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The capitalist takes away the possessions of his fellow-creatures by means of a rebate, or of a betrayal of trust, or by the purchase of senators and supreme-court judges.

What Life Means to Me 2010

Robert and Michelle King, the husband-and-wife creators of "The Good Wife," had long viewed TV judges as untapped sources of drama, conflict and surprise, pointing, as a model, to 1959's "Anatomy of a Murder," the big-screen adaptation of a novel by a Michigan state supreme-court justice, John Voelker.

Judges With Temperaments Joanne Kaufman 2011

A joint IMF-European package could also help the German government survive a potential supreme-court challenge by German opponents of bailing out Greece, say people familiar with the chancellor's thinking.

In Shift, Germany Says It Is Open to IMF Aid for Greece Marcus Walker 2010

A joint IMF-European package could also help the German government survive a potential supreme-court challenge by German opponents of bailing out Greece, say people familiar with the chancellor's thinking.

In Shift, Germany Says It Is Open to IMF Aid for Greece Marcus Walker 2010

The attorney general ' s petition will be heard in chambers by three senior supreme-court judges, who will decide whether the case merits a review.

Dow Chemical Is Hit With Demand for Bhopal Payouts Geeta Anand 2010

A joint IMF-European package could also help the German government survive a potential supreme-court challenge by German opponents of bailing out Greece, say people familiar with the chancellor's thinking.

Germany Open to Joint Europe-IMF Bailout for Greece Marcus Walker 2010

It is absolutely bound by existing supreme-court precedent.

Matthew Yglesias » Leslie Southwick 2007

In Caperton, a West Virginia executive spent $3 million to help elect a state supreme-court justice who wound up hearing a case involving the executive's company.

Don Siegelman and the Plague of Judicial Bias 2009

State supreme-court candidates raised $165 million from 1999 to 2007, compared with $62 million from 1993 to 1998, according to the American Judicature Society, an organization opposed to partisan judicial elections.

Democrats in Houston Take Aim at GOP Judges 2008

In Maine, a supreme-court justice could grant a divorce if he deemed it “reasonable and proper, conducive to peace and harmony, and consistent with the peace and morality of society.”

A History of American Law Lawrence M. Friedman 1985