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Federal judge blocks transfer of American detainee to Iraqi custody

February 14, 2006 07:35:00 AM

US District Judge Ricardo Urbina on Monday issued a preliminary injunction preventing the US military from turning over US citizen and suspected terrorist Shawqi Omar to Iraqi officials. Omar, who the...

Federal judge asked to intervene in case of American detained in Iraq

February 8, 2006 11:48:00 AM

Lawyers for naturalized American citizen Shawqi Ahmad Omar, who has been detained in Iraq for over a year, have asked a federal judge to intervene in the case and prevent Omar's transfer to Iraqi custody. US Justice Department officials...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

Supreme Court ordered dissolution of Standard Oil

On May 15, 1911, the US Supreme Court found Standard Oil in violation of the Sherman Act and ordered its dissolution.

Read Standard Oil Co. of New Jersey v. U.S.

Austrian State Treaty signed

On May 15, 1955, the Allied Powers of World War II and representatives of Austria signed the Österreichischer Staatsvertrag (Austrian State Treaty), which re-established Austria as an independent nation for the first time since it was annexed by Nazi Germany in 1938. The treaty explicitly forbade any future attempts to unify with Germany.