Category: 1976

426 U.S. 373 96 S.Ct. 2102 48 L.Ed.2d 710 Russell BRYAN, etc., Petitioner,v.ITASCA COUNTY, MINNESOTA. No. 75-5027. Argued April 20, 1976. Decided June 14, 1976. Syllabus Petitioner, an enrolled Chippewa Indian, brought this suit in state court seeking a declaratory judgment that the State of Minnesota and respondent county lacked authority to impose a personal […]

426 U.S. 67 96 S.Ct. 1883 48 L.Ed.2d 478 F. David MATHEWS, Secretary of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Appellant,v.Santiago DIAZ et al. No. 73-1046. Argued Jan. 13, 1975. Reargued Jan. 12, 1976. Decided June 1, 1976. Syllabus Title 42 U.S.C. ? 1395O (2) qualifies for enrollment in the Medicare supplemental medical insurance […]

426 U.S. 128 96 S.Ct. 2062 48 L.Ed.2d 523 Francis Leo CAPPAERT et al., Petitioners,v.UNITED STATES et al. NEVADA ex rel. Roland D. WESTERGARD, State Engineer, Petitioner, v. UNITED STATES et al. Nos. 74-1107, 74-1304. Argued Jan. 12, 1976. Decided June 7, 1976. Syllabus Devil’s Hole, a deep cavern on federal land in Nevada containing […]

426 U.S. 290 96 S.Ct. 1978 48 L.Ed.2d 643 Ralph NADER, Petitioner,v.ALLEGHENY AIRLINES, INC. No. 75-455. Argued March 24, 1976. Decided June 7, 1976. Syllabus Shortly before his scheduled departure from Washington, D. C., to Connecticut, where he was to fulfill speaking engagements, petitioner, who had reserved a seat on one of respondent’s Hartford flights, […]

426 U.S. 529 96 S.Ct. 2285 49 L.Ed.2d 34 Thomas S. KLEPPE, Secretary of the Interior, Appellant,v.State of NEW MEXICO et al. No. 74-1488. Argued March 23, 1976. Decided June 17, 1976. Rehearing Denied Oct. 4, 1976. See 429 U.S. 873, 97 S.Ct. 189. Syllabus The Wild Free-roaming Horses and Burros Act (Act) was enacted […]

426 U.S. 394 96 S.Ct. 2119 48 L.Ed.2d 725 Henry W. KERR et al., Petitioners,v.UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR the NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA et al. No. 74-1023. Argued Nov. 11, 1975. Decided June 14, 1976. Syllabus CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT In a class action by California […]

426 U.S. 482 96 S.Ct. 2308 49 L.Ed.2d 1 HORTONVILLE JOINT SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 1 et al., Petitioners,v.HORTONVILLE EDUCATION ASSOCIATION et al. No. 74-1606. Argued Feb. 23-24, 1976. Decided June 17, 1976. Syllabus After negotiations for renewal of a collective-bargaining contract between respondent teachers and petitioner Wisconsin School Board failed to produce agreement, the teachers […]

426 U.S. 776 96 S.Ct. 2430 49 L.Ed.2d 205 FLINT RIDGE DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, Petitioner,v.The SCENIC RIVERS ASSOCIATION OF OKLAHOMA et al. Carla A. HILLS, etc., et al., Petitioners, v. The SCENIC RIVERS ASSOCIATION OF OKLAHOMA et al. Nos. 75-510, 75-545. Argued April 27, 1976. Decided June 24, 1976. Rehearings Denied Oct. 4, 1976. See 429 […]

426 U.S. 271 96 S.Ct. 1999 48 L.Ed.2d 626 FEDERAL POWER COMMISSION, Petitioner,v.CONWAY CORPORATION et al. No. 75-342. Argued April 21, 1976. Decided June 7, 1976. Syllabus An Arkansas public utility company (hereinafter Company) that makes wholesale interstate electricity sales, as well as retail industrial sales in competition with some of its wholesale customers (including […]

426 U.S. 363 96 S.Ct. 2113 48 L.Ed.2d 701 State of NEW HAMPSHIRE, Plaintiff,v.State of MAINE. No. 64 Orig. Argued April 19, 1976. Decided June 14, 1976. Syllabus Following institution of this original action by New Hampshire against Maine to locate the lateral marine boundary separating the States between the mouth of Portsmouth Harbor and […]

426 U.S. 283 96 S.Ct. 2036 48 L.Ed.2d 636 CITY OF CHARLOTTE et al., Petitioners,v.LOCAL 660, INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FIREFIGHTERS, et al. No. 75-250. Argued March 3, 1976. Decided June 7, 1976. Syllabus Petitioner city’s refusal to withhold from the paychecks of its firemen dues owing their union, which represents about 351 of the 543 […]

426 U.S. 465 96 S.Ct. 2155 48 L.Ed.2d 775 State of TEXAS, Plaintiff,v.State of LOUISIANA. No. 36, Orig. June 14, 1976. PER CURIAM. 1 We have already decided that the relevant boundary between the States of Texas and Louisiana is the geographic middle of Sabine Pass, Sabine Lake, and Sabine River from the mouth of […]

426 U.S. 660 96 S.Ct. 2333 49 L.Ed.2d 124 Commonwealth of PENNSYLVANIA, Plaintiff,v.State of NEW JERSEY. State of MAINE et al., Plaintiffs, v. State of NEW HAMPSHIRE. Nos. 68 and 69, Orig. June 17, 1976. [Syllabus from pages 660-661 intentionally omitted] PER CURIAM. 1 The motions for leave to file bills of complaint in these […]

426 U.S. 925 96 S.Ct. 2637 49 L.Ed.2d 380 W. J. ESTELLE, Jr., Director, Texas Department of Correstions, et al.v.William Wayne JUSTICE, U. S. District Judge for the Eastern District of Texas, et al. No. 75-928. Supreme Court of the United States June 7, 1976 Rehearing Denied Oct. 4, 1976. See 429 U.S. 873, 97 […]

426 U.S. 312 96 S.Ct. 2099 48 L.Ed.2d 660 State of TENNESSEE et al., Petitioners,v.Billy Don DUNLAP. No. 75-95. Argued March 22, 1976. Decided June 10, 1976. Syllabus The National Guard Technicians Act of 1968 provides that a National Guard technician, who is a full-time civilian employee of the Guard, must be a member of […]

426 U.S. 479 96 S.Ct. 2158 48 L.Ed.2d 784 MASSACHUSETTS MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANYv.Benno P. LUDWIG, etc. No. 75-1504. June 14, 1976. PER CURIAM. 1 This is a diversity case. Petitioner (the insurer) issued a life insurance policy in Michigan to Dean E. Cane providing for double indemnity if Cane’s “death was the result of […]

426 U.S. 913 96 S.Ct. 2617 49 L.Ed.2d 368 FILM FOLLIES, INC.v.Harl HAAS, etc., et al. No. 75-1119. Supreme Court of the United States June 7, 1976 The appeal is dismissed for want of a substantial federal question. Mr. Justice BRENNAN, with whom Mr. Justice STEWART and Mr. Justice MARSHALL concur, dissenting. 1 Appellant brought […]

426 U.S. 310 96 S.Ct. 2616 48 L.Ed.2d 658 The OMAHA NATIONAL BANKv.NEBRASKANS FOR INDEPENDENT BANKING, INC., et al. No. 75-1382. Supreme Court of the United States June 7, 1976 On petition for writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit. PER CURIAM. 1 From the time petitioner Omaha […]

426 U.S. 471 96 S.Ct. 2640 48 L.Ed.2d 788 Robert BURRELL et al., petitioners,v.Milton McCRAY et al. No. 75-44. Supreme Court of the United States June 14, 1976 On petition for writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. PER CURIAM. 1 The writ of certiorari is dismissed as […]

426 U.S. 476 96 S.Ct. 2160 48 L.Ed.2d 781 RALSTON PURINA COMPANY et al.v.LOUISVILLE AND NASHVILLE RAILROAD COMPANY et al. No. 75-1015. June 14, 1976. Rehearing Denied Oct. 4, 1976. See 429 U.S. 875, 97 S.Ct. 199. PER CURIAM. 1 This is an appeal from the judgment of a three-judge District Court setting aside and […]