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January 24, 2003 12:22:00 PM

United States v. Moussaoui, United States District Court Eastern District of Virginia, January 24, 2003 [ordering that terrorist suspect Zacarias Moussaoui be given the necessary hardware and software to connect to the discovery information website developed for him by the...

January 23, 2003 12:17:00 PM

Executive Order on the establishment of the United States Department of Homeland Security, President George W. Bush, January 23, 2003. Read the full text of the Executive Order here. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here....

January 23, 2003 12:09:00 PM

Follow-up Audit of the Immigration and Naturalization Service's Airport Inspection Facilities, United States Department of Justice Office of the Inspector General, January 23, 2003 . Read the full...

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PATRIOT Act abuses report [US DOJ]

January 23, 2003 12:02:00 PM

Report to Congress on Implementation of Section 1001 of the USA PATRIOT Act, Institution, United States Department of Justice Office of the Inspector General, January 23, 2003 [semi-annual audit report on alleged abuses of civil rights and civil liberties by...

January 23, 2003 11:56:00 AM

Cisco Systems v. Huawei Technologies, United States District Court Eastern District of Texas, January 23, 2003 . Read the full text of the complaint . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here....

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Fair housing ruling [US SC]

January 22, 2003 07:23:00 PM

Meyer v. Holley, Supreme Court of the United States, January 22, 2003 ....

January 22, 2003 06:55:00 PM

Perlman v. McDonald's Corp., United States District Court Southern District of New York, January 22, 2003 . Read the opinion here...

January 21, 2003 10:38:00 PM

Sun Microsystems v. Microsoft, United States District Court for the District of Maryland, January 21, 2003 . Read the opinion here . Reported...

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Criminal conspiracy ruling [US SC]

January 21, 2003 10:15:00 PM

United States v. Jimenez Recio, Supreme Court of the United States, January 21, 2003 . Read the opinion here . Reported in JURIST's Paper...

January 17, 2003 10:55:00 PM

Ben's Bar v. Village of Somerset, United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, January 17, 2003 [ruling that a local Wisconsin liquor ordinance prohibiting the sale and consumption of alcohol in adult entertainment establishments did not violate the...

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Line of Demarcation divides the New World between Spain and Portugal

On May 4, 1493, Pope Alexander VI promulgated the Line of Demarcation, dividing the New World between Spain and Portugal in response the return of Christopher Columbus from his discovery of the American continents. However, neither country was entirely satisfied with the placement of the Line. A year later on June 7, 1494, the two nations signed the Treaty of Tordesillas, which moved the Line of Demarcation further west, giving Portugal claim to Brazil.

Kent State student shootings precipitated lawsuits

On May 4, 1970, National Guardsmen at Kent State University opened fire on students protesting the US invasion of Cambodia, killing four.

Review a legal chronology of the Kent State shootings, from May 5, 1970 (the day the FBI investigation started) to January 4, 1979 (the day the state of Ohio reached an out-of-court settlement for $675,000 with victims and relatives of victims).