Category: 1993

508 U.S. 286 508 U.S. 286 113 S.Ct. 2085 124 L.Ed.2d 194 MUSICK, PEELER & GARRETT, et al., Petitioners,v.EMPLOYERS INSURANCE OF WAUSAU et al. No. 92-34. Argued March 1, 1993. Decided June 1, 1993. Syllabus * Respondents insured most of the named defendants in a suit that, inter alia, was based on an implied private […]

508 U.S. 307 508 U.S. 307 113 S.Ct. 2096 124 L.Ed.2d 211 FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION and United States, Petitioners,v.BEACH COMMUNICATIONS, INC., et al. No. 92-603. Argued March 29, 1993. Decided June 1, 1993. Syllabus * The Cable Communications Policy Act of 1984 (Act) provides that cable television systems be franchised by local governmental authorities, but […]

508 U.S. 324 508 U.S. 324 113 S.Ct. 2106 124 L.Ed.2d 228 Leonard NOBELMAN, et ux., Petitioners,v.AMERICAN SAVINGS BANK et al. No. 92-641. Argued April 19, 1993. Decided June 1, 1993. Syllabus * In their debt repayment plan under Chapter 13 of the Bankruptcy Code, petitioners relied on 11 U.S.C. § 506(a)—which provides, inter alia, […]

508 U.S. 223 508 U.S. 223 113 S.Ct. 2050 124 L.Ed.2d 138 John Angus SMITH, Petitioner,v.UNITED STATES. No. 91-8674. Argued March 23, 1993. Decided June 1, 1993. Rehearing Denied Aug. 9, 1993. Syllabus *** After petitioner Smith offered to trade an automatic weapon to an undercover officer for cocaine, he was charged with numerous firearm […]

508 U.S. 248 508 U.S. 248 113 S.Ct. 2063 124 L.Ed.2d 161 William J. MERTENS, Alex W. Bandrowski, James A. Clark, and Russell Franz, Petitioners,v.HEWITT ASSOCIATES. No. 91-1671. Argued Feb. 22, 1993. Decided June 1, 1993. Syllabus * Petitioners allege that they represent a class of former employees who participated in the Kaiser Steel Retirement […]

508 U.S. 275 508 U.S. 275 113 S.Ct. 2078 124 L.Ed.2d 182 John SULLIVAN, Petitioner,v.LOUISIANA. No. 92-5129. Argued March 29, 1993. Decided June 1, 1993. Syllabus * The jury instructions in petitioner Sullivan’s state-court trial for first-degree murder included a definition of “reasonable doubt” that was essentially identical to the one held unconstitutional in Cage […]

508 U.S. 182 508 U.S. 182 113 S.Ct. 2024 124 L.Ed.2d 101 Michael E. LINCOLN, Acting Director of the Indian Health Service, et al., Petitioners,v.Grover VIGIL et al. No. 91-1833. Argued March 3, 1993. Decided May 24, 1993. Syllabus * The Indian Health Service receives yearly lump-sum appropriations from Congress, and expends the funds under […]

508 U.S. 200 508 U.S. 200 113 S.Ct. 2035 124 L.Ed.2d 118 KEENE CORPORATION, Petitioner,v.UNITED STATES. No. 92-166. Argued March 23, 1993. Decided May 24, 1993. Syllabus * Petitioner Keene Corporation has been sued by thousands of plaintiffs alleging injury from exposure to asbestos fibers and dust released from Keene products. Claiming that it was […]

508 U.S. 22 508 U.S. 22 113 S.Ct. 1905 123 L.Ed.2d 584 Lynwood MOREAU, etc., et al., Petitioners,v.Johnny KLEVENHAGEN, Sheriff, Harris County, Texas, et al. No. 92-1. Argued March 1, 1993. Decided May 3, 1993. Syllabus * Under subsection 7(o)(2)(A) of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA or Act), a state or local government agency […]

508 U.S. 165 508 U.S. 165 113 S.Ct. 2014 124 L.Ed.2d 84 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, et al., Petitionersv.Vincent James LANDANO. No. 91-2054. Argued Feb. 24, 1993. Decided May 24, 1993. Syllabus * Respondent Landano was convicted in New Jersey state court for murdering a police officer during what may have been a gang-related […]

508 U.S. 129 508 U.S. 129 113 S.Ct. 1993 124 L.Ed.2d 44 Thomas Lee DEAL, Petitoner,v.UNITED STATES. No. 91-8199. Argued March 1, 1993. Decided May 17, 1993. Syllabus * On the basis of his use of a gun in committing six bank robberies on different dates, petitioner Deal was convicted, in a single proceeding, of […]

508 U.S. 152 508 U.S. 152 113 S.Ct. 2006 124 L.Ed.2d 71 COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE, Petitioner,v.KEYSTONE CONSOLIDATED INDUSTRIES, INC. No. 91-1677. Argued Feb. 22, 1993. Decided May 24, 1993. Syllabus * Respondent company, which maintained several tax-qualified defined benefit pension plans for its employees during the time at issue, contributed a number of unencumbered […]

508 U.S. 10 508 U.S. 10 113 S.Ct. 1898 123 L.Ed.2d 572 Henry G. CISNEROS, Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, et al., Petitionersv.ALPINE RIDGE GROUP et al. No. 92-551. Argued March 30, 1993. Decided May 3, 1993. Syllabus * The so-called Section 8 housing program under the United States Housing Act of 1937 (Housing […]

508 U.S. 106 508 U.S. 106 113 S.Ct. 1980 124 L.Ed.2d 21 William McNEIL, Petitioner,v.UNITED STATES. No. 92-6033. Argued April 19, 1993. Decided May 17, 1993. Syllabus * Four months after petitioner McNeil, proceeding without counsel, filed this Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA) suit for money damages arising from his alleged injury by the United […]

508 U.S. 114 508 U.S. 114 113 S.Ct. 1985 124 L.Ed.2d 30 OKLAHOMA TAX COMMISSION, Petitioner,v.SAC AND FOX NATION. No. 92-259. Argued March 23, 1993. Decided May 17, 1993. Rehearing Denied June 28, 1993. See U.S. , 113 S.Ct. 3066. Syllabus * Respondent Sac and Fox Nation (Tribe) is a federally recognized Indian tribe located […]

508 U.S. 147 508 U.S. 147 113 S.Ct. 2004 124 L.Ed.2d 60 EL VOCERO DE PUERTO RICO (CARIBBEAN INTERNATIONAL NEWS CORP.), et al., Petitionersv.PUERTO RICO et al. No. 92-949. May 17, 1993. PER CURIAM. 1 Under the Puerto Rico Rules of Criminal Procedure, an accused felon is entitled to a hearing to determine if he […]

507 U.S. 87 507 U.S. 87 113 S.Ct. 1111 122 L.Ed.2d 445 UNITED STATES, Petitionerv.Sharon DUNNIGAN. No. 91-1300. Argued Dec. 2, 1992. Decided Feb. 23, 1993. Syllabus* At respondent’s federal trial for conspiracy to distribute cocaine, the Government’s case-in-chief consisted of five witnesses who took part in, or observed, her cocaine trafficking. As the sole […]

507 U.S. 99 507 U.S. 99 113 S.Ct. 1119 122 L.Ed.2d 457 Emery L. NEGONSOTT, Petitioner,v.Harold SAMUELS, Warden, et al. No. 91-5397. Argued Jan. 11, 1993. Decided Feb. 24, 1993. Syllabus* Petitioner Negonsott, a member of the Kickapoo Tribe and a resident of the Kickapoo reservation in Kansas, was convicted by a County District Court […]

508 U.S. 1 508 U.S. 1 113 S.Ct. 1893 123 L.Ed.2d 563 UNITED STATES, Petitionerv.IDAHO, EX REL. DIRECTOR, IDAHO DEPARTMENT OF WATER RESOURCES. No. 92-190. Argued March 29, 1993. Decided May 3, 1993. Syllabus* The McCarran Amendment allows a State to join the United States as a defendant in a comprehensive water right adjudication. It […]

507 U.S. 680 507 U.S. 680 113 S.Ct. 1745 123 L.Ed.2d 407 Pamela WITHROW, Petitionerv.Robert Allen WILLIAMS, Jr. No. 91-1030. Argued Nov. 3, 1992. Decided April 21, 1993. Rehearing Denied June 28, 1993. See U.S. , 113 S.Ct. 3066. Syllabus * After a police sergeant threatened to “lock [him] up” during a station house interrogation […]