Public-Interest

Federal Court Orders Unsealing of Jeffrey Epstein Case Documents

2023-01-03 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | Importance: 8/10

U.S. District Judge Loretta Preska orders the unsealing of documents from Virginia Giuffre’s 2015 defamation case against Ghislaine Maxwell, including depositions and court filings that had been sealed for years. The order affects approximately 180 individuals mentioned in the documents, …

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Munn v. Illinois: Supreme Court Affirms Public Power to Regulate Monopolies

1877-03-01 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | Importance: 7/10

In March 1877, the U.S. Supreme Court decided Munn v. Illinois (94 U.S. 113), affirming in a 7-2 decision that states possess constitutional authority to regulate private industries when such regulation serves the public good. Chief Justice Morrison Waite wrote for the majority that because grain …

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