Mississippi stay of execution order [US SC] News
Mississippi stay of execution order [US SC]

Order in Pending Case: Berry, Earl W. V. Epps., Comm'R, MS DOC, et al., US Supreme Court, October 30, 2007 [granting a stay of execution to death row inmates pending the Court's decision on whether to grant certiorari in the case]. Read the full text of the order [PDF]. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

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US Supreme Court ended bus segregation

On November 13, 1956, the US Supreme Court declined the appeal of a US District Court ruling in Browder v. Gayle that had declared unconstitutional Alabama's state and local laws requiring segregation on buses, thereby ending the Montgomery Bus Boycott.

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On November 13, 2000, the Parliament of the Philippines voted to impeach President Joseph Estrada on corruption charges. He was ousted from power the following year.