Category: 1979

442 U.S. 653 99 S.Ct. 2529 61 L.Ed.2d 153 Roy Tibbals WILSON et al., Petitioners,v.OMAHA INDIAN TRIBE et al. State of IOWA et al., Petitioners, v. OMAHA INDIAN TRIBE et al. Nos. 78-160, 78-161. Argued March 21, 1979. Decided June 20, 1979. Syllabus Pursuant to an 1854 treaty, the reservation of the Omaha Indian Tribe […]

442 U.S. 682 99 S.Ct. 2545 61 L.Ed.2d 176 CALIFANO, Secretary of Health, Education and Welfarev.YAMASAKI et al. No. 77-1511. Argued March 19, 1979 Decided June 20, 1979 Section 204(a)(1) of the Social Security Act (Act) authorizes the Secretary of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare to recoup erroneous overpayments made to a beneficiary […]

442 U.S. 584 99 S.Ct. 2493 61 L.Ed.2d 101 James PARHAM, Individually and as Commissioner of the Department of Human Resources, et al., Appellants,v.J. R. et al. No. 75-1690. Argued Dec. 6, 1977. Reargued Oct. 10, 1978. Decided June 20, 1979. Syllabus Appellees, children being treated in a Georgia state mental hospital, instituted in Federal […]

442 U.S. 62 99 S.Ct. 2132 60 L.Ed.2d 713 Harry PARKER, Petitioner,v.James RANDOLPH et al. No. 78-99. Argued March 20, 1979. Decided May 29, 1979. Syllabus Respondents were convicted, after a joint trial in a Tennessee court, of murder committed during the commission of a robbery. None of the respondents took the witness stand, and […]

442 U.S. 560 99 S.Ct. 2479 61 L.Ed.2d 82 TOUCHE ROSS & CO., Petitioner,v.Edward S. REDINGTON, etc., et al. No. 78-309. Argued March 26, 1979. Decided June 18, 1979. Opinion after remand, 2 Cir., 612 F.2d 68. Syllabus ccounting firm was retained by a securities brokerage firm (Weis) registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission […]

442 U.S. 529 99 S.Ct. 2461 61 L.Ed.2d 54 UNITED GAS PIPE LINE COMPANY, Petitioner,v.Billy J. McCOMBS et al. FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION, Petitioner, v. Billy J. McCOMBS et al. Nos. 78-17, 78-249. Argued Feb. 22, 1979. Decided June 18, 1979. Syllabus In 1954, the Federal Power Commission, now the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, issued […]

442 U.S. 544 99 S.Ct. 2470 61 L.Ed.2d 68 UNITED STATES et al., Petitioners,v.Glen L. RUTHERFORD et al. No. 78-605. Argued April 25, 1979. Decided June 18, 1979. Opinion after remand, 10 Cir., 616 F.2d 455. Syllabus Terminally ill cancer patients and their spouses brought this action to enjoin the Government from interfering with the […]

442 U.S. 477 99 S.Ct. 2432 61 L.Ed.2d 12 UNITED STATES, Petitioner,v.Henry HELSTOSKI. No. 78-349. Argued March 27, 1979. Decided June 18, 1979. Syllabus During an investigation by several federal grand juries of reported political corruption, including allegations that aliens had paid money for the introduction of private bills in Congress to suspend the application […]

442 U.S. 500 99 S.Ct. 2445 61 L.Ed.2d 30 Henry HELSTOSKI, Petitioner,v.H. Curtis MEANOR, United States District Judge, et al. No. 78-546. Argued March 27, 1979. Decided June 18, 1979. Syllabus Petitioner, then a Member of Congress, was indicted in 1976 for conspiring to solicit and accept, and for soliciting and accepting, bribes in return […]

442 U.S. 510 99 S.Ct. 2450 61 L.Ed.2d 39 David SANDSTROM, Petitioner,v.State of MONTANA. No. 78-5384. Argued April 18, 1979. Decided June 18, 1979. Syllabus Based upon a confession and other evidence, petitioner was charged under a Montana statute with “deliberate homicide,” in that he “purposely or knowingly” caused the victim’s death. At trial, petitioner […]

442 U.S. 42 99 S.Ct. 2121 60 L.Ed.2d 698 INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF ELECTRICAL WORKERS et al., Petitioners,v.Leroy FOUST. No. 78-38. Argued Feb. 26, 1979. Decided May 29, 1979. Syllabus ondent was discharged by his employer, the Union Pacific Railroad Co., for failing properly to request an extension of his medical leave of absence. Petitioner union […]

442 U.S. 444 99 S.Ct. 2388 60 L.Ed.2d 1017 SOUTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY, Petitioner,v.SEABOARD ALLIED MILLING CORP. et al. INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSION, Petitioner, v. SEABOARD ALLIED MILLING CORP. et al. SEABOARD COAST LINE RAILROAD COMPANY et al., Petitioners, v. SEABOARD ALLIED MILLING CORP. et al. Nos. 78-575, 78-597, and 78-604. Argued April 23, 1979. Decided June […]

442 U.S. 366 99 S.Ct. 2345 60 L.Ed.2d 957 GREAT AMERICAN FEDERAL SAVINGS & LOAN ASSOCIATION et al., Petitioners,v.John R. NOVOTNY. No. 78-753. Argued April 18, 1979. Decided June 11, 1979. Syllabus After respondent, a former officer, director, and loan officer of petitioner Great American Federal Savings and Loan Association (Association) received a right-to-sue letter […]

442 U.S. 397 99 S.Ct. 2361 60 L.Ed.2d 980 SOUTHEASTERN COMMUNITY COLLEGE, Petitioner,v.Frances B. DAVIS. No. 78-711. Argued April 23, 1979. Decided June 11, 1979. Syllabus Respondent, who suffers from a serious hearing disability and who seeks to be trained as a registered nurse, was denied admission to the nursing program of petitioner Southeastern Community […]

442 U.S. 415 99 S.Ct. 2371 60 L.Ed.2d 994 Hilmar G. MOORE et al., Appellants,v.John Pleasant SIMS et al. No. 78-6. Argued Feb. 26, 1979. Decided June 11, 1979. Syllabus When school authorities reported suspected abuse of one of adult appellees’ children to the Texas Department of Human Resources (Department), the Department took temporary custody […]

442 U.S. 256 99 S.Ct. 2282 60 L.Ed.2d 870 PERSONNEL ADMINISTRATOR OF MASSACHUSETTS et al., Appellants,v.Helen B. FEENEY. No. 78-233. Argued Feb. 26, 1979. Decided June 5, 1979. Syllabus During her 12-year tenure as a state employee, appellee, who is not a veteran, had passed a number of open competitive civil service examinations for better […]

442 U.S. 347 99 S.Ct. 2335 60 L.Ed.2d 943 Cecil D. ANDRUS, Secretary of the Interior, et al., Petitioners,v.SIERRA CLUB et al. No. 78-625. Argued April 18, 1979. Decided June 11, 1979. Syllabus Section 102(2)(C) of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA) requires environmental impact statements (EIS’s) to be included in recommendations or […]

442 U.S. 289 99 S.Ct. 2301 60 L.Ed.2d 895 Bruce BABBITT, Governor of the State of Arizona, et al., Appellants,v.UNITED FARM WORKERS NATIONAL UNION, etc., et al. No. 78-225. Argued Feb. 21, 1979. Decided June 5, 1979. Syllabus Appellees (a farmworkers’ union, a union agent, farmworkers, and a union supporter) brought suit in Federal District […]

442 U.S. 319 99 S.Ct. 2319 60 L.Ed.2d 920 LO-JI SALES, INC., Petitioner,v.State of NEW YORK. No. 78-511. Argued April 16, 1979. Decided June 11, 1979. Syllabus A New York State Police investigator, after purchasing two films from petitioner’s “adult” bookstore and after viewing them and concluding that they violated state obscenity laws, took the […]

60 L.Ed.2d 931 99 S.Ct. 2326 442 U.S. 330 Kathleen R. REITER, Petitioner,v.SONOTONE CORPORATION et al. No. 78-690. Argued April 25, 1979. Decided June 11, 1979. Syllabus Petitioner brought a class action on behalf of herself and all persons in the United States who purchased hearing aids manufactured by respondents, alleging that, because of antitrust […]