Over a year later, on May 29, 1975, the University Board of Trustees authorized a change in policy to admit " students of any race ," a move that occurred shortly before the announcement of the Supreme Court decision in Runyon v. McCrary ( 427 U. S. 160 ), which prohibited racial exclusion in private schools.

The case was heard on October 12, 1982, and on May 24, 1983, the U. S. Supreme Court ruled against Bob Jones University in Bob Jones University v. United States ( 461 U. S. 574 ).

With the arrival of news in May 1810 that southern Spain had been conquered by Napoleon's forces, that the Spanish Supreme Central Junta had dissolved itself, declarations of independence in Quito ( 1809 ), Gran Colombia ( 1810 ), Venezuela and Paraguay ( 1811 ) and other territories, established their own governments.

In May 2010, the Washington State Supreme Court provided an opinion after it was asked to certify a question referred by the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Washington: “ Whether a public library, consistent with Article I, § 5 of the Washington Constitution, may filter Internet access for all patrons without disabling Web sites containing constitutionally-protected speech upon the request of an adult library patron .” The Washington State Supreme Court ruled that NCRL ’ s internet filtering policy did not violate Article I, Section 5 of the Washington State Constitution.

In January 1944, he resumed command of ETOUSA and the following month was officially designated as the Supreme Allied Commander of the Allied Expeditionary Force ( SHAEF ), serving in a dual role until the end of hostilities in Europe in May 1945.

On May 25, 1993, Serrano illegally dissolved Congress and the Supreme Court and tried to restrict civil freedoms, allegedly to fight corruption.

His mother, Anita Frances ( née Levy ; later Livingston ; May 22, 1926 — July 1981 ), was a lawyer and judge in New Orleans and, later, a Louisiana Supreme Court justice.

The Japanese constitution, which went into effect on 3 May 1947 includes a bill of rights similar to the United States Bill of Rights, and the Supreme Court has the right of judicial review.

On May 31, 2011, the Supreme Court threw out the lawsuit against Ashcroft regarding Abdullah al-Kidd.

On 7 May 1960, the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union granted Voroshilov's request for retirement and elected Leonid Brezhnev chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Council ( the head of state ).

* An outline of the Russian Supreme Court decision of 29 May 2000

On 12 May 2000, the Supreme Court asked Musharraf to hold national elections by 12 October 2002.

Upon convening in May, the congress elected Boris Yeltsin, a onetime Gorbachev protégé who had been exiled from the top party echelon because of his radical reform proposals and erratic personality, as president of the congress's permanent working body, the Supreme Soviet.

On May 24, 1844, the line was officially opened as Morse sent the famous words " What hath God wrought " from the Supreme Court chamber in the basement of the U. S. Capitol building in Washington, D. C., to the B & O's Mount Clare Station in Baltimore.

On 24 May 1844, he sent the message " WHAT HATH GOD WROUGHT " from the Old Supreme Court Chamber in the Capitol in Washington to the old Mt.

On May 5, 2010 the Supreme Court of India in the case " Smt.

This legislation was later ruled unconstitutional by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 15, 1922.

* May 11 – Dante Tinga, Filipino Supreme Court jurist

* May 2 – Jose Abad Santos, Filipino chief justice of the Supreme Court ( b. 1886 )

* May 20 – Gay rights – Romer v. Evans: The Supreme Court of the United States rules against a law that prevents any city, town or county in the state of Colorado from taking any legislative, executive, or judicial action to protect the rights of homosexuals.

* May 25 – Egan v. Canada: The Supreme Court of Canada rules that discrimination based on sexual orientation is prohibited under the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.

* May 4 – U. S. Freedom Riders begin interstate bus rides to test the new U. S. Supreme Court integration decision.

* May 18 – Plessy v. Ferguson: The U. S. Supreme Court introduces the " separate but equal " doctrine and upholds segregation.

He left the troupe in May 1906, and joined the juvenile comedy act Casey's Court Circus.

While his parents and older siblings left for England in April and May that year, Charles remained in Scotland, with his father's friend and the Lord President of the Court of Session, Alexander Seton, Lord Fyvie, appointed as his guardian.

The Obama administration declined to appeal, allowing a May 3, 2009, deadline to pass, leaving Witt as binding on the entire Ninth Circuit, and returning the case to the District Court.

A judicial recount under the jurisdiction of a special panel of the High Court began on 10 May 2004 and ended on May 18, 2004.

In May 1565 she wrote to Cecil, urging that the money from family properties set aside for Oxford's use during his minority by his father's will should be entrusted to herself and other family friends to protect it and ensure that he would be able to meet the expenses of furnishing his household and suing his livery when he reached his majority ; this last would end his wardship though cancelling his debt with that Court, and convey the powers attached to his title.

Gerry was from an early time a vocal opponent of Parliamentary efforts to tax the colonies after the French and Indian War ended in 1763, and won election to General Court of the Province of Massachusetts Bay ( its legislative assembly ) in May 1772.

On May 1 and 2, 2008, they made a well-publicized appearance on the show Divorce Court to air their differences in an attempt to save their marriage.

The Court was established by Resolution 827 of the United Nations Security Council, which was passed on 25 May 1993.

In May 1975, Led Zeppelin played five sold-out nights at the Earls Court Arena in London, at the time the largest arena in Britain.

On 24 May 2008, the International Court of Justice ruled that Pedra Branca belonged to Singapore with the nearby Middle Rocks going to Malaysia.

The Federal Court ordered on 23 May 2007 that Macquarie University Union Ltd be wound up.

She returned to the London stage in May 2009 to play the lead role in Wallace Shawn's new play, Grasses of a Thousand Colours at the Royal Court Theatre.

* Grasses of a thousand colours ( Cerise )-Royal Court Theatre ( May 2009 )

On 25 May 2009, the Constitutional Court, made up of appointed judges, released a ruling that any referendum to create a new constitution would be unconstitutional, and further would be a violation of the oath the president had taken on the Koran ( a serious matter in this overwhelmingly Muslim country ).

In May 1686, James decided to obtain from the English courts of the common law a ruling which affirmed his power to dispense with Acts of Parliament.

On 14 May 1948, the Assembly adopted resolution 186 ( S-2 ), which affirmed its support for the efforts of the Security Council to secure a truce in Palestine ; decided to appoint a U. N.

Black Hawk had actually signed a treaty in May 1816 that affirmed the disputed 1804 land cession, but he insisted that what had been written down was different from what had been spoken at the treaty conference.

On May 15, 1656, the Court of the Colony of Connecticut in Hartford affirmed that the town of Stratford included all of the territory inland from Long Island Sound, between the Housatonic River and the Fairfield town line, to include the southern portion of present-day Monroe.

He had also been affirmed Gentleman of the Bedchamber in April, and admitted to the English peerage as Baron Churchill of Sandridge in the county of Hertfordshire in May, thus giving him a seat in the House of Lords.

He had also been affirmed Gentleman of the Bedchamber in April, and admitted to the English peerage as Baron Churchill of Sandridge in the county of Hertfordshire in May.

In a May 2011 statement on his Presidential campaign website, Norris affirmed " I did not ever and would not approve of the finished article as it appeared ".

The Petition of Right was eventually affirmed by the Commons and sent to the Lords, who approved it on 17 May ; the document's publication was met with bonfires and the ringing of churchbells throughout England.

Pope Pius XI in his encyclical letter Miserentissimus Redemptor ( on May 8, 1928 ) affirmed the Church's position with respect to Saint Margaret Mary's visions of Jesus Christ by stating that Jesus had " manifested Himself " to Saint Margaret and had " promised her that all those who rendered this honor to His Heart would be endowed with an abundance of heavenly graces.

On May 15, 1656, the Court of the Colony of Connecticut in Hartford affirmed that the town of Stratford included all of the territory inland from Long Island Sound, between the Housatonic River and the Fairfield town line.

In May 1986, the reorganized Supreme Court declared the Aquino government as “ not merely a de facto government but in fact and law a de jure government ”, whose legitimacy had been affirmed by the community of nations.

In a speech on 25 May, Qarase affirmed his strong support for the chiefly system, saying that to weaken the chiefs would be to weaken the nation.

In May 2006, the FCC adopted a " Second Report and Order ", which clarified and affirmed the First Order:

That order was affirmed and further clarified by the Second Report and Order, dated May 2006.

The delegates to the peace conference affirmed the peace on oath on 15 May 1648 ( though the delegate of Zeeland refused to attend, and the delegate of Utrecht suffered a possibly diplomatic illness ).

It was at Laibach, too, that, on the 19th of March, the emperor Alexander received the news of Ypsilanti's invasion of the Danubian principalities, which heralded the outbreak of the Greek War of Independence, and from Laibach Capo d ' Istria ( himself of Greek origin ) addressed to the Greek leader the tsar's repudiation of his action. The conference closed on the May 12, 1821, on which date Russia, Austria and Prussia issued a declaration ( Hertslet, No. 108 ) to proclaim to the world the principles which guided them in coming to the assistance of subdued peoples, a declaration which once more affirmed the principles of the Troppau Protocol.

Fearing Missouri's tilt to the South, William S. Harney, the Federal commander in Missouri struck the Price-Harney Truce on May 12, 1861, which affirmed Missouri's neutrality in the conflict.

In May 2012, the First Circuit Court of Appeals unanimously affirmed the ruling, finding DOMA unconstitutional.

Lord Justices Waller, Fox and May affirmed McClory's right to make James Bond films and enjoined the Plaintiffs from taking similar legal action against McClory in the future.

The holiness of his life was widely known: Dante affirmed that miracles were said to have been wrought at his tomb, and, though never officially beatified, he is still venerated as a beatus on May 29.

Sivo affirmed his belief in the ideals articulated by the Speight-led Taukei Cabinet on 19 May 2000, saying that they would never die.

After a hearing on May 1, 2001 a three judge panel ( Judges Newman, Cabranes and Thompson ) affirmed Judge Kaplan on November 28.

On 1 May 2009, Habib lost an appeal in the Full Federal Court against a 2007 Administrative Appeals Tribunal ( AAT ) decision that affirmed the former Foreign Affairs minister's decision in 2006 to refuse Mr Habib an Australian passport.

The May 4th, 1990 declaration of independence ( reinstating the 1920 constitution subject to a transitional period ) by the Supreme Soviet of the Latvian SSR affirmed that the restored Republic of Latvia would base its relations with the Russian Federation on the treaty principle.