Specifically, the relevant obstruction-of-justice statute holds that any individual who "corruptly . . .
In December, Judge Marguerite T. Simon of Superior Court upheld the statute, holding that it did not place an "undue burden" on the right to abortion.
It was the first case in which federal prosecutors employed a powerful 2004 statute holding that anyone who conspires to sell surface-to-air missiles must receive a twenty-five-year sentence.
In United States v. Smith (1820), in an opinion by Justice Story, the Court upheld a conviction under the 1819 statute, holding that Congress could leave the definition of piracy to the law of nations.
Its restrictive statute holds that pregnancies must be carried to term, regardless if a woman has been raped, if her health or life is at risk, or if the fetus is deformed.
Title 18 Section 1115 of the U.S. Criminal Code, the "Seaman's Manslaughter Statute," holds companies, executives, managers, and employees of vessels liable for fines and imprisonment for deaths occurring on their rigs.
The statutes hold that the Nobel Prize is not to be given posthumously.
By statute, Holdren is allowed four associate directors, all of whom require Senate confirmation.
Her agent, Lew Wasserman, then discovered an obscure California statute that held that a contract lasting longer than seven years amounted to slavery.
It was another four years before the Court invalidated that statute, and held, in Boumediene v. Bush, that judicial review was constitutionally compelled.
