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..... [that] . . . " "(10) an applicant or an applicant's spouse has been convicted of a crime:" "(a) involving:" "(i) any of the following offenses as described in chapter 43 of the texas penal code:" "(aa) prostitution;" "(bb) promotion of prostitution;" "(cc) aggravated promotion of prostitution;" "(dd) compelling prostitution;" "(ee) obscenity;" "(ff) sale, distribution ..... guided by the principle that "sex and obscenity are not synonymous," roth v. united states, 354 u. s. 476 , 354 u. s. 487 (1957). the former, we have said, the constitution permits to be described and discussed. the latter is entirely unprotected, and may be allowed or disallowed by states ..... not required to distinguish between protected and unprotected speech. he was reviewing applications to practice a particular profession, just as the city of dallas is acting on applications to operate particular businesses. similarly, the fundraisers in riley had their entire livelihoods at stake, just as the bookstores and others subject .....
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..... arrangement." "second. use a fighting ship either separately or in conjunction with any other carrier, through agreement or otherwise. the term 'fighting ship' in this chapter means a vessel used in a particular trade by a carrier or group of carriers for the purpose of excluding, preventing, or reducing competition by driving another carrier ..... .s. supreme court fmb v. isbrandtsen co., inc., 356 u.s. 481 (1958) federal maritime board v. isbrandtsen co., inc. no. 73 argued december 11, 1957 decided may 19, 1958 * 356 u.s. 481 certiorari to the united states court of appeals for the district of columbia circuit syllabus the federal maritime board issued an ..... congress, substantially the same bill was reintroduced, h.r. 15455, 64th cong., 1st sess., and became the shipping act of 1916. [ footnote 12 ] section 15 provides: "every common carrier by water, or other person subject to this chapter, shall file immediately with the federal maritime board a true copy, or, if oral, a true and complete .....
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..... ]conomically and politically analogous to transportation taxes exploiting geographical position." brown, the open economy: justice frankfurter and the position of the judiciary, 67 yale l.j. 219, 232 (1957) (brown). see also hellerstein, constitutional constraints on state and local taxation of energy resources, 31 nat.tax j. 245, 249-250 (1978); r. posner, economic analysis ..... energy resources, 31 nat.tax.j. 245, 249 (1978); brown, the open economy: justice frankfurter and the position of the judiciary, 67 yale l.j. 219, 232-233 (1957); developments in the law: federal limitations on state taxation of interstate business, 75 harv.l.rev. 953, 970-971 (1962) (developments). [ footnote 6 ] the heisler approach ..... of the payments received by the federal government. see complaint 38-41, j.s.app. 57a-58a. yet 32 of the 1920 act, as set forth in 30 u.s.c. 189, states that "[n]othing in this chapter" -- which includes 7 and 35 -- "shall be construed or held to affect the rights of the states . . . .....
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..... ucmj provision, 10 u. s. c. 821, requires us to compare the commissions at issue to courts-martial. this provision states: the provisions of this chapter conferring jurisdiction upon courts-martial do not deprive military commissions, provost courts, or other military tribunals of concurrent jurisdiction with respect to offenders or offenses that by ..... v. murphy , 521 u. s. 320 (1997), is utterly misplaced. lindh involved two provisions of the antiterrorism and effective death penalty act of 1996 (aedpa): a set of amendments to chapter 153 of the federal habeas statute that redefined the scope of collateral review by federal habeas courts; and a provision creating a new ..... treatise penned by colonel william winthrop, whom we have called the blackstone of military law, reid v. covert, 354 u. s. 1 , 19, n. 38 (1957) (plurality opinion), describes at least four preconditions for exercise of jurisdiction by a tribunal of the type convened to try hamdan. first, [a] military commission, (except .....
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..... motion, may by order or rule exempt for the future any class of agreements between persons subject to this chapter or any specified activity of such persons from any requirement of this chapter, or intercoastal shipping act, 1933, page 390 u. s. 277 where it finds that such exemption will not substantially impair effective ..... of negotiations ending in october, 1960, culminated 4 years of discussion between the pma and the ilwu. [ footnote 3/19 ]" earnest bargaining began in 1957. pma wanted to obtain a guarantee from the ilwu that strikes and work stoppages would not result from the introduction and use of mechanization and other labor- ..... to any undue or unreasonable prejudice or disadvantage in any respect whatsoever. . . ." 46 u.s.c. 815 ( 16). "every . . . person subject to this chapter shall establish, observe, and enforce just and reasonable regulations and practices relating to or connected with the receiving, handling, storing, or delivering of property. whenever the board finds that .....
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..... before any court, grand jury, department, officer, agency, regulatory body, legislative committee, or other authority . . . if the disclosure of that information would be in violation of this chapter." 2515. "any aggrieved person in any trial, hearing, or proceeding in or before any court, department, officer, agency, regulatory body, or other authority of the united states, a ..... blau v. united states, 340 u. s. 159 (1950); rogers v. united states, 340 u. s. 367 (1951); curcio v. united states, 354 u. s. 118 (1957); united states v. george, 444 f.2d 310 (ca6 1971); in re october 1969 grand jury, 435 f.2d 350 (ca7 1970). ..... act, if such act occurred 5 years or more before the event sought to be proved. as amended by the committee, the application of title vii is limited to federal judicial and administrative proceedings, and to electronic or mechanical surveillance which occurred prior to june 19, 1968, the date of enactment of the federal wiretapping and electronic surveillance law (chapter .....
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..... states government's treatment of indian tribes, its failure to protect indian water rights for use on the reservations it set aside for them, is one of the sorrier chapters." national water comm'n, water policies for the future -- final report to the president and to the congress of the united states 475. president nixon admitted as much ..... (1929), 281 u. s. 281 u.s. 179, decree entered, 281 u. s. 281 u.s. 696 (1930), temporarily modified, 352 u. s. 945 (1956), 352 u.s. 983 (1957), superseded, 388 u. s. 388 u.s. 426 (1967); new jersey v. new york, 283 u. s. 336 , decree entered, 283 u. s. 805 (1931), modified, 347 u. s ..... directive, this court has applied to disputes between states over entitlement to water from interstate streams. nor was the local law of prior appropriation necessarily controlling. the project act itself was held to have created a comprehensive scheme for the apportionment among california, nevada, and arizona of the lower basin's share of the mainstream waters of the .....
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..... so obtained, together with such recommendations as may appear to be appropriate or necessary to promote the purposes of such compact." "(c) in carrying out the purposes of this chapter, the commission shall, so far as practicable, avail itself of the services, records, reports, and information of the executive departments and other agencies of the government, and ..... by the fpc were outside the scope of a 7 proceeding. the court relied principally on 1(b) of the natural gas act, 15 u.s.c. 717(b), which provides: "the provisions of this chapter shall apply to the transportation of natural gas in interstate commerce, to the sale in interstate commerce of natural gas for resale ..... commerce, and consolidated edison co. (con. ed.), a public utility in new york city which uses gas under its boilers and also sells gas to domestic consumers. in 1957, con. ed. contracted to purchase gas from producers in the normanna and sejita fields in texas at 19 1/4 cents per mcf., the contracts of sale containing .....
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