Category: 1988

486 U.S. 888 108 S.Ct. 2218 100 L.Ed.2d 896 BENDIX AUTOLITE CORP.v.MIDWESCO ENTERPRISES, INC., et al. No. 87-367. Argued March 23, 1988. Decided June 17, 1988. Syllabus In 1974, appellant, a Delaware corporation with its principal place of business in Ohio, and appellee Midwesco Enterprises (appellee), an Illinois corporation with its principal place of business […]

486 U.S. 94 108 S.Ct. 1658 100 L.Ed.2d 83 Timothy A. PATRICK, Petitioner,v.William M. BURGET et al. No. 86-1145. Argued Feb. 22, 1988. Decided May 16, 1988. Rehearing Denied June 30, 1988. See 487 U.S. 1243, 108 S.Ct. 2921. Order on remand, 852 F.2d 1241. Syllabus Petitioner, an Astoria, Oregon, surgeon, declined an invitation by […]

486 U.S. 825 108 S.Ct. 2182 100 L.Ed.2d 836 John H. MACKEY, et al., Petitionersv.LANIER COLLECTION AGENCY & SERVICE, INC. No. 86-1387. Argued April 19, 1988. Decided June 17, 1988. Syllabus After respondent collection agency obtained money judgments against participants in an “employee welfare benefit plan” covered by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of […]

486 U.S. 847 108 S.Ct. 2194 100 L.Ed.2d 855 John A. LILJEBERG, Jr., Petitionerv.HEALTH SERVICES ACQUISITION CORP. No. 86-957. Argued Dec. 9, 1987. Reargued April 25, 1988. Decided June 17, 1988. Syllabus In 1977, pursuant to a plan to construct and operate a hospital in Kenner, Louisiana, petitioner formed a corporation (St. Jude) to apply […]

486 U.S. 875 108 S.Ct. 2210 100 L.Ed.2d 882 IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE, Petitioner,v.Antolin Punsalan PANGILINAN et al. IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE, Petitioner, v. Bonifacio Lorenzana MANZANO. Nos. 86-1992, 86-2019. Argued Feb. 24, 1988. Decided June 17, 1988. Rehearings Denied Sept. 15, 1988. See 487 U.S. 1264, 109 S.Ct. 27. Syllabus Respondents, 16 Filipino nationals, […]

486 U.S. 750 108 S.Ct. 2138 100 L.Ed.2d 771 CITY OF LAKEWOOD, Appellantv.PLAIN DEALER PUBLISHING CO. No. 86-1042. Argued Nov. 4, 1987. Decided June 17, 1988. Syllabus In federal-court proceedings, appellee newspaper publisher challenged, on First Amendment grounds, the facial constitutionality of appellant city’s ordinance authorizing the mayor to grant or deny applications for annual […]

486 U.S. 800 108 S.Ct. 2166 100 L.Ed.2d 811 Charles R. CHRISTIANSON, et al., Petitionersv.COLT INDUSTRIES OPERATING CORP. No. 87-499. Argued April 18, 1988. Decided June 17, 1988. Syllabus The principal statutes involved in this case, which arises from a jurisdictional dispute between Courts of Appeals, are 28 U.S.C. ? 1295(a)(1)?granting the Federal Circuit exclusive […]

486 U.S. 694 108 S.Ct. 2104 100 L.Ed.2d 722 VOLKSWAGENWERK AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT, Petitionerv.Herwig J. SCHLUNK, administrator of Estates of Franz J. Schlunk and Sylvia Schlunk, Deceased. No. 86-1052. Argued March 21, 1988. Decided June 15, 1988. Syllabus After his parents were killed in an automobile accident, respondent filed a wrongful death action in an Illinois court, […]

486 U.S. 71 108 S.Ct. 1645 100 L.Ed.2d 62 BANKERS LIFE AND CASUALTY COMPANY, Appellant,v.Lloyd M. CRENSHAW. No. 85-1765. Argued Nov. 30, 1987. Decided May 16, 1988. Syllabus In a state-court suit upon an insurance claim for loss of a limb, the jury awarded appellee the $20,000 provided by his policy and punitive damages of […]

486 U.S. 717 108 S.Ct. 2117 100 L.Ed.2d 743 SUN OIL COMPANY, Petitionerv.Richard WORTMAN and Hazel Moore etc. No. 87-352. Argued March 22, 1988. Decided June 15, 1988. Syllabus In the 1960’s and 1970’s, petitioner extracted gas from properties leased from respondents in Texas, Oklahoma, and Louisiana, in exchange for agreements to pay royalties. Petitioner’s […]

486 U.S. 622 108 S.Ct. 2063 100 L.Ed.2d 658 Billy J. “B.J.” PINTER, et al., Petitionersv.Maurice DAHL, et al. No. 86-805. Argued Dec. 9, 1987. Decided June 15, 1988. Syllabus Petitioner Pinter, an oil and gas producer and registered securities dealer, sold unregistered securities consisting of fractional undivided interests in oil and gas leases to […]

486 U.S. 675 108 S.Ct. 2093 100 L.Ed.2d 704 ARIZONA, Petitionerv.Ronald William ROBERSON. No. 87-354. Argued March 29, 1988. Decided June 15, 1988. Syllabus Edwards v. Arizona, 451 U.S. 477, 484-485, 101 S.Ct. 1880, 1884-1885, 68 L.Ed.2d 378, held that a suspect who has “expressed his desire to deal with the police only through counsel […]

486 U.S. 663 108 S.Ct. 2087 100 L.Ed.2d 693 F. Clark HUFFMAN, et al., Petitionersv.WESTERN NUCLEAR, INC., et al. No. 87-645. Argued April 27, 1988. Decided June 15, 1988. Syllabus Section 161(v) of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 authorizes the Department of Energy (DOE) to offer its services, for a fee, to convert natural […]

486 U.S. 578 108 S.Ct. 1981 100 L.Ed.2d 575 Samuel Bice JOHNSON, Petitionerv.MISSISSIPPI. No. 87-5468. Argued April 25, 1988. Decided June 13, 1988. Syllabus Petitioner was convicted in a Mississippi court of murder. Finding the existence of three aggravating circumstances and that such circumstances outweighed the mitigating circumstances, the jury sentenced petitioner to death. The […]

486 U.S. 592 108 S.Ct. 2047 100 L.Ed.2d 632 William H. WEBSTER, Director of Central Intelligence, Petitionerv.John DOE. No. 86-1294. Argued Jan. 12, 1988. Decided June 15, 1988. Syllabus Section 102(c) of the National Security Act of 1947 (NSA) authorizes the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), “in his discretion,” to terminate the employment […]

486 U.S. 531 108 S.Ct. 1954 100 L.Ed.2d 531 Kevan BERKOVITZ, a Minor by his Parents and Natural Guardians Arthur BERKOVITZ, et ux., et al., Petitioners,v.UNITED STATES. No. 87-498. Argued April 19, 1988. Decided June 13, 1988. Syllabus A provision of the Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA) excepts from statutory liability any claim “based upon […]

486 U.S. 549 108 S.Ct. 1965 100 L.Ed.2d 549 Theodore J. LOEFFLER, Petitionerv.Anthony M. FRANK, Postmaster General of the United States. No. 86-1431. Argued Jan. 11, 1988. Decided June 13, 1988. Syllabus Petitioner was discharged from his position with the United States Postal Service. Contending that his discharge resulted from sex discrimination, petitioner brought this […]

486 U.S. 567 108 S.Ct. 1975 100 L.Ed.2d 565 MICHIGAN, Petitionerv.Michael Mose CHESTERNUT. No. 86-1824. Argued Feb. 24, 1988. Decided June 13, 1988. Syllabus Observing the approach of a police car on routine patrol, respondent began to run. The police followed him “to see where he was going,” and, after catching up with him and […]

486 U.S. 57 108 S.Ct. 1637 100 L.Ed.2d 48 CITY OF NEW YORK, City of Miami, City of Wheaton and National League of Cities, Petitionersv.FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION et al. No. 87-339. Argued March 29, 1988. Decided May 16, 1988. Syllabus In 1974, after two years of unsatisfactory experience with conflicting federal and local technical standards […]

486 U.S. 466 108 S.Ct. 1916 100 L.Ed.2d 475 Richard D. SHAPERO, Petitionerv.KENTUCKY BAR ASSOCIATION. No. 87-16. Argued March 1, 1988. Decided June 13, 1988. Syllabus Petitioner, a member of the Kentucky Bar, applied to that State’s Attorneys Advertising Commission for approval of a letter that he proposed to send “to potential clients who have […]