Category: 1980

446 U.S. 635 446 U.S. 635 100 S.Ct. 1920 64 L.Ed.2d 572 Carlos Rivera GOMEZ, Petitioner,v.Astol Calero TOLEDO. No. 79-5601. Argued April 16, 1980. Decided May 27, 1980. Syllabus Held: In an action brought under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against a public official whose position might entitle him to qualified immunity, the plaintiff is not […]

446 U.S. 500 446 U.S. 500 100 S.Ct. 1803 64 L.Ed.2d 458 Cecil D. ANDRUS, Secretary of the Interior, Petitioner,v.State of UTAH. No. 78-1522. Argued Dec. 5, 1979. Decided May 19, 1980. Rehearing Denied June 30, 1980. See 448 U.S. 907, 100 S.Ct. 3051. Syllabus * Section 7 of the Taylor Grazing Act, as amended […]

446 U.S. 544 446 U.S. 544 100 S.Ct. 1870 64 L.Ed.2d 497 UNITED STATES, Petitioner,v.Sylvia L. MENDENHALL. No. 78-1821. Argued Feb. 19, 1980. Decided May 27, 1980. Rehearing Denied June 30, 1980. See 448 U.S. 908, 100 S.Ct. 3051. Syllabus * Respondent, prior to trial in Federal District Court on a charge of possessing heroin […]

446 U.S. 420 446 U.S. 420 100 S.Ct. 1759 64 L.Ed.2d 398 Robert Franklin GODFREY, Petitioner,v.State of GEORGIA. No. 78-6899. Argued Feb. 20, 1980. Decided May 19, 1980. Syllabus * Under a provision of the Georgia Code, a person convicted of murder may be sentenced to death if it is found beyond a reasonable doubt […]

446 U.S. 478 446 U.S. 478 100 S.Ct. 1790 64 L.Ed.2d 440 BOARD OF REGENTS OF the UNIVERSITY OF the STATE OF NEW YORK et al., Petitioners,v.Mary TOMANIO. No. 79-424. Argued Feb. 26, 1980. Decided May 19, 1980. Syllabus * Pursuant to New York statutes requiring that chiropractic practitioners obtain a state license either by […]

446 U.S. 540 446 U.S. 540 100 S.Ct. 2911 64 L.Ed.2d 485 State of TEXAS, Plaintiff,v.State of NEW MEXICO No. 65 Supreme Court of the United States May 19, 1980 Rehearing Denied June 30, 1980. See 448 U.S. 907, 100 S.Ct. 3051. On Exceptions to Report of Special Master. PER CURIAM. 1 Upon consideration of […]

446 U.S. 359 446 U.S. 359 100 S.Ct. 1723 64 L.Ed.2d 354 NACHMAN CORPORATION, Petitioner,v.PENSION BENEFIT GUARANTY CORPORATION et al. No. 78-1557. Argued Jan. 7, 1980. Decided May 12, 1980. Rehearing Denied June 30, 1980. See 448 U.S. 908, 100 S.Ct. 3051. Syllabus * As one of the means of protecting the interests of beneficiaries […]

446 U.S. 458 446 U.S. 458 100 S.Ct. 1779 64 L.Ed.2d 425 NAVARRO SAVINGS ASSOCIATION, Petitioner,v.Lawrence F. LEE, Jr., et al. No. 79-465. Argued March 18, 1980. Decided May 19, 1980. Syllabus* Held : Respondents, as individual trustees of a business trust organized under Massachusetts law, may invoke the diversity jurisdiction of the federal courts […]

446 U.S. 335 446 U.S. 335 100 S.Ct. 1708 64 L.Ed.2d 333 Julius T. CUYLER, Superintendent, etc., et al., Petitioners,v.John SULLIVAN. No. 78-1832. Argued Feb. 20, 1980. Decided May 12, 1980. Syllabus * Two privately retained lawyers represented respondent and two others charged with the same murders. Respondent, who was tried first, made no objection […]

446 U.S. 398 446 U.S. 398 100 S.Ct. 1747 64 L.Ed.2d 381 Michael M. BUSIC, Petitioner,v.UNITED STATES. Anthony LaROCCA, Jr., Petitioner, v. UNITED STATES. Nos. 78-6020, 78-6029. Argued Feb. 27, 1980. Decided May 19, 1980. Syllabus * Upon their joint trial in Federal District Court, petitioners were convicted of, inter alia, armed assault on federal […]

446 U.S. 291 446 U.S. 291 100 S.Ct. 1682 64 L.Ed.2d 297 State of RHODE ISLAND, Petitioner,v.Thomas J. INNIS. No. 78-1076. Argued Oct. 30, 1979. Decided May 12, 1980. Syllabus * Shortly after a taxicab driver, who had been robbed by a man wielding a sawed-off shotgun, identified a picture of respondent as that of […]

446 U.S. 318 446 U.S. 318 100 S.Ct. 1698 64 L.Ed.2d 319 GENERAL TELEPHONE COMPANY OF THE NORTHWEST, INC., et al., Petitioners,v.EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION et al. No. 79-488. Argued March 25, 26, 1980. Decided May 12, 1980. Syllabus * Section 706(a) of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 empowers the Equal […]

446 U.S. 274 446 U.S. 274 100 S.Ct. 1673 64 L.Ed.2d 284 AMERICAN EXPORT LINES, INC., Petitioner,v.Gilberto ALVEZ et al. No. 79-1. Argued Feb. 26, 1980. Decided May 12, 1980. Syllabus After filing suit in a New York state court against petitioner shipowner to recover damages, on grounds of negligence and unseaworthiness, for personal injuries […]

446 U.S. 222 446 U.S. 222 100 S.Ct. 1585 64 L.Ed.2d 169 Thomas BALDASAR, Petitioner,v.State of ILLINOIS. No. 77-6219. April 22, 1980. Rehearing Denied June 16, 1980. See 447 U.S. 930, 100 S.Ct. 3030. Michael Mulder, Elgin, Ill., for petitioner. Michael B. Weinstein, Chicago, Ill., for respondent. PER CURIAM. 1 In Scott v. Illinois, 440 […]

446 U.S. 238 446 U.S. 238 100 S.Ct. 1610 64 L.Ed.2d 182 Ray MARSHALL, Secretary of Labor, et al., Appellants,v.JERRICO, INC. No. 79-253. Argued March 19, 1980. Decided April 28, 1980. Syllabus Under § 16(e) of the Fair Labor Standards Act (Act), sums collected as civil penalties for the unlawful employment of child labor are […]

446 U.S. 253 446 U.S. 253 100 S.Ct. 1618 64 L.Ed.2d 196 UNITED STATES, Plaintiff,v.State of LOUISIANA et al. No. 9, Orig. Argued March 18, 1980. Decided April 28, 1980. Rehearing Denied June 16, 1980. See 447 U.S. 930, 100 S.Ct. 3007. Syllabus Held: 1. As the Special Master recommended, the United States is not […]

446 U.S. 14 446 U.S. 14 100 S.Ct. 1468 64 L.Ed.2d 15 Norman A. CARLSON, Director, Federal Bureau of Prisons, et al., Petitioners,v.Marie GREEN, Administratrix of the Estate of Joseph Jones, Jr. No. 78-1261. Argued Jan. 7, 1980. Decided April 22, 1980. Syllabus Respondent brought suit in Federal District Court in Indiana on behalf of […]

446 U.S. 142 64 L.Ed.2d 107 100 S.Ct. 1540 446 U.S. 142 Paul J. WENGLER, Appellant,v.DRUGGISTS MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY et al. No. 79-381. Argued Feb. 25, 1980. Decided April 22, 1980. Syllabus Held : The provision of the Missouri workers’ compensation laws denying a widower benefits on his wife’s work-related death unless he either is […]

446 U.S. 156 446 U.S. 156 100 S.Ct. 1548 64 L.Ed.2d 119 CITY OF ROME et al., Appellants,v.UNITED STATES et al. No. 78-1840. Argued Oct. 10, 1979. Decided April 22, 1980. Rehearing Denied June 9, 1980. See 447 U.S. 916, 100 S.Ct. 3003. Syllabus In 1966, appellant city of Rome, Ga., made certain changes in […]