Category: 1984

465 U.S. 822 465 U.S. 822 104 S.Ct. 1505 79 L.Ed.2d 839 NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD, Petitionerv.CITY DISPOSAL SYSTEMS INC. No. 82-960. Argued Nov. 7, 1983. Decided March 21, 1984. Syllabus Section 7 of the National Labor Relations Act provides that employees shall have the right to join or assist labor organizations, to bargain collectively, […]

465 U.S. 783 465 U.S. 783 104 S.Ct. 1482 79 L.Ed.2d 804 Iain CALDER and John South, Appellants,v.Shirley JONES. No. 82-1401. Argued Nov. 8, 1983. Decided March 20, 1984. Syllabus Respondent, a professional entertainer who lives and works in California and whose television career was centered there, brought suit in California Superior Court, claiming that […]

465 U.S. 792 465 U.S. 792 104 S.Ct. 1488 79 L.Ed.2d 814 UNITED STATES, Petitioner,v.WEBER AIRCRAFT CORPORATION et al. No. 82-1616. Argued Jan. 11, 1984. Decided March 20, 1984. Syllabus When the engine of an Air Force aircraft failed in flight, the pilot was severely injured when he ejected from the plane. After Air Force […]

465 U.S. 75 465 U.S. 75 104 S.Ct. 892 79 L.Ed.2d 56 Ethel D. MIGRA, Petitioner,v.WARREN CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD OF EDUCATION et al. No. 82-738. Argued Oct. 11, 1983. Decided Jan. 23, 1984. Syllabus Petitioner was employed by respondent Warren, Ohio, Board of Education (Board) as a supervisor of elementary education on an annual […]

465 U.S. 752 465 U.S. 752 104 S.Ct. 1464 79 L.Ed.2d 775 MONSANTO COMPANY, Petitionerv.SPRAY-RITE SERVICE CORPORATION. No. 82-914. Argued Dec. 5, 1983. Decided March 20, 1984. Syllabus From 1957 to 1968, respondent, a wholesale distributor of agricultural chemicals that engaged in a discount operation, sold agricultural herbicides manufactured by petitioner. In 1968, petitioner refused […]

465 U.S. 668 465 U.S. 668 104 S.Ct. 1355 79 L.Ed.2d 604 Dennis LYNCH, etc., et al., Petitionersv.Daniel DONNELLY et al. No. 82-1256. Argued Oct. 4, 1983. Decided March 5, 1984. Rehearing Denied May 14, 1984. See U.S., 104 S.Ct. 2376. Syllabus The city of Pawtucket, R.I., annually erects a Christmas display in a park […]

465 U.S. 728 465 U.S. 728 104 S.Ct. 1387 79 L.Ed.2d 646 Margaret M. HECKLER, Secretary of Health and Human Services, Appellantv.Robert H. MATHEWS et al. No. 82-1050. Argued Dec. 5, 1983. Decided March 5, 1984. Syllabus Prior to 1977, spousal benefits under the Social Security Act (Act) were payable only to husbands or widowers […]

465 U.S. 624 465 U.S. 624 104 S.Ct. 1248 79 L.Ed.2d 568 CONSOLIDATED RAIL CORPORATION, Petitionerv.Lee Ann LeStrange DARRONE, as Administratrix of Estate of Thomas LeStrange. No. 82-862. Argued Nov. 29, 1983. Decided Feb. 28, 1984. Syllabus Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 provides that “[n]o . . . handicapped individual . . […]

465 U.S. 638 465 U.S. 638 104 S.Ct. 1338 79 L.Ed.2d 579 Herman SOLEM, Warden, Petitionerv.Norman STUMES. No. 81-2149. Argued Nov. 28, 1983. Decided Feb. 29, 1984. Syllabus Respondent, a homicide suspect, when arrested on unrelated charges, made incriminating statements to the police about the homicide after the police had twice renewed interrogation despite respondent’s […]

465 U.S. 513 465 U.S. 513 104 S.Ct. 1188 79 L.Ed.2d 482 NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD, Petitioner,v.BILDISCO AND BILDISCO, Debtor-In-Possession, et al. LOCAL 408, INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF TEAMSTERS, etc., Petitioner v. NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD et al. Nos. 82-818, 82-852. Argued Oct. 11, 1983. Decided Feb. 22, 1984. Syllabus Section 365(a) of the Bankruptcy Code […]

465 U.S. 555 465 U.S. 555 104 S.Ct. 1211 79 L.Ed.2d 516 GROVE CITY COLLEGE, Individually and on Behalf of its Students, et al., Petitionersv.Terrel H. BELL, Secretary of Education, et al. No. 82-792. Argued Nov. 29, 1983. Decided Feb. 28, 1984. Syllabus Section 901(a) of Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 prohibits […]

465 U.S. 605 465 U.S. 605 104 S.Ct. 1237 79 L.Ed.2d 552 UNITED STATES, Petitionerv.John DOE. No. 82-786. Argued Dec. 7, 1983. Decided Feb. 28, 1984. Syllabus During a federal grand jury investigation of corruption in the awarding of county and municipal contracts, subpoenas were served on respondent owner of sole proprietorships demanding production of […]

465 U.S. 463 465 U.S. 463 104 S.Ct. 1161 79 L.Ed.2d 443 Herman S. SOLEM, Warden, and Mark V. Meierhenry, Attorney General of South Dakota, Petitionersv.John BARTLETT. No. 82-1253. Argued Dec. 7, 1983. Decided Feb. 22, 1984. Syllabus The Cheyenne River Act (Act), enacted in 1908, authorized the Secretary of the Interior “to sell and […]

465 U.S. 482 465 U.S. 482 104 S.Ct. 1172 79 L.Ed.2d 458 Arthur DIXSON, Petitioner,v.UNITED STATES. James Lee HINTON, Petitioner, v. UNITED STATES. Nos. 82-5279, 82-5331. Argued Oct. 12, 1983. Decided Feb. 22, 1984. Syllabus The city of Peoria received federal block grants from the Department of Housing and Urban Development under the Housing and […]

465 U.S. 37 465 U.S. 37 104 S.Ct. 871 79 L.Ed.2d 29 R. PULLEY, Warden, Petitionerv.Robert Alton HARRIS. No. 82-1095. Argued Nov. 7, 1983. Decided Jan. 23, 1984. Syllabus Respondent was convicted of a capital crime in a California court and was sentenced to death, and the California Supreme Court affirmed, rejecting the claim that […]

465 U.S. 420 465 U.S. 420 104 S.Ct. 1136 79 L.Ed.2d 409 MINNESOTA, Petitionerv.Marshall Donald MURPHY. No. 82-827. Argued Oct. 12, 1983. Decided Feb. 22, 1984. Syllabus In 1980, respondent pleaded guilty to a sex-related charge in a Minnesota court, and was given a suspended prison sentence and placed on probation. The terms of his […]

465 U.S. 354 465 U.S. 354 104 S.Ct. 1099 79 L.Ed.2d 361 UNITED STATES, Petitioner,v.ONE ASSORTMENT OF 89 FIREARMS. No. 82-1047. Argued Nov. 30, 1983. Decided Feb. 22, 1984. Syllabus Upon trial in Federal District Court, defendant Mulcahey, who asserted the defense of entrapment, was acquitted of charges of knowingly engaging in the business of […]

465 U.S. 367 465 U.S. 367 104 S.Ct. 1107 79 L.Ed.2d 372 State of SOUTH CAROLINA, Plaintiffv.Donald T. REGAN, Secretary of the Treasury of the United States. No. 94, Orig. Argued Oct. 5, 1983. Decided Feb. 22, 1984. Syllabus Section 103(a) of the Internal Revenue Code exempts from a taxpayer’s gross income the interest earned […]

465 U.S. 271 465 U.S. 271 104 S.Ct. 1058 79 L.Ed.2d 299 MINNESOTA STATE BOARD FOR COMMUNITY COLLEGES et al.v.Leon W. KNIGHT et al. MINNESOTA COMMUNITY COLLEGE FACULTY ASSOCIATION et al. v. Leon W. KNIGHT et al. Nos. 82-898, 82-977. Argued Nov. 1, 1983. Decided Feb. 21, 1984. Syllabus The Minnesota Public Employment Labor Relations […]