Category: 1974

415 U.S. 352 94 S.Ct. 1155 39 L.Ed.2d 370 NATIONAL CABLE TELEVISION ASSOCIATION, INC., Petitioner,v.UNITED STATES and Federal Communications Commission. FEDERAL POWER COMMISSION, Petitioner, v. NEW ENGLAND POWER COMPANY et al. Nos. 72?948, 72?1162. Supreme Court of the United States Argued Dec. 3, 1973. March 4, 1974 Mr. Justice MARSHALL, with whom Mr. Justice BRENNAN […]

415 U.S. 36 94 S.Ct. 1011 39 L.Ed.2d 147 Harrell ALEXANDER, Sr., Petitioner,v.GARDNER-DENVER COMPANY. No. 72?5847. Argued Nov. 5, 1973. Decided Feb. 19, 1974. Syllabus Following discharge by his employer, respondent company, petitioner, a black, filed a grievance under the collective-bargaining agreement between respondent and petitioner’s union, which contained a broad arbitration clause, petitioner ultimately […]

415 U.S. 250 94 S.Ct. 1076 39 L.Ed.2d 306 MEMORIAL HOSPITAL et al., Appellants,v.MARICOPA COUNTY et al. No. 72?847. Argued Nov. 6, 1973. Decided Feb. 26, 1974. Syllabus This is an appeal from a decision of the Arizona Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of an Arizona statute requiring a year’s residence in a county as […]

415 U.S. 289 94 S.Ct. 1046 39 L.Ed.2d 333 State of MISSISSIPPI, Plaintiff,v.State of ARKANSAS. No. 48, Original. Argued Dec. 5, 1973. Decided Feb. 26, 1974. Syllabus In this boundary dispute between Arkansas and Mississippi over an area known as Luna Bar in the abandoned bed of the Mississippi River between the upstream and downstream […]

415 U.S. 303 94 S.Ct. 1026 39 L.Ed.2d 343 Clover PATTERSON, Appellant,v.George WARNER, etc., et al. No. 72?5830. Argued Jan. 9, 1974. Decided Feb. 26, 1974. Rehearing Denied April 15, 1974. See 416 U.S. 952, 94 S.Ct. 1962. George R. Higinbotham, Charleston, W. Va., for appellant. Phillip D. Gaujot, Asst. Atty. Gen., Charleston, W. Va., […]

415 U.S. 308 94 S.Ct. 1105 39 L.Ed.2d 347 Joshaway DAVIS, Petitioner,v.State of ALASKA. No. 72?5794. Argued Dec. 12, 1973. Decided Feb. 27, 1974. Syllabus Petitioner was convicted of grand larceny and burglary following a trial in which the trial court on motion of the prosecution issued a protective order prohibiting questioning Green, a key […]

415 U.S. 322 94 S.Ct. 1099 39 L.Ed.2d 358 NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD, Petitioner,v.The MAGNAVOX COMPANY OF TENNESSEE. No. 72?1637. Argued Jan. 14, 15, 1974. Decided Feb. 27, 1974. Rehearing Denied April 15, 1974. See 416 U.S. 952, 94 S.Ct. 1962. Syllabus At the time respondent company entered into acollective-bargaining agreement with a union, respondent […]

415 U.S. 199 94 S.Ct. 1055 39 L.Ed.2d 270 Rogers C. B. MORTON, Secretary of the Interior, Petitioner,v.Ramon RUIZ et ux. No. 72?1052. Argued Nov. 5?6, 1973. Decided Feb. 20, 1974. Syllabus Respondent Ruiz and his wife, Papago Indians, left their reservation in Arizona in 1940 to live in an Indian community a few miles […]

415 U.S. 239 94 S.Ct. 1179 39 L.Ed.2d 297 UNITED STATESv.Norbert Nisan KAHAN. No. 73?428. Decided Feb. 25, 1974. PER CURIAM. 1 Respondent, a former Immigration inspector, was convicted by a jury in the District Court of numerous counts under a multiple-count indictment; the conviction covered 20 counts of improperly receiving gratuities for official acts, […]

415 U.S. 143 94 S.Ct. 977 39 L.Ed.2d 225 UNITED STATES, Petitioner,v.Irving KAHN and Minnie Kahn. No. 72?1328. Argued Dec. 11 and 12, 1973. Decided Feb. 20, 1974. Syllabus On the Government’s application for an order authorizing a wiretap interception of the home telephones of respondent Irving Kahn, a suspected bookmaker, pursuant to Title III […]

415 U.S. 189 94 S.Ct. 1005 39 L.Ed.2d 260 Julia Rogers CURTIS, Petitioner,v.Leroy LOETHER et al. No. 72?1035. Argued Dec. 4?5, 1973. Decided Feb. 20, 1974. Syllabus The Seventh Amendment of the Constitution entitles either party to demand a jury trial in an action for damages in the federal courts under ? 812 of the […]

415 U.S. 1 94 S.Ct. 1028 39 L.Ed.2d 123 The RENEGOTIATION BOARD, Petitioner,v.BANNERCRAFT CLOTHING COMPANY, INC., et al. No. 72?822. Argued Oct. 17, 1973. Decided Feb. 19, 1974. Syllabus (1) Respondents, whose profits on defense contracts are undergoing renegotiation pursuant to the Renegotiation Act of 1951, sued in the District Court under the Freedom of […]

415 U.S. 130 94 S.Ct. 970 39 L.Ed.2d 214 Mallie LEWIS, Appellant,v.CITY OF NEW ORLEANS. No. 72?6156. Argued Dec. 10, 1973. Decided Feb. 20, 1974. Syllabus On remand from this Court for reconsideration in light of Gooding v. Wilson, 405 U.S. 518, 92 S.Ct. 1103, 31 L.Ed.2d 408, appellant’s conviction of violating a New Orleans […]

415 U.S. 1301 94 S.Ct. 829 39 L.Ed.2d 93 Howard R. HUGHES et al.v.The Honorable Bruce R. THOMPSON, United States District Judge for the District of Nevada.No. A?719. Jan. 25, 1974. Mr. Justice DOUGLAS, Circuit Justice. 1 This motion for leave to file a petition for writ of mandamus and/or prohibition has been presented to […]

415 U.S. 1304 94 S.Ct. 1145 39 L.Ed.2d 457 Dr. S. I. HAYAKAWA et al.v.Edmund G. BROWN, Jr., Secretary of State of California, et al.No. A?839. March 4, 1974. Mr. Justice DOUGLAS, Circuit Justice. 1 Hayakawa desires to run for the Senate from California on the Republican ticket. He has until March 8, 1974, to […]

415 U.S. 104 94 S.Ct. 959 39 L.Ed.2d 195 WINDWARD SHIPPING (LONDON) LIMITED et al., Petitioners,v.AMERICAN RADIO ASSOCIATION, AFL-CIO, et al. No. 72?1061. Argued Dec. 3 and 4, 1973. Decided Feb. 19, 1974. Syllabus Petitioners, foreign-flag shipowners and agents, sought injunctive relief in the Texas state courts to bar, as tortious under Texas law, the […]

415 U.S. 125 94 S.Ct. 1002 39 L.Ed.2d 209 PHILLIPS PETROLEUM COMPANYv.TEXACO, INC. No. 73?347. Decided Feb. 19, 1974. PER CURIAM: 1 The respondent, Texaco, brought this action against the petitioner, Phillips Petroleum Co., in the Northern District of Oklahoma. The complaint asserted that Texaco had not been compensated for the helium constituent of natural […]