* Charlotte Dupuy, slave who worked for Van Buren at Decatur House, while her suit for freedom against Henry Clay proceeded

Married and with a child, he filed a freedom suit, on the grounds that he could not be held as a slave in Great Britain.

The " freedom suit " received a fair amount of attention in the press at the time.

Decatur House in Washington, DC, a National Historic Landmark and museum on Lafayette Square near the White House, has exhibits on urban slavery and Charlotte Dupuy's freedom suit against Henry Clay.

* Marguerite ( woman of color ), in 1805 filed the first " freedom suit " in St. Louis and succeeded in ending Indian slavery in the state of Missouri in 1836

Having failed to purchase his freedom, in 1846 Scott filed legal suit in St Louis Circuit Court through the help of a local lawyer.

The former slave engaged the attorney Theodore Sedgwick to file a freedom suit on her behalf, based on the statements in the new state constitution in 1780.

It was an unusual " freedom suit " which involved international issues and parties, as well as United States law.

The Association, represented throughout by Robert L. Carter of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, responded by moving to dissolve the order on the grounds that its activities within the state did not require its qualification under the statute and that the state's suit was intended to violate its rights to freedom of speech and of assembly as guaranteed by the Constitution of the United States.

Wells puts Hoopdriver in a new brown cycling suit to show the importance of the venture and the freedom on which he is embarking.

In the case of Hudgins v. Wright ( 1806 ), a freedom suit, he " singlehandedly tried to abolish slavery by judicial interpretation ," according to Paul Finkelman.

As a relatively young lawyer, Sedgwick with Tapping Reeve pled the case of Brom and Bett vs. Ashley ( 1781 ), an early " freedom suit ", in county court for the slaves Elizabeth Freeman ( known as Bett ) and Brom.

In 2006, Sharman launched a defamation suit against p2pnet. net, a one-man digital media news site specialising in freedom of speech and file sharing issues.

The suit alleges that the school district violated the student editors ’ First Amendment freedom of the press rights by instituting a policy of prior restraint.

Wearing the oversized suit was a declaration of freedom and self-determination, even rebelliousness.

Flexitime can give employees greater freedom to organize their working lives to suit personal needs.

Dupuy lost her suit because it was based on the promise of freedom from an owner before Clay.

Bates argued as her attorney in the separate freedom suit which she filed for her daughter Lucy Berry, then about age 14.

In 1836, Curtis participated in the Massachusetts " freedom suit " of Commonwealth v. Aves on behalf of the defendant.

The decision in this freedom suit engendered controversy and helped to alienate the South.

decades, the tankini, Cole's clever two-piece, which blended the freedom of a bikini with the more modest coverage of a one-piece bathing suit, quickly captured nearly a third of the swimwear market.

Composite structure owe their lightweight characteristics to the designer freedom to place the load carrying material only where it is required. This is achieved by using lightweight, high-strength fibers embedded in a design matrix which can be oriented during the manufacturing process to suit the designers requirements.

Rachel v. Walker ( 1834 ) was a " freedom suit " filed by Rachel, an African-American slave in the St. Louis Circuit Court.

That said Walker now holds your petitioner and child in slavery, claiming her as his slave, and your petitioner prays that your petitioner and said child may be allowed to sue as a poor person in the St. Louis Circuit Court for freedom & that the said Walker may be restrained from carrying her & said child out of the jurisdiction of the St. Louis Circuit Court till the termination of said suit.

In 1946, another of Zahir Shah's uncles, Sardar Shah Mahmud Khan, became Prime Minister and began an experiment allowing greater political freedom, but reversed the policy when it went further than he expected.

Adler went on to note that from those she interviewed and surveyed in the U. S., she could identify a number of common factors that led to people getting involved in Paganism: the beauty, vision and imagination that was found within their beliefs and rituals, a sense of intellectual satisfaction and personal growth that they imparted, their support for environmentalism and / or feminism, and a sense of freedom.

As many as two thousand were selected accordingly, who crowned themselves and went round the temples, rejoicing in their new freedom.

The sense of style and costume that began at the Red Dog Saloon flourished when San Francisco's Fox Theater went out of business and hippies bought up its costume stock, reveling in the freedom to dress up for weekly musical performances at their favorite ballrooms.

I went on — without design or sketch — putting in every touch with such freedom … And the harmony in blue and gold developing, you know, I forgot everything in my joy of it.

Scott then went to the St. Louis Circuit Court to obtain his freedom.

As nearly ten thousand slaves escaped and went to the Union camps for protection and freedom, the Union Army set up the Trent River contraband camp to house the refugees and organize the adults for work.

The Emperor went further, proffering the option of freedom, a position as an Imperial general and a small principality if Rupert would convert.

On his 18th birthday, tasting new freedom, he went off on his own.

An old lawyer friend ( Harry Carey ) vows to fight for her freedom, but Carrie decides to plead guilty, because she doesn't want Lady to know about her past ( her life as a prostitute would be dragged out in court if her case went to trial ) and also because she fears that this damage to her reputation would also be bad for the reputation of the children.

In May 2005, Representative Jones, having arrived at the belief that the United States went to war " with no justification ", said of the " freedom fries " episode: " I wish it had never happened.

Subramaniam participated in the freedom struggle actively and went to prison.

He graduated from Madras University in 1939 and went on to do graduate study in English literature from Lucknow University. he did not only spread message of Vedanta, he also struggled for the freedom of india

" Sweezy's case, tried by New Hampshire Attorney General, went all the way to the Supreme Court and became a seminal case on freedom of speech when the Court ruled in his favor.

On one occasion in his early adulthood, he did convey the ownership of a slave in someone's will, but was later so filled with remorse over the act that he went back, found the individual so injured, and made monetary reparations sufficient to sustain that person in freedom for some years.

In 1986 the Bohemian Club went to the California Supreme Court over the issue, arguing that their freedom of association was being harmed ; the Court found against the Club and denied a review in 1987, forcing the Club to begin hiring female workers during the summer encampment at the Grove in Monte Rio.

On obtaining his freedom he returned to Frankfort, whence he went in 1837 to Hamburg.

Hilary Swank plays Waters ' sister Betty Anne, who went to college and law school to fight for his freedom, and Sam Rockwell plays Waters.

This success was followed up in 1808 by the production of the " Reddition de Vienne " and " Atala au Tombeau " a work which went far to deserve its immense popularity, by a happy choice of subject, and remarkable freedom from the theatricality of Girodet's usual manner, which, however, soon returned again in his " La Révolte du Caire " ( 1810 ).

He then went to Edinburgh, where in 1771 he obtained the freedom of the city by joining the corporation of barber-surgeons.

Cathy Kuhlmeier and two of her fellow students then brought their school to court, claiming that the school went against the First Amendment's freedom of speech and press, and that their principal did not have the right to censor their articles.

When Jardine went on to play for Surrey that season, a strong batting side, he played with more freedom and in a varied style.

The Host went through a series of conflicts and alliances involving the three powers before falling into the Russian sphere of influence and eventually being forcibly disbanded in the late 18th century by the Russian Empire, with most of the population relocated to the Kuban region in the South edge of the Russian Empire, where the Cossacks served a valuable role of defending the Empire against the fierce Caucasian tribes and in return had a great degree of freedom granted by the Tsars.

While trying to come up with a name for the club, the students went to an old teacher Josip Barač for advice, and according to accounts he told them to take the name " Hajduk " which symbolized " that which is best in our people: bravery, humanity, friendship, love of freedom, defiance to powers, and protection of the weak.