HMS Emerald (1795) HMS Emerald (1795) HMS Emerald was a 36-gun frigate that Sir William Rule designed in 1794 for the Royal Navy. The Admiralty ordered her construction towards the end of May 1794 and work began the following month at Northfleet dockyard. She was completed on 12 October 1795 and joined Admiral John Jervis's fleet in the Mediterranean. In 1797, "Emerald" was one of several vessels sent to hunt down and capture the crippled Santisima Trinidad, which had escaped from the British at the Battle of Cape St Vincent. "Emerald" was supposed to have been present at the Battle of the Nile
Western Tradition Partnership, Inc. v. Montana Tradition Partnership, Inc. v. Attorney General of Montana that the Citizens United holding does so by applying it to Montana state law. Because the Citizens United decision supersedes state law the states cannot bar corporate and union political contributions in their own elections. Western Tradition Partnership, Inc. v. Montana Western Tradition Partnership, Inc. v. Montana, 2011 MT 328, is a decision by the Montana Supreme Court ruling that the broad free speech protections given to corporations in "Citizens United v. FEC" do not apply to Montana's campaign finance laws. The United States Supreme Court reversed the Montana Supreme Court's decision