Category: 1989

493 U.S. 411 110 S.Ct. 768 107 L.Ed.2d 851 FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION, Petitioner,v.SUPERIOR COURT TRIAL LAWYERS ASSOCIATION. SUPERIOR COURT TRIAL LAWYERS ASSOCIATION, et al., Petitioners, v. FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION. Nos. 88-1198, 88-1393. Argued Oct. 30, 1989. Decided Jan. 22, 1990. Syllabus A group of lawyers in private practice who regularly acted as court-appointed counsel for […]

493 U.S. 342 110 S.Ct. 668 107 L.Ed.2d 708 Reuben DOWLING, Petitionerv.UNITED STATES. No. 88-6025. Argued Oct. 4, 1989. Decided Jan. 10, 1990. Syllabus Petitioner Dowling was convicted of robbing a Virgin Islands bank while wearing a ski mask and carrying a small pistol. Relying on Federal Rule of Evidence 404(b)?which provides that evidence of […]

493 U.S. 365 110 S.Ct. 680 107 L.Ed.2d 782 Curtis GUIDRY, Petitionerv.SHEET METAL WORKERS NATIONAL PENSION FUND et al. No. 88-1105. Argued Nov. 29, 1989. Decided Jan. 17, 1990. Syllabus Petitioner Guidry, a former official of respondent union and trustee of one of respondent pension plans, pleaded guilty to embezzling funds from the union in […]

493 U.S. 331 110 S.Ct. 661 107 L.Ed.2d 696 FRANCHISE TAX BOARD OF CALIFORNIA, et al., Petitionersv.ALCAN ALUMINIUM LIMITED et al. No. 88-1400. Argued Nov. 1, 1989. Decided Jan. 10, 1990. Syllabus Respondents?foreign corporations and sole shareholders of domestic corporations conducting business in California?brought separate suits against petitioner California Franchise Tax Board (Board) and certain […]

493 U.S. 215 110 S.Ct. 596 107 L.Ed.2d 603 FW/PBS, INC., dba Paris Adult Bookstore II, et al., Petitionersv.CITY OF DALLAS et al. M.J.R., INC., et al., Petitioners v. CITY OF DALLAS. Calvin BERRY, III, et al., Petitioners v. CITY OF DALLAS et al. Nos. 87-2012, 87-2051 and 88-49. Argued Oct. 4, 1989. Decided Jan. […]

493 U.S. 265 110 S.Ct. 625 107 L.Ed.2d 644 Henry G. SPALLONE, Petitionerv.UNITED STATES et al. Peter CHEMA, Petitioner v. UNITED STATES et al. Nicholas LONGO and Edward Fagan, Petitioners v. UNITED STATES et al. Nos. 88-854, 88-856 and 88-870. Argued Oct. 2, 1989. Decided Jan. 10, 1990. Syllabus In 1985, in a suit brought […]

493 U.S. 307 110 S.Ct. 648 107 L.Ed.2d 676 Darryl JAMES, Petitionerv.ILLINOIS. No. 88-6075. Argued Oct. 3, 1989. Decided Jan. 10, 1990. Syllabus The day after a shooting which left one of a group of eight boys dead and another seriously injured, police took petitioner James into custody as a suspect. James, who then had […]

493 U.S. 182 110 S.Ct. 577 107 L.Ed.2d 571 UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA, Petitionerv.EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION. No. 88-493. Argued Nov. 7, 1989. Decided Jan. 9, 1990. Syllabus After petitioner university denied tenure to associate professor Rosalie Tung, she filed a charge with respondent Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) alleging discrimination on the basis of race, […]

493 U.S. 20 110 S.Ct. 304 107 L.Ed.2d 237 Olaf A. HALLSTROM, et ux., Petitionersv.TILLAMOOK COUNTY. No. 88-42. Argued Oct. 4, 1989. Decided Nov. 7, 1989. Rehearing Denied Jan. 8, 1990. See 493 U.S. 1037, 110 S.Ct. 761. Syllabus Subsection (a)(1) of the citizen suit provision of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976 […]

493 U.S. 203 110 S.Ct. 589 107 L.Ed.2d 591 COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE, Petitionerv.INDIANAPOLIS POWER & LIGHT COMPANY. No. 88-1319. Argued Oct. 31, 1989. Decided Jan. 9, 1990. Syllabus Respondent Indianapolis Power & Light Co. (IPL), a regulated Indiana utility and an accrual-basis taxpayer, requires customers having suspect credit to make deposits with it to […]

493 U.S. 132 110 S.Ct. 462 107 L.Ed.2d 449 UNITED STATES, Petitionerv.GOODYEAR TIRE AND RUBBER COMPANY and Affiliates. No. 88-1474. Argued Nov. 1, 1989. Decided Dec. 11, 1989. Rehearing Denied Feb. 20, 1990. See 493 U.S. 1095, 110 S.Ct. 1172. Syllabus In 1970 and 1971, Goodyear Tyre and Rubber Company (Great Britain) Limited (Goodyear G.B.), […]

493 U.S. 146 110 S.Ct. 471 107 L.Ed.2d 462 JOHN DOE AGENCY and John Doe Government Agency, Petitionersv.JOHN DOE CORPORATION. No. 88-1083. Argued Oct. 2, 1989. Decided Dec. 11, 1989. Rehearing Denied Jan. 22, 1990. See 493 U.S. 1064, 110 S.Ct. 884. Syllabus In connection with a 1978 periodic audit, respondent defense contractor and petitioner […]

493 U.S. 165 110 S.Ct. 482 107 L.Ed.2d 480 HOFFMANN-LA ROCHE INC., Petitionerv.Richard SPERLING et al. No. 88-1203. Argued Oct. 2, 1989. Decided Dec. 11, 1989. Syllabus After petitioner employer ordered a reduction in force and discharged or demoted some 1,200 workers, respondent affected employees filed in the District Court a collective action seeking relief […]

492 U.S. 96 109 S.Ct. 2818 106 L.Ed.2d 76 Martin W. HOFFMAN, Trustee, Petitionerv.CONNECTICUT DEPARTMENT OF INCOME MAINTENANCE et al. No. 88-412. Argued April 19, 1989. Decided June 23, 1989. Syllabus Section 106(c) of the Bankruptcy Code provides that “notwithstanding any assertion of sovereign immunity” any provision of the Code that contains ” ‘credi or,’ […]

492 U.S. 490 109 S.Ct. 3040 106 L.Ed.2d 410 William L. WEBSTER, Attorney General of Missouri, et al., Appellantsv.REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH SERVICES et al. No. 88-605. Argued April 26, 1989. Decided July 3, 1989. Syllabus Appellees, state-employed health professionals and private nonprofit corporations providing abortion services, brought suit in the District Court for declaratory and injunctive […]

492 U.S. 573 109 S.Ct. 3086 106 L.Ed.2d 472 COUNTY OF ALLEGHENY, et al., Petitionersv.AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION GREATER PITTSBURGH CHAPTER et al. CHABAD, Petitioner, v. AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION et al. CITY OF PITTSBURGH, Petitioner, v. AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION GREATER PITTSBURGH CHAPTER et al. Nos. 87-2050, 88-90 and 88-96. Argued Feb. 22, 1989. […]

492 U.S. 680 109 S.Ct. 3146 106 L.Ed.2d 551 David Lee POWELLv.TEXAS. No. 88-6801. July 3, 1989. PER CURIAM. 1 This case?and, indeed, this precise question?is now before the Court for the second time. Last Term, petitioner sought review of the decision of the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals affirming his sentence of death, asserting […]

492 U.S. 920 WORKERS’ COMPENSATION INSURERS RATING ASSOCIATION OF MINNESOTA ET AT.v.AUSTIN PRODUCTS CO. ET AL. No. 88-1849. Supreme Court of United States. July 3, 1989. 1 C. A. 8th Cir. Certiorari denied. Reported below: 867 F.2d 1552. CC? | Transformed by Public.Resource.Org

492 U.S. 408 109 S.Ct. 2994 106 L.Ed.2d 343 Philip BRENDALE, Petitioner,v.CONFEDERATED TRIBES AND BANDS OF THE YAKIMA INDIAN NATION, et al. Stanley WILKINSON, Petitioner, v. CONFEDERATED TRIBES AND BANDS OF THE YAKIMA INDIAN NATION, et al. COUNTY OF YAKIMA, et al., Petitioners, v. CONFEDERATED TRIBES AND BANDS OF THE YAKIMA INDIAN NATION et al. […]

492 U.S. 469 109 S.Ct. 3028 106 L.Ed.2d 388 BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF the STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK, et al., Petitionersv.Todd FOX et al. No. 87-2013. Argued Feb. 22, 1989. Decided June 29, 1989. Syllabus Resolution 66-156 of the State University of New York (SUNY) prohibits private commercial enterprises from operating in SUNY facilities. […]