Category: 1986

476 U.S. 28 476 U.S. 28 106 S.Ct. 1683 90 L.Ed.2d 27 Willie Lloyd TURNER, Petitionerv.Edward W. MURRAY, Director, Virginia Department of Corrections. No. 84-6646. Argued Dec. 12, 1985. Decided April 30, 1986. Syllabus Petitioner, a black man, was indicted in Virginia on charges of capital murder for fatally shooting the white proprietor of a […]

476 U.S. 321 476 U.S. 321 106 S.Ct. 1871 90 L.Ed.2d 299 Thomas J. HENDERSON, Scott O. Thornton and Ruth Freedman, Petitionersv.UNITED STATES. No. 84-1744. Argued April 1, 1986. Decided May 19, 1986. Syllabus The Speedy Trial Act (Act) commands that a defendant be tried within 70 days of the latest of either the filing […]

476 U.S. 253 476 U.S. 253 106 S.Ct. 1834 90 L.Ed.2d 248 William E. BROCK, Secretary of Labor, Petitionerv.PIERCE COUNTY. No. 85-385. Argued April 1, 1986. Decided May 19, 1986. Syllabus During the time pertinent to this case, the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA) (later repealed) required that qualified entities (such as respondent county), […]

476 U.S. 162 476 U.S. 162 106 S.Ct. 1758 90 L.Ed.2d 137 A.L. LOCKHART, Director, Arkansas Department of Correction, Petitionerv.Ardia V. McCREE. No. 84-1865. Argued Jan. 13, 1986. Decided May 5, 1986. Syllabus At respondent’s Arkansas state-court trial for capital felony murder, the judge at voir dire removed for cause, over respondent’s objections, those prospective […]

476 U.S. 19 476 U.S. 19 106 S.Ct. 1678 90 L.Ed.2d 19 EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION, Petitionerv.FEDERAL LABOR RELATIONS AUTHORITY et al. No. 84-1728. April 29, 1986. PER CURIAM. 1 We granted certiorari, 472 U.S. 1026, 105 S.Ct. 3497, 87 L.Ed.2d 629 (1985), to consider the question whether a union proposal that would require a […]

476 U.S. 207 106 S.Ct. 1809 90 L.Ed.2d 210 CALIFORNIA, Petitioner v. CIRAOLO. No. 84-1513. Argued Dec. 10, 1985. Decided May 19, 1986. Rehearing Denied June 30, 1986. See 478 U.S. 1014, 106 S.Ct. 3320. Counsel: Laurence K. Sullivan, San Francisco, Cal., for petitioner. Marshall Warren Krause, Larkspur, Cal., for respondent. [hr] Syllabus The Santa […]

476 U.S. 140 476 U.S. 140 106 S.Ct. 1745 90 L.Ed.2d 116 Despina SMALIS and Ernest Smalis, Petitioners,v.PENNSYLVANIA. No. 85-227. Argued April 2, 1986. Decided May 5, 1986. Syllabus Petitioners, husband and wife, who owned a building housing a restaurant and apartments, were charged with various crimes in connection with a fire in the building […]

476 U.S. 147 476 U.S. 147 106 S.Ct. 1749 90 L.Ed.2d 123 Patrick Gene POLAND, Petitioner,v.ARIZONA. Michael Kent POLAND v. ARIZONA. Nos. 85-5023, 85-5024. Argued Feb. 24, 1986. Decided May 5, 1986. Syllabus Petitioners robbed a bank van of $281,000 in cash and killed the guards by dumping them into a lake in sacks weighted […]

476 U.S. 16 476 U.S. 16 106 S.Ct. 1677 90 L.Ed.2d 15 Lamont Julius McLAUGHLIN, Petitionerv.UNITED STATES. No. 85-5189. Argued March 31, 1986. Decided April 29, 1986. Syllabus On the basis of his display of an unloaded handgun in the course of a bank robbery, petitioner was convicted under 18 U.S.C. § 2113(d), which provides […]

476 U.S. 1301 476 U.S. 1301 106 S.Ct. 1782 90 L.Ed.2d 170 CALIFORNIAv.Bernard Lee HAMILTON.No. A-805. May 6, 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 sentence […]

476 U.S. 1152 476 U.S. 1152 106 S.Ct. 2266 90 L.Ed.2d 711 Rudy J. RAMIREZv.CALIFORNIA. No. 85-1321 Supreme Court of the United States May 27, 1986 On petition for writ of certiorari to the Supreme Court of California. The petition for a writ of certiorari is denied. Justice WHITE, with whom Justice BRENNAN and Justice […]

476 U.S. 1174 476 U.S. 1174 106 S.Ct. 2902 90 L.Ed.2d 988 Linda MULLIGANv.Francis HAZARD et al. No. 85-1641 Supreme Court of the United States June 9, 1986 Rehearing Denied Aug. 19, 1986. See 478 U.S. 1031, 107 S.Ct. 12. On petition for writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the […]

476 U.S. 1176 476 U.S. 1176 106 S.Ct. 2904 90 L.Ed.2d 990 Alvin R. MOORE, Jr.v.Frank BLACKBURN, Warden. No. 85-5555 Supreme Court of the United States June 9, 1986 On petition for writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. The petition for a writ of certiorari is denied. […]

476 U.S. 1187 476 U.S. 1187 106 S.Ct. 2927 91 L.Ed.2d 554 James COUGHLIN et ux.v.WESTINGHOUSE BROADCASTING AND CABLE, INC. No. 85-1593 Supreme Court of the United States June 16, 1986 On petition for writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. The petition for a writ of certiorari […]

476 U.S. 1126 476 U.S. 1126 106 S.Ct. 1995 90 L.Ed.2d 675 C.L. NORVELL, Sheriff, St. Lucie Jail et al.v.Richard MILLER. No. 85-1359 Supreme Court of the United States May 19, 1986 On petition for writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit. The motion of respondent for leave […]

476 U.S. 1129 476 U.S. 1129 106 S.Ct. 1997 90 L.Ed.2d 677 PRIVATE TRUCK COUNCIL OF AMERICA, INC., et al.v.Rodney S. QUINN, Secretary of State of Maine, et al. No. 85-1423 Supreme Court of the United States May 19, 1986 On petition for writ of certiorari to the Supreme Judicial Court of Maine. The petition […]

476 U.S. 1132 476 U.S. 1132 106 S.Ct. 2004 90 L.Ed.2d 683 Ronald J. STRAIGHTv.WAINWRIGHT, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. No. A-892(85-6947) Supreme Court of the United States May 20, 1986 The order heretofore entered staying the execution of the sentence of death until 5 p.m., May 20, 1986, is vacated. The application […]

476 U.S. 1145 476 U.S. 1145 106 S.Ct. 2261 90 L.Ed.2d 706 Ronald S. MONROEv.Frank BLACKBURN, Warden. No. 84-6667 Supreme Court of the United States May 27, 1986 On petition for writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. The petition for a writ of certiorari is denied. Justice […]

476 U.S. 1151 476 U.S. 1151 106 S.Ct. 2265 90 L.Ed.2d 710 TEXAS ASSOCIATION OF CONCERNED TAXPAYERS, INC.v.UNITED STATES. No. 85-1262 Supreme Court of the United States May 27, 1986 On petition for writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. The petition for a writ of certiorari is […]