Category: 1978

437 U.S. 678 98 S.Ct. 2565 57 L.Ed.2d 522 Terrell Don HUTTO et al., Petitioners,v.Robert FINNEY et al. No. 76-1660. Argued Feb. 21, 1978. Decided June 23, 1978. Rehearing Denied Jan. 15, 1979. See 439 U.S. 1122, 99 S.Ct. 1035. Syllabus After finding in respondent prison inmates’ action against petitioner prison officials that conditions in […]

438 U.S. 1 98 S.Ct. 2588 57 L.Ed.2d 553 Thomas L. HOUCHINS, Sheriff of the County of Alameda, California, Petitioner,v.KQED, INC., et al. No. 76-1310. Argued Nov. 29, 1977. Decided June 26, 1978. Syllabus After respondent broadcasting company, KQED, had been refused permission to inspect and take photographs at a portion (Little Greystone) of a […]

438 U.S. 189 98 S.Ct. 3116 57 L.Ed.2d 704 Herbert H. McADAMS, III, as Executor of the Estate of John L. McClellan, et al., Petitioners,v.Alan McSURELY et ux No. 76-1621 Supreme Court of the United States June 26, 1978 On writ of 1 certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the District of […]

437 U.S. 82 98 S.Ct. 2187 57 L.Ed.2d 65 UNITED STATES, Petitioner,v.John Arthur SCOTT. No. 76-1382. Argued Feb. 21, 1978. Decided June 14, 1978. Rehearing Denied Oct. 2, 1978. See 439 U.S. 883, 99 S.Ct. 226. Syllabus Respondent, indicted for federal drug offenses, moved before trial and twice during trial for dismissal of two counts […]

437 U.S. 909 98 S.Ct. 3101 57 L.Ed.2d 1140 Richard SHERWIN and Ronald Coryellv.UNITED STATES No. 77-1196 Supreme Court of the United States June 19, 1978 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, […]

437 U.S. 655 98 S.Ct. 2552 57 L.Ed.2d 504 Hubert L. WILL, Judge, United States District Court, Northern District of Illinois, Petitioner,v.CALVERT FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY et al. No. 77-693. Argued April 19, 1978. Decided June 23, 1978. Syllabus After Calvert Fire Insurance Co. (hereafter respondent) had advised American Mutual Reinsurance Co. (American) that respondent was […]

437 U.S. 584 98 S.Ct. 2522 57 L.Ed.2d 451 Lutrelle F. PARKER, Acting Commissioner of Patents and Trademarks, Petitioner,v.Dale R. FLOOK. No. 77-642. Argued April 25, 1978. Decided June 22, 1978. Syllabus Respondent’s method for updating alarm limits during catalytic conversion processes, in which the only novel feature is a mathematical formula, held not patentable […]

437 U.S. 601 98 S.Ct. 3107 57 L.Ed.2d 464 State of CALIFORNIA, Plaintiff,v.State of TEXAS No. 76 Supreme Court of the United States June 22, 1978 On Motion for Leave to File Bill of Complaint. June 22, 1978. PER CURIAM. 1 The motion for leave to file a bill of complaint is denied. 2 Mr. […]

437 U.S. 617 98 S.Ct. 2531 57 L.Ed.2d 475 CITY OF PHILADELPHIA et al., Appellants,v.State of NEW JERSEY et al. No. 77-404. Argued March 27, 1978. Decided June 23, 1978. Syllabus New Jersey statute (ch. 363) that prohibits the importation of most “solid or liquid waste which originated or was collected outside the territorial limits […]

437 U.S. 634 98 S.Ct. 2541 57 L.Ed.2d 489 UNITED STATES, Petitioner,v.Smith JOHN and Harry Smith John. Smith JOHN and Harry Smith John, Appellants, v. State of MISSISSIPPI. Nos. 77-836, 77-575. Argued April 19, 1978. Decided June 23, 1978. Syllabus Lands designated as a reservation for Choctaw Indians residing in central Mississippi held, on the […]

437 U.S. 54 98 S.Ct. 2170 57 L.Ed.2d 43 Thomas SANABRIA, Petitioner,v.UNITED STATES. No. 76-1040. Argued Nov. 8, 1977. Decided June 14, 1978. Syllabus Title 18 U.S.C. ? 1955 (1976 ed.) makes it a federal offense for five or more persons to conduct an “illegal gambling business” in violation of the law of the place […]

437 U.S. 556 98 S.Ct. 2505 57 L.Ed.2d 428 EASTEX, INCORPORATED, Petitioner,v.NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD. No. 77-453. Argued April 25, 1978. Decided June 22, 1978. Syllabus Employees of petitioner corporation sought to distribute a four-part union newsletter in nonworking areas of petitioner’s plant during nonworking time. The first and fourth sections urged employees to support […]

437 U.S. 483 98 S.Ct. 2463 57 L.Ed.2d 370 BETH ISRAEL HOSPITAL, Petitioner,v.NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD. No. 77-152. Argued April 24, 1978. Decided June 22, 1978. Syllabus Petitioner nonprofit hospital had a written rule that prohibited employees from soliciting and distributing literature except in certain employee locker rooms and certain adjacent restrooms. The cafeteria was […]

437 U.S. 518 98 S.Ct. 2482 57 L.Ed.2d 397 Sidney S. HICKLIN et al., Appellants,v.Edmund ORBECK, Commissioner of the Department of Labor of Alaska, et al. No. 77-324. Argued March 21, 1978. Decided June 22, 1978. Syllabus Appellants, at least five of whom are not residents of Alaska, challenged in state court the constitutionality of […]

437 U.S. 535 98 S.Ct. 2493 57 L.Ed.2d 411 Wes WISE, Mayor of the City of Dallas, et al., Petitioners,v.Albert L. LIPSCOMB et al. No. 77-529. Argued April 26, 1978. Decided June 22, 1978. Syllabus Respondents, Negro and Mexican-American residents of Dallas, Tex., brought this action for injunctive and declaratory relief against petitioners, the Mayor […]

57 L.Ed.2d 351 98 S.Ct. 2454 437 U.S. 463 COOPERS & LYBRAND, Petitioner,v.Cecil LIVESAY and Dorothy Livesay, etc., et al. No. 76-1836. Argued March 22, 1978. Decided June 21, 1978. Syllabus Respondents, who had purchased securities in reliance on a prospectus, brought this action on behalf of themselves and a class of similarly situated purchasers, […]

437 U.S. 478 98 S.Ct. 2451 57 L.Ed.2d 364 Jo Ann Evans GARDNER, Petitioner,v.WESTINGHOUSE BROADCASTING COMPANY. No. 77-560. Argued March 22, 1978. Decided June 21, 1978. Syllabus Petitioner, who had been denied employment by respondent’s radio station, brought an action seeking injunctive relief against respondent on behalf of herself and other females adversely affected by […]

437 U.S. 411 98 S.Ct. 2423 57 L.Ed.2d 313 AMERICAN BROADCASTING COMPANIES, INC., et al., Petitioners,v.WRITERS GUILD OF AMERICA, WEST, INC., et al. ASSOCIATION OF MOTION PICTURE AND TELEVISION PRODUCERS, INC., Petitioner, v. WRITERS GUILD OF AMERICA, WEST, INC., et al. NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD, Petitioner, v. WRITERS GUILD OF AMERICA, WEST, INC., et al. […]

437 U.S. 443 98 S.Ct. 2441 57 L.Ed.2d 337 ZENITH RADIO CORPORATION, Petitioner,v.UNITED STATES. No. 77-539. Argued April 25, 1978. Decided June 21, 1978. Syllabus. Petitioner, an American manufacturer of consumer electronic products, filed a petition with the Commissioner of Customs, requesting assessment under ? 303 of the Tar ff Act of 1930 of countervailing […]

437 U.S. 365 98 S.Ct. 2396 57 L.Ed.2d 274 OWEN EQUIPMENT AND ERECTION COMPANY, Petitioner,v.Geraldine KROGER, Administratrix of the Estate of James D. Kroger, Deceased. No. 77-677. Argued April 18, 1978. Decided June 21, 1978. Syllabus Respondent, a citizen of Iowa, sued for damages based on the wrongful death of her husband, who was electrocuted […]