Category: 1975

423 U.S. 161 96 S.Ct. 473 46 L.Ed.2d 416 James Burnett McKay LAING, Petitioner,v.UNITED STATES et al. UNITED STATES et al., Petitioners, v. Elizabeth Jane HALL. Nos. 73-1808 and 74-75. Argued Jan. 21, 1975. Reargued Oct. 15, 1975. Decided Jan. 13, 1976. Syllabus These cases involve two income-tax payers whose taxable years were terminated by […]

423 U.S. 336 96 S.Ct. 584 46 L.Ed.2d 542 THERMTRON PRODUCTS, INC., and Larry Dean Newhard, Petitioners,v.H. David HERMANSDORFER, Judge, United States District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky. No. 74-206. Argued Oct. 7, 1975. Decided Jan. 20, 1976. Syllabus Title 28 U.S.C. ? 1441(a) provides that “any civil action brought in a State […]

423 U.S. 232 96 S.Ct. 508 46 L.Ed.2d 464 FOREMOST-McKESSON, INC., Petitioner,v.PROVIDENT SECURITIES COMPANY. No. 74-742. Argued Oct. 7, 1975. Decided Jan. 13, 1976. Syllabus Respondent, a personal holding company contemplating liquidation, sold assets to petitioner corporation. Respondent received from petitioner as part of the purchase price convertible debentures which if converted into petitioner’s common […]

423 U.S. 276 96 S.Ct. 535. 46 L.Ed.2d 495 MICHELIN TIRE CORPORATION, Petitioner,v.W. L. WAGES, Tax Commissioner, et al. No. 74-1396. Argued Oct. 15, 1975. Decided Jan. 14, 1976. Rehearing Denied Feb. 23, 1976. See 424 U.S. 935, 96 S.Ct. 1151. Syllabus Georgia’s assessment of a nondiscriminatory ad valorem property tax against petitioner’s inventory of […]

423 U.S. 122 96 S.Ct. 335 46 L.Ed.2d 333 UNITED STATES, Petitioner,v.Thomas W. MOORE, Jr. No. 74-759. Argued Oct. 7, 1975. Decided Dec. 9, 1975. Syllabus Respondent, a licensed physician registered under the Controlled Substances Act (CSA), 21 U.S.C. ? 801 et seq., was convicted of knowing and unlawful distribution and dispensation of methadone (a […]

423 U.S. 96 96 S.Ct. 321 46 L.Ed.2d 313 State of MICHIGAN, Petitioner,v.Richard Bert MOSLEY. No. 74-653. Argued Oct. 6, 1975. Decided Dec. 9, 1975. Syllabus Respondent, who had been arrested in connection with certain robberies and advised, in accordance with Miranda v. Arizona, 384 U.S. 436, 86 S.Ct. 1602, 16 L.Ed.2d 694, that he […]

423 U.S. 28 96 S.Ct. 229 46 L.Ed.2d 169 TRANSAMERICAN FREIGHT LINES, INC., Petitioner,v.BRADA MILLER FREIGHT SYSTEMS, INC., et al. No. 74-54. Argued Oct. 8, 1975. Decided Nov. 12, 1975. Syllabus Respondent Brada Miller and petitioner Transamerican, two licensed motor carriers, made an agreement whereby respondent leased a vehicle to petitioner, to be operated by […]

423 U.S. 303 96 S.Ct. 523 46 L.Ed.2d 514 UNITED STATES, Petitioner,v.Philip L. BORNSTEIN et al. No. 74-712. Argued Oct. 8, 1975. Decided Jan. 14, 1976. Syllabus A prime contractor (Model) had a contract with the Government to provide radio kits containing electron tubes meeting certain specifications. A subcontractor (United), which was to supply the […]

423 U.S. 362 96 S.Ct. 598 46 L.Ed.2d 561 Frank L. RIZZO et al., Petitioners,v.Gerald G. GOODE et al. No. 74-942. Argued Nov. 11, 1975. Decided Jan. 21, 1976. Syllabus Two suits, permitted to proceed as class actions, were brought in District Court under 42 U.S.C. ? 1983 by respondents, individuals and organizations, against petitioners, […]

423 U.S. 261 96 S.Ct. 549 46 L.Ed.2d 483 F. David MATHEWS, Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, Petitioner,v.William G. WEBER. No. 74-850. Argued Nov. 4, 1975. Decided Jan. 14, 1976. Syllabus In addition to authorizing United States magistrates to perform certain specified statutory functions, the Federal Magistrates Act (Act) authorizes district courts to assign […]

423 U.S. 388 96 S.Ct. 809 46 L.Ed.2d 580 NATIONAL INDEPENDENT COAL OPERATORS’ ASSOCIATION et al., Petitioners,v.Thomas S. KLEPPE, Secretary of the Interior, et al. No. 73-2066. Argued Oct. 6, 1975. Decided Jan. 26, 1976. Syllabus Section 109(a)(1) of the Federal Coal Mine Health and Safety Act of 1969 requires the Secretary of the Interior […]

423 U.S. 212 96 S.Ct. 498 46 L.Ed.2d 450 Pearl BARRETT, Petitioner,v.UNITED STATES. No. 74-5566. Argued Nov. 4, 1975. Decided Jan. 13, 1976. Syllabus The provision of the Gun Control Act of 1968, 18 U.S.C. ? 922(h), making it unlawful for a convicted felon, inter alia, “to receive any firearm or ammunition which has been […]

423 U.S. 12 96 S.Ct. 172 46 L.Ed.2d 156 NORTHERN INDIANA PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY,v. PORTER COUNTY CHAPTER OF the IZAAK WALTON LEAGUE OF AMERICA, INC., et al. 75-4 Nov. 11, 1975. djQ PER CURIAM, An Atomic Energy Commission Atomic Safety and Licensing Board approved the issuance of a construction permit to Northern Indiana Public Service […]

423 U.S. 48 96 S.Ct. 243 46 L.Ed.2d 185 J. H. ROSE, Wardenv.Harold LOCKE. No. 74-1451. Nov. 17, 1975. PER CURIAM. 1 Respondent was convicted in the Criminal Court for Knox County, Tenn., of having committed a “crime against nature” in violation of Tenn.Code Ann. ? 39-707 (1955).1 The evidence showed that he had entered […]

423 U.S. 77 96 S.Ct. 310 46 L.Ed.2d 219 UNITED STATES, Petitioner,v.Thomas W. MOORE, Jr., etc., et al. No. 74-687. Argued Oct. 15, 1975. Decided Dec. 2, 1975. Syllabus Obligations of an insolvent debtor arising from default in the performance of Government contracts, occurring before an assignment for the benefit of creditors held entitled to […]

423 U.S. 150 96 S.Ct. 410 46 L.Ed.2d 354 AMERICAN FOREIGN STEAMSHIP COMPANY, Petitioner,v.Lillian M. MATISE, etc. No. 74-966. Argued Oct. 14, 1975. Decided Dec. 16, 1975. Rehearing Denied March 22, 1976. See 424 U.S. 979, 96 S.Ct. 1488. Syllabus Respondent’s decedent, a seaman, was discharged for misconduct from petitioner’s ship while it was docked […]

423 U.S. 963 96 S.Ct. 381 46 L.Ed.2d 293 Madeline BUCHANAN et al.v.Brenda EVANS et al. No. 74-1418. Supreme Court of the United States November 17, 1975 Rehearing Denied Jan. 19, 1976. See 423 U.S. 1080, 96 S.Ct. 868. The judgment is affirmed. Mr. Justice REHNQUIST, with whom THE CHIEF JUSTICE and Mr. Justice POWELL […]

423 U.S. 326 96 S.Ct. 579 46 L.Ed.2d 533 FEDERAL POWER COMMISSIONv.7[[TIQ!]] TRANSCONTINENTAL GAS PIPE LINE CORPORATION. No. 75-584. Jan. 19, 1976. [Syllabus from this page intentionally omitted] PER CURIAM. 1 The Federal Power Commission seeks certiorari from an interlocutory order of the Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, which defers that […]

423 U.S. 403 96 S.Ct. 816 46 L.Ed.2d 591 Thomas S. KLEPPE, Secretary of the Interior, Petitioner,v.DELTA MINING, INC., et al. No. 74-521. Argued Oct. 6, 1975. Decided Jan. 26, 1976. Syllabus Section 109(a)(1) of the Federal Coal Mine Health and Safety Act of 1969 requires the Secretary of the Interior, in determining the amount […]

423 U.S. 87 96 S.Ct. 316 46 L.Ed.2d 228 UNITED STATES, Petitioner,v.Josephine M. POWELL. No. 74-884. Argued Oct. 6, 1975. Decided Dec. 2, 1975. Syllabus Respondent was convicted of violating 18 U.S.C. ? 1715, which proscribes mailing pistols, revolvers, and “other firearms capable of being concealed on the person,” by having sent a 22-inch sawed-off […]