James Phalen, Plaintiff In Error v. the Commonwealth of Virginia
Decision Date | 01 January 1850 |
Parties | JAMES PHALEN, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR, v. THE COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA |
Court | U.S. Supreme Court |
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Commonwealth v. Kentucky Jockey Club
... ... of the poor, and plundered the ignorant and simple." Phalen v. Va., 8 How. (49 U.S.) 163, 12 L. Ed. 1030; Stone v ... 608, 85 A. 503; State of Mo. v. James Thompson, 160 Mo. 333, 60 S.W. 1077, 54 L.R.A. 950, 83 Am ... Law Rep. 49, proceedings for the forfeiture of Virginia land grants, and numerous other matters, were held to be ... These allegations are: ... "Plaintiff avers that shortly after the incorporation of the ... ...
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Commonwealth v. Kentucky Jockey Club
... ... simple." Phalen v. Va., 8 How. (49 U. S.) ... 163, 12 L.Ed. 1030; Stone ... 608, 85 ... A. 503; State of Mo. v. James Thompson, 160 Mo. 333, ... 60 S.W. 1077, 54 L.R.A. 950, ... 49, proceedings for the forfeiture of ... Virginia land grants, and numerous other matters, were held ... to ... These allegations are: ... "Plaintiff ... avers that shortly after the incorporation of the ... ...
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In re Watson
... ... v. Missouri, 91 U.S. 275; Webber v. Virginia, ... 103 U.S. 344. These statutes discriminate ... R.R. 25 Alb.Law J ... [ L3 ] Phalen v. Virginia, 8 How. 163; 3 ... Harring. 441; ... [ C5 ] Union Co. v. James, 21 Pa.St. 525; ... Walters v. Duke, 31 La.Ann ... ...
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American Broadcasting Co. v. United States
... ... U. S. Atty., New York City, James E. Kilday and William J. Hickey, Special Assts ... On August 31, 1949, plaintiff filed its complaint in this action. On September ... Commonwealth v. Wall, 295 Mass. 70, 3 N.E.2d 28, 29. The ... a lottery was illegal under the laws of Virginia, the agreement was unenforceable. That case has ... See, also, Phalen v. Virginia, 8 How. 163, 49 U.S. 163 at page 168, ... ...
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Information markets as games of chance.
...dwelling; it reaches every class; it preys upon the hard earnings of the poor; it plunders the ignorant and simple. Phalen v. Virginia, 49 U.S. 163 168 (68) See Rychlak supra note 32, at 32-38 (explaining how social problems associated with state-sponsored gambling and growing concern about......
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Obscenity law and its consequences in mid-nineteenth-century America.
...speech). (32) WILLIAM BLACKSTONE, 4 COMMENTARIES * 167. (33) Knowles v. State of Conn., 3 Day 103 (Conn. 1808). (34) Phalen v. Virginia, 49 U.S. 163, 168 (35) Jacobellis v. Ohio, 378 U.S. 184, 197 (1964) (Stewart, J., concurring). (36) The first attempt by an American court to define obscen......