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Eric Darnell Holmes
Eric Darnell Holmes (born 1968), later Koor An Nur of Mary Katie Brown, Indiana death row prisoner sentenced in 1993 for the 1989 Shoney's murders of Charles Ervin and Theresa Blosl despite a hung jury on the death sentence.
Eric E. Murphy
Eric E. Murphy, born 1979, is an American jurist serving as a judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit since 2019.
Eric Edgar Cooke
Eric Edgar Cooke (1931–1964), the 'Night Caller', was an Australian serial killer who murdered eight people in Perth from 1959 to 1963, was the last person hanged in Western Australia, and whose confessions later exonerated John Button and Darryl Beamish.
Eric F. Melgren
Eric F. Melgren, born 1956, is an American jurist serving as a senior United States district judge for the District of Kansas, appointed by President George W. Bush in 2008.
Eric Holder
Eric Holder (born 1951) is an American lawyer, 82nd U.S. Attorney General (2009–2015) under Obama and the first African American in the post; earlier D.C. judge, U.S. Attorney, and Deputy AG; later NDRC chairman.
Eric L. Clay
Eric L. Clay, born in 1948, is an American jurist serving as a United States circuit judge of the Sixth Circuit since 1997, appointed by President Bill Clinton.
Eric N. Vitaliano
Eric Nicholas Vitaliano, born 1948, is a senior United States district judge for the Eastern District of New York, appointed by President George W. Bush in 2005.
Eric R. Komitee
Eric Ross Komitee, born 1970 in Freeport, New York, is a United States district judge for the Eastern District of New York, appointed by President Trump in 2019.
Eric Schneiderman
Eric Schneiderman, Democratic New York State Senator (1999-2010) and state attorney general (2011-2018), resigned in May 2018 after New Yorker abuse allegations and was suspended from law practice for one year in 2021.
Eric Smith (murderer)
Eric M. Smith is the American who murdered 4-year-old Derrick Robie in Savona, New York, in 1993 at age 13, was tried as an adult, received nine years to life, and was paroled in February 2022 after 28 years. Not the Crips member Eric Smith of EDNY.
Eric Tung
Eric Chunyee Tung (born 1984) is a Ninth Circuit federal appeals judge confirmed 52-45 in November 2025; former Jones Day partner, Scalia and Gorsuch clerk, and self-described originalist.
Erica Sheppard
Erica Yvonne Sheppard, Texas death row inmate sentenced in 1995 for the 1993 robbery-murder of Marilyn Sage Meagher in Harris County; case centers on unpresented abuse and cognitive mitigation evidence.
Erie railroad and federal general common law in tort
Erie Railroad Co. v. Tompkins is a 1938 Supreme Court decision holding there is no federal general common law, so diversity courts must apply state law.
Erika and Benjamin Sifrit
Erika and Benjamin Sifrit were a married couple from Pennsylvania convicted of the 2002 murders of two Virginia tourists. They were sentenced to prison terms of 35 years and life plus 20 years.
Erika Bachiochi
Erika Bachiochi is an American legal scholar and pro-life feminist, author of The Rights of Women (2021), who argues the Equal Protection Clause should not include a right to abortion.
Erin Brockovich
Erin Brockovich (born 1960, Lawrence, Kansas) is an American environmental activist and former legal clerk who built the Hinkley, California chromium-6 case against PG&E, settled for $333 million in 1996, and inspired the 2000 Julia Roberts film.
Erin Hawley
Erin Morrow Hawley, American appellate lawyer, ADF senior counsel and Lex Politica chair, wife of Senator Josh Hawley; argued FDA v. Alliance and First Choice v. Platkin, helped draft Mississippi's Dobbs briefs.
Eritrea–Ethiopia Claims Commission
The Eritrea–Ethiopia Claims Commission was an arbitral tribunal established under the 2000 Algiers Agreement to decide claims arising from the 1998–2000 war between Eritrea and Ethiopia.
Ernest Burkhart
Ernest Burkhart, also known as Ernest George Burkhart, was a Texas man who conspired with his uncle William K. Hale to murder the Osage Kyle family in 1920s Oklahoma.
Ernest Dobbert
Ernest John Dobbert Jr., Florida child murderer executed in 1984; his jury-override death sentence produced the Supreme Court ex post facto precedent Dobbert v. Florida, 432 U.S. 282 (1977).
Ernest Gonzalez
Ernest Gonzalez (born 1962) is an American jurist serving as a United States district judge for the Western District of Texas since 2024, appointed by President Biden.
Ernest Nys
Ernest Nys (1851–1920) was a Belgian lawyer, judge, and legal historian, called the first professional historian of public international law and a professor at Brussels.
Ernesto Fonseca Carrillo
Ernesto Fonseca Carrillo, alias Don Neto, Mexican drug lord and co-founder of the Guadalajara Cartel; convicted for the 1985 murder of DEA agent Kiki Camarena, sentenced to 40 years, released April 2025.
Ernesto Miranda
Ernesto Arturo Miranda, Phoenix defendant in Miranda v. Arizona (1966), whose unwarned two-hour confession led to the 5-4 Supreme Court ruling requiring Miranda warnings; retried, paroled 1972, killed 1976.
Eruera Maihi Patuone
Eruera Maihi Patuone (c. 1764–1872) was a Ngāpuhi chief of Hokianga, New Zealand, a warrior turned peacemaker and one of the first Treaty of Waitangi signatories.
Escrow
Escrow is a financial arrangement in which a neutral third party holds money or assets for two transacting parties and releases them once agreed contract conditions are satisfied.
Espionage Act of 1917
Espionage Act of 1917: US federal law enacted June 15, 1917, criminalizing espionage, obstruction of the draft, and disclosure of national defense information; codified as 18 U.S.C. §§ 793–794; basis of Schenck and modern leak prosecutions.
Establishment and severance of diplomatic relations
Establishment and severance of diplomatic relations are governed by the 1961 Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations, which makes mutual consent the basis of permanent missions.
Establishment Clause
The Establishment Clause is the First Amendment provision barring laws "respecting an establishment of religion." Key cases include Engel v. Vitale (1962), Lemon v. Kurtzman (1971), and Kennedy v. Bremerton (2022), which replaced the Lemon test with historical practices and understandings.
Estate (land)
An estate in land is a legal interest in real property defining the holder's rights; in common law, a person holds an estate rather than owning land outright.