Category: 1973

413 U.S. 548 93 S.Ct. 2880. 37 L.Ed.2d 796 UNITED STATES CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION et al., Appellants,v.NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF LETTER CARRIERS AFL-CIO, et al. No. 72?634. Argued March 26, 1973. Decided June 25, 1973. Syllabus Some individual federal employees, an employees’ union, and certain local Democratic and Republican political committees filed this action challenging as […]

413 U.S. 601 93 S.Ct. 2908 37 L.Ed.2d 830 William M. BROADRICK et al., Appellants,v.State of OKLAHOMA et al. No. 71?1639. Argued March 26, 1973. Decided June 25, 1973. Syllabus Appellants, state employees charged by the Oklahoma State Personnel Board with actively engaging in partisan political activities (including the solicitation of money) among their coworkers […]

413 U.S. 634 93 S.Ct. 2842 37 L.Ed.2d 853 Jule M. SUGARMAN, etc., et al., Appellants,v.Patrick McL. DOUGALL et al. No. 71?1222. Argued Jan. 8, 1973. Decided June 25, 1973. Syllabus Section 53 of the New York Civil Service Law provides that only United States citizens may hold permanent positions in the competitive class of […]

413 U.S. 528 93 S.Ct. 2821. 37 L.Ed.2d 782 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE et al., Appellants,v.Jacinta MORENO et al. No. 72?534. Argued April 23, 1973. Decided June 25, 1973. Syllabus Section 3(e) of the Food Stamp Act of 1964, as amended in 1971, generally excludes from participation in the food stamp program any household […]

413 U.S. 496 93 S.Ct. 2796 37 L.Ed.2d 757 Harry ROADEN, Petitioner,v.Commonwealth of KENTUCKY. No. 71?1134. Argued Nov. 14, 1972. Decided June 25, 1973. Syllabus A county sheriff viewed a sexually explicit film at a local drive-in theater. At the conclusion of the showing, he arrested petitioner, the theater manager, for exhibiting an obscene film […]

413 U.S. 508 93 S.Ct. 2832. 37 L.Ed.2d 767 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE et al., Appellants,v.Lula Mae MURRY et al. No. 72?848. Argued April 23, 1973. Decided June 25, 1973. Syllabus Appellees challenge the constitutionality of ? 5(b) of the Food Stamp Act of 1964, as amended in 1971, providing that ‘(a)ny household which […]

413 U.S. 49 93 S.Ct. 2628 37 L.Ed.2d 446 PARIS ADULT THEATRE I et al., Petitioners, v. Lewis R. SLATON, District Attorney, Atlanta Judicial Circuit, et al. No. 71?1051. Argued Oct. 19, 1972. Decided June 21, 1973. Rehearing Denied Oct. 9, 1973. See 414 U.S. 881, 94 S.Ct. 27. Syllabus Respondents sued under Georgia civil […]

413 U.S. 483 93 S.Ct. 2789 37 L.Ed.2d 745 Saul HELLER, Petitioner,v.State of NEW YORK. No. 71?1043. Argued Nov. 14, 1972. Decided June 25, 1973. Syllabus Petitioner was manager of a movie theater where a sexually explicit film was exhibited. After police officers saw part of the film, an assistant district attorney requested a New […]

413 U.S. 405 93 S.Ct. 2507 37 L.Ed.2d 688 NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES et al., Appellants,v.Dolores DUBLINO et al. ONONDAGA COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES et al., Appellants, v. Dolores DUBLINO et al. Nos. 72?792, 72?802. Argued April 17?18, 1973. Decided June 21, 1973. Syllabus The 1967 amendments to the Social Security […]

413 U.S. 433 93 S.Ct. 2523 37 L.Ed.2d 706 Elmer O. CADY, Warden, Petitioner,v.Chester J. DOMBROWSKI. No. 72?586. Argued March 21, 1973. Decided June 21, 1973. Syllabus Respondent had a one-car accident near a small Wisconsin town, while driving a rented Ford. The police had the car towed to a garage seven miles from the […]

413 U.S. 455 93 S.Ct. 2804 37 L.Ed.2d 723 Delores NORWOOD et al., Appellants,v.D. L. HARRISON, Sr., et al. No. 72?77. Argued Feb. 20 and 21, 1973. Decided June 25, 1973. Syllabus A three-judge District Court sustained the validity of a Mississippi statutory program, begun in 1940, under which textbooks are purchased by the State […]

413 U.S. 472 93 S.Ct. 2814 37 L.Ed.2d 736 Arthur LEVITT, as Comptroller of the State of New York, and Ewald B. Nyquist, as Commissioner of Education of the State of New York, Appellants,v.COMMITTEE FOR PUBLIC EDUCATION AND RELIGIOUS LIBERTY et al. Warren M. ANDERSON, as Majority Leader and President pro tem. of New York […]

413 U.S. 345 93 S.Ct. 2591 37 L.Ed.2d 648 NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR the ADVANCEMENT OF COLORED PEOPLE, etc., et al., Appellants,v.State of NEW YORK et al. No. 72?129. Argued Feb. 27?28, 1973. Decided June 21, 1973. Syllabus Sections 4 and 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, as amended, are designed to prohibit the […]

413 U.S. 376 93 S.Ct. 2553 37 L.Ed.2d 669 PITTSBURGH PRESS COMPANY, Petitioner,v.The PITTSBURGH COMMISSION ON HUMAN RELATIONS et al. No. 72?419. Argued March 20, 1973. Decided June 21, 1973. Rehearing Denied Oct. 9, 1973. See 414 U.S. 881, 94 S.Ct. 30. Syllabus Following a complaint and hearing, respondent Pittsburgh Commission on Human Relations held […]

413 U.S. 149 93 S.Ct. 2448 37 L.Ed.2d 522 Roland V. COLGROVE, Petitioner,v.James F. BATTIN, United States District Judge for the District of Montana. No. 71?1442. Argued Jan. 17, 1973. Decided June 21, 1973. Syllabus Local federal court rule providing that a jury for the trial of civil cases shall consist of six persons comports […]

413 U.S. 189 93 S.Ct. 2686 37 L.Ed.2d 548 Wilfred KEYES et al., Petitioners,v.SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 1, DENVER, COLORADO, et al. No. 71?507. Argued Oct. 12, 1972. Decided June 21, 1973. Rehearing Denied Oct. 9, 1973. See 414 U.S. 883, 94 S.Ct. 27. Syllabus Petitioners sought desegregation of the Park Hill area schools in Denver […]

413 U.S. 300 93 S.Ct. 2568 37 L.Ed.2d 619 UNITED STATES, Petitioner,v.Charles J. ASH, Jr. No. 71?1255. Argued January 10, 1973. Decided June 21, 1973. Syllabus The Sixth Amendment does not grant an accused the right to have counsel present when the Government conducts a post-indictment photographic display, containing a picture of the accused, for […]

413 U.S. 15 93 S.Ct. 2607 37 L.Ed.2d 419 Marvin MILLER, Appellant,v.State of CALIFORNIA. No. 70?73. Argued Jan. 18?19, 1972. Reargued Nov. 7, 1972. Decided June 21, 1973. Rehearing Denied Oct. 9, 1973. See 414 U.S. 881, 94 S.Ct. 26. Syllabus by the Court Appellant was convicted of mailing unsolicited sexually explicit material in violation […]

413 U.S. 266 93 S.Ct. 2535 37 L.Ed.2d 596 Condrado ALMEIDA-SANCHEZ, Petitioner,v.UNITED STATES. No. 71?6278. Argued March 19, 28, 1973. Decided June 21, 1973. Syllabus Petitioner, a Mexican citizen and holder of a valid work permit, challenges the constitutionality of the Border Patrol’s warrantless search of his automobile 25 air miles north of the Mexican […]

413 U.S. 115 93 S.Ct. 2680 37 L.Ed.2d 492 Murray KAPLAN, Petitioner,v.State of CALIFORNIA. No. 71?1422. Argued Oct. 19, 1972. Decided June 21, 1973. Syllabus Petitioner, a proprietor of an ‘adult’ bookstore, was convicted of violating a California obscenity statute by selling a plain-covered unillustrated book containing repetitively descriptive material of an explicitly sexual nature. […]