Category: 1993

507 U.S. 725 507 U.S. 725 113 S.Ct. 1770 123 L.Ed.2d 508 UNITED STATES, Petitioner,v.Guy W. OLANO, Jr., and Raymond M. Gray. No. 91-1306. Argued Dec. 9, 1992. Decided April 26, 1993. Syllabus * Two of the fourteen jurors selected to hear evidence in respondents’ criminal trial were identified as alternates before jury deliberations began. […]

507 U.S. 746 507 U.S. 746 113 S.Ct. 1784 123 L.Ed.2d 528 UNITED STATES, Petitionerv.CALIFORNIA and California State Board of Equalization. No. 91-2003. Argued Feb. 23, 1993. Decided April 26, 1993. Syllabus * After California issued sales and use tax deficiency notices to federal contractor Williams Brothers Engineering Company (WBEC) in 1978 and 1982, the […]

507 U.S. 761 507 U.S. 761 113 S.Ct. 1792 123 L.Ed.2d 543 Fred H. EDENFIELD, et al., Petitionersv.Scott FANE. No. 91-1594. Argued Dec. 7, 1992. Decided April 26, 1993. Syllabus * Respondent Fane, a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) licensed to practice by the Florida Board of Accountancy, sued the Board for declaratory and injunctive relief […]

507 U.S. 658 507 U.S. 658 113 S.Ct. 1732 123 L.Ed.2d 387 CSX TRANSPORTATION, INC., Petitioner,v.Lizzie Beatrice EASTERWOOD. Lizzie Beatrice EASTERWOOD, Petitioner, v. CSX TRANSPORTATION, INC. Nos. 91-790, 91-1206. Argued Jan. 12, 1993. Decided April 21, 1993. Syllabus * After her husband was killed when a train owned and operated by CSX Transportation collided with […]

507 U.S. 7 507 U.S. 7 113 S.Ct. 1238 122 L.Ed.2d 381 UNITED STATES of America, plaintiff,v.STATE OF LOUISIANA, et al. (Alabama and Mississippi Boundary Case). No. 9, Original. Supreme Court of the United States February 22, 1993 1 Joint motion of the United States and Alabama for entry of supplemental decree is granted. Supplemental […]

507 U.S. 584 507 U.S. 584 113 S.Ct. 1689 123 L.Ed.2d 317 State of NEBRASKA, Plaintiff,v.States of WYOMING and Colorado. No. 108, Orig. Argued Jan. 13, 1993. Decided April 20, 1993. Syllabus * To resolve a dispute among Nebraska, Wyoming, Colorado, and the United States over water rights to the North Platte River, this Court […]

507 U.S. 60 507 U.S. 60 113 S.Ct. 1095 122 L.Ed.2d 421 ITEL CONTAINERS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION, Petitionerv.Joe HUDDLESTON, Commissioner of Revenue of Tennessee. No. 91-321. Argued Oct. 14, 1992. Decided Feb. 23, 1993. Syllabus * Petitioner Itel Containers is a domestic company that leases cargo containers for use exclusively in international shipping. After paying under […]

507 U.S. 604 507 U.S. 604 113 S.Ct. 1701 123 L.Ed.2d 338 HAZEN PAPER COMPANY, et al., Petitioners,v.Walter F. BIGGINS. No. 91-1600. Argued Jan. 13, 1993. Decided April 20, 1993. Syllabus * Petitioners fired respondent Biggins when he was 62 years old and apparently a few weeks short of the years of service he needed […]

507 U.S. 619 507 U.S. 619 113 S.Ct. 1710 123 L.Ed.2d 353 Todd A. BRECHT, Petitionerv.Gordon A. ABRAHAMSON, Superintendent, Dodge Correctional Institution. No. 91-7358. Argued Dec. 1, 1992. Decided April 21, 1993. Rehearing Denied June 7, 1993. See U.S. , 113 S.Ct. 2951. Syllabus * At his first-degree murder trial in Wisconsin state court, petitioner […]

507 U.S. 546 507 U.S. 546 113 S.Ct. 1670 123 L.Ed.2d 288 NEWARK MORNING LEDGER CO. as Successor to the Herald Company, Petitioner,v.UNITED STATES. No. 91-1135. Argued Nov. 10, 1992. Decided April 20, 1993. Syllabus * Petitioner newspaper publisher is the successor to The Herald Company. When, in 1976, Herald purchased substantially all the outstanding […]

507 U.S. 490 507 U.S. 490 113 S.Ct. 1550 123 L.Ed.2d 211 State of DELAWARE, Plaintiff,v.State of NEW YORK. No. 111, Orig. Argued Dec. 9, 1992. Decided March 30, 1993. Syllabus * Most of the funds at issue are unclaimed dividends, interest, and other securities distributions held by intermediary banks, brokers, and depositories in their […]

507 U.S. 511 507 U.S. 511 113 S.Ct. 1562 123 L.Ed.2d 229 Thomas F. CONROY, Petitionerv.Walter ANISKOFF, Jr., et al. No. 91-1353. Argued Jan. 11, 1993. Decided March 31, 1993. Syllabus * When petitioner Conroy, an officer in the United States Army, failed to pay local real estate taxes on property he owned in Danforth, […]

507 U.S. 529 507 U.S. 529 113 S.Ct. 1631 123 L.Ed.2d 245 UNITED STATES, et al., Petitionersv.TEXAS et al. No. 91-1729. Argued March 1, 1993. Decided April 5, 1993. Syllabus * States participating in the Food Stamp Program receive from the United States Department of Agriculture coupons that they distribute to qualified individuals and households. […]

507 U.S. 380 507 U.S. 380 113 S.Ct. 1489 123 L.Ed.2d 74 PIONEER INVESTMENT SERVICES COMPANY, Petitionerv.BRUNSWICK ASSOCIATES LIMITED PARTNERSHIP et al. No. 91-1695. Argued Nov. 30, 1992. Decided March 24, 1993. Syllabus * As unsecured creditors of petitioner—a company seeking relief under Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code—respondents were required to file proofs of […]

507 U.S. 448 507 U.S. 448 113 S.Ct. 1526 123 L.Ed.2d 128 UNITED STATES By and Through INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE, Petitioner,v.Bruce J. McDERMOTT, et al. No. 91-1229. Argued Dec. 7, 1992. Decided March 24, 1993. Syllabus * The United States’ federal tax lien on the respondent McDermotts’ property applied to after-acquired property, Glass City Bank […]

507 U.S. 463 507 U.S. 463 113 S.Ct. 1534 123 L.Ed.2d 188 A.J. ARAVE, Warden, Petitionerv.Thomas E. CREECH. No. 91-1160. Argued Nov. 10, 1992. Decided March 30, 1993. Syllabus * After respondent Creech pleaded guilty to first-degree murder for the brutal slaying of a fellow Idaho prison inmate, the state trial judge sentenced him to […]

507 U.S. 349 507 U.S. 349 113 S.Ct. 1471 123 L.Ed.2d 47 SAUDI ARABIA, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Royspec, Petitionersv.Scott NELSON et ux. No. 91-522. Argued Nov. 30, 1992. Decided March 23, 1993. Syllabus * The respondents Nelson, a married couple, filed this action for damages against petitioners, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, a […]

507 U.S. 410 507 U.S. 410 113 S.Ct. 1505 123 L.Ed.2d 99 CITY OF CINCINNATI, Petitioner,v.DISCOVERY NETWORK, INC., et al. No. 91-1200. Argued Nov. 9, 1992. Decided March 24, 1993. Syllabus * In 1989, petitioner city authorized respondent companies to place 62 freestanding newsracks on public property for the purpose of distributing free magazines that […]

507 U.S. 43 507 U.S. 43 113 S.Ct. 1085 122 L.Ed.2d 406 William FEX, Petitionerv.MICHIGAN. No. 91-7873. Argued Dec. 8, 1992. Decided Feb. 23, 1993. Syllabus * Indiana and Michigan are parties to the Interstate Agreement on Detainers (IAD), Article III(a) of which provides that a prisoner of one party State who is the subject […]

507 U.S. 292 507 U.S. 292 113 S.Ct. 1439 123 L.Ed.2d 1 Janet RENO, Attorney General, et al., Petitionersv.Jenny Lisette FLORES et al. No. 91-905. Argued Oct. 13, 1992. Decided March 23, 1993. Syllabus * Respondents are a class of alien juveniles arrested by the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) on suspicion of being deportable, […]