H. W. Braatelien has joined the ranks of practicing attorneys at Crosby.
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New Mexico has joined Idaho and North Dakota in legislation for a unified Bar.
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The Supreme Court has announced the suspension of J. E. Bryans of Mohall for one year.
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The annual meeting of the American Bar Association will be held at Detroit, Michigan, September 2, 3 and 4.
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Cordenio A. Severence, former President of the American Bar Association, died at Pasadena, California, last month.
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The Laura Spellman Rockefeller Memorial has appropriated $20,000 annually for three years for the use of the American Law Institute.
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An authority says there are more than 2,250,000 laws in force in this country, 60% of which relate to the regulation of business activity and the uses of property.
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Current Books: Growth of the Law, Benjamin N. Cardozo, Yale University Press; Philosophy of Law, Roland R. Foulke, J. C. Winston Co.; Criminology, E. H. Sutherland, Lippincott Co.
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The Ohio Supreme Court, in Amalgamated Assn. vs. Cleveland Electric Ry., recently said: “No public utility enjoying monopoly in its field can make closed shop union contracts with any kind of labor. Closed shop union contracts are contrary to public policy on the theory that they might bar from employment individuals not wanting to join a labor union.”
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Comparisons of bonded indebtedness of the following States, years 1919 and 1923, are rather interesting:
