Category: 1978

435 U.S. 934 98 S.Ct. 1511 55 L.Ed.2d 532 Wallace JARVISv.UNITED STATES No. 77-5757 Supreme Court of the United States March 20, 1978 On petition for writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. The petition for a writ of certiorari is denied. Mr. Justice WHITE, with whom Mr. […]

435 U.S. 734 98 S.Ct. 1388 55 L.Ed.2d 682 DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE OF the STATE OF WASHINGTON, Petitioner,v.ASSOCIATION OF WASHINGTON STEVEDORING COMPANIES et al. No. 76-1706. Argued Jan. 16, 17, 1978. Decided April 26, 1978. Syllabus 1. The State of Washington’s business and occupation tax does not violate the Commerce Clause by taxing the interstate […]

435 U.S. 647 98 S.Ct. 1338 55 L.Ed.2d 614 Wilson H. ELKINS, President, University of Maryland, Petitioner,v.Juan Carlos MORENO et al. No. 77-154. Argued Feb. 22, 1978. Decided April 19, 1978. Syllabus It is the policy of the University of Maryland to grant “in-state” status for admission, tuition, and charge-differential purposes only to students who […]

435 U.S. 679 98 S.Ct. 1355 5 L.Ed.2d 637 NATIONAL SOCIETY OF PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERS, Petitioner,v.UNITED STATES. No. 76-1767. Argued Jan. 18, 1978. Decided April 25, 1978. Syllabus The United States brought this civil antitrust suit against petitioner, the National Society of Professional Engineers, alleging that petitioner’s canon of ethics prohibiting its members from submitting competitive […]

435 U.S. 702 98 S.Ct. 1370 55 L.Ed.2d 657 CITY OF LOS ANGELES, DEPARTMENT OF WATER AND POWER, et al., Petitioners,v.Marie MANHART et al. No. 76-1810. Argued Jan. 18, 1978. Decided April 25, 1978. Syllabus. This suit was filed as a class action on behalf of present or former female employees of petitioner Los Angeles […]

435 U.S. 618 98 S.Ct. 1322 55 L.Ed.2d 593 Paul A. McDANIEL, Appellant,v.Selma Cash PATY et al. No. 76-1427. Argued Dec. 5, 1977. Decided April 19, 1978. Syllabus Appellee Paty, a candidate for delegate to a Tennessee constitutional convention, sued in the State Chancery Court for a declaratory judgment that appellant, an opponent who was […]

55 L.Ed.2d 550 98 S.Ct. 1291 435 U.S. 561 FRANK LYON COMPANY, Petitioner,v.UNITED STATES. No. 76-624. Argued Nov. 2, 1977. Decided April 18, 1978. Syllabus A state bank, which was a member of the Federal Reserve System, upon realizing that it was not feasible, because of various state and federal regulations, for it to finance […]

435 U.S. 589 98 S.Ct. 1306 55 L.Ed.2d 570 Richard NIXON, Petitioner,v.WARNER COMMUNICATIONS, INC., et al. No. 76-944. Argued Nov. 8, 1977. Decided April 18, 1978. Syllabus During the criminal trial of several of petitioner ex-President’s former advisers on charges, inter alia, of conspiring to obstruct justice in connection with the so-called Watergate investigation, some […]

435 U.S. 6 98 S.Ct. 909 55 L.Ed.2d 70 Michael Lee SIMPSON and Tommy Wayne Simpson, Petitioners,v.UNITED STATES. Michael Lee SIMPSON, Petitioner, v. UNITED STATES. Nos. 76-5761 and 76-5796. Argued Nov. 1, 1977. Decided Feb. 28, 1978. Syllabus The punishment for bank robbery under 18 U.S.C. ? 2113(a) may be enhanced under ? 2113(d) when […]

435 U.S. 475 98 S.Ct. 1173 55 L.Ed.2d 426 Winston M. HOLLOWAY et al., Petitioners,v.State of ARKANSAS. No. 76-5856. Argued Nov. 2, 1977. Decided April 3, 1978. Syllabus Petitioners, three codefendants at a state criminal trial in Arkansas, made timely motions, both a few weeks before the trial and before the jury was empaneled, for […]

435 U.S. 559 98 S.Ct. 1596 56 L.Ed.2d 547 Maurice PROCTORv.WARDEN, MARYLAND PENITENTIARY No. 77-5898 Supreme Court of the United States April 17, 1978 On petition for writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. PER CURIAM. 1 A Federal District Court entered a final order denying the petitioner […]

435 U.S. 519 98 S.Ct. 1197 55 L.Ed.2d 460 VERMONT YANKEE NUCLEAR POWER CORPORATION, Petitioner,v.NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL, INC., et al. CONSUMERS POWER COMPANY, Petitioner, v. Nelson AESCHLIMAN et al. Nos. 76-419, 76-528. Argued Nov. 28, 1977. Decided April 3, 1978. Syllabus In No. 76-419, after extensive hearings before the e Atomic Safety and Licensing […]

435 U.S. 40 98 S.Ct. 927 55 L.Ed.2d 96 FEDERAL MARITIME COMMISSION et al., Petitioners,v.PACIFIC MARITIME ASSOCIATION et al. No. 76-938. Argued Dec. 7, 1977. Decided March 1, 1978. Syllabus Respondent Pacific Maritime Association (PMA), a collective-bargaining agent for a multiemployer bargaining unit composed of various employers of Pacific coast dockworkers, entered into a collective-bargaining […]

435 U.S. 444 98 S.Ct. 1153 55 L.Ed.2d 403 Commonwealth of MASSACHUSETTS, Petitioners,v.UNITED STATES. No. 76-1500. Argued Dec. 6, 1977. Decided March 29, 1978. Syllabus As part of a comprehensive program to recoup the costs of federal aviation programs from those who use the national airsystem, Congress enacted the Airport and Airway Revenue Act of […]

435 U.S. 497 98 S.Ct. 1185 55 L.Ed.2d 443 E. I. MALONE, Commissioner of Labor and Industry for Minnesota, Appellant,v.WHITE MOTOR CORPORATION and White Farm Equipment Company. No. 76-1184. Argued Jan. 10, 1978. Decided April 3, 1978. Syllabus The 1971 version of a pension plan negotiated by appellee company and the union representing its employees […]

435 U.S. 389 98 S.Ct. 1123 55 L.Ed.2d 364 CITY OF LAFAYETTE, LOUISIANA and City of Plaquemine, Louisiana, Petitioners,v.LOUISIANA POWER & LIGHT COMPANY. No. 76-864. Argued Oct. 4, 1977. Decided March 29, 1978. Syllabus Petitioner cities, which own and operate electric utility systems both within and beyond their respective city limits as authorized by Louisiana […]

435 U.S. 381 98 S.Ct. 1117 55 L.Ed.2d 357 BANKERS TRUST COMPANY, Petitioner,v.Samuel MALLIS and Franklyn Kupferman. No. 76-1359. March 28, 1978. Rehearing Denied May 15, 1978. See 436 U.S. 915, 98 S.Ct. 2259. PER CURIAM. 1 Respondents sued petitioner Bankers Trust Co. under ? 10(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, 48 Stat. […]

435 U.S. 333 98 S.Ct. 1091 55 L.Ed.2d 319 Ensio Ruben LAKESIDE, Petitioner,v.State of OREGON. No. 76-6942. Argued Jan. 18, 1978. Decided March 22, 1978. Syllabus 1. The giving by a state trial judge, over a criminal defendant’s objection, of a cautionary instruction that the jury is not to draw any adverse inference from the […]

435 U.S. 349 98 S.Ct. 1099 55 L.Ed.2d 331 Harold D. STUMP et al., Petitioners,v.Linda Kay SPARKMAN and Leo Sparkman. No. 76-1750. Argued Jan. 10, 1978. Decided March 28, 1978. Rehearing Denied June 5, 1978. See 436 U.S. 951, 98 S.Ct. 2862. Syllabus A mother filed a petition in affidavit form in an Indiana Circuit […]

435 U.S. 371 98 S.Ct. 1112 55 L.Ed.2d 349 UNITED STATES, Petitioner,v.Donald Lavern CULBERT. No. 77-142. Argued Jan. 11, 1978. Decided March 28, 1978. Syllabus Respondent was convicted under the Hobbs Act, 18 U.S.C. ? 1951, of attempting to obtain money from a federally insured bank by means of threats of violence to its president. […]