Padilla Supreme Court mootness reply brief [US SC] News
Padilla Supreme Court mootness reply brief [US SC]

Jose Padilla v. C.T. Hanft, Supreme Court of the United States, December 27, 2005 [petitioner's reply brief responding to the government's contention that Padilla's US Supreme Court appeal is moot and should be denied, insisting that his case "raises questions of profound constitutional importance about the government's military power over citizens in the homeland." ]. Read the full text of the brief [PDF]. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

THIS DAY @ LAW

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).