Goss v. Lopez, 419 U.S. 565 (1975)

Issues: Constitutional Law, Due Process of Law, Fourteenth Amendment, Public Schools

419 U.S. 565 95 S.Ct. 729 42 L.Ed.2d 725 Norval GOSS et al., Appellants, v. Eileen LOPEZ et al. No. 73?898. Argued Oct. 16, 1974. Decided Jan. 22, 1975. [qtbl style=”color:gray;”]One-Sentence Takeaway:?The due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment requires that a public school conduct a hearing before subjecting a student to suspension.[/qtbl] Syllabus Appellee […]

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Blanchette v. Connecticut General Insurance Corp., 419 U.S. 102 (1974)

Issues: Uniformity Clause

419 U.S. 102 95 S.Ct. 335 42 L.Ed.2d 320 Robert W. BLANCHETTE et al., as Trustees of the Property of Penn Central Transportation Company, Appellants, v. CONNECTICUT GENERAL INSURANCE CORPORATIONS et al. Richard Joyce SMITH, Trustee of the Property of the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Company, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES et al. […]

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Sosna v. Iowa, 419 U.S. 393 (1975)

Issues: Durational Residency Requirements

419 U.S. 393 95 S.Ct. 553 42 L.Ed.2d 532 Carol Maureen SOSNA, etc., Appellant, v. State of IOWA et al. No. 73?762. Argued Oct. 17, 1974. Decided Jan. 14, 1975. [qtbl style=”color:gray;”]One-Sentence Takeaway:?A state’s durational residency?requirement for residents filing for divorce in said state is constitutional.[/qtbl] Syllabus Appellant’s petition for divorce was dismissed by an […]

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Gulf Oil Corp. v. Copp Paving Company, Inc., 419 U.S. 186 (1974)

Issues: Commerce Clause

42 L.Ed.2d 378 95 S.Ct. 392 419 U.S. 186 GULF OIL CORPORATION et al., Petitioners, v. COPP PAVING COMPANY, INC., et al. No. 73?1012. Argued Oct. 21, 22, 1974. Dec. 17, 1974. Syllabus Respondent operators of a California ‘hot plant,’ at which asphaltic concrete for surfacing highways is manufactured and sold entirely intrastate, alleging violations […]

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Jackson v. Metropolitan Edison Co., 419 U.S. 345 (1974)

Issues: Administrative Law, Constitutional Law, Fourteenth Amendment, State Action

419 U.S. 345 95 S.Ct. 449 42 L.Ed.2d 477 Catherine JACKSON, etc., Petitioner, v. METROPOLITAN EDISON COMPANY. No. 73?5845. Argued Oct. 15, 1974. Decided Dec. 23, 1974. [qtbl style=”color:gray;”] One-Sentence Takeaway: ?Actions of a privately-owned?utility company are not state actions subject to review?by federal courts pursuant to the Fourteenth Amendment even if said utility company […]

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419 U.S. 449

419 U.S. 449 95 S.Ct. 584 42 L.Ed.2d 574 Michael Anthony MANESS, Petitioner,v.James R. MEYERS, Presiding Judge. No. 73?689. Argued Oct. 22, 1974. Decided Jan. 15, 1975. Syllabus A lawyer is not subject to the penalty of contempt for advising his client, during the trial of a civil case, to refuse on Fifth Amendment grounds […]

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419 U.S. 215

419 U.S. 215 95 S.Ct. 409 42 L.Ed.2d 399 AMERICAN RADIO ASSOCIATION, AFL-CIO, et al., Petitioners,v.MOBILE STEAMSHIP ASSOCIATION, INC., et al. No. 73-748. Argued Oct. 21, 1974. Decided Dec. 17, 1974. Syllabus Respondents, an association representing stevedoring companies, and a shipper, sought injunctive relief in an Alabama state court against picketing of a foreign-flag ship […]

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419 U.S. 318

419 U.S. 318 95 S.Ct. 472. 42 L.Ed.2d 498 Eugene C. KELLEY, Petitioner,v.SOUTHERN PACIFIC COMPANY. No. 73?1270. Argued Oct. 22, 1974. Decided Dec. 23, 1974. Syllabus Petitioner, an employee of a trucking company (PMT), was injured while transferring automobiles in respondent’s railyard from respondent’s railroad car to a PMT auto trailer, an operation that PMT […]

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419 U.S. 65

42 L.Ed.2d 231 95 S.Ct. 272 419 U.S. 65 William B. SAXBE, Attorney General, et al., Petitioners,v.Robert BUSTOS et al. Cristobal CARDONA et al., Petitioners, v. William B. SAXBE, Attorney General, et al. Nos. 73?300, 73?480. Argued Oct. 17, 1974. Decided Nov. 25, 1974. Syllabus Some aliens who live in Mexico and Canada commute to […]

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419 U.S. 498

419 U.S. 498 95 S.Ct. 572 42 L.Ed.2d 610 James R. SCHLESINGER, Secretary of Defense, et al., Appellants,v.Robert C. BALLARD. No. 73?776. Argued Oct. 15, 1974. Decided Jan. 15, 1975. Rehearing Denied March 3, 1975. See 420 U.S. 966, 95 S.Ct. 1363. Syllabus Appellee, a naval officer with more than nine years of active service, […]

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419 U.S. 20

419 U.S. 20 95 S.Ct. 260 42 L.Ed.2d 195 ALLENBERG COTTON COMPANY, INC., Appellant,v.Ben E. PITTMAN. No. 73?628. Argued Oct. 17, 1974. Decided Nov. 19, 1974. Syllabus Appellant, a cotton merchant with its principal office in Memphis, Tenn., in January 1971 negotiated a ‘forward’ contract with appellee, a Mississippi farmer, for appellee’s forthcoming cotton crop. […]

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419 U.S. 256

419 U.S. 256 95 S.Ct. 379 42 L.Ed.2d 430 Maurice SCHICK, Petitioner,v.George J. REED, Chairman of the United States Board of Parole, et al. No. 73?5677. Argued Oct. 23, 1974. Decided Dec. 23, 1974. Syllabus Petitioner, sentenced to death, under Art. 118 of the Uniform Code of Military Justice, by a court-martial for murder, attacked […]

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419 U.S. 428

419 U.S. 428 95 S.Ct. 600. 42 L.Ed.2d 558 INTERNATIONAL TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH CORPORATION, COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT AND SYSTEMS DIVISION, Petitioner,v.LOCAL 134, INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF ELECTRICAL WORKERS, AFL-CIO, et al. No. 73?1313. Argued Nov. 19, 1974. Decided Jan. 14, 1975. Syllabus Petitioner employer filed an unfair labor practice charge against respondent union under ? 8(b)(4)(D) of […]

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419 U.S. 477

419 U.S. 477 95 S.Ct. 541 42 L.Ed.2d 595 William COUSINS et al., Petitioners,v.Paul T. WIGODA et al. No. 73?1106. Argued Nov. 11, 1974. Decided Jan. 15, 1975. Syllabus Petitioners (Cousins delegates) challenged before the National Democratic Party Credentials Committee, as violative of Party guidelines, the seating of respondents (Wigoda delegates) who had been elected […]

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419 U.S. 522

419 U.S. 522 95 S.Ct. 692 42 L.Ed.2d 690 Billy J. TAYLOR, Appellant,v.State of LOUISIANA. No. 73?5744. Argued Oct. 16, 1974. Decided Jan. 21, 1975. Syllabus Appellant, a male, was convicted of a crime by a petit jury selected from a venire on which there were no women and which was selected pursuant to a […]

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419 U.S. 601

419 U.S. 601 95 S.Ct. 719 42 L.Ed.2d 751 NORTH GEORGIA FINISHING, INC., Petitioner,v.DI-CHEM, INC. No. 73?1121. Argued Nov. 18, 1974. Decided Jan. 22, 1975. Syllabus Georgia statutes permitting a writ of garnishment to be issued by an officer authorized to issue an attachment or a court clerk in pending suits on an affidavit of […]

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419 U.S. 281

419 U.S. 281 95 S.Ct. 438 42 L.Ed.2d 447 BOWMAN TRANSPORTATION, INC., Appellant,v.ARKANSAS-BEST FREIGHT SYSTEM, INC., et al. JOHNSON MOTOR LINES, INC., Appellant, v. ARKANSAS-BEST FREIGHT SYSTEM, INC., et al. RED BALL MOTOR FREIGHT, INC., Appellant, v. ARKANSAS-BEST FREIGHT SYSTEM, INC., et al. LORCH-WESTWAY CORPORATION et al., Appellants, v. ARKANSAS-BEST FREIGHT SYSTEM, INC., et al. […]

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419 U.S. 301

419 U.S. 301 95 S.Ct. 429 42 L.Ed.2d 465 LINDEN LUMBER DIVISION, SUMMER & CO., Petitioner,v.NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD et al. NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD, Petitioner, v. TRUCK DRIVERS UNION LOCAL No. 413 et al. Nos. 73?1231 and 73?1234. Argued Nov. 18, 1974. Decided Dec. 23, 1974. Syllabus An employer who has not engaged in […]

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419 U.S. 379

419 U.S. 379 95 S.Ct. 533 42 L.Ed.2d 521 Jack A. FUSARI, Commissioner of Labor of the State of Connecticut, Administrator, Unemployment Compensation Act, Appellant,v.Larry STEINBERG et al. No. 73?848. Argued Oct. 15 and 16, 1974. Decided Jan. 14, 1975. Syllabus The judgment of a three-judge District Court holding that the Connecticut ‘seated interview’ procedures […]

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419 U.S. 43

42 L.Ed.2d 212 95 S.Ct. 247 419 U.S. 43 William OTTE, Trustee in Bankruptcy of Freedomland, Inc., Petitioner,v.UNITED STATES and the City of New York. No. 73?375. Argued Oct. 15, 1974. Decided Nov. 19, 1974. Syllabus[ 1. A trustee in bankruptcy for an employer is required by the withholding provisions of the Internal Revenue Code […]

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