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S. M. Hicks, Jr.
S. Maurice Hicks, Jr., born in 1952, is an American jurist serving as a United States district judge for the Western District of Louisiana since 2003.
S. R. Bommai v. Union of India
S. R. Bommai v. Union of India (1994), (1994) 3 SCC 1, is a nine-judge Supreme Court of India ruling holding Article 356 proclamations subject to judicial review, federalism and secularism basic features, and the floor test the way to prove majority.
SA8000
SA8000, or Social Accountability 8000, is a voluntary, auditable international certification standard for decent work, established by Social Accountability International in 1997 and covering over 2.8 million workers.
Sabine Dardenne
Sabine Dardenne (born 1983) is a Belgian survivor of the Dutroux case, kidnapped by Marc Dutroux on 28 May 1996 and held 80 days in a cellar in Marcinelle; she testified at his 2004 trial and wrote I Choose to Live.
Sacra Corona Unita
Sacra Corona Unita (SCU), Italy's "fourth mafia," is a mafia-type organization founded in an Apulian prison in the early 1980s by Pino Rogoli, active in smuggling, drug trafficking, and extortion.
SAD scheme
SAD scheme (Schedule A Defendants scheme) is a mass-defendant US IP litigation pattern, named by Eric Goldman, in which rightsowners sue hundreds of mostly Chinese online sellers on a sealed Schedule A, obtain ex parte TRO asset freezes, and extract settlements; mostly trademark claims, concentrated in N.D. Illinois.
Sáenz Peña Law
The Sáenz Peña Law (Ley Sáenz Peña) is Argentina's 1912 election law, named for President Roque Sáenz Peña, which established secret, obligatory voting for men and ended the fraudulent "voto cantado" era.
Safe and Secure Innovation for Frontier Artificial Intelligence Models Act
California SB 1047, the Safe and Secure Innovation for Frontier Artificial Intelligence Models Act by Senator Scott Wiener, required safety testing, protocols, and shutdown capability for models costing over $100 million to train; passed 2024, vetoed by Newsom September 29, 2024.
Safe-haven law
A safe-haven law, or Baby Moses law, is a US state statute letting parents anonymously surrender unharmed newborns without criminal liability, first passed in Texas in 1999.
Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act
Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act (SAVE Act; SAVE America Act, H.R. 7296/S. 3752): proposed U.S. law requiring documentary proof of citizenship, such as a passport or REAL ID, to register to vote in federal elections; passed the House in 2025 and 2026.
Sahara India Pariwar investor fraud case
Sahara India Pariwar investor fraud case: SEBI and Supreme Court proceedings against Sahara group firms SIRECL and SHICL over OFCDs raising over Rs 24,000 crore from three crore investors, Subrata Roy's 2014 arrest, and the CRCS-Sahara refund portal.
Saint Valentine's Day Massacre
The Saint Valentine's Day Massacre: killing of seven Moran North Side gang members in a Chicago garage on February 14, 1929, by gunmen posing as police, generally attributed to Al Capone's mob; solved ballistically but never prosecuted.
Saints Row
Saints Row is Volition's open-world crime-action game series, launched by THQ in 2006 as a Grand Theft Auto rival, later owned by PLAION/Embracer; five mainline games, a poorly received 2022 reboot, and Volition's 2023 closure.
Sal Magluta
Salvador "Sal" Magluta, with Willy Falcon of "Los Muchachos," ran a Miami cocaine empire accused of moving 75 tons worth $2 billion; acquitted in a bribed 1996 trial, he was later sentenced to 195 years for money laundering and obstruction.
Sale of Goods Act 1979
Sale of Goods Act 1979 (1979 c. 54), UK statute governing sale-of-goods contracts, consolidating the 1893 Act; implies terms on title, description, quality, and fitness; consumer provisions largely replaced by the Consumer Rights Act 2015.
Salic law
Salic law (Lex Salica, loi salique) is the early 6th-century legal code of the Salian Franks, attributed to Clovis, chiefly a tariff of monetary penalties, whose terra Salica land clause was later repurposed in France to bar women from royal succession.
Sally Clark
Sally Clark, British solicitor wrongly convicted in 1999 of murdering sons Christopher and Harry after Roy Meadow's 1-in-73-million SIDS statistic; convictions quashed on appeal in January 2003 after undisclosed staphylococcal infection evidence.
Sally Lippman
Sally Lippman, birth name Sally Olesker (1900–1982), American lawyer nicknamed Disco Sally who became a celebrity nightly dancer at Studio 54 and Xenon after being widowed in 1975, married 28-year-old Yiannis Touzos in 1980, and died at 81 in 1982.
Sally Yates
Sally Quillian Yates, 36th U.S. Deputy Attorney General (2015–2017) and Acting Attorney General fired January 30, 2017 for refusing to defend Trump's travel ban; later warned the White House about Michael Flynn and testified on Russian election interference.
Salman Khurshid
Salman Khurshid (born 1953, Aligarh) is an Indian National Congress leader, Supreme Court Senior Advocate, and author; former MP for Farrukhabad and Union minister for Law, Minority Affairs, and External Affairs (2011-2014), known for the 2021 Hindutva book controversy.
Salmon P. Chase
Salmon P. Chase (1808–1873), Ohio antislavery lawyer, senator, and governor; Lincoln's Secretary of the Treasury 1861–1864 who created the IRS, greenbacks, and national banking; sixth Chief Justice 1864–1873 who presided over Andrew Johnson's impeachment trial.
Salomon v A Salomon & Co Ltd
Salomon v A Salomon & Co Ltd [1897] AC 22, House of Lords, 16 November 1896: foundational UK company law case establishing separate corporate personality, holding Aron Salomon's one-man boot company distinct from him and his floating-charge debentures valid.
Salvador Mendoza, Jr.
Salvador Mendoza, Jr. (born 1971) is an American jurist serving as a United States circuit judge of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals since 2022, appointed by President Biden.
Salvatore Maranzano
Salvatore Maranzano (July 1886 – September 10, 1931), Sicilian Mafia boss from Castellammare del Golfo; won the Castellammarese War against Joe Masseria, reorganized New York's Mafia into five families as capo di tutti capi, and was murdered in his 230 Park Avenue office by men posing as police officers.
Salvatore Riina
Salvatore (Totò) Riina, Corleone-born boss of bosses of Cosa Nostra 1982–1993, won the Second Mafia War, ordered the Falcone and Borsellino bombings, served 26 life sentences, and died in Parma in 2017.
Salvatore Tessio
Salvatore "Sal" Tessio is a fictional character in Mario Puzo's novel The Godfather (1969) and its 1972 film, a Corleone family caporegime who betrays Michael Corleone.
Salvatore Testa
Salvatore "Salvie" Testa (1956-1984), son of Philadelphia mob boss Philip "Chicken Man" Testa; Scarfo crime family member who survived a 1982 shooting and was murdered on Nicodemo Scarfo's orders at a South Philadelphia candy store.
Sam A. Lindsay
Sam A. Lindsay, born in 1951 in San Antonio, Texas, is a United States district judge for the Northern District of Texas since 1998, nominated by President Bill Clinton.
Sam Bass (outlaw)
Sam Bass (1851–1878), Texas train robber and gang leader, held up a Union Pacific train at Big Springs, Nebraska in 1877 for $60,000, then robbed Texas trains before being mortally wounded by Texas Rangers at Round Rock on July 19, 1878.
Sam DeStefano
Sam "Mad Sam" DeStefano (1909-1973), Chicago Outfit gangster and juice-loan shark, notorious for torture, mentor of Tony Spilotro, linked to Leo Foreman's murder, slain in 1973.