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Posted by: Jennifer Davis
On December 30, 1903, a fire broke out in the Iroquois Theatre in Chicago, Illinois when a broken arc light ignited a muslin curtain. The theatre burned to the ground and over 600 theatre occupants, more than two-thirds women and children, died of asphyxiation, burns, or trampling. It remains one of the deadliest fires in …
Posted in: Collections, Law Library
Posted by: Jennifer González
Today’s interview is with Jeremy McCabe, a summer intern working in the Public Services Division of the Law Library of Congress. He is one of two interns working here this summer from the University of Washington Law Librarianship program. Describe your background. I grew up in Hammond, Indiana, which is a suburb of Chicago. I attended …
Posted in: Interview
Posted by: Margaret Wood
In honor of April 1st, April Fools’ Day, and actor Leonard Nimoy who played Mr. Spock in Star Trek, we thought it would be fun to challenge our readers with quotes from cases which cited or referenced Star Trek. Some of these quotes are from real cases and some from cases we concocted. In fairness …
Posted in: Law Library