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  1. FOX v. CAPITAL CO.

    299 U.S. 105 (57 S.Ct. 57, 81 L.Ed. 67) FOX v. CAPITAL CO. No. 23. Argued: Oct. 16, 1936. Decided: ... methods. The judgment debtor having failed to respond to the subpoena, an application was made to punish ... a substitute for such relief or for adequate discovery. Despite the contempt or the penalties therefor, the ...

  2. CAPITAL CITIES MEDIA, INC., et al.

    463 U.S. 1303 (103 S.Ct. 3524, 77 L.Ed.2d 1284) CAPITAL CITIES MEDIA, INC., et al. v. Decided: ... at 2671: "If the information is lawfully obtained... the state may not punish its publication ...

  3. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION, Petitioner, v. CAPITAL GAINS RESEARCH BUREAU, INC., et al.

    CAPITAL GAINS RESEARCH BUREAU, INC., et al. No. 42. Argued: Oct. 21, 1963. Decided: Dec. 9, 1963. opinion, ... investment advisory services, one of which—'a Capital Gains Report'—is the ... Service devoted exclusively to (1) The protection of investment capital. (2) The realization of a steady ...

  4. CAPITAL TRACTION CO. v. HOF.

    174 U.S. 1 (19 S.Ct. 580, 43 L.Ed. 873) CAPITAL TRACTION CO. v. HOF. No. 108. Decided: April 11, ... 1899 opinion, GRAY [HTML] Page 2 R. Ross Perry, for Capital Traction Co. Alexander Wolf, for Hof. TOP ... Mr. Justice GRAY delivered the opinion of the court. On September 8, 1896, the Capital Traction ...

  5. Coker v. Georgia

    the constitutionality of capital punishment. It is now settled that the death penalty is not ... responding to those decisions, again revised their capital punishment laws, they reenacted the death penalty ... JUSTICE BRENNAN concluded that the death penalty is, in all circumstances, cruel and unusual punishment ...

  6. Coker v. Georgia

    the constitutionality of capital punishment. It is now settled that the death penalty is not ... responding to those decisions, again revised their capital punishment laws, they reenacted the death penalty ... JUSTICE BRENNAN concluded that the death penalty is, in all circumstances, cruel and unusual punishment ...

  7. Coker v. Georgia

    the constitutionality of capital punishment. It is now settled that the death penalty is not ... responding to those decisions, again revised their capital punishment laws, they reenacted the death penalty ... JUSTICE BRENNAN concluded that the death penalty is, in all circumstances, cruel and unusual punishment ...

  8. Calder v. Bull

    penalties; the first inflicting capital, and the other less, punishment. These acts were legislative ... was this, that the safety of the kingdom depended on the death, or other punishment, of the offender; ... I mean. A law that punished a citizen for an innocent action, or, in other words, for an act, which when ...

  9. Calder v. Bull

    penalties; the first inflicting capital, and the other less, punishment. These acts were legislative ... was this, that the safety of the kingdom depended on the death, or other punishment, of the offender; ... I mean. A law that punished a citizen for an innocent action, or, in other words, for an act, which when ...

  10. Louisiana ex rel. Francis v. Resweber

    examination into any punishments except that of death. See Weems v. United States, 217 U.S. 349. The ... death; but the punishment of death is not cruel within the meaning of that word as used in the ... persons to torture culminating in death. Pre-constitutional American history reeked with cruel punishment ...

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