477 U.S. 274 477 U.S. 274 106 S.Ct. 2523 91 L.Ed.2d 228 INTERNATIONAL UNION, UNITED AUTOMOBILE, AEROSPACE AND AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENT WORKERS OF AMERICA, et al., Petitionersv.William E. BROCK, Secretary, United States Department of Labor. No. 84-1777. Argued March 25, 1986. Decided June 25, 1986. Syllabus To supplement state unemployment insurance benefits, the Trade Act of […]
Category: 1986
477 U.S. 299
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 […]
477 U.S. 105
477 U.S. 105 477 U.S. 105 106 S.Ct. 2426 91 L.Ed.2d 89 UNITED STATES, Petitionerv.AMERICAN BAR ENDOWMENT et al. No. 85-599. Argued April 28, 1986. Decided June 23, 1986. Syllabus Respondent American Bar Endowment (ABE), a tax-exempt organization, raises money for its charitable work by providing group life, health, accident, and disability insurance policies, underwritten […]
477 U.S. 207
477 U.S. 207 477 U.S. 207 106 S.Ct. 2485 91 L.Ed.2d 174 OFFSHORE LOGISTICS, INC., et al., Petitionersv.Beth A. TALLENTIRE et al. No. 85-202. Argued Feb. 24, 1986. Decided June 23, 1986. Syllabus Respondents’ husbands were killed when petitioner Air Logistic’s helicopter crashed in the high seas 35 miles off the Louisiana coast while transporting […]
477 U.S. 21
477 U.S. 21 477 U.S. 21 106 S.Ct. 2379 91 L.Ed.2d 18 Ronald A. SCHIAVONE, Genaro Liguori and Joseph A. DiCarolis, Petitionersv.FORTUNE, aka Time, Incorporated. No. 84-1839. Argued Feb. 26, 1986. Decided June 18, 1986. Syllabus Petitioners instituted diversity libel actions on May 9, 1983, by filing their respective complaints in the Federal District Court […]
Wardair Canada, Inc. v. Florida Dep’t of Revenue, 477 U.S. 1 (1986)
477 U.S. 1 106 S.Ct. 2369 91 L.Ed.2d 1 WARDAIR CANADA, INC., Appellant v. FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE. No. 84-902. Argued March 31, 1986. Decided June 18, 1986. Counsel: Walter D. Hansen for appellant. Albert G. Lauber, Jr., Washington, D.C., for United States as amicus curiae, in support of the appellant, by special leave of […]
477 U.S. 131
477 U.S. 131 477 U.S. 131 106 S.Ct. 2440 91 L.Ed.2d 110 MAINE, Appellantv.Robert J. TAYLOR and United States. No. 85-62. Argued March 24, 1986. Decided June 23, 1986. Syllabus Appellee bait dealer (appellee) arranged to have live baitfish imported into Maine, despite a Maine statute prohibiting such importation. He was indicted under a federal […]
477 U.S. 154
477 U.S. 154 477 U.S. 154 106 S.Ct. 2456 91 L.Ed.2d 131 Charles ATKINS, Commissioner, Massachusetts Department of Public Welfare, Petitionerv.Santos RIVERA et al. No. 85-632. Argued April 21, 1986. Decided June 23, 1986. Syllabus The Medicaid program of the Social Security Act (Act) provides medical assistance to persons whose income and resources are insufficient […]
477 U.S. 168
477 U.S. 168 477 U.S. 168 106 S.Ct. 2464 91 L.Ed.2d 144 Willie Jasper DARDEN, Petitionerv.Louie L. WAINWRIGHT, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections. No. 85-5319. Argued Jan. 13, 1986. Decided June 23, 1986. Rehearing Denied Sept. 3, 1986. See 478 U.S. 1036, 107 S.Ct. 24. Syllabus After a jury trial in a Florida court, petitioner […]
476 U.S. 898
476 U.S. 898 476 U.S. 898 106 S.Ct. 2317 90 L.Ed.2d 899 ATTORNEY GENERAL OF NEW YORK, Appellantv.Eduardo SOTO-LOPEZ et al. No. 84-1803. Argued Jan. 15, 1986. Decided June 17, 1986. Syllabus The New York Constitution and Civil Service Law grant a civil service employment preference, in the form of points added to examination scores, […]
476 U.S. 926
476 U.S. 926 476 U.S. 926 106 S.Ct. 2333 90 L.Ed.2d 921 Richard E. LYNG, Secretary of Agriculture, et al., Petitionersv.Ronald E. PAYNE et al., etc. No. 84-1948. Argued March 24, 1986. Decided June 17, 1986. Rehearing Denied Aug. 19, 1986. See 478 U.S. 1031, 107 S.Ct. 11. Syllabus Under the Consolidated Farm and Rural […]
476 U.S. 953
476 U.S. 953 476 U.S. 953 106 S.Ct. 2349 90 L.Ed.2d 943 NANTAHALA POWER AND LIGHT COMPANY, et al., Appellantsv.Lacy H. THORNBURG, Attorney General of North Carolina, et al. No. 85-568. Argued April 21, 1986. Decided June 17, 1986. Syllabus Appellants Nantahala Power & Light Co. and Tapoco, Inc., are wholly owned subsidiaries of appellant […]
476 U.S. 974
476 U.S. 974 476 U.S. 974 106 S.Ct. 2360 90 L.Ed.2d 959 Frank YOUNG, Commissioner of Food and Drug Administration, Petitionerv.COMMUNITY NUTRITION INSTITUTE et al. No. 85-664. Argued April 30, 1986. Decided June 17, 1986. Syllabus The Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (Act) provides in 21 U.S.C. § 346 that when the addition of […]
476 U.S. 834
476 U.S. 834 476 U.S. 834 106 S.Ct. 2224 90 L.Ed.2d 841 UNITED STATES, Petitioner,v.Florence Blacketter MOTTAZ, etc. No. 85-546. Argued April 22, 1986. Decided June 11, 1986. Syllabus Respondent inherited interests in three Indian allotments, title to which was held in trust by the United States. In 1954, the Government sold the allotments to […]
476 U.S. 877
476 U.S. 877 476 U.S. 877 106 S.Ct. 2305 90 L.Ed.2d 881 THREE AFFILIATED TRIBES OF the FORT BERTHOLD RESERVATION, Petitionerv.WOLD ENGINEERING et al. No. 84-1973. Argued March 24, 1986. Decided June 16, 1986. Syllabus Petitioner Indian tribe brought suit against respondent corporation (hereafter respondent) in a North Dakota state court for negligence and breach […]
Thornburgh v. American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, 476 U.S. 747 (1986)
Issues: Abortion, Due Process of Law, Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment, Fourteenth Amendment, Gender Equality
476 U.S. 747 106 S.Ct. 2169 90 L.Ed.2d 779 Richard THORNBURGH, et al., Appellants v. AMERICAN COLLEGE OF OBSTETRICIANS AND GYNECOLOGISTS et al. No. 84-495. Argued Nov. 5, 1985. Decided June 11, 1986. Counsel: Andrew S. Gordon, Harrisburg, Pa., for appellants. Kathryn Kolbert, Philadelphia, Pa., for appellees. [hr] Syllabus Appellees brought an action in Federal […]
Batson v. Kentucky, 476 U.S. 79 (1986)
Issues: Batson Challenge, Civil Rights, Due Process Clause, Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment, Fourteenth Amendment, Racial Segregation
476 U.S. 79 106 S.Ct. 1712 90 L.Ed.2d 69 James Kirkland BATSON, Petitioner, v. KENTUCKY. No. 84-6263. Argued Dec. 12, 1985. Decided April 30, 1986. [qtbl style=”color:gray;] Summary:?The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that a prosecutor’s use of peremptory challenge in a criminal case?the dismissal of jurors without stating a valid cause for doing so?may not […]
476 U.S. 858
476 U.S. 858 476 U.S. 858 106 S.Ct. 2295 90 L.Ed.2d 865 EAST RIVER STEAMSHIP CORP., et al., Petitionersv.TRANSAMERICA DELAVAL, INC. No. 84-1726. Argued Jan. 21, 1986. Decided June 16, 1986. Syllabus A shipbuilder contracted with respondent to design, manufacture, and supervise the installation of turbines that would be the main propulsion units for four […]
476 U.S. 852
476 U.S. 852 476 U.S. 852 106 S.Ct. 2234 90 L.Ed.2d 858 Delynda Ann Ricker Barker REED, Appellantv.Princess Ann Ricker CAMPBELL, Individually, and as Administratrix of the Estate of Prince Rupert Ricker, Deceased. No. 85-755. Argued April 30, 1986. Decided June 11, 1986. Rehearing Denied Aug. 19, 1986. See 478 U.S. 1031, 107 S.Ct. 11. […]
476 U.S. 693
476 U.S. 693 476 U.S. 693 106 S.Ct. 2147 90 L.Ed.2d 735 Otis R. BOWEN, Secretary of Health and Human Services, et al., Appellantsv.Stephen J. ROY et al. No. 84-780. Argued Jan. 14, 1986. Decided June 11, 1986. Syllabus Appellees applied for and received benefits under the Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) program […]