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Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization
Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization, 597 U.S. 215 (2022), the Supreme Court decision holding no constitutional right to abortion, overruling Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey, and returning abortion regulation to the states under rational-basis review.
Doc Holliday
Doc Holliday (John Henry Holliday, 1851-1887), Georgia-trained dentist turned gambler and gunfighter, Wyatt Earp's friend, O.K. Corral participant, died of tuberculosis in Glenwood Springs, Colorado; grave location unknown.
Doca da Penha
Doca da Penha (Edgar/Edgard Alves de Andrade, alias Urso), born 1970, is a Brazilian Comando Vermelho leader of the Complexo da Penha, Rio de Janeiro; a fugitive since 2016/2017, target of the October 2025 mega-operation, with 112 homicide records and a R$100,000 reward.
Doctrinal analysis
Doctrinal analysis is a legal research method, known as black-letter law research, that examines statutes and case law to interpret, systematize, and evaluate legal doctrine.
Dodge Correctional Institution
Dodge Correctional Institution (DCI), Waupun, Wisconsin: maximum-security prison opened 1978 on the former Central State Hospital site, serving as the central reception, assessment, and medical center for all adult male inmates entering the Wisconsin DOC.
Dolly M. Gee
Dolly M. Gee, born 1959, is an American jurist serving as a United States district judge for the Central District of California since 2010, appointed by President Barack Obama.
Domenico Cefalù
Domenico "Italian Dom" Cefalù, Sicilian-born Palermo native and Gambino crime family boss 2011–2015 (some sources say 2011–2019), succeeded by Frank Cali; convicted of heroin conspiracy, contempt, and extortion in Operation Old Bridge.
Domenico Papalia
Domenico "Micu" Papalia (1945–2026), 'ndrangheta boss of Platì who with brothers Rocco and Antonio established the clan in Buccinasco-Corsico near Milan; imprisoned 49 years from 1977, acquitted of one murder in 2017, convicted for others, released July 2026, died in Milan.
Domestic dependent nations
Domestic dependent nations: term coined by Chief Justice Marshall in Cherokee Nation v. Georgia (1831) for the status of federally recognized American Indian tribes, which hold inherent sovereignty over members and territory while dependent on federal protection and Congress's plenary power.
Domestic partnership
A domestic partnership is a legal status giving two unmarried people formal recognition and rights such as inheritance and hospital visitation under state law, without marriage; the federal government does not treat partners as spouses.
Domestic violence
Domestic violence (domestic abuse, intimate partner violence) is a pattern of coercive behavior, physical, sexual, economic, or psychological, used to control an intimate partner. Key facts: 1 in 3 women affected worldwide; 84% of countries have DV laws; protection orders are the main civil remedy.
Domestic violence against men
Domestic violence against men is abuse by an intimate partner or family member, including physical, sexual, and psychological harm. In England and Wales, 13.8% of men experienced such abuse.
Domestic violence in India
Domestic violence in India, governed by the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act 2005 (PWDVA), a civil remedy covering physical, sexual, verbal, emotional, and economic abuse; shaped by Harsora v. Harsora (2016), which deleted 'adult male' from the respondent definition, with NFHS-5 spousal violence prevalence of 29.3%.
Domestic violence in the United States
Domestic violence in the United States: pattern of abusive behavior by an intimate partner, also called intimate partner violence. Measured by CDC NISVS (over 12 million victims yearly); legal framework centers on the 1994 Violence Against Women Act and its reauthorizations.
Domicile (law)
Domicile (law): the common-law connecting factor tying a person to one territorial legal system as a permanent home, requiring residence plus intent; distinct from nationality and residence; types are origin, choice, and dependence; UK tax domicile abolished April 2025.
Dominic Grieve
Dominic Grieve (born 1956), British barrister and Conservative MP for Beaconsfield 1997-2019, Attorney General 2010-2014 and Intelligence and Security Committee chair 2015-2019; lost the whip over Brexit in 2019 and his seat as an independent.
Dominic Noonan
Dominic Noonan (Domenyk Lattlay-Fottfoy), born 1966, is a Manchester crime figure who with brother Desmond headed the Noonan crime family, controlled nightclub security including the Hacienda, featured in A Very British Gangster, and was jailed in 2018 for child sexual offences.
Dominic Raab
Dominic Rennie Raab (born 1974), British Conservative politician, MP for Esher and Walton 2010-2024; Foreign Secretary 2019-2021, Deputy PM and Justice Secretary 2021-2023; resigned April 2023 after bullying inquiry; later Appian Capital and RUSI roles.
Dominic W. Lanza
Dominic William Lanza, born in 1976 in Seattle, is a United States district judge for the District of Arizona, appointed by President Trump and confirmed by the Senate in 2018.
Dominick Napolitano
Dominick "Sonny Black" Napolitano (1930–1981), Bonanno crime family captain, sponsored undercover FBI agent Joe Pistone (Donnie Brasco) and was murdered in 1981, his body found in Staten Island with hands severed.
Dominick Occhicone
Dominick Anthony Occhicone (born 1945) was a Florida death-row inmate executed July 28, 2026, for the 1986 murders of Raymond and Martha Artzner, his ex-girlfriend's parents, in Holiday, Pasco County; at 80 he was Florida's oldest executed inmate and part of its first same-day double execution since 1964.
Domino Harvey
Domino Harvey, English bounty hunter in Los Angeles, daughter of actor Laurence Harvey and model Paulene Stone; subject of Tony Scott's 2005 film Domino; died June 2005 of an overdose awaiting drug trafficking trial.
Don "Magic" Juan
Don "Magic" Juan (Donald Campbell, born 1949 or 1950, Chicago) is a former pimp turned preacher, Players Ball founder, Snoop Dogg's spiritual advisor, and actor in American Pimp and Hollywood cameos.
Don McGahn
Don McGahn (Donald Francis McGahn II, b. 1968, Atlantic City) is an American election lawyer, FEC commissioner 2008–2013, and Trump White House counsel 2017–2018 who managed confirmation of 100+ conservative federal judges including Gorsuch and Kavanaugh.
Don R. Willett
Don R. Willett is an American jurist serving as a judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit since 2018, appointed by President Donald Trump.
Don't be evil
"Don't be evil" was Google's informal corporate motto and code-of-conduct phrase from 2000, attributed to engineers Paul Buchheit or Amit Patel, cited in the 2004 IPO letter, dropped by Alphabet in 2015 for "do the right thing," and removed from the code's preface in 2018.
Donald C. Nugent
Donald C. Nugent, born 1948, is an American jurist serving as a senior United States district judge of the Northern District of Ohio, appointed by President Bill Clinton in 1995.
Donald Cline
Donald Cline, retired Indianapolis-area fertility specialist, secretly used his own sperm to inseminate patients 1979-1986; exposed via 23andMe, linked to dozens of children, convicted of obstruction of justice in 2017.
Donald D. Alsop
Donald D. Alsop (1927–2025) was an American jurist, a federal district judge in Minnesota nominated by Nixon in 1974 and chief judge from 1985 to 1992.
Donald E. Walter
Donald Ellsworth Walter, born 1936 in Jennings, Louisiana, is a senior United States district judge for the Western District of Louisiana, appointed by President Ronald Reagan in 1985.