Telemarketing limitations ruling [8th Circuit] News
Telemarketing limitations ruling [8th Circuit]

Fraternal Order of Police, North Dakota State Lodge et al. v. Wayne Stenehjem, in his official capacity as Attorney General of the State of North Dakota, United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, December 7, 2005 [ruling that restrictions imposed on telemarketers by a North Dakota do-not-call statute help to maintain privacy and are not constitutionally overbroad]. Read the full text of the ruling [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.