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Luke Dominic Brugnara (born 1963 or 1964) is an American commercial real estate investor and developer. Brugnara became known for purchasing real estate in downtown San Francisco during the 1990s. In 2015, he was convicted of defrauding an art dealer and sentenced to seven years in prison. [2]
Dr. Hannah Stone, at one of Sanger's clinics, ordered a new type of diaphragm (a pessary) from a Japanese physician to be shipped from Tokyo to the United States. [1] Upon arrival in the United States the shipment was seized and confiscated under the Tariff Act of 1930, which had incorporated the anti-contraceptive provisions of the Comstock Act.
The first time this was heard before the Supreme Court in SEC v. Chenery Corporation , 318 U.S. 80 (1943) , the Court held that the acts committed by the company did not amount to common law fraud and, therefore, the Securities and Exchange Commission 's stated rationale for the charges could not be sustained.
United States 294 U.S. 317 (1935): The owner of $106,300 in federal gold certificates surrendered them as required by Executive Order 6102, receiving only their face value in currency. He sued in the United States Court of Claims for an additional $64,000 representing the loss of the dollar against gold.
The Supreme Court of the United States handed down twelve per curiam opinions during its 2002 term, which began October 7, 2002 and concluded October 5, 2003. [1]Because per curiam decisions are issued from the Court as an institution, these opinions all lack the attribution of authorship or joining votes to specific justices.
United States District Court, 542 U.S. 367 (2004), was a 2004 United States Supreme Court case between Vice President Dick Cheney and the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. [1] The case came as an appeal after the lower District Court for the District of Columbia ordered Cheney to disclose some of his records that would show how ...
USA–USSR Dual Track Meet Series was a track and field meeting between United States and Soviet Union. It was held 19 times during the Cold War era from 1958 to 1985. The meeting was arranged alternatively in both countries, exception being the last event in 1985 which was held in Tokyo , Japan .
The stadium features a 384 ft 2 (36 m 2) video board as well as 32 ft (10 m) of scrolling matrix board. It took 274 days from groundbreaking to the inaugural game (9 months, 1 day). The stadium facade is 48 ft (15 m) and its bleachers reach a height of 66 ft (20 m) Historic Crew stadium is built on a 15-acre (61,000 m 2 ) site.