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Amendments2021—Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 117–59 added subsec. (c).| LII / Legal Information Institute
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such person shall be sentenced to a term of imprisonment which may not be less than 10 years or more than life and if death or serious bodily injury results from the use of such substance shall be not less than 20 years or more than life, a fine not to exceed the greater of that authorized in accordance with the provisions of title 18 or $10,000,000 if the defendant is an individual or $50,000,000 if the defendant is other than an individual, or both. If any person commits such a violation af...| LII / Legal Information Institute
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A plaintiff who suffers damages may be able to recover from manufacturing defects based on strict liability, negligence, or based upon a warranty theory. Each method requires proving the defect actually caused the damages claimed. In order to prove a manufacturing defect for strict liability, a plaintiff must show that the product received did not follow the manufacturer’s design and the defect occurred before leaving the control of the manufacturer. Manufacturing defects by way of negligen...| LII / Legal Information Institute
A trap and trace device is a device or process that records the sources of incoming signals to a specific phone or computer. This is often used by law enforcement as the advanced counterpart of Caller ID. A trap and trace device identifies the phone numbers or Internet addresses of incoming signals, but does not include substantive information transmitted by those signals.| LII / Legal Information Institute
the President may call into Federal service members and units of the National Guard of any State in such numbers as he considers necessary to repel the invasion, suppress the rebellion, or execute those laws. Orders for these purposes shall be issued through the governors of the States or, in the case of the District of Columbia, through the commanding general of the National Guard of the District of Columbia.| LII / Legal Information Institute
(b) ConstructionAs used in subsection (a), the term “discriminate against a qualified individual on the basis of disability” includes—(1)| LII / Legal Information Institute
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(1) The Secretary of Commerce, acting through the Director of the National Technical Information Service (hereafter in this section referred to as the “Director”) is authorized to do the following:(A)| LII / Legal Information Institute
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(2) In-office ancillary servicesIn the case of services (other than durable medical equipment (excluding infusion pumps) and parenteral and enteral nutrients, equipment, and supplies)—(A) that are furnished—| LII / Legal Information Institute
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This action was begun in the circuit court of the United States for the Northern district of Illinois, June 15, 1886, on which day the plaintiffs filed their declaration, as follows: 'George A. Bowman, a citizen of the state of Nebraska, and Fred. W. Bowman, a citizen of the state of Iowa, copartners, doing business under the name, firm, and style of Bowman Bros., at the city of Marshalltown, state of Iowa, plaintiffs in this suit, by Blum & Blum, their attorneys, complain of the Chicago and ...| LII / Legal Information Institute
Congress is given power to promote the progress of science and the useful arts. To that end it may, by all necessary and proper laws, secure to inventors, for limited times, the exclusive right to their inventions. That power has been exerted in the various statutes prescribing the terms and conditions upon which letters-patent may be obtained. It is true that letters-patent, pursuing the words of the statute, do, in terms, grant to the inventor, his heirs and assigns, the exclusive right to ...| LII / Legal Information Institute
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THESE cases come here by appeal,—the former from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York, the latter from the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Louisiana.| LII / Legal Information Institute
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In 1875 the legislature of the state of Michigan passed an act relating to the sale of liquors in that state to be shipped into the state by persons not residing therein, known as act No. 226 of the Session Laws of 1875, of which the following is a copy: 'An act to impose a tax on the business of selling spirituous and intoxicating, malt, brewed, and fermented liquors in the state of Michigan, to be shipped from without this state.| LII / Legal Information Institute
The ordinance was adopted to regulate the establishment and maintenance of public laundries and wash-houses within certain limits of the city and county of San Francisco. It recited that the indiscriminate establishment of such laundries and wash-houses, where clothes and other articles were cleansed for hire, endangered the public health and public safety, prejudiced the wellbeing and comfort of the community, and depreciated the value of property in their neighborhood. It then ordained, pur...| LII / Legal Information Institute
This was a suit in equity brought by Robert C. Phillips, Eugene Robinson, and Jesse H. Farwell, who were the exclusive licensees of Phillips for the state of Michigan, to restrain the defendant, the city of Detroit, from infringing letters patent granted to Phillips, December 5, 1871, for 'a new and useful improvement in street and other highway pavements.' The specification and claim of the patent were as follows: 'My improvement consists mainly in the use of wood of any suitable kind in its...| LII / Legal Information Institute
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Section 4 of an act of the General Assembly of Maryland of 1827, chapter 162, entitled 'An Act to appoint State wharfingers in the city of Baltimore, and to authorize the collection of wharfage in certain cases in said city' (Maryland Code of Public Local Laws, art. 4, sect. 945), provides as follows:——| LII / Legal Information Institute
Alternatively, private, for profit entities and corporations can also be considered public benefit corporations, also known as a PBCs, Benefit Corporations, or B Corps. Unlike traditional C Corporations whose primary interest is maximizing shareholder value, public benefit corporations balance stakeholders’ pecuniary interests, the interests of those who are involved and affected by the corporation (such as employees and customers), as well as the advancement of their intended public benefi...| LII / Legal Information Institute
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ArtIII.S2.C1.11.5 Removal from State Court to Federal Court| LII / Legal Information Institute
This chapter, referred to in text, was in the original “this Act”, meaning act June 19, 1934, ch. 652, 48 Stat. 1064, known as the Communications Act of 1934, which is classified principally to this chapter. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see section 609 of this title and Tables.| LII / Legal Information Institute
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§ 27.16 Network access requirements for Block C in the 746-757 and 776-787 MHz bands.| LII / Legal Information Institute
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The following provisions apply, in the circumstances set out, to disclosure of a communication or information covered by the attorney-client privilege or work-product protection.| LII / Legal Information Institute
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Unless the court orders otherwise, the parties may stipulate that:| LII / Legal Information Institute
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1974—Pub. L. 93–528 substituted “a felony, and, on conviction thereof, shall be punished by fine not exceeding one million dollars if a corporation, or, if any other person, one hundred thousand dollars, or by imprisonment not exceeding three years” for “a misdemeanor, and, on conviction thereof, shall be punished by fine not exceeding fifty thousand dollars, or by imprisonment not exceeding one year”.| LII / Legal Information Institute
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General ProvisionsSection 1. Policy. (a) Each employee of the executive branch of the Federal Government has the right, freely and without fear of penalty or reprisal, to form, join, and assist a labor organization or to refrain from any such activity, and each employee shall be protected in the exercise of this right. Except as otherwise expressly provided in this Order, the right to assist a labor organization extends to participation in the management of the organization and acting for the...| LII / Legal Information Institute
For the purpose of this subchapter—(1) “agency” means each authority of the Government of the United States, whether or not it is within or subject to review by another agency, but does not include—| LII / Legal Information Institute
As used in this subchapter—(1) the term “agency” means any executive department, military department, Government corporation, Government controlled corporation, or other establishment in the executive branch of the Government (including the Executive Office of the President), or any independent regulatory agency, but does not include—| LII / Legal Information Institute
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The denial by some employers of the right of employees to organize and the refusal by some employers to accept the procedure of collective bargaining lead to strikes and other forms of industrial strife or unrest, which have the intent or the necessary effect of burdening or obstructing commerce by (a) impairing the efficiency, safety, or operation of the instrumentalities of commerce; (b) occurring in the current of commerce; (c) materially affecting, restraining, or controlling the flow of ...| LII / Legal Information Institute
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For the purposes of this subchapter—(a)| LII / Legal Information Institute
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§ 155.285 Bases and process for imposing civil penalties for provision of false or fraudulent information to an Exchange or improper use or disclosure of information.| LII / Legal Information Institute
(C) at least 60 percent of the amount of the total assets of which (at the close of the taxable year) consists of—(i)| LII / Legal Information Institute
(b) Eligible deferred compensation plan definedFor purposes of this section, the term “eligible deferred compensation plan” means a plan established and maintained by an eligible employer—(1)| LII / Legal Information Institute
(a) Election to waive qualified joint and survivor annuity or qualified preretirement survivor annuity(1) In generalA plan meets the requirements of section 401(a)(11) only if—| LII / Legal Information Institute
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(d) Certain activities of trade shows, State fairs, etc.(1) General rule| LII / Legal Information Institute
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(b) Taxability of beneficiary under annuity purchased by section 501(c)(3) organization or public school(1) General ruleIf—| LII / Legal Information Institute
(a) In issuing obligations under sections 3102–3104 of this title, the Secretary of the Treasury may prescribe—| LII / Legal Information Institute
“The Fifth Amendment to the Constitution says ‘nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation.’ This is a tacit recognition of a preexisting power to take private property for public use, rather than a grant of new power.” 1 Footnote| LII / Legal Information Institute
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This case comes before us on appeal from an order of the circuit court of the United States for the Northern district of California, refusing to release the appellant, on a writ of habeas corpus, from his alleged unlawful detention by Capt. Walker, master of the steam-ship Belgic, lying within the harbor of San Francisco. The appellant is a subject of the emperor of China, and a laborer by occupation. He resided at San Francisco, Cal., following his occupation, from some time in 1875 until Ju...| LII / Legal Information Institute
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(1) In general.—Subject to paragraph (2), any person who—(A)| LII / Legal Information Institute
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2021—Pub. L. 117–81 substituted “Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force, and Space Force” for “Army and Air Force” in section catchline, and in text substituted “Army, the Navy, the Marine Corps,” for “Army or” and inserted “, or the Space Force” after “Air Force”.| LII / Legal Information Institute
Amendments2016—Pub. L. 114–328, div. A, title XII, § 1241(a)(1), (o)(2), Dec. 23, 2016, 130 Stat. 2497, 2512, renumbered chapter 15 of this title “INSURRECTION” as chapter 13, redesignated item 331 “Federal aid for State governments” as item 251, redesignated item 332 “Use of militia and armed forces to enforce Federal authority” as item 252, redesignated item 333 “Interference with State and Federal law” as item 253, redesignated item 334 “Proclamation to disperse”...| LII / Legal Information Institute
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This was an application for a writ of habeas corpus made to the circuit court of the United States for the district of Kansas by Charles A. Rahrer, who alleged in his petition that he was illegally and wrongfully restrained of his liberty by John M. Wilkerson, sheriff of Shawnee county, Kan., in violation of the constitution of the United States. The writ was issued, and, return having been made thereto, the cause was heard on the following agreed statement of facst: 'It is understood and agr...| LII / Legal Information Institute
This is a bill in equity filed in the circuit court of the United States in and for the Northern district of Illinois by Jessie Norton Torrence Magoun, a resident and citizen of New York, against the trust company, as executor of, and trustee under, the last will and testament of Joseph T. Torrence, deceased, and the county treasurer of Cook county, Ill., both residents and citizens of Illinois, to remove a cloud from the real estate devised by said decedent to the complainant, and to enjoin ...| LII / Legal Information Institute
Christiana Leisy, Edward Leisy, Lena and Albert Leisy, composing the firm of Gus. Leisy & Co., citizens of Illinois, brought their action of replevin against A. J. Hardin, the duly elected and qualified marshal of the city of Keokuk, Iowa, and ex officio constable of Jackson township, Lee county, Iowa, in the superior court of Keokuk, in said county, to recover 122 one-quarter barrels of beer, 171 one-eighth barrels of beer, and 11 sealed cases of beer, which had been seized by him in a proce...| LII / Legal Information Institute
This was an action brought in 1886 in a justice's court in Norfolk, state of Virginia, by Wright, the defendant in error, against the plaintiffs in error, R. P. Voight & Co., to recover $15 for fees alleged to be due to the plaintiff for inspection of flour. Judgment was rendered for the plaintiff, and an appeal taken to the corporation court of the city of Norfolk, by which court the judgment was affirmed. This being the highest court of the state in which a decision in the suit could be had...| LII / Legal Information Institute
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(a) Employer practicesIt shall be an unlawful employment practice for an employer—| LII / Legal Information Institute
This was a writ of habeas corpus, issued October 2, 1895, by the district court of the United States for the Northern district of California, to the collector of customs at the port of San Francisco, in behalf of Wong Kim Ark, who alleged that he was a citizen of the United States, of more than 21 years of age, and was born at San Francisco in 1873, of parents of Chinese descent, and subjects of the emperor of China, but domiciled residents at San Francisco; and that, on his return to the Uni...| LII / Legal Information Institute
(f)(1) To discriminate in the sale or rental, or to otherwise make unavailable or deny, a dwelling to any buyer or renter because of a handicap of—| LII / Legal Information Institute
Ex. Ord. No. 14025. Worker Organizing and EmpowermentEx. Ord. No. 14025, Apr. 26, 2021, 86 F.R. 22829, provided:| LII / Legal Information Institute
(2) Conditions.—The conditions referred to in paragraph (1) are that—(A)| LII / Legal Information Institute
(a) FindingsThe Congress finds that—(1)| LII / Legal Information Institute
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