Ruling on EPA farm pollution regulations [2nd Circuit] News
Ruling on EPA farm pollution regulations [2nd Circuit]

Waterkeeper Alliance, Inc., et al. v. EPA, United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, Circuit Judge Katzmann, February 28, 2005 [ruling that the regulations which took effect in February 2003 were not adequate to ensure that large farms would comply with requirements under the Clean Water Act to control pollution]. Read the opinion here [PDF]. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

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Algerian National Liberation Front announces independence campaign

The pro-Algerian independence National Liberation Front released a proclamation on November 1, 1954 announcing the beginning of its campaign for Algerian independence from France, marking the start of the Algerian War. The war would rage for seven years and claim hundreds of thousands of lives until it was ended by the 1962 Évian Accords. Algeria would win its independence on July 3, 1962. Read the full November 1 declaration.

Rent control established in New York City

On November 1, 1943, the federal Office of Price Administration first established rent control in wartime New York City.