ACCA sentencing ruling [US SC] News
ACCA sentencing ruling [US SC]

United States v. Rodriquez, US Supreme Court, May 19, 2008 [ruling that for purpose of increasing a sentence under the federal Armed Career Criminal Act, a conviction qualifies as a predicate serious drug offense even when the crime is made punishable by a ten-year prison term only because of additional penalties imposed on repeat offenders]. Read the text of the opinion [syllabus with PDF options]. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

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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).