Category: 1986

475 U.S. 868 475 U.S. 868 106 S.Ct. 1610 89 L.Ed.2d 871 NEW YORK, Petitionerv.P.J. VIDEO, INC., dba Network Video, et al. No. 85-363. Argued March 4, 1986. Decided April 22, 1986. Syllabus Following an investigation by the Erie County, N.Y., District Attorney’s Office, an investigator viewed videocassette movies that had been rented from respondents’ […]

475 U.S. 89 475 U.S. 89 106 S.Ct. 951 89 L.Ed.2d 68 UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff,v.States of MAINE, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New York, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia and Florida. No. 35, Orig. Argued Dec. 12, 1985. Decided Feb. 25, 1986. Syllabus This case, which was instituted […]

476 U.S. 1 476 U.S. 1 106 S.Ct. 1669 90 L.Ed.2d 1 Ronald DeRay SKIPPER, Petitionerv.SOUTH CAROLINA. No. 84-6859. Argued Feb. 24, 1986. Decided April 29, 1986. Syllabus Petitioner was convicted of capital murder and rape after a jury trial in a South Carolina court. The State sought the death penalty, and a separate sentencing […]

475 U.S. 851 475 U.S. 851 106 S.Ct. 1600 89 L.Ed.2d 855 Marie D. SORENSON, etc., Petitionerv.SECRETARY OF the TREASURY OF the UNITED STATES and United States. No. 84-1686. Argued Jan. 15, 1986. Decided April 22, 1986. Syllabus The Internal Revenue Code (IRC) allows an individual responsible for the support of a child living with […]

475 U.S. 834 475 U.S. 834 106 S.Ct. 1591 89 L.Ed.2d 841 UNITED STATES, Petitionerv.AMERICAN COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS. No. 84-1737. Argued Jan. 21, 1986. Decided April 22, 1986. Syllabus Section 511(a)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code imposes a tax on the “unrelated business taxable income” of tax-exempt organizations. Section 512(a)(1) defines “unrelated business taxable income” […]

475 U.S. 813 475 U.S. 813 106 S.Ct. 1580 89 L.Ed.2d 823 AETNA LIFE INSURANCE CO., Appellantv.Margaret W. LAVOIE and Roger J. Lavoie, Sr. No. 84-1601. Argued Dec. 4, 1985. Decided April 22, 1986. Syllabus When appellant insurer refused to pay the full amount of a hospital bill incurred by appellees, they brought suit in […]

475 U.S. 791 475 U.S. 791 106 S.Ct. 1623 89 L.Ed.2d 803 UNITED STATES, petitioner,v.Michael Robert QUINN. No. 84-1717 Supreme Court of the United States April 21, 1986 On writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. PER CURIAM. 1 The writ of certiorari is dismissed as improvidently granted. […]

475 U.S. 796 475 U.S. 796 106 S.Ct. 1571 89 L.Ed.2d 806 CITY OF LOS ANGELES et al.v.Ronald HELLER. No. 85-531. April 21, 1986. PER CURIAM. 1 Respondent Ronald Heller sued petitioners, city of Los Angeles, and individual members of the Los Angeles Police Commission, and two Los Angeles police officers in the United States […]

475 U.S. 809 475 U.S. 809 106 S.Ct. 1578 89 L.Ed.2d 817 DENNISON MANUFACTURING COMPANYv.PANDUIT CORP. No. 85-1150. April 21, 1986. PER CURIAM. 1 Respondent holds three patents for plastic cable ties, products that are commercially successful. Petitioner copied respondent’s products, was sued for patent infringement in the Northern District of Illinois, and defended on […]

475 U.S. 717 475 U.S. 717 106 S.Ct. 1531 89 L.Ed.2d 747 John V. EVANS, et al., Petitionersv.JEFF D. et al. No. 84-1288. Argued Nov. 13, 1985. Decided April 21, 1986. Rehearing Denied June 9, 1986. See 476 U.S. 1179, 106 S.Ct. 2909. Syllabus The Civil Rights Attorney’s Fees Awards Act of 1976 (Fees Act) […]

475 U.S. 66 475 U.S. 66 106 S.Ct. 938 89 L.Ed.2d 50 UNITED STATES, Petitioner,v.Marshall MECHANIK et al. Jerome Otto LILL, Petitioner, v. UNITED STATES. Marshall MECHANIK, aka Michael Patrick Flanagan, Petitioner, v. UNITED STATES. Nos. 84-1640, 84-1700 and 84-1704. Argued Dec. 2, 1985. Decided Feb. 25, 1986. Syllabus A federal grand jury returned an […]

475 U.S. 673 475 U.S. 673 106 S.Ct. 1431 89 L.Ed.2d 674 DELAWARE, Petitioner,v.Robert E. VAN ARSDALL. No. 84-1279. Argued Jan. 22, 1986. Decided April 7, 1986. Syllabus During respondent’s murder trial, the Delaware trial court refused to allow defense counsel to cross-examine a prosecution witness about an agreement that he had made to speak […]

475 U.S. 709 475 U.S. 709 106 S.Ct. 1527 89 L.Ed.2d 739 ICICLE SEAFOODS, INC., Petitionerv.Larry WORTHINGTON et al. No. 85-195. Argued Feb. 25, 1986. Decided April 21, 1986. Syllabus Respondents were employed by petitioner as members of the Engineering Department on board a nonself-propelled fish-processing barge. They sued petitioner in Federal District Court, seeking […]

475 U.S. 657 475 U.S. 657 106 S.Ct. 1422 89 L.Ed.2d 661 UNITED STATES, Petitionerv.CITY OF FULTON et al. No. 84-1725. Argued Jan. 21, 1986. Decided April 7, 1986. Syllabus Section 5 of the Flood Control Act of 1944 (Act) authorizes the Secretary of Energy (Secretary), acting through Administrators of regional Power Marketing Administrations, to […]

475 U.S. 625 475 U.S. 625 106 S.Ct. 1404 89 L.Ed.2d 631 MICHIGAN, Petitioner,v.Robert Bernard JACKSON. MICHIGAN, Petitioner, v. Rudy BLADEL. Nos. 84-1531, 84-1539. Argued Dec. 9, 1985. Decided April 1, 1986. Syllabus Respondents, at separate arraignments in a Michigan trial court on unrelated murder charges, each requested appointment of counsel. But before respondents had […]

475 U.S. 643 475 U.S. 643 106 S.Ct. 1415 89 L.Ed.2d 648 AT & T TECHNOLOGIES, INC., Petitionerv.COMMUNICATIONS WORKERS OF AMERICA et al. No. 84-1913. Argued Jan. 22, 1986. Decided April 7, 1986. Syllabus Petitioner employer and respondent Union are parties to a collective-bargaining agreement covering telephone equipment installation workers. Article 8 of the agreement […]

475 U.S. 574 475 U.S. 574 106 S.Ct. 1348 89 L.Ed.2d 538 MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD., et al., Petitionersv.ZENITH RADIO CORPORATION et al. No. 83-2004. Argued Nov. 12, 1985. Decided March 26, 1986. Syllabus Petitioners are 21 Japanese corporations or Japanese-controlled American corporations that manufacture and/or sell “consumer electronic products” (CEPs) (primarily television sets). […]

475 U.S. 608 475 U.S. 608 106 S.Ct. 1395 89 L.Ed.2d 616 GOLDEN STATE TRANSIT CORPORATION, Petitionerv.CITY OF LOS ANGELES. No. 84-1644. Argued Dec. 4, 1985. Decided April 1, 1986. Syllabus While petitioner’s application to renew its franchise to operate taxicabs in respondent city of Los Angeles was pending, petitioner’s drivers went on strike. The […]

475 U.S. 469 475 U.S. 469 106 S.Ct. 1292 89 L.Ed.2d 452 Bertold J. PEMBAUR, Petitionerv.CITY OF CINCINNATI et al. No. 84-1160. Argued Dec. 2, 1985. Decided March 25, 1986. Syllabus Petitioner, a physician and the proprietor of a clinic in Cincinnati, Ohio, that provided medical services primarily to welfare recipients, was indicted by a […]