Category: 1982

456 U.S. 615 456 U.S. 615 102 S.Ct. 2054 72 L.Ed.2d 376 FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION et al., Petitionersv.Howard S. ABRAMSON. No. 80-1735. Argued Jan. 11, 1982. Decided May 24, 1982. Syllabus Respondent journalist filed a request with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) for documents relating […]

456 U.S. 63 456 U.S. 63 102 S.Ct. 1534 71 L.Ed.2d 748 AMERICAN TOBACCO COMPANY, et al., Petitioners,v.John PATTERSON, et al. No. 80-1199. Argued Jan. 19, 1981. Decided April 5, 1982. Syllabus Section 703(h) of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 provides that “it shall not be an unlawful employment practice for an employer to […]

456 U.S. 645 456 U.S. 645 102 S.Ct. 2071 72 L.Ed.2d 398 WOELKE & ROMERO FRAMING, INC., Petitioner,v.NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD et al. PACIFIC NORTHWEST CHAPTER OF the ASSOCIATED BUILDERS & CONTRACTORS, INC., Petitioner, v. NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD et al. OREGON-COLUMBIA CHAPTER, the ASSOCIATED GENERAL CONTRACTORS OF AMERICA, INC., Petitioner, v. NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS […]

456 U.S. 556 72 L.Ed.2d 330 102 S.Ct. 1935 456 U.S. 556 AMERICAN SOCIETY OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERS, INC., Petitionerv.HYDROLEVEL CORPORATION. No. 80-1765. Argued Jan. 13, 1982. Decided May 17, 1982. Rehearing Denied June 28, 1982. See 458 U.S. 1116, 102 S.Ct. 3502. Syllabus Petitioner, a nonprofit membership corporation with over 90,000 members drawn from all […]

456 U.S. 595 456 U.S. 595 102 S.Ct. 1957 72 L.Ed.2d 358 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF STATE, et al., Petitionersv.The WASHINGTON POST COMPANY. No. 81-535. Argued March 31, 1982. Decided May 17, 1982. Syllabus Respondent filed a request with petitioner United States Department of State under the Freedom of Information Act for documents indicating whether […]

456 U.S. 604 456 U.S. 604 102 S.Ct. 2226 72 L.Ed.2d 366 Morgan M. FINLEY, Clerk of the Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois, petitioner,v.Toni MURRAY No. 80-2205 Supreme Court of the United States May 17, 1982 On writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit. May 17, 1982. […]

456 U.S. 605 456 U.S. 605 102 S.Ct. 2049 72 L.Ed.2d 367 Joseph S. HOPPER, Commissioner, Alabama Department of Corrections and James D. White, Warden, Petitionersv.John Louis EVANS, III. No. 80-1714. Argued March 24, 1982. Decided May 24, 1982. Syllabus Respondent was convicted in an Alabama state court of the capital offense of an intentional […]

456 U.S. 461 456 U.S. 461 102 S.Ct. 1883 72 L.Ed.2d 262 Rubin KREMER, Petitionerv.CHEMICAL CONSTRUCTION CORPORATION. No. 80-6045. Argued Dec. 7, 1981. Decided May 17, 1982. Leave to File Petition for Rehearing Denied Sept. 9, 1982. See 458 U.S. 1133, 103 S.Ct. 20. Syllabus by the Court Title 28 U.S.C. § 1738 (as did […]

456 U.S. 512 456 U.S. 512 102 S.Ct. 1912 72 L.Ed.2d 299 NORTH HAVEN BOARD OF EDUCATION, et al., Petitioners,v.Terrel H. BELL, Secretary, Department of Education, et al. No. 80-986. Argued Dec. 9, 1981. Decided May 17, 1982. Syllabus Section 901(a) of Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 provides that “no person,” on […]

456 U.S. 431 456 U.S. 431 102 S.Ct. 1867 72 L.Ed.2d 239 Donald FINNEGAN et al., Petitionersv.Harold D. LEU et al. No. 80-2150. Argued Feb. 24, 1982. Decided May 17, 1982. Syllabus Sections 101(a)(1) and (2) of Title I of the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959 (Act) guarantee equal voting rights and rights […]

456 U.S. 444 456 U.S. 444 102 S.Ct. 1874 72 L.Ed.2d 249 Joseph GREENE, et al., Appellantsv.Linnie LINDSEY, et al. No. 81-341. Argued Feb. 23, 1982. Decided May 17, 1982. Syllabus A Kentucky statute permits service of process in forcible entry or detainer actions to be made by posting a summons “in a conspicuous place […]

456 U.S. 45 102 S.Ct. 1523 71 L.Ed.2d 732 Carl W. BROWN, Petitioner v. Earl J. HARTLAGE. No. 80-1285. Argued Jan. 30, 1982. Decided April 5, 1982. Syllabus Petitioner, the challenger, in a general election, for respondent’s office as a Commissioner of Jefferson County, Ky., committed himself, at a televised press conference, to lowering Commissioners’ […]

456 U.S. 353 456 U.S. 353 102 S.Ct. 1825 72 L.Ed.2d 182 MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH, INC., Petitioner,v.J. J. CURRAN and Jacquelyn L. Curran. NEW YORK MERCANTILE EXCHANGE et al., Petitioners, v. Neil LEIST, Philip Smith and Incomco. CLAYTON BROKERAGE CO. OF ST. LOUIS, INC., Petitioner, v. Neil LEIST, Philip Smith and Incomco. […]

456 U.S. 37 456 U.S. 37 102 S.Ct. 1518 71 L.Ed.2d 725 Chester R. UPHAM, Jr. and Eric Cliffordv.A. M. SEAMON et al. No. 81-1724. April 1, 1982. PER CURIAM. 1 After the 1980 census, Texas’ congressional delegation increased from 24 to 27 members. A reapportionment plan, Senate Bill No. 1 (SB1), was enacted on […]

456 U.S. 410 456 U.S. 410 102 S.Ct. 1856 72 L.Ed.2d 222 Walter ZANT, Warden, Petitioner,v.Alpha Otis O’Daniel STEPHENS. No. 81-89. Argued Feb. 24, 1982. Decided May 3, 1982. PER CURIAM. 1 The respondent was convicted of murder in a Georgia Superior Court. His sentencing jury found the following statutory aggravating circumstances:1 2 “(1) that […]

456 U.S. 305 456 U.S. 305 102 S.Ct. 1798 72 L.Ed.2d 91 Caspar W. WEINBERGER, Secretary of Defense, et al., Petitioners,v.Carlos ROMERO-BARCELO et al. No. 80-1990. Argued Feb. 23, 1982. Decided April 27, 1982. Syllabus The Navy, in the course of using an island off the Puerto Rico coast for air-to-ground weapons training, has discharged […]

456 U.S. 430 456 U.S. 430 102 S.Ct. 1865 72 L.Ed.2d 237 John O’DELL et al., Petitioners,v.Andrew ESPINOZA, etc. et al. No. 81-534. Argued April 26, 1982. Decided May 3, 1982. PER CURIAM. 1 Under 28 U.S.C. § 1257, this Court has jurisdiction to review only “[f]inal judgments or decrees rendered by the highest court […]

456 U.S. 228 456 U.S. 228 102 S.Ct. 1673 72 L.Ed.2d 33 John R. LARSON, etc., et al., Appellants,v.Pamela VALENTE et al. No. 80-1666. Argued Dec. 9, 1981. Decided April 21, 1982. Rehearing Denied June 7, 1982. See 457 U.S. 1111, 102 S.Ct. 2916. Syllabus A section (§ 309.515, subd. 1(b)) of Minnesota’s charitable solicitations […]

456 U.S. 25 456 U.S. 25 102 S.Ct. 1510 71 L.Ed.2d 715 Caspar W. WEINBERGER, Secretary of Defense, et al., Petitionersv.Anthony M. ROSSI et al. No. 80-1924. Argued Feb. 22, 1982. Decided March 31, 1982. Syllabus In 1968, the President entered into an agreement with the Republic of the Philippines providing for the preferential employment […]

456 U.S. 273 456 U.S. 273 102 S.Ct. 1781 72 L.Ed.2d 66 PULLMAN-STANDARD, a Division of Pullman, Incorporated, Petitioner,v.Louis SWINT and Willie Johnson, etc. UNITED STEELWORKERS OF AMERICA, AFL-CIO, et al., Petitioners v. Louis SWINT and Willie James Johnson. Nos. 80-1190, 80-1193. Argued Jan. 19, 1982. Decided April 27, 1982. Syllabus Respondent black employees brought […]