Category: 1977

433 U.S. 25 97 S.Ct. 2490 53 L.Ed.2d 557 George Henson MIREE et al., Petitioners,v.DeKALB COUNTY, GEORGIA, et al. Judith Anita PHILLIPS, etc., Petitioner, v. DeKALB COUNTY, GEORGIA, et al. FIREMAN’S FUND INSURANCE COMPANY, Petitioner, v. DeKALB COUNTY, GEORGIA, et al. William Michael FIELDS, Petitioner, v. DeKALB COUNTY, GEORGIA, et al. Nos. 76-607, 76-659, 76-700 […]

433 U.S. 562 97 S.Ct. 2849 53 L.Ed.2d 965 Hugo ZACCHINI, Petitioner,v.SCRIPPS-HOWARD BROADCASTING COMPANY. No. 76-577. Argued April 25, 1977. Decided June 28, 1977. Syllabus Petitioner’s 15-second ‘human cannonball’ act, in which he is shot from a cannon into a net some 200 feet away, was, without his consent, videotaped in its entirety at a […]

433 U.S. 347 97 S.Ct. 2748 53 L.Ed.2d 786 E. C. DOTHARD et al., Appellants,v.Dianne RAWLINSON et al. HAZELWOOD SCHOOL DISTRICT et al., Petitioners, v. UNITED STATES. Nos. 76-422 and 76-255. Supreme Court of the United States June 27, 1977 Mr. Justice WHITE, concurring in No. 76-255 and dissenting in 76-422. 1 I join the […]

433 U.S. 667 97 S.Ct. 2905 53 L.Ed.2d 1039 SCHOOL DISTRICT OF OMAHA et al.v.UNITED STATES et al. No. 76-705. June 29, 1977. PER CURIAM. 1 This school desegregation case involves the School District of Omaha, Neb. The District Court in a comprehensive opinion, 389 F.Supp. 293, extensively reviewed the evidence presented by the parties, […]

433 U.S. 676 97 S.Ct. 2909 53 L.Ed.2d 1048 James Junior FINCHv.UNITED STATES. No. 76-1206. June 29, 1977. PER CURIAM. 1 In an information filed in the United States District Court for the District of Montana, petitioner was charged with knowingly fishing on a portion of the Big Horn River in Montana reserved for use […]

433 U.S. 910 LEX TEX LTD., INC.v.UNIVERSAL TEXTURED YARNS, INC., ET AL. No. 76-1531. Supreme Court of United States. June 27, 1997. 1 C. A. 5th Cir. Certiorari denied. Reported below: 514 F.2d 1127. CC? | Transformed by Public.Resource.Org

433 U.S. 918 97 S.Ct. 2995 53 L.Ed.2d 1104 CALIFORNIAv.NEVADA No. 73 Orig Supreme Court of the United States June 29, 1977 1 The motion for leave to file bill of complaint is granted. It is ordered that the Honorable Robert Van Pelt, Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the District of […]

433 U.S. 919 97 S.Ct. 2995 53 L.Ed.2d 1105 GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION, petitioner,v.Joe STEWART et al No. 76-1209 Supreme Court of the United States June 29, 1977 Rehearing Denied Oct. 3, 1977. See 434 U.S. 881, 98 S.Ct. 244. Petition for writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit. […]

433 U.S. 672 97 S.Ct. 2907 53 L.Ed.2d 1044 Thomas BRENNANv.Kevin ARMSTRONG et al. No. 76-809. June 29, 1977. PER CURIAM. 1 This school desegregation case involves the school system in the city of Milwaukee, Wis. The District Court here made various findings of segregative acts on the part of petitioner School Board members, appointed […]

433 U.S. 682 97 S.Ct. 2912 53 L.Ed.2d 1054 Thomas Leon HARRISv.State of OKLAHOMA. No. 76-5663. June 29, 1977. CC? | Transformed by Public.Resource.Org

432 U.S. 98 97 S.Ct. 2243 53 L.Ed.2d 140 John R. MANSON, Commissioner of Correction of Connecticut, Petitioner,v.Nowell A. BRATHWAITE. No. 75-871. Argued Nov. 29, 1976. Decided June 16, 1977. Syllabus Glover, a trained Negro undercover state police officer, purchased heroin from a seller through the open doorway of an apartment while standing for two […]

432 U.S. 197 97 S.Ct. 2319 53 L.Ed.2d 281 Gordon G. PATTERSON, Jr., Appellant,v.State of NEW YORK. No. 75-1861. Argued March 1, 1977. Decided June 17, 1977. Syllabus New York law requiring that the defendant in a prosecution for second-degree murder prove by a preponderance of the evidence the affirmative defense of extreme emotional disturbance […]

432 U.S. 249 97 S.Ct. 2348 53 L.Ed.2d 320 NORTHEAST MARINE TERMINAL COMPANY, INC., et al., Petitioners,v.Ralph CAPUTO et al. INTERNATIONAL TERMINAL OPERATING COMPANY, INC., Petitioner, v. Carmelo BLUNDO et al. Nos. 76-444 and 76-454. Argued April 18, 1977. Decided June 17, 1977. Syllabus In 1972 Congress amended the Longshoremen’s and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act […]

432 U.S. 63 97 S.Ct. 2264 53 L.Ed.2d 113 TRANS WORLD AIRLINES, INC., Petitioner,v.Larry G. HARDISON et al. INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MACHINISTS AND AEROSPACE WORKERS, AFL-CIO, et al., Petitioners, v. Larry G. HARDISON et al. Nos. 75-1126, 75-1385. Argued March 30, 1977. Decided June 16, 1977. Syllabus Respondent Hardison (hereafter respondent) was employed by Trans […]

432 U.S. 355 97 S.Ct. 2447 53 L.Ed.2d 402 OCCIDENTAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF CALIFORNIA, Petitioner,v.EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION. No. 76-99. Argued April 20, 1977. Decided June 20, 1977. Syllabus About three years after an employee of petitioner company had first complained to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission under Title VII of the Civil Rights […]

432 U.S. 282 97 S.Ct. 2290 53 L.Ed.2d 344 Ernest John DOBBERT, Jr., Petitioner,v.State of FLORIDA. No. 76-5306. Argued March 28, 1977. Decided June 17, 1977. Rehearing Denied Oct. 3, 1977. See 434 U.S. 882, 98 S.Ct. 246. Syllabus The Florida death penalty statute, which was upheld in Proffitt v. Florida, 428 U.S. 242, 96 […]

432 U.S. 464 97 S.Ct. 2376 53 L.Ed.2d 484 Edward W. MAHER, Commissioner of Social Services of Connecticut, Appellant,v.Susan ROE et al. No. 75-1440. Argued Jan. 11, 1977. Decided June 20, 1977. Syllabus Appellees, two indigent women who were unable to obtain a physician’s certificate of medical necessity, brought this action attacking the validity of […]

432 U.S. 491 97 S.Ct. 2411 53 L.Ed.2d 506 Frances MORRIS and Maxine Woods, Appellants,v.L. Marion GRESSETTE et al. No. 75-1583. Argued April 18-19, 1977. Decided June 20, 1977. Syllabus Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 establishes two alternative methods by which States subject to the Act can obtain federal preclearance review […]

432 U.S. 1 97 S.Ct. 2120 53 L.Ed.2d 63 Ewald B. NYQUIST, Commissioner of Education of New York, et al., Appellants,v.Jean-Marie MAUCLET et al. No. 76-208. Argued March 22, 1977. Decided June 13, 1977. Syllabus New York statutory provision that bars certain resident aliens from state financial assistance for higher education held to violate the […]

432 U.S. 137 97 S.Ct. 2207 53 L.Ed.2d 168 Garland JEFFERS, Petitioner,v.UNITED STATES. No. 75-1805. Argued March 21, 1977. Decided June 16, 1977. Rehearing Denied Oct. 3, 1977. See 434 U.S. 880, 98 S.Ct. 241. Syllabus A federal grand jury returned two indictments against petitioner for offenses under 21 U.S.C. One charged him and nine […]