Category: 1988

486 U.S. 492 108 S.Ct. 1931 100 L.Ed.2d 497 ALLIED TUBE & CONDUIT CORPORATION, Petitionerv.INDIAN HEAD, INC. No. 87-157. Argued Feb. 24, 1988. Decided June 13, 1988. Syllabus The National Fire Protection Association?a private organization that includes members representing industry, labor, academia, insurers, organized medicine, firefighters, and government?sets and publishes product standards and codes related […]

486 U.S. 517 108 S.Ct. 1945 100 L.Ed.2d 517 Wilfried VAN CAUWENBERGHE, Petitionerv.Roger BIARD. No. 87-336. Argued March 21, 1988. Decided June 13, 1988. Syllabus The courts of appeals have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. ? 1291 of appeals “from all final decisions of the district courts.” Under Cohen v. Beneficial Industrial Loan Corp., 337 U.S. […]

486 U.S. 414 108 S.Ct. 1886 100 L.Ed.2d 425 Natalie MEYER, Colorado Secretary of State, and Duane Woodard, Colorado Attorney General, Appellants,v.Paul K. GRANT et al. No. 87-920. Argued April 25, 1988. Decided June 6, 1988. Syllabus A Colorado statute allows a proposed state constitutional amendment to be placed on a general election ballot if […]

486 U.S. 429 108 S.Ct. 1895 100 L.Ed.2d 440 Ellis T. McCOY, etc., Appellantv.COURT OF APPEALS OF WISCONSIN, DISTRICT 1. No. 87-5002. Argued Jan. 20, 1988. Decided June 6, 1988. Syllabus Under Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738, 87 S.Ct. 1396, 18 L.Ed.2d 493, if court-appointed appellate counsel wishes to withdraw on the ground that […]

486 U.S. 456 108 S.Ct. 1910 100 L.Ed.2d 465 Cherlyn CLARK, Petitionerv.Gene JETER. No. 87-5565. Argued April 19, 1988. Decided June 6, 1988. Syllabus Ten years after her illegitimate daughter’s birth, petitioner filed a support complaint on the daughter’s behalf in a Pennsylvania state court, naming respondent as the father. Although a blood test showed […]

486 U.S. 356 108 S.Ct. 1853 100 L.Ed.2d 372 Gary D. MAYNARD, Warden, et al., Petitioners,v.William T. CARTWRIGHT. No. 87-519. Argued April 19, 1988. Decided June 6, 1988. Syllabus Respondent, a disgruntled ex-employee of a married couple, entered the couple’s home, shot the wife twice with a shotgun, shot and killed the husband, and then […]

486 U.S. 367 108 S.Ct. 1860 100 L.Ed.2d 384 Ralph MILLS, Petitioner,v.MARYLAND. No. 87-5367. Argued March 30, 1988. Decided June 6, 1988. Syllabus Petitioner, a Maryland prison inmate, was tried by a state-court jury and convicted of the first-degree murder of his cellmate. In the trial’s sentencing phase, the same jury found that the State […]

486 U.S. 399 108 S.Ct. 1877 100 L.Ed.2d 410 Jonna R. LINGLE, Petitionerv.NORGE DIVISION OF MAGIC CHEF, INC. No. 87-259. Argued March 23, 1988. Decided June 6, 1988. Syllabus After petitioner notified her employer (respondent) that she had been injured in the course of her employment and requested compensation for her medical expenses pursuant to […]

486 U.S. 330 108 S.Ct. 1837 100 L.Ed.2d 349 MONESSEN SOUTHWESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY, Appellantv.Gerald L. MORGAN. No. 86-1743. Argued Feb. 22, 1988. Decided June 6, 1988. Syllabus Appellee suffered a permanent back injury while working as a brakeman and conductor for appellant railroad. After returning to work in a less physically demanding position, appellee brought […]

486 U.S. 24 108 S.Ct. 1619 100 L.Ed.2d 21 D.H. HOLMES COMPANY, LTD., Appellant,v.Shirley McNAMARA, Secretary of Revenue and Taxation of Louisiana. No. 87-267. Argued March 22, 1988. Decided May 16, 1988. Syllabus Appellant, a Louisiana corporation which operates 13 department stores realizing over $100 million in annual sales in that State, contracted with several […]

486 U.S. 249 108 S.Ct. 1792 100 L.Ed.2d 284 John T. SATTERWHITE, Petitioner,v.TEXAS. No. 86-6284. Argued Dec. 8, 1987. Decided May 31, 1988. Syllabus After petitioner was charged with the capital crime of murder committed during a robbery, but before he was represented by counsel, he was subjected to a court-ordered examination by a psychologist […]

486 U.S. 269 108 S.Ct. 1803 100 L.Ed.2d 302 NEW ENERGY COMPANY OF INDIANA, Appellant,v.Joanne LIMBACH, Tax Commissioner of Ohio, et al. No. 87-654. Argued March 29, 1988. Decided May 31, 1988. Syllabus An Ohio statute awards a tax credit against the Ohio motor vehicle fuel sales tax for each gallon of ethanol sold (as […]

486 U.S. 281 108 S.Ct. 1811 100 L.Ed.2d 313 K MART CORPORATION, Petitioner,v.CARTIER, INC., et al. 47TH STREET PHOTO, INC., Petitioner, v. COALITION TO PRESERVE THE INTEGRITY OF AMERICAN TRADEMARKS et al. UNITED STATES, et al., Petitioners, v. COALITION TO PRESERVE THE INTEGRITY OF AMERICAN TRADEMARKS et al. Nos. 86-495, 86-624 and 86-625. Argued Oct. […]

486 U.S. 230 108 S.Ct. 1780 100 L.Ed.2d 265 FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION, Appellant,v.James E. MALLEN, et al. No. 87-82. Argued March 22, 1988. Decided May 31, 1988. Syllabus Title 12 U.S.C. ? 1818(g)(1) authorizes the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) to suspend from office an indicted official of a federally insured bank if his […]

486 U.S. 214 108 S.Ct. 1771 100 L.Ed.2d 249 Tony B. AMADEO, Petitionerv.Walter ZANT, Warden. No. 87-5277. Argued March 28, 1988. Decided May 31, 1988. Syllabus Petitioner was convicted of murder and criminal attempt to commit theft in the Superior Court of Putnam County, Georgia. In accordance with the jury’s recommendation of death, the court […]

486 U.S. 140 108 S.Ct. 1684 100 L.Ed.2d 127 CHICK KAM CHOO, et al., Petitioners,v.EXXON CORPORATION et al. No. 87-505. Argued March 30, 1988. Decided May 16, 1988. Syllabus After Leong Chong, a Singapore resident, was accidentally killed in that country while performing repair work on a ship owned by one of the respondents, a […]

486 U.S. 153 108 S.Ct. 1692 100 L.Ed.2d 140 Mark Erick WHEAT, Petitionerv.UNITED STATES. No. 87-4. Argued March 2, 1988. Decided May 23, 1988. Rehearing Denied June 30, 1988. See 487 U.S. 1243, 108 S.Ct. 2918. Syllabus Petitioner, along with numerous codefendants including Gomez-Barajas and Bravo, was charged with participating in a far-flung drug distribution […]

486 U.S. 174 108 S.Ct. 1704 100 L.Ed.2d 158 GOODYEAR ATOMIC CORPORATION, Appellantv.Esto MILLER and Industrial Commission of Ohio. No. 86-1172. Argued Jan. 19, 1988. Decided May 23, 1988. Syllabus Appellee Miller, an employee of appellant at an Ohio nuclear production facility owned by the United States but operated by appellant, a private contractor, received […]

486 U.S. 196 108 S.Ct. 1717 100 L.Ed.2d 178 Joseph G. BUDINICH, Petitioner,v.BECTON DICKINSON AND COMPANY, Respondent. No. 87-283. Argued March 21, 1988. Decided May 23, 1988. Syllabus In petitioner’s employment compensation action, which respondent removed from a Colorado state court to the Federal District Court on the basis of diversity of citizenship, judgment was […]