488 U.S. 1020 109 S.Ct. 821 102 L.Ed.2d 810 Judith Ann NEELLEYv.ALABAMA. No. 88-5806. Supreme Court of the United States January 9, 1989 On petition for writ of certiorari to the Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama. The petition for a writ of certiorari is denied. Justice MARSHALL, with whom Justice BRENNAN joins, dissenting. 1 […]
Category: 1988
488 U.S. 1036
488 U.S. 1036 109 S.Ct. 887 102 L.Ed.2d 1009 Theodore Robert BUNDYv.Richard L. DUGGER, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections (Two Cases).Nos. A-580, A-586.Theodore Robert BUNDYv.State of FLORIDA. No. A-585. Supreme Court of the United States January 23, 1989 On applications for stay. The applications for stay of execution of sentence of death presented to Justice […]
488 U.S. 1047
488 U.S. 1047 109 S.Ct. 879 102 L.Ed.2d 1002 Bernard Lee HAMILTONv.CALIFORNIA. No. 88-5746. Supreme Court of the United States January 23, 1989 On petition for writ of certiorari to the Supreme Court of California. The petition for a writ of certiorari is denied. Justice BRENNAN, dissenting. Adhering to my view that the death penalty […]
487 U.S. 931
487 U.S. 931 108 S.Ct. 2751 101 L.Ed.2d 788 UNITED STATES, Petitionerv.Ike KOZMINSKI et al. No. 86-2000. Argued Feb. 23, 1988. Decided June 29, 1988. Syllabus After two mentally retarded men were found laboring on respondents’ farm in poor health, in squalid conditions, and in relative isolation from the rest of society, respondents were charged […]
487 U.S. 977
487 U.S. 977 108 S.Ct. 2777 101 L.Ed.2d 827 Clara WATSON, Petitionerv.FORT WORTH BANK AND TRUST. No. 86-6139. Argued Jan. 20, 1988. Decided June 29, 1988. Syllabus Petitioner employee, who is black, was rejected in favor of white applicants for four promotions to supervisory positions in respondent bank, which had not developed precise and formal […]
487 U.S. 99
487 U.S. 99 108 S.Ct. 2284 101 L.Ed.2d 98 Randy BRASWELL, Petitionerv.UNITED STATES. No. 87-3. Argued March 1, 1988. Decided June 22, 1988. Syllabus A federal grand jury issued a subpoena to petitioner as the president of two corporations, requiring him to produce the corporations’ records. The subpoena provided that petitioner could deliver the records […]
487 U.S. 879
487 U.S. 879 108 S.Ct. 2722 101 L.Ed.2d 749 Otis R. BOWEN, Secretary of Health and Human Services, et al., Petitionerv.MASSACHUSETTS. MASSACHUSETTS, Petitioner v. Otis R. BOWEN, Secretary of Health and Human Services, et al. Nos. 87-712, 87-929. Argued April 20, 1988. Decided June 29, 1988. Syllabus The federal contribution (referred to as a “reimbursement”) […]
487 U.S. 815
487 U.S. 815 108 S.Ct. 2687 101 L.Ed.2d 702 William Wayne THOMPSON, Petitionerv.OKLAHOMA. No. 86-6169. Argued Nov. 9, 1987. Decided June 29, 1988. Syllabus Petitioner, when he was 15 years old, actively participated in a brutal murder. Because petitioner was a “child” as a matter of Oklahoma law, the District Attorney filed a statutory petition […]
487 U.S. 735
487 U.S. 735 108 S.Ct. 2641 101 L.Ed.2d 634 COMMUNICATIONS WORKERS OF AMERICA and its Locals 2100, 2101, 2108 and 2110, Petitioners v.Harry E. BECK, Jr., et al. No. 86-637. Argued Jan. 11, 1988. Decided June 29, 1988. Syllabus Section 8(a)(3) of the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) permits an employer and a union to […]
487 U.S. 781
487 U.S. 781 108 S.Ct. 2667 101 L.Ed.2d 669 Randolph RILEY, etc., et al., Appellants,v.NATIONAL FEDERATION OF THE BLIND OF NORTH CAROLINA, INC., et al. No. 87-328. Argued March 23, 1988. Decided June 29, 1988. Syllabus The North Carolina Charitable Solicitations Act defines the prima facie “reasonable fee” that a professional fundraiser may charge according […]
487 U.S. 81
487 U.S. 81 108 S.Ct. 2273 101 L.Ed.2d 80 Bobby Lynn ROSS, Petitionerv.OKLAHOMA. No. 86-5309. Argued Jan. 19, 1988. Reargued April 18, 1988. Decided June 22, 1988. Rehearing Denied Aug. 25, 1988. See 487 U.S. 1250, 109 S.Ct. 11. Syllabus Petitioner was charged with the capital offense of first-degree murder. An Oklahoma statute provides both […]
487 U.S. 654
487 U.S. 654 108 S.Ct. 2597 101 L.Ed.2d 569 Alexia MORRISON, Independent Counsel, Appellant,v.Theodore B. OLSON, Edward C. Schmults and Carol E. Dinkins. No. 87-1279. Argued April 26, 1988. Decided June 29, 1988. Syllabus This case presents the question of the constitutionality of the independent counsel provisions of the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 […]
487 U.S. 589
487 U.S. 589 108 S.Ct. 2562 101 L.Ed.2d 520 Otis R. BOWEN, Secretary of Health and Human Services, Appellant,v.Chan KENDRICK et al. Otis R. BOWEN, Secretary of Health and Human Services, Appellant, v. Chan KENDRICK et al. Chan KENDRICK, et al., Appellants, v. Otis R. BOWEN, Secretary of Health and Human Services, et al. UNITED […]
487 U.S. 59
487 U.S. 59 108 S.Ct. 2260 101 L.Ed.2d 56 SUPREME COURT OF VIRGINIA and David B. Beach, its Clerk, Appellants,v.Myrna E. FRIEDMAN. No. 87-399. Argued March 21, 1988. Decided June 20, 1988. Syllabus Under Virginia Supreme Court Rule 1A:1, qualified lawyers admitted to practice in another State may be admitted to the Virginia Bar “on […]
487 U.S. 72
487 U.S. 72 108 S.Ct. 2268 101 L.Ed.2d 69 UNITED STATES CATHOLIC CONFERENCE, et al., Petitioners,v.ABORTION RIGHTS MOBILIZATION, INC., et al. No. 87-416. Argued April 18, 1988. Decided June 20, 1988. Syllabus Abortion Rights Mobilization, Inc., and others (ARM) filed suit against Government officials and petitioners, the United States Catholic Conference and the National Conference […]
487 U.S. 552
487 U.S. 552 108 S.Ct. 2541 101 L.Ed.2d 490 Samuel R. PIERCE, Jr., Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, Petitioner,v.Myrna UNDERWOOD et al. No. 86-1512. Argued Dec. 1, 1987. Decided June 27, 1988. Syllabus One of petitioner’s predecessors as Secretary of Housing and Urban Development decided not to implement an “operating subsidy” program authorized by […]
487 U.S. 500
487 U.S. 500 108 S.Ct. 2510 101 L.Ed.2d 442 Delbert BOYLE, Personal Representative of the Heirs and Estate of David A. Boyle, Deceased, Petitioner,v.UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION. No. 86-492. Argued Oct. 13, 1987. Reargued April 27, 1988. Decided June 27, 1988. Syllabus David A. Boyle, a United States Marine helicopter copilot, drowned when his helicopter crashed […]
MURRAY v. UNITED STATES, 487 U.S. 533 (1988)
487 U.S. 533 108 S.Ct. 2529 101 L.Ed.2d 472 Michael F. MURRAY, Petitioner,v.UNITED STATES. James D. CARTER, Petitioner, v. UNITED STATES. Nos. 86-995, 86-1016. Argued Dec. 8, 1987. Decided June 27, 1988. Syllabus While surveilling petitioner Murray and others suspected of illegal drug activities, federal agents observed both petitioners driving vehicles into, and later out […]
487 U.S. 450
487 U.S. 450 108 S.Ct. 2481 101 L.Ed.2d 399 Paula KADRMAS, et al., Appellantsv.DICKINSON PUBLIC SCHOOLS et al. No. 86-7113. Argued March 30, 1988. Decided June 24, 1988. Syllabus Under North Dakota statutes, thinly populated school districts are authorized to “reorganize” themselves into larger districts so that education can be provided more efficiently. Reorganization proposals […]
487 U.S. 474
487 U.S. 474 108 S.Ct. 2495 101 L.Ed.2d 420 Russell C. FRISBY, et al., Appellantsv.Sandra C. SCHULTZ and Robert C. Braun. No. 87-168. Argued April 20, 1988. Decided June 27, 1988. Syllabus Brookfield, Wisconsin, enacted an ordinance making it “unlawful for any person to engage in picketing before or about the residence or dwelling of […]