Category: 1988

487 U.S. 392 108 S.Ct. 2449 101 L.Ed.2d 352 Michael N. SHERIDAN, et ux., Petitionersv.UNITED STATES. No. 87-626. Argued April 26, 1988. Decided June 24, 1988. Syllabus An obviously intoxicated off-duty serviceman (Carr) fired several rifle shots into petitioners’ automobile on a public street near the Bethesda Naval Hospital where Carr worked, causing physical injury […]

487 U.S. 412 108 S.Ct. 2460 101 L.Ed.2d 370 Richard SCHWEIKER, et al., Petitioners,v.James CHILICKY, et al. No. 86-1781. Argued March 1, 1988. Decided June 24, 1988. Syllabus In 1980, Congress enacted legislation requiring that most disability determinations under Title II of the Social Security Act be reviewed at least once every three years. Under […]

487 U.S. 42 108 S.Ct. 2250 101 L.Ed.2d 40 Quincy WEST, Petitionerv.Samuel ATKINS. No. 87-5096. Argued March 28, 1988. Decided June 20, 1988. Syllabus Respondent, a private physician under contract with North Carolina to provide orthopedic services at a state-prison hospital on a part-time basis, treated petitioner for a leg injury sustained while petitioner was […]

487 U.S. 326 108 S.Ct. 2413 101 L.Ed.2d 297 UNITED STATES, Petitionerv.Larry Lee TAYLOR. No. 87-573. Argued April 25, 1988. Decided June 24, 1988. Syllabus The Speedy Trial Act of 1974 requires that an indictment be dismissed if the defendant is not brought to trial within a 70-day period, and requires the court, in determining […]

487 U.S. 354 108 S.Ct. 2428 101 L.Ed.2d 322 MISSISSIPPI POWER & LIGHT COMPANY, Appellantv.MISSISSIPPI ex rel. Michael C. MOORE, Attorney General of Mississippi, and Mississippi Legal Services Coalition. No. 86-1970. Argued Feb. 22, 1988. Decided June 24, 1988. Syllabus Appellant (MP & L), a subsidiary of Middle South Utilities (MSU), engages in wholesale sales […]

487 U.S. 266 108 S.Ct. 2379 101 L.Ed.2d 245 Prentiss HOUSTON, Petitionerv.Larry LACK, Warden. No. 87-5428. Argued April 27, 1988. Decided June 24, 1988. Syllabus While incarcerated in a Tennessee prison, petitioner drafted a pro se notice of appeal from the Federal District Court’s judgment dismissing his pro se habeas corpus petition, and, 27 days […]

487 U.S. 285 108 S.Ct. 2389 101 L.Ed.2d 261 Tyrone PATTERSON, Petitionerv.ILLINOIS. No. 86-7059. Argued March 22, 1988. Decided June 24, 1988. Syllabus After being informed by police that he had been indicted for murder, petitioner, who was in police custody, twice indicated his willingness to discuss the crime during interviews initiated by the authorities. […]

487 U.S. 312 108 S.Ct. 2405 101 L.Ed.2d 285 Jose TORRES, Petitionerv.OAKLAND SCAVENGER COMPANY et al. No. 86-1845. Argued Feb. 23, 1988. Decided June 24, 1988. Syllabus Petitioner is one of 16 plaintiffs whose complaint seeking intervention in an employment discrimination action against respondent Oakland Scavenger Co. (hereafter respondent) was dismissed by the District Court. […]

487 U.S. 223 108 S.Ct. 2354 101 L.Ed.2d 206 FLORIDA, et al., Petitionersv.Hughlan LONG et al. No. 86-1685. Argued Feb. 22, 1988. Decided June 22, 1988. Rehearing Denied Sept. 15, 1988. See 487 U.S. 1263, 109 S.Ct. 25. Syllabus Los Angeles Dept. of Water and Power v. Manhart, 435 U.S. 702, 98 S.Ct. 1370, 55 […]

487 U.S. 250 108 S.Ct. 2369 101 L.Ed.2d 228 The BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA, Petitioner,v.UNITED STATES. William A. KILPATRICK, et al., Petitioners, v. UNITED STATES. Nos. 87-578, 87-602. Argued April 27, 1988. Decided June 22, 1988. Syllabus The District Court dismissed an indictment against petitioners and others on the basis of prosecutorial misconduct and irregularities […]

487 U.S. 1251 109 S.Ct. 14 101 L.Ed.2d 964 Henry G. SPALLONEv.UNITED STATES et al. No. A-172. Nicholas LONGO and Edward Fagan v. UNITED STATES et al. No. A-173. Peter CHEMA v. UNITED STATES et al. No. A-174. CITY OF YONKERS v. UNITED STATES et al.No. A-175. Supreme Court of the United States September 1, […]

487 U.S. 131 108 S.Ct. 2302 101 L.Ed.2d 123 Bobby FELDER, Petitionerv.Duane CASEY et al. No. 87-526. Argued March 28, 1988. Decided June 22, 1988. Syllabus Nine months after being allegedly beaten by Milwaukee police officers who arrested him on a disorderly conduct charge that was later dropped, petitioner filed this state-court action against the […]

487 U.S. 164 108 S.Ct. 2320 101 L.Ed.2d 155 Donald Gene FRANKLIN, Petitionerv.James A. LYNAUGH, Director, Texas Department of Corrections. No. 87-5546. Argued March 1, 1988. Decided June 22, 1988. Rehearing Denied Sept. 15, 1988. See 487 U.S. 1263, 109 S.Ct. 25. Syllabus At petitioner’s Texas capital murder trial, his principal defense was that he […]

487 U.S. 201 108 S.Ct. 2341 101 L.Ed.2d 184 John DOE, Petitionerv.UNITED STATES. No. 86-1753. Argued March 2, 1988. Decided June 22, 1988. Syllabus Pursuant to a subpoena, petitioner, the target of a federal grand jury investigation, produced some records as to accounts at foreign banks, but invoked his Fifth Amendment privilege against self-incrimination when […]

487 U.S. 1241 108 S.Ct. 2916 101 L.Ed.2d 948 Harry NICKSv.ALABAMA. No. 87-6977 Supreme Court of the United States June 30, 1988 Rehearing Denied Sept. 15, 1988. See 487 U.S. 1263, 109 S.Ct. 27. On petition for writ of certiorari to the Supreme Court of Alabama. The petition for a writ of certiorari is denied. […]

487 U.S. 1 108 S.Ct. 2225 101 L.Ed.2d 1 NEW YORK STATE CLUB ASSOCIATION, INC., Appellantv.CITY OF NEW YORK et al. No. 86-1836. Argued Feb. 23, 1988. Decided June 20, 1988. Syllabus New York City’s Human Rights Law forbids discrimination based on race, creed, sex, and other grounds by any “place of public accommodation, resort […]

487 U.S. 1012 108 S.Ct. 2798 101 L.Ed.2d 857 John Avery COY, Appellantv.IOWA. No. 86-6757. Argued Jan. 13, 1988. Decided June 29, 1988. Syllabus Appellant was charged with sexually assaulting two 13-year-old girls. At appellant’s jury trial, the court granted the State’s motion, pursuant to a 1985 state statute intended to protect child victims of […]

487 U.S. 1224 108 S.Ct. 2884 101 L.Ed.2d 918 Edward SPANGLERv.UNITED STATES. No. 87-1643 Supreme Court of the United States June 27, 1988 On petition for writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. The petition for a writ of certiorari is denied. Justice WHITE, dissenting. 1 Petitioner was […]

487 U.S. 1225 108 S.Ct. 2885 101 L.Ed.2d 919 Rex H. REEDv.Rosemary M. COLLYER etc. No. 87-1757 Supreme Court of the United States June 27, 1988 On petition for writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. The petition for a writ of certiorari is denied. Justice SCALIA, dissenting. […]