Category: 1983

463 U.S. 1073 463 U.S. 1073 103 S.Ct. 3492 77 L.Ed.2d 1236 ARIZONA GOVERNING COMMITTEE FOR TAX DEFERRED ANNUITY AND DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLANS, etc., et al., Petitioners,v.Nathalie NORRIS, etc. No. 82-52. July 6, 1983. PER CURIAM. 1 Petitioners in this case administer a deferred compensation plan for employees of the State of Arizona. The respondent […]

462 U.S. 919 462 U.S. 919 103 S.Ct. 2764 77 L.Ed.2d 317 IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE, Appellantv.Jagdish Rai CHADHA et al. UNITED STATES HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Petitioner v. IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE et al. UNITED STATES SENATE, Petitioner v. IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE et al. Nos. 80-1832, 80-2170 and 80-2171. Argued Feb. 22, 1982. Reargued […]

462 U.S. 862 462 U.S. 862 103 S.Ct. 2733 77 L.Ed.2d 235 Walter ZANT, Warden, Petitionerv.Alpha Otis O’Daniel STEPHENS. No. 81-89. Argued Feb. 24, 1982. Question Certified May 3, 1982. Decided June 22, 1983. Syllabus In a bifurcated trial in a Georgia state court, a jury found respondent guilty of murder and imposed the death […]

462 U.S. 835 462 U.S. 835 103 S.Ct. 2690 77 L.Ed.2d 214 Margaret R. BROWN, et al., Appellantsv.Thyra THOMSON, Secretary of State of Wyoming, et al. No. 82-65. Argued March 21, 1983. Decided June 22, 1983. Syllabus The Wyoming Legislature consists of a Senate and a House of Representatives. The State Constitution provides that each […]

462 U.S. 87 462 U.S. 87 103 S.Ct. 2246 76 L.Ed.2d 437 BALTIMORE GAS AND ELECTRIC CO., et al., Petitionersv.NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL, INC. UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION, et al., Petitioners v. NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL, INC., et al. COMMONWEALTH EDISON COMPANY, et al., Petitioners v. NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL, INC., et al. Nos. […]

462 U.S. 725 462 U.S. 725 103 S.Ct. 2653 77 L.Ed.2d 133 Alan J. KARCHER, Speaker, New Jersey Assembly, et al., Appellantsv.George T. DAGGETT et al. No. 81-2057. Argued March 2, 1983. Decided June 22, 1983. Syllabus As a result of the 1980 census, the New Jersey Legislature reapportioned the State’s congressional districts. The reapportionment […]

462 U.S. 791 462 U.S. 791 103 S.Ct. 2706 77 L.Ed.2d 180 MENNONITE BOARD OF MISSIONS, Appellantv.Richard C. ADAMS. No. 82-11. Argued March 30, 1983. Decided June 22, 1983. Syllabus An Indiana statute requires the county auditor to post notice in the county courthouse of the sale of real property for nonpayment of property taxes […]

462 U.S. 810 462 U.S. 810 103 S.Ct. 2717 77 L.Ed.2d 195 NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF GREETING CARD PUBLISHERS, Petitioner,v.UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE, et al. UNITED PARCEL SERVICE OF AMERICA, INC., Petitioner, v. UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE, et al. Nos. 81-1304, 81-1381. Argued Dec. 1, 1982. Decided June 22, 1983. Syllabus Section 3622(b) of the Postal […]

462 U.S. 669 462 U.S. 669 103 S.Ct. 2622 77 L.Ed.2d 89 NEWPORT NEWS SHIPBUILDING AND DRY DOCK COMPANY, Petitioner,v.EEOC. No. 82-411. Argued April 27, 1983. Decided June 20, 1983. Syllabus Section 703(a)(1) of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 makes it an unlawful employment practice for an employer to discriminate against […]

462 U.S. 696 462 U.S. 696 103 S.Ct. 2637 77 L.Ed.2d 110 UNITED STATES, Petitionerv.Raymond J. PLACE. No. 81-1617. Argued March 2, 1983. Decided June 20, 1983. Syllabus When respondent’s behavior aroused the suspicion of law enforcement officers as he waited in line at the Miami International Airport to purchase a ticket to New York’s […]

462 U.S. 74 462 U.S. 74 103 S.Ct. 2239 76 L.Ed.2d 427 UNITED STATES, Appellantv.Harry PTASYNSKI et al. No. 82-1066. Argued April 27, 1983. Decided June 6, 1983. Syllabus The Crude Oil Windfall Profit Tax Act of 1980 grants an exemption from the tax of domestic crude oil defined as oil produced from wells located […]

462 U.S. 650 462 U.S. 650 103 S.Ct. 2611 77 L.Ed.2d 74 Carlos CHARDON, etc., et al., Petitionersv.Juan Fumero SOTO, et al. No. 82-271. Argued March 23, 1983. Decided June 20, 1983. Syllabus After petitioner Puerto Rican educational officials had demoted respondent school employees and shortly before Puerto Rico’s 1-year statute of limitations would have […]

462 U.S. 611 462 U.S. 611 103 S.Ct. 2591 77 L.Ed.2d 46 FIRST NATIONAL CITY BANK, Petitionerv.BANCO PARA EL COMERCIO EXTERIOR DE CUBA. No. 81-984. Argued March 28, 1983. Decided June 17, 1983. Syllabus In 1960, the Cuban Government established respondent to serve as an official autonomous credit institution for foreign trade with full juridical […]

462 U.S. 579 462 U.S. 579 103 S.Ct. 2573 77 L.Ed.2d 22 UNITED STATES, Petitionerv.Jose Reynaldo VILLAMONTE-MARQUEZ et al. No. 81-1350. Argued Feb. 23, 1983. Decided June 17, 1983. Syllabus Title 19 U.S.C. § 1581(a) authorizes customs officers to board any vessel at any time and at any place in the United States to examine […]

462 U.S. 637 462 U.S. 637 103 S.Ct. 3100 77 L.Ed.2d 277 FLORIDA, petitioner,v.Constantino CASAL and Omar Garcia No. 81-2318 Supreme Court of the United States June 17, 1983 On writ of certiorari to the Supreme Court of Florida. PER CURIAM. 1 The writ is dismissed as improvidently granted, it appearing that the judgment of […]

462 U.S. 640 462 U.S. 640 103 S.Ct. 2605 77 L.Ed.2d 65 ILLINOIS, Petitionerv.Ralph LAFAYETTE. No. 81-1859. Argued April 20, 1983. Decided June 20, 1983. Syllabus After respondent was arrested for disturbing the peace, he was taken to the police station. There, without obtaining a warrant and in the process of booking him and inventorying […]

462 U.S. 523 462 U.S. 523 103 S.Ct. 2541 76 L.Ed.2d 768 JONES & LAUGHLIN STEEL CORPORATION, etc., Petitioner,v.Howard E. PFEIFER. No. 82-131. Argued Feb. 28, 1983. Decided June 15, 1983. Syllabus Respondent was injured in the course of his employment while employed by petitioner as a loading helper on petitioner’s coal barge. The injury […]

462 U.S. 554 462 U.S. 554 103 S.Ct. 2558 77 L.Ed.2d 1 State of TEXAS, Plaintiffv.State of NEW MEXICO. No. 65, Orig. Argued March 30, 1983. Decided June 17, 1983. Syllabus The Pecos River Compact was entered into by Texas and New Mexico (and approved by Congress) to govern allocation of the waters of the […]

462 U.S. 476 462 U.S. 476 103 S.Ct. 2517 76 L.Ed.2d 733 PLANNED PARENTHOOD ASSOCIATION OF KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI, INC., et al., Petitioners,v.John ASHCROFT, Attorney General of Missouri, et al. John ASHCROFT, Attorney General of Missouri, et al., Petitioners, v. PLANNED PARENTHOOD ASSOCIATION OF KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI, INC., et al., Petitioners. Nos. 81-1255, 81-1623. Argued […]

462 U.S. 506 462 U.S. 506 103 S.Ct. 2532 76 L.Ed.2d 755 Chris SIMOPOULOS, Appellant,v.VIRGINIA. No. 81-185. Argued Nov. 30, 1982. Decided June 15, 1983. Syllabus Appellant, an obstetrician-gynecologist, was convicted after a Virginia state-court trial for violating Virginia statutory provisions that make it unlawful to perform an abortion during the second trimester of pregnancy […]