Kansas funeral picketing law ruling [KS SC] News
Kansas funeral picketing law ruling [KS SC]

State of Kansas ex rel Paul J. Morrison, Attorney General of the State of Kansas v. The Honorable Kathleen Sebelius, Governor of the State of Kansas, Kansas Supreme Court, March 11, 2008 [ruling that an advisory opinion on the anti-funeral picketing law is unconstitutional, as it violates the separation of powers doctrine implied by the Kansas Constitution]. Read the full text of the opinion. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

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Berlin Airlift ends

The Berlin Airlift, a US-UK effort to circumvent a Soviet blockade of allied-occupied West Berlin, ended on September 30, 1949. After the Soviet Union cut off supply access to West Berlin, the US and UK sent necessities to the enclave by air. The effort ended four months after the Soviet Union ended the Berlin blockade. Learn more about the Berlin Airlift.

22 Nazi leaders convicted of war crimes at Nuremberg

On September 30, 1946, the international military tribunal constituted by the Allied powers in Nuremberg, Germany, found 22 Nazi leaders guilty of war crimes committed during World War II.

Merck pulls Vioxx from drug market and faces class actions suit

On September 30, 2004, the pharmaceutical company, Merck, pulled its arthritis drug, Vioxx from the worldwide market, due to strokes and heart attacks in patients, but the move did not stop over 45,000 former users and their families from suing Merck. The plaintiffs, however, have struggled to collect damages awarded to them in successful litigations. Learn more about the plaintiffs in these suits from the New York Times.