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..... possess." 344 u.s. at 344 u. s. 309 -310 (citations omitted). neither the sections of the truth in lending act which refer specifically to transactions involving finance charges nor any other sections of the act indicate that congress attempted to list comprehensively all types of transactions to which the board's regulations might ..... concluded that such an irrebuttable presumption of fact violated the due process clause of the fifth amendment. i passage of the truth in lending act in 1968 culminated several years of congressional study and debate as to the propriety and usefulness of imposing mandatory disclosure requirements on those who extend credit to ..... then the purchaser can shop on price just as much as on the finance charges. [ footnote 29 ]" it was against this legislative background that the federal reserve board promulgated regulations governing enforcement of the truth in lending act. in september, 1968, with the aid of an advisory board composed of representatives of diverse .....
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..... and nonpolitical purposes. its general treasury is funded through annual dues required of all members, three-quarters of whom are for-profit corporations. section 54(1) of the michigan campaign finance act prohibits corporations, excluding media corporations, from using general treasury funds for, inter alia, independent expenditures in connection with state candidate elections. however, ..... state cannot exact as the price of those special advantages the forfeiture of first amendment rights. see pickering v. board of education, 391 u. s. 563 (1968); speiser v. randall, 357 u. s. 513 (1958). the categorical suspension of the right of any person, or of any association of persons, to speak ..... u. s. 1 , 424 u. s. 39 (1976) (per curiam ) (quoting page 494 u. s. 670 williams v. rhodes, 393 u. s. 23 (1968)). i believe, however, that the dissents significantly overstate their case in several important respects and that the court's decision today is faithful to our prior opinions in the campaign .....
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..... virginia to remain in force in that part of the district which had been ceded by virginia. subsequent to the act of assumption, an act passed supplementary to the act entitled "an act concerning the district of columbia," the second section of which is in these words: "all indictments shall run in the name of the united states and conclude ..... fines, penalties, and forfeitures accruing to the government. this subject will perhaps receive some elucidation from a review of the two acts of congress relative to the district of columbia. the first section of the first act, declaring that the laws of the two states respectively should remain in force in the parts of the territory ceded by each, ..... u. s. 253 the defendant was indicted for suffering a faro bank to be played in his house, contrary to an act of the assembly of virginia of 19 january, 1798, ch. 2, sec. 3. the act provides that "any person whatsoever who shall suffer the game of billiards, or any of the games played at the tables called .....
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..... 12, 13, 1935 decided april 1, 1935 * 294 u.s. 648 certiorari to the court of appeals for the seventh circuit syllabus 1. section 77 of the bankruptcy act, added by act of march 3, 1933, which provides a method whereby any railroad engaged in interstate commerce and which is insolvent, or "unable to pay its debts ..... 77, supra, may issue process for service outside of its district. p. 294 u. s. 682 . 13. the power given the reconstruction finance corporation, by 5 of the act creating it, to take over and liquidate collateral accepted by it as security does not render it more immune than other lenders to the control of ..... valley receiver's certificates 747,492.51 trinity & brazos valley first mortgage bonds (now pledged under colorado & southern mortgage; c.r. i & p. had agreed to pledge them with reconstruction finance corporation upon release from that mortgage may 1, 1935) 4,380,000.00 -------------- total. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $19,490,965.85 assignment of chicago, rock island .....
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..... decline to adopt it. our interpretation of the term "parent" in 406(a) is strongly supported by the way the term is used in other sections of the act. section 402(a)(10) requires that, effective july 1, 1952, a state plan must: "provide for prompt notice to appropriate law enforcement officials of the ..... 19 ] state letter no. 452, bureau of public assistance, social security administration, department of health, education, and welfare. (emphasis added.) [ footnote 20 ] the senate finance committee report explained the purpose of the amendment as follows: "the department of health, education, and welfare, in january, 1961, advised the state agencies administering title iv of ..... 4) (providing that a step-parent not required by state law to support a child need not be considered the child's parent). [ footnote 32 ] another 1968 amendment provides for the cooperation of the internal revenue service in locating missing "parents." 410, 81 stat. 897. [ footnote 33 ] we intimate no views whatsoever .....
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..... are consistent with the objects of the charter. 12. the united kingdom gave effect to the charter in domestic law by means of the united nations act 1946. section 1 of that act provides: "(1) if, under article 41 of the charter of the united nations signed at san francisco on 26 june 1945 (being the article ..... the treasury accepted in its response of 6 october 2009 (cm 7718) to the house of lords european union committee's report into money laundering and the financing of terrorism (19th report, session 2008-2009, hl paper 132) that there is scope to further improve the transparency of decisions made by the 1267 committee and ..... "recognizing the need for states to complement international cooperation by taking additional measures to prevent and suppress, in their territories through all lawful means, the financing and preparation of any acts of terrorism." 134. the first specific measure called for by the resolution in paragraph 1(b) is that states shall: "criminalize the wilful provision or .....
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..... that the debtor has no remedy. 26. it is inherent in a debtor-creditor-supplier agreement under section 12(b) of the 1974 act, which is also tied into a specific supply transaction, that if the supply transaction which it financed is in effect brought to an end by the debtor's acceptance of the supplier's repudiatory breach ..... supply contract in such a complex way. in my view he does not have to. section 11(1)(b) of the 1974 act states that the purpose of the restricted-use credit agreement, such as the agreement in this case, is to finance a transaction between the consumer and the supplier. where, as here, the contract is tied ..... of the 1974 act. 15. to understand the definitions in section 12 one must first look at section 11. that section lists three types of restricted-use credit agreement and also an unrestricted-use credit agreement. it provides: "(1) a restricted-use credit agreement is a regulated consumer credit agreement (a) to finance a transaction between the debtor and the .....
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..... rights," which "adopted verbatim the language of the english bill of rights." solem v. helm, 463 u. s. 277 , 463 u. s. 285 , n. 10 (1983). section 10 of the english bill of rights of 1689, like our eighth amendment, states that "excessive bail ought not to be required, nor excessive fines imposed; nor cruel and unusual ..... supp. 406, 411 (sc) (three-judge court) (entertaining eighth amendment challenge by corporation to fine for violation of sunday closing laws), summarily aff'd, 393 u. s. 9 (1968). ii language in ingraham v. wright, 430 u. s. 651 (1977), and ex parte watkins, 7 pet. 568 (1833), suggests that the entire eighth amendment is confined to ..... instruction: "in determining the amount of punitive damages, . . . you may take into account the character of the defendants, their financial standing, and the nature of their acts." app. 81. guidance like this is scarcely better than no guidance at all. i do not suggest that the instruction itself was in error; indeed, it appears to have .....
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..... i join all but part iv of the court s opinion. political speech is entitled to robust protection under the first amendment. section 203 of the bipartisan campaign reform act of 2002 (bcra) has never been reconcilable with that protection. by striking down 203, the court takes an important first step ..... corporate spending on elections. austin and corporate expenditures just as the majority gives short shrift to the general societal interests at stake in campaign finance regulation, it also overlooks the distinctive considerations raised by the regulation of corporate expenditures. the majority fails to appreciate that austin s antidistortion rationale ..... be treated differently from individual expenditures. since our decision in buckley , congress power to prohibit corporations and unions from using funds in their treasuries to finance advertisements expressly advocating the election or defeat of candidates in federal elections has been firmly embedded in our law. mcconnell , 540 u. s., at .....
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..... 28, 1942 decided june 1, 1942 316 u.s. 502 appeal from the court of errors and appeals of new jersey syllabus under the new jersey municipal finance act, a plan for the adjustment or composition of the claims of creditors of an insolvent municipality may be made binding on all creditors, if approved by the ..... holders of municipal and quasi-municipal obligations, passim; dimock, legal problems of financially embarrassed municipalities, contained in summary of proceedings, american bar assn., 1st annual meeting (1935), section of municipal law, p. 12 ( see also xxii virginia l.rev. 39). how, then, can claims against a financially embarrassed city be enforced? experience shows that three ..... proceeding provided for by this article and pending the determination thereof, the supreme court, by a justice thereof, may, by order, continue the stay provided by sections 52:27-32.1 and 52:27-33 of this title." "in the event that a plan shall be authorized and approved pursuant to this article, the .....
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