Category: 1971

404 U.S. 528 92 S.Ct. 630 30 L.Ed.2d 686 TRBOVICH, Petitioner,v.UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA et al. No. 71?119. Argued Nov. 18, 1971. Decided Jan. 17, 1972. Syllabus Petitioner union member sought unsuccessfully to intervene pursuant to Fed.Rule Civ.Proc. 24(a) in litigation brought by the Secretary of Labor under Title IV of the Labor-Management Reporting […]

404 U.S. 53 92 S.Ct. 174 30 L.Ed.2d 209 A. E. SLAYTON, Jr., Superintendent, Virginia State Penitentiaryv.Lawrence Furman SMITH. No. 70?108. Nov. 16, 1971. PER CURIAM. 1 Respondent’s petition for habeas corpus alleged, among other things, that he had been tried and sentenced in the state courts by a senile judge. On appeal from the […]

404 U.S. 541 92 S.Ct. 652 30 L.Ed.2d 697 BOARD OF REGENTS OF the UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM, Appellant,v.NEW LEFT EDUCATION PROJECT et al. No. 70?55. Argued Dec. 6, 1971. Decided Jan. 24, 1972. W. O. Shultz II, Austin, Tex., for appellant. David R. Richards, Austin, Tex., for appellees. Mr. Justice WHITE delivered the opinion […]

30 L.Ed.2d 721 92 S.Ct. 731 404 U.S. 548 UNITED STATES, petitioner,v.CHAS. PFIZER & CO., Inc., et al. No. 70-72. Supreme Court of the United States January 24, 1972 Daniel M. Friedman, Washington D. C., for petitioner. John E. F. Wood, New York City, for respondents. On writ of certiorari to the United States Court […]

404 U.S. 549 92 S.Ct. 656 30 L.Ed.2d 704 Peggy J. CONNOR et al.v.John Bell WILLIAMS, Governor of Mississippi, et al. No. 71?221. Jan. 24, 1972. PER CURIAM. 1 After determining that the reapportionment plan for the State Senate and House of Representatives, passed by the Mississippi Legislature in January 1971, failed to comply with […]

404 U.S. 522 92 S.Ct. 616 30 L.Ed.2d 679 Earl A. LOVE, Petitioner,v.The PULLMAN COMPANY. UNITED STATES et al., Petitioners, v. The PULLMAN COMPANY. Nos. 70?5033, 70?37. Argued Nov. 16, 1971. Decided Jan. 17, 1972. Syllabus Procedure whereby the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), after having received a written charge from a complainant of discrimination […]

404 U.S. 477 92 S.Ct. 619 30 L.Ed.2d 618 Don Richard LEGO, Petitioner,v.John TWOMEY, Warden. No. 70?5037. Argued Nov. 11, 1971. Decided Jan. 12, 1972. Syllabus Following a pretrial suppression hearing at which conflicting evidence was presented as to the voluntariness of a confession that petitioner had given the police, the trial judge, presumably applying […]

404 U.S. 496 92 S.Ct. 582 30 L.Ed.2d 632 James E. GROPPI, Petitioner,v.Jack LESLIE, Sheriff of Dane County. No. 70?112. Argued Nov. 10, 1971. Decided Jan. 13, 1972. Syllabus Wisconsin legislative resolution citing petitioner for contempt for conduct on the floor of the State Assembly that occurred two days previous to the contempt resolution and […]

30 L.Ed.2d 642 92 S.Ct. 609 404 U.S. 508 CALIFORNIA MOTOR TRANSPORT CO. et al., Petitioners,v.TRUCKING UNLIMITED et al. No. 70?92. Argued Nov. 10, 1971. Decided Jan. 13, 1972. Syllabus Respondent highway carriers filed this civil action under ? 4 of the Clayton Act for injunctive relief and damages against petitioner highway carriers charging that […]

404 U.S. 519 92 S.Ct. 594 30 L.Ed.2d 652 Francis HAINES, Petitioner,v.Otto J. KERNER, former Governor, State of Illinois, et al. No. 70?5025. Argued Dec. 6, 1971. Decided Jan. 13, 1972. Rehearing Denied Feb. 22, 1972. See 405 U.S. 948, 92 S.Ct. 963. Stanley A. Bass, New York City, for petitioner. Warren K. Smoot, Chicago, […]

404 U.S. 418 92 S.Ct. 596 30 L.Ed.2d 575 RELIANCE ELECTRIC COMPANY, Petitioner,v.EMERSON ELECTRIC COMPANY. No. 70?79. Argued Nov. 10, 11, 1971. Decided Jan. 11, 1972. Rehearing Denied Feb. 28, 1972. See 405 U.S. 969, 92 S.Ct. 1162. Syllabus Respondent, the owner of more than 10% of Dodge Mfg. Co.’s stock, within six months of […]

404 U.S. 443 92 S.Ct. 589 30 L.Ed.2d 592 UNITED STATES, Petitioner,v.Forrest S. TUCKER. No. 70?86. Argued Nov. 11, 1971. Decided Jan. 11, 1972. Syllabus In imposing sentence upon a defendant convicted of bank robbery, a federal district judge gave explicit consideration to the defendant’s record of previous convictions. It was later conclusively determined that […]

404 U.S. 453 92 S.Ct. 637 30 L.Ed.2d 600 FEDERAL POWER COMMISSION, Petitioner,v.FLORIDA POWER & LIGHT COMPANY. No. 70?38. Argued Nov. 15, 1971. Decided Jan. 12, 1972. Rehearing Denied Feb. 22, 1972. See 405 U.S. 948, 92 S.Ct. 929. Syllabus The Federal Power Commission (FPC) properly determined that the transfer of power from Florida Power […]

404 U.S. 388 92 S.Ct. 544 404 U.S. 998 30 L.Ed.2d 525 UNITED STATES of America, plaintiff,v.State of LOUISIANA et al. No. 9, Original. Supreme Court of the United States December 20, 1971 SUPPLEMENTAL DECREE 1 It appearing to the Court that its opinion herein of March 3, 1969, 394 U.S. 11, 89 S.Ct. 773, […]

404 U.S. 4 92 S.Ct. 22 30 L.Ed.2d 126 Raymond ARCINIEGAv.Edward R. FREEMAN, U. S. Marshal. No. 70-5135. Oct. 26, 1971. PER CURIAM. 1 Petitioner’s parole was revoked by the Federal Parole Board because of association with other ex-convicts. In a petition for habeas corpus, petitioner contended that the record did not disclose any evidence […]

404 U.S. 403 92 S.Ct. 577 30 L.Ed.2d 560 SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION, Petitioner,v.MEDICAL COMMITTEE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS. No. 70?61. Argued Nov. 10, 1971. Decided Jan. 10, 1972. Syllabus The Court of Appeals, overruling the contentions of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), held that it had jurisdiction to review the SEC’s ‘extremely dubious’ determination […]

404 U.S. 412 92 S.Ct. 574 30 L.Ed.2d 567 Florence DIFFENDERFER and Nishan Paul, Appellants,v.CENTRAL BAPTIST CHURCH OF MIAMI, FLORIDA, INC., et al. No. 70?47. Argued Dec. 6, 1971. Decided Jan. 10, 1972. Leo Pfeffer, New York City, for appellant Florence diffenderfer. Howard J. Hollander, Miami, Fla., for appellant Nishan Paul. Charles M. Whelan, New […]

404 U.S. 357 92 S.Ct. 479 30 L.Ed.2d 502 John SCHILB et al., Appellants,v.Vincent P. KUEBEL et al. No. 70?90. Argued Oct. 12, 1971. Decided Dec. 20, 1971. Rehearing Denied Feb. 22, 1972. See 405 U.S. 948, 92 S.Ct. 930. Syllabus Illinois law provides three ways in which an accused can secure his pretrial release: […]

404 U.S. 37 92 S.Ct. 185 30 L.Ed.2d 198 NORFOLK AND WESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY, Petitioner,v.Richard NEMITZ et al. No. 70?97. Argued Oct. 21, 1971. Decided Nov. 15, 1971. Rehearing Denied Jan. 10, 1972. See 404 U.S. 1026, 92 S.Ct. 668. Martin M. Lucente, Chicago, Ill., for petitioner. Thomas J. Murray, Jr., Sandusky, Ohio, for respondents. […]

404 U.S. 293 92 S.Ct. 471 30 L.Ed.2d 457 UNITED STATES, Petitioner,v.Dimas CAMPOS-SERRANO. No. 70?46. Argued Oct. 14, 1971. Decided Dec. 20, 1971. Syllabus Possession of counterfeit alien registration receipt card held not an act punishable under 18 U.S.C. ? 1546, which prohibits, inter alia, the counterfeiting or alternation of, or the possession, use, or […]