471 U.S. 83 471 U.S. 83 105 S.Ct. 1859 85 L.Ed.2d 63 BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF the VILLAGE OF SCARSDALE, et al., petitioners,v.Kathleen S. McCREARY et al No. 84-277 Supreme Court of the United States March 27, 1985 On writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. PER CURIAM. […]
Category: 1985
471 U.S. 724
471 U.S. 724 471 U.S. 724 105 S.Ct. 2380 85 L.Ed.2d 728 METROPOLITAN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, Appellant,v.Commonwealth of MASSACHUSETTS. TRAVELERS INSURANCE COMPANY, Appellant, v. Commonwealth of MASSACHUSETTS. Nos. 84-325, 84-356. Argued Feb. 26, 1985. Decided June 3, 1985. Syllabus A Massachusetts statute (§ 47B) requires that certain minimum mental-health-care benefits be provided a Massachusetts resident […]
471 U.S. 759
471 U.S. 759 471 U.S. 759 105 S.Ct. 2399 85 L.Ed.2d 753 MONTANA, et al., Petitionersv.BLACKFEET TRIBE OF INDIANS. No. 83-2161. Argued Jan. 15, 1985. Reargued April 23, 1985. Decided June 3, 1985. Syllabus The 1891 Act that first authorized mineral leasing of Indian lands was amended by a 1924 Act that provided that “the […]
471 U.S. 81
471 U.S. 81 471 U.S. 81 105 S.Ct. 1859 85 L.Ed.2d 61 Kenneth CORY, Leo T. McCarthy and Jesse R. Huff, Appellants,v.WESTERN OIL AND GAS ASSOCIATION et al No. 84-16 Supreme Court of the United States March 27, 1985 Rehearing Denied May 13, 1985. See 471 U.S. 1112, 105 S.Ct. 2349. PER CURIAM. 1 The […]
471 U.S. 626
471 U.S. 626 471 U.S. 626 105 S.Ct. 2265 85 L.Ed.2d 652 Philip Q. ZAUDERER, Appellantv.OFFICE OF DISCIPLINARY COUNSEL OF the SUPREME COURT OF OHIO. No. 83-2166. Argued Jan. 7, 1985. Decided May 28, 1985. Syllabus Appellant, an attorney practicing law in Ohio, ran a newspaper advertisement advising readers that his firm would represent defendants […]
471 U.S. 701
471 U.S. 701 471 U.S. 701 105 S.Ct. 2308 85 L.Ed.2d 708 W. George GOULD, Petitionerv.Max A. RUEFENACHT et al. No. 84-165. Argued March 26, 1985. Decided May 28, 1985. Syllabus Respondent Ruefenacht (hereinafter respondent) purchased 50% of the stock of a company whose president previously had owned all of the stock. Respondent allegedly purchased […]
471 U.S. 707
471 U.S. 707 471 U.S. 707 105 S.Ct. 2371 85 L.Ed.2d 714 HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, FLORIDA, et al., Appellantsv.AUTOMATED MEDICAL LABORATORIES, INC. No. 83-1925. Argued April 16, 1985. Decided June 3, 1985. Syllabus In 1980, appellant Hillsborough County adopted ordinances and promulgated implementing regulations governing blood plasma centers within the county. One ordinance requires that blood […]
471 U.S. 606
471 U.S. 606 471 U.S. 606 105 S.Ct. 2254 85 L.Ed.2d 636 Lee Roy BLACK, Director, Missouri Department of Corrections and Human Resources and Dick D. Moore, Chairman, Missouri Board of Probation and Parole, Petitionersv.Nicholas J. ROMANO. No. 84-465. Argued March 18, 1985. Decided May 20, 1985. Rehearing Denied July 1, 1985. See 473 U.S. […]
Landreth Timber Co. v. Landreth, 471 U.S. 681 (1985)
Issues: Securities & Exchange
471 U.S. 681 105 S.Ct. 2297 85 L.Ed.2d 692 LANDRETH TIMBER COMPANY, Petitioner v. Ivan K. LANDRETH et al. No. 83-1961. Argued March 26, 1985. Decided May 28, 1985. Syllabus Respondents father and sons, who owned all of the common stock of a lumber business that they operated, offered their stock for sale through brokers. […]
471 U.S. 539
471 U.S. 539 471 U.S. 539 105 S.Ct. 2218 85 L.Ed.2d 588 HARPER & ROW, PUBLISHERS, INC. and the Reader’s Digest Association, Inc., Petitionersv.NATION ENTERPRISES and the Nation Associates, Inc. No. 83-1632. Argued Nov. 6, 1984. Decided May 20, 1985. Syllabus In 1977, former President Ford contracted with petitioners to publish his as yet unwritten […]
471 U.S. 48
471 U.S. 48 471 U.S. 48 105 S.Ct. 1721 85 L.Ed.2d 36 SOUTHERN MOTOR CARRIERS RATE CONFERENCE, INC., et al.v.UNITED STATES. No. 82-1922. Argued Nov. 26, 1984. Decided March 27, 1985. Syllabus Petitioner Southern Motor Carriers Rate Conference and petitioner North Carolina Motor Carriers Association (petitioners), “rate bureaus” composed of motor common carriers operating in […]
471 U.S. 491
471 U.S. 491 471 U.S. 491 105 S.Ct. 2192 85 L.Ed.2d 553 Joseph PONTE, Superintendent, Massachusetts Correctional Institution, Walpole, Petitionerv.John REAL. No. 83-1329. Argued Jan. 9, 1985. Decided May 20, 1985. Syllabus Respondent, a Massachusetts prison inmate, as a result of a fight that occurred in a prison office, was charged with violation of prison […]
471 U.S. 524
471 U.S. 524 471 U.S. 524 105 S.Ct. 2210 85 L.Ed.2d 577 CONNECTICUT DEPARTMENT OF INCOME MAINTENANCE, Petitioner,v.Margaret M. HECKLER, Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services, et al. No. 83-2136. Argued March 27, 1985. Decided May 20, 1985. Syllabus The Medicaid Act does not cover services performed for patients between the ages of 21 […]
471 U.S. 444
471 U.S. 444 471 U.S. 444 105 S.Ct. 2098 85 L.Ed.2d 452 IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE, Petitioner,v.Bernardo RIOS-PINEDA and Estarnilada Rios-Pineda De Rios. No. 83-2032. Argued March 20, 1985. Decided May 13, 1985. Syllabus Section 244(a)(1) of the Immigration and Nationality Act allows the Attorney General to suspend an alien’s deportation if the alien has […]
471 U.S. 453
471 U.S. 453 471 U.S. 453 105 S.Ct. 2103 85 L.Ed.2d 462 UNITED STATESv.Joseph BENCHIMOL. No. 84-1165. May 13, 1985. PER CURIAM. 1 In April 1976, respondent pleaded guilty in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California to an information charging him with one count of mail fraud in violation of […]
471 U.S. 459
471 U.S. 459 471 U.S. 459 105 S.Ct. 2106 85 L.Ed.2d 469 Alwin E. HOPFMANN et al.v.Michael Joseph CONNOLLY et al. No. 84-1440. May 13, 1985. PER CURIAM. 1 Appeal from the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit is dismissed for want of jurisdiction. Treating the papers whereon the appeal was taken […]
BURGER KING CORP. v. RUDZEWICZ, 471 U.S. 462 (1985)
Issues: Civil Procedure, Minimum Contacts, Personal Jurisdiction, Specific Jurisdiction
471 U.S. 462 471 U.S. 462 105 S.Ct. 2174 85 L.Ed.2d 528 BURGER KING CORPORATION, Appellantv.John RUDZEWICZ. No. 83-2097. Argued Jan. 8, 1985. Decided May 20, 1985. Syllabus Appellant is a Florida corporation whose principal offices are in Miami. It conducts most of its restaurant business through a franchise operation, under which franchisees are licensed […]
CALIFORNIA v. CARNEY, 471 U.S. 386 (1985)
Issues: Criminal Procedure, Fourth Amendment, Probable Cause, Vehicle Searches
471 U.S. 386 105 S.Ct. 2066 85 L.Ed.2d 406 CALIFORNIA, Petitioner v. Charles R. CARNEY. No. 83-859. Argued Oct. 30, 1984. Decided May 13, 1985. HEADNOTES CONSTITUTIONAL LAW – SEARCHES AND SEIZURES – Motor Home- Warrantless Search. Where (1) a law enforcement agent, who had information that respondent’s mobile motor home was being used […]
471 U.S. 409
471 U.S. 409 471 U.S. 409 105 S.Ct. 2078 85 L.Ed.2d 425 TENNESSEE, Petitionerv.Harvey J. STREET. No. 83-2143. Argued March 18, 1985. Decided May 13, 1985. Syllabus At respondent’s Tennessee state-court trial for murder, the State relied on a confession that respondent made to the Sheriff. Respondent testified that his confession was coercively derived from […]
471 U.S. 419
471 U.S. 419 471 U.S. 419 105 S.Ct. 2084 85 L.Ed.2d 434 Frank LIPAROTA, Petitioner,v.UNITED STATES. No. 84-5108. Argued March 19, 1985. Decided May 13, 1985. Syllabus The federal statute governing food stamp fraud provides in 7 U.S.C. § 2024(b)(1) that “whoever knowingly uses, transfers, acquires, alters, or possesses coupons or authorization cards in any […]