme Court declares FDR's National Recovery Act unconstitutional 1935 Blood tests authorized as evidence in court cases (New York) 1935 Lie detector 1st used in court, Portage, Wisconsin 1934 Richard Scott, British high court judge 1934 U.S. Court of Appeals upheld lower court ruling striking down government's attempt to ban controversial James Joyce novel "Ulysses" 1934 Anthony Evans, British high court judge 1934 Paul Gibson, British high court judge 1934 Leonard Hoffmann, high court judge 1934 Nazi-Germany begins People's court 1934 John Roch, high court judge 1933 Desmond Fennell, British high court judge 1933 Philip Otton, high court judge 1933 Ruth Bader Ginsberg, justice, U.S. Supreme Court 1933 Charles Johnson, born in Tacoma, Washington, born Charles W. Johnson, Justice Johnson, judge, Associate Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court of the State of Washington 1931 Fred Graham, newscaster/journalist, CBS News, Court TV 1931 Denis Henry, British high court judge 1930 NY World reports disappearance of supreme court justice Joseph Crater 1930 Supreme Court Justice John Force Crater disappears in New York City 1930 Supreme Court rules buying liquor does not violate the Constitution 1930 Ivor Richardson, Judge, New Zealand Court of Appeals 1930 Nicolas Christopher Henry Browne-Wilkinson, born in England, life peer as Baron Browne-Wilkinson, studied at Lancing College and Magdalen College, Oxford, former head of the Privy Council and Vice-Chancellor of the High Court 1930 Sandra Day O'Connor, born in Texas, 1st woman Supreme Court Justice, 1981- 1930 Anne Macfarlane, Master, Court of Protection 1929 Michael Morland, High court judge 1929 Congress creates Court of Customs and Patent Appeals 1927 Supreme Court ruled bootleggers must pay income tax 1926 U.S. Customs Court created by congress 1926 Robin Cooke, President, New Zealand Court of Appeal 1926 Ronald Waterhouse, high court judge 1926 German Special Court of Justice for state security disbands 1926 U.S. Senate agrees to join World Court 1925 Fons Jansen, news reader/Dutch cabaretier, court jester of beliefs 1925 Silvana Pampanini, Rome, Italy, actress, Day in Court, Island Sinner 1925 Mel Torme, born in Chicago, Illinois, jazz singer "Velvet Fog", Jet Set, Night Court 1925 Jack Kramer, actor, Kings of the Court 1925 John Knox, British supreme court justice 1925 Lord Hooson QC, crown court recorder 1925 U.S. Congress makes Surpreme Court appeal more difficult 1925 1st all-female U.S. state supreme court appointed, Texas 1924 Edward I Koch, New York City, Mayor-D-NYC, 1977 - 1989, judge, People's Court 1924 William Rehnquist, Supreme Court, 1972-86, chief justice, 1987- 1924 Jean-Pierre Warner, British high court judge 1924 Peter Webster, British High Court Judge 1924 Robert Gatehouse, former High Court judge 1923 German Supreme Court prohibits NSDAP 1923 U.S. Senate rejects membership in International Court of Justice, The Hague 1923 Florence Halop, Queens, actress, Florence-Night Court, St. Elsewhere 1922 Mrs Theres Vaughn, 24, confessed in court to being married 62 times 1922 U.S. Supreme Court rules organized baseball is a sport and not a business and thus not subject to antitrust laws 1922 British court sentences Mahatma Gandhi to 6 years in prison 1922 Supreme Court unanimously upheld 19th amend woman's right to vote 1921 Supreme Court rules labor injunctions and picketing unconstitutional 1921 Alexander Harman, born in Athens, West Virginia, judge, United States Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia 1969 - 1979 1920 League of nations establishes International Court of Justice in The Hague 1920 Selma Diamond, London Ontario, comedienne, Selma-Night Court 1920 Michael Eastham, high court judge 1920 Haydn Tudor Evans, British high court judge 1920 John Paul Stevens, born in Illinois, 103rd Supreme Court Justice, 1975- 1920 John Paul Stevens, Supreme Court Justice 1919 Joseph Albert Wapner, Louisiana, judge, People's Court 1918 Supreme Court rules child labor laws unconstitutional 1917 Supreme Court decision (Buchanan vs. Warley) strikes down Lousiville Kentucky ordiance requiring blacks and whites to live in separate areas 1917 Byron R. Whizzer White, born in Ft. Collins, NFLer/Supreme Court Just, 1962-93 1917 Derek Hodgson, British high court judge 1917 Jean Graham Hall, circuit court judge, England 1917 U.S. Supreme Court upheld 8-hour work day for railroad employees 1916 Military court of Berlin sentences Karl Liebknecht to 4 years 1916 British court martial (Easter uprising) 1916 1st Jewish Supreme Court justice, Louis Brandeis, appointed by Wilson 1915 John Arnold, British high court judge 1915 Potter Stewart, Michigan, 94th Supreme Court justice, 1958-81 1914 Walter Johnson accepts money from Federal League Chicago Whales Clark Griffith threatens to take Johnson to court 1914 Winand J Borgerhoff Mulder, court judge of Amsterdam 1913 Cleveland establishes 1st small claims court 1912 Edward Gardner, Queen's Court/MP 1911 1st public elevator (London's Earl's Court Metro Station) 1911 Supreme Court dissolves Standard Oil with the Sherman Antitrust Act 1911 G Mennen Williams, Detroit, Supreme Court Justice, Gov-D-Michigan, 1949-60 1908 Harry A Blackmun, Illinois, 100th Supreme Court justice, 1970-94 1908 Arthur J Goldberg, Illinois, United Nations ambassador/Supreme Court justice, 1962-65 1908 Thurgood Marshall, born in Maryland, 1st black Supreme Court justice, 1967-91 1908 Jack Jacob, senior master, British Supreme Court 1908 Neil Lawson, British high court judge 1908 Supreme Court rules a union boycott violates Sherman Antitrust Act 1907 Lewis F Powell, Jr., Virginia, Supreme Court justice, 1972-87 1907 Warren E. Burger, born in Minnesota, Supreme Court chief justice, 1969-86 1905 Elizabeth Lane, 1st female British supreme court justice 1905 Dutch Queen Wilhelmina opens Technical Hague court 1905 U.S. Supreme Court judges maximum work day unconstitutional 1904 John J. Sirica, born in Waterbury, Connecticut, John Joseph Sirica, judge, Chief Judge for the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, presided over Watergate scandal, Time magazine Person of the Year, 1973 1904 Supreme Court rules Puerto Ricans cannot be denied admission to US 1902 Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. became Associate Justice on Supreme Court 1902 Anthony Asquith, British director, Carrington V C, Court martial, 1901 Charles E Whittaker, Kansas, U.S. Supreme Court justice, 1957-62 1899 John M Harlan, Chicago, 91st Supreme Court justice, 1955-71 1898 William O Douglas, Maine, 81st Supreme Court justice, 1939-75 1896 U.S. Supreme Court affirms race separation (Plessy vs. Ferguson) 1896 Frans C Baeckelmans, Flemish architect (Court of Justice), dies at 68 1895 Maarten P Vrij, Dutch lawyer/criminologist/member High Court 1894 Congress passes Wilson-Gorman Tariff Act, which includes a graduated income tax later struck down by the Supreme Court 1894 Charles Meredith, Knoxville, Pennsylvania, actor, Court of Last Resort 1892 Robert Houghwout Jackson, 84th Supreme Court justice, 1941-54 1891 Earl Warren, California, Gov-R-Ca, 14th supreme court chief justice, 1953 - 1969 1890 Fred M Vinson, U.S. Supreme Court Justice, 1946-53 1890 Fred M Vinson, Kentucky, 13th Chief Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1946-53 1888 Royal Court Theatre, London, opens 1886 Hugo L. Black, born in Alabama, Senator-D-Alabama, 78th Supreme Court justice, 1937 - 1971 1883 U.S. Supreme Court decides Native Americans can't be Americans 1883 Supreme Court declares Civil Rights Act of 1875 unconstitutional 1882 Felix Frankfurter, born in Vienna, Austria, 80th Supreme Court Justice, 1939-62 1879 1st female lawyer heard by Supreme Court (Belva Ann Bennett Lockwood) 1879 Congress authorizes women lawyers to practice before Supreme Court 1878 U.S. Supreme Court rules race separation on trains unconstitutional 1876 A G Bell and Elisha Gray apply separately for telephone patents Supreme Court eventually rules Bell rightful inventor 1875 Congress passes Civil Rights Act; invalidated by Supreme Court, 1883 1874 Major Walter Copton Wingfield patents a portable tennis court 1872 Harlan Fiske Stone, New Hampshire, Supreme Court, 1925 - 1941, Chief Justice, 1941 - 1946 1872 Learned Hand, born in Albany, New York, Chief judge, U.S. Court of Appeals 1871 Ku Klux Klan trials began in Federal District Court in SC 1869 Congress increases number of Supreme Court judges from 7 to 9 1865 J. S. Rock, 1st black lawyer to practice in Supreme Court, admitted to bar 1864 Roger Taney, 5th Supreme Court Chief Justice (1836-64), dies at 87 1864 Battles at Spotsylvania Court House, Virginia 1864 Battle of Antietam, Virginia (Spotslyvania Court House, Laurel Hill) 1863 Battle of Brady Station, Virginia (Culpeper Court House, Bristoe Station) 1863 Battle of Grand Gulf MS and Dinwiddie Court House VA 1862 Battle of Hanover Court House, Virginia (Slash Church, Peake's Station) 1862 Charles Evans Hughs, 11th Chief Justice of Supreme Court, 1930-41 1861 Skirmish at Boone Court House WV and Blue Creek WV 1861 1st skirmish in Civil War, Fairfax Court House, Virginia 1861 John Merryman is arrested under suspension of writ of habeas corpus it later sparks a supreme court decision protecting writ 1858 Dred Scott, U.S. slave (REV-decision Supreme court), dies 1857 Dred Scott Decision: Supreme Court rules slaves cannot be citizens 1856 Louis D. Brandeis, Massachusetts, 68th Supreme Court Justice, 1916-39 1855 U.S. Court of Claims forms for cases against government 1855 Wisconsin Supreme Court declares U.S. Fugitive Slave Law unconstitutional 1854 Daniel Josephus Jitta, Dutch High Court lawyer 1846 Cornelis F van Maanen, Dutch supreme court justice, dies at 76 1843 Royal Academy (Technical Hague court) Delft opens 1841 Oliver Wendell Holmes, born in Massachusetts, 59th Supreme Court justice, 1902-32 1838 Henry Fagel, baron/court clerk of States-General/diplomat, dies at 73 1837 Congress increases Supreme Court membership from 7 to 9 1830 Belva Bennett Lockwood, attorney, 1st lady to argue in Supreme Court 1816 U.S. Supreme Court affirms its right to review state court decisions 1811 Pieter-Jozef Verhaghen, Flemish (court)painter, dies at 83 1809 Joseph M Vien, French (court)painter/etcher, dies at 92 1809 Supreme Court rules federal government power greater than any state 1804 Impeachment trial of Supreme Court Justice Samuel Chase begins 1803 Supreme Court 1st rules a law unconstitutional (Marbury vs. Madison) 1795 John Rutledge becomes 2nd chief justice of Supreme Court 1790 Supreme Court convenes for 1st time (New York City) 1789 Federal Judiciary Act is passed and creates a six-person Supreme Court 1789 Oath of Tennis Court (for a new constitution) in France taken 1784 Antoine Court de Gebelin, French vicar/writer, dies at 56 1781 Battle of Guilford Court House, North Carolina (British suffer heavy losses) 1780 Continental Congress establishes court of appeals 1779 Joseph Story, Massachusetts, 19th Supreme Court justice, 1812-45 1778 Rembrandt Peale, portrait/historical painter, Court of Death 1778 1st American military court martial trial begins, Cambridge, Mass 1777 Georg Christoph Wagenzeil, Austria (court)composer/pianist, dies at 62 1775 Charlotte J T, infant of Portugal, Court in Rio de Janeiro 1774 Johann Friedrich Agricola, German (court)composer/organist, dies at 54 1773 Matthijs I van Bree, Flemish, court, painter 1770 Theophil "Gottlieb" Muffat, German court organist/composer, dies at 80 1768 Michel Blavet, French court flautist/composer, dies at 68 1768 Charles Cressent, French court furniture maker, dies at 82 1760 Antoine Court, French reformed theologist, dies at 69 1755 John Marshall, Virginia, 4th Supreme Court Chief Justice, 1801-35 1753 Voltaire leaves the court of Frederik II of Prussia 1745 Oliver Ellsworth, 3rd Chief Justice Supreme Court, 1796-1800 1737 Prince Frederick of Wales escapes English court 1730 Augustin Pajou, French, court, sculptor, Psyche abandonnee 1728 Pieter-Jozef Verhaghen, Flemish, court, painter 1728 Antoine Court de Gebelin, French vicar/writer 1720 Johann Friedrich Agricola, German, court, composer/organist 1716 Joseph M Vien, French, court, painter 1715 Georg Christoph Wagenseil, Austrian, court, composer/pianist 1715 Georg C Wagenzeil, Austria, court, composer/pianist 1709 Abraham a Santa Clara, Johann Megerle, Germ court vicar, dies at 65 1698 Ange-Jacques Gabriel, French court architect, Palace de la Concorde 1695 Francois the Cuvillies, Belgian court architect of Bayern 1691 Antoine Court, French reformed theologist 1685 Pieter de la Court, economist/historian, dies at about 67 1682 Louis XIV and his court inaugurates Paris Observatory 1674 Court of Holland bans books of Hobbes/Spinoza/Meyer 1672 Govert D Camphuysen, (court)painter, dies at about 48 1660 Diego Rodriguez de Silva Valezquez, Spanish (court)painter, dies at 61 1654 Dirck Graswinckel, Dutch court clerk of States-General, dies at 66 1651 Massachusetts General Court ordered a fine (five shillings) for "observing any such day as Christmas" 1644 Abraham a Santa Clara, Johann Megerle, German court vicar 1644 200 members of Peking imperial family/court commit suicide 1641 General court declares RI a democracy and adopts new constitution 1639 1st annulment by court decree passes 1630 In Boston the 1st general court is held 1612 Robert Dowland appointed court luitist of King James I 1600 John Craig, Scottish church reformer/James VI's court vicar, dies 1600 Dirck Graswinckel, Dutch States-General court clerk 1592 Michiel Coxcie, Flemish (court)painter/carpet designer, dies 1540 Court of Holland names Amsterdam sheriff John Hubrechtsz a "heretic" 1539 Reynier Brunt, procureur-general of Court of Holland, dies 1460 Court yard episcopal palace Atrecht has witch burnings |
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