Category: 1977

430 U.S. 584 97 S.Ct. 1361 51 L.Ed.2d 660 ROSEBUD SIOUX TRIBE, Petitioner,v.Richard KNEIP et al. No. 75-562. Argued Jan. 12, 1977. Decided April 4, 1977. Syllabus Both the language and leigslative history of the Acts of 1904, 1907, and 1910, whereby land in certain counties in South Dakota located within the boundaries of the […]

430 U.S. 144 97 S.Ct. 996 51 L.Ed.2d 229 UNITED JEWISH ORGANIZATIONS OF WILLIAMSBURGH, INC., et al., Petitioners,v.Hugh L. CAREY et al. No. 75-104. Argued Oct. 6, 1976. Decided March 1, 1977. Syllabus After New York State had submitted for the approval of the Attorney General its 1972 reapportionment statute with respect to Kings County […]

430 U.S. 199 97 S.Ct. 1021 51 L.Ed.2d 270 Joseph A. CALIFANO, Jr., Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, Appellant,v.Leon GOLDFARB. No. 75-699. Argued Oct. 5, 1976. Decided March 2, 1977. Syllabus Under the Social Security Act survivors’ benefits based on the earnings of a deceased husband covered by the Act are payable to his […]

430 U.S. 519 97 S.Ct. 1305 51 L.Ed.2d 604 Joseph W. JONES, as Director of the County of Riverside, California, Department of Weights and Measures, Petitioner,v.The RATH PACKING COMPANY et al. No. 75-1053. Argued Dec. 6-7, 1976. Decided March 29, 1977.* Rehearing Denied May 16, 1977. See 431 U.S. 925, 97 S.Ct. 2201. Syllabus Section […]

52 L.Ed.2d 4 97 S.Ct. 1440 430 U.S. 725 UNITED STATES, Petitioner,v.CONSUMER LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY. FIRST RAILROAD & BANKING COMPANY OF GEORGIA, Petitioner, v. UNITED STATES. UNITED STATES, Petitioner, v. PENN SECURITY LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY. Nos. 75-1221, 75-1260 and 75-1285. Argued Dec. 6, 1976. Decided April 26, 1977. Syllabus Under ? 801(a) of the Internal […]

430 U.S. 482 97 S.Ct. 1272 51 L.Ed.2d 498 Claudio CASTANEDA, Sheriff, Petitioner,v.Rodrigo PARTIDA. No. 75-1552. Argued Nov. 9, 1976. Decided March 23, 1977. Syllabus Under Texas’ ‘key man’ system for selecting grand juries, jury commissioners are appointed by a state district judge to select prospective jurors from different portions of the county, after which […]

430 U.S. 787 97 S.Ct. 1473 52 L.Ed.2d 50 Ramon Martin FIALLO, etc., et al., Appellants,v.Griffin B. BELL, Individually and as Attorney General of the United States, et al. No. 75-6297. Argued Dec. 7, 1976. Decided April 26, 1977. Syllabus Sections 101(b)(1)(D) and 101(b)(2) of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952, which have the […]

430 U.S. 112 97 S.Ct. 965 51 L.Ed.2d 204 E. I. du PONT de NEMOURS AND COMPANY et al., Petitioners,v.Russell E. TRAIN, Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency, et al. E. I. du PONT de NEMOURS AND COMPANY et al., Petitioners, v. Russell E. TRAIN, Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency. Russell E. TRAIN, Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency, Petitioner, […]

430 U.S. 73 97 S.Ct. 911 51 L.Ed.2d 173 DELAWARE TRIBAL BUSINESS COMMITTEE et al., Appellants,v.Wanda June WEEKS et al. ABSENTEE DELAWARE TRIBE OF OKLAHOMA BUSINESS COMMITTEE et al., Appellants, v. Wanda June WEEKS et al. Cecil D. ANDRUS, Secretary of the Interior, et al., Appellants, v. Wanda June WEEKS et al. Nos. 75-1301, 75-1335 […]

430 U.S. 762 97 S.Ct. 1459 52 L.Ed.2d 31 Deta Mona TRIMBLE and Jessie Trimble, Appellants,v.Joseph Roosevelt GORDON et al. No. 75-5952. Argued Dec. 7, 1976. Decided April 26, 1977. Syllabus Section 12 of the Illinois Probate Act, which allows illegitimate children to inherit by intestate succession only from their mothers (though under Illinois law […]

430 U.S. 817 97 S.Ct. 1491 52 L.Ed.2d 72 Vernon Lee BOUNDS, etc., et al., Petitioners,v.Robert (Bobby) SMITH et al. No. 75-915. Argued Nov. 1, 1976. Decided April 27, 1977. Syllabus The fundamental constitutional right of access to the courts held to require prison authorities to assist inmates in the preparation and filing of meaningful […]

430 U.S. 564 97 S.Ct. 1349 51 L.Ed.2d 642 UNITED STATES, Petitioner,v.MARTIN LINEN SUPPLY COMPANY et al. No. 76-120. Argued Feb. 23, 1977. Decided April 4, 1977. Syllabus After a deadlocked jury was discharged when unable to agree upon a verdict at the criminal contempt trial of respondent corporations, the District Judge granted respondents’ timely […]

430 U.S. 327 97 S.Ct. 1211 51 L.Ed.2d 376 Joseph JUIDICE, etc., et al., Appellants,v.Harry VAIL, Jr., et al. No. 75-1397. Argued Nov. 30, 1976. Decided March 22, 1977. Syllabus Following their failure to satisfy judgments against them in various civil actions in New York State courts, appellees, pursuant to provisions of the New York […]

430 U.S. 462 97 S.Ct. 1292 51 L.Ed.2d 480 SANTA FE INDUSTRIES, INC., et al., Petitioners,v.S. William GREEN et al. No. 75-1753. Argued Jan. 18-19, 1977. Decided March 23, 1977. Syllabus Delaware’s ‘short-form merger’ statute enables a parent company owning at least 90% of the stock of a subsidiary to merge with the subsidiary upon […]

430 U.S. 705 97 S.Ct. 1428 51 L.Ed.2d 752 Neal R. WOOLEY, etc., et al., Appellants,v.George MAYNARD et ux. No. 75-1453. Argued Nov. 29, 1976. Decided April 20, 1977. Syllabus New Hampshire statutes require that noncommercial motor vehicles bear license plates embossed with the state motto, “Live Free or Die,” and make it a misdemeanor […]

430 U.S. 290 97 S.Ct. 1056 51 L.Ed.2d 338 Joy A. FARMER, Special Administrator, Petitioner,v.UNITED BROTHERHOOD OF CARPENTERS AND JOINERS OF AMERICA, LOCAL 25, et al. No. 75-804. Argued Nov. 8, 1976. Decided March 7, 1977. Syllabus A member and officer (petitioner’s decedent) of respondent local carpenters’ union brought a tort action for damages in […]

430 U.S. 442 97 S.Ct. 1261 51 L.Ed.2d 464 ATLAS ROOFING COMPANY, INC., Petitioner,v.OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH REVIEW COMMISSION et al. Frank IREY, Jr., Inc., Petitioner, v. OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH REVIEW COMMISSION et al. Nos. 75-746 and 75-748. Argued Nov. 29, 1976. Decided March 23, 1977. Syllabus Upon finding that the existing state statutory […]

430 U.S. 551 97 S.Ct. 1386 51 L.Ed.2d 631 NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY, Appellant,v.CALIFORNIA BOARD OF EQUALIZATION. No. 75-1868. Argued Feb. 23, 1977. Argued April 4, 1977. Decided April 4, 1977. Syllabus Appellant Society, a nonprofit corporation with headquarters in the District of Columbia, which maintains two offices in California that solicit advertising for the Society’s […]

430 U.S. 274 97 S.Ct. 1076 51 L.Ed.2d 326 COMPLETE AUTO TRANSIT, INC., Appellant,v.Charles R. BRADY, Jr., etc. No. 76-29. Argued Jan. 19, 1977. Decided March 7, 1977. Rehearing Denied April 18, 1977. See 430 U.S. 976, 97 S.Ct. 1669. Syllabus A Mississippi tax on the privilege of doing business in the State held not […]