Category: 1978

436 U.S. 658 98 S.Ct. 2018 56 L.Ed.2d 611 Jane MONELL et al., Petitioners,v.DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES OF the CITY OF NEW YORK et al. No. 75-1914. Argued Nov. 2, 1977. Decided June 6, 1978. Syllabus Petitioners, female employees of the Department of Social Services and the Board of Education of the City of New […]

436 U.S. 775 98 S.Ct. 2096 56 L.Ed.2d 697 FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION, Petitioner,v.NATIONAL CITIZENS COMMITTEE FOR BROADCASTING et al. CHANNEL TWO TELEVISION COMPANY et al., Petitioners, v. NATIONAL CITIZENS COMMITTEE FOR BROADCASTING et al. NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BROADCASTERS, Petitioner, v. FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION et al. AMERICAN NEWSPAPER PUBLISHERS ASSOCIATION, Petitioner, v. NATIONAL CITIZENS COMMITTEE FOR […]

436 U.S. 631 98 S.Ct. 2053 56 L.Ed.2d 591 In re TRANS ALASKA PIPELINE RATE CASES. Nos. 77-452, 77-457, 77-551 and 77-602. Argued March 28, 1978. Decided June 6, 1978. Syllabus Anticipating completion of the Trans Alaska Pipeline System (TAPS) in mid-1977, seven of its eight owners filed tariffs for the transportation of oil over […]

436 U.S. 618 98 S.Ct. 2010 56 L.Ed.2d 581 MOBIL OIL CORPORATION, Petitioner,v.Frances Nell HIGGINBOTHAM, Administratrix of the Estate of Marshall K. Higginbotham, et al. No. 76-1726. Argued Jan. 10, 11, 1978. Decided June 5, 1978. Rehearing Denied Oct. 2, 1978. See 439 U.S. 884, 99 S.Ct. 232. Syllabus In an action for wrongful death […]

436 U.S. 519 98 S.Ct. 1955 56 L.Ed.2d 505 State of CALIFORNIA et al., Petitioners,v.SOUTHLAND ROYALTY COMPANY et al. EL PASO NATURAL GAS COMPANY, Petitioner, v. SOUTHLAND ROYALTY COMPANY et al. FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION, Petitioner, v. SOUTHLAND ROYALTY COMPANY et al. Nos. 76-1114, 76-1133 and 76-1587. Argued Dec. 7, 1977. Reargued April 17, 1978. […]

436 U.S. 547 98 S.Ct. 1970 56 L.Ed.2d 525 James ZURCHER, etc., et al., Petitioners,v.The STANFORD DAILY et al. Louis P. BERGNA, District Attorney, and Craig Brown, Petitioners, v. The STANFORD DAILY et al. Nos. 76-1484, 76-1600. Argued Jan. 17, 1978. Decided May 31, 1978. Rehearing Denied Oct. 2, 1978. See 439 U.S. 885, 99 […]

436 U.S. 584 98 S.Ct. 1991 56 L.Ed.2d 554 Willard E. ROBERTSON, Petitioner,v.Edward F. WEGMANN, Executor of the Estate of Clay L. Shaw, et al. No. 77-178. Argued March 21, 1978. Decided May 31, 1978. Syllabus One Shaw filed an action for damages and injunctive relief under 42 U.S.C. ? 1983 against petitioner and others, […]

436 U.S. 604 98 S.Ct. 2002 56 L.Ed.2d 570 Cecil D. ANDRUS, Secretary of the Interior, Petitioner,v.CHARLESTONE STONE PRODUCTS CO., INC. No. 77-380. Argued April 18, 1978. Decided May 31, 1978. Syllabus The basic federal mining statute, 30 U.S.C. ? 22, which derives from an 1872 law, provides that “all valuable mineral deposits in lands […]

436 U.S. 478 98 S.Ct. 1930 56 L.Ed.2d 468 Michael TAYLOR, Petitioner,v.Commonwealth of KENTUCKY. No. 77-5549. Argued March 27, 1978. Decided May 30, 1978. Syllabus At petitioner’s Kentucky state robbery trial, which resulted in his conviction, the trial court instructed the jury as to the prosecutor’s burden of proof beyond a reasonable doubt but refused, […]

436 U.S. 49 98 S.Ct. 1670 56 L.Ed.2d 106 SANTA CLARA PUEBLO et al., Petitioners,v.Julia MARTINEZ et al. No. 76-682. Argued Nov. 29, 1977. Decided May 15, 1978. Syllabus Respondents, a female member of the Santa Clara Pueblo and her daughter, brought this action for declaratory and injunctive relief against petitioners, the Pueblo and its […]

436 U.S. 493 98 S.Ct. 1939 56 L.Ed.2d 480 GENERAL ATOMIC COMPANYv.Edwin L. FELTER, District Judge, etc., et al. No. 77-1237. May 30, 1978. PER CURIAM. 1 Petitioner has filed a motion for leave to file a petition for a writ of mandamus and requests that a writ of mandamus issue to the District Court […]

436 U.S. 499 98 S.Ct. 1942 56 L.Ed.2d 486 State of MICHIGAN, Petitioner,v.Loren TYLER and Robert Tompkins. No. 76-1608. Argued Jan. 10, 1978. Decided May 31, 1978. Syllabus Shortly before midnight on January 21, 1970, a fire broke out in respondents’ furniture store, to which the local fire department responded. When the fire chief arrived […]

436 U.S. 412 98 S.Ct. 1893 56 L.Ed.2d 417 In re Edna Smith PRIMUS, Appellant. No. 77-56. Argued Jan. 16, 1978. Decided May 30, 1978. Syllabus Appellant, a practicing lawyer in South Carolina who was also a cooperating lawyer with a branch of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), after advising a gathering of women […]

436 U.S. 447 98 S.Ct. 1912 56 L.Ed.2d 444 Albert OHRALIK, Appellant,v.OHIO STATE BAR ASSOCIATION. No. 76-1650. Argued Jan. 16, 1978. Decided May 30, 1978. Rehearing Denied Oct. 2, 1978. See 439 U.S. 883, 99 S.Ct. 226. Syllabus Appellant, an Ohio lawyer, contacted the parents of one of the drivers injured in an automobile accident […]

436 U.S. 340 98 S.Ct. 1834 56 L.Ed.2d 329 UNITED STATES, Petitioner,v.John MAURO and John Fusco. UNITED STATES, Petitioner, v. Richard Thompson FORD. Nos. 76-1596, 77-52. Argued Feb. 27, 1978. Decided May 23, 1978. Syllabus After respondents in No. 76-1596, who at the time were serving state sentences in New York, were indicted on federal […]

436 U.S. 371 98 S.Ct. 1852 56 L.Ed.2d 354 Lester BALDWIN et al., Appellants,v.FISH AND GAME COMMISSION OF MONTANA et al. No. 76-1150. Argued Oct. 5, 1977. Decided May 23, 1978. Syllabus Appellants brought this action for declaratory and other relief claiming that the Montana statutory elk-hunting license scheme, which imposes substantially higher (at least […]

436 U.S. 407 98 S.Ct. 2276 56 L.Ed.2d 381 Joseph VITEK, etc., et al., appellants,v.Larry D. JONES, appellees No. 77- 888 Supreme Court of the United States May 23, 1978 May 23, 1978. PER CURIAM. 1 This appeal presents a challenge under the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to a state statute which […]

436 U.S. 307 98 S.Ct. 1816 56 L.Ed.2d 305 Ray MARSHALL, Secretary of Labor, et al., Appellants,v.BARLOW’S, INC. No. 76-1143. Argued Jan. 9, 1978. Decided May 23, 1978. Syllabus Appellee brought this action to obtain injunctive relief against a warrantless inspection of its business premises pursuant to ? 8(a) of the Occupational Safety and Health […]

436 U.S. 31 98 S.Ct. 1873 56 L.Ed.2d 53 UNITED STATES, petitioner,v.Estelle JACOBS aka “Mrs. Kramer.” No.76-1193. Supreme Court of the United States May 1, 1978 On Writ of Certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. PER CURIAM. The writ of certiorari is dismissed as improvidently granted. U.S. v. California […]

56 L.Ed.2d 251 98 S.Ct. 1778 436 U.S. 238 Ike SLODOV, Petitioner,v.UNITED STATES. No. 76-1835. Argued Feb. 22, 1978. Decided May 22, 1978. Syllabus Petitioner assumed control of three corporations at a time when a delinquency existed for unpaid federal taxes withheld from employees’ wages, while the specific funds withheld but not paid had been […]