Category: 1980

449 U.S. 1039 449 U.S. 1039 101 S.Ct. 619 66 L.Ed.2d 502 CITY OF SOUTH LAKE TAHOE et al.v.CALIFORNIA TAHOE REGIONAL PLANNING AGENCY et al No. 80-458 Supreme Court of the United States December 8, 1980 On petition for writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. The petition […]

448 U.S. 607 448 U.S. 607 100 S.Ct. 2844 65 L.Ed.2d 1010 INDUSTRIAL UNION DEPARTMENT, AFL-CIO, Petitioner,v.AMERICAN PETROLEUM INSTITUTE et al. Ray MARSHALL, Secretary of Labor, Petitioner, v. AMERICAN PETROLEUM INSTITUTE et al. Nos. 78-911, 78-1036. Argued Oct. 10, 1979. Decided July 2, 1980. Syllabus The Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 (Act) delegates […]

448 U.S. 98 448 U.S. 98 100 S.Ct. 2558 — L.Ed.2d — RAWLINGSv.KENTUCKY No. 79-5146. Argued March 26, 1980. Decided June 25, 1980. Syllabus When police officers, armed with a warrant to arrest one Marquess, arrived at his house, another resident of the house and four visitors including petitioner, were there. While searching the house […]

448 U.S. 725 448 U.S. 725 100 S.Ct. 2905 65 L.Ed.2d 1086 William Jack HAMMETTv.State of TEXAS. No. 79-5050. July 2, 1980. PER CURIAM. 1 William Jack Hammett, the petitioner in this case, has been convicted of murder and sentenced to death. The conviction and sentence were affirmed by the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, […]

448 U.S. 83 448 U.S. 83 100 S.Ct. 2547 65 L.Ed.2d 619 UNITED STATES, Petitioner,v.John M. SALVUCCI, Jr. and Joseph G. Zackular. No. 79-244. Argued March 26, 1980. Decided June 25, 1980. Syllabus Respondents were charged with unlawful possession of stolen mail. The checks that formed the basis of the indictment had been seized by […]

448 U.S. 444 448 U.S. 444 100 S.Ct. 2755 65 L.Ed.2d 897 James MABRY, Commissioner, Arkansas Department of Correctionv.Francis Edward KLIMAS. No. 79-622. June 30, 1980. PER CURIAM. 1 The respondent was convicted by a jury in an Arkansas court of burglary and grand larceny. In accordance with the recidivist statute then in effect in […]

448 U.S. 448 448 U.S. 448 100 S.Ct. 2758 65 L.Ed.2d 902 H. Earl FULLILOVE et al., Petitioners,v.Philip M. KLUTZNICK, Secretary of Commerce of the United States, et al. No. 78-1007. Argued Nov. 27, 1979. Decided July 2, 1980. Syllabus The “minority business enterprise” (MBE) provision of the Public Works Employment Act of 1977 (1977 […]

448 U.S. 555 448 U.S. 555 100 S.Ct. 2814 65 L.Ed.2d 973 RICHMOND NEWSPAPERS, INC., et al., Appellants,v.Commonwealth of VIRGINIA et al. No. 79-243. Argued Feb. 19, 1980. Decided July 2, 1980. Syllabus At the commencement of a fourth trial on a murder charge (the defendant’s conviction after the first trial having been reversed on […]

448 U.S. 438 448 U.S. 438 100 S.Ct. 2752 65 L.Ed.2d 890 Tommy REID, Jr.v.State of GEORGIA. No. 79-448. June 30, 1980. PER CURIAM. 1 The petitioner was indicted in the Superior Court of Fulton County, Ga., for possessing cocaine. At a hearing before trial, he moved to suppress the introduction of the cocaine as […]

448 U.S. 371 448 U.S. 371 100 S.Ct. 2716 65 L.Ed.2d 844 UNITED STATES, Petitioner,v.SIOUX NATION OF INDIANS et al. No. 79-639. Argued March 24, 1980. Decided June 30, 1980. Syllabus Under the Fort Laramie Treaty of 1868, the United States pledged that the Great Sioux Reservation, including the Black Hills, would be “set apart […]

448 U.S. 261 448 U.S. 261 100 S.Ct. 2647 65 L.Ed.2d 757 Halley I. THOMAS, Petitioner,v.WASHINGTON GAS LIGHT COMPANY et al. No. 79-116. Argued March 19, 1980. Decided June 27, 1980. Syllabus Petitioner, a resident of the District of Columbia, received an award of disability benefits from the Virginia Industrial Commission under the Virginia Workmen’s […]

448 U.S. 358 448 U.S. 358 100 S.Ct. 2694 65 L.Ed.2d 831 Jasper F. WILLIAMS and Eugene F. Diamond, Appellants,v.David ZBARAZ et al. Jeffrey C. MILLER, Acting Director, Illinois Department of Public Aid, et al., Appellants, v. David ZBARAZ et al. UNITED STATES, Appellant, v. David ZBARAZ et al. Nos. 79-4, 79-5 and 79-491. Argued […]

448 U.S. 38 448 U.S. 38 100 S.Ct. 2521 65 L.Ed.2d 581 Randall Dale ADAMS, Petitioner,v.State of TEXAS. No. 79-5175. Argued March 24, 1980. Decided June 25, 1980. Syllabus Trials for capital offenses in Texas are conducted in two phases. First, the jury considers the question of the defendant’s guilt or innocence. If the jury […]

448 U.S. 297 448 U.S. 297 100 S.Ct. 2671 65 L.Ed.2d 784 Patricia R. HARRIS, Secretary of Health and Human Services, Appellant,v.Cora McRAE et al. No. 79-1268. Argued April 21, 1980. Decided June 30, 1980. Rehearing Denied Sept. 17, 1980. See 448 U.S. 917, 101 S.Ct. 39. Syllabus Title XIX of the Social Security Act […]

448 U.S. 176 100 S.Ct. 2601 65 L.Ed.2d 696 DAWSON CHEMICAL COMPANY et al., Petitioners, v. ROHM AND HAAS COMPANY. No. 79-669. Argued April 21, 1980. Decided June 27, 1980. Rehearing Denied Sept. 17, 1980. See 448 U.S. 917, 101 S.Ct. 40. Syllabus Title 35 U.S.C. ? 271(c) provides that “[w]hoever sells a component of […]

448 U.S. 242 448 U.S. 242 100 S.Ct. 2636 65 L.Ed.2d 742 UNITED STATES, Petitioner,v.L. O. WARD dba L. O. Ward Oil and Gas Operations. No. 79-394. Argued Feb. 26, 1980. Decided June 27, 1980. Rehearing Denied Aug. 22, 1980. See 448 U.S. 916, 101 S.Ct. 37. Syllabus Section 311(b)(3) of the Federal Water Pollution […]

448 U.S. 1342 448 U.S. 1342 101 S.Ct. 20 65 L.Ed.2d 1164 GREGORY-PORTLAND INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT, Applicant,v.UNITED STATES of America and the State of Texas.No. A-203. Sept. 8, 1980. ¢s1342¢s Mr. Justice REHNQUIST. 1 Applicants have requested me to grant a stay pending appeal to the Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit of a […]

448 U.S. 136 448 U.S. 136 100 S.Ct. 2578 65 L.Ed.2d 665 WHITE MOUNTAIN APACHE TRIBE et al., Petitioners,v.Robert M. BRACKER et al. No. 78-1177. Argued Jan. 14, 1980. Decided June 27, 1980. Syllabus Pursuant to a contract with an organization of petitioner White Mountain Apache Tribe, petitioner Pinetop Logging Co. (Pinetop), a non-Indian enterprise […]

448 U.S. 160 448 U.S. 160 100 S.Ct. 2592 65 L.Ed.2d 684 CENTRAL MACHINERY COMPANY, Appellant,v.ARIZONA STATE TAX COMMISSION. No. 78-1604. Argued Jan. 14, 1980. Decided June 27, 1980. Syllabus Held : Arizona had no jurisdiction to impose a tax on appellant Arizona corporation’s sale of farm machinery to an Indian tribe, where the sale […]