The Federal Reporter, Volume 264West Publishing Company, 1920 |
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... Counsel insistently urge the proposition that a citizen , acting with reasonable attention to the information available , and upon what he in good faith believes the facts to be , has a right to think that this country is wrong in one ...
... Counsel insistently urge the proposition that a citizen , acting with reasonable attention to the information available , and upon what he in good faith believes the facts to be , has a right to think that this country is wrong in one ...
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... counsel called attention to an article in the Harvard Law Review , vol . 32 , p . 932 , " Freedom of Speech in War Time . " This is an exhaustive presentation of the theories upon which defendants ' counsel in these cases rely with ...
... counsel called attention to an article in the Harvard Law Review , vol . 32 , p . 932 , " Freedom of Speech in War Time . " This is an exhaustive presentation of the theories upon which defendants ' counsel in these cases rely with ...
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... counsel agree that defendant was acquitted on the first count and convicted on the second and third . He was sentenced to the peniten- tiary for a year and a day . [ 1 , 2 ] He first complains that there was an abuse of discretion in ...
... counsel agree that defendant was acquitted on the first count and convicted on the second and third . He was sentenced to the peniten- tiary for a year and a day . [ 1 , 2 ] He first complains that there was an abuse of discretion in ...
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... Counsel for the United States contended throughout the trial that in the letter this word was used by the defendant in , and had , the former meaning , and , to prove that the statement in the letter that the government was for the ...
... Counsel for the United States contended throughout the trial that in the letter this word was used by the defendant in , and had , the former meaning , and , to prove that the statement in the letter that the government was for the ...
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... Counsel for the defendant complain that certain designated portions of the charge were highly argumentative in favor of the government , that much of the testimony for the government was reviewed and brought again forcibly to the minds ...
... Counsel for the defendant complain that certain designated portions of the charge were highly argumentative in favor of the government , that much of the testimony for the government was reviewed and brought again forcibly to the minds ...
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Page 6 - When a nation is at war many things that might be said in time of peace are such a hindrance to its effort that their utterance will not be endured so long as men fight and that no Court could regard them as protected by any constitutional right.
Page 687 - ... shall have a right of action, and shall be, and are hereby, authorized to bring suit in the name of the United States in the Circuit Court of the United States in the district in which said contract was to be performed and executed, irrespective of the amount in controversy in such suit, and not elsewhere, for his or their use and benefit, against said contractor and his sureties, and to prosecute the same to final judgment and execution...
Page 162 - restraint of trade " at common law and in the law of this country at the time of the adoption of the Anti-trust Act only embraced acts or contracts or agreements or combinations which operated to the prejudice of the public interests by unduly restricting competition or unduly obstructing the due course of trade...
Page 210 - ... and equipment required for the actual production of foods, feeds, and fuel, hereafter in this Act called necessaries; to prevent, locally or generally, scarcity, monopolization, hoarding, injurious speculation, manipulations, and private controls, affecting such supply, distribution, and movement; and to establish and maintain governmental control of such necessaries during the war.
Page 203 - Legislatures as do not transcend their powers, but, though enacted in the execution of acknowledged State powers, interfere with, or are contrary to the laws of Congress, made in pursuance of the constitution, or some treaty made under the authority of the United States. In every such case, the act of Congress, or the treaty, is supreme ; and the law of the State, though enacted in the exercise of powers not controverted, must yield to it.
Page 31 - ... on the other hand, the promisee may, if he thinks proper, treat the repudiation of the other party as a wrongful putting an end to the contract, and may at once bring his action as on a breach of it ; and in such action he will be entitled to such damages as would have arisen from nonperformance of the contract at the appointed time, subject, however, to abatement in respect of any circumstances which may have afforded him the means of mitigating his loss.
Page 247 - ... of their being out of the jurisdiction of the court, or incapable otherwise of being made parties, or because their joinder would oust the jurisdiction of the court as to the parties before the court, the court may in their discretion proceed in the cause without making such persons parties; and in such cases the decree shall be without prejudice to the rights of the absent parties.
Page 189 - SEC. 3. This article shall be inoperative unless it shall have been ratified as an amendment to the Constitution by the legislatures of the several States, as provided in the Constitution, within seven years from the date of the submission hereof to the States by the Congress.
Page 621 - ... opportunity to be fully heard, and investigate the merits of the application and discharge the applicant unless he has (1) committed an offense punishable by imprisonment as herein provided; or (2) with intent to conceal his financial condition, destroyed, concealed, or failed to keep books of account or records from which such condition might be ascertained...
Page 211 - The Constitution of the United States is a law for rulers and people, equally in war and in peace, and covers with the shield of its protection all classes of men, at all times, and under all circumstances.