Category: 1972

406 U.S. 416 92 S.Ct. 1678. 32 L.Ed.2d 195 Mortimer M. CAPLIN, etc., Petitioner,v.The MARINE MIDLAND GRACE TRUST COMPANY OF NEW YORK. No. 70?220. Argued March 28, 1972. Decided May 22, 1972. Syllabus Petitioner, the trustee of Webb & Knapp, Inc., under Chapter X of the Bankruptcy Act, does not have standing to assert, on […]

406 U.S. 341 92 S.Ct. 1693 32 L.Ed.2d 141 John A. STRAIT, Petitioner,v.Melvin R. LAIRD, Secretary of Defense, et al. No. 71?83. Argued March 22, 1972. Decided May 22, 1972. Syllabus District Court for the Northern District of California has jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. ? 2241(c)(1) to hear and determine the habeas corpus application of […]

406 U.S. 356 92 S.Ct. 1620 32 L.Ed.2d 152 Frank JOHNSON, Appellant,v.LOUISIANA. No. 69?5035. Argued March 1, 1971. Reargued Jan. 10, 1972. Decided May 22, 1972. Syllabus A warrantless arrest for robbery was made of appellant at his home on the basis of identification from photographs, and he was committed by a magistrate. Thereafter he […]

406 U.S. 320 92 S.Ct. 1562 32 L.Ed.2d 95 Thomas L. ANDREWS, Petitioner,v.LOUISVILLE & NASHVILLE RAILROAD COMPANY et al. No. 71?300. Argued March 22, 1972. Decided May 15, 1972. Syllabus Petitioner, claiming that he was wrongfully discharged from his employment by respondent railroad, filed a state-court action based on state law for breach of contract. […]

406 U.S. 337 92 S.Ct. 1598 32 L.Ed.2d 107 Harold Engene HUFFMAN, Petitioner,v.Faye I. BOERSEN. No. 71?5097. Argued April 19, 1972. Decided May 15, 1972. Leo Eisenstatt, Omaha, Neb., for petitioner. Vincent L. Dowding, Grand Island, Neb., for respondent. PER CURIAM. 1 We granted certiorari to review the constitutionality of Neb.Rev.Stat. ? 25?1914 (1964)1 under […]

406 U.S. 340 92 S.Ct. 1550 32 L.Ed.2d 110 ATLANTIC COAST LINE RAILROAD COMPANY, Petitioner,v.ERIE LACKAWANNA RAILROAD COMPANY et al. No. 71?107. Argued April 17 and 18, 1972. Decided May 15, 1972. Devereux Milburn, New York City, for petitioner. Barrett Prettyman, Jr., Washington, D.C., for respondents. PER CURIAM. 1 We granted certiorari to review the […]

406 U.S. 250 92 S.Ct. 1551 32 L.Ed.2d 45 Charles O. DUKES, Petitioner,v.WARDEN, CONNECTICUT STATE PRISON. No. 71?5172. Argued March 21, 1972. Decided May 15, 1972. Rehearing Denied June 19, 1972. See 407 U.S. 934, 92 S.Ct. 2464. Syllabus Petitioner’s claim that his guilty plea was not voluntarily and intelligently made because of an alleged […]

406 U.S. 272 92 S.Ct. 1571 32 L.Ed.2d 61 NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD, Petitioner,v.BURNS INTERNATIONAL SECURITY SERVICES, INC., et al. BURNS INTERNATIONAL SECURITY SERVICES, INC., Petitioner, v. NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD et al. Nos. 71?123, 71?198. Argued Jan. 13, 1972. Decided May 15, 1972. Syllabus Wackenhut Corp., a company that had provided plant protection service […]

406 U.S. 311 92 S.Ct. 1593 32 L.Ed.2d 87 UNITED STATES, Petitioner,v.Loarn Anthony BISWELL. No. 71-81. Argued March 28, 1972. Decided May 15, 1972. Syllabus Warrantless search of locked storeroom during business hours as part of inspection procedure authorized by ? 923(g) of the Gun Control Act of 1968, which resulted in the seizure of […]

406 U.S. 187 92 S.Ct. 1477 32 L.Ed.2d 1 SIXTY-SEVENTH MINNESOTA STATE SENATEv.Richard A. BEENS et al. Nos. 71?1024, 71?1145. April 29, 1972. PER CURIAM. 1 These two appeals are taken by the Minnesota State Senate from orders of a three-judge Federal District Court, Beens v. Erdahl, 336 F.Supp. 715, reapportioning the Minnesota Legislature. The […]

406 U.S. 205 92 S.Ct. 1526 32 L.Ed.2d 15 State of WISCONSIN, Petitioner,v.Jonas YODER et al. No. 70?110 Argued Dec. 8, 1971. Decided May 15, 1972. Syllabus Respondents, members of the Old Order Amish religion and the Conservative Amish Mennonite Church, were convicted of violating Wisconsin’s compulsory school attendance law (which requires a child’s school […]

406 U.S. 164 92 S.Ct. 1400. 31 L.Ed.2d 768 Willie Mae WEBER, Petitioner,v.AETNA CASUALTY & SURETY COMPANY et al. No. 70?5112. Argued Feb. 28, 1972. Decided April 24, 1972. Syllabus Decedent, who died as a result of injuries received during the course of his employment, had maintained a household with four legitimate minor children, one […]

406 U.S. 186 92 S.Ct. 1603 31 L.Ed.2d 785 State of VERMONT, plaintiff,v.State of NEW YORK et al. No. 50, Orig. Supreme Court of the United States April 24, 1972 On motion for leave to file bill of complaint. PER CURIAM. 1 The motion by Vermont for leave to file a bill of complaint invoking […]

406 U.S. 164 92 S.Ct. 1400. 31 L.Ed.2d 768 Willie Mae WEBER, Petitioner,v.AETNA CASUALTY & SURETY COMPANY et al. No. 70?5112. Argued Feb. 28, 1972. Decided April 24, 1972. Syllabus Decedent, who died as a result of injuries received during the course of his employment, had maintained a household with four legitimate minor children, one […]

406 U.S. 128 92 S.Ct. 1456 31 L.Ed.2d 741 AFFILIATED UTE CITIZENS OF the State of UTAH et al., Petitioners,v.UNITED STATES et al. No. 70?78. Argued Oct. 18, 1971. Decided April 24, 1972. Rehearing Denied June 12, 1972. See 407 U.S. 916, 92 S.Ct. 2430. Syllabus The Ute Partition Act was designed to provide for […]

406 U.S. 1 92 S.Ct. 1411. 31 L.Ed.2d 658 S & E CONTRACTORS, INC., Petitioner,v.UNITED STATES. No. 70?88. Argued Oct. 21, 1971. Reargued March 20, 1972. Decided April 24, 1972. Syllabus In a contracts disputes procedure, the Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) approved claims of its contractor for additional compensation. In response to an AEC certifying […]

406 U.S. 109 92 S.Ct. 1396 31 L.Ed.2d 727 State of WASHINGTON et al., Plaintiffs,v.GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION et al. No. 45, Orig. Argued Feb. 28, 29, 1972. Decided April 24, 1972. Syllabus Eighteen States have filed a motion for leave to file a bill of complaint against the Nation’s four major automobile manufacturers and their […]

406 U.S. 117 92 S.Ct. 1379 31 L.Ed.2d 733 State of NEBRASKA, Plaintiff,v.State of IOWA. No. 17, Orig. Argued March 29, 1972. Decided April 24, 1972. Syllabus The exceptions to the Special Master’s Report in this action brought by Nebraska for construction and enforcement of the Iowa-Nebraska Boundary Compact of 1943, entered into to establish […]

406 U.S. 128 92 S.Ct. 1456 31 L.Ed.2d 741 AFFILIATED UTE CITIZENS OF the State of UTAH et al., Petitioners,v.UNITED STATES et al. No. 70?78. Argued Oct. 18, 1971. Decided April 24, 1972. Rehearing Denied June 12, 1972. See 407 U.S. 916, 92 S.Ct. 2430. Syllabus The Ute Partition Act was designed to provide for […]

406 U.S. 1 92 S.Ct. 1411. 31 L.Ed.2d 658 S & E CONTRACTORS, INC., Petitioner,v.UNITED STATES. No. 70?88. Argued Oct. 21, 1971. Reargued March 20, 1972. Decided April 24, 1972. Syllabus In a contracts disputes procedure, the Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) approved claims of its contractor for additional compensation. In response to an AEC certifying […]