Category: 1980

447 U.S. 649 447 U.S. 649 100 S.Ct. 2395 65 L.Ed.2d 410 William WALTER, Petitioner,v.UNITED STATES. Arthur Randall SANDERS, Jr., et al., Petitioners, v. UNITED STATES. Nos. 79-67, 79-148. Argued Feb. 26, 1980. Decided June 20, 1980. Syllabus When an interstate shipment of several securely sealed packages containing 8-millimeter films depicting homosexual activities was mistakenly […]

447 U.S. 530 447 U.S. 530 100 S.Ct. 2326 65 L.Ed.2d 319 CONSOLIDATED EDISON COMPANY OF NEW YORK, INC., Appellant,v.PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION OF NEW YORK. No. 79-134. Argued March 17, 1980. Decided June 20, 1980. Syllabus Held : An order of appellee New York Public Service Commission that prohibits the inclusion by appellant (and other […]

447 U.S. 54 447 U.S. 54 100 S.Ct. 2024 64 L.Ed.2d 723 NEW YORK GASLIGHT CLUB, INC., et al., Petitioners,v.Cidni CAREY. No. 79-192. Argued Feb. 19, 1980. Decided June 9, 1980. Syllabus Section 706(k) of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 provides that in “any action or proceeding under this title” the […]

447 U.S. 490 447 U.S. 490 100 S.Ct. 2305 65 L.Ed.2d 289 NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD, Petitioner,v.INTERNATIONAL LONGSHOREMEN’S ASSOCIATION, AFL-CIO, et al. No. 79-1082. Argued April 22, 1980. Decided June 20, 1980. Syllabus This case presents the question whether Rules on Containers (Rules) in a collective-bargaining agreement between the International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) and employer […]

447 U.S. 455 447 U.S. 455 100 S.Ct. 2286 65 L.Ed.2d 263 Bernard CAREY, etc., Appellant,v.Roy BROWN et al. No. 79-703. Argued April 15, 1980. Decided June 20, 1980. Syllabus An Illinois statute generally prohibits picketing of residences or dwellings, but exempts from its prohibition peaceful picketing of a place of employment involved in a […]

447 U.S. 429 447 U.S. 429 100 S.Ct. 2271 65 L.Ed.2d 244 REEVES, INC., Petitioner,v.William STAKE et al. No. 79-677. Argued April 16, 1980. Decided June 19, 1980. Syllabus For more than 50 years, South Dakota has operated a cement plant that produced cement for both state residents and out-of-state buyers. In 1978, because of […]

447 U.S. 381 447 U.S. 381 100 S.Ct. 2247 65 L.Ed.2d 205 Alphonse BIFULCO, Petitioner,v.UNITED STATES. No. 79-5010. Argued Feb. 27, 1980. Decided June 16, 1980. Syllabus Section 406 of the Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act of 1970 (Act) provides that “[a]ny person who attempts or conspires to commit any offense defined in […]

447 U.S. 410 447 U.S. 410 100 S.Ct. 2260 65 L.Ed.2d 228 State of ILLINOIS, Petitioner,v.John M. VITALE. No. 78-1845. Argued Jan. 8, 1980. Decided June 19, 1980. Syllabus As the result of an accident in which an automobile driven by respondent struck and killed two children, respondent was convicted for failing to reduce speed […]

447 U.S. 352 447 U.S. 352 100 S.Ct. 2232 65 L.Ed.2d 184 John M. BRYANT et al., Petitioners,v.Ben YELLEN et al. State of CALIFORNIA et al., Petitioners, v. Ben YELLEN et al. IMPERIAL IRRIGATION DISTRICT et al., Petitioners, v. Ben YELLEN et al. Nos. 79-421, 79-425, and 79-435. Argued March 25, 1980. Decided June 16, […]

447 U.S. 404 447 U.S. 404 100 S.Ct. 2180 65 L.Ed.2d 222 Charles ANDERSONv.Glenn CHARLES. No. 79-1377. Decided June 16, 1980. Rehearing Denied Aug. 11, 1980. See 448 U.S. 912, 101 S.Ct. 27. PER CURIAM. 1 Respondent Glenn Charles was arrested in Grand Rapids, Mich., while driving a stolen car. The car belonged to Theodore […]

447 U.S. 343 447 U.S. 343 100 S.Ct. 2227 65 L.Ed.2d 175 Flynn Noye HICKS, Petitioner,v.State of OKLAHOMA. No. 78-6885. Argued March 26, 1980. Decided June 16, 1980. Syllabus Upon the conviction of petitioner, a twice previously convicted felon, in an Oklahoma trial court, the jury imposed a 40-year sentence pursuant to instructions to do […]

447 U.S. 264 447 U.S. 264 100 S.Ct. 2183 65 L.Ed.2d 115 UNITED STATES, Petitioner,v.Billy Gale HENRY. No. 79-121. Argued Jan. 16, 1980. Decided June 16, 1980. Syllabus After respondent was indicted for armed robbery of a bank, and while he was in jail pending trial, Government agents contacted an informant who was then an […]

447 U.S. 27 447 U.S. 27 100 S.Ct. 2009 64 L.Ed.2d 702 Gerald A. LEWIS, Comptroller of the State of Florida, etc., Appellant,v.BT INVESTMENT MANAGERS, INC., et al. No. 79-45. Argued Jan. 15, 1980. Decided June 9, 1980. Syllabus A Florida statute (§ 659.141(1)) prohibits out-of-state banks, bank holding companies, and trust companies from owning […]

447 U.S. 303 447 U.S. 303 100 S.Ct. 2204 65 L.Ed.2d 144 Sidney A. DIAMOND, Commissioner of Patents and Trademarks, Petitioner,v.Ananda M. CHAKRABARTY et al. No. 79-136. Argued March 17, 1980. Decided June 16, 1980. Syllabus Title 35 U.S.C. § 101 provides for the issuance of a patent to a person who invents or discovers […]

447 U.S. 323 447 U.S. 323 100 S.Ct. 2214 65 L.Ed.2d 159 Darnell BROWN, Petitioner,v.State of LOUISIANA. No. 79-5364. Argued March 25, 1980. Decided June 16, 1980. Syllabus While petitioner’s appeal from his felony conviction—based on a nonunanimous six-person jury verdict—was pending in the Louisiana Supreme court, Burch v. Louisiana, 441 U.S. 130, 99 S.Ct. […]

447 U.S. 207 447 U.S. 207 100 S.Ct. 2109 65 L.Ed.2d 66 EXXON CORPORATION, Appellant,v.WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE. No. 79-509. Argued March 18, 1980. Decided June 10, 1980. Syllabus Appellant, a vertically integrated petroleum company doing business in several States, was organized, during the years in question in this case, into three levels of management, […]

447 U.S. 231 447 U.S. 231 100 S.Ct. 2124 65 L.Ed.2d 86 Dennis Seay JENKINS, Petitioner,v.Charles ANDERSON, Warden. No. 78-6809. Argued Jan. 8, 1980. Decided June 10, 1980. Syllabus * At his trial in a Michigan state court for first-degree murder, petitioner testified that he acted in self-defense. On cross-examination, the prosecutor questioned petitioner about […]

447 U.S. 255 447 U.S. 255 100 S.Ct. 2138 65 L.Ed.2d 106 Donald W. AGINS et ux., Appellants,v.CITY OF TIBURON. No. 79-602. Argued April 15, 1980. Decided June 10, 1980. Syllabus After appellants had acquired five acres of unimproved land in appellee city for residential development, the city was required by California law to prepare […]

447 U.S. 134 447 U.S. 134 100 S.Ct. 2069 65 L.Ed.2d 10 State of WASHINGTON et al., Appellants,v.CONFEDERATED TRIBES OF the COLVILLE INDIAN RESERVATION et al. State of WASHINGTON v. UNITED STATES et al. No. 78-630. Argued Oct. 9, 1979. Decided June 10, 1980.* Rehearing Denied Aug. 11, 1980. See 448 U.S. 911, 101 S.Ct. […]

447 U.S. 191 447 U.S. 191 100 S.Ct. 2100 65 L.Ed.2d 53 Thomas E. COFFY, Petitioner,v.REPUBLIC STEEL CORP. No. 79-81. Argued Feb. 27, 1980. Decided June 10, 1980. Syllabus The Vietnam Era Veterans’ Readjustment Assistance Act of 1974 (Act) provides that any person who leaves a permanent job to enter the military, satisfactorily completes military […]