Category: 1972

408 U.S. 918 92 S.Ct. 2476 33 L.Ed.2d 330 UNITED STATES, plaintiff,v.State of FLORIDA AND TEXAS. No. 54, Original. Supreme Court of the United States June 26, 1972 1 The motion to defer consideration is denied. The motion of the State of Texas for the appointment of a Special Master is granted and it is […]

408 U.S. 92 92 S.Ct. 2286 33 L.Ed.2d 212 POLICE DEPARTMENT OF the CITY OF CHICAGO et al., Petitioners,v.Earl D. MOSLEY. No. 70?87. Argued Jan. 19, 1972. Decided June 26, 1972. Syllabus City ordinance prohibiting all picketing within 150 feet of a school, except peaceful picketing of any school involved in a labor dispute, found […]

408 U.S. 665 92 S.Ct. 2646 33 L.Ed.2d 626 Paul M. BRANZBURG, Petitioner,v.John P. HAYES, Judge, etc., et al. In the Matter of Paul PAPPAS, Petitioner. UNITED STATES, Petitioner, v. Earl CALDWELL. Nos. 70?85, 70?94, 70?57. Argued Feb. 22, 23, 1972. Decided June 29, 1972. Syllabus The First Amendment does not relieve a newspaper reporter […]

408 U.S. 811 92 S.Ct. 2513 33 L.Ed.2d 723 PORT OF PORTLAND et al., Appellants,v.UNITED STATES et al. No. 70?31. Argued Oct. 20, 1971. Decided June 29, 1972. Syllabus The Spokane, Portland & Seattle Railway Co. (SP&S), a subsidiary of Burlington Northern, and the Union Pacific (UP), sought Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC) approval under ? […]

408 U.S. 901 92 S.Ct. 2484 33 L.Ed.2d 321 33 L.Ed.2d 326 David A. ROSENFELDv.NEW JERSEY. No. 71-1044. Mallie LEWIS v. CITY OF NEW ORLEANS. No. 70-5323. Wilbert Montell BROWN v. State of OKLAHOMA. No. 71-6535. Supreme Court of the United States June 26, 1972 For decision of the Court, see 92 S.Ct. 2479. For […]

408 U.S. 913 92 S.Ct. 2499 33 L.Ed.2d 321 Mallie LEWISv.CITY OF NEW ORLEANS. No. 70-5323. Supreme Court of the United States June 26, 1972 The motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis is granted. The judgment is vacated and the case is remanded to the Supreme Court of Louisiana for reconsideration in light […]

408 U.S. 914 92 S.Ct. 2507 33 L.Ed.2d 326 Wilbert Montell BROWNv.State of OKLAHOMA. No. 71-6535. Supreme Court of the United States June 26, 1972 The motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis is granted. The judgment is vacated and the case is remanded to the Court of Criminal Appeals of the State of […]

408 U.S. 753 92 S.Ct. 2576 33 L.Ed.2d 683 Richard G. KLEINDIENST, Attorney General of the United States, et al., Appellants,v.Ernest MANDEL et al. No. 71?16. Argued April 18, 1972. Decided June 29, 1972. Syllabus This action was brought to compel the Attorney General to grant a temporary nonimmigrant visa to a Belgian journalist and […]

408 U.S. 786 92 S.Ct. 2562 33 L.Ed.2d 706 Lyman A. MOORE, Petitioner,v.State of ILLINOIS. No. 69?5001. Argued Jan. 18, 1972. Decided June 29, 1972. Rehearing Denied Oct. 10, 1972. See 93 S.Ct. 87. Syllabus Moore, who was convicted of murder and sentenced to death for the shotgun slaying of a bartender at a Lansing, […]

408 U.S. 845 92 S.Ct. 2845 33 L.Ed.2d 744 John S. STEWARTv.MASSACHUSETTS. No. 71-5446. Supreme Court of the United States June 29, 1972 PER CURIAM. 1 The appellant in this case was sentenced to death. The imposition and carrying out of that death penalty constitutes cruel and unusual punishment in violation of the Eighth and […]

408 U.S. 606 92 S.Ct. 2614 33 L.Ed.2d 583 Mike GRAVEL, United States Senator,v.UNITED STATES. UNITED STATES, Petitioner, v. Mike GRAVEL, United States Senator. Nos. 71?1017, 71?1026. Argued April 19, 20, 1972. Decided June 29, 1972. Syllabus A United States Senator read to a subcommittee from classified documents (the Pentagon Papers), which he then placed […]

408 U.S. 564 92 S.Ct. 2701 33 L.Ed.2d 548 The BOARD OF REGENTS OF STATE COLLEGES et al., Petitioners,v.David F. ROTH, etc. No. 71?162. Argued Jan. 18, 1972. Decided June 29, 1972. Syllabus Respondent, hired for a fixed term of one academic year to teach at a state university, was informed without explanation that he […]

408 U.S. 501 92 S.Ct. 2531. 33 L.Ed.2d 507 UNITED STATES, Appellant,v.Daniel B. BREWSTER. No. 70?45. Argued Oct. 18, 1971. Reargued March 20, 1972. Decided June 29, 1972. Syllabus Appellee, a former United States Senator, was charged with the solicitation and acceptance of bribes in violation of 18 U.S.C. ?? 201(c)(1) and 201(g). The District […]

408 U.S. 593 92 S.Ct. 2694 33 L.Ed.2d 570 Charles R. PERRY et al., Petitioners,v.Robert P. SINDERMANN, etc. No. 70?36. Argued Jan. 18, 1972. Decided June 29, 1972. Syllabus Respondent was employed in a state college system for 10 years, the last four as a junior college professor under a series of one-year written contracts. […]

408 U.S. 471 92 S.Ct. 2593 33 L.Ed.2d 484 John J. MORRISSEY and G. Donald Booher, Petitioners,v.Lou B. BREWER, Warden, et al. No. 71?5103. Argued April 11, 1972. Decided June 29, 1972. Syllabus Petitioners in these habeas corpus proceedings claimed that their paroles were revoked without a hearing and that they were thereby deprived of […]

408 U.S. 224 92 S.Ct. 2284 33 L.Ed.2d 308 Elisha COMBS, Petitioner,v.UNITED STATES. No. 71?517. Argued April 11, 1972. Decided June 26, 1972. James N. Perry, Cincinnati, Ohio, for petitioner. William Bradford Reynolds, Washington, D.C., for respondent. PER CURIAM. 1 We granted certiorari on claims that evidence introduced against petitioner was obtained through an unlawful […]

408 U.S. 229 92 S.Ct. 2245 33 L.Ed.2d 312 John R. KOISv.State of WISCONSIN. No. 71?5625. June 26, 1972. PER CURIAM. 1 Petitioner was convicted in the state trial court of violating a Wisconsin statute prohibiting the dissemination of ‘lewd, obscene or indecent written matter, picture, sound recording, or film.’ Wis.Stat. 944.21(1)(a) (1969). He was […]

408 U.S. 234 92 S.Ct. 2282 33 L.Ed.2d 317 Johnny Daniel BEECHERv.State of ALABAMA. No. 71?6497. June 26, 1972. PER CURIAM. 1 In 1964 the petitioner was tried and convicted in an Alabama state court for first-degree murder. He was sentenced to death. The conviction was based in large part on written confessions that he […]

408 U.S. 41 92 S.Ct. 2357 33 L.Ed.2d 179 David GELBARD and Sidney Parnas, Petitioners,v.UNITED STATES. UNITED STATES, Petitioner, v. Jogues EGAN and Anne Elizabeth Walsh. Nos. 71?110, 71?263. Argued March 27, 1972. Decided June 26, 1972. Syllabus Where a grand jury witness is adjudicated in civil contempt under 28 U.S.C. ? 1826(a) for refusing […]

33 L.Ed.2d 238 92 S.Ct. 2382 408 U.S. 125 UNITED STATES, Petitioner,v.Marian A. BYRUM, Executrix Under the Last Will and Testament of Milliken C. Byrum. No. 71?308. Argued March 1, 1972. Decided June 26, 1972. Rehearing Denied Oct. 10, 1972. See 93 S.Ct. 94. Syllabus Decedent transferred to an irrevocable trust for the benefit of […]