405 U.S. 645

405 U.S. 645 92 S.Ct. 1208 31 L.Ed.2d 551 Peter STANLEY, Sr., Petitioner,v.State of ILLINOIS. No. 70?5014. Argued Oct. 19, 1971. Decided April 3, 1972. Syllabus Petitioner, an unwed father whose children, on the mother’s death, were declared state wards and placed in guardianship, attacked the Illinois statutory scheme as violative of equal protection. Under […]

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405 U.S. 56

405 U.S. 56 92 S.Ct. 862 31 L.Ed.2d 36 Donald LINDSEY et al., Appellants,v.Dorothea M. NORMET et al. No. 70?5045. Argued Nov. 15, 1971. Decided Feb. 23, 1972. Syllabus Appellants, month-to-month tenants of appellee Normet, refused to pay their monthly rent unless certain substandard conditions were remedied, and appellee threatened eviction. Appellants filed a class […]

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405 U.S. 596

405 U.S. 596 92 S.Ct. 1126 31 L.Ed.2d 515 UNITED STATES, Appellant,v.TOPCO ASSOCIATES, INC. No. 70?82. Argued Nov. 16, 1971. Decided March 29, 1972. Syllabus The United States brought this injunction action charging a violation of ? 1 of the Sherman Act by appellee, Topco, a cooperative association of about 25 small and medium-sized independent […]

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405 U.S. 473

405 U.S. 473 92 S.Ct. 1014 31 L.Ed.2d 374 Otis LOPER, Petitioner,v.George J. BETO, Corrections Director, et al. No. 70-5388. Argued Jan. 13, 1972. Decided March 22, 1972. Syllabus For the purpose of impeaching petitioner’s credibility, the prosecutor in petitioner’s 1947 rape trial was permitted to interrogate him about his previous criminal record. Petitioner admitted […]

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405 U.S. 504

405 U.S. 504 92 S.Ct. 1048 31 L.Ed.2d 394 Donald Gilbert HUMPHREY, Petitioner,v.Elmer O. CADY, Warden. No. 70?5004. Argued Dec. 7, 1971. Decided March 22, 1972. Syllabus Petitioner was convicted of contributing to the delinquency of a minor, a misdemeanor punishable by a maximum sentence of one year. In lieu of sentence, he was committed […]

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405 U.S. 518

405 U.S. 518 92 S.Ct. 1103 31 L.Ed.2d 408 Millard GOODING, Warden, Appellant,v.Johnny C. WILSON. No. 70?26. Argued Dec. 8, 1971. Decided March 23, 1972. Syllabus Georgia statute providing that ‘(a)ny person who shall, without provocation, use to or of another, and in his presence . . . opprobrious words or abusive language, tending to […]

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405 U.S. 538

405 U.S. 538 92 S.Ct. 1113 31 L.Ed.2d 424 Dorothy LYNCH et al., Appellants,v.HOUSEHOLD FINANCE CORPORATION, et al. No. 70?5058. Argued Dec. 7, 1971. Decided March 23, 1972. Rehearing Denied April 24, 1972. See 406 U.S. 911, 92 S.Ct. 1611. Syllabus Appellee Household Finance Corp. sued appellant Lynch in state court alleging nonpayment of a […]

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405 U.S. 473

405 U.S. 473 92 S.Ct. 1014 31 L.Ed.2d 374 Otis LOPER, Petitioner,v.George J. BETO, Corrections Director, et al. No. 70-5388. Argued Jan. 13, 1972. Decided March 22, 1972. Syllabus For the purpose of impeaching petitioner’s credibility, the prosecutor in petitioner’s 1947 rape trial was permitted to interrogate him about his previous criminal record. Petitioner admitted […]

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405 U.S. 504

405 U.S. 504 92 S.Ct. 1048 31 L.Ed.2d 394 Donald Gilbert HUMPHREY, Petitioner,v.Elmer O. CADY, Warden. No. 70?5004. Argued Dec. 7, 1971. Decided March 22, 1972. Syllabus Petitioner was convicted of contributing to the delinquency of a minor, a misdemeanor punishable by a maximum sentence of one year. In lieu of sentence, he was committed […]

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405 U.S. 518

405 U.S. 518 92 S.Ct. 1103 31 L.Ed.2d 408 Millard GOODING, Warden, Appellant,v.Johnny C. WILSON. No. 70?26. Argued Dec. 8, 1971. Decided March 23, 1972. Syllabus Georgia statute providing that ‘(a)ny person who shall, without provocation, use to or of another, and in his presence . . . opprobrious words or abusive language, tending to […]

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405 U.S. 538

405 U.S. 538 92 S.Ct. 1113 31 L.Ed.2d 424 Dorothy LYNCH et al., Appellants,v.HOUSEHOLD FINANCE CORPORATION, et al. No. 70?5058. Argued Dec. 7, 1971. Decided March 23, 1972. Rehearing Denied April 24, 1972. See 406 U.S. 911, 92 S.Ct. 1611. Syllabus Appellee Household Finance Corp. sued appellant Lynch in state court alleging nonpayment of a […]

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405 U.S. 427

405 U.S. 427 92 S.Ct. 1056 31 L.Ed.2d 340 Donald Felix SCHNEBLE, Petitioner,v.State of FLORIDA. No. 68?5009. Argued Jan. 17 and 18, 1972. Decided March 21, 1972. Syllabus Petitioner was found guilty of murder following a jury trial in which police officers testified as to the detailed confession that he had given to them and […]

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405 U.S. 438

405 U.S. 438 92 S.Ct. 1029 31 L.Ed.2d 349 Thomas S. EISENSTADT, Sheriff of Suffolk County, Massachusetts, Appellant,v.William R. BAIRD. No. 70?17. Argued Nov. 17 and 18, 1971. Decided March 22, 1972. Syllabus Appellee attacks his conviction of violating Massachusetts law for giving a woman a contraceptive foam at the close of his lecture to […]

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405 U.S. 427

405 U.S. 427 92 S.Ct. 1056 31 L.Ed.2d 340 Donald Felix SCHNEBLE, Petitioner,v.State of FLORIDA. No. 68?5009. Argued Jan. 17 and 18, 1972. Decided March 21, 1972. Syllabus Petitioner was found guilty of murder following a jury trial in which police officers testified as to the detailed confession that he had given to them and […]

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405 U.S. 438

405 U.S. 438 92 S.Ct. 1029 31 L.Ed.2d 349 Thomas S. EISENSTADT, Sheriff of Suffolk County, Massachusetts, Appellant,v.William R. BAIRD. No. 70?17. Argued Nov. 17 and 18, 1971. Decided March 22, 1972. Syllabus Appellee attacks his conviction of violating Massachusetts law for giving a woman a contraceptive foam at the close of his lecture to […]

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405 U.S. 365

405 U.S. 365 92 S.Ct. 1062 31 L.Ed.2d 298 Oliver T. FEIN, Petitioner,v.SELECTIVE SERVICE SYSTEM LOCAL BOARD NO. 7, YONKERS, N.Y., et al. No. 70?58. Argued Oct. 12, 1971. Decided March 21, 1972. Syllabus Following petitioner’s classification as a conscientious objector by his local Selective Service Board, the State Director requested an appeal. Petitioner was […]

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405 U.S. 394

405 U.S. 394 92 S.Ct. 1085. 31 L.Ed.2d 318 COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE, Petitioner,v.FIRST SECURITY BANK OF UTAH, N.A., et al. No. 70?305. Argued Jan. 10, 1072. Decided March 21, 1972. Syllabus Respondent banks were subsidiaries of a holding company that also controlled a management company, an insurance agency, and, from 1954, an insurance company […]

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405 U.S. 330

405 U.S. 330 92 S.Ct. 995 31 L.Ed.2d 274 Winfield DUNN, Governor of the State of Tennessee, et al., Appellants,v.James F. BLUMSTEIN. No. 70?13. Argued Nov. 16, 1971. Decided March 21, 1972. Syllabus Tennessee closes its registration books 30 days before an election, but requires residence in the State for one year and in the […]

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405 U.S. 34

405 U.S. 34 92 S.Ct. 815 31 L.Ed.2d 17 Joseph PARISI, Petitioner,v.Philip B. DAVIDSON, etc., et al. No. 70?91. Argued Oct. 19, 20, 1971. Decided Feb. 23, 1972. Syllabus Petitioner, a member of the armed forces, applied unsuccessfully for discharge as a conscientious objector. After he had exhausted all his administrative remedies, he filed a […]

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405 U.S. 365

405 U.S. 365 92 S.Ct. 1062 31 L.Ed.2d 298 Oliver T. FEIN, Petitioner,v.SELECTIVE SERVICE SYSTEM LOCAL BOARD NO. 7, YONKERS, N.Y., et al. No. 70?58. Argued Oct. 12, 1971. Decided March 21, 1972. Syllabus Following petitioner’s classification as a conscientious objector by his local Selective Service Board, the State Director requested an appeal. Petitioner was […]

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