2, ch. 2. The cinque-ports and county palatine were so-called "exempt jurisdictions"—franchises granted by the Crown in which local authorities would manage municipal affairs, including the court system, but over which the Crown maintained ultimate sovereignty.
The system allowed an organization such as the AAU to control many sports franchises granted by the IOC, including to such disparate sports as swimming, luge and bobsled — without being equipped to handle the unique governance challenges posed by each individual sport.
356, 361, 'a railroad company... is not at liberty to alienate any part of it so as to interfere with the full exercise of the franchises granted.' Nor can it be rightfully contended that the portion of the right of way appropriated was not necessary for the execution of the powers conferred by Congress, for, as said in Northern P. R. Co. v. Smith, 171 U. S. 261, 275, 43 L. ed.
In its wake, the league quietly shelved provisional expansion franchises granted to Seattle and Denver to take place in the 1977 season.
It is true that in these cases the franchise was granted directly by the state legislature, but it is equally clear that such franchises may be bestowed upon corporations by the municipal authorities, provided the right to do so is given by their charters.
(In February, a new franchise was granted near Storrs, Conn., which, as the home of the University of Connecticut Huskies, has become an epicenter of women's basketball).
Paul and renamed the Twins, and a new franchise was granted to Washington (also named the Senators); however, it lasted only until 1971, when it was transferred to Dallas Fort Worth and renamed the Texas Rangers.
See, e.g., Harper v. Virginia Bd. of Elections, 383 U.S. 663, 665 (1966) ("[O]nce the franchise is granted to the electorate, lines may not be drawn which are inconsistent with the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment").
See, e.g., Harper v. Virginia Bd. of Elections, 383 U.S. 663, 665 (1966) ([O]nce the franchise is granted to the electorate, lines may not be drawn which are inconsistent with the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment).
