Also known as:enrolls · enrolled · enrolling · enrollment · enrollments · enrolment · enrolments · registration
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To register or record a document, name, interest, or person in a public or corporate register, thereby creating an authoritative record on which third parties may rely for notice and enforcement.
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Trademark Application Filing
Empire Logistics files an application to register a mark containing a critical slogan. The USPTO rejects the application on the ground that the slogan is disparaging. Empire challenges the denial, arguing that the registration system cannot be used to suppress private expression. The court agrees and orders the mark enrolled in the registry.
Group Legal Plan Enrollment
Elysium Media operates a prepaid legal service plan and uses in-person contacts to enroll new members who have no current legal matter. A lawyer wishes to participate in the plan. The lawyer may do so without violating solicitation rules because the plan operator is independent and the contacts are permitted under the exception.
Congress passes a bill and presents it to the President. The enrolled bill is transmitted to the executive for signature. Challengers later argue that internal congressional procedures were flawed. The Court treats the enrolled bill as conclusive evidence of proper passage.
Immigration & Naturalization Service v. Jagdish Rai Chadha462 U.S. 919, 954 n. 16, 103 S.Ct. 2764, 2785 n. 16, 77 L.Ed.2d 317
Share Transfer Restriction Notation
A corporation adopts a bylaw restricting transfer of its shares. The restriction is noted on the certificate. A purchaser later claims the shares free of the restriction. Because the restriction was not noted, it is unenforceable against the purchaser who lacked knowledge.
Name Registration Renewal
A foreign limited partnership registers its name with the secretary of state. Before expiration the partnership delivers a renewal application. When filed, the renewal extends the registration for another year and preserves the partnership's ability to do business under that name.
Certificate of Existence Request
A lender asks the secretary of state for a certificate of existence for a corporate borrower. The certificate is issued and states that the corporation is in good standing. The lender may rely on the certificate as conclusive evidence of the facts it recites.
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What does it mean to enroll a document in an official record?+
Enrolling a document places it in the public register so that its contents become notice to third parties. The act creates a conclusive record that later parties may rely upon without further inquiry.
Does enrolling a trademark constitute government speech?+
No. Trademark registration merely records private expression. The government may not refuse enrollment on the basis of the applicant's viewpoint.
When may a lawyer participate in enrolling members for a group legal plan?+
A lawyer may participate when the plan is operated by an independent organization and uses live contact only with persons who are not known to need services in a particular matter covered by the plan.
410 U.S. 113 (1973)Constitutional Law
…272, § 19 (1970) (using the term "unlawfully," construed to exclude an abortion to save the mother's life, Kudish v. Bd. of Registration , 356 Mass. 98, 248 N. E. 2d 264 (1969)); Mich. Comp. Laws § 750.14 (1948); Minn. Stat. § 617.18 (1971); Mo. Rev. Stat. § 559.100 (1969); Mont. Rev. Codes Ann. § 94-401 (1969); Neb. Rev.…