8/23/2007: John Yates, aboard the Miss Katie boat, threw fish overboard to avoid an inspection. He was prosecuted for destroying property to prevent a federal seizure. In Yates v. United States (2015), the Supreme Court held that the fish was not a “record.”
The post Today in Supreme Court History: August 23, 2007 appeared first on Reason.com.
from Latest https://ift.tt/KX1ATme
via IFTTT