In 1794, Congress enacted a law entitled “An act to lay duties upon carriages for the conveyance of persons.” The law… Continued
United States Case Briefs
The Chinese Exclusion Act imposed imprisonment at hard labor and deportation to Chinese persons convicted of unlawful… Continued
George Reynolds, secretary to Mormon Church leader Brigham Young, challenged the federal anti-bigamy statute. Reynolds… Continued
Lambden P. Milligan was sentenced to death by a military commission in Indiana during the Civil War; he had engaged in… Continued
Victor L. Berger, Adolph Germer, William F. Kruse, J. Louis Engdahl, and Irwin St. John Tucker were all indicted and… Continued
President Hoover appointed, and the Senate confirmed, Humphrey as a commissioner of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC)… Continued
Section 3 of the National Industrial Recovery Act empowered the President to implement industrial codes to regulate… Continued
John Perry bought a $10,000 gold bond which was payable in “gold coin of the present standard value”. When Perry… Continued
The University of Illinois imported scientific equipment for educational user and, under protest, was required to pay… Continued
Roy Olmstead was a suspected bootlegger. Without judicial approval, federal agents installed wiretaps in the basement… Continued
The Tariff Act of 1922 delegated the authority to set and impose customs duties on articles of imported merchandise… Continued
An 1876 law provided that postmasters of the first, second, and third classes shall be appointed and may be removed by… Continued
The defendants were convicted on the basis of two leaflets they printed and threw from windows of a building. One… Continued
During World War I, Schenck mailed circulars to draftees. The circulars suggested that the draft was a monstrous wrong… Continued
The Espionage Act of 1917 made it a crime to “convey information with intent to interfere with the operation or… Continued
From July 6 to December 7, 1915, the Missouri Staats Zeiung, a newspaper published in Kansas City, Missouri, issued a… Continued
The Houston, East and West Texas Railroad and the Texas and Pacific Railway were railroad companies operating rail… Continued
Police entered the home of Fremont Weeks and seized papers which were used to convict him of transporting lottery… Continued
John D. Rockefeller owned the largest and richest trust in America. He controlled the nation’s oil business and… Continued
An Act of Congress in 1902 alloted land to Cherokee Indians, including David Muskrat and Henry Dick. Congress passed… Continued
A law passed by Congress in 1898 made it illegal for employers to fire employees solely on the basis of their… Continued
A “meat trust” developed in Chicago, in which major dealers of meat agreed not to bid against one another in order to… Continued
At the urging of dairy farmers, Congress passed an act imposing a tax of 10 cents per pound on oleomargarine that was… Continued
In 1948, the leaders of the Communist Part of America were arrested and charged with violating provisions of the Smith… Continued
During World War II, Presidential Executive Order 9066 and congressional statutes gave the military authority to… Continued
In 1942, Congress enacted the Emergency Price Control Act to control commodity prices and prevent inflation during… Continued
In the wake of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, President Roosevelt acted to prevent incidents of subversion and… Continued
These cases concern Operation Pastorius, a failed attempt in June 1942 by Nazi agents to sabotage various U.S. targets… Continued
