Category: 1979

442 U.S. 200 99 S.Ct. 2248 60 L.Ed.2d 824 Irving Jerome DUNAWAY, Petitioner,v.State of NEW YORK. No. 78-5066. Argued March 21, 1979. Decided June 5, 1979. Syllabus A Rochester, N. Y., police detective questioned a jail inmate, the supposed source of a lead implicating petitioner in an attempted robbery and homicide, but learned nothing that […]

442 U.S. 228 99 S.Ct. 2264 60 L.Ed.2d 846 Shirley DAVIS, Petitioner,v.Otto E. PASSMAN. No. 78-5072. Argued Feb. 27, 1979. Decided June 5, 1979. Syllabus Petitioner brought suit in Federal District Court alleging that respondent, who was a United States Congressman at the time this case commenced, had discriminated against petitioner on the basis of […]

442 U.S. 140 99 S.Ct. 2213 60 L.Ed.2d 777 COUNTY COURT OF ULSTER COUNTY, NEW YORK, et al., Petitioners,v.Samuel ALLEN et al. No. 77-1554. Argued Feb. 22, 1979. Decided June 4, 1979. Syllabus Respondents (three adult males) and a 16-year-old girl (Jane Doe) were jointly tried in a New York state court on charges, inter […]

442 U.S. 178 99 S.Ct. 2235 60 L.Ed.2d 805 UNITED STATES, Petitioner,v.Hugh J. ADDONIZIO et al. No. 78-156. Argued March 27, 1979. Decided June 4, 1979. Syllabus Held: A federal prisoner’s allegation that a postsentencing change in the policies of the United States Parole Commission has prolonged his actual imprisonment beyond the period intended by […]

442 U.S. 191 99 S.Ct. 2243 60 L.Ed.2d 816 Karen MARCHIORO et al., Appellants,v.Neale V. CHANEY et al. No. 78-647. Argued March 26, 1979. Decided June 4, 1979. Syllabus Held: A Washington statute that requires each major political party to have a State Committee consisting of two persons from each county in the State does […]

442 U.S. 1309 99 S.Ct. 2095 60 L.Ed.2d 1033 Jasper F. WILLIAMS, M. D., et al., Applicant,v.David ZBARAZ, M. D., et al. Arthur F. QUERN, Applicant, v. David ZBARAZ, M. D., et al.Nos. A-958, A-967. May 24, 1979. Mr. Justice STEVENS, Circuit Justice. Applicants seek a stay of an order of the United States District […]

442 U.S. 1308 99 S.Ct. 2095 60 L.Ed.2d 655 John A. SPENKELINK, Applicant,v.Louie L. WAINWRIGHT et al.No. A-1016. May 23, 1979. Mr. Justice MARSHALL. 1 John A. Spenkelink, who is scheduled to be put to death at 7:00 a. m. on May 23, 1979, has applied to me for a stay of his execution. Mr. […]

442 U.S. 100 99 S.Ct. 2190 60 L.Ed.2d 743 Robert DUNN, Petitioner,v.UNITED STATES. No. 77-6949. Argued March 29, 1978. Decided June 4, 1979. Syllabus Petitioner’s testimony before a grand jury in June 1976 implicated one Musgrave in various drug-related offenses, and an indictment of Musgrave followed. On September 30, 1976, petitioner recanted his testimony in […]

442 U.S. 114 99 S.Ct. 2198 60 L.Ed.2d 755 UNITED STATES, Petitioner,v.Milton Dean BATCHELDER. No. 78-776. Argued April 18, 1979. Decided June 4, 1979. Syllabus Respondent was found guilty of violating 18 U.S.C. ? 922(h), which is part of Title IV of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (Act). That provision […]

442 U.S. 127 99 S.Ct. 2205 60 L.Ed.2d 767 G. Garvin BROWN, III, Petitioner,v.Mark Paul FELSEN. No. 78-58. Argued Feb. 21, 1979. Decided June 4, 1979. Syllabus In the settlement of a state-court collection suit, respondent stipulated that petitioner should have judgment against respondent. Shortly thereafter, respondent filed for bankruptcy, and petitioner sought to establish […]

442 U.S. 1301 99 S.Ct. 2091 60 L.Ed.2d 649 John A. SPENKELINK, Applicant,v.Louie L. WAINWRIGHT et al.No. A-1016. May 22, 1979. Mr. Justice REHNQUIST, Circuit Justice. 1 This application for stay has come to me by reason of the unavailability of Mr. Justice POWELL. On December 20, 1973, following a trial and jury verdict, applicant […]

442 U.S. 1 99 S.Ct. 2100 60 L.Ed.2d 668 John B. GREENHOLTZ, etc., et al., Petitioners,v.INMATES OF the NEBRASKA PENAL AND CORRECTIONAL COMPLEX et al. No. 78-201. Argued Jan. 17, 1979. Decided May 29, 1979. Syllabus Under Nebraska statutes a prison inmate becomes eligible for discretionary parole when his minimum term, less good-time credits, has […]

441 U.S. 91 99 S.Ct. 1601 60 L.Ed.2d 66 GLADSTONE, REALTORS, et al., Petitioners, v. VILLAGE OF BELLWOOD et al. No. 77-1493. Argued Nov. 29, 1978. Decided April 17, 1979. Syllabus Section 812 of the Fair Housing Act of 1968 (Act) provides that the rights granted by ? 804 against racial discrimination in the sales […]

441 U.S. 913 99 S.Ct. 2014 60 L.Ed.2d 386 John Buford IRVING, IIIv.State of MISSISSIPPI No. 78-5873 Supreme Court of the United States April 16, 1979 On petition for writ of certiorari to the Supreme Court of Mississippi. The petition for a writ of certiorari is denied. Mr. Justice MARSHALL, with whom Mr. Justice BRENNAN […]

441 U.S. 953 99 S.Ct. 2182 60 L.Ed.2d 1058 Billy Glen BILESv.John C. WATKINS No. 78-6073 Supreme Court of the United States May 14, 1979 Mr. Justice WHITE, with whom Mr. Justice BRENNAN and Mr. Justice MARSHALL join, dissenting. 1 Petitioner was convicted of capital felony murder under ? 97-3-19(2)(e) of the Mississippi Code of […]

441 U.S. 768 99 S.Ct. 2077 60 L.Ed.2d 624 UNITED STATES, Petitioner,v.Neil T. NAFTALIN. No. 78-561. Argued March 26, 1979. Decided May 21, 1979. Syllabus Respondent engaged in a fraudulent “short selling” scheme, by placing orders with brokers to sell certain shares of stock which he believed had peaked in price and which he falsely […]

441 U.S. 780 99 S.Ct. 2085 60 L.Ed.2d 634 UNITED STATES, Petitioner,v.Charles TIMMRECK. No. 78-744. Argued April 16, 1979. Decided May 21, 1979. Syllabus Respondent was convicted of a federal drug offense upon a guilty plea. Upon accepting the plea the trial judge explained to respondent that he could receive a 15-year prison sentence and […]

441 U.S. 786 99 S.Ct. 2088 60 L.Ed.2d 640 Commonwealth of KENTUCKY, Petitioner,v.Harold WHORTON. No. 78-749. May 21, 1979. Rehearing Denied Oct. 1, 1979. See 444 U.S. 887, 100 S.Ct. 186. PER CURIAM. 1 In Taylor v. Kentucky, 436 U.S. 478, 98 S.Ct. 1930, 56 L.Ed.2d 468 (1978), this Court reversed a criminal conviction resulting […]

441 U.S. 792 99 S.Ct. 2400 60 L.Ed.2d 646 Peggy J. CONNOR et al.v.J. P. COLEMAN, Judge, United States Court of Appeals, et al No. 78-1013 Supreme Court of the United States May 21, 1979 On petition for a writ of mandamus. PER CURIAM. 1 On 440 U.S. 612, 99 S.Ct. 1523, 59 L.Ed.2d 619. […]

441 U.S. 677 99 S.Ct. 1946 60 L.Ed.2d 560 Geraldine G. CANNON, Petitioner, v. UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO et al. No. 77-926. Argued Jan. 9, 1979 Decided May 14, 1979. Counsel: John M. Cannon, Chicago, Ill., for petitioner. Wade H. McCree, Jr., Sol. Gen. of the U. S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., for federal […]