475 U.S. 503 475 U.S. 503 106 S.Ct. 1310 89 L.Ed.2d 478 S. Simcha GOLDMAN, Petitionerv.Caspar W. WEINBERGER, Secretary of Defense, et al. No. 84-1097. Argued Jan. 14, 1986. Decided March 25, 1986. Syllabus Petitioner, an Orthodox Jew and ordained rabbi, was ordered not to wear a yarmulke while on duty and in uniform as […]
Category: 1986
475 U.S. 557
475 U.S. 557 475 U.S. 557 106 S.Ct. 1339 89 L.Ed.2d 521 Barbara Ann PAULUSSENv.George Ronald HERION. No. 85-88. Supreme Court of the United States March 25, 1986 PER CURIAM. 1 On The petition alleged that the daughter had been born out of wedlock, that appellee George Herion was her natural father, and that he […]
475 U.S. 560
475 U.S. 560 475 U.S. 560 106 S.Ct. 1340 89 L.Ed.2d 525 Terrance HOLBROOK, Superintendent, Massachusetts Correctional Institution, Norfolk, Massachusetts, et al., Petitionersv.Charles FLYNN. No. 84-1606. Argued Jan. 14, 1986. Decided March 26, 1986. Syllabus After respondent and others were indicted for armed robbery in Rhode Island Superior Court, they were held without bail. When […]
475 U.S. 412
475 U.S. 412 475 U.S. 412 106 S.Ct. 1135 89 L.Ed.2d 410 John MORAN, Superintendent, Rhode Island Department of Corrections, Petitionerv.Brian K. BURBINE. No. 84-1485. Argued Nov. 13, 1985. Decided March 10, 1986. Syllabus After respondent was arrested by the Cranston, Rhode Island, police in connection with a breaking and entering, the police obtained evidence […]
475 U.S. 534
475 U.S. 534 475 U.S. 534 106 S.Ct. 1326 89 L.Ed.2d 501 Michael BENDER, et al., Petitionersv.WILLIAMSPORT AREA SCHOOL DISTRICT et al. No. 84-773. Argued Oct. 15, 1985. Decided March 25, 1986. Rehearing Denied May 19, 1986. See 476 U.S. 1132, 106 S.Ct. 2003. Syllabus When a group of high school students in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, […]
Renton v. Playtime Theatres, Inc., 475 U.S. 41(1986)
Issues: First Amendment, Freedom of Speech
475 U.S. 41 106 S.Ct. 925 89 L.Ed.2d 29 CITY OF RENTON, et al., Appellants v. PLAYTIME THEATRES, INC., et al. No. 84-1360. Argued Nov. 12, 1985. Decided Feb. 25, 1986. Rehearing Denied April 21, 1986. See 475 U.S. 1132, 106 S.Ct. 1663. [qtbl style=”color: gray;”]Summary:?Renton v. Playtime Theatres, Inc., 475 U.S. 41 (1986),?was a […]
475 U.S. 355
475 U.S. 355 475 U.S. 355 106 S.Ct. 1103 89 L.Ed.2d 364 EXXON CORPORATION, et al., Appellantsv.Robert HUNT, Administrator of New Jersey Spill Compensation Fund, et al. No. 84-978. Argued Dec. 9, 1985. Decided March 10, 1986. Syllabus The New Jersey Spill Compensation and Control Act (Spill Act), enacted in 1977 to respond to the […]
United States v. Inadi, 475 U.S. 387 (1986)
Issues: Confrontation Clause, Evidence Law, Hearsay Rule, Sixth Amendment
475 U.S. 387 106 S.Ct. 1121 89 L.Ed.2d 390 UNITED STATES, Petitioner v. Joseph INADI. No. 84-1580. Argued Dec. 3, 1985. Decided March 10, 1986. Counsel: Andrew L. Frey, Washington, D.C., for petitioner. Holly Maguigan, Philadelphia, Pa., for respondent. [hr] Syllabus Following a jury trial in Federal District Court, respondent was convicted of conspiring to […]
475 U.S. 292
475 U.S. 292 475 U.S. 292 106 S.Ct. 1066 89 L.Ed.2d 232 CHICAGO TEACHERS UNION, LOCAL NO. 1, AFT, AFL-CIO, et al., Petitionersv.Annie Lee HUDSON et al. No. 84-1503. Argued Dec. 2, 1985. Decided March 4, 1986. Syllabus Petitioner Chicago Teachers Union has been the exclusive collective-bargaining representative of the Chicago Board of Education’s educational […]
475 U.S. 312
475 U.S. 312 475 U.S. 312 106 S.Ct. 1078 89 L.Ed.2d 251 Harol WHITLEY, Individually and as Assistant Superintendent, Oregon State Penitentiary, et al., Petitionersv.Gerald ALBERS. No. 84-1077. Argued Dec. 10, 1985. Decided March 4, 1986. Syllabus During the course of a riot at the Oregon State Penitentiary, a prison officer was taken hostage and […]
475 U.S. 335
475 U.S. 335 475 U.S. 335 106 S.Ct. 1092 89 L.Ed.2d 271 Edward MALLEY and Rhode Island, Petitioners,v.James R. BRIGGS and Louisa Briggs. No. 84-1586. Argued Nov. 13, 1985. Decided March 5, 1986. Syllabus On the basis of the monitoring of two telephone calls pursuant to a court-authorized wiretap of the telephone of an acquaintance […]
475 U.S. 211
475 U.S. 211 475 U.S. 211 106 S.Ct. 1018 89 L.Ed.2d 166 John L. CONNOLLY, et al., etc., Appellants,v.PENSION BENEFIT GUARANTY CORPORATION, etc., et al. WOODWARD SAND COMPANY, INC., Appellant, v. PENSION BENEFIT GUARANTY CORPORATION, etc., et al. Nos. 84-1555, 84-1567. Argued Dec. 2, 1985. Decided Feb. 26, 1986. Syllabus The Employee Retirement Income Security […]
475 U.S. 237
475 U.S. 237 475 U.S. 237 106 S.Ct. 1032 89 L.Ed.2d 187 T.L. MORRIS, Superintendent, Southern Ohio Correctional Facility, Petitionerv.James Michael MATHEWS. No. 84-1636. Argued Nov. 4, 1985. Decided Feb. 26, 1986. Rehearing Denied April 21, 1986. See 475 U.S. 1132, 106 S.Ct. 1663. Syllabus Respondent and another man (Daugherty) robbed a bank in Ohio. […]
475 U.S. 260
475 U.S. 260 475 U.S. 260 106 S.Ct. 1045 89 L.Ed.2d 206 Alexandra FISHER, et al., Appellantsv.CITY OF BERKELEY, CALIFORNIA, et al. No. 84-1538. Argued Nov. 12, 1985. Decided Feb. 26, 1986. Rehearing Denied April 28, 1986. See 475 U.S. 1150, 106 S.Ct. 1806. Syllabus A Berkeley, California, ordinance, enacted pursuant to popular initiative, imposes […]
475 U.S. 282
475 U.S. 282 475 U.S. 282 106 S.Ct. 1057 89 L.Ed.2d 223 WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRY, LABOR AND HUMAN RELATIONS, et al., Appellantsv.GOULD INC. No. 84-1484. Argued Dec. 9, 1985. Decided Feb. 26, 1986. Syllabus A Wisconsin statute debars persons or firms who have violated the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) three times within a […]
Nix v. Whiteside, 475 U.S. 157 (1986)
Issues: Effective Assistance of Counsel, Right to Counsel, Sixth Amendment
475 U.S. 157 106 S.Ct. 988 89 L.Ed.2d 123 Crispus NIX, Warden, Petitioner v. Emanuel Charles WHITESIDE. No. 84-1321. Argued Nov. 5, 1985. Decided Feb. 26, 1986. [qtbl style=”color:gray;”] SUMMARY:?Nix v. Whiteside, 475 U.S. 157 (1986) was a United States Supreme Court decision that dealt with the effective assistance of counsel during a criminal trial. […]
475 U.S. 192
475 U.S. 192 475 U.S. 192 106 S.Ct. 1007 89 L.Ed.2d 151 NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD, Petitioner,v. FINANCIAL INSTITUTION EMPLOYEES OF AMERICA, LOCAL 1182, CHARTERED BY UNITED FOOD AND COMMERCIAL WORKERS INTERNATIONAL UNION, AFL-CIO et al. SEATTLE-FIRST NATIONAL BANK, Petitioner, v. FINANCIAL INSTITUTION EMPLOYEES OF AMERICA, etc., et al. Nos. 84-1493, 84-1509. Argued Dec. 4, […]
475 U.S. 1148
475 U.S. 1148 475 U.S. 1148 106 S.Ct. 1802 90 L.Ed.2d 347 Theodore R. LITTLE, Jr.v.FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH, CRESTWOOD. No. 85-1435 Supreme Court of the United States April 28, 1986 On petition for writ of certiorari to the Circuit Court of Virginia, City of Chesapeake. The petition for a writ of certiorari is denied. Justice […]
475 U.S. 1301
475 U.S. 1301 475 U.S. 1301 106 S.Ct. 1367 89 L.Ed.2d 702 CALIFORNIAv.Albert Greenwood BROWN, Jr.No. A-699. March 27, 1986. Justice REHNQUIST, Circuit Justice. 1 Applicant, the State of California, asks that I stay pending disposition of its petition for certiorari the enforcement of the judgment of the California Supreme Court, which invalidated the death […]
U.S. v. Koecher, 475 U.S. 133 (1986)
475 U.S. 133 106 S.Ct. 1253 89 L.Ed.2d 103 UNITED STATES v. Hana KOECHER. No. 84-1922 Supreme Court of the United States February 25, 1986 On writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. PER CURIAM. The judgment of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit […]