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 3 Philadelphia Federal Court judges overturn U.S. indecency ban on internet
1995 US 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 U.S. Supreme Court rules a Nebraska farmer was entrapped by postal agents into buying mail-order child pornography
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 rules states could make it a crime to possess or look at child pornography, even in one's home
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 NZ (NZ 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 NZ)
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 US 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 Supreme Court votes 8-0 Jerry Falwell cannot collect for Hustler parody
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 (1958-81), dies in NH 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 US 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 rules out death penalty for rapists of adults
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 NH 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 John Paul Stevens appointed to Supreme Court
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 Supreme Court orders end to all school desegregation "at once"
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, Oly-1996
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, Tulsa Oklahoma, team handball back court, Olympics-88, 92, 96
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, Oly-92, 96
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 Fed 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 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 Sup 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, actr, 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 Court of justice sentences Gen Fr Christiansen to 12 years
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 min wages and max hrs
1940 Nazis signs Technical Hague court Delft
1940 Paul Rudd, born in Boston, Massachusetts, actor, Conn Yankee in King Arthur's Court
1939 David H Souter, Weir NH, 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
1938 Malcolm Keith Speed, British 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 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
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, NZ Court of Appeals
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, NZ 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, 1977-89, /judge, People's Court
1924 William Rehnquist, Ws, 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
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-hr 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, Sup Court Justice/, Gov-D-Mich, 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
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 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, 1953-69
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, Ala, Sen-D-Ala, /78th Supreme Court justice, 1937-71
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, Vienna Aust, 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, NH, Supreme Court, 1925-41, Chief Justice, 41-46
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 U.S. Supreme Court rules Negroes are free (Amistad Incident)
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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