Talk:Insular Cases

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[edit] Armstrong v. United States

Armstrong v. United States forms an improper link to Insular Cases. See: volume # 80. Someone ought to steadfastly correct the misguided link. Superslum 05:55, 7 July 2006 (UTC)

As I have said a million times before, 99% of the time if you ask someone to do something on a talk page, it will be ignored. Travb (talk) 07:12, 7 July 2006 (UTC)

To address the issue Superslum raises, it is not actually a "misguided link". The redirect is deliberate. The reason that Armstrong v. United States redirects to Insular Cases is because 1) it is considered one of the insular cases (as you can see from the list on the article) and 2) there is not currently any article specifically on Armstrong v. United States. So, rather than simply having a red link, the case links to the next best source of information available. If you want to write an article about Armstrong v. United States, go right ahead, that would be just super. older ≠ wiser 12:29, 7 July 2006 (UTC)

There are a flock of troublesome titles of United States Supreme cases.

• United States v. Ballard (1872) and United States v. Ballard (1944) must be kept apart (somehow). I favor the extending of the titles by adding on the year of each case, placing the year in parenthesis.
• Armstrong v. United States (1901) is one of the "insular cases," however, it must be kept apart from the earlier case, which was not involved with Hawaii (the "insula"). Superslum 13:03, 9 July 2006 (UTC)

There are poor links in volumes #58 and #60, Stewart v. United States; volume #68, Commander-in-chief; volume #70, The Herald; and in volumes #72, #73, #75, #76, #78, #79, #80, and #81. I had examined Volumes #40 through #91, and noticed flawed links. Superslum 13:03, 9 July 2006 (UTC)

I suggest bringing this up at Wikipedia:WikiProject U.S. Supreme Court cases. There should be a consistent style for disambiguating between court cases. I'm only tangentially interested in the cases--you'll find more interested and knowledgeable editors at the project talk page. older ≠ wiser 13:52, 9 July 2006 (UTC)

I placed some commentary on that Project. I had not known that there was a Project. Someone else can do a better job with the flawed titles than I can. I am returning to submitting biographies. Superslum 16:21, 9 July 2006 (UTC)