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	Encyclopedia of San Francisco (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Norton became enraged, and broke his walking stick on the window of a stationery store in which the picture was displayed.
		Norton would take their help of the occasional 50 cent piece, but to save face, he simply referred to it as a tax, and recorded his tax collections in a notebook.
		Norton inscribed the notes with a promise they would be due and payable with 7% interest in the year of 1880.
	www.sfhistoryencyclopedia.com /articles/n/nortonJoshua.html (3895 words)

	Joshua A. Norton - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Norton was magnanimous enough to grant an "Imperial Pardon" to the errant young police officer who had committed the (perceived) act of treason.
		In 1934, Norton's remains were transferred, again at the expense of the City of San Francisco, to a gravesite of moderate splendor at Woodlawn Cemetery, in Colma.
		Norton's early work at promoting a bridge between San Francisco and Oakland was commemorated on Tuesday, December 14th, 2004, when the San Francisco Board of Supervisors approved a resolution calling for the new span of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge to be named after Norton.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Joshua_A._Norton (4119 words)

	UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. James NORTON, Defendant-Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, ...
		Paul Fosco, Paul Di Franco, James Norton and James Pinckard were convicted in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida of conspiring to participate in racketeering activity involving the unlawful payment and receipt of money from employee welfare benefit plans in violation of 18 U.S.C. and 1962(d).
		397 (1956), in which the United States Supreme Court held that inadequate or incompetent evidence before a grand jury could not be a basis for challenging an indictment where the indictment resulted in an otherwise valid conviction.
		As stated earlier, the district court, on a remand from this court, conducted an evidentiary hearing on the good faith exception to the exclusionary rule established in United States v.
	www.ipsn.org /court_cases/us_v_norton_pinckard_paul_fosco.htm (6913 words)

	Emperor Norton Records :: Store (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		By 1855, Norton was one of the most respected businessmen in San Francisco, having rebounded from the fire of 1853 and profitably diversified his operations.
		Norton I was a great believer in progress and innovation, and many of the ideas for which he was sometimes regarded as mad have become realities.
		Norton I died quite suddenly of apoplexy, on January 8, 1880, on the corner of California and Grant, on his way to a scientific conference.
	www.emperornorton.com /mod/abouten.shtml (1089 words)

	Burns Figa & Will Attorneys at Law
		From April 1993 to March 2002, Norton was a partner in Denver area law firms, including the law firm of Norton Lidstone, P.C., Greenwood Village, CO. From March 1988 to April 1993, Norton served as the United States Attorney for the District of Colorado.
		As United States Attorney, Norton was the chief federal law enforcement officer for the State of Colorado and, as such, directed the U.S. Justice Department's criminal and civil justice priorities in the District.
		Norton is a member of the bars of the United States Supreme Court, the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit, the United States District Court for the District of Colorado, the Colorado State Supreme Court, and the Virginia State Supreme Court.
	www.burnsfigawill.com /bio_Norton.htm (877 words)

	PBS - THE WEST - Joshua Abraham Norton
		The self-declared "Norton I, Emperor of the United States and Protector of Mexico," Joshua Abraham Norton was one of the most picturesque figures in California history.
		Norton was born in 1818 or 1819 in London, England, but was taken almost immediately to South Africa, where his parents had decided to move to seek their fortune.
		Norton soon became a commodities merchant, and for several years achieved a large measure of financial success -- enough to be invited to join the elite San Francisco Vigilance Committee.
	www.pbs.org /weta/thewest/people/i_r/norton.htm (314 words)

	Norton I, Emperor of the United States and Protector of Mexico
		Norton issued an order to the commander of the revenue cutter to blockade the Sacramento river until the offending company could be brought to terms.
		Norton had no part in them as they were the work of the conscienceless wags and amiable villains of the times.
		Norton was induced to believe that by marriage with Queen Victoria, he could bind closer the ties of the two great nations.
	www.emperornorton.net /NortonI-Cowan.html (3467 words)

	Tales from Colma - The Madness of Joshua Norton 2/3
		Norton's written legacy can also set us to wondering what is the work of the Emperor and what was written for him.
		Norton spends the post Civil War years hawking his bonds, railing against forgers, demanding the treatment due to a man of his rank, proposing technical innovations, championing a national religion, and bludgeoning titans of California commerce and politics like Leland Stanford.
		Norton I ran afoul of a hotel bouncer at an early version of the Palace where he naturally presumed he was entitled to service.
	www.notfrisco.com /colmatales/norton/norton2.html (3347 words)

	Emperor Norton
		- Norton I, Emperor of the United States [sfmuseum.org]
		Emperor Joshua Norton - an excerpt from the Principia Discordia
		Emperor Norton is the subject of the story _Sandman: Three Septembers and a January_, by Neil Gaiman.
	www.zpub.com /sf/history/nort.html (848 words)

	IMPERIAL ASHES / DECEASE OF NORTON I, EMPEROR OF THE UNITED STATES
		Norton I: We are advised that Queen Victoria will join with you in wedlock to bind closer the ties of the United States and England.
		Emperor Norton never was a drinking man, despite the glowing splendor of his nose, the main attraction of a saloon being always its lunch counter.
		Norton made proclamations throughout his reign, including commanding that the Golden Gate bridge be built, and famously decreed that "Whoever after due and proper warning shall be heard to utter the abominable word 'Frisco,' which has no linguistic or other warrant, shall be deemed guilty of a High Misdemeanor." The penalty for noncompliance was $25.
	www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2004/01/25/PKGAG4B2201.DTL&type=printable (747 words)

	Emperor Norton
		A decree from Emperor Norton I of San Francisco, Emperor of the United States and Protector of Mexico, dissolves the United States of America.
		Norton I, Emperor of the United States and Protector of Mexico, dead in San Francisco.
		Born Joshua A. Norton, he was adopted by the citizens of the city and issued frequent imperial proclamations.
	www.rotten.com /library/bio/royalty/america/emperor-norton (1079 words)

	Ø Wilson's Almanac free daily ezine \| His Majesty, Emperor Norton I \| Joshua Norton Emperor of the United ...
		Emperor Norton I was accepted with generous good humour by the citizens of his adopted empire, at least those in California who would allow him to eat, travel and live without payment.
		Norton I lay in state for a few days, his body dressed in a new imperial uniform provided by the city fathers of San Francisco, and respectfully visited by more than 30,000 of his loyal subjects; the cortege was two miles long.
		PROTECTOR OF MEXICO, JOSHUA A. In 1934, the remains of Emperor Norton I were transferred, again at the expense of the City of San Francisco, to a gravesite of moderate splendour at Woodlawn Cemetery.
	www.wilsonsalmanac.com /emperor_norton.html (1250 words)

	Emperor Norton
		Joshua Abraham Norton (January 17, 1811–January 8, 1880), a businessman of San Francisco, California who lost his fortune investing in Peruvian rice, famously anointed himself His Imperial Majesty Norton I, Emperor of the United States, and Protector of Mexico in 1859 and "reigned" until his death.
		During one such incident, Emperor Norton I is alleged to have positioned himself between the rioters and their Chinese targets, and with a bowed head began to recite the Lord's Prayer repeatedly.
		In 1934, the remains of Emperor Norton I were transferred, again at the expense of the City of San Francisco, to a gravesite of moderate splendor at Woodlawn Cemetery, in Colma.
	www.brainyencyclopedia.com /encyclopedia/e/em/emperor_norton.html (3055 words)

	Rancho Viejo v. Norton - United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Argued November 12, 2002 Decided ...
		The United States Fish and Wildlife Service determined that Rancho Viejo's construction plan was likely to jeopardize the continued existence of the arroyo southwestern toad, which the Secretary of the Interior has listed as an endangered species since 1994.
		United States, 379 U.S. 241 (1964), which reviewed the application of Title II of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to ‘‘inns and hotels catering to interstate guests''; and Katzenbach v.
		United States, 227 U.S. The Court rejected the defendant's claims that the act was ‘‘a subterfuge and an attempt to interfere with the police power of the states to regulate the morals of their citizens.'' Id.
	www.mindfully.org /Reform/2003/Rancho-Viejo-v-Norton1apr2003.htm (8510 words)

	Ralf Hildebrandt: /~hildeb/sandman/annotations/sandman.31.shtml
		In this story, the United States of itself is not a featured character, but we follow a man who was its Emperor, at least in his own mind, an interesting contrast.
		Norton was an Englishman, well-educated, and presumably of respectable antecedents.
		She stated that she had known the deceased from her childhood and when he was prosperous had received many and great kindnesses at his hands.
	www.stahl.bau.tu-bs.de /~hildeb/sandman/annotations/sandman.31.shtml (4554 words)

	Joshua A. Norton Article, JoshuaNorton Information (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Joshua Abraham Norton (January 17, 1811 –; January 8, 1880), a businessman of San Francisco,California who lost his fortune investing in Peruvian rice, famously anointed himself His Imperial Majesty Norton I,Emperor of the United States, and Protector of Mexico in 1859 and "reigned" untilhis death.
		There are no known documents noting an eccentric personality or unusual behavior of Norton prior to the loss of his fortune,so it is not known whether his pronounced eccentricity was a permanent aspect of his psychology, or arose as a result of thestressful financial events of the 1850s.
		In 1934, the remains of Emperor Norton I were transferred, again at the expense of theCity of San Francisco, to a gravesite of moderate splendor at Woodlawn Cemetery, in Colma.
	www.anoca.org /emperor/san/joshua_a_norton.html (2947 words)

	United States Emperor Joshua Abraham Norton I (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		We further decree that the Senate of the United States elect a prominent Democrat as their presiding officer, to act as President until the next election, and to reconstruct the Cabinet according to our wishes hereafter to be declared.
		NOW, THEREFORE, we, Norton I, Emperor of the United States and Protector of Mexico, do hereby decree the confiscation to the State of all interest of said Bank as security for any losses we may sustain by reason of their acts.
		United States Emperor Joshua Abraham Norton I was buried in Masonic Cemetary.
	www.jimmmcshane.com /emperornorton.html (2510 words)

	Norton v. united States
		The Supreme Court has stated that the sale of property, though not literally within the exceptions of §1221, may nevertheless give rise to ordinary income or loss when the asset is an integral part of the taxpayer’s business.
		For the reasons hereinbefore stated, plaintiffs’ motion for summary judgment is denied, defendant’s cross motion for summary judgment is granted and plaintiffs’ petition is dismissed.
		Norton acting individually, he will be referred to as the "plaintiff", where reference is made to both Mr.
	www.timbertax.org /research/caselaw/cc/N/norton.htm (3082 words)

	Norton I, Emperor of the United States
		Joshua A. Norton returned to San Francisco not as a bankrupt merchant, but as none other than the Emperor of the United States, and announced his rule by issuing an official proclamation.
		Norton was pestered at times with a few teasing hecklers, but on the whole the citizens of San Francisco adopted the eccentric ex-merchant and actually afforded him the royal treatment he commanded.
		As early as July of 1860 Emperor Norton saw trouble brewing between the North and the South and declared that the Union be dissolved for the duration of the emergency.
	www.molossia.org /norton.html (1862 words)

	Emperor Norton: Interesting Thing of the Day
		Joshua Norton was born in England in the early 1800s—sources vary as to the exact year of his birth, but it was somewhere between 1811 and 1819.
		He presented a piece of paper to the editor of a local newspaper declaring himself to be “Norton I, Emperor of the United States.” The editor found Norton’s claim to be so amusing and bold that he printed the declaration on the front page of the paper as though it were genuine.
		Norton was given free meals at restaurants, and in fact, restaurants that served him liked to put up brass plaques bragging that they were an official supplier of the emperor—it was good for business.
	itotd.com /articles/561/emperor-norton (1310 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Joshua Norton had made a fortune as a merchant during the great California gold rush of 1849 and had become a well-known businessman in the growing town of San Francisco.
		When he learned that the nation did not recognize his empire, he said he was breaking up the Republic of the United States and that any laws made by that government would have no effect.
		When the Emperor Norton went to the theater, he was let in without charge and then given the best seat available, while the orchestra played a fanfare.
	its.guilford.k12.nc.us /act/grade4/gr4_files/Emperor/Emperor_America.doc (678 words)

	John Norton, Lieutenant General, United States Army
		John Norton, 86, an Army Lieutenant General who, as a young officer, parachuted into Normandy on D-Day and later helped pioneer the Army's use of helicopters in battle, died December 6, 2004, of cancer at his home in Basye, Virginia.
		During World War II, General Norton was a paratrooper with the 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment of the famed 82nd Airborne Division, jumping behind German lines into the French village of St. Mere-Eglise on D-Day.
		General Norton became commanding general of the Army's 1st Cavalry Division in Vietnam in 1966, putting into practice the air cavalry recommendations he had helped frame four years before.
	www.arlingtoncemetery.net /john-norton.htm (623 words)

	Office Of Consumer Litigation
		Defendants Thomas P. Norton (also known as "Tom Riley") and Patricia M. Riley are scheduled to go on trial on November 3, 2003, on charges of criminal contempt and conspiracy to defraud the United States.
		Riley, who is Norton's wife, helped her husband try to conceal from the Federal Trade Commission that Norton was engaged in the business of telemarketing despite a 1994 federal court order that prohibited Norton from telemarketing without first posting a $5 million bond.
		Norton, who is incarcerated, claims that he had ineffective assistance of counsel.
	www.usdoj.gov /civil/ocl/cases/Cases/Norton/index.htm (1745 words)

	Pop Occulture: Emperor of the United States (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		He was a man who some claim was a schizophrenic, but who occupied much the same status as the Holy Fools of Russian religious history.
		Norton was clearly much loved and revered by his subjects.
		Although penniless, he regularly frequented the finest restaurants in San Francisco, and the proprietors of these establishments took it upon themselves to add brass plaques in their entrances that declared "By Appointment to his Imperial Majesty, Emperor Norton I of the United States".
	www.timboucher.com /journal/2005/01/emperor-of-united-states.html (500 words)

	Norton
		Prices for their Norton and Norton wines have tripled and quadrupled in recent years — now averaging more than $20 a bottle at the wineries and in-state liquor stores — and they cannot make enough to satisfy their local and regional customers.
		But Norton’s long history as a cultivated variety certainly must be seen as a mixed blessing, for while recorded commentary of all manner exists about the wine, much is of a dubious nature.
		Although Norton was described in texts and catalogs for a century and a half as distinct from Cynthiana, and many growers still insist there are subtle distinctions in the field, modern isozyme analysis has proved them to be genetically identical.
	www.chrysaliswine.com /norton.htm (4330 words)

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