Two disputes arose surrounding the use of paper money. In a series of acts enacted in part to finance the Civil War in 1862 and on-going, Congress authorized the use of greenbacks as the legal tender in the payment of all debts. Opponents of the acts...

Christopher and his mother, Laura J. Broadbent, went swimming at the family residence on April 13, 1984, their first day of swimming that year. Christopher was wearing "floaties," which are inflatable rings worn on the arms to assist a child...

We have a case where a child has made a claim to CICA for an award. She was previously looked after by the Local Authority and is now aged 16 living in supported accommodation, In the absence of anyone appropriate that has Parental Responsibility to accept...

If so, would they classed as a new entrant or an experienced worker?

Trademarks offer strong legal protections to your brand. But the scope of what encompasses your brand’s identity and the limits on what you can (or cannot) trademark may differ with specific use cases. Before we dive any deeper, here’s a...

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Plaintiff was night operator at the telephone exchange at Barnwell. That defendant called the exchange over the telephone and asked for a certain connection, which she promptly tried to get for him, but, upon her failing to do so, he cursed and threatened...

Iowa was admitted into the Union in 1846, and its western boundary as defined by the act of admission was the middle of the main channel of the Missouri River. Nebraska was admitted in 1867, and its eastern boundary was likewise the middle of the channel...