Category: 1974

416 U.S. 950 94 S.Ct. 1959 40 L.Ed.2d 300 CALIFORNIA, petitioner,v.Robert F. BROWN et al. No. 73-931. Supreme Court of the United States April 15, 1974 1 Motion of respondents for leave to proceed in forma pauperis granted. Petition for writ of certiorari to the Supreme Court of California denied. CC? | Transformed by Public.Resource.Org

416 U.S. 1000 94 S.Ct. 2415 40 L.Ed.2d 778 Blanche WALLACE et vir, petitioners,v.Bert SCHULIMSON, etc., et al. No. 73-6327. Supreme Court of the United States May 13, 1974 1 Petition for rehearing denied. CC? | Transformed by Public.Resource.Org

415 U.S. 651 94 S.Ct. 1347 39 L.Ed.2d 662 Joel EDELMAN, Director of Illinois Department of Public Aid, etc., Petitioner,v.John JORDAN et al. No. 72?1410. Argued Dec. 12, 1973. Decided March 25, 1974. Rehearing Denied May 13, 1974. See 416 U.S. 1000, 94 S.Ct. 2414. Syllabus Respondent brought this class action for injunctive and declaratory […]

415 U.S. 709 94 S.Ct. 1315 39 L.Ed.2d 702 Donald Paul LUBIN, etc., Petitioner,v.Leonard PANISH, Registrar-Recorder, County of Los Angeles. No. 71?6852. Argued Oct. 9, 1973. Decided March 26, 1974. Syllabus Petitioner, an indigent, was denied nomination papers to file as a candidate for the position of County Supervisor in California because, although otherwise qualified, […]

415 U.S. 724 94 S.Ct. 1274 39 L.Ed.2d 714 Thomas Tone STORER et al., Appellants,v.Edmund G. BROWN, Jr., et al. Laurence H. FROMMHAGEN, Appellant, v. Edmund G. BROWN, Jr., et al. Nos. 72?812, 72?6050. Argued Nov. 5, 1973. Decided March 26, 1974. Rehearing Denied May 28, 1974. See 417 U.S. 926, 94 S.Ct. 2635. Syllabus […]

415 U.S. 61 94 S.Ct. 937 39 L.Ed.2d 166 Arthur F. SAMPSON, Administrator, General Services Administration, et al., Petitioners,v.Jeanne M. MURRAY No. 72?403. Argued Nov. 14, 1973. Decided Feb. 19, 1974. Syllabus Upon being notified that she was going to be discharged on a specific date from her position as a probationary Government employee, respondent […]

415 U.S. 697 94 S.Ct. 1228 39 L.Ed.2d 693 Terry Dean EATONv.CITY OF TULSA. No. 73?5925. March 25, 1974. PER CURIAM. 1 In answering a question on cross-examination at his trial, in the Municipal Court of Tulsa, Oklahoma, for violating a municipal ordinance, petitioner referred to an alleged assailant as ‘chicken shit.’ In consequence he […]

415 U.S. 528 94 S.Ct. 1372 39 L.Ed.2d 577 Cynthia HAGANS et al., Petitioners,v.Abe LAVINE, Commissioner of New York State Department of Social Services, et al. No. 72?6476. Argued Dec. 11, 1973. Decided March 25, 1974. Syllabus Petitioners, recipients of public assistance under the federal-state Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) program, brought this […]

415 U.S. 566 94 S.Ct. 1242 39 L.Ed.2d 605 Joseph SMITH, Sheriff of Worcester County, Appellant,v.Valarie GOGUEN. No. 72?1254. Argued Nov. 12?13, 1973. Decided March 25, 1974. Syllabus Appellee, for wearing a small United States flag sewn to the seat of his trousers, was convicted of violating the provision of the Massachusetts flag-misuse statute that […]

415 U.S. 605 94 S.Ct. 1323 39 L.Ed.2d 630 MAYOR OF the CITY OF PHILADELPHIA, Petitioner,v.EDUCATIONAL EQUALITY LEAGUE et al. No. 72?1264. Argued Dec. 10, 1973. Decided March 25, 1974. Syllabus The Mayor of Philadelphia is empowered by the city charter to appoint a Nominating Panel, which in turn submits to him nominees to fill […]

415 U.S. 452 94 S.Ct. 1209 39 L.Ed.2d 505 Richard Guy STEFFEL, Petitioner,v.John R. THOMPSON et al. No. 72?5581. Argued Nov. 13, 1973. Decided March 19, 1974. Syllabus Petitioner, who had twice been warned to stop handbilling on an exterior sidewalk of a shopping center against American involvement in Vietnam and threatened with arrest by […]

39 L.Ed.2d 530 94 S.Ct. 1186 415 U.S. 486 UNITED STATES, Appellant,v.GENERAL DYNAMICS CORPORATION et al. No. 72?402. Argued Dec. 5, 1973. Decided March 19, 1974. Syllabus Material Service Corp., a deep-mining coal producer, and its successor, appellee General Dynamics Corp., acquired, through stock purchases, control of appellee United Electric Coal Companies, a strip-mining coal […]

415 U.S. 423 94 S.Ct. 1113 39 L.Ed.2d 435 GRANNY GOOSE FOODS, INC., et al., Petitioners,v. BROTHERHOOD OF TEAMSTERS & AUTO TRUCK DRIVERS LOCAL NO. 70 OF ALAMEDA COUNTY, etc. No. 72?1566. Argued Jan. 8, 1974. Decided March 4, 1974. Syllabus Petitioner employers brought suit in California state court alleging that respondent Union was engaging […]

415 U.S. 449 94 S.Ct. 1185 39 L.Ed.2d 501 Joseph DeMARCOv.UNITED STATES. No. 73?5684. March 18, 1974. PER CURIAM. 1 At petitioner’s trial, a Government witness who had been indicted with petitioner, testified that the Government had made no promises to him with respect to the disposition of his case. Petitioner was convicted and he […]

415 U.S. 361 94 S.Ct. 1160 39 L.Ed.2d 389 Donald E. JOHNSON, Administrator of Veterans’ Affairs, et al., Appellants,v.William Robert ROBISON, etc. No. 72?1297. Argued Dec. 11, 1973. Decided March 4, 1974. Syllabus Appellee, who had been exempted from military service as a Class I?O conscientious objector but who performed required alternative civilian service, after […]

415 U.S. 391 94 S.Ct. 1177 39 L.Ed.2d 412 Henry HERNANDEZ et al., Petitioners,v.VETERANS’ ADMINISTRATION et al. No. 72?700. Argued Dec. 11, 1973. Decided March 4, 1974. Syllabus Petitioners, who were denied educational benefits under the Veterans’ Readjustment Benefits Act of 1966 because, as conscientious objectors exempt from the military service who performed alternative civilian […]

415 U.S. 394 94 S.Ct. 1129 39 L.Ed.2d 415 TELEPROMPTER CORPORATION et al., Petitioners,v.COLUMBIA BROADCASTING SYSTEM, INC., et al. COLUMBIA BROADCASTING SYSTEM, INC., et al., Petitioners, v. TELEPROMPTER CORPORATION et al. Nos. 72?1628 and 72?1633. Argued Jan. 7, 1974. Decided March 4, 1974. Syllabus Several creators and producers of copyrighted television programs brought this suit […]

415 U.S. 333 94 S.Ct. 1098 39 L.Ed.2d 367 Alvis G. SPEIGHT, T/A Harem Book Store, et al., Appellants,v.Lewis R. SLATON, Etc., et al. No. 72?1557. Argued Jan. 7, 8, 1974. Decided Feb. 27, 1974. Robert Eugene Smith, Baltimore, Md., for appellants. Thomas R. Moran, Atlanta, Ga., for appellees. PER CURIAM. 1 This is an […]

415 U.S. 336 94 S.Ct. 1146 39 L.Ed.2d 370 NATIONAL CABLE TELEVISION ASSOCIATION, INC., Petitioner,v.UNITED STATES and Federal Communications Commission. No. 72?948. Argued Dec. 3, 1973. Decided March 4, 1974. Syllabus The Independent Offices Appropriation Act, 1952 (hereafter the Act), authorizes each federal agency to prescribe by regulation such fee for the agency’s services as […]

415 U.S. 345 94 S.Ct. 1151 39 L.Ed.2d 383 FEDERAL POWER COMMISSION, Petitioner,v.NEW ENGLAND POWER COMPANY et al. No. 72?1162. Argued Dec. 3, 1973. Decided March 4, 1974. Syllabus The Independent Offices Appropriation Act, 1952 (the Act), authorizes each federal agency to prescribe a fee, charge, or price for services provided by the agency ‘to […]