Canadian extraordinary rendition ruling [US DC] News
Canadian extraordinary rendition ruling [US DC]

Arar v. Ashcroft, United States District Court, United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York, February 16, 2006 [dismissing case citing "the national security and foreign policy considerations at stake" and held that Maher Arar, as a Canadian non-citizen of the United States, could not raise a constitutional right to due process]. Read the full text of the opinion [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).