Gibralter EU voting rights ruling [ECJ] News
Gibralter EU voting rights ruling [ECJ]

Kingdom of Spain v United Kingdom, Case C-145/04, European Court of Justice, September 12, 2006 [ruling upholding a UK law that extends the right to vote in European Parliament elections to residents of Gibraltar, the tiny British overseas territory at the mouth of the Mediterranean]. Read the full text of the opinion [PDF]. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

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Supreme Court said busing could be used to achieve racial integration

On April 20, 1971, the Supreme Court ruled unanimously in Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education that busing of school students could be ordered to achieve racial desegregation.

League of Nations dissolved

On April 20, 1946, the League of Nations was officially dissolved with the close of its final session. Thirty-four countries had attended the final meeting at which they elected to dismantle the organization and bequeath its assets to the United Nations.

Read a history of League of Nations from the UN.

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