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2 unusual facts about United States v. Stevens


Animal Legal Defense Fund

ALDF submitted an amicus curiae brief in the case of U.S. v. Stevens, urging the Court to uphold the law and recognize that the prevention of cruelty to animals is a compelling government interest.

Noblesse oblige

Chief Justice of the United States John Roberts uses the phrase disparagingly in his majority opinion concerning the government's assertion that it will selectively prosecute animal cruelty videos based on their own interpretation of The First Amendment in United States v. Stevens.


Bowery Amphitheatre

By 1880 the name was changed to the Windsor Theater (under the management of John A. Stevens), which burnt down in November 1883, but was rebuilt and by 1885 was the Windsor Roller Skating Rink.

Charles A. Stevens

He was subsequently elected as a Republican to the Forty-third Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Alvah Crocker and served from January 27 to March 3, 1875.

He was an unsuccessful for election in 1874 to the Forty-fourth Congress.

Clarence Halbert

In 1900, along with Hiram F. Stevens, Ambrose Tighe, Moses Clapp, and Thomas D. O'Brien, Halbert founded the St. Paul College of Law, the first predecessor of William Mitchell College of Law.

Cry Just a Little Bit

"Cry Just a Little Bit" is a song originally a hit for British singer Shakin' Stevens in 1983, reaching #3 in the UK charts.

Daniel Dickinson

Daniel D. Stevens (Daniel Dickinson Stevens, 1839–1916), United States Navy sailor and Medal of Honor recipient

David H. Stevens

Immediately prior to joining MBA, Stevens was the Assistant Secretary for Housing and Federal Housing Commissioner at the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).

Fusion Energy Foundation

The publication came two years after a magazine, The Progressive, had tried to print similar information but was prevented by an injunction that became the United States v. The Progressive.

Hawaii v. Office of Hawaiian Affairs

In 1893, a "Committee of Safety," in co-operation with United States minister to Hawaii John L. Stevens, overthrew the Kingdom of Hawaii and established a provisional government.

IEAH Stables

Current IEAH employees include Hall of Fame jockey Gary Stevens as a bloodstock agent and Mike Jarvis, basketball coach at Florida Atlantic University.

Ilyas Kashmiri

During court testimony on 31 May 2011, Headley indicated that he had conducted preliminary research for Kashmiri in a plot targeting Robert J. Stevens, the CEO of Lockheed-Martin, the defence contractor.

Michael Mulligan

As a military prosecutor, Mulligan led the 2005 court-martial of Hasan Akbar, a soldier ultimately convicted of murdering two of his fellow soldiers at the beginning of the 2003 invasion of Iraq.

Plitt Theatres

Paramount was required to divest the theater chain as a result of the U.S. Supreme Court decision in the case United States v. Paramount Pictures, Inc. (1948).

Real People Press

Real People Press is an American book publisher, founded in 1967 by John O. Stevens in Lafayette, California.

Rick Kennett

He has collaborated on occasion with other Australian writers of horror, for instance Barry Radburn, Paul Collins and Bryce J. Stevens.

Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina

Crystal Lee Sutton (Jenkins), was a worker and union organizer for the J.P. Stevens & Co. mill in Roanoke Rapids, upon whose union activities the movie Norma Rae was based.

Robert S. Stevens

As head of construction, and later the railroad's General Manager, Stevens was responsible for the founding of Parsons, Kansas, Denison, Texas, and other towns along the route.

Robert Salaburu

Salaburu had to cut his online play short because of Black Friday.

Roger Stevens

Roger L. Stevens (1910–1998), American theatrical producer, arts administrator and real estate executive

Shalamar

They reached the grand final of Hit Me, Baby, One More Time in May 2005, ultimately losing out to Shakin' Stevens.

State Marriage Defense Act

It was introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives by Representative Randy Weber, a Texas Republican, on January 9, 2014, who presented it as an attempt to clarify federal government's implementation of the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in United States v. Windsor in June 2013.

Tired of Toein' the Line

In the 1980s, cover versions of the song were released by singer Ricky Nelson on his album Playing to Win (1981) and British singer Shakin' Stevens on his album A Whole Lotta Shaky (1988).

United States v. Alcoa

Former Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan criticized United States v. Alcoa as a young man in 1966, in an essay published in Capitalism: The Unknown Ideal.

United States v. Cotterman

On April 6, 2007 at approximately 10 AM, Howard and Maureen Cotterman drove from Mexico to the Lukeville Port of Entry (POE).

United States v. Cruikshank

As constitutional commentator Leonard Levy later wrote in 1987, "Cruikshank paralyzed the federal government's attempt to protect black citizens by punishing violators of their Civil Rights and, in effect, shaped the Constitution to the advantage of the Ku Klux Klan."

United States v. Extreme Associates

Ass Clowns 3: a female journalist is being raped by a gang led by Osama bin Laden; the journalist is freed and the gang members killed.

On January 20, 2005, District Court Judge Gary L. Lancaster dropped the charges, agreeing with the defense that the federal anti-obscenity statutes were unconstitutional, as they violated a person's fundamental right to possess and view whatever they want in the privacy of their own home.

United States v. Forty Barrels and Twenty Kegs of Coca-Cola

In 1912, even though Coca-Cola had won the case, two bills were introduced to the U.S. House of Representatives to amend the Pure Food and Drug Act, adding caffeine to the list of "habit-forming" and "deleterious" substances, which must be listed on a product's label.

United States v. International Boxing Club of New York

In January 1949 James D. Norris and Arthur Wirtz, who controlled boxing at several major arenas including Madison Square Garden, Chicago Stadium and Detroit Olympia, paid the recently retired Joe Louis $100,000 for four fighters he managed.

United States v. Jerome O'Hara and George Perez

# Their funds would be invested in a pool of around 35–50 common stocks from the Standard & Poor's 100 Index (S&P 100)

United States v. Karo

Drug Enforcement Administration agents installed an electronic beeper in a can of ether with the consent of the owner, a government informant.

United States v. Lara

Solicitor General Ted Olson argued that Congress, in response to the Duro decision, acted to "recognize and affirm" the Indian tribe's inherent power to enforce its criminal laws against Indians of other tribes.

United States v. Manning

After Manning's arrest, detectives searched a basement room in Potomac, Maryland, and found an SD card they say contained the Afghan and Iraq War logs, along with a message to WikiLeaks.

He said he also recovered 14–15 pages of encrypted chats, in unallocated space on Manning's MacBook's hard drive, between Manning and someone believed to be Julian Assange, using the Adium instant messaging client.

United States v. Mendenhall

During her walk through the airport, she was noticed by two Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) agents.

United States v. More

Jefferson's party also took control of Congress in the House and Senate elections.

United States v. Neil Scott Kramer

The pair drove to the Comfort Inn in Willow Springs, Missouri, where Kramer "plied the victim with illegal narcotics and then engaged in sexual intercourse with her."

United States v. Oregon

Gonzales v. Oregon, a 2006 United States Supreme Court case in which the United States Department of Justice challenged the Oregon Death with Dignity Act

United States v. Ortiz

:Not to be confused with a 19th century decision concerning Aboriginal title in New Mexico.

United States v. Place

The Miami officers alerted DEA agents at LaGuardia to their suspicions about Place.

United States v. SCRAP

The Environmental Defense Fund (EDF), acting with other environmental groups, sought to intervene by filing its own complaint.

United States v. Sun Myung Moon

Sherwood mentions opposition to Moon by the news media, major Christian denominations, and members of the government including Representative Donald Fraser and Senator Bob Dole.

United States v. Valenzuela-Bernal

The first time the scope of the Compulsory Processes Clause was addressed was in 1807 by Chief Justice John Marshall in the case of United States v. Burr (C.C.D. Va. 1807).

United States v. X-Citement Video

They made several more visits that year, culminating in Gottesman sending Traci Lords videos to Hawaii in early 1987.

Washington County, Oregon

Other companies with headquarters in Washington County include optical instruments manufacturer Leupold & Stevens, Columbia Sportswear, and Reser's Fine Foods.

William Ellsworth Kepner

On 29 July, the balloon ascended with himself and two fellow US Army Air Force officers, Capt. Albert W. Stevens and Capt. Orvil A. Anderson as crew.

William Harold Cox

His most famous case was United States v. Price (1965), the federal government's effort to prosecute those who allegedly killed three Mississippi civil rights workers.

William L. Stevens

Stevens then became Vicar of St. Benedict's Episcopal Church, Plantation, Florida, in 1961, leading the congregation from mission to parish status.


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