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A tiny typographical error in a 1928 U.S. Supreme Court opinion had a big impact after it was picked up in subsequent opinions and used to bolster arguments for property rights, a law professor has found.

Supreme Court Typo From 1928 Has Been Cited in 14 Decisions - The New York Times Skip to contentSkip to site index Politics Today’s Paper Politics|A Century-Long ‘Reign of Error’ for a Supreme...

A sweeping statement in a 1928 opinion about property rights was revised soon after it was issued. But the error lived on.

<p>A typo placed in a preliminary slip opinion was formally corrected, but has been cited at least 14 times in cases concerning property rights, highlighting the problem that the Court's corrections often receive less attention than their announcements. </p>

In the spring of 1846, the Donner Party began their trek from Missouri to California. Like other pioneer families from the East and Midwest who embraced the idea of Manifest Destiny and looked to economic opportunities in the West, the Donner Party was seeking a better life for anyone who committed to the journey. As we now know, history has recorded the Donner Party’s harrowing and tragic efforts to reach the promised land.

Features From the Stacks: Harrowing story comes to life in historical fiction In 1846, a large party of emigrants left Springfield, Illinois, for a new life in California. The farther they went, the more perilous their passage became. by Courtney Waters - For the News Tribune Jul. 24 2021 @ 11:05pm In 1846, a large party of emigrants left Springfield, Illinois, for a new life in California. The first part of their journey went more or less as planned with few casualties. The farther they went,...

Genre Games Finalists for the Times Book Prize in mystery/thriller, from top left going clockwise: Rachel Howzell Hall, Christopher Bollen, Ivy Pochoda, Jennifer Hillier and S.A. Cosby. (Jay L. Clendenin / LAT/Sebastien Botella/Darren Blohowiak/S.A. Cosby.) Five of 2020’s best crime writers on where mystery fiction is today A young queer couple runs a high-stakes con game in Venice, Italy. Black and white people in rural Virginia become uneasy allies in a heist gone wrong. A fledgling PI wor...

Allan Wolf Allan Wolf’s novel in verse, “The Snow Fell Three Graves Deep: Voices From the Donner Party,” is a finalist for the 2020 Times Book Prize in young adult literature. If you buy books linked on our site, The Times may earn a commission from Bookshop.org, whose fees support independent bookstores. In the 1840s, a party of Midwestern migrants making their way to California became snowbound and succumbed to madness, murder and cannibalism. Ever since, many writers have tried to unra...

Blood Red Road meets “The Snow Queen” in this winter-bound Western YA novel following 16-year-old Jorie Harrow, who scavenges dead men outside the Gold Rush town of Shadow Springs, where spring hasn’t come for a generation. Sunny-Side Up by Jacky Davis, illus. by Fiona Woodcock. Greenwillow, $17.99; ISBN 978-0-06-257307-0. This picture book offers a realistic take on how much emotional stamina can be required to make it through a day gone wrong when the protagonist’s mother leaves for t...

Programs for Adults  Facebook Live, Happy Birthday Beethoven!: Wednesday, Dec. 16 at 2 p.m.: Paul-André Bempéchat will return to the Facebook Live stage to celebrate Beethovens birthday! The performance will include Beethovens:   Sonata in E minor, opus 90 Sonata in A major, opus 101 Sonata in C minor, opus 111  Paul-André Bempéchat is Music Fellow at Harvards Cabot House. A Juilliard and Sorbonne graduate, he has enjoyed a forty-year performing and teaching career on both sides of the...