United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.

Farmington Hills, Mich. : Gale, 2020.

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The District Circuit of the United States Court of Appeals includes only the District of Columbia. Within this collection of briefs (appellant's, appellee's, amicus) from the DC Circuit students and scholars of legal history and constitutional law will encounter over 600 cases that address issues of special concern to the powers of Congress and the presidency. This circuit included such cases as Canterbury v. Spence (a 1972 decision that the set the standard of "informed consent" for medical care), Durham v. United States (a 1954 ruling that established the jury rule of allowing for a finding of not guilty for reason of insanity ), and Williams v. Walker-Thomas Furniture Company (a 1965 case that further defined the standard of unconscionability in contract law).

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