Category: 1986

478 U.S. 1 478 U.S. 1 106 S.Ct. 2735 92 L.Ed.2d 1 PRESS-ENTERPRISE COMPANY, etc., Petitionerv.SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA FOR the COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE. No. 84-1560. Argued Feb. 26, 1986. Decided June 30, 1986. Syllabus California filed a complaint against a nurse charging him with murdering 12 patients by administering massive doses of the heart […]

478 U.S. 1011 478 U.S. 1011 106 S.Ct. 3311 92 L.Ed.2d 724 KANSAS GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANYv.William E. BROCK, Secretary of Labor and James E. Wells, Jr. No. 85-1403 Supreme Court of the United States June 30, 1986 On petition for writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit. […]

478 U.S. 1012 478 U.S. 1012 106 S.Ct. 3313 92 L.Ed.2d 726 MICHIGANv.Younis Mansi ESSA. No. 85-1514 Supreme Court of the United States June 30, 1986 On petition for writ of certiorari to the Court of Appeals of Michigan. The petition for a writ of certiorari is denied. Chief Justice BURGER, with whom Justice O’CONNOR […]

477 U.S. 79 477 U.S. 79 106 S.Ct. 2411 91 L.Ed.2d 67 Dynel McMILLAN, Lorna Peterson, James J. Dennison and Harold L. Smalls, Petitionersv.PENNSYLVANIA. No. 85-215. Argued March 4, 1986. Decided June 19, 1986. Syllabus Pennsylvania’s Mandatory Minimum Sentencing Act (Act) provides that anyone convicted of certain enumerated felonies is subject to a mandatory minimum […]

477 U.S. 635 477 U.S. 635 106 S.Ct. 2727 91 L.Ed.2d 527 Richard E. LYNG, Secretary of Agriculture, Appellantv.Natividad CASTILLO et al. No. 85-250. Argued April 29, 1986. Decided June 27, 1986. Syllabus Eligibility and benefit levels in the federal food stamp program are determined on a “household” rather than an individual basis. The statutory […]

477 U.S. 648 477 U.S. 648 106 S.Ct. 2734 91 L.Ed.2d 539 NEW MEXICO, Petitionerv.Ralph Rodney EARNEST. No. 85-162. June 27, 1986. Rehearing Denied Sept. 3, 1986. See 478 U.S. 1035, 107 S.Ct. 22. PER CURIAM. 1 We vacate the judgment of the Supreme Court of New Mexico and remand for further proceedings not inconsistent […]

477 U.S. 561 477 U.S. 561 106 S.Ct. 2686 91 L.Ed.2d 466 CITY OF RIVERSIDE, et al., Petitionersv.Santos RIVERA et al. No. 85-224. Argued March 31, 1986. Decided June 27, 1986. Syllabus Respondents, eight Chicano individuals, attended a party at the home of two of the respondents. A large number of officers of petitioner city’s […]

477 U.S. 597 477 U.S. 597 106 S.Ct. 2705 91 L.Ed.2d 494 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, et al., Petitionersv.PARALYZED VETERANS OF AMERICA et al. No. 85-289. Argued March 26, 1986. Decided June 27, 1986. Syllabus Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 prohibits discrimination against handicapped persons in “any program or activity receiving […]

477 U.S. 619 477 U.S. 619 106 S.Ct. 2718 91 L.Ed.2d 512 OHIO CIVIL RIGHTS COMMISSION et al., Appellantsv.DAYTON CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS, INC., et al. No. 85-488. Argued March 26, 1986. Decided June 27, 1986. Syllabus Appellee Dayton Christian Schools, Inc. (Dayton), a private nonprofit corporation that provides elementary and secondary education, requires that its teachers […]

477 U.S. 527 477 U.S. 527 106 S.Ct. 2661 91 L.Ed.2d 434 Michael Marnell SMITH, Petitionerv.Edward W. MURRAY, Director, Virginia Department of Corrections. No. 85-5487. Argued March 4, 1986. Decided June 26, 1986. Syllabus Prior to petitioner’s trial in a Virginia state court for murder of a woman, he was examined by a psychiatrist appointed […]

477 U.S. 556 477 U.S. 556 106 S.Ct. 2683 91 L.Ed.2d 459 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF the TREASURY, BUREAU OF ALCOHOL, TOBACCO AND FIREARMS, Appellantv.Anthony J. GALIOTO. No. 84-1904. Argued March 26, 1986. Decided June 27, 1986. Syllabus Appellee, who had been involuntarily committed to a mental hospital for a period of several days in […]

477 U.S. 57 477 U.S. 57 106 S.Ct. 2399 91 L.Ed.2d 49 MERITOR SAVINGS BANK, FSB, Petitionerv.Mechelle VINSON et al. No. 84-1979. Argued March 25, 1986. Decided June 19, 1986. Syllabus Respondent former employee of petitioner bank brought an action against the bank and her supervisor at the bank, claiming that during her employment at […]

477 U.S. 436 477 U.S. 436 106 S.Ct. 2616 91 L.Ed.2d 364 R.H. KUHLMANN, Superintendent, Sullivan Correctional Facility, Petitionerv.Joseph Allan WILSON. No. 84-1479. Argued Jan. 14, 1986. Decided June 26, 1986. Syllabus After his arraignment on charges arising from a 1970 robbery and murder in New York, respondent was confined in a cell with a […]

477 U.S. 478 477 U.S. 478 106 S.Ct. 2639 91 L.Ed.2d 397 Edward W. MURRAY, Director, Virginia Department of Corrections, Petitionerv.Clifford W. CARRIER. No. 84-1554. Argued Jan. 21, 1986. Decided June 26, 1986. Syllabus Respondent was convicted by a jury in a Virginia state court of rape and abduction. The trial judge denied respondent’s counsel’s […]

477 U.S. 399 477 U.S. 399 106 S.Ct. 2595 91 L.Ed.2d 335 Alvin Bernard FORD, etc., Petitionerv.Louie L. WAINWRIGHT, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections. No. 85-5542. Argued April 22, 1986. Decided June 26, 1986. Syllabus In 1974, petitioner was convicted of murder in a Florida state court and sentenced to death. There is no suggestion […]

477 U.S. 41 477 U.S. 41 106 S.Ct. 2390 91 L.Ed.2d 35 Otis R. BOWEN, Secretary of Health and Human Services, et al., Appellantsv.PUBLIC AGENCIES OPPOSED TO SOCIAL SECURITY ENTRAPMENT et al. No. 85-521. Argued April 28, 1986. Decided June 19, 1986. Syllabus In 1950, Congress amended the Social Security Act to authorize voluntary participation […]

477 U.S. 340 477 U.S. 340 106 S.Ct. 2561 91 L.Ed.2d 285 MacDONALD, SOMMER & FRATES, Appellantv.YOLO COUNTY et al. No. 84-2015. Argued March 26, 1986. Decided June 25, 1986. Rehearing Denied Sept. 3, 1986. See 478 U.S. 1035, 107 S.Ct. 22. Syllabus Appellant submitted a proposal to the Yolo County Planning Commission to subdivide […]

477 U.S. 365 477 U.S. 365 106 S.Ct. 2574 91 L.Ed.2d 305 Irwin I. KIMMELMAN, Attorney General of New Jersey, et al., Petitionersv.Neil MORRISON. No. 84-1661. Argued March 5, 1986. Decided June 26, 1986. Syllabus At respondent’s bench trial in a New Jersey court resulting in his conviction of rape, a police officer testified that […]

477 U.S. 299 477 U.S. 299 106 S.Ct. 2537 91 L.Ed.2d 249 MEMPHIS COMMUNITY SCHOOL DISTRICT, et al., Petitionersv.Edward J. STACHURA. No. 85-410. Argued April 2, 1986. Decided June 25, 1986. Syllabus Respondent, a tenured teacher in the Memphis, Michigan, public schools, was suspended following parents’ complaints about his teaching methods in a seventh-grade life […]