Category: 1983

464 U.S. 154 464 U.S. 154 104 S.Ct. 568 78 L.Ed.2d 379 UNITED STATES, Petitionerv.Sergio Elejar MENDOZA. No. 82-849. Argued Nov. 2, 1983. Decided Jan. 10, 1984. Syllabus Respondent, a Filipino national, filed a petition for naturalization under the Nationality Act of 1940, as amended, asserting that he had been denied due process of law […]

464 U.S. 16 464 U.S. 16 104 S.Ct. 296 78 L.Ed.2d 17 Joseph C. RUSSELLO, Petitionerv.UNITED STATES. No. 82-472. Argued Oct. 5, 1983. Decided Nov. 1, 1983. Syllabus Petitioner was convicted in Federal District Court, under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) chapter of the Organized Crime Control Act of 1970, of violating 18 […]

464 U.S. 1057 464 U.S. 1057 104 S.Ct. 740 79 L.Ed.2d 198 Charlie YOUNG, Jr.v.GEORGIA No. 83-5365 Supreme Court of the United States January 9, 1984 On petition for writ of certiorari to the Supreme Court of Georgia. The petition for writ of certiorari is denied. Justice MARSHALL, with whom Justice BRENNAN joins, dissenting from […]

464 U.S. 114 464 U.S. 114 104 S.Ct. 453 78 L.Ed.2d 267 Ruth RUSHEN, Director, California Department of Corrections, et al.v.Johnny SPAIN. No. 82-2083. Dec. 12, 1983. PER CURIAM. 1 Respondent was one of six inmates involved in a 1971 San Quentin prison escape that resulted in the death of three prisoners and three corrections […]

464 U.S. 1026 464 U.S. 1026 104 S.Ct. 560 78 L.Ed.2d 732 William E. WEBER, petitioner,v.STONY BROOK HOSPITAL, et al No. 83-5833 Supreme Court of the United States December 12, 1983 1 The motion of petitioner to expedite consideration of the petition for a writ of certiorari is granted. Petition for writ of certiorari to […]

464 U.S. 1027 464 U.S. 1027 104 S.Ct. 562 78 L.Ed.2d 370 Alpha Otis O’Daniel STEPHENSv.Ralph KEMP, Superintendent, Georgia Diagnostic and Classification CenterNo. A-455 Supreme Court of the United States December 13, 1983 The application for stay of execution of the sentence of death set for Wednesday, December 14, 1983, presented to Justice POWELL and […]

464 U.S. 1053 464 U.S. 1053 104 S.Ct. 736 79 L.Ed.2d 195 McKASKLE, Director, Texas Department of Correctionsv.Conrado VELA No. 83-506 Supreme Court of the United States January 9, 1984 On petition for writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. The motion of respondent for leave to proceed […]

464 U.S. 1023 464 U.S. 1023 104 S.Ct. 558 78 L.Ed.2d 730 Sylvester Lewis ADAMSv.SOUTH CAROLINA No. 83-5547 Supreme Court of the United States December 12, 1983 On petition for writ of certiorari to the Supreme Court of South Carolina. The petition for writ of certiorari is denied. Justice MARSHALL, with whom Justice BRENNAN joins, […]

464 U.S. 1 464 U.S. 1 104 S.Ct. 20 78 L.Ed.2d 1 James David AUTRY, Petitioner,v.W.J. ESTELLE, Jr., Director, Texas Department of Corrections.No. A-197. Oct. 3, 1983. PER CURIAM. 1 Applicant was sentenced to death for killing two people while robbing a convenience store. His conviction and sentence were affirmed by the Texas Court of […]

464 U.S. 1009 464 U.S. 1009 DALLAS COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COURT ET AL.v.RICHARDSON ET AL. No. 83-597. Supreme Court of United States. December 5, 1983 1 C. A. 5th Cir. Certiorari denied. Reported below: 709 F.2d 1016. CC∅ | Transformed by Public.Resource.Org

463 U.S. 880 463 U.S. 880 103 S.Ct. 3383 77 L.Ed.2d 1090 Thomas A. BAREFOOT, Petitioner,v.W.J. ESTELLE, Jr., Director, Texas Department of Corrections. No. 82-6080. Argued April 26, 1983. Decided July 6, 1983. Syllabus Petitioner was convicted of capital murder in a Texas state court after a jury trial. A separate sentencing hearing was then […]

463 U.S. 939 463 U.S. 939 103 S.Ct. 3418 77 L.Ed.2d 1134 Elwood BARCLAY, Petitionerv.FLORIDA. No. 81-6908. Argued March 30, 1983. Decided July 6, 1983. Syllabus Petitioner and other men, whose apparent purpose was to indiscriminately kill white persons and to start a racial war, killed a white hitchhiker in Florida. Petitioner was convicted of […]

463 U.S. 992 463 U.S. 992 103 S.Ct. 3446 77 L.Ed.2d 1171 CALIFORNIA, Petitioner,v.Marcelino RAMOS. No. 81-1893. Argued Feb. 22, 1983. Decided July 6, 1983. Syllabus At the guilt phase of respondent’s state-court trial, the jury returned a verdict of guilt on a count of first-degree murder, which is punishable under California law by death […]

463 U.S. 85 463 U.S. 85 103 S.Ct. 2890 77 L.Ed.2d 490 Robert R. SHAW, Acting Commissioner, etc., et al., Appellantsv.DELTA AIR LINES, INC., et al. No. 81-1578. Argued Jan. 10, 1983. Decided June 24, 1983*. Syllabus New York’s Human Rights Law forbids discrimination in employee benefit plans on the basis of pregnancy, and its […]

463 U.S. 855 463 U.S. 855 103 S.Ct. 3369 77 L.Ed.2d 1072 AMERICAN BANK AND TRUST COMPANY, et al., Petitionerv.DALLAS COUNTY et al. No. 81-1717. Argued March 29, 1983. Decided July 5, 1983.* Rehearing Denied Sept. 8, 1983. See —- U.S. —-, 104 S.Ct. 39. Syllabus Until 1959, Rev.Stat. § 3701 provided in pertinent part […]

463 U.S. 783 463 U.S. 783 103 S.Ct. 3330 77 L.Ed.2d 1019 Frank MARSH, State Treasurer, et al., Petitionersv.Ernest CHAMBERS. No. 82-23. Argued April 20, 1983. Decided July 5, 1983. Syllabus The Nebraska Legislature begins each of its sessions with a prayer by a chaplain paid by the State with the legislature’s approval. Respondent member […]

463 U.S. 825 463 U.S. 825 103 S.Ct. 3352 77 L.Ed.2d 1049 UNITED BROTHERHOOD OF CARPENTERS AND JOINERS OF AMERICA, LOCAL 610, AFL-CIO, et al., Petitioners,v.Paul E. SCOTT et al. No. 82-486. Argued April 26, 1983. Decided July 5, 1983. Syllabus Respondent constru tion company hired nonunion workers for a project near Port Arthur, Tex., […]

463 U.S. 680 463 U.S. 680 103 S.Ct. 3274 77 L.Ed.2d 938 William D. RUCKELSHAUS, Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency, Petitioner,v.SIERRA CLUB et al. No. 82-242. Argued April 25, 1983. Decided July 1, 1983. Syllabus Section 307(f) of the Clean Air Act provides that in a proceeding for judicial review of an emission standard promulgated under […]

463 U.S. 745 463 U.S. 745 103 S.Ct. 3308 77 L.Ed.2d 987 Everett W. JONES, Superintendent, Great Meadow Correctional Facility, et al., Petitioners,v.David BARNES. No. 81-1794. Argued Feb. 22, 1983. Decided July 5, 1983. Syllabus After respondent was convicted of robbery and assault in a jury trial in a New York state court, counsel was […]

463 U.S. 765 463 U.S. 765 103 S.Ct. 3319 77 L.Ed.2d 1003 ILLINOIS, Petitionerv.John ANDREAS. No. 81-1843. Argued March 30, 1983. Decided July 5, 1983. Syllabus A large, locked metal container, shipped by air from Calcutta to respondent in Chicago, was opened by a customs officer at the airport, who found a wooden table with […]