ACLU motion for Orleans Parish Prison inspection [US DC] News
ACLU motion for Orleans Parish Prison inspection [US DC]

Hamilton v. Morial, United States District Court for the Eastern District of Loiusiana, October 5, 2005 [ACLU motion for a temporary restraining order prohibiting alteration of the condition of the Orleans Parish Prison after Hurricane Katrina, pending examination]. Read the full text of the TRO here [PDF]. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

THIS DAY @ LAW

Justice Louis Brandeis died

On October 5, 1941, US Supreme Court justice Louis Brandeis died at the age of 84.

Brandeis had become the first Jewish justice on the United States Supreme Court in 1916 after a hotly-contested nomination battle. Learn more about Louis Brandeis from Oyez, the Supreme Court multimedia website at Northwestern University.

France women granted suffrage

On October 4, 1944, women in France were granted voting rights.