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Supreme Court hears arguments on corporate liability for torture overseas

February 29, 2012 10:51:29 AM

The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments in two cases on Tuesday. In Kiobel v. Royal Dutch Petroleum Co. , the court heard arguments on whether three oil companies are immune from...

Ninth Circuit allows Papua New Guineans to sue mining company for genocide

October 26, 2011 08:56:20 AM

The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on Tuesday reinstated a lawsuit by Papua New Guinea citizens against mining company Rio Tinto on claims of genocide and war crimes....

Supreme Court to hear immunity, discrimination, free speech cases

October 17, 2011 10:41:23 AM

The US Supreme Court granted certiorari Monday in four cases. In Kiobel v. Royal Dutch Petroleum , the court will determine whether three oil companies are immune from US lawsuits under...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

UK parliament rejected J.S. Mill's proposal to give women the vote

On May 20, 1867, the British Parliament rejected by 196-73 an amendment to the 1867 Reform Act presented by John Stuart Mill that would have permitted women to vote. Review Mill's 1869 work The Subjection of Women.

Supreme Court applies Free Exercise Clause to state governments

On May 20, 1940, the United States Supreme Court held that the Free Exercise Clause of the First Amendment applied to state governments in Cantwell v. Connecticut under the incorporation doctrine, which applied the protections of the Bill of Rights to state governments through the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. Learn more about the Incorporation Doctrine from the Cornell Law Schools' Legal Information Institute.