499 U.S. 467 499 U.S. 467 111 S.Ct. 1454 113 L.Ed.2d 517 Warren McCLESKEY, Petitionerv.Walter D. ZANT, Superintendent, Georgia Diagnostic & Classification Center. No. 89-7024. Argued Oct. 31, 1990. Decided April 16, 1991. Rehearing Denied June 17, 1991. See 501 U.S. 1224, 111 S.Ct. 2841. Syllabus To rebut petitioner McCleskey’s alibi defense at his 1978 […]
Category: 1991
499 U.S. 530
499 U.S. 530 499 U.S. 530 111 S.Ct. 1489 113 L.Ed.2d 569 EASTERN AIRLINES, INC., Petitionerv.Rose Marie FLOYD, et vir., et al. No. 89-1598. Argued Oct. 29, 1990. Decided April 17, 1991. Syllabus After petitioner’s plane narrowly avoided crashing during a flight between Miami and the Bahamas, respondent passengers filed separate complaints seeking damages solely […]
499 U.S. 554
499 U.S. 554 499 U.S. 554 111 S.Ct. 1503 113 L.Ed.2d 589 COTTAGE SAVINGS ASSOCIATIONv.COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE. No. 89-1965. Argued Jan. 15, 1991. Decided April 17, 1991. Syllabus Petitioner Cottage Savings Association simultaneously sold participation interests in 252 mortgages to four savings and loan associations and purchased from them participation interests in 305 other […]
499 U.S. 573
499 U.S. 573 499 U.S. 573 111 S.Ct. 1512 113 L.Ed.2d 608 UNITED STATES, Petitionerv.CENTENNIAL SAVINGS BANK FSB (Resolution Trust Corporation, Receiver). No. 89-1926. Argued Jan. 15, 1991. Decided April 17, 1991. Syllabus During the 1981 tax year, respondent Centennial Savings Bank FSB exchanged participation interests in a set of mortgage loans for interests in […]
499 U.S. 432
499 U.S. 432 499 U.S. 432 111 S.Ct. 1435 113 L.Ed.2d 486 Richard B. KAY, Petitionerv.Bremer EHRLER & Kentucky Board of Elections. No. 90-79. Argued Feb. 25, 1991. Decided April 16, 1991. Timothy B. Dyk, Washington, D.C., for petitioner. Ann M. Sheadel, Frankfort, Ky., for respondents. 1 Robert A. Long, Jr., Washington, D.C., for the […]
499 U.S. 439
499 U.S. 439 499 U.S. 439 111 S.Ct. 1438 113 L.Ed.2d 494 Timothy J. LEATHERS, Commissioner of Revenues of Arkansas, Petitioner,v.Daniel L. MEDLOCK et al. Daniel L. MEDLOCK, et al., Petitioners, v. Timothy J. LEATHERS, Commissioner of Revenues, et al. Nos. 90-29, 90-38. Argued Jan. 9, 1991. Decided April 16, 1991. Syllabus Arkansas’ Gross Receipts […]
499 U.S. 365
499 U.S. 365 499 U.S. 365 111 S.Ct. 1344 113 L.Ed.2d 382 CITY OF COLUMBIA and Columbia Outdoor Advertising, Inc., Petitioners,v.OMNI OUTDOOR ADVERTISING, INC. No. 89-1671. Argued Nov. 28, 1990. Decided April 1, 1991. Syllabus After respondent Omni Outdoor Advertising, Inc., entered the billboard market in petitioner Columbia, South Carolina, petitioner Columbia Outdoor Advertising, Inc. […]
Powers v. Ohio, 499 U.S. 400 (1991)
Issues: Batson Challenge, Criminal Procedure, Due Process of Law, Fourteenth Amendment
499 U.S. 400 111 S.Ct. 1364 113 L.Ed.2d 411 Larry Joe POWERS, Petitioner, v. OHIO. No. 89-5011. Argued Oct. 9, 1990. Decided April 1, 1991. Syllabus During jury selection at his state-court trial for aggravated murder and related offenses, petitioner Powers, a white man, objected to the State’s use of peremptory challenges to remove seven […]
499 U.S. 279
499 U.S. 279 499 U.S. 279 111 S.Ct. 1246 113 L.Ed.2d 302 ARIZONA, Petitionerv.Oreste C. FULMINANTE. No. 89-839. Argued Oct. 10, 1990. Decided March 26, 1991. Rehearing Denied May 20, 1991. See 500 U.S. 938, 111 S.Ct. 2067. Syllabus After respondent Fulminante’s 11-year-old stepdaughter was murdered in Arizona, he left the State, was convicted of […]
499 U.S. 315
499 U.S. 315 499 U.S. 315 111 S.Ct. 1267 113 L.Ed.2d 335 UNITED STATES, Petitioner,v.Thomas M. GAUBERT. No. 89-1793. Argued Nov. 26, 1990. Decided March 26, 1991. Syllabus When the events in this case occurred, the Home Owners’ Loan Act of 1933 authorized the Federal Home Loan Bank Board (FHLBB) to prescribe rules and regulations […]
499 U.S. 340
499 U.S. 340 499 U.S. 340 111 S.Ct. 1282 113 L.Ed.2d 358 FEIST PUBLICATIONS, INC., Petitionerv.RURAL TELEPHONE SERVICE COMPANY, INC. No. 89-1909. Argued Jan. 9, 1991. Decided March 27, 1991. Syllabus Respondent Rural Telephone Service Company, Inc., is a certified public utility providing telephone service to several communities in Kansas. Pursuant to state regulation, Rural […]
499 U.S. 225
499 U.S. 225 499 U.S. 225 111 S.Ct. 1217 113 L.Ed.2d 190 SALVE REGINA COLLEGE, Petitionerv.Sharon L. RUSSELL. No. 89-1629. Argued Nov. 27, 1990. Decided March 20, 1991. Syllabus Respondent Russell filed a diversity action in the District Court, alleging, inter alia, that petitioner college, located in Rhode Island, had breached an implied agreement to […]
499 U.S. 244
499 U.S. 244 499 U.S. 244 111 S.Ct. 1227 113 L.Ed.2d 274 EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION, Petitioner,v.ARABIAN AMERICAN OIL COMPANY and Aramco Services Company. Ali BOURESLAN, Petitioner, v. ARABIAN AMERICAN OIL COMPANY and Aramco Services Company. Nos. 89-1838, 89-1845. Argued Jan. 16, 1991. Decided March 26, 1991. Syllabus Petitioner Boureslan, a naturalized United States citizen […]
499 U.S. 144
499 U.S. 144 499 U.S. 144 111 S.Ct. 1171 113 L.Ed.2d 117 Lynn MARTIN, Secretary of Labor, Petitionerv.OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH REVIEW COMMISSION et al. No. 89-1541. Argued Nov. 27, 1990. Decided March 20, 1991. Syllabus The Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 assigns distinct regulatory tasks to two independent administrative actors: petitioner Secretary […]
499 U.S. 160
499 U.S. 160 499 U.S. 160 111 S.Ct. 1180 113 L.Ed.2d 134 UNITED STATES, et al., Petitioners,v.Marcus S. SMITH, et al. No. 89-1646. Argued Nov. 7, 1990. Decided March 20, 1991. Syllabus Respondents Smith filed suit in the District Court against one Dr. Marshall, alleging that he had negligently injured respondent Dominique Smith during his […]
499 U.S. 187
499 U.S. 187 499 U.S. 187 111 S.Ct. 1196 113 L.Ed.2d 158 INTERNATIONAL UNION, UNITED AUTOMOBILE, AEROSPACE AND AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENT WORKERS OF AMERICA, UAW, et al., Petitionersv.JOHNSON CONTROLS, INC. No. 89-1215. Argued Oct. 10, 1990. Decided March 20, 1991. Syllabus A primary ingredient in respondent’s battery manufacturing process is lead, occupational exposure to which entails […]
PACIFIC MUT. LIFE INS. CO. v. HASLIP, 499 U.S. 1 (1991)
Issues: Constitutional Law, Due Process of Law, Fourteenth Amendment, Punitive Damages, Torts
499 U.S. 1 111 S.Ct. 1032 113 L.Ed.2d 1 PACIFIC MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, Petitioner, v. Cleopatra HASLIP et al. No. 89-1279. Argued Oct. 3, 1990. Decided March 4, 1991. Headnotes CONSTITUTIONAL LAW — DUE PROCESS — PUNITIVE DAMAGES. A punitive damages award that was more than four times the amount of compensatory damages claimed […]
499 U.S. 117
499 U.S. 117 499 U.S. 117 111 S.Ct. 1156 113 L.Ed.2d 95 NORFOLK AND WESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY, et al., Petitioners,v.AMERICAN TRAIN DISPATCHERS ASSOCIATION et al. CSX TRANSPORTATION, INC., Petitioner, v. BROTHERHOOD OF RAILWAY CARMEN et al. Nos. 89-1027, 89-1028. Argued Dec. 3, 1990. Decided March 19, 1991. Syllabus Once the Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC) has […]
499 U.S. 1301
499 U.S. 1301 499 U.S. 1301 111 S.Ct. 1407 113 L.Ed.2d 206 Ted Calvin COLEv.TEXAS. No. A-704 (90-7411). On application for stay of execution of sentence of death. March 18, 1991. Justice SCALIA, Circuit Justice. I have before me an application for a stay of execution pending disposition of a petition for writ of certiorari […]
498 U.S. 924
498 U.S. 924 498 U.S. 924 111 S.Ct. 305 112 L.Ed.2d 258 Dennis E. PRYBA, Barbara A. Pryba, Educational Books, Inc. and Jennifer G. Williams, petitionersv.UNITED STATES. No. 89-1902. Supreme Court of the United States October 15, 1990 Petition for writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. 1 […]