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..... the delegating legislatures cannot be expected to 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 apply. to the contrary ..... of the facts stated in its "dunning" letters. on this record, both parties moved for summary judgment, declaring explicitly that no factual question remained undecided. section 121 of the truth in lending act requires merchants who regularly extend credit, with attendant finance charges, [ footnote 7 ] to disclose certain contract information "to each person to whom consumer credit is extended and upon whom a .....
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..... 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 ..... for state regulation of both expenditures and contributions. moreover, as we recognized in first national bank of boston v. bellotti, 435 u. s. 765 (1978), there is a vast difference between lobbying and debating public issues on the one hand, and political campaigns for election to public office on the other ..... 169.206(1) (1979). that is indeed the court's sole basis for distinguishing first national bank of boston v. bellotti, 435 u. s. 765 (1978), which invalidated restriction of a corporation's general political speech. the michigan law appears to be designed, in other words, neither to protect shareholders, nor even .....
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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 ..... have demonstrated what can be done with creative . . . programs of prevention and social rehabilitation." see hearings on h.r. 10606 before the senate committee on finance, 87th cong., 2d sess., 109 (1962). some insight into the mood of the congress that approved the flemming ruling in 1961 with respect to this matter .....
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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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..... not mean 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 of contract ..... his claim for damages. sheriff tierney followed the opinion of sheriff principal reid in united dominions trust ltd v taylor 1980 slt (sh ct) 28 and held that section 75 of the 1974 act (which i discuss in paras 18 - 26 below) had the effect that mr durkin had been entitled to rescind and had rescinded both the sale contract and ..... and co 1909 sc 510, 517 per lord low). in english law he could plead an equitable set off (federal commerce and navigation co ltd v molena alpha inc [1978] qb 927, 974-975 per lord denning mr). in neither jurisdiction would the debtor's claim for damages extinguish his debt to the creditor until either it was upheld by .....
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..... ," 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 ..... historic function' . . . has been limited to the protection of individuals." first national bank of boston v. bellotti, 435 u. s. 765 , 435 u. s. 779 , n. 14 (1978). thus, a corporation has no fifth amendment privilege against self-incrimination, wilson v. united states, 221 u. s. 361 (1911), or right to privacy, united states v. morton salt co ..... 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 ..... regulate 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 is ..... our earlier cases. ante , at 39; see also buckley , supra ; first nat. bank of boston v. bellotti , 435 u. s. 765 (1978). austin undermined the careful line that buckley drew to distinguish limits on contributions to candidates from limits on independent expenditures on speech. buckley rejected the asserted government interest .....
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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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