Jim Skidmore and other employees of the Swift & Company packing plant in Fort Worth, Texas were all firemen... Continued
Case Briefs - 1940-1955
The Redevelopment Act of 1945 of D.C. imposed the right on a special agency to acquire real property by eminent domain... Continued
On account of their race, black children in Washington D.C. were denied admission to the same public schools which... Continued
This case was the consolidation of four cases arising in separate states relating to the segregation of public schools... Continued
Pete Hernandez, an agricultural worker, was indicted for the murder of Joe Espinoza by an all-Anglo (white) grand jury... Continued
Patrick Irvine was suspected by police of placing bets on horse racing and serving as a bookmaker in violation of... Continued
In 1951, Congress adopted the Gamblers' Occupational Tax Act which required gamblers to register with the Collector of... Continued
An airplane carrying several military personnel and several civilians crashed while conducting tests of "secret... Continued
In April of 1952, during the Korean War, President Truman issued an executive order directing Secretary of Commerce... Continued
In the aftermath of the Supreme Court's decision in McCollum v. Board of Education, New York City began a program in... Continued
Joseph Beauharnais, president of White Circle League, Inc., was arrested on January 7, 1950 for distributing leaflets... Continued
Rochin swallowed drug capsules to dispose of evidence. The police pummeled him and jumped on his stomach in a vain... Continued
In 1948, the leaders of the Communist Part of America were arrested and charged with violating provisions of the Smith... Continued
A Madison, Wisconsin ordinance prohibited the sale of milk within city limits unless it came from a local farm or was... Continued
On March 8, 1949, Irving Feiner, a white student at Syracuse University, made an inflammatory speech on a street... Continued
Kristensen was a Danish citizen who entered the United States on a sixty-day visitor's visa in August 1939 to visit... Continued
In 1946, Heman Marion Sweatt, a black man, applied for admission to the University of Texas Law School. State law... Continued
FBI agents arrested Rabinowitz in his one-room office. Rabinowitz was charged with selling and possessing forged... Continued
Julius Wolf was accused of conspirator actions with the purpose to commit abortions. The defendant argued that her... Continued
