Category: 1978

435 U.S. 268 98 S.Ct. 1054 55 L.Ed.2d 268 UNITED STATES, Petitioner,v.Ralph CECCOLINI. No. 76-1151. Argued Dec. 5, 1978. Decided March 21, 1978. Syllabus A police officer (Biro), while taking a break in respondent’s flower shop and conversing with an employee of the shop (Hennessey), noticed an envelope with money protruding therefrom lying on the […]

435 U.S. 291 98 S.Ct. 1067 55 L.Ed.2d 287 Edmund FOLEY, Appellant,v.William G. CONNELIE, Individually and in his capacity as Superintendent of the New York State Police, and S. A. Smith, Individually, and in his capacity as Director of Personnel of the New York State Police. No. 76-839. Argued Nov. 8, 1977. Decided March 22, […]

435 U.S. 313 98 S.Ct. 1079 55 L.Ed.2d 303 UNITED STATES, Petitioner,v.Anthony Robert WHEELER. No. 76-1629. Argued Jan. 11, 1978. Decided March 22, 1978. Syllabus Respondent, a member of the Navajo Tribe, pleaded guilty in Tribal Court to a charge of contributing to the delinquency of a minor and was sentenced. Subsequently, he was indicted […]

435 U.S. 223 98 S.Ct. 1029 55 L.Ed.2d 234 Claude D. BALLEW, Petitioner,v.State of GEORGIA. No. 76-761. Argued Nov. 1, 1977. Decided March 21, 1978. Syllabus Petitioner, who was charged with committing a misdemeanor, was tried before a five-person jury pursuant to Georgia law, and convicted. Though a criminal trial by a six-person jury is […]

435 U.S. 247 98 S.Ct. 1042 55 L.Ed.2d 252 John D. CAREY et al., Petitioners,v.Jarius PIPHUS, etc., et al. No. 76-1149. Argued Dec. 6, 1977. Decided March 21, 1978. Syllabus In actions by public school students under 42 U.S.C. ? 1983 against school officials, wherein the students were found to have been suspended from school […]

435 U.S. 151 98 S.Ct. 988 55 L.Ed.2d 179 Dixy Lee RAY, Governor of Washington, et al., Appellants,v.ATLANTIC RICHFIELD COMPANY and Seatrain Lines, I corporated. No. 76-930. Argued Oct. 31, 1977. Decided March 6, 1978. Syllabus Appellees challenge the constitutionality of the Washington Tanker Law, which regulates the design, size, and movement of oil tankers […]

435 U.S. 191 98 S.Ct. 1011 55 L.Ed.2d 209 Mark David OLIPHANT and Daniel B. Belgarde, Petitioners,v.The SUQUAMISH INDIAN TRIBE et al. No. 76-5729. Argued Jan. 9, 1978. Decided March 6, 1978.* Syllabus by the Court Indian tribal courts do not have inherent criminal jurisdiction to try and to punish non-Indians, and hence may not […]

55 L.Ed.2d 82 98 S.Ct. 917 435 U.S. 21 CENTRAL ILLINOIS PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY, Petitioner,v.UNITED STATES. No. 76-1058. Argued Oct. 12, 1977. Decided Feb. 28, 1978. Syllabus Sharon L. King, Chicago, Ill., for petitioner. Stuart Alan Smith, Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., for respondent. Mr. Justice BLACKMUN delivered the opinion of the Court. 1 This […]

435 U.S. 213 98 S.Ct. 1024 55 L.Ed.2d 225 Max CLELAND, Administrator of the Veterans Administration, et al.v.NATIONAL COLLEGE OF BUSINESS. No. 77-716. March 20, 1978. PER CURIAM. 1 The question presented is whether the Due Process Clause of the Fifth Amendment prohibits Congress from restricting the educational courses for which veterans’ benefits are available […]

435 U.S. 110 98 S.Ct. 965 55 L.Ed.2d 148 UNITED STATES, Appellant,v.BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF SHEFFIELD, ALABAMA, et al., Appellees. No. 76-1662. Argued Oct. 11, 1977. Decided March 6, 1978. Syllabus Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 provides that whenever “a State or political subdivision with respect to which” ? 4 of […]

435 U.S. 1304 98 S.Ct. 1219 55 L.Ed.2d 751 Richard VETTERLI et al., Applicants,v.UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR the CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA et al. No. A-830 (77-1395). April 10, 1978. Mr. Justice REHNQUIST, Circuit Justice. 1 Applicants, members of the Pasadena City Board of Education, seek a stay of an order issued by the […]

435 U.S. 1011 98 S.Ct. 1885 56 L.Ed.2d 394 State of MARYLANDv.Victor Dennis MARZULLO No. 77-784 Supreme Court of the United States May 1, 1978 On petition for writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. The motion of respondent for leave to proceed in forma pauperis is granted. […]

435 U.S. 1014 98 S.Ct. 1888 56 L.Ed.2d 395 David S. HUFFMANv.State of FLORIDA No. 77-6025 Supreme Court of the United States May 1, 1978 On petition for writ of certiorari to the Supreme Court of Florida. The petition for a writ of certiorari is denied. Mr. Justice MARSHALL, with whom Mr. Justice BRENNAN joins, […]

435 U.S. 1301 98 S.Ct. 1171 55 L.Ed.2d 489 Boyer Alfredo BRACY and Sandra Denise Martin, Petitioners,v.UNITED STATES. No. A-798 (77-1360). March 29, 1978. Mr. Justice REHNQUIST, Circuit Justice. 1 Applicants were convicted of several related narcotics offenses in the United States District Court for the Southern District of California. The Court of Appeals for […]

435 U.S. 1003 98 S.Ct. 1659 56 L.Ed.2d 92 Lynell FRANKLIN et al., petitioners,v.Pleasant C. SHIELDS et al No. 77- 6016 Supreme Court of the United States April 24, 1978 1 Motion of Public Defender of Wisconsin for leave to file a brief, as amicus curiae, granted. Petition for writ of certiorari to the United […]

435 U.S. 1000 98 S.Ct. 1656 56 L.Ed.2d 90 Patricia Campbell HEARST, petitioner,v.UNITED STATES No. 77-1089 Supreme Court of the United States April 24, 1978 Petition for writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. 1 Denied. 2 Mr. Justice BRENNAN would grant certiorari limited to questions VII and […]

435 U.S. 1000 98 S.Ct. 1657 56 L.Ed.2d 91 Thomas RILEYv.State of ILLINOIS No. 77-5953 Supreme Court of the United States April 24, 1978 Rehearing Denied June 5, 1978. See 436 U.S. 951, 98 S.Ct. 2861. On petition for writ of certiorari to the Appellate Court of Illinois, First District. The petition for a writ […]

439 U.S. 463 99 S.Ct. 740 58 L.Ed.2d 740 State of WASHINGTON et al., Appellants,v.CONFEDERATED BANDS AND TRIBES OF the YAKIMA INDIAN NATION. No. 77-388. Argued Oct. 2, 1978. Decided Jan. 16, 1979. Rehearing Denied Feb. 26, 1979. See 440 U.S. 940, 99 S.Ct. 1290. Syllabus Section 6 of Pub.L. 280 authorizes the people of […]