Category: 1981

452 U.S. 247 452 U.S. 247 101 S.Ct. 2288 68 L.Ed.2d 814 ROWAN COMPANIES, INC., Petitioner,v.UNITED STATES. No. 80-780. Argued April 21, 1981. Decided June 8, 1981. Syllabus Petitioner, for its own convenience, provided meals and lodging to its employees working on offshore oil rigs. Petitioner did not include the value of the meals and […]

452 U.S. 264 452 U.S. 264 101 S.Ct. 2352 69 L.Ed.2d 1 Donald Paul HODEL, Acting Secretary of the Interior, Appellant,v.VIRGINIA SURFACE MINING AND RECLAMATION ASSOCIATION, INC., et al. VIRGINIA SURFACE MINING AND RECLAMATION ASSOCIATION, INC., et al., Appellants, v. Donald Paul HODEL, Acting Secretary of the Interior, et al. Nos. 79-1538, 79-1596. Argued Feb. […]

452 U.S. 161 452 U.S. 161 101 S.Ct. 2242 68 L.Ed.2d 751 COUNTY OF WASHINGTON et al., Petitioners,v.Alberta GUNTHER et al. No. 80-429. Argued March 23, 1981. Decided June 8, 1981. Syllabus While VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 makes it unlawful for an employer to discriminate in his employment practices on the […]

452 U.S. 18 452 U.S. 18 101 S.Ct. 2153 68 L.Ed.2d 640 Abby Gail LASSITER, Petitioner,v.DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES OF DURHAM COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA. No. 79-6423. Argued Feb. 23, 1981. Decided June 1, 1981. Rehearing Denied Aug. 28, 1981. See 453 U.S. 927, 102 S.Ct. 889. Syllabus In 1975, a North Carolina state court adjudicated […]

452 U.S. 233 452 U.S. 233 101 S.Ct. 2281 68 L.Ed.2d 803 AMERICAN EXPRESS COMPANY, Petitioner,v.Louis R. KOERNER, Sr. No. 80-202. Argued April 20, 1981. Decided June 8, 1981. Syllabus Section 161(a) of the Truth in Lending Act (TILA), as added by the Fair Credit Billing Act, provides that whenever a creditor sends an obligor […]

452 U.S. 205 452 U.S. 205 101 S.Ct. 2266 68 L.Ed.2d 783 ANDERSON BROS. FORD and Ford Motor Credit Company, Petitioners,v.Olga VALENCIA and Miguel Gonzalez. No. 80-84. Argued March 23, 1981. Decided June 8, 1981. Syllabus Section 128(a)(10) of the Truth in Lending Act (TILA) provides that in connection with closed-end consumer credit transactions, the […]

452 U.S. 130 452 U.S. 130 101 S.Ct. 2224 68 L.Ed.2d 724 W. C. McDANIEL et al., Petitioners,v.Jose SANCHEZ et al. No. 80-180. Argued March 2, 1981. Decided June 1, 1981. Syllabus After holding that the apportionment plan for precincts from which county commissioners were elected to serve on the Commissioners Court for Kleberg County, […]

452 U.S. 1301 452 U.S. 1301 101 S.Ct. 2298 69 L.Ed.2d 381 Richard S. SCHWEIKER, Secretary of Health & Human Services et al. Appellants,v.William McCLURE et al.No. A-961. June 12, 1981. Justice REHNQUIST, Circuit Justice. 1 Applicants request that I stay a judgment of the District Court for the Northern District of California pending a […]

452 U.S. 155 452 U.S. 155 101 S.Ct. 2239 68 L.Ed.2d 744 FORD MOTOR CREDIT COMPANYv.Janet CENANCE et al. No. 80-1205. June 1, 1981. ¢s155¢s PER CURIAM. 1 The motion of the American Bankers Association for leave to file a brief as amicus curiae is granted. The motion of the California Bankers Association for leave […]

452 U.S. 1 452 U.S. 1 101 S.Ct. 2202 68 L.Ed.2d 627 Walter LITTLE, Appellant,v.Gloria STREATER. No. 79-6779. Argued Jan. 13, 1981. Decided June 1, 1981. Syllabus After appellee, while unmarried, gave birth to a female child, she identified appellant as the father to the Connecticut Department of Social Services, a requirement stemming from the […]

452 U.S. 105 452 U.S. 105 101 S.Ct. 2211 68 L.Ed.2d 706 Wayne MINNICK et al., Petitioners,v.CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS et al. No. 79-1213. Argued Dec. 2, 1980. Decided June 1, 1981. Syllabus Petitioners, two white male correctional officers employed by the California Department of Corrections and an organization representing correctional officers and some other […]

451 U.S. 949 451 U.S. 949 101 S.Ct. 2031 68 L.Ed.2d 334 Wayne Carl COLEMANv.Charles R. BALKCOM, Warden No. 80-5980 Supreme Court of the United States April 27, 1981 Rehearing Denied June 15, 1981. See 452 U.S. 955, 101 S.Ct. 3100. On petition for writ of certiorari to the Superior Court of Tattnall County, Georgia. […]

451 U.S. 994 451 U.S. 994 101 S.Ct. 2336 68 L.Ed.2d 855 HOLLYWOOD MARINE, INC. and Water Quality Insurance Syndicatev.UNITED STATES No. 80-1160 Supreme Court of the United States May 18, 1981 On petition for writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. The motion of the petitioner for […]

451 U.S. 997 101 S.Ct. 2338 68 L.Ed.2d 856 Patrick M. TRAPPER et al. v. State of NORTH CAROLINA No. 80-1163 Supreme Court of the United States May 18, 1981 On petition for writ of certiorari to the Court of Appeals of North Carolina. The petition for writ of certiorari is denied. Justice BRENNAN, dissenting. […]

451 U.S. 923 451 U.S. 923 101 S.Ct. 2001 68 L.Ed.2d 313 Tony Curtis HILLv.State of GEORGIA No. 80-5933 Supreme Court of the United States April 20, 1981 Rehearing Denied June 8, 1981. See 452 U.S. 932, 101 S.Ct. 3069. On petition for writ of certiorari to the Supreme Court of Georgia. The petition for […]

451 U.S. 926 451 U.S. 926 101 S.Ct. 2003 68 L.Ed.2d 315 Henry WILLIS, IIIv.Charles R. BALKCOM, Warden No. 80-6030 Supreme Court of the United States April 20, 1981 Rehearing Denied June 8, 1981. See 452 U.S. 932, 101 S.Ct. 3070. On petition for writ of certiorari to the Superior Court of Tattnall County, Georgia. […]

451 U.S. 929 451 U.S. 929 101 S.Ct. 2005 68 L.Ed.2d 316 Robert Lee GREENv.UNITED STATES No. 80-6039 Supreme Court of the United States April 20, 1981 On petition for writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. The petition for writ of certiorari is denied. Justice MARSHALL, dissenting. […]

451 U.S. 942 451 U.S. 942 101 S.Ct. 2026 68 L.Ed.2d 331 NEWELL BRIDGE & RAILWAY COMPANYv.Richard J. DAILEY, State Tax Commissioner of West Virginia No. 80-500 Supreme Court of the United States April 27, 1981 On petition for writ of certiorari to the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia. The petition for a […]

451 U.S. 945 451 U.S. 945 101 S.Ct. 2028 68 L.Ed.2d 332 Walter MARKHAM et al.v.Miriam E. GELLER No. 80-1258 Supreme Court of the United States April 27, 1981 On petition for writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. The petition for a writ of certiorari is denied. […]

451 U.S. 725 451 U.S. 725 101 S.Ct. 2114 68 L.Ed.2d 576 State of MARYLAND et al., Plaintiffs,v.State of LOUISIANA. No. 83, Orig. Argued Jan. 19, 1981. Decided May 26, 1981. Syllabus In this original action, several States, joined by the United States, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), and a number of pipeline companies, […]