502 U.S. 1017 502 U.S. 1017 112 S.Ct. 667 116 L.Ed.2d 758 Roy SMITH, petitioner,v.UNITED STATES. No. 90-7347 Supreme Court of the United States December 16, 1991 On petition for writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. The petition for a writ of certiorari is denied. Opinion of […]
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Gibson v. Florida Bar, 502 U.S. 104 (1991)
502 U.S. 104 502 U.S. 104 112 S.Ct. 633 116 L.Ed.2d 432 Robert E. GIBSON, petitioner,v.FLORIDA BAR, et al. No. 90-1102 Supreme Court of the United States December 4, 1991 PER CURIAM. 1 The writ of certiorari is dismissed as improvidently granted. CC∅ | Transformed by Public.Resource.Org
Simon & Schuster, Inc. v. Members of N. Y. State Crime Victims Bd., 502 U.S. 105 (1991)
Issues: Constitutional Law, First Amendment, Freedom of Speech
502 U.S. 105 112 S.Ct. 501 116 L.Ed.2d 476 SIMON & SCHUSTER, INC., Petitioner v. MEMBERS OF THE NEW YORK STATE CRIME VICTIMS BOARD, et al. No. 90-1059. Argued Oct. 15, 1991. Decided Dec. 10, 1991. Headnotes: Son of Sam law: New York’s Son of Sam law — which requires that an accused or convicted […]
501 U.S. 923
501 U.S. 923 501 U.S. 923 111 S.Ct. 2661 115 L.Ed.2d 808 Rafael PERETZ, Petitionerv.UNITED STATES. No. 90-615. Argued April 23, 1991. Decided June 27, 1991. Syllabus Gomez v. United States, 490 U.S. 858, 109 S.Ct. 2237, 104 L.Ed.2d 923, held that the selection of a jury in a felony trial without a defendant’s consent […]
501 U.S. 957
501 U.S. 957 501 U.S. 957 111 S.Ct. 2680 115 L.Ed.2d 836 Ronald Allen HARMELIN, Petitionerv.MICHIGAN. No. 89-7272. Argued Nov. 5, 1990. Decided June 27, 1991. Syllabus Petitioner Harmelin was convicted under Michigan law of possessing more than 650 grams of cocaine and sentenced to a mandatory term of life in prison without possibility of […]
501 U.S. 808
501 U.S. 808 501 U.S. 808 111 S.Ct. 2597 115 L.Ed.2d 720 Pervis Tyrone PAYNE, Petitionerv.TENNESSEE. No. 90-5721. Argued April 24, 1991. Decided June 27, 1991. Rehearing Denied Sept. 13, 1991. See U.S., 112 S.ct. 28. Syllabus Petitioner Payne was convicted by a Tennessee jury of the first-degree murders of Charisse Christopher and her 2-year-old […]
501 U.S. 868
501 U.S. 868 501 U.S. 868 111 S.Ct. 2631 115 L.Ed.2d 764 Thomas FREYTAG, et al., Petitionersv.COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE. No. 90-762. Argued April 23, 1991. Decided June 27, 1991. Syllabus The chief judge of the United States Tax Court, an Article I court composed of 19 judges appointed by the President, is authorized to […]
501 U.S. 722
501 U.S. 722 501 U.S. 722 111 S.Ct. 2546 115 L.Ed.2d 640 Roger Keith COLEMAN, Petitioner,v.Charles E. THOMPSON, Warden. No. 89-7662. Argued Feb. 25, 1991. Decided June 24, 1991. Rehearing Denied Sept. 13, 1991. See U.S., 112 S.ct. 27. Syllabus After a Buchanan County jury convicted petitioner Coleman of capital murder, he was sentenced to […]
501 U.S. 775
501 U.S. 775 501 U.S. 775 111 S.Ct. 2578 115 L.Ed.2d 686 Edgar BLATCHFORD, Commissioner, Department of Community and Regional Affairs of Alaska, Petitioner,v.NATIVE VILLAGE OF NOATAK AND CIRCLE VILLAGE. No. 89-1782. Argued Feb. 19, 1991. Decided June 24, 1991. Syllabus Respondents, Alaska Native villages, brought suit against petitioner, a state official, seeking an order […]
501 U.S. 78
501 U.S. 78 501 U.S. 78 111 S.Ct. 2150 115 L.Ed.2d 66 Curtis Reed JOHNSON, Petitionerv.HOME STATE BANK. No. 90-693. Argued April 16, 1991. Decided June 10, 1991. Syllabus After petitioner Johnson defaulted on promissory notes secured with a mortgage on his farm, respondent Home State Bank (Bank) began foreclosure proceedings in state court. While […]
501 U.S. 797
501 U.S. 797 501 U.S. 797 111 S.Ct. 2590 115 L.Ed.2d 706 Eddie S. YLST, Warden, Petitionerv.Owen Duane NUNNEMAKER. No. 90-68. Argued March 19, 1991. Decided June 24, 1991. Syllabus Following his California murder conviction, respondent raised a Miranda claim for the first time on direct appeal, in violation of a state procedural rule. In […]
501 U.S. 680
501 U.S. 680 501 U.S. 680 111 S.Ct. 2524 115 L.Ed.2d 604 Harriet PAULEY, Survivor of John C. Pauley, Petitioner,v.BETHENERGY MINES, INC., et al. CLINCHFIELD COAL COMPANY, Petitioner, v. DIRECTOR, OFFICE OF WORKERS’ COMPENSATION PROGRAMS, UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF LABOR, et al. CONSOLIDATION COAL COMPANY, Petitioner, v. DIRECTOR, OFFICE OF WORKERS’ COMPENSATION PROGRAMS, UNITED STATES […]
501 U.S. 597
501 U.S. 597 501 U.S. 597 111 S.Ct. 2476 115 L.Ed.2d 532 WISCONSIN PUBLIC INTERVENOR, et al., Petitionersv.Ralph MORTIER et al. No. 89-1905. Argued April 24, 1991. Decided June 21, 1991. Syllabus The Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA or Act), 7 U.S.C. § 136 et seq., was primarily a pesticide licensing and labeling […]
501 U.S. 624
501 U.S. 624 501 U.S. 624 111 S.Ct. 2491 115 L.Ed.2d 555 Edward Harold SCHAD, Jr., Petitionerv.ARIZONA. No. 90-5551. Argued Feb. 27, 1991. Decided June 21, 1991. Rehearing Denied Sept. 13, 1991. See U.S., 112 S.ct. 28. Syllabus After he was found with a murder victim’s vehicle and other belongings, petitioner Schad was indicted for […]
501 U.S. 663
501 U.S. 663 501 U.S. 663 111 S.Ct. 2513 115 L.Ed.2d 586 Dan COHEN, Petitionerv.COWLES MEDIA COMPANY, dba Minneapolis Star and Tribune Company, et al. No. 90-634. Argued March 27, 1991. Decided June 24, 1991. Syllabus During the 1982 Minnesota gubernatorial race, petitioner Cohen, who was associated with one party’s campaign, gave court records concerning […]
501 U.S. 560
501 U.S. 560 501 U.S. 560 111 S.Ct. 2456 115 L.Ed.2d 504 Michael BARNES, Prosecuting Attorney of St. Joseph County, Indiana, et al.v.GLEN THEATRE, INC., et al. No. 90-26. Argued Jan. 8, 1991. Decided June 21, 1991. Syllabus Respondents, two Indiana establishments wishing to provide totally nude dancing as entertainment and individual dancers employed at […]
501 U.S. 529
501 U.S. 529 501 U.S. 529 111 S.Ct. 2439 115 L.Ed.2d 481 JAMES B. BEAM DISTILLING COMPANY, Petitionerv.GEORGIA et al. No. 89-680. Argued Oct. 30, 1990. Decided June 20, 1991. Syllabus Before 1985, Georgia law imposed an excise tax on imported liquor at a rate double that imposed on liquor manufactured from Georgia-grown products. In […]
FLORIDA v. BOSTICK, 501 U.S. 429 (1991)
Issues: Criminal Procedure, Fourth Amendment, Searches of Passengers on Public Transportation
501 U.S. 429 111 S.Ct. 2382 115 L.Ed.2d 389 FLORIDA, Petitioner, v. Terrance BOSTICK. No. 89-1717. Argued Feb. 26, 1991. Decided June 20, 1991. Headnotes CONSTITUTIONAL LAW — Searches and Seizures — Random Searches — Bus encounter. Fourth Amendment permits police officers to approach individuals at random on a bus in order to ask them […]
501 U.S. 452
501 U.S. 452 501 U.S. 452 111 S.Ct. 2395 115 L.Ed.2d 410 Ellis GREGORY, Jr. and Anthony P. Nugent, Jr., Judges, Petitionersv.John D. ASHCROFT, Governor of Missouri. No. 90-50. Argued March 18, 1991. Decided June 20, 1991. Syllabus Article V, § 26 of the Missouri Constitution provides a mandatory retirement age of 70 for most […]
501 U.S. 496
501 U.S. 496 501 U.S. 496 111 S.Ct. 2419 115 L.Ed.2d 447 Jeffrey M. MASSON, Petitionerv.NEW YORKER MAGAZINE, INC., Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. and Janet Malcolm. No. 89-1799. Argued Jan. 14, 1991. Decided June 20, 1991. Syllabus Petitioner Masson, a psychoanalyst, became disillusioned with Freudian psychology while serving as Projects Director of the Sigmund Freud […]