Habeas suit for American held without charge by US forces in Iraq [ACLU] News
Habeas suit for American held without charge by US forces in Iraq [ACLU]

Petition for writ of habeas corpus, filed in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, July 6, 2005 [ACLU-filed lawsuit against the US government on behalf of a US citizen detained by US forces in Iraq since May 17]. Read the full text of the petition here [link to PDF]. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

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Standard Oil incorporated

On January 10, 1870, John Davison Rockefeller incorporated Standard Oil. Rockefeller's corporation would grow to achieve a virtual monopoly over oil production in the United States. Standard Oil's dominance lasted until the corporation was split into 34 separate companies in 1911 after the Supreme Court found the company in violation of the Sherman Anti-Trust Act. The rise of Standard Oil made Rockefeller America's first billionaire and eventually the richest man in the world. Read the text of Standard Oil Co. of New Jersey vs. United States, 221 U.S. 1 (1910).