Category: 1977

431 U.S. 145 97 S.Ct. 1730 52 L.Ed.2d 203 Robert J. HENDERSON, Superintendent, Auburn Correctional Facility, Petitioner,v.Barry Warren KIBBE. No. 75-1906. Argued March 1, 1977. Decided May 16, 1977. Syllabus Respondent and his codefendant, after robbing an intoxicated man in their car, abandoned him at night on an unlighted rural road where the visibility was […]

431 U.S. 181 97 S.Ct. 1814 52 L.Ed.2d 238 UNITED STATES, Petitioner,v.Gregory V. WASHINGTON. No. 74-1106. Argued Dec. 6, 1976. Decided May 23, 1977. Syllabus Respondent, who was suspected, with others, of possible implication in a theft, was subpoenaed to appear as a witness before the District of Columbia grand jury investigating the crime. The […]

431 U.S. 195 97 S.Ct. 1774 52 L.Ed.2d 250 TERRITORY OF GUAM, Petitioner,v.Edmund J. OLSEN. No. 76-439. Argued March 29, 1977. Decided May 23, 1977. Syllabus Provision of ? 22 of the 1950 Organic Act of Guam that the District Court of Guam “shall have such appellate jurisdiction as the (Guam) legislature may determine” held […]

431 U.S. 395 97 S.Ct. 1891 52 L.Ed.2d 453 EAST TEXAS MOTOR FREIGHT SYSTEM INC., Petitioner,v.Jesse RODRIGUEZ et al. TEAMSTERS LOCAL UNION 657, Petitioner, v. Jesse RODRIGUEZ et al. SOUTHERN CONFERENCE OF TEAMSTERS, Petitioner, v. Jesse RODRIGUEZ et al. Nos. 75-718, 75-651 and 75-715. Argued Jan. 10-11, 1977. Decided May 31, 1977. Syllabus Respondents, Mexican-Americans, […]

431 U.S. 666 97 S.Ct. 2054 52 L.Ed.2d 665 STENCEL AERO ENGINEERING CORPORATION, Petitioner,v.UNITED STATES. No. 76-321. Argued March 22, 1977. Decided June 9, 1977. Rehearing Denied Oct. 3, 1977. See 434 U.S. 882, 98 S.Ct. 250. Syllabus A National Guard officer was permanently injured when the ejection system of his fighter aircraft malfunctioned during […]

431 U.S. 85 97 S.Ct. 1614 52 L.Ed.2d 155 LINMARK ASSOCIATES, INC. and William Mellman, Petitioners,v.TOWNSHIP OF WILLINGBORO and Gerald Daly. No. 76-357. Argued March 2, 1977. Decided May 2, 1977. Syllabus A township ordinance prohibiting the posting of real estate “For Sale” and “Sold” signs for the purpose of stemming what the township perceived […]

431 U.S. 105 97 S.Ct. 1723 52 L.Ed.2d 172 Alan J. DIXON, Secretary of State of Illinois, Appellant,v.Dennis N. LOVE, etc. No. 75-1513. Argued March 1-2, 1977. Decided May 16, 1977. Syllabus The Illinois Driver Licensing Law authorizes the Secretary of State of Illinois to suspend or revoke a driver’s license without preliminary hearing upon […]

431 U.S. 553 97 S.Ct. 1885 52 L.Ed.2d 571 UNITED AIR LINES, INC., Petitioner,v.Carolyn J. EVANS. No. 76-333. Argued March 29, 1977. Decided May 31, 1977. Syllabus Where respondent female flight attendant failed to file a timely claim against petitioner airline for violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 when her […]

431 U.S. 595 97 S.Ct. 1987 52 L.Ed.2d 606 Roy SPLAWN, Petitioner,v.State of CALIFORNIA. No. 76-143. Argued March 23, 1977. Decided June 6, 1977. Syllabus Petitioner, who was convicted of selling obscene film in violation of California law, contends that portions of the instructions to the jury violated his First and Fourteenth Amendment rights, claiming […]

431 U.S. 161 97 S.Ct. 2166 52 L.Ed.2d 225 State of TEXASv.State of LOUISIANA No. 36 Supreme Court of the United States May 16, 1977 1 On Bill of Compl- 2 aint DECREE 3 For the purpose of giving effect to the opinion of this Court announced on June 14, 1976, 426 U.S. 465, 96 […]

431 U.S. 174 97 S.Ct. 1823 52 L.Ed.2d 231 UNITED STATES, Petitioner,v.Rose WONG. No. 74-635. Argued Dec. 6, 1976. Decided May 23, 1977. Syllabus A witness who, while under investigation for possible criminal activity, is called to testify before a grand jury and is later indicted for perjury in the testimony given before the grand […]

431 U.S. 171 97 S.Ct. 1739 52 L.Ed.2d 219 John D. ASHCROFT, Attorney General of Missouriv.Robert Dean MATTIS. No. 76-1179. Decided May 16, 1977. Rehearing Denied June 27, 1977. See 433 U.S. 915, 97 S.Ct. 2990. PER CURIAM. 1 Appellee’s 18-year-old son was shot and killed by police while attempting to escape arrest. Appellee filed […]

431 U.S. 322 97 S.Ct. 1755 52 L.Ed.2d 349 Commonwealth of MASSACHUSETTS, Petitioner,v.Jack B. WESTCOTT. No. 75-1775. May 23, 1977. PER CURIAM. 1 Respondent Westcott was arrested for violating a Massachusetts statute that prohibits nonresidents of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts from dragging for fish by beam or otter trawl in Vineyard Sound during July, August, […]

431 U.S. 943 97 S.Ct. 2663 53 L.Ed.2d 263 State of NEW YORKv.Robert EARL. No. 76-1116. Supreme Court of the United States May 31, 1977 Rehearing Denied Oct. 3, 1977. The petition for a writ of certiorari is denied. See 434 U.S. 881, 98 S.Ct. 244. Mr. Chief Justice BURGER, with whom Mr. Justice BLACKMUN […]

431 U.S. 159 97 S.Ct. 2162 52 L.Ed.2d 223 E. C. CHAPPELLE, Jr., appellant,v.The GREATER BATON ROUGE AIRPORT DISTRICT et al No. 76-352 Supreme Court of the United States May 16, 1977 Rehearing Denied June 27, 1977. See 433 U.S. 915, 97 S.Ct. 2990. May 16, 1977. PER CURIAM. 1 The judgment is reversed. Turner […]

431 U.S. 169 97 S.Ct. 2162 52 L.Ed.2d 216 Larry PRESSLER, Member, United States House of Representativesv.W. M. BLUMENTHAL, Secretary of the Treasury, et al No. 76-1005 Supreme Court of the United States May 16, 1977 May 16, 1977. PER CURIAM. 1 The motion of We the People for leave to file a brief, as […]

431 U.S. 99 97 S.Ct. 1635 52 L.Ed.2d 166 ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY, Petitioner,v.Edmund G. BROWN, Jr., Governor of California, et al. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY, Petitioner, v. State of MARYLAND et al. STATE AIR POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD, Petitioner, v. Douglas M. COSTLE, Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency. Douglas M. COSTLE, Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency, Petitioner, v. DISTRICT […]

430 U.S. 1 97 S.Ct. 926 51 L.Ed.2d 124 Howard PIPER et al., Petitioners,v.CHRIS-CRAFT INDUSTRIES, INC. The FIRST BOSTON CORPORATION, Petitioner, v. CHRIS-CRAFT INDUSTRIES, INC. BANGOR PUNTA CORPORATION et al., Petitioners, v. CHRIS-CRAFT INDUSTRIES, INC. Nos. 75-353, 75-354 and 75-355. Argued Oct. 6, 1976. Decided Feb. 23, 1977. Rehearings Denied April 18, 1977. See 430 […]

430 U.S. 387 97 S.Ct. 1232 51 L.Ed.2d 424 Lou V. BREWER, Warden, Petitioner,v.Robert Anthony WILLIAMS, aka Anthony Erthel Williams. No. 74-1263. Argued Oct. 4, 1976. Decided March 23, 1977. Rehearing Denied May 16, 1977. See 431 U.S. 925, 97 S.Ct. 2200. Syllabus Respondent was arrested, arraigned, and committed to jail in Davenport, Iowa, for […]

430 U.S. 651 97 S.Ct. 1401 51 L.Ed.2d 711 James INGRAHAM, by his mother and next friend, Eloise Ingraham, et al., Petitioners,v.Willie J. WRIGHT, I, et al. No. 75-6527. Argued Nov. 2-3, 1976. Decided April 19, 1977. Syllabus Petitioners, pupils in a Dade County, Fla., junior high school, filed this action in Federal District Court […]