Libby document request ruling [US DC] News
Libby document request ruling [US DC]

US v. I. Lewis Libby, United States District Court for the District of Columbia, Judge Reggie B. Walton, June 3, 2006 [denying Libby and his defense team access to most of the government documents they had sought because they are not closely tied to the narrow issue of his case]. Read the full text of the ruling [PDF]. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

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US Supreme Court said bussing could be used to achieve racial integration

On April 20, 1971, the US Supreme Court ruled unanimously in Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education that busing of school students could be ordered to achieve racial desegregation.

League of Nations dissolved

On April 20, 1946, the League of Nations was officially dissolved with the close of its final session. Thirty-four countries had attended the final meeting at which they elected to dismantle the organization and bequeath its assets to the United Nations. Read a history of League of Nations from the UN.