Category: 1974

419 U.S. 1064 95 S.Ct. 652 42 L.Ed.2d 661 James E. CONKLIN, appellant,v.CALIFORNIA. No. 74-474. Supreme Court of the United States December 16, 1974 1 The appeal is dismissed for want of a substantial federal question. CC? | Transformed by Public.Resource.Org

419 U.S. 1064 95 S.Ct. 652 42 L.Ed.2d 661 James E. CONKLIN, appellant,v.CALIFORNIA. No. 74-474. Supreme Court of the United States December 16, 1974 1 The appeal is dismissed for want of a substantial federal question. CC? | Transformed by Public.Resource.Org

418 U.S. 539 94 S.Ct. 2963 41 L.Ed.2d 935 Charles WOLFF, Jr., etc., et al., Petitioners,v.Robert O. McDONNELL, etc. No. 73?679. Argued April 22, 1974. Decided June 26, 1974. Syllabus Respondents, on behalf of himself and other inmates at a Nebraska prison, filed a complaint for damages and injunctive relief under 42 U.S.C. ? 1983, […]

418 U.S. 717 94 S.Ct. 3112 41 L.Ed.2d 1069 William G. MILLIKEN, Governor of Michigan, et al., Petitioners,v.Ronald BRADLEY and Richard Bradley, by their mother and next friend, VerdaBradley, et al. ALLEN PARK PUBLIC SCHOOLS et al., Petitioners, v. Ronald BRADLEY and Richard Bradley, by their mother and next friend, VerdaBradley, et al. The GROSSE […]

418 U.S. 24 94 S.Ct. 2655 41 L.Ed.2d 551 Viola N. RICHARDSON, as County Clerk, etc., Petitioner,v.Abran RAMIREZ et al. No. 72?1589. Argued Jan. 15, 1974. Decided June 24, 1974. Syllabus After the three individual respondents, who had been convicted of felonies and had completed their sentences and paroles, were refused registration to vote in […]

418 U.S. 87 94 S.Ct. 2887 41 L.Ed.2d 590 William L. HAMLING et al., Petitioners,v.UNITED STATES. No. 73?507. Argued April 15, 1974. Decided June 24, 1974. Rehearing Denied Oct. 15, 1974. See 419 U.S. 885, 95 S.Ct. 157. Syllabus Petitioners were convicted of mailing and conspiring to mail an obscene advertising brochure with sexually explicit […]

418 U.S. 323 94 S.Ct. 2997 41 L.Ed.2d 789 Elmer GERTZ, Petitioner,v.ROBERT WELCH, INC. No. 72?617. Argued Nov. 14, 1973. Decided June 25, 1974. Syllabus A Chicago policeman named Nuccio was convicted of murder. The victim’s family retained petitioner, a reputable attorney, to represent them in civil litigation against Nuccio. An article appearing in respondent’s […]

41 L.Ed.2d 978 94 S.Ct. 2856 418 U.S. 602 UNITED STATES, Appellant,v.MARINE BANCORPORATION, INC., et al. No. 73?38. Argued April 23, 1974. Decided June 26, 1974. Syllabus The United States brought this civil antitrust action under ? 7 of the Clayton Act to challenge a proposed merger between two commercial banks, which would substitute the […]

418 U.S. 166 94 S.Ct. 2940 41 L.Ed.2d 678 UNITED STATES et al., Petitioners,v.William B. RICHARDSON. No. 72?885. Argued Oct. 10, 1973. Decided June 25, 1974. Syllabus Respondent, as a federal taxpayer, brought this suit for the purpose of obtaining a declaration of unconstitutionality of the Central Intelligence Agency Act, which permits the CIA to […]

418 U.S. 424 94 S.Ct. 3042 41 L.Ed.2d 855 Douglas DORSZYNSKI, Petitioner,v.UNITED STATES. No. 73?5284. Argued March 20, 1974. Decided June 26, 1974. Syllabus In sentencing a youth offender as an adult under other applicable penal statutes, ? 5010(d) of the Federal Youth Corrections Act requires a federal district court to ‘find’ that the offender […]

418 U.S. 264 94 S.Ct. 2770 41 L.Ed.2d 745 OLD DOMINION BRANCH NO. 496, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF LETTER CARRIERS, AFL-CIO, et al., Appellants,v.Henry M. AUSTIN et al. No. 72?1180. Argued Nov. 14, 1973. Decided June 25, 1974. Syllabus As part of its ongoing efforts to organize the remainder of letter carriers, appellant union, the carriers’ […]

418 U.S. 461 94 S.Ct. 2842 41 L.Ed.2d 879 John W. WINGO, Warden, Petitioner,v.Carl James WEDDING. No. 73?846. Argued April 22, 1974. Decided June 26, 1974. Syllabus Following enactment of the Federal Magistrates Act, the United States District Court for the Western District of Kentucky amended its Local Rule 16 to provide that in addition […]

418 U.S. 506 94 S.Ct. 2707 41 L.Ed.2d 912 Dominick CODISPOTI and Herbert Langnes, Petitioners,v.State of PENNSYLVANIA. Daniel T. TAYLOR, III, Petitioner, v. John P. HAYES, Judge, Jefferson Circuit Court, Criminal Branch, Second Division. Nos. 73?5615, 73?473. Supreme Court of the United States June 26, 1974 Robert L. Eberhardt, Pittsburgh, Pa., for respondent, pro hac […]

418 U.S. 298 94 S.Ct. 2714 41 L.Ed.2d 770 Harry J. LEHMAN, Petitioner,v.CITY OF SHAKER HEIGHTS et al. No. 73?328. Argued Feb. 26?27, 1974. Decided June 25, 1974. Syllabus Petitioner, a candidate for state office, who was refused available advertising space on vehicles of a city transit system, brought this suit challenging the constitutionality of […]

418 U.S. 405 94 S.Ct. 2727 41 L.Ed.2d 842 Harold Omand SPENCE, Appellant,v.STATE OF WASHINGTON. No. 72?1690. Argued Jan. 9, 1974. Decided June 25, 1974. Peter Greenfield, Seattle, Wash., for appellant. James E. Warme, Seattle, Wash., for appellee. PER CURIAM. 1 Appellant displayed a United States flag, which he owned, out of the window of […]

41 L.Ed.2d 535 94 S.Ct. 2757 418 U.S. 1 COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE, Petitioner,v.IDAHO POWER COMPANY. No. 73?263. Argued Feb. 27, 1974. Decided June 24, 1974. Syllabus Section 167(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 allows a depreciation deduction from gross income for ‘property used in the (taxpayer’s) trade or business’ or ‘held for […]

418 U.S. 241 94 S.Ct. 2831 41 L.Ed.2d 730 The MIAMI HERALD PUBLISHING COMPANY, a Division of Knight Newspapers, Inc., Appellant,v.Pat L. TORNILLO, Jr. No. 73?797. Argued April 17, 1974. Decided June 25, 1974. Syllabus After appellant newspaper had refused to print appellee’s replies to editorials critical of appellee’s candidacy for state office, appellee brought […]

418 U.S. 488 94 S.Ct. 2697 41 L.Ed.2d 897 Daniel T. TAYLOR, III, Petitioner,v.John P. HAYES, Judge, Jefferson Circuit Court, Criminal Branch, Second Division. No. 73?473. Argued March 18, 1974. Decided June 26, 1974. Syllabus During a Kentucky murder trial in which petitioner was counsel for the accused, respondent trial judge informed petitioner on nine […]