Category: 1971

402 U.S. 544 91 S.Ct. 1563 29 L.Ed.2d 98 James PALMER, Appellant,v.CITY OF EUCLID, OHIO. No. 143. Argued Jan. 11, 1971. Decided May 24, 1971. Niki Z. Schwartz, Cleveland, Ohio, for appellant. David J. Lombardo, Cleveland, Ohio, for appellee. PER CURIAM. 1 Appellant Palmer was convicted by a jury of violating the City of Euclid’s […]

402 U.S. 547 91 S.Ct. 2174 29 L.Ed.2d 102 James Herman BOSTIC, petitioner,v.UNITED STATES. No. 5250. Supreme Court of the United States October Term, 1970. May 24, 1971 Rehearing Denied Oct. 12, 1971. See 92 S.Ct. 32. Thomas C. Binkley, Nashville, Tenn., for petitioner. Beatrice Rosenberg, Washington, D.C., for respondent. On writ of certiorari to […]

402 U.S. 549 91 S.Ct. 1692 29 L.Ed.2d 170 UNITED STATES, Appellant,v.GREATER BUFFALO PRESS, INC., et al. No. 821. Argued April 19, 1971. Decided June 1, 1971. Syllabus The United States brought this civil antitrust suit charging that the acquisition by Greater Buffalo Press (Buffalo) in 1955 of all the stock of International Color Printing […]

402 U.S. 49 91 S.Ct. 1312 28 L.Ed.2d 592 George K. ROSENBERG, District Director, Immigration and Naturalization Service, Petitioner,v.YEE CHIEN WOO. No. 156. Argued Feb. 23, 1971. Decided April 21, 1971. Charles Gordon, Washington, D.C., for petitioner. Gordon G. Dale, San Francisco, Cal., for respondent. Mr. Justice BLACK delivered the opinion of the Court. 1 […]

402 U.S. 497 91 S.Ct. 1650 29 L.Ed.2d 61 TRIANGLE IMPROVEMENT COUNCIL et al., petitioners,v.William S. RITCHIE, Commissioner, State Road Commission of West Virginia, et al. No. 712. Supreme Court of the United States October Term, 1970. May 17, 1971 Jack Greenberg, New York City, for petitioners. William Bradford Reynolds, for Federal respondents, pro hac […]

402 U.S. 509 91 S.Ct. 1583 29 L.Ed.2d 68 Ib Otto ASTRUP, Petitioner,v.IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE. No. 840. Argued April 20, 1971. Decided May 24, 1971. Paul N. Halvonik, San Francisco, Cal., for petitioner. Richard B. Stone, Washington, D.C., for respondent. Mr. Justice BLACK delivered the opinion of the Court. 1 The issue in this […]

402 U.S. 515 91 S.Ct. 1592 29 L.Ed.2d 74 GAINESVILLE UTILITIES DEPARTMENT et al., Petitioners,v.FLORIDA POWER CORPORATION. FEDERAL POWER COMMISSION, Petitioner, v. FLORIDA POWER CORPORATION. Nos. 464, 469. Argued Feb. 24, 1971. Decided May 24, 1971. Syllabus Pursuant to ? 202(b) of the Federal Power Act, the Federal Power Commission (FPC) is empowered to direct […]

402 U.S. 424 91 S.Ct. 1535 29 L.Ed.2d 9 CALIFORNIA, Petitioner,v.Jonathan Todd BYERS. No. 75. Argued Dec. 8, 1970. Decided May 17, 1971. Syllabus Respondent demurred to a count of an indictment charging him with violating Cal.Vehicle Code ? 20002(a)(1) by failing to stop and furnish his name and address after involvement in an automobile […]

402 U.S. 479 91 S.Ct. 1565 29 L.Ed.2d 47 Vincent Francis McGEE, Jr., Petitioner,v.UNITED STATES. No. 362. Argued Feb. 23, 1971. Decided May 17, 1971. Syllabus Petitioner applied in 1966 for conscientious objector status to his local Selective Service board, which advised him that his claim would be passed on when his student deferment expired. […]

402 U.S. 389 91 S.Ct. 1420 28 L.Ed.2d 842 Elliott L. RICHARDSON, Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare, Petitioner,v.Pedro PERALES. No. 108. Argued Jan. 13, 1971. Decided May 3, 1971. Syllabus Written reports by physicians who have examined claimant for disability insurance benefits under Social Security Act constitute ‘substantial evidence’ supporting a nondisability finding within […]

402 U.S. 415 91 S.Ct. 1575 29 L.Ed.2d 1 ORGANIZATION FOR A BETTER AUSTIN et al., Petitioners,v.Jerome M. KEEFE. No. 135. Argued Jan. 20, 1971. Decided May 17, 1971. Syllabus Respondent real estate broker applied for and obtained from the Illinois courts an injunction enjoining petitioners from distributing any literature in the City of Westchester, […]

402 U.S. 43 91 S.Ct. 1284. 28 L.Ed.2d 586 NORTH CAROLINA STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION et al., Appellants,v.James E. SWANN et al. No. 498. Argued Oct. 13, 1970. Decided April 20, 1971. Syllabus North Carolina’s Anti-Busing Law, which flatly forbids assignment of any student on account of race or for the purpose of creating a […]

402 U.S. 47 91 S.Ct. 1292 28 L.Ed.2d 590 Mrs. Robert Lee MOORE et al., Appellants,v.CHARLOTTE-MECKLENBURG BOARD OF EDUCATION et al. No. 444. Argued Oct. 13, 1970. Decided April 20, 1971. Syllabus Since both parties in this section challenging a school desegregation plan seek the same result, viz., a holding that North Carolina’s Anti-Busing Law […]

402 U.S. 39 91 S.Ct. 1287 28 L.Ed.2d 582 Charles McDANIEL, Superintendent of Schools, et al., Petitioners,v.Joseph BARRESI, Jr., et al., No. 420. Argued Oct. 13, 1970. Decided April 20, 1971. Syllabus The Board of Education of Clarke County, Ga. (with a two-to-one white-Negro elementary school system ratio), devised a student assignment plan for desegregating […]

402 U.S. 183 91 S.Ct. 1454 28 L.Ed.2d 711 Dennis Councle McGAUTHA, Petitioner,v.State of CALIFORNIA. James Edward CRAMPTON, Petitioner, v. State of OHIO. Nos. 203, 204. Argued Nov. 9, 1970. Decided May 3, 1971. Syllabus Petitioner in No. 203 was convicted of first-degree murder in California, and was sentenced to death. The penalty was left […]

402 U.S. 313 91 S.Ct. 1434 28 L.Ed.2d 788 BLONDER-TONGUE LABORATORIES, INC., Petitioner,v.UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS FOUNDATION et al. No. 338. Argued Jan. 14, 1971. Decided May 3, 1971. Syllabus This Court’s holding in Triplett v. Lowell, 297 U.S. 638, 56 S.Ct. 645, 80 L.Ed. 949, that a determination of patent invalidity is not res judicata […]

402 U.S. 351 91 S.Ct. 1410 28 L.Ed.2d 813 UNITED STATES, Appellant,v.Norman George REIDEL. No. 534. Argued Jan. 20, 1971. Decided May 3, 1971. Rehearing Denied June 14, 1971. See 403 U.S. 924, 91 S.Ct. 2223. Syllabus Appellee, who had advertised in the newspaper the sale to persons over 21 years of age of a […]

402 U.S. 363 91 S.Ct. 1400 28 L.Ed.2d 822 UNITED STATES, Appellant,v.THIRTY-SEVEN (37) PHOTOGRAPHS, Milton Luros, Claimant. No. 133. Argued Jan. 20, 1971. Decided May 3, 1971. Rehearing Denied June 14, 1971. See 403 U.S. 924, 91 S.Ct. 2221. Syllabus Customs agents sezied as obscene photographs possessed by claimant Luros when he returned to this […]

402 U.S. 33 91 S.Ct. 1289 28 L.Ed.2d 577 Birdie Mae DAVIS et al., Petitioners,v.BOARD OF SCHOOL COMMISSIONERS OF MOBILE COUNTY et al. No. 436. Argued Oct. 13?14, 1970. Decided April 20, 1971. Syllabus East of the major highway that divides the metropolitan area of Mobile, Ala., live 94% of the area’s Negro students, and […]

402 U.S. 159 91 S.Ct. 1336 28 L.Ed.2d 695 UNITED STATES, Petitioner,v.SOUTHERN UTE TRIBE OR BAND OF INDIANS. No. 515. Argued March 1, 1971. Decided April 26, 1971. Syllabus Respondent’s claims for compensation and accounting are barred by res judicata since they relate to land ‘formerly owned or claimed by (the Conferderated Band of Utes) […]