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The New York state legislature had stepped in and created wage and hour restrictions and the court said, no, this is infringing on the liberty of workers and employers to form a contract.

From Salon • Jul. 14, 2024

In the dirty dog-poop-scoop wars, one Seattle-area company says a cross-state rival is infringing on its ability to perform the company’s rightful duties.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 27, 2023

In all three suits — the first in Florida, the second in Indiana — the Jewish plaintiffs claim their state is infringing on their religious freedom by imposing a Christian understanding of when life begins.

From Washington Post • Oct. 10, 2022

Lawyers for the department wrote in a letter to the committee’s top lawyer that the lack of access to the transcripts is infringing on their work to move forward with their criminal investigations.

From Washington Times • Jun. 16, 2022

In 1543 complaint is made that Villalobos is infringing the Portuguese demarcation line, and plundering the natives, which he denies.

From The Philippine Islands, 1493-1803 — Volume 02 of 55 1521-1569 Explorations by Early Navigators, Descriptions of the Islands and Their Peoples, Their History and Records of the Catholic Missions, as Related in Contemporaneous Books and Manuscripts, Showing the Political, Economic, Commercial and Religious Conditions of Those Islands from Their Earliest Relations with European Nations to the Beginning of the Nineteenth Century by Blair, Emma Helen