2015 Event The U.S. Supreme Court upholds key provisions of Obamacare, including premium subsidies for about 6.4 million people enrolled in the federal health insurance exchange 2015 Event A Dutch court ruling binds the government to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 25% within 5 years in comparison to 1990 levels; plaintiffs argued that citizens must be protected from climate change, which threatens the low-lying nation 2015 Event The Cairo Criminal Court convicts Egyptian ex-President Mohammed Morsi for his role in illegal detentions and violent responses to protests against him three years ago; he and other Muslim Brotherhood defendants will serve a 20-year prison term 2015 Event Hosni Mubarak, former president of Egypt, may be freed after the nation's high court overturned the sole remaining verdict against him for embezzling public funds; Mubarak has been serving his three-year prison term in a hospital due to poor health 2014 Event A gunman attempts to set fire to the Mexican consulate and shoots at police headquarters, the federal court building, and other structures in Austin, Texas before being shot by police; the attack may have been motivated by anti-immigration sentiments 2014 Event North Korea threatens nuclear tests, and activity has been detected at one of the nation's nuclear facilities; the threat was made after the U.N. recommended trying North Korean officials in the International Criminal Court for human rights crimes 2014 Event Hong Kong pro-democracy protest sites are being cleared on a court order; demonstrations have been held since September in an effort to attain greater political freedom for Hong Kong 2014 Event The Spanish region of Catalonia holds a referendum on independence, despite the ruling by the Spanish court that the vote is unconstitutional; though the government did not interfere with the vote, it will not recognize the results 2014 Event A court has ruled that Kaci Hickox, the Maine nurse who has fought against requirements to quarantine herself due to her contact in West Africa with Ebola patients, will not have to restrict her movements; Hickox has shown no signs of the virus 2014 Event An independence referendum for the Spanish region of Catalonia has been cancelled after the nation's constitutional court accepted the case for legal decision, effectively suspending the move until a ruling is given 2014 Event The Spanish region of Catalonia plans to hold a referendum on independence; the Spanish government is moving to challenge the legality of such a move in the nation's Constitutional Court 2014 Event Court documents have been unsealed for rulings in 2008 requiring companies to give customers' online data to the U.S. government with no warrant; the papers show that Yahoo! sued but lost, resulting in compliance by Yahoo!, Google, Apple, and others 2014 Event By court order, student athletes can now profit from commercial use of their names and images; NCAA had previously retained all revenues from such deals, but students will now have profits placed in trust funds to be received upon leaving school 2014 Event Obamacare renders confusion as two appeals courts issue conflicting rulings regarding the legality of subsidies offered through federal versus state-run insurance exchanges; the ruling will likely to to the U.S. Supreme Court 2014 Event The U.S. Supreme Court agrees with a lower court ruling that Google's Street View data collection violated anti-wiretapping laws by capturing personal data from wi-fi networks 2014 Event The International Court of Justice at the U.N. agrees that Japanese whaling is conducted for commercial purposes, not scientific research; Japan accepts the order to cease all whaling activities in the Antarctic 2014 Event The U.S. Supreme Court rules that whistleblower protection under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act extends to private employees working for public companies under contract 2014 Event After a federal judge ruled that Utah's same-sex ban on gay marriage was unconstitutional, the Supreme Court had to place the lower-court ruling on hold pending an appeal by the state 2013 Event The famous final New Year's Eve countdown in Times Square will be lead by Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor; she will have the honor of pushing he ceremonial countdown button to start the descent of the Times Square New Year's Eve ball 2013 Event Harry Styles, the 19 year-old member of the band One Direction, wins a court order banning certain paparazzi from pursuing him on the street and from lingering outside his home 2013 Event A cross-party royal charter allowing for the regulation of the British press is granted by the UK Privy Council despite a last-minute court challenge by the newspaper industry 2013 Event The Australian Government institutes a legal challenge to same-sex marriage in its High Court in response to the Australian Capital Territory becoming the first territory in Australia to legalize same-sex marriage 2013 Event In the case of AEG Live v. Michael Jackson Estate, the court determines that AEG live is not guilty of negligence for hiring Michael Jackson physician Conrad Murray 2013 Event Former U.S. Majority Leader Tom DeLay, has a November 2010 money laundering conviction overturned by a Texas State appellate court 2013 Event A corruption investigation continues after a Cairo criminal court releases former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak from Tora prison 2013 Event Apple Inc., may incur significant damages after a U.S. district court rules the company conspired to fix the prices of eBooks 2013 Event Boston Marathon Bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev appears for the first time in court since his arrest April 19; he pleads not guilty to 30 charges, including using a weapon of mass destruction 2013 Event A portion of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, which protects minority voting rights, is struck down by the U.S. Supreme Court, ruling that Congress has not taken into account the nation's racial progress when singling out certain states for federal oversight 2013 Event The U.S. Supreme Court invalides gene patents held by Myriad Genetics when it rules that isolated human genes are not patentable 2013 Event Harper Lee, author of 'To Kill a Mockingbird', faces a court battle in a lawsuit claiming a literary agent tricket her into giving up the copyright to her world-famous book 2013 Event U.S. Supreme Court Justice Stephen G. Breyer breaks his shoulder on a fall from his bicycle and is taken to the hospital by ambulance 2013 Event Uhuru Kenyatta is declared the rightful winner of Kenya's Presidential election by the Supreme Court of Kenya 2013 Event The President of Bolivia, Evo Morales, asserts he will have the International Court of Justice in The Hague solve the border dispute between Bolivia and Chile 2013 Event A court grants Iceland's Blaer Bjarkardottir the right to use her own name; after previously ruling Blaer was only a man's name, the Reykjavik court rules it could also be used as a girl's name 2013 Event In the wake of several anti-Semitic and racist posts on Twitter, a French court orders the company to reveal personal information about its users 2012 Event A customary law which prevented women from inheriting their family home, is overturned by the high court of Botswana 2012 Event The U.S. court ruling banning the sale of Samsung's Galaxy Nexus is overturned, winning a round for Google's Android against Apple 2012 Event Australia's High Court upholds legislation providing for cigarettes to have plain packaging 2012 Event The U.S. Supreme Court rules that minor's cannot be automatically be sentenced to life imprisonment without parole 2012 Event A Beijing court announces it will hear artist and dissident Ai Weiwei, held and gagged on tax evasion charges by the People's Republic of China 2012 Event In Illinois, a Cook County Circuit Court rules that the tax Amazon.com levied on Internet businesses by the U.S. state of Illinois is unconstitutional 2012 Event Ahead of court martial, suspect U.S. Army Private Bradley Manning is formally charged with turning over a massive cache of classified documents to Wikileaks 2012 Event California's Proposition 8 banning gay marriage in that state was overturned by the U.S. States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit 2012 Event A law banning Palestinians who marry Israeli's from gaining citizenship is upheld by Israel's Supreme Court 2011 Event Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, son of Muammar Gaddafi, is captured in Libya; he will be tried for crimes against humanity by the International Criminal Court 2011 Event Acting on a lawsuit filed by Apple, Inc., a court in Dusseldorf, Germany orders Samsung to stop selling its new tablet computer, Galaxy Tab 2011 Event President Obama's health insurance mandate from his Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is struck down by the U.S. court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit 2011 Event In Brazil, the Supreme Federal Court rules that same-sex couples receive the same rights of existing civil unions 2011 Event By order of an Egyptian court, the name of Egypt's former President, Hosni Mubarak, is stripped from public spaces, schools and streets 2011 Event In Egypt, the court orders the former ruling National Democratic Part of Hosni Mubarak be dissolved 2011 Event Former Enron CEO Jeff Skilling loses his appeal against his conviction for fraud in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit 2010 Event A male Algerian is fined by a court in Nice for insulting the French national flag; this was the first such penalty ever to be administered 2010 Event A court settlement determines Verizon must pay $25 million to the U.S. Treasury for overcharging 15 million cell phone customers 2010 Event In one of Spain's biggest corruption trials, 95 people, including two former mayors and a planning chief, appear in court in Malaga 2010 Event Solicitor General Elena Kagan is the youngest Justice and third woman nominated for the Supreme Court of the United States 2010 Event After being delayed by the Supreme Administrative Court of Ukraine, Victor Yanukovych is sworn in as the 4th President of Ukraine 2010 Event The declaration of Victor Yanukovych as President of Ukraine is suspended by the Supreme Administrative Court of Ukraine 2009 Event A Pakistan court charges seven suspects involved in the 2008 terrorist attacks in Mumbai 2006 Event Saddam Hussein sentenced to death by hanging by an Iraqi court 2006 Event Samuel Alito sworn in as Associate Justice of the Supreme Court 2005 Event Samuel Alito is nominated for the Supreme Court by George W. Bush 2005 Event John G. Roberts is confirmed as the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court 2005 Event John G. Roberts is nominated for Chief Justice of the Supreme Court 2005 Event John G. Roberts, Jr. is nominated to the United States Supreme Court 2005 Event The Supreme Court rules the death penalty unconstitutional for people who committed crimes before age 18 2000 Event Supreme Court halts Florida vote recount 1998 Death Lewis Powell, Supreme Court Justice, dies at 90 1998 Event 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 Event Federal court rules President Clinton does not have executive privilege in the Lewinsky case so he must testify 1998 Event Federal court rules that Monica Lewinsky does not have an immunity agreement with Kenneth Starr 1998 Event Paula Jones' sexual harassment case against President Bill Clinton is thrown out of court 1998 Event Supreme Court lets Megan's Law stand 1997 Event French court orders producer Jacques Charrier, ex-husband of Brigitte Bardot, to pay the former screen star $8,300 in damages 1997 Event Oklahoma Court of Appeals upholds death sentence of Timothy McVeigh 1997 Death William J. Brennan, jurist, served on the Supreme Court for 34 years (1956-90), dies at 91 1997 Event Supreme Court strikes down Internet indecency law 1997 Event Supreme Court upholds doctor-assisted suicide ban 1997 Event 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 Event Supreme Court hears Internet indecency arguments 1996 Death Alexander Harman, judge, United States Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia 1969 - 1979, dies 1996 Death Murtaza Bhutto, politician, son of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, who was sentenced to death by Lahore High Court, dies at 42 in Karachi, Pakistan, shot dead along with six other activists of the Pakistan Peoples Party 1996 Event 3 Philadelphia Federal Court judges overturn U.S. indecency ban on internet 1995 Event U.S. Federal Court votes that Cable companies must carry local stations 1995 Death Warren Earl Burger, Supreme Court Justice, dies of heart failure at 78 1995 Event Court orders Darryl Strawberry to pay back $350,000 in taxes 1995 Death Edward Sutcliffe, judge (British Central Criminal Court), dies at 77 1994 Event Stephen G. Breyer, sworn in as Supreme Court Justice 1994 Event New York Supreme Court refuses Howard Stern's non financial disclosure 1994 Event Court upholds NBA salary cap and draft rights 1994 Event Nomination hearings for Steven Breyer for supreme court justice begins 1994 Event Ruth Bader Ginsburg, sworn in as Supreme Court Justice 1994 Event Supreme Court outlaws excluding people from juries because of gender 1994 Event Liberal Supreme Court Justice Blackmun (Roe vs. Wade) resigns 1994 Event Accused of molesting a 13-year-old boy, Michael Jackson settles a civil lawsuit out of court 1993 Death Bentri Seddik, Algerian court judge, murdered at 46 1993 Death Rouaz Lakhdar, Algerian supreme court justice, murdered 1993 Death John/Eoin Higgins, N Ire supreme court justice (1984-93), dies at 66 1993 Event U.S. Court of Appeals rules congress must save all E-Mail 1993 Event Israeli Court of Appeal overturns (5-0) conviction of John Demjaujuk, saying not enough evidence he is Concentration Camp Ivan the Terrible 1993 Event Actor Richard Moll (Night Court) weds Susan Brown 1993 Event Night Court actor Richard Moll (50) weds Susan Brown (32) 1993 Event Supreme Court Justice Byron R. White announced plans to retire 1993 Event Rodney King in court says he thinks he heard cops yell racial slurs 1993 Event Frito Lay pays court ordered $2,500,000 to Tom Wait for using his song 1993 Death Thurgood Marshall, 1st black supreme court justice (1967-91), dies 84 1993 Death Manfred Lachs, Polish lawyer (International Court of Justice), dies 1993 Death June Clayworth, actress (Bodyguard, Criminal Court), dies of lymphoma 1992 Death G Harold Carswell, supreme court justice candidate 1970, dies at 72 1992 Event Supreme Court rules fund soliciting can be banned at airports 1992 Event Supreme Court rules hate crime laws violated free-speech rights 1992 Event Supreme Court rules states could not force mentally unstable criminal defendants to take anti-psychotic drugs 1992 Event Final episode of "Night Court" airs on NBC-TV 1992 Event Court throws out Apple's lawsuit against Microsoft 1992 Event U.S. Federal court finds Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega guilty of drug crimes 1992 Death Winand J Borgerhoff Mulder, court judge Amster (squaters), dies at 78 1992 Event Supreme Court rules 5-3 that Joseph Doherty isn't entitled to asylum 1991 Event Clarence Thomas, sworn in as Supreme Court Justice 1991 Event U.S. Supreme Court begins to hear Joseph Doherty case 1991 Event Clarence Thomas is confirmed as Supreme Court Justice 1991 Event Court rules Manuel Noriega, may access some secret U.S. documents 1991 Event Supreme Court rules prosecutors can be sued for legal advice they give police and can be held accountable 1991 Event U.S. Supreme Court bars subsidized clinics from discussing abortion 1991 Event Supreme Court rules jurors can't be barred from serving due to race 1991 Event Court awards Peggy Lee $3 million in suit against Disney 1991 Event Supreme Court rules unanimously employers can't exclude women from jobs where exposure to toxic chemicals could potentially damage fetus 1991 Event British Court of Appeal frees "Birmingham 6" who had been unjustly sentenced in August 1975 to life imprisonment 1991 Event U.S. Supreme Court agrees to hear Joseph Doherty case 1991 Event Michigan court bars Dr. Jack Kevorkian from assisting in suicides 1990 Event David Hackett Souter, sworn in as Supreme Court Justice 1990 Event U.S. Senate votes 90-9 to confirm David Souter to Supreme Court 1990 Event Senate Judiciary committee approves Souter's Supreme Court 1990 Event Justice William Brennan resigns from Supreme Court after 36 years 1990 Event Supreme Court rules family members cannot end lives of comatose relatives unless those relatives previously made their wishes known 1990 Event Supreme Court rules police check for drunk drivers constitutional 1990 Event Supreme Court says law prohibiting desecration of U.S. flag unconstitutional 1990 Event European court rules pension rights for both men and women 1990 Event New York court of appeals ends 2 year legal battle over 1988 America's Cup by refusing jurisdiction of case 1990 Event Bankruptcy court forces Frank Lorenzo to give up Eastern Airlines 1990 Event Supreme Court rejects appeal from retarded man, Dalton Prejean, condemned to death for murdering a Louisiana state trooper in 1977 1990 Event Paul Newman wins a court victory over Julius Gold, to keep giving all profits from Newman foods to charity 1990 Event Supreme Court strikes down Dallas' ordinance imposing strict zoning on sexually oriented businesses 1989 Event Penn is 1st to restrict abortions after Supreme Court gave states the right to do so 1989 Event 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 Event New York City court of appeals overturns lower court decision and returns America's Cup back to U.S. (from New Zealand) 1989 Event Supreme Court rules states do not have to provide funds for abortions 1989 Event Supreme Court rules ok to burn U.S. flag as a political expression 1989 Event U.S. Supreme Court rules employees have legal burden to prove non- discriminatory reasons for not hiring or promoting 1989 Event 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 Event New Zealand wins America's Cup over Stars and Stripes, in a New York court 1989 Event U.S. Supreme Court upholds 1 person 1 vote rule of New York City Board of Estimate 1989 Event Soviet Union officially submits to jurisdiction of the World Court 1989 Event California court throws out most of Margo Adams's $12 million breach-of- contract suit against Red Sox third baseman Wade Boggs 1989 Event To gain deregulation WWF admits pro wrestling is an exhibition and not a sport, in a New Jersey court 1989 Event Challenge to "who is a Jew" law filed in Israeli Supreme Court 1988 Event U.S. 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals affirms Yonkers is guilty of racism 1988 Event Robert Bork's supreme court nomination rejected by U.S. Senate 1988 Event Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor OK after breast cancer surgery 1988 Event Israel's supreme court uphold's ban on Kahane's Kach Party as racist 1988 Event Pakistan's Supreme Court orders free elections 1988 Event Supreme Court upholds a law that made it illegal for private clubs to discriminate against women and minorities 1988 Event U.S. Supreme Court refuses to hear Yonkers argument they aren't racist 1988 Event U.S. Supreme Court rules trash may be searched without a warrant 1988 Event Anthony M. Kennedy, sworn in as Supreme Court Justice 1988 Event Anthony M. Kennedy appointed to Supreme Court 1988 Event 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 Death G Mennen Williams, Supreme Court justice, dies at 76 in Detroit 1988 Event Canada's Supreme court declares anti-abortion law unconstitutional 1988 Event Senate Judiciary Committee unanimously approves nomination of Judge Anthony M Kennedy to U.S. Supreme Court 1988 Event Supreme Court rules (5-3) public school officials have broad powers to censor school newspapers, plays and other expressive activities 1987 Event Judge Anthony M. Kennedy nominated to Supreme Court 1987 Event Supreme Court nominee Douglas H. Ginsburg admitted using marijuana 1987 Event Senate debate begins rejecting Robert Bork's Supreme Court nomination 1987 Event Bork nominated to Supreme Court, rejected in October by senate 1987 Event Supreme Court Justice Lewis F. Powell, Jr. announces his retirement 1987 Event Supreme Court rules school teaching evolution need not teach creation 1987 Event Supreme Court ruled dangerous defendants could be held without bail 1987 Event Supreme Court rules women/minorities may get jobs if less qualified 1987 Event U.S. Supreme Court upholds affirmative action, 5-4 1986 Event William Hubbs Rehnquist, sworn in as Chief Justice of Supreme Court 1986 Event Antonin Scalia appointed to Supreme Court 1986 Death Florence Halop, actress (Florence-Night Court), dies at 63 1986 Event Supreme Court struck down Gramm-Rudman deficit-reduction law 1986 Event Supreme Court upholds affirmative action in 2 rulings 1986 Event Georgia sodomy law upheld by Supreme Court (5-4) 1986 Event World Court rules U.S. aid to Nicaraguan contras illegal 1986 Event Jonathan Pollard, spy for Israel, pleads guilty in U.S. court 1986 Event English Hampton Court palace destroyed by fire, 1 dead 1986 Event Supreme Court rules Air Force could ban wearing of yarmulkes 1985 Death Potter Stewart, 94th Supreme Court Justice 1958 - 1981, dies in New Hampshire at 70 1985 Event 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 Event Supreme Court strikes down Alabama "moment of silence" law 1985 Death Selma Diamond, comedienne (Selma-Night Court), dies of cancer at 64 1985 Event U.S. renounces jurisdiction of World Court despite previous promise 1984 Event Berlin appeals court clears Paul McCartney in a paternity suit 1984 Event Supreme Court weakens 70-year-old "exclusionary rule"-evidence seized with defective court warrants can now be used in criminal trials 1984 Event Supreme Court rules Jaycees may be forced to admit women as members 1984 Event Supreme Court ends NCAA monopoly on college football telecasts 1984 Event Supreme Court declares illegally obtained evidence may be admitted at trial if it could be proved that it would have been discovered legally 1984 Event International Court of Justice rules on U.S. blockade of Nicaragua 1984 Event Supreme Court (5-4): city may use public money for Nativity scene 1984 Event California Supreme Court rejects quadriplegic Elizabeth Bouvia, who wants to starve herself to death in a public hospital 1984 Event 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 Event Supreme Court reinstated $10M award to Karen Silkwood's family 1984 Event "Night Court" starring Harry Anderson premieres on NBC TV 1983 Event U.S. District Court begins trying Yonkers accuse of race discrimination 1983 Event Supreme Court rules retirement plans can't pay women less 1983 Event U.S. Supreme Court ruled Congress could not veto presidential decisions 1983 Event Supreme Court struck down state and local restrictions on abortion 1983 Event Supreme Court rules government can deny tax breaks to schools that racially discriminated against students 1983 Event China's supreme court commutes Chiang Ch'ing's death sentence to life 1983 Event NY Supreme Court issues a preliminary injunction barring New York Yankees from playing season-opening series against Tigers in Denver 1982 Event Supreme Court rules President can't be sued for actions in office 1982 Event Supreme Court rules all children, regardless of citizenship, are entitled to a public education 1982 Death Abe Fortas, Supreme court justice, dies at 71 1981 Event Sandra Day O'Conner becomes 1st female Supreme Court Justice 1981 Event Judge Wapner and People's Court premier on TV 1981 Event Senate confirms Sandra Day O'Conner to Supreme Court (99-0) 1981 Event Sandra Day O'Connor nominated for the Supreme Court 1981 Event Supreme Court upholds male-only draft registration, constitutional 1981 Event Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart retires, replaced by Sandra Day O'Connor, 1st woman on high court 1981 Event Supreme Court rules states could require, with some exceptions, parental notification when teen-age girls sought abortions 1980 Event President nominee Ronald Reagan promises to name a woman to Supreme Court 1980 Event Federal court voids Selective Service Act as it doesn't include women 1980 Event Supreme Court rules new forms of life created in labs could be patented 1980 Event Iran rejects a call to World Court to release U.S. hostages 1980 Event U.S. appeals to International Court on hostages in Iran 1980 Death William O Douglas, member U.S. Supreme court (1939-75), dies at 81 1979 Event World Court in Hague rules Iran should relase all U.S. hostages 1979 Event Boston Court issues occupancy permit for Cambridge Buddhist Center 1979 Event L.A. Court orders Clayton Moore to stop wearing Lone Ranger mask 1979 Event Supreme Court rules employers may use quotas to help minorities 1979 Event Supreme Court rules, 8-1, police can't randomly stop cars 1979 Event Supreme court of Lahore affirms death sentence against premier Bhutto 1979 Event Supreme Court strikes down (6-3) Pennsylvania law requiring doctors performing an abortion to try to preserve lives of potentially viable fetuses 1978 Event NY District Court Judge Constance Baker Motley rules that women sportswriters cannot be banned from locker rooms 1978 Event Alexander Ginzburg sentenced by Soviet court to 8 years 1978 Event Memphis fire fighters halt 3-day strike under a court order 1978 Event Supreme Court rules 5-4, FCC had a right to reprimand New York radio station WBAI for broadcasting George Carlin's "Filthy Words" 1978 Event Supreme Court orders California medical school to admit Allan Bakke a white man claiming reverse discrimination when application was rejected 1978 Event David Berkowitz sentenced in New York Supreme Court to 25 years to life 1978 Event Supreme Court rules pension plans can't require women to pay more 1978 Event U.S. Court of Appeals upholds Commissioner Kuhn's voiding of attempted player sales by A's owner Charlie Finley in June 1976 1977 Event Supreme Court allows Federal control of Nixon tapes papers 1977 Event 5-4 Supreme Court decision allows lawyers to advertise 1977 Death Tom C Clark, former Supreme Court Justice (1949-67), dies in New York at 77 1977 Event Supreme Court tosses out automatic death penalty laws 1977 Event Supreme Court refuses to hear appeals of Watergate wrong doers H R Halderman, John Ehrlichman and John Mitchell 1977 Event Supreme Court rules "Live Free or Die" may be covered on New Hampshire licenses 1977 Event Supreme Court says people may refuse to display state motto on license 1976 Event Utah Supreme Court OKs execution of convicted murderer Gary Gilmore 1976 Event Supreme Court lifts 1972 ban on death penalty for convicted murderers 1976 Event Supreme Court rules death penalty not inherently cruel or unusual 1976 Event New Jersey Court rules Karen Anne Quinlan may be disconnected from respirator 1975 Event John Paul Stevens becomes a Supreme Court Justice 1975 Event Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas retired after 36 years 1975 Event Supreme Court rules teachers could spank their pupils after warning 1975 Event Boston begins court ordered busing of public schools 1975 Event Supreme Court rules uniform minimum legal fees are a violation 1974 Event Supreme Court unanimously rules Nixon must turn over Watergate tapes 1974 Death Earl Warren, Governor of California/Supreme court justice (1953-68), dies at 83 1974 Birthday Bumper Robinson, actor, Webster, Night Court 1973 Event 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 Event 87th U.S. Womens Tennis: M S Court beats E Goolagong Cawley (76 57 62) 1973 Event 43rd French Womens Tennis: Margaret Court beats C Evert (67 76 64) 1973 Event U.S. Supreme Court approves equal rights to females in military 1973 Event Bobby Riggs beat Margaret Smith Court in Mother's Day match in California 1973 Event Roe vs Wade: U.S. Supreme Court legalizes some abortions 1973 Event 4 Watergate burglars plead guilty in federal court 1973 Event 47th Australian Women's Tennis: Margaret Court beats Goolagong (64 75) 1972 Event Supreme Court rules (5-4) that Death Penalty is cruel and unusual 1972 Event U.S. Supreme Court, 5-3, confirms lower court rulings in Curt Flood case, upholding baseball's exemption from antitrust laws 1972 Event U.S. Supreme Court rules states can't require 1-yr residency to vote 1972 Event California Supreme Court abolishes death penalty 1972 Event Lewis F. Powell, Jr. becomes a Supreme Court Justice 1972 Event William Hubbs Rehnquist, sworn in as Supreme Court Justice 1971 Event William H Rehnquist confirmed as Supreme Court justice 1971 Event Lewis F Powell, Jr. appointed to Supreme Court 1971 Event Lewis Franklin Powell confirmed as Supreme Court justice 1971 Event 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 Death Carleton Young, actor (Court of Last Resorts), dies at 64 1971 Event Supreme Court (8-0) overturns draft evasion conviction of Muhammad Ali 1971 Event International Court of Justice asks South Africa to pull out of Namibia 1971 Event Court Room by Clarence Carter hits #61 1971 Event U.S. Supreme Court upholds use of busing to achieve racial desegregation 1971 Death Cecil Parker, actor (Court Jester, Operation Snafu), dies at 73 1971 Event Supreme Court upheld busing as means of achieving racial desegregation 1971 Event WCJB TV channel 20 in Gainesville, Florida (ABC/NBC) begins broadcasting 3-judge U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals 1970 Event 84th U.S. Womens Tennis: M Smith Court beats Rosemary Casals (62 26 61) 1970 Event Supreme Court ruled juries of less than 12 are constitutional 1970 Event Harry A. Blackmun, sworn in as Supreme Court Justice 1970 Event Harry A Blackmun appointed to Supreme Court 1970 Event Harry A Blackmun is confirmed as a justice on Supreme Court 1970 Event Senate rejects Nixon's nomination of Carswell to Supreme Court 1970 Event Federal bankruptcy court allows Seattle Pilots to be sold to Milwaukee 1970 Event Supreme Court ruled draft evaders can not be penalized after 5 years 1970 Birthday Lisa Eagen, Harlan Iowa, team handball wing/back court 1996 Olympics 1970 Event Nixon nominates G Harold Carswell to Supreme Court (fails) 1969 Event 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 Event 83rd U.S. Womens Tennis: Margaret Smith Court beats Nancy Richey (62 62) 1969 Event U.S. amateur Womens Tennis: Margaret Court beat Virginia Wade (46 63 60) 1969 Event Warren E. Burger sworn in as Supreme Court Chief Justice 1969 Event Supreme Court rules suspension of Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. from House 1969 Event Associate Justice Abe Fortas resigns from Supreme Court 1969 Event Supreme Court strikes down laws prohibiting private possession of obscene material 1969 Event U.S. Supreme Court Justice Abe Fortas resigns 1968 Event Supreme Court declares Arkansas law banning teaching evolution in public schools unconstitutional 1968 Birthday Dawn Allinger, born in Salt Lake City, Utah, team handball back court, 1996 Olympics 1968 Event Supreme Court Chief Justice Earl Warren resigns 1968 Event Supreme Court bans racial discrimination in sale and rental of housing 1968 Birthday Toni Lee Jameson, Minneapolis, team handball back court 1996 Olympics 1968 Death Anthony Asquith, British director (Court Martial), dies at 65 1967 Event Thurgood Marshall sworn in as 1st black Supreme Court Justice 1967 Event Thurgood Marshall nominated as 1st black Supreme Court justice 1967 Event Supreme Court unanimously ends laws against interracial marriages 1966 Event Supreme Court's Miranda decision; suspect must be informed of rights 1966 Event U.S. Supreme Court rules the poll tax unconstitutional 1966 Event Supreme Court reverses Mass ruling that "Fanny Hill" is obscene 1966 Event 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 Birthday John Keller, Jr., Toledo Ohio, team handball back court 1996 Olympics 1965 Event Elizabeth Lane becomes 1st female British supreme court justice 1965 Event Supreme Court rules 1879 Connecticut law ban of contraceptives unconstitutional 1965 Event Supreme Court declares federal law allowing post office to intercept communist propaganda is unconstitutional 1965 Death Norman Brokenshire, TV moderator (Four Square Court), dies at 66 1965 Birthday Kim Clarke, born in Tulsa, Oklahoma, team handball back court, 1988, 1992, 1996 Olympics 1964 Death Charles Meredith, actor (Court of Last Resort), dies at 70 1964 Event 71st Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Maria Fraser beats M Court (64 79 63) 1964 Event Supreme Court rules closing schools to avoid desegregation unconstitut 1964 Event Supreme Court rules unconstitutional to deprive naturalized citizens of citizenship if they return to home country for more than 3 years 1964 Event Supreme Court issues New York Times vs. Sullivan decision, public officials must prove malice to claim libel and recover damages 1964 Event U.S. Supreme Court rules - 1 man 1 vote (Westberry vs. Sanders) 1963 Birthday Carol Peterka, Little Falls, Minnesota, team handball back court, 1992, 1996 Olympics 1963 Event 77th U.S. Womens Tennis: Maria Fraser beats Margaret Smith Court (75 64) 1963 Event Supreme Court rules against Bible reading/prayer in public schools 1963 Event Supreme Court's Miranda Decision; defendants must have lawyers 1962 Event Byron R. White becomes a Supreme Court Justice 1962 Event Byron R White appointed to Supreme Court 1962 Event U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals orders Meredith admitted to University of Miss 1962 Event 76th U.S. Womens Tennis: Margaret Smith Court beats Darlene Hard (97 64) 1962 Event Supreme Court rules New York school prayer unconstitutional 1962 Event Supreme Court backs 1-man-1-vote apportionment of seats in state legislature 1962 Event U.S. Supreme Court disallows race separation on public transportation 1961 Birthday Barbara Potter, Connecticut, tennis player, changed shirt on Wimbledon Court 1961 Event Otis M Smith appointed to Michigan Supreme Court 1961 Event J B Parsons is 1st African American judge of a U.S. District Court 1961 Death Learned Hand, Chief judge of U.S. court of Appeals, dies at 89 1961 Event James B Parsons is 1st black appointed to Federal District Court 1961 Event U.S. Supreme Court struck down a provision in Md's constitution requiring state office holders to believe in God 1961 Event Supreme Court rules cities and states have right to censor films 1960 Event U.S. appeals court rules novel, "Lady Chatterly's Lover," not obscene 1959 Event Postmaster General bans D H Lawrence's book, Lady Chatterley's Lover (overruled by U.S. Court of Appeals in Mar 1960) 1959 Event Supreme court rules La prohibiting black-white boxing unconstitutional 1958 Event Potter Stewart appointed to U.S. Supreme Court 1958 Event U.S. Supreme Court orders Little Rock Arkansas high school to integrate 1957 Event Supreme Court decides 6-3, baseball is only antitrust exempt pro sport 1956 Event Supreme Court strikes down segregation of races on public buses 1956 Event William J. Brennan, Jr. becomes a Supreme Court Justice 1956 Event William J Brennan, Jr. appointed to Supreme Court 1956 Event Federal court rules racial segregation on Montgomery buses anti-Const 1956 Event U.S. Supreme Court ends race segregation on buses 1956 Event Federal court bars former Little League Commissioner Carl Stotz from forming a rival group 1955 Event Supreme Court orders school integration "with all deliberate speed" 1954 Birthday Catherine Crier, born in Dallas, Texas, former district court judge, television personality, writer, anchor Court TV program 1954 Birthday Murtaza Bhutto, born in Karachi Pakistan, politician, son of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, who was sentenced to death by Lahore High Court 1954 Birthday Sonia Sotomayor, born in the Bronx, New York City, first Hispanic Supreme Court justice, third female Supreme Court justice 1954 Event Supreme Court unanimously rules on Brown vs. Topeka Board of Education reversed 1896 "separate but equal" Plessy Vs Ferguson decision 1954 Birthday Marsha Warfield, comedian/actress, Roz-Night Court 1953 Event U.S. Supreme Court rules (7-2) baseball is a sport not a business 1953 Event Supreme Court rules Major League baseball exempt from anti-trust laws 1953 Event Earl Warren appointed Chief Justice of the Supreme Court 1953 Event Supreme Court Justice Wm O Douglas stays executions of spies Julius and Ethel Rosenberg scheduled for next day their 14th anniversary 1953 Event Segregated lunch counters in DC forbidden by Supreme Court 1953 Event 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 Birthday Elayne Boosler, comedienne, Night Court 1952 Birthday Harry Anderson, Newport, Rhode Island, actor, Judge Harry Stone-Night Court 1951 Event Supreme Court rule "clear and present danger" of incitement to riot is not protected speech and can be a cause for arrest 1950 Birthday Markie Post, Marjorie, Palo Alto Cal, actress, Christine-Night Court 1950 Event U.S. Supreme Court undermines legal foundations of segregation 1949 Event U.N. International Court of Justice held Albania responsible for incidents in Corfu Channel and awards Britain damages 1949 Birthday Pamela Reed, born in Tacoma, Washington, actress, Grand, Kindergarten Cop, Home Court 1949 Event Dutch court affirms death sentence against SS chief Hanns Rauter 1948 Event California Supreme Court voids state statue banning interracial marriages 1948 Birthday Clarence Thomas, born in Savannah, Georgia, 108th U.S. Supreme Court Justice, 1991- 1948 Event The Hague Court of Justice convicts Hans Rauter (SS) to the death 1948 Event International Court of Justice opens at Hague Netherlands 1948 Event Supreme Court rules relg instructions in pub schools unconstitutional 1948 Event U.S. Supreme Court decision (Sipuel vs. Oklahoma State Board of Regents) 1947 Birthday John Larroquette, born in New Orleans, Louisiana, actor, Dan Fielding-Night Court 1946 Event Court martial convicts Henry de Man to 20 years, in Brussels 1946 Event U.S. officially submits to jurisdiction of World Court 1946 Event U.S. court martials 46 SS to death (Battle of Bulge crimes) in Dachau 1946 Event U.S. Supreme Court bans discrimination in interstate travel 1946 Event U.S. Supreme Court rules race separation on buses, unconstitutional 1946 Death Harlan Fiske Stone, Chief Justice Supreme Court (1941-46), dies at 73 1945 Event Special Court of justice convicts NSB-leader Mussert to death 1945 Event Supreme Court Justice Geoffrey Lawrence opens trial of Neurenberg 1945 Event President Truman appoints Irwin C. Mollison judge of U.S. Customs Court 1944 Event Supreme Court (Smith vs. Allwright) "white primaries" unconstitutional 1943 Birthday Paula Kelly, born in Jacksonville, Florida, dancer/actress, Liz-Night Court 1943 Birthday Richard Moll, Cal, actor, Night Court, House, Dungeonmaster, Survivor 1942 Event U.S. Supreme Court declares Nevada separation legal 1942 Birthday Margaret Smith Court, born in Australia, tennis pro, 1970 Grand Slam 1941 Death Louis D Brandeis, 1st Jewish Supreme Court Judge (1916-39), dies at 84 1941 Birthday Max Stafford-Clark, artistic director, Royal Court Theatre 1941 Event Supreme Court upheld Federal Wage and Hour law, sets minimum wages and max hours 1940 Event Nazis signs Technical Hague court Delft 1940 Birthday Paul Rudd, born in Boston, Massachusetts, actor, 'A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court' 1939 Birthday David H Souter, Weir, New Hampshire, 107th Supreme Court Justice, 1990- 1939 Event New York supreme court justice J F Crater legally declared dead 1939 Birthday Roger Buckley, British High Court Judge 1939 Event Supreme Court outlaws sit-down strikes 1938 Birthday Stephen Breyer, Supreme Court justice 1938 Birthday Stuart McKinnon, high court judge 1938 Birthday John Sheil, Northern Irish High Court judge 1937 Birthday Mark Potter, British court judge 1937 Event Senate rejects Franklin D.. Roosevelt proposal to enlarge Supreme Court 1937 Birthday Peter M. Harris, Official Solicitor, Supreme Court 1937 Birthday Simon Brown, British high court judge 1937 Birthday Mark Saville, QC, British high court judge 1937 Birthday 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 Event Franklin D. Roosevelt proposes enlarging Supreme Court, "court packing" plan failed 1936 Birthday Rose Elizabeth Bird, California Supreme Court Justice 1936 Birthday Anthony Kennedy, born in California, 106th Supreme Court justice, 1988- 1936 Event 1st bicycle traffic court in America established, Racine, Wisconsin 1936 Birthday Edward Cazalet, British High Court Judge 1936 Birthday Antonin Scalia, born in Trenton, New Jersey, 105th Supreme Court Justice, 1986- 1935 Event Maryland Court of Appeals orders University of M to admit (black) Donald Murray 1935 Event Supreme Court declares FDR's National Recovery Act unconstitutional 1935 Event Blood tests authorized as evidence in court cases (New York) 1935 Event Lie detector 1st used in court, Portage, Wisconsin 1934 Birthday Richard Scott, British high court judge 1934 Event U.S. Court of Appeals upheld lower court ruling striking down government's attempt to ban controversial James Joyce novel "Ulysses" 1934 Birthday Anthony Evans, British high court judge 1934 Birthday Paul Gibson, British high court judge 1934 Birthday Leonard Hoffmann, high court judge 1934 Event Nazi-Germany begins People's court 1934 Birthday John Roch, high court judge 1933 Birthday Desmond Fennell, British high court judge 1933 Birthday Philip Otton, high court judge 1933 Birthday Ruth Bader Ginsberg, justice, U.S. Supreme Court 1933 Birthday 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 Birthday Fred Graham, newscaster/journalist, CBS News, Court TV 1931 Birthday Denis Henry, British high court judge 1930 Event NY World reports disappearance of supreme court justice Joseph Crater 1930 Event Supreme Court Justice John Force Crater disappears in New York City 1930 Event Supreme Court rules buying liquor does not violate the Constitution 1930 Birthday Ivor Richardson, Judge, New Zealand Court of Appeals 1930 Birthday 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 Birthday Sandra Day O'Connor, born in Texas, 1st woman Supreme Court Justice, 1981- 1930 Birthday Anne Macfarlane, Master, Court of Protection 1929 Birthday Michael Morland, High court judge 1929 Event Congress creates Court of Customs and Patent Appeals 1927 Event Supreme Court ruled bootleggers must pay income tax 1926 Event U.S. Customs Court created by congress 1926 Birthday Robin Cooke, President, New Zealand Court of Appeal 1926 Birthday Ronald Waterhouse, high court judge 1926 Event German Special Court of Justice for state security disbands 1926 Event U.S. Senate agrees to join World Court 1925 Birthday Fons Jansen, news reader/Dutch cabaretier, court jester of beliefs 1925 Birthday Silvana Pampanini, Rome, Italy, actress, Day in Court, Island Sinner 1925 Birthday Mel Torme, born in Chicago, Illinois, jazz singer "Velvet Fog", Jet Set, Night Court 1925 Birthday Jack Kramer, actor, Kings of the Court 1925 Birthday John Knox, British supreme court justice 1925 Birthday Lord Hooson QC, crown court recorder 1925 Event U.S. Congress makes Surpreme Court appeal more difficult 1925 Event 1st all-female U.S. state supreme court appointed, Texas 1924 Birthday Edward I Koch, New York City, Mayor-D-NYC, 1977 - 1989, judge, People's Court 1924 Birthday William Rehnquist, Supreme Court, 1972-86, chief justice, 1987- 1924 Birthday Jean-Pierre Warner, British high court judge 1924 Birthday Peter Webster, British High Court Judge 1924 Birthday Robert Gatehouse, former High Court judge 1923 Event German Supreme Court prohibits NSDAP 1923 Event U.S. Senate rejects membership in International Court of Justice, The Hague 1923 Birthday Florence Halop, Queens, actress, Florence-Night Court, St. Elsewhere 1922 Event Mrs Theres Vaughn, 24, confessed in court to being married 62 times 1922 Event U.S. Supreme Court rules organized baseball is a sport and not a business and thus not subject to antitrust laws 1922 Event British court sentences Mahatma Gandhi to 6 years in prison 1922 Event Supreme Court unanimously upheld 19th amend woman's right to vote 1921 Event Supreme Court rules labor injunctions and picketing unconstitutional 1921 Birthday Alexander Harman, born in Athens, West Virginia, judge, United States Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia 1969 - 1979 1920 Event League of nations establishes International Court of Justice in The Hague 1920 Birthday Selma Diamond, London Ontario, comedienne, Selma-Night Court 1920 Birthday Michael Eastham, high court judge 1920 Birthday Haydn Tudor Evans, British high court judge 1920 Birthday John Paul Stevens, born in Illinois, 103rd Supreme Court Justice, 1975- 1920 Birthday John Paul Stevens, Supreme Court Justice 1919 Birthday Joseph Albert Wapner, Louisiana, judge, People's Court 1918 Event Supreme Court rules child labor laws unconstitutional 1917 Event Supreme Court decision (Buchanan vs. Warley) strikes down Lousiville Kentucky ordiance requiring blacks and whites to live in separate areas 1917 Birthday Byron R. Whizzer White, born in Ft. Collins, NFLer/Supreme Court Just, 1962-93 1917 Birthday Derek Hodgson, British high court judge 1917 Birthday Jean Graham Hall, circuit court judge, England 1917 Event U.S. Supreme Court upheld 8-hour work day for railroad employees 1916 Event Military court of Berlin sentences Karl Liebknecht to 4 years 1916 Event British court martial (Easter uprising) 1916 Event 1st Jewish Supreme Court justice, Louis Brandeis, appointed by Wilson 1915 Birthday John Arnold, British high court judge 1915 Birthday Potter Stewart, Michigan, 94th Supreme Court justice, 1958-81 1914 Event Walter Johnson accepts money from Federal League Chicago Whales Clark Griffith threatens to take Johnson to court 1914 Birthday Winand J Borgerhoff Mulder, court judge of Amsterdam 1913 Event Cleveland establishes 1st small claims court 1912 Birthday Edward Gardner, Queen's Court/MP 1911 Event 1st public elevator (London's Earl's Court Metro Station) 1911 Event Supreme Court dissolves Standard Oil with the Sherman Antitrust Act 1911 Birthday G Mennen Williams, Detroit, Supreme Court Justice, Gov-D-Michigan, 1949-60 1908 Birthday Harry A Blackmun, Illinois, 100th Supreme Court justice, 1970-94 1908 Birthday Arthur J. Goldberg, born in Illinois, United Nations ambassador and Supreme Court justice, 1962 - 1965 1908 Birthday Thurgood Marshall, born in Maryland, 1st black Supreme Court justice, 1967-91 1908 Birthday Jack Jacob, senior master, British Supreme Court 1908 Birthday Neil Lawson, British high court judge 1908 Event Supreme Court rules a union boycott violates Sherman Antitrust Act 1907 Birthday Lewis F Powell, Jr., Virginia, Supreme Court justice, 1972-87 1907 Birthday Warren E. Burger, born in Minnesota, Supreme Court chief justice, 1969-86 1905 Birthday Elizabeth Lane, 1st female British supreme court justice 1905 Event Dutch Queen Wilhelmina opens Technical Hague court 1905 Event U.S. Supreme Court judges maximum work day unconstitutional 1904 Birthday 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 Event Supreme Court rules Puerto Ricans cannot be denied admission to US 1902 Event Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. became Associate Justice on Supreme Court 1902 Birthday Anthony Asquith, British director, Carrington V C, Court martial, 1901 Birthday Charles E Whittaker, Kansas, U.S. Supreme Court justice, 1957-62 1899 Birthday John M Harlan, Chicago, 91st Supreme Court justice, 1955-71 1898 Birthday William O Douglas, Maine, 81st Supreme Court justice, 1939-75 1896 Event U.S. Supreme Court affirms race separation (Plessy vs. Ferguson) 1896 Death Frans C Baeckelmans, Flemish architect (Court of Justice), dies at 68 1895 Birthday Maarten P Vrij, Dutch lawyer/criminologist/member High Court 1894 Event Congress passes Wilson-Gorman Tariff Act, which includes a graduated income tax later struck down by the Supreme Court 1894 Birthday Charles Meredith, Knoxville, Pennsylvania, actor, Court of Last Resort 1892 Birthday Robert Houghwout Jackson, 84th Supreme Court justice, 1941-54 1891 Birthday Earl Warren, California, Gov-R-Ca, 14th supreme court chief justice, 1953 - 1969 1890 Birthday Fred M Vinson, U.S. Supreme Court Justice, 1946-53 1890 Birthday Fred M Vinson, Kentucky, 13th Chief Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1946-53 1888 Event Royal Court Theatre, London, opens 1886 Birthday Hugo L. Black, born in Alabama, Senator-D-Alabama, 78th Supreme Court justice, 1937 - 1971 1883 Event U.S. Supreme Court decides Native Americans can't be Americans 1883 Event Supreme Court declares Civil Rights Act of 1875 unconstitutional 1882 Birthday Felix Frankfurter, born in Vienna, Austria, 80th Supreme Court Justice, 1939-62 1879 Event 1st female lawyer heard by Supreme Court (Belva Ann Bennett Lockwood) 1879 Event Congress authorizes women lawyers to practice before Supreme Court 1876 Event A G Bell and Elisha Gray apply separately for telephone patents Supreme Court eventually rules Bell rightful inventor 1875 Event Congress passes Civil Rights Act; invalidated by Supreme Court, 1883 1874 Event Major Walter Copton Wingfield patents a portable tennis court 1872 Birthday Harlan Fiske Stone, New Hampshire, Supreme Court, 1925 - 1941, Chief Justice, 1941 - 1946 1872 Birthday Learned Hand, born in Albany, New York, Chief judge, U.S. Court of Appeals 1871 Event Ku Klux Klan trials began in Federal District Court in SC 1869 Event Congress increases number of Supreme Court judges from 7 to 9 1865 Event J. S. Rock, 1st black lawyer to practice in Supreme Court, admitted to bar 1864 Death Roger Taney, 5th Supreme Court Chief Justice (1836-64), dies at 87 1864 Event Battles at Spotsylvania Court House, Virginia 1864 Event Battle of Antietam, Virginia (Spotslyvania Court House, Laurel Hill) 1863 Event Battle of Brady Station, Virginia (Culpeper Court House, Bristoe Station) 1863 Event Battle of Grand Gulf MS and Dinwiddie Court House VA 1862 Event Battle of Hanover Court House, Virginia (Slash Church, Peake's Station) 1862 Birthday Charles Evans Hughs, 11th Chief Justice of Supreme Court, 1930-41 1861 Event Skirmish at Boone Court House WV and Blue Creek WV 1861 Event 1st skirmish in Civil War, Fairfax Court House, Virginia 1861 Event John Merryman is arrested under suspension of writ of habeas corpus it later sparks a supreme court decision protecting writ 1858 Death Dred Scott, U.S. slave (REV-decision Supreme court), dies 1857 Event Dred Scott Decision: Supreme Court rules slaves cannot be citizens 1856 Birthday Louis D. Brandeis, Massachusetts, 68th Supreme Court Justice, 1916-39 1855 Event U.S. Court of Claims forms for cases against government 1855 Event Wisconsin Supreme Court declares U.S. Fugitive Slave Law unconstitutional 1854 Birthday Daniel Josephus Jitta, Dutch High Court lawyer 1846 Death Cornelis F van Maanen, Dutch supreme court justice, dies at 76 1843 Event Royal Academy (Technical Hague court) Delft opens 1841 Birthday Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., born in Massachusetts, 59th Supreme Court justice, 1902 - 1932 1838 Death Henry Fagel, baron/court clerk of States-General/diplomat, dies at 73 1837 Event Congress increases Supreme Court membership from 7 to 9 1830 Birthday Belva Bennett Lockwood, attorney, 1st lady to argue in Supreme Court 1816 Event U.S. Supreme Court affirms its right to review state court decisions 1811 Death Pieter-Jozef Verhaghen, Flemish (court)painter, dies at 83 1809 Death Joseph M Vien, French (court)painter/etcher, dies at 92 1809 Event Supreme Court rules federal government power greater than any state 1804 Event Impeachment trial of Supreme Court Justice Samuel Chase begins 1803 Event Supreme Court 1st rules a law unconstitutional (Marbury vs. Madison) 1795 Event John Rutledge becomes 2nd chief justice of Supreme Court 1790 Event Supreme Court convenes for 1st time (New York City) 1789 Event Federal Judiciary Act is passed and creates a six-person Supreme Court 1789 Event Oath of Tennis Court (for a new constitution) in France taken 1784 Death Antoine Court de Gebelin, French vicar/writer, dies at 56 1781 Event Battle of Guilford Court House, North Carolina (British suffer heavy losses) 1780 Event Continental Congress establishes court of appeals 1779 Birthday Joseph Story, Massachusetts, 19th Supreme Court justice, 1812-45 1778 Birthday Rembrandt Peale, portrait/historical painter, Court of Death 1778 Event 1st American military court martial trial begins, Cambridge, Mass 1777 Death Georg Christoph Wagenzeil, Austria (court)composer/pianist, dies at 62 1775 Birthday Charlotte J T, infant of Portugal, Court in Rio de Janeiro 1774 Death Johann Friedrich Agricola, German (court)composer/organist, dies at 54 1773 Birthday Matthijs I van Bree, Flemish, court, painter 1770 Death Theophil "Gottlieb" Muffat, German court organist/composer, dies at 80 1768 Death Michel Blavet, French court flautist/composer, dies at 68 1768 Death Charles Cressent, French court furniture maker, dies at 82 1760 Death Antoine Court, French reformed theologist, dies at 69 1755 Birthday John Marshall, Virginia, 4th Supreme Court Chief Justice, 1801-35 1753 Event Voltaire leaves the court of Frederik II of Prussia 1745 Birthday Oliver Ellsworth, 3rd Chief Justice Supreme Court, 1796-1800 1737 Event Prince Frederick of Wales escapes English court 1730 Birthday Augustin Pajou, French, court, sculptor, Psyche abandonnee 1728 Birthday Pieter-Jozef Verhaghen, Flemish, court, painter 1728 Birthday Antoine Court de Gebelin, French vicar/writer 1720 Birthday Johann Friedrich Agricola, German, court, composer/organist 1716 Birthday Joseph M Vien, French, court, painter 1715 Birthday Georg Christoph Wagenseil, Austrian, court, composer/pianist 1715 Birthday Georg C Wagenzeil, Austria, court, composer/pianist 1709 Death Abraham a Santa Clara, Johann Megerle, Germ court vicar, dies at 65 1698 Birthday Ange-Jacques Gabriel, French court architect, Palace de la Concorde 1695 Birthday Francois the Cuvillies, Belgian court architect of Bayern 1691 Birthday Antoine Court, French reformed theologist 1685 Death Pieter de la Court, economist/historian, dies at about 67 1682 Event Louis XIV and his court inaugurates Paris Observatory 1674 Event Court of Holland bans books of Hobbes/Spinoza/Meyer 1672 Death Govert D Camphuysen, (court)painter, dies at about 48 1660 Death Diego Rodriguez de Silva Valezquez, Spanish (court)painter, dies at 61 1654 Death Dirck Graswinckel, Dutch court clerk of States-General, dies at 66 1651 Event Massachusetts General Court ordered a fine (five shillings) for "observing any such day as Christmas" 1644 Birthday Abraham a Santa Clara, Johann Megerle, German court vicar 1644 Event 200 members of Peking imperial family/court commit suicide 1641 Event General court declares RI a democracy and adopts new constitution 1639 Event 1st annulment by court decree passes 1630 Event In Boston the 1st general court is held 1612 Event Robert Dowland appointed court luitist of King James I 1600 Death John Craig, Scottish church reformer/James VI's court vicar, dies 1600 Birthday Dirck Graswinckel, Dutch States-General court clerk 1592 Death Michiel Coxcie, Flemish (court)painter/carpet designer, dies 1540 Event Court of Holland names Amsterdam sheriff John Hubrechtsz a "heretic" 1539 Death Reynier Brunt, procureur-general of Court of Holland, dies 1460 Event Court yard episcopal palace Atrecht has witch burnings
