Category: 1980

445 U.S. 552 445 U.S. 552 100 S.Ct. 1358 63 L.Ed.2d 622 Winfield L. ROBERTS, Petitioner,v.UNITED STATES. No. 78-1793. Argued Jan. 14, 15, 1980. Decided April 15, 1980. Syllabus Held : The District Court properly considered, as one factor in imposing consecutive sentences on petitioner who had pleaded guilty to two counts of using a […]

445 U.S. 463 445 U.S. 463 100 S.Ct. 1244 63 L.Ed.2d 537 UNITED STATES, Petitioner,v.Keith CREWS. No. 78-777. Argued Oct. 31, 1979. Decided March 25, 1980. Syllabus Immediately after being assaulted and robbed at gunpoint, the victim notified the police and gave them a full description of her assailant. Several days later, respondent, who matched […]

445 U.S. 480 445 U.S. 480 100 S.Ct. 1254 63 L.Ed.2d 552 Joseph VITEK, etc., et al., Applicants,v.Larry D. JONES. No. 78-1155. Argued Dec. 3, 1979. Decided March 25, 1980. Syllabus Appellee, a convicted felon, was transferred from state prison to a mental hospital pursuant to a Nebraska statute (§ 83-180(1)) which provides that if […]

445 U.S. 507 445 U.S. 507 100 S.Ct. 1287 63 L.Ed.2d 574 Peter BRANTI, as Public Defender of Rockland County, Petitioner,v.Aaron FINKEL and Alan Tabakman. No. 78-1654. Argued Dec. 4, 1979. Decided March 31, 1980. Syllabus Respondents, both Republicans, brought suit in Federal District Court to enjoin petitioner, a Democrat, who had recently been appointed […]

445 U.S. 425 445 U.S. 425 100 S.Ct. 1223 63 L.Ed.2d 510 MOBIL OIL CORPORATION, Appellant,v.COMMISSIONER OF TAXES OF VERMONT. No. 78-1201. Argued Nov. 7, 1979. Decided March 19, 1980. Syllabus Appellant is a corporation organized under the laws of New York, where it has its principal place of business and its “commercial domicile.” It […]

445 U.S. 388 445 U.S. 388 100 S.Ct. 1202 63 L.Ed.2d 479 UNITED STATES PAROLE COMMISSION et al., Petitioners,v.John M. GERAGHTY. No. 78-572. Argued Oct. 2, 1979. Decided March 19, 1980. Syllabus Respondent, after twice being denied parole from a federal prison, brought suit against petitioners in Federal District Court challenging the validity of the […]

445 U.S. 360 445 U.S. 360 100 S.Ct. 1185 63 L.Ed.2d 454 UNITED STATES, Petitioner,v.Edgar H. GILLOCK. No. 78-1455. Argued Dec. 4, 1979. Decided March 19, 1980. Syllabus A federal indictment charged respondent, then a Tennessee state senator, with accepting money as fees for using his public office to block the extradition of a defendant […]

445 U.S. 375 445 U.S. 375 100 S.Ct. 1194 63 L.Ed.2d 467 GTE SYLVANIA, INCORPORATED et al., Petitioners,v.CONSUMERS UNION OF the UNITED STATES, INC. et al. No. 78-1248. Argued Nov. 28, 1979. Decided March 19, 1980. Syllabus In connection with an investigation of hazards in the operation of television receivers, respondent Consumer Product Safety Commission […]

445 U.S. 39 445 U.S. 39 100 S.Ct. 1092 63 L.Ed.2d 185 Commonwealth of MASSACHUSETTS, petitioner,v.Joseph MEEHAN No. 78-1874 Supreme Court of the United States February 26, 1980 On Writ of Certiorari to the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts. PER CURIAM. 1 The writ of certiorari is dismissed as improvidently granted. CC∅ | Transformed by […]

445 U.S. 263 445 U.S. 263 100 S.Ct. 1133 63 L.Ed.2d 382 William James RUMMEL, Petitioner,v.W. J. ESTELLE, Jr., Director, Texas Department of Corrections. No. 78-6386. Argued Jan. 7, 1980. Decided March 18, 1980. Syllabus Petitioner, who previously on two separate occasions had been convicted in Texas state courts and sentenced to prison for felonies […]

445 U.S. 308 445 U.S. 308 100 S.Ct. 1156 63 L.Ed.2d 413 Carol VANCE et al., Appellants,v.UNIVERSAL AMUSEMENT CO., INC., et al. No. 78-1588. March 18, 1980. Rehearing Denied May 12, 1980. See 446 U.S. 947, 100 S.Ct. 2177. Lonny F. Zwiener, Austin, Tex., for appellants. Frierson M. Graves, Jr., Memphis, Tenn., for appellees. PER […]

445 U.S. 326 445 U.S. 326 100 S.Ct. 1166 63 L.Ed.2d 427 DEPOSIT GUARANTY NATIONAL BANK, JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI, Petitioner,v.Robert L. ROPER et al. No. 78-904. Argued Oct. 2, 1979. Decided March 19, 1980. Rehearing Denied May 12, 1980. See 446 U.S. 947, 100 S.Ct. 2177. Syllabus Respondents, holders of credit cards issued by petitioner bank, […]

445 U.S. 23 445 U.S. 23 100 S.Ct. 895 63 L.Ed.2d 171 UNITED STATES, Appellant,v.Patricia Ilene CLARK, Guardian for Shawn D. Clark and Tricia D. Clark. No. 78-1513. Argued Oct. 31, 1979. Decided Feb. 26, 1980. Syllabus Held: Under the provisions of the Civil Service Retirement Act whereby a deceased federal employee’s legitimate children under […]

445 U.S. 253 445 U.S. 253 100 S.Ct. 1127 63 L.Ed.2d 373 UNITED STATES, Petitioner,v.Glen M. CLARKE et al. No. 78-1693. Argued Jan. 15, 16, 1980. Decided March 18, 1980. Syllabus Held : Title 25 U.S.C. § 357, which provides that lands allotted in severalty to Indians may be “condemned” for any public purpose under […]

445 U.S. 169 445 U.S. 169 100 S.Ct. 977 63 L.Ed.2d 293 Peter H. FORSHAM et al., Petitioners,v.Patricia Roberts HARRIS, Secretary Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, et al. No. 78-1118. Argued Oct. 31, 1979. Decided March 3, 1980. Syllabus Under federal grants awarded by the National Institute of Arthritis, Metabolism, and Digestive Diseases (NIAMDD) […]

445 U.S. 193 445 U.S. 193 100 S.Ct. 1093 63 L.Ed.2d 312 CROWN SIMPSON PULP COMPANY et al.v.Douglas M. COSTLE, Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency. No. 79-797. March 17, 1980. PER CURIAM. 1 Pursuant to § 301 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (Act), as added by the Federal Water Pollution Control Act Amendments of […]

445 U.S. 198 445 U.S. 198 100 S.Ct. 1095 63 L.Ed.2d 329 Douglas M. COSTLE, Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency, Petitioner,v.PACIFIC LEGAL FOUNDATION et al. No. 78-1472. Argued Dec. 5, 1979. Decided March 18, 1980. Rehearing Denied May 12, 1980. See 446 U.S. 947, 100 S.Ct. 2177. Syllabus Section 402(a)(1) of the Federal Water Pollution Control […]

445 U.S. 222 445 U.S. 222 100 S.Ct. 1108 63 L.Ed.2d 348 Vincent F. CHIARELLA, Petitioner,v.UNITED STATES. No. 78-1202. Argued Nov. 5, 1979. Decided March 18, 1980. Syllabus Section 10(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 prohibits the use “in connection with the purchase or sale of any security . . . [of] any […]

445 U.S. 115 445 U.S. 115 100 S.Ct. 948 63 L.Ed.2d 250 UNITED STATES, Petitioner,v.Stanley APFELBAUM. No. 78-972. Argued Dec. 3, 1979. Decided March 3, 1980. Syllabus After initially invoking his Fifth Amendment privilege against self-incrimination while being questioned before a federal grand jury, respondent ultimately testified when the Government granted him immunity in accordance […]