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Courts-Martial--Jurisdiction Over Person Discharged And Re-Enlisted For Offense Committed During Prior Enlistment, J. D. Mcleod S.Ed. Dec 1949

Courts-Martial--Jurisdiction Over Person Discharged And Re-Enlisted For Offense Committed During Prior Enlistment, J. D. Mcleod S.Ed.

Michigan Law Review

Petitioner, a chief petty officer in the Navy was honorably discharged on March 26, 1946, and re-enlisted on the following day. In 1947, he was tried by court-martial and convicted of cruelty, during his prior period-of service, to persons subject to his orders. The District Court sustained his writ of habeas corpus on the ground that the court-martial had no jurisdiction; the Circuit Court of Appeals reversed. On certiorari to the Supreme Court of the United States, held, the court-martial had no jurisdiction to try petitioner for an offense committed prior to his discharge and re-enlistment. United. States ex …


Constitutional Law-Power Of Supreme Court To Review Judgments Of International Military Tribunal For Far East, J. R. Mackenzie S. Ed. Apr 1949

Constitutional Law-Power Of Supreme Court To Review Judgments Of International Military Tribunal For Far East, J. R. Mackenzie S. Ed.

Michigan Law Review

The board of directors of defendant, a nonprofit corporation, passed a resolution that persons should not be denied membership on racial, religious or political grounds. Plaintiff, a branch member of defendant, had enacted by-laws denying Negroes admission to its group. Defendant's board declared plaintiff's by-laws were in conflict with the resolution and threatened to expel plaintiff branch if its by-laws were not amended. Plaintiff brought suit to enjoin defendant from carrying out its threat. Held, injunction granted. No national by-law required admission of all races to membership in branches, nor did the national directors have power to expel a …


International Law-Prize Law-Seizure Of Port As Effecting Capture Of Ships In Port, David D. Ring S. Ed. Apr 1949

International Law-Prize Law-Seizure Of Port As Effecting Capture Of Ships In Port, David D. Ring S. Ed.

Michigan Law Review

When the Italian port of Tripoli was captured by the British in January, 1943, two privately owned Italian vessels were lying aground in the harbor. Though the Italian armistice was signed in September, 1943, and British naval authorities early in 1944 ordered the seizure in prize of all salvable vessels, nothing was done with respect to these vessels until February 3, 1947. At that time they were placed under the jurisdiction of the Prize Court of England. On February 10, 1947, the Treaty of Peace with Italy was signed and became effective on September 15, 1947. By act of Parliament, …


International Law-Seizure Of Foreign Vessels On The High Seas, David D. Ring S.Ed. Feb 1949

International Law-Seizure Of Foreign Vessels On The High Seas, David D. Ring S.Ed.

Michigan Law Review

After World War I, the Allied Powers under Article XXII of the Covenant of the League of Nations designated Great Britain mandatary of Palestine, providing inter alia that, as far as possible without prejudice to the rights of the then residents of Palestine, steps were to be taken to facilitate Jewish immigration. A High Commissioner for Palestine was appointed, who, by the authority vested in him under the mandate, promulgated a general ordinance regulating immigration. It was provided therein that any British government ship might board any vessel to detain and examine persons reasonably believed to be seeking to enter …


Lauterbach: Economic Security And Individual Freedom: Can We Have Both?, Michigan Law Review Feb 1949

Lauterbach: Economic Security And Individual Freedom: Can We Have Both?, Michigan Law Review

Michigan Law Review

A Review of ECONOMIC SECURITY AND INDIVIDUAL FREEDOM: CAN WE HAVE BOTH? By Albert Lauterbach.


Lunau: The Germans On Trial, Michigan Law Review Feb 1949

Lunau: The Germans On Trial, Michigan Law Review

Michigan Law Review

A Review of THE GERMANS ON TRIAL. By Heinz Lunau.