Category: 1981

452 U.S. 714 452 U.S. 714 101 S.Ct. 2599 69 L.Ed.2d 357 NEW YORK STATE LIQUOR AUTHORITYv.Dennis BELLANCA, dba The Main Event, et al. No. 80-813. June 22, 1981. PER CURIAM. 1 The question presented in this case is the power of a State to prohibit topless dancing in an establishment licensed by the State […]

452 U.S. 640 452 U.S. 640 101 S.Ct. 2559 69 L.Ed.2d 298 Michael HEFFRON, Secretary and Manager of the Minnesota State Agricultural Society Board of Managers, et al., Petitioners,v.INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR KRISHNA CONSCIOUSNESS, INC., et al. No. 80-795. Argued April 20, 1981. Decided June 22, 1981. Syllabus A rule (Rule 6.05) of the Minnesota Agricultural […]

452 U.S. 666 452 U.S. 666 101 S.Ct. 2573 69 L.Ed.2d 318 FIRST NATIONAL MAINTENANCE CORPORATION, Petitioner,v.NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD. No. 80-544. Argued April 21, 1981. Decided June 22, 1981. Syllabus Petitioner, a company engaged in the business of providing housekeeping, cleaning, maintenance, and related services for commercial customers, had a contract to do maintenance […]

452 U.S. 713 452 U.S. 713 101 S.Ct. 3132 69 L.Ed.2d 367 Henry KISSINGER et al., petitioners,v.Morton HALPERIN et al No. 79-880 Supreme Court of the United States June 22, 1981 Rehearing Denied Aug. 28, 1981. See 453 U.S. 928, 102 S.Ct. 892. On writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for […]

452 U.S. 615 452 U.S. 615 101 S.Ct. 2546 69 L.Ed.2d 280 UNITED ASSOCIATION OF JOURNEYMEN AND APPRENTICES OF the PLUMBING AND PIPEFITTING INDUSTRY OF the UNITED STATES AND CANADA, AFL-CIO, et al., Petitioners,v.LOCAL 334, UNITED ASSOCIATION OF JOURNEYMEN AND APPRENTICES OF the PLUMBING AND PIPEFITTING INDUSTRY OF the UNITED STATES AND CANADA, et al. […]

452 U.S. 594 452 U.S. 594 101 S.Ct. 2534 69 L.Ed.2d 262 Raymond J. DONOVAN, Secretary of Labor, United States Department of Labor, Appellant,v.Douglas DEWEY et al. No. 80-901. Argued April 28, 1981. Decided June 17, 1981. Syllabus Section 103(a) of the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977 requires federal mine inspectors to […]

452 U.S. 61 452 U.S. 61 101 S.Ct. 2176 68 L.Ed.2d 671 James F. SCHAD et al., Appellants,v.BOROUGH OF MOUNT EPHRAIM. No. 79-1640. Argued Feb. 25, 1981. Decided June 1, 1981. Syllabus Appellants operate an adult bookstore in the commercial zone of appellee borough, and the store contains licensed coin-operated devices that display adult films. […]

452 U.S. 490 452 U.S. 490 101 S.Ct. 2478 69 L.Ed.2d 185 AMERICAN TEXTILE MANUFACTURERS INSTITUTE, INC., et al., Petitioners,v.Raymond J. DONOVAN, Secretary of Labor, United States Department of Labor, et al. NATIONAL COTTON COUNCIL OF AMERICA, Petitioner, v. Raymond J. DONOVAN, Secretary of Labor, United States Department of Labor, et al. Nos. 79-1429, 79-1583. […]

452 U.S. 549 452 U.S. 549 101 S.Ct. 2510 69 L.Ed.2d 226 Roger D. MONROE, Petitioner,v.The STANDARD OIL COMPANY. No. 80-298. Argued March 4, 1981. Decided June 17, 1981. Syllabus The Vietnam Era Veterans’ Readjustment Assistance Act of 1974 provides in 38 U.S.C. § 2021(b)(3) that any employee of a private employer “shall not be […]

452 U.S. 576 452 U.S. 576 101 S.Ct. 2524 69 L.Ed.2d 246 UNITED STATES, Petitioner,v.Novia TURKETTE, Jr. No. 80-808. Argued April 27, 1981. Decided June 17, 1981. Syllabus Chapter 96 of Title 18 of the United States Code, entitled Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO), was added to Title 18 by the Organized Crime Control […]

452 U.S. 458 452 U.S. 458 101 S.Ct. 2460 69 L.Ed.2d 158 CONNECTICUT BOARD OF PARDONS et al., Petitioners,v.David DUMSCHAT et al. No. 79-1997. Argued Feb. 24, 1981. Decided June 17, 1981. Syllabus After several applications by respondent Dumschat, a life inmate in a Connecticut state prison, for commutation of his life sentence had been […]

452 U.S. 473 452 U.S. 473 101 S.Ct. 2468 69 L.Ed.2d 171 Robert HOWE, Sr., Petitioner,v.William French SMITH, Attorney General of United States, et al. No. 80-5392. Argued April 28, 1981. Decided June 17, 1981. Syllabus Title 18 U.S.C. § 5003(a) authorizes the Attorney General to contract with a state “for the custody, care, subsistence, […]

452 U.S. 431 452 U.S. 431 101 S.Ct. 2445 69 L.Ed.2d 134 State of CALIFORNIA, Plaintiff,v.State of ARIZONA and the United States. No. 78, Orig. June 15, 1981. 1 On Bill of Complaint. 2 The Report of the Special Master is received and ordered filed. DECREE 3 The joint motion of plaintiff and defendants for […]

452 U.S. 456 452 U.S. 456 101 S.Ct. 3075 69 L.Ed.2d 156 State of MARYLAND, et al.v.State of LOUISIANA No. 83 Supreme Court of the United States June 15, 1981 1 June 15, 1981. 2 On bill of complaint. DECREE 3 This cause having come on to be heard on the exceptions to the Reports […]

452 U.S. 394 69 L.Ed.2d 103 101 S.Ct. 2424 452 U.S. 394 FEDERATED DEPARTMENT STORES, INC., et al., Petitioners,v.Marilyn MOITIE and Floyd R. Brown, etc. No. 79-1517. Argued March 30, 1981. Decided June 15, 1981. Syllabus Seven private antitrust actions (including separate actions by each of the respondents) were brought by plaintiffs seeking to represent […]

452 U.S. 412 452 U.S. 412 101 S.Ct. 2434 69 L.Ed.2d 118 Elie JONES, Warden, Stone Mountain Correctional Institution, Appellant,v.Bobby H. HELMS. No. 80-850. Argued April 28, 1981. Decided June 15, 1981. Syllabus Under a Georgia statute, a parent who willfully and voluntarily abandons his or her dependent child is guilty of a misdemeanor, and […]

452 U.S. 429 452 U.S. 429 101 S.Ct. 3074 69 L.Ed.2d 132 UNITED STATES, plaintiff,v.State of MAINE, et al No. 35 Supreme Court of the United States June 15, 1981 1 On Joint Motion for Entry of Supplemental Decree (Massachusetts Boundary Case). 2 The Report of the Special Master is received and ordered filed. SUPPLEMENTAL […]

452 U.S. 314 452 U.S. 314 101 S.Ct. 2376 69 L.Ed.2d 40 Donald Paul HODEL, Acting Secretary of the Interior, et al., Appellants,v.State of INDIANA et al. No. 80-231. Argued Feb. 23, 1981. Decided June 15, 1981. Syllabus This appeal involves a constitutional challenge to the so-called “prime farmland” provisions and certain general provisions of […]

452 U.S. 337 452 U.S. 337 101 S.Ct. 2392 69 L.Ed.2d 59 James A. RHODES et al., Petitioners,v.Kelly CHAPMAN et al. No. 80-332. Argued March 2, 1981. Decided June 15, 1981. Syllabus Respondents, who were housed in the same cell in an Ohio maximum-security prison, brought a class action in Federal District Court under 42 […]

452 U.S. 378 452 U.S. 378 101 S.Ct. 2415 69 L.Ed.2d 89 NATIONAL GERIMEDICAL HOSPITAL AND GERONTOLOGY CENTER, Petitioner,v.BLUE CROSS OF KANSAS CITY and Blue Cross Association. No. 80-802. Argued April 29, 1981. Decided June 15, 1981. Syllabus Prior to the completion of its construction, petitioner, a private, acute-care community hospital in the Kansas City, […]