Category: 1992

506 U.S. 80 506 U.S. 80 113 S.Ct. 554 121 L.Ed.2d 474 REPUBLIC NATIONAL BANK OF MIAMI, Petitioner,v.UNITED STATES. No. 91-767. Argued Oct. 5, 1992. Decided Dec. 14, 1992. Syllabus* The Government filed a civil action in the District Court, alleging that a particular residence was subject to forfeiture under 21 U.S.C. § 881(a)(6) because […]

506 U.S. 869 506 U.S. 869 BB ASSET MANAGEMENT, INC., DBA BROWN BAG SOFTWAREv.SYMANTEC CORP. ET AL. No. 92-178. Supreme Court of United States. October 5, 1992. 1 C. A. 9th Cir. Certiorari denied. Reported below: 960 F.2d 1465. CC∅ | Transformed by Public.Resource.Org

506 U.S. 9 506 U.S. 9 113 S.Ct. 447 121 L.Ed.2d 313 CHURCH OF SCIENTOLOGY OF CALIFORNIA, Petitioner,v.UNITED STATES and Frank S. Zolin. No. 91-946. Argued Oct. 6, 1992. Decided Nov. 16, 1992. Syllabus* Pursuant to its jurisdiction under 26 U.S.C. §§ 7402(b) and 7604(a), the District Court ordered a state-court Clerk to comply with […]

506 U.S. 546 506 U.S. 546 113 S.Ct. 941 122 L.Ed.2d 330 UNITED STATES, Petitionerv.William F. HILL et ux. No. 91-1421. Argued Nov. 2, 1992. Decided Jan. 25, 1993. Syllabus * Under § 57(a)(8) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954, 26 U.S.C. § 57(a)(8) (1976 ed.), “the excess of the deduction for depletion . […]

506 U.S. 56 506 U.S. 56 113 S.Ct. 538 121 L.Ed.2d 450 SOLDAL et ux.v.COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS, et al. No. 91-6516. Argued Oct. 5, 1992. Decided Dec. 8, 1992. Syllabus * While eviction proceedings were pending, Terrace Properties and Margaret Hale forcibly evicted petitioners, the Soldal family, and their mobile home from a Terrace Properties’ […]

506 U.S. 73 506 U.S. 73 113 S.Ct. 549 121 L.Ed.2d 466 MISSISSIPPI, et al., Petitioners,v.LOUISIANA et al. No. 91-1158. Argued Nov. 9, 1992. Decided Dec. 14, 1992. Syllabus * After private plaintiffs brought suit against private defendants in the District Court to quiet title to certain land riparian to the Mississippi River, Louisiana intervened […]

506 U.S. 814 506 U.S. 814 HARTFORD FIRE INSURANCE CO. ET AL.v.CALIFORNIA ET AL. andMERRETT UNDERWRITING AGENCY MANAGEMENT LTD. ET AL.v.CALIFORNIA ET AL. No. 91-1111. No. 91-1128. Supreme Court of United States. October 5, 1992. 1 C. A. 9th Cir. Motion of Brokers & Reinsurance Markets Association for leave to file a brief as amicus […]

506 U.S. 461 506 U.S. 461 113 S.Ct. 892 122 L.Ed.2d 260 Gary GRAHAM, Petitioner,v.James A. COLLINS, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Institutional Division. No. 91-7580. Argued Oct. 14, 1992. Decided Jan. 25, 1993. Syllabus * Petitioner Graham’s capital murder conviction and death sentence became final in 1984. After unsuccessfully seeking postconviction relief in […]

506 U.S. 5 506 U.S. 5 113 S.Ct. 444 121 L.Ed.2d 310 MONTANA, petitioner,v.Donald Glenn IMLAY. No. 91-687. Supreme Court of the United States November 3, 1992 PER CURIAM. 1 The writ of certiorari is dismissed as improvidently granted. 2 Justice STEVENS, concurring. 3 When the trial judge revoked respondent’s parole, he reinstated a 5-year […]

506 U.S. 523 506 U.S. 523 113 S.Ct. 927 122 L.Ed.2d 306 Sheldon B. BUFFERD, Petitionerv.COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE No. 91-7804. Argued Nov. 30, 1992. Decided Jan. 25, 1993. Syllabus* Subchapter § of the Internal Revenue Code seeks to eliminate tax disadvantages that might dissuade small businesses from adopting the corporate form and to lessen […]

506 U.S. 534 506 U.S. 534 113 S.Ct. 933 122 L.Ed.2d 317 Gloria ZAFIRO, Jose Martinez, Salvador Garcia and Alfonso Soto, Petitionersv.UNITED STATES. No. 91-6824. Argued Nov. 2, 1992. Decided Jan. 25, 1993. Syllabus * Petitioners were indicted on federal drug charges and brought to trial together pursuant to Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 8(b), […]

506 U.S. 447 506 U.S. 447 113 S.Ct. 884 122 L.Ed.2d 247 SPECTRUM SPORTS, INC., et al., Petitionersv.Shirley McQUILLAN, et vir, dba Sorboturf Enterprises. No. 91-10. Argued Nov. 10, 1992. Decided Jan. 25, 1993. Syllabus * Shortly after the manufacturer of sorbothane—a patented elastic polymer with shock-absorbing characteristics—informed respondents, distributors of medical, athletic, and equestrian […]

506 U.S. 390 506 U.S. 390 113 S.Ct. 853 122 L.Ed.2d 203 Leonel Torres HERRERA, Petitionerv.James A. COLLINS, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Institutional Division. No. 91-7328. Argued Oct. 7, 1992. Decided Jan. 25, 1993. Syllabus * On the basis of proof which included two eyewitness identifications, numerous pieces of circumstantial evidence, and petitioner […]

506 U.S. 40 506 U.S. 40 113 S.Ct. 528 121 L.Ed.2d 411 Willie Lee RICHMOND, Petitioner,v.Samuel A. LEWIS, Director, Arizona Department of Corrections, et al. No. 91-7094. Argued Oct. 13, 1992. Decided Dec. 1, 1992. Syllabus * RICHMOND v. LEWIS, Director, Arizona Department of Corrections, et al. Following a sentencing hearing on petitioner Richmond’s first […]

506 U.S. 364 506 U.S. 364 113 S.Ct. 838 122 L.Ed.2d 180 A.L. LOCKHART, Director, Arkansas Department of Correction, Petitionerv.Bobby Ray FRETWELL. No. 91-1393. Argued Nov. 3, 1992. Decided Jan. 25, 1993. Syllabus * An Arkansas jury convicted respondent Fretwell of capital felony murder and sentenced him to death, finding, inter alia, the aggravating factor […]

506 U.S. 263 506 U.S. 263 113 S.Ct. 753 122 L.Ed.2d 34 Jayne BRAY, et al., Petitioners,v.ALEXANDRIA WOMEN’S HEALTH CLINIC, et al. No. 90-985. Argued Oct. 15, 1991. Decided Jan. 13, 1993. Syllabus * Respondents, abortion clinics and supporting organizations, sued to enjoin petitioners, an association and individuals who organize and coordinate antiabortion demonstrations, from […]

506 U.S. 357 506 U.S. 357 113 S.Ct. 835 122 L.Ed.2d 103 Wilburn DOBBSv.Walter D. ZANT, Warden. No. 92-5579. Decided Jan. 19, 1993. PER CURIAM. 1 The motion of petitioner for leave to proceed in forma pauperis and the petition for a writ of certiorari are granted. 2 A Georgia jury found petitioner Wilburn Dobbs […]

506 U.S. 20 506 U.S. 20 113 S.Ct. 517 121 L.Ed.2d 391 Al C. PARKE, Warden, Petitioner,v.Ricky Harold RALEY. No. 91-719. Argued Oct. 5, 1992. Decided Dec. 1, 1992. Rehearing Denied Jan. 19, 1993. See U.S. , 113 S.Ct. 1068. Syllabus * In 1986, respondent Raley was charged with robbery and with being a persistent […]

506 U.S. 224 506 U.S. 224 113 S.Ct. 732 122 L.Ed.2d 1 Walter L. NIXON, Petitionerv.UNITED STATES et al. No. 91-740. Argued Oct. 14, 1992. Decided Jan. 13, 1993. Syllabus * After petitioner Nixon, the Chief Judge of a Federal District Court, was convicted of federal crimes and sentenced to prison, the House of Representatives […]

506 U.S. 255 506 U.S. 255 113 S.Ct. 748 122 L.Ed.2d 25 Michael CROSBY, Petitioner,v.UNITED STATES. No. 91-6194. Argued Nov. 9, 1992. Decided Jan. 13, 1993. Syllabus * Although petitioner Crosby attended various preliminary proceedings, he failed to appear at the beginning of his criminal trial. The Federal District Court permitted the proceedings to go […]