Category: 1972

32 L.Ed.2d 728 92 S.Ct. 2099 407 U.S. 258 Curtis C. FLOOD, Petitioner,v.Bowie K. KUHN et al. No 71?32. Argued March 20, 1972. Decided June 19, 1972. Syllabus Petitioner, a professional baseball player ‘traded’ to another club without his previous knowledge or consent, brought this antitrust suit after being refused the right to make his […]

407 U.S. 206 92 S.Ct. 2075 32 L.Ed.2d 693 Commonwealth of PENNSYLVANIA, Plaintiff,v.State of NEW YORK et al. No. 40, Orig. Argued March 29, 1972 on Exceptions to Report of Special Master. Decided June 19, 1972. Decree Published June 19, 1972. See 92 S.Ct. 2880. Syllabus Pennsylvania brought this original action against New York to […]

407 U.S. 225 92 S.Ct. 2151 32 L.Ed.2d 705 Robert MITCHUM, dba The Book Mart, Appellant, v. Clinton E. FOSTER, Prosecuting Attorney of Bay County, Florida, et al. No. 70?27. Argued Dec. 13, 1971. Decided June 19, 1972. Syllabus Title 42 U.S.C. ? 1983, which authorizes a suit in equity to redress the deprivation under […]

407 U.S. 245 92 S.Ct. 2083 32 L.Ed.2d 719 Edward Lee McNEIL, Petitioner,v.DIRECTOR, PATUXENT INSTITUTION. No. 71?5144. Argued April 20, 1972. Decided June 19, 1972. Syllabus Petitioner, who was given a five-year sentence, was referred under an ex parte order to the Patuxent Institution for examination to determine whether he should be committed for an […]

407 U.S. 163 92 S.Ct. 1965 32 L.Ed.2d 627 MOOSE LODGE NO. 107, Appellant,v.K. Leroy IRVIS et al. No. 70?75. Argued Feb. 28, 1972. Decided June 12, 1972. Syllabus Appellee Irvis, a Negro guest of a member of appellant, a private club, was refused service at the club’s dining room and bar solely because of […]

407 U.S. 223 92 S.Ct. 2880 32 L.Ed.2d 704 PENNSYLVANIAv.NEW YORK et al. No. 40, Orig. Supreme Court of the United States June 19, 1972 1 Opinion reported, 407 U.S. 206, 92 S.Ct. 2075, 32 L.Ed.2d 693. DECREE 2 It is now Ordered, Adjudged, and Decreed as follows: 3 1. Each item of property in […]

407 U.S. 143 92 S.Ct. 1921 32 L.Ed.2d 612 Frederick E. ADAMS, Warden, Petitioner,v.Robert WILLIAMS. No. 70?283. Argued April 10, 1972. Decided June 12, 1972. Syllabus Acting on a tip supplied moments earlier by an informant known to him, a police officer asked respondent to open his car door. Respondent lowered the window, and the […]

407 U.S. 191 92 S.Ct. 1980 32 L.Ed.2d 648 Dorothy TAYLOR et al.v.John J. McKEITHEN, Governor of Louisiana, et al. No. 71?784. June 12, 1972. PER CURIAM. 1 The 1970 self-reapportionment of the Louisiana Legislature was challenged in this lawsuit on the dual grounds that it offended both the one-man, one-vote principle and the prohibition […]

407 U.S. 197 92 S.Ct. 1842 32 L.Ed.2d 653 John Thomas FLOWERv.UNITED STATES. No. 71?1180. June 12, 1972. PER CURIAM. 1 Petition John Thomas Flower, a regional ‘Peace Education Secretary’ of the American Friends Service Committee and a civilian, was arrested by military police while quietly distributing leaflets on New Braunfels Avenue at a point […]

407 U.S. 203 92 S.Ct. 1951 32 L.Ed.2d 659 Ivan V.v.CITY OF NEW YORK. No. 71?6425. Decided June 12, 1972. PER CURIAM. 1 The Court held in In re Winship, 397 U.S. 358, 90 S.Ct. 1068, 25 L.Ed.2d 368, decided March 31, 1970, that proof beyond a reasonable doubt is among the essentials of due […]

407 U.S. 1 92 S.Ct. 1907 32 L.Ed.2d 513 M/S BREMEN and Unterweser Reederei, GmBH, Petitioners,v.ZAPATA OFF-SHORE COMPANY. No. 71?322. Argued March 21, 1972. Decided June 12, 1972. Syllabus Petitioner Unterweser made an agreement to tow respondent’s drilling rig from Louisiana to Italy. The contract contained a forum-selection clause providing for the litigation of any […]

407 U.S. 104 92 S.Ct. 1953 32 L.Ed.2d 584 Lewis COLTEN, Appellant,v.COMMONWEALTH OF KENTUCKY. No. 71?404. Argued April 17, 1972. Decided June 12, 1972. Syllabus $Appellant, arrested for disorderly conduct when he failed, notwithstanding several requests by an officer, to leave a congested roadside where a friend in another car was being ticketed for a […]

407 U.S. 128 92 S.Ct. 2027 32 L.Ed.2d 600 James R. JAMES, Judicial Administrator, et al., Appellants,v.David E. STRANGE. No. 71?11. Argued March 22, 1972. Decided June 12, 1972. Syllabus Kansas recoupment statute enabling State to recover in subsequent civil proceedings legal defense fees for indigent defendants, invalidated by District Court as an infringement on […]

406 U.S. 935 92 S.Ct. 1785 32 L.Ed.2d 136 Jonathan Howell Husband ROACHv.UNITED STATES. No. 71-6125. Supreme Court of the United States May 15, 1972 On petition for a writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. The petition for a writ of certiorari is denied. Mr. Justice DOUGLAS, […]

406 U.S. 953 92 S.Ct. 2067 32 L.Ed.2d 341 Donald Bruce McGARVAv.UNITED STATES. No. 71-6274. Supreme Court of the United States May 30, 1972 On petition for writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. The motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis and the petition for a […]

406 U.S. 977 92 S.Ct. 2425 32 L.Ed.2d 677 David GREENEv.UNITED STATES. No. 71-6393. Supreme Court of the United States June 7, 1972 On petition for writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. The petition for a writ of certiorari is denied. Mr. Justice DOUGLAS, dissenting. 1 This […]

406 U.S. 978 92 S.Ct. 2422 32 L.Ed.2d 678 Wayman PATTERSON, petitioner,v.Russell LASH, Warden. No. 71-6104. Supreme Court of the United States June 7, 1972 1 Petition for rehearing denied. CC? | Transformed by Public.Resource.Org

406 U.S. 742 92 S.Ct. 1941 32 L.Ed.2d 453 UNITED STATES et al., Appellants,v.ALLEGHENY-LUDLUM STEEL CORPORATION et al. No. 71?227. Argued March 27, 1972. Decided June 7, 1972. Syllabus 1. Two ‘car service rules’ promulgated by the Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC), requiring generally that unloaded freight cars be returned in the direction of the owning […]

406 U.S. 797 92 S.Ct. 1899 32 L.Ed.2d 499 Melvin LAIRD, Secretary of Defense, et al., Petitioners,v.Jim Nick NELMS et al. No. 71?573. Argued April 17, 1972. Decided June 7, 1972. Rehearing Denied Oct. 10, 1972. See 93 S.Ct. 95. Syllabus Damage from sonic boom caused by military planes, where no negligence was shown either […]

406 U.S. 91 92 S.Ct. 1385 31 L.Ed.2d 712 State of ILLINOISv.CITY OF MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN, et al. No. 49, Orig. Argued Feb. 29, 1972. Decided April 24, 1972. Syllabus The State of Illinois has filed a motion for leave to file a bill of complaint against four Wisconsin cities and two local sewerage commissions for […]