Category: 1989

491 U.S. 1 109 S.Ct. 2273 105 L.Ed.2d 1 PENNSYLVANIA, Petitionerv.UNION GAS COMPANY. No. 87-1241. Argued Oct. 31, 1988. Decided June 15, 1989. Syllabus Respondent’s predecessors operated a coal gasification plant, which produced coal tar as a by-product, along a creek in Pennsylvania. Shortly after acquiring easements in the property along the creek, and while […]

490 U.S. 93 109 S.Ct. 1661 104 L.Ed.2d 86 CALIFORNIA, et al., Appellantsv.ARC AMERICA CORPORATION et al. No. 87-1862. Argued Feb. 27, 1989. Decided April 18, 1989. Syllabus Illinois Brick Co. v. Illinois, 431 U.S. 720, 97 S.Ct. 2061, 52 L.Ed.2d 707, held that, generally, only overcharged direct purchasers, and not subsequent indirect purchasers, are […]

490 U.S. 858 109 S.Ct. 2237 104 L.Ed.2d 923 Jose GOMEZ, Petitionerv.UNITED STATES. Diego CHAVEZ-TESINA, Petitioner v. UNITED STATES. Nos. 88-5014, 88-5158. Argued April 24, 1989 Decided June 12, 1989. Syllabus A Magistrate assigned by the District Judge conducted the voir dire examination and jury selection for petitioners’ trial on multiple felony counts. The judge […]

490 U.S. 877 109 S.Ct. 2248 104 L.Ed.2d 941 Louis W. SULLIVAN, Secretary of Health and Human Services, Petitionerv.Elmer HUDSON. No. 88-616. Argued April 17, 1989. Decided June 12, 1989. Syllabus After a final decision of the Secretary of Health and Human Services denied respondent’s application for Social Security disability benefits, she brought an action […]

490 U.S. 89 109 S.Ct. 1629 104 L.Ed.2d 80 Curtis L. WRENNv.Lawrence P. BENSON et al. Curtis L. WRENN v. DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH OF OHIO. Nos. 88-6494, 88-6497. April 17, 1989. PER CURIAM. 1 On March 27, 1989, we denied pro se petitioner Curtis Wrenn’s request to proceed in forma pauperis under this Court’s […]

490 U.S. 900 109 S.Ct. 2261 104 L.Ed.2d 961 Patricia A. LORANCE, et al., Petitionersv.AT & T TECHNOLOGIES, INC., et al. No. 87-1428. Argued March 20, 1989. Decided June 12, 1989. Syllabus Before 1979 collective-bargaining agreements between respondents AT & T Technologies, Inc., and Local 1942, International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, AFL-CIO, had determined a […]

490 U.S. 920 109 S.Ct. 2273 104 L.Ed.2d 981 CALIFORNIA, et al, Petitionersv.UNITED STATES et al. No. 87-1165. June 12, 1989. On writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. Case below: 830 F.2d 139 (CA9, 1987). PER CURIAM. 1 The judgment below is affirmed by an equally divided […]

490 U.S. 805 109 S.Ct. 2207 104 L.Ed.2d 876 SOUTH CAROLINA, Petitionerv.Demetrius GATHERS. No. 88-305. Argued March 28, 1989. Decided June 12, 1989. Rehearing Denied Aug. 30, 1989. See 492 U.S. 938, 110 S.Ct. 24. Syllabus Respondent was convicted of murder and sentenced to death in a South Carolina court. The prosecutor’s closing argument at […]

490 U.S. 82 109 S.Ct. 1626 104 L.Ed.2d 73 FEDERAL SAVINGS AND LOAN INSURANCE CORPORATION, as Receiver For Manning Savings and Loan Association, Petitionerv.Harold J. TICKTIN et al. No. 87-1865. Argued Feb. 27, 1989. Decided April 3, 1989. Syllabus The Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corp. (FSLIC), in its capacity as receiver of a state-chartered […]

490 U.S. 826 109 S.Ct. 2218 104 L.Ed.2d 893 NEWMAN-GREEN, INC., Petitionerv.Alejandro ALFONZO-LARRAIN, et al. No. 88-774. Argued April 24, 1989. Decided June 12, 1989. Rehearing Denied Aug. 11, 1989. See 492 U.S. 932, 110 S.Ct. 12. Syllabus Title 28 U.S.C. ? 1332 confers diversity jurisdiction in the district courts when a citizen of one […]

490 U.S. 844 109 S.Ct. 2228 104 L.Ed.2d 910 CALIFORNIA STATE BOARD OF EQUALIZATION, Petitionerv.SIERRA SUMMIT, INC. No. 88-681. Argued April 19, 1989. Decided June 12, 1989. Syllabus In holding that a Bankruptcy Court’s injunction against petitioner Board of Equalization’s assessment of a state sales tax upon the proceeds of a trustee’s liquidation sale of […]

490 U.S. 755 109 S.Ct. 2180 104 L.Ed.2d 835 John W. MARTIN, et al., Petitioners,v.Robert K. WILKS et al. PERSONNEL BOARD OF JEFFERSON COUNTY, ALABAMA, et al., Petitioners v. Robert K. WILKS et al. Richard ARRINGTON, Jr., et al., Petitioners v. Robert K. WILKS et al. Nos. 87-1614, 87-1639 and 87-1668. Argued Jan. 18, 1989. […]

490 U.S. 794 109 S.Ct. 2201 104 L.Ed.2d 865 ALABAMA, Petitionerv.James Lewis SMITH. No. 88-333. Argued April 24, 1989. Decided June 12, 1989. Syllabus An Alabama grand jury indicted respondent for burglary, rape, and sodomy, all related to a single assault. He agreed to plead guilty to the burglary and rape charges in exchange for […]

490 U.S. 714 109 S.Ct. 2156 104 L.Ed.2d 796 MEAD CORPORATION, Petitioner,v.B.E. TILLEY et al. No. 87-1868. Argued Feb. 22, 1989. Decided June 5, 1989. Syllabus Under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) guarantees certain nonforfeitable benefits provided by qualified defined benefit pension plans. When an […]

490 U.S. 730 109 S.Ct. 2166 104 L.Ed.2d 811 COMMUNITY FOR CREATIVE NON-VIOLENCE, et al., Petitioners,v.James Earl REID. No. 88-293. Argued March 29, 1989. Decided June 5, 1989. Syllabus In the fall of 1985, petitioners?the Community for Creative Non-Violence (CCNV), a Washington, D.C., organization dedicated to eliminating homelessness, and one of its trustees?entered into an […]

490 U.S. 754 109 S.Ct. 2180 104 L.Ed.2d 834 Phillip D. TOMPKINS, Petitioner,v.TEXAS. No. 87-6405. June 5, 1989. Rehearing Denied Aug. 11, 1989. See 492 U.S. 933, 110 S.Ct. 16. On Writ of Certiorari to the Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas. Case below, Tex.Cr.App., 774 S.W.2d 195. PER CURIAM. 1 The judgment below is […]

490 U.S. 642 109 S.Ct. 2115 104 L.Ed.2d 733 WARDS COVE PACKING COMPANY, INC., et al., Petitioners,v.Frank ATONIO et al. No. 87-1387. Argued Jan. 18, 1989. Decided June 5, 1989. Syllabus Jobs at petitioners’ Alaskan salmon canneries are of two general types: unskilled “cannery jobs” on the cannery lines, which are filled predominantly by nonwhites; […]

490 U.S. 66 109 S.Ct. 1617 104 L.Ed.2d 58 AMERADA HESS CORPORATION, et al., Appellantsv.DIRECTOR, DIVISION OF TAXATION, NEW JERSEY DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY. TEXACO, INC. and Tenneco Oil Company, Appellants v. DIRECTOR, DIVISION OF TAXATION, NEW JERSEY DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY. Nos. 87-453, 87-464. Argued Nov. 29, 1988. Decided April 3, 1989. Syllabus Appellant […]

490 U.S. 680 109 S.Ct. 2136 104 L.Ed.2d 766 Robert L. HERNANDEZ, Petitioner,v.COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE. Katherine Jean GRAHAM, et al., Petitioners, v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE. Nos. 87-963, 87-1616. Argued Nov. 28, 1988. Decided June 5, 1989. Rehearings Denied Aug. 11, 1989. See 492 U.S. 933, 110 S.Ct. 16. Syllabus The Church of Scientology […]

490 U.S. 605 109 S.Ct. 2037 104 L.Ed.2d 696 ASARCO INCORPORATED, et al., Petitionersv.Frank KADISH, et ux., et al. No. 87-1661. Argued Feb. 27, 1989. Decided May 30, 1989. Syllabus Among other things, the New Mexico-Arizona Enabling Act of 1910 granted Arizona certain lands, excluding mineral lands, in trust for the support of public schools, […]