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A Coercion Act was an Act of Parliament that gave a legal basis for increased state powers to suppress popular discontent and disorder. The label was applied, especially in Ireland , to acts passed from the 18th to the early 20th century by the Irish , British , and Northern Irish parliaments.
The Supreme Court decision in Illinois Central Railroad v. Illinois, 146 U.S. 387 (1892), reaffirmed that each state in its sovereign capacity holds title to all submerged lands within its borders and holds these lands in public trust. [1] This is a foundational case for the public trust doctrine.
Scholfield's portrait at the Illinois Supreme Court. John Scholfield (August 1, 1834 – February 12, 1893) was an American politician and jurist. Born near Marshall, Clark County, Illinois, Scholfield received his law degree from the University of Louisville School of Law in Louisville, Kentucky in 1856. He then practiced law in Marshall ...
The NRA appealed a 2022 ruling by the New York-based 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, which said Vullo’s actions did not constitute unlawful conduct, meaning the free speech claim should be ...
(Reuters) -The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday again declined to block a Democratic-backed state ban in Illinois on assault-style rifles and large capacity magazines enacted after a deadly mass ...
Wabash, St. Louis & Pacific Railway Company v. Illinois, 118 U.S. 557 (1886), also known as the Wabash Case, was a Supreme Court decision that severely limited the rights of states to control or impede interstate commerce. It led to the creation of the Interstate Commerce Commission.
Related court decisions are captioned Skokie v. NSPA, Collin v. Smith, [3] and Smith v. Collin. [4] The Supreme Court ruled 5–4, per curiam. [5] [6] The Supreme Court's 1977 ruling granted certiorari and reversed and remanded the Illinois Supreme Court's denial to lift the lower court's injunction on the NSPA's march. [7]
Litigation was filed in federal court challenging the law shortly after it was enacted with final judgement in the Southern District of Illinois federal court issued Nov. 8.