Category: 1976

424 U.S. 295 96 S.Ct. 910 47 L.Ed.2d 1 ALAMO LAND & CATTLE CO., INC., Petitioner,v.State of ARIZONA. No. 74-125. Argued Oct. 14, 15, 1975. Decided Feb. 24, 1976. Syllabus In 1962 Arizona, as lessor, and petitioner, as lessee, executed a 10-year grazing lease of certain tracts of land which had been granted to Arizona […]

47 L.Ed.2d 114 96 S.Ct. 948 424 U.S. 392 UNITED STATES, Petitioner,v.Herman R. TESTAN and Francis L. Zarrilli. No. 74-753. Argued Nov. 12, 1975. Decided March 2, 1976. Motion Denied May 3, 1976. See 425 U.S. 957, 96 S.Ct. 1736. Syllabus Respondent Government trial attorneys with civil service grade GS-13 classifications requested their employing agency […]

424 U.S. 554 96 S.Ct. 1048 47 L.Ed.2d 231 Charles A. HINES, etc., et al., Petitioners,v.ANCHOR MOTOR FREIGHT, INC., et al. No. 74-1025. Argued Nov. 12, 1975. Decided March 3, 1976. Syllabus Petitioner employees were discharged by respondent employer for alleged dishonesty. Respondent union, claiming that petitioners were innocent, opposed the discharges, and pursuant to […]

424 U.S. 351 96 S.Ct. 933 47 L.Ed.2d 43 Leonor Alberti DeCANAS and Miguel Canas, Petitioners,v.Anthony G. BICA and Juan Silva. No. 74-882. Argued Dec. 16, 1975. Decided Feb. 25, 1976. Syllabus Section 2805(a) of the California Labor Code, which prohibits an employer from knowingly employing an alien who is not entitled to lawful residence […]

424 U.S. 366 96 S.Ct. 923 47 L.Ed.2d 55 The GREAT ATLANTIC AND PACIFIC TEA COMPANY, INC., Appellant,v.Hugh B. COTTRELL, Health Officer, State of Mississippi. No. 74-1148. Argued Dec. 1, 1975. Decided Feb. 25, 1976. Syllabus A Mississippi regulation provides that milk and milk products from another State may be sold in Mississippi only if […]

424 U.S. 600 96 S.Ct. 1075 47 L.Ed.2d 267 UNITED STATES, Petitioner,v.Nathan George DINITZ. No. 74-928. Argued Dec. 2, 1975. Decided March 8, 1976. Syllabus For repeated misconduct by respondent’s counsel (Wagner) during the opening-statement period in respondent’s criminal trial, the trial judge expelled Wagner and asked respondent’s co-counsel (Meldon) if he was prepared to […]

424 U.S. 382 96 S.Ct. 943 47 L.Ed.2d 106 Alva FISHERv.The DISTRICT COURT OF the SIXTEENTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT OF MONTANA, IN AND FOR the COUNTY OF ROSEBUD. In the Matter of the ADOPTION OF Ivan FIRECROW, etc. No. 75-5366. March 1, 1976. Rehearing Denied April 5, 1976. See 425 U.S. 926, 96 S.Ct. 1524. PER […]

424 U.S. 494 96 S.Ct. 1003 47 L.Ed.2d 186 FEDERAL POWER COMMISSION, Petitioner,v.John E. MOSS et al. No. 74-883. Argued Dec. 3, 1975. Decided March 3, 1976. Syllabus The Federal Power Commission (FPC), for the purpose of “stimulat(ing) and accelerat(ing) domestic exploration and development of natural gas reserves,” by order established an “optional procedure for […]

424 U.S. 544 96 S.Ct. 1023 47 L.Ed.2d 222 UNITED STATES, Petitioner,v.Bobby Gene GADDIS and Billy Sunday Birt. No. 74-1141. Argued Dec. 15, 1975. Decided March 3, 1976. Syllabus Respondents were indicted for entering a federally insured bank with intent to rob it by force and violence (Count 1) and robbing the bank by force […]

424 U.S. 577 96 S.Ct. 1010 47 L.Ed.2d 249 Abe LAVINE, etc., Appellant,v.Ronald MILNE et al. No. 74-1137. Argued Dec. 2, 1975. Decided March 3, 1976. Syllabus A New York welfare statute disqualifies from the receipt of Home Relief benefits for 75 days anyone who voluntarily terminates his employment or reduces his earning capacity for […]

424 U.S. 589 96 S.Ct. 1017 47 L.Ed.2d 258 Theodore RISTAINO et al., Petitioners,v.James ROSS, Jr. No. 74-1216. Argued Dec. 8-9, 1975. Decided March 3, 1976. Syllabus Absent circumstances comparable in significance to those existing in Ham v. South Carolina, 409 U.S. 524, 93 S.Ct. 848, 35 L.Ed.2d 46, examination of veniremen during Voir dire […]

424 U.S. 737 96 S.Ct. 1202 47 L.Ed.2d 435 LIBERTY MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY, Petitioner,v.Sandra WETZEL et al. No. 74-1245. Argued Jan. 19, 1976. Decided March 23, 1976. Syllabus Respondents filed a complaint alleging that petitioner’s employee insurance benefits and maternity leave regulations discriminated against its women employees in violation of Title VII of the Civil […]

424 U.S. 1301 96 S.Ct. 845 47 L.Ed.2d 67 William T. COLEMAN, Jr., Secretary of Transportation, Applicant,v.PACCAR INC. et al.No. A-651. Feb. 2, 1976. Mr. Justice REHNQUIST, Circuit Justice. 1 Applicant Secretary of Transportation has moved to vacate a stay order entered by the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in a […]

424 U.S. 636 96 S.Ct. 1083 47 L.Ed.2d 296 EAST CARROLL PARISH SCHOOL BOARD and East Carroll Parish Police Jury, Petitioners,v.Stewart MARSHALL. No. 73-861. March 8, 1976. PER CURIAM. 1 The sole issue raised by this case is how compliance with the one-man, one-vote principle should be achieved in a parish (county) that is admittedly […]

424 U.S. 1313 96 S.Ct. 941 47 L.Ed.2d 77 Meda FLAMMv.REAL-BLT, INC., d/b/a Ponderosa Acres.No. A-731. Feb. 25, 1976. Mr. Justice REHNQUIST, Circuit Justice. 1 Applicant requests that I stay the judgment of the Supreme Court of Montana in this proceeding contesting her eviction. As matters currently stand, that court has denied a stay and […]

424 U.S. 641 96 S.Ct. 1086 47 L.Ed.2d 301 William BUCOLO et al.v.James ADKINS, Chief Justice, et al. No. 75-369. March 8, 1976. PER CURIAM. 1 Petitioners were convicted in the Circuit Court of Palm Beach County, Fla., of publishing certain comic strips and pictures in violation of the Florida obscenity statute.1 On appeal, the […]

424 U.S. 929 96 S.Ct. 1143 47 L.Ed.2d 338 Shirley Anne DANLEY et al.v.UNITED STATES. No. 75-566. Supreme Court of the United States February 23, 1976 On petition for writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. The petition for a writ of certiorari is denied. Mr. Justice BRENNAN, […]

424 U.S. 931 96 S.Ct. 1145 47 L.Ed.2d 340 Arthur SANDERS, Jr.v.State of GEORGIA. No. 75-707. Supreme Court of the United States February 23, 1976 Rehearing Denied April 19, 1976. See 425 U.S. 945, 96 S.Ct. 1687. On petition for writ of certiorari to the Supreme Court of Georgia. The petition for a writ of […]

424 U.S. 1309 96 S.Ct. 891 47 L.Ed.2d 74 Paul BRADLEY et al., Petitioners,v.Franklin J. LUNDING, Jr., Chairman, State Board of Elections Commissioners, et al. No. A-695 (75-1146). Feb. 17, 1976. Mr. Justice STEVENS, Circuit Justice. 1 On February 13, 1976, appellants filed an application for a stay of the judgment of the Supreme Court […]

424 U.S. 645 96 S.Ct. 1154 47 L.Ed.2d 366 Francis McCARTHY,v.PHILADELPHIA CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION. No. 75-783. March 22, 1976. PER CURIAM. 1 After 16 years of service, appellant’s employment in the Philadelphia Fire Department was terminated because he moved his permanent residence from Philadelphia to New Jersey in contravention of a municipal regulation requiring employees […]