Category: 1995

515 U.S. 389 515 U.S. 389115 S.Ct. 2199132 L.Ed.2d 351 Steven Kurt WITTE, Petitionerv.UNITED STATES. No. 94-6187. Supreme Court of the United States Argued April 17, 1995. Decided June 14, 1995. Syllabus * After petitioner Witte pleaded guilty to a federal marijuana charge, a presentence report calculated the base offense level under the United States […]

515 U.S. 39 515 U.S. 39115 S.Ct. 1948132 L.Ed.2d 36 Harvey F. GARLOTTE, Petitioner,v.Kirk FORDICE, Governor of Mississippi. No. 94-6790. Supreme Court of the United States Argued April 24, 1995. Decided May 30, 1995. Syllabus* A Mississippi trial court ordered that petitioner Garlotte serve, consecutively, a 3-year prison sentence on a marijuana conviction, followed by […]

515 U.S. 291 515 U.S. 291115 S.Ct. 2144132 L.Ed.2d 226 METROPOLITAN STEVEDORE COMPANY, Petitionerv.John RAMBO et al. No. 94-820. Supreme Court of the United States Argued April 25, 1995. Decided June 12, 1995. Syllabus * Respondent Rambo received a disability award under the Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act (LHWCA) for an injury he sustained […]

515 U.S. 304 515 U.S. 304115 S.Ct. 2151132 L.Ed.2d 238 Tyson JOHNSON, et al., Petitioners,v.Houston JONES. No. 94-455. Supreme Court of the United States Argued April 18, 1995. Decided June 12, 1995. Syllabus * Respondent Jones brought this “constitutional tort” action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against five named policemen, claiming that they used excessive […]

515 U.S. 321 515 U.S. 321115 S. Ct. 2552132 L. Ed. 2d 252 BRETT C. KIMBERLIN, PETITIONERv.J. MICHAEL QUINLAN ET AL. No. 93-2068 SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES June 12, 1995, Decided ON WRIT OF CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CIRCUIT . 6 F.3d 789, vacated […]

515 U.S. 200 515 U.S. 200115 S.Ct. 2097132 L.Ed.2d 158 ADARAND CONSTRUCTORS, INC., Petitionerv.Federico PENA, Secretary of Transportation, et al. No. 93-1841. Supreme Court of the United States Argued Jan. 17, 1995. Decided June 12, 1995. Syllabus * Most federal agency contracts must contain a subcontractor compensation clause, which gives a prime contractor a financial […]

515 U.S. 277 515 U.S. 277115 S.Ct. 2137132 L.Ed.2d 214 Leslie WILTON, etc., et al., Petitionersv.SEVEN FALLS COMPANY et al. No. 94-562. Supreme Court of the United States Argued March 27, 1995. Decided June 12, 1995. Syllabus * Petitioner underwriters refused to defend or indemnify respondents under several commercial liability insurance policies in litigation between […]

515 U.S. 29 515 U.S. 29115 S.Ct. 1927132 L.Ed.2d 27 NORTH STAR STEEL COMPANY, Petitioner,v.Charles A. THOMAS et al. CROWN CORK & SEAL CO., INC., Petitioner, v. UNITED STEELWORKERS OF AMERICA, AFL-CIO-CLC. Nos. 94-834, 94-835. Supreme Court of the United States Argued April 25, 1995. Decided May 30, 1995. Syllabus * Respondents filed separate claims […]

515 U.S. 1307 515 U.S. 1307116 S.Ct. 4132 L.Ed.2d 890 STEVE RODRIGUEZv.TEXAS No. 95-5650 [August 31, 1995] On application for stay of execution of sentence of death. Justice Scalia, Circuit Justice. 1 I have before me an application for a stay of execution pending disposition of a petition for writ of certiorari to the Court […]

515 U.S. 1309 515 U.S. 1309116 S. Ct. 6132 L. Ed. 2d 892 McGRAW-HILL COMPANIES, INCv.PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY ET ALNo. A-276 SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES September 21, 1995, Decided Rehnquist, Stevens, O’Connor, Scalia, Kennedy, Souter, Thomas, Ginsburg, Breyer. ON APPLICATION FOR STAY MEMORANDUM OF JUSTICE STEVENS. 1 On September 19, 1995, petitioner, […]

515 U.S. 177 515 U.S. 177115 S.Ct. 2031132 L.Ed.2d 136 James D. RYDER, Petitionerv.UNITED STATES. No. 94-431. Supreme Court of the United States Argued April 18, 1995. Decided June 12, 1995. Syllabus * Petitioner, an enlisted member of the Coast Guard, was convicted by a court-martial of drug offenses, and the Coast Guard Court of […]

515 U.S. 189 515 U.S. 189115 S.Ct. 2091132 L.Ed.2d 148 CITY OF MILWAUKEE, Petitioner,v.CEMENT DIVISION, NATIONAL GYPSUM COMPANY, et al. No. 94-788. Supreme Court of the United States June 12, 1995. Syllabus * After a ship owned by the Cement Division of National Gypsum Co. and insured by the other respondents sank in a winter […]

515 U.S. 1304 515 U.S. 1304116 S.Ct. 2132 L.Ed.2d 887 Johnny Paul PENRYv.TEXAS.No. A-180. Supreme Court of the United States Aug. 28, 1995. Justice SCALIA, Circuit Justice. 1 I have before me an application for extension of time in which to file a petition for a writ of certiorari to the Court of Criminal Appeals […]

515 U.S. 1 515 U.S. 1115 S.Ct. 1933132 L.Ed.2d 1 State of NEBRASKA, Plaintiff,v.States of WYOMING AND COLORADO. No. 108, Orig. Supreme Court of the United States Argued March 21, 1995. Decided May 30, 1995. Syllabus * A 1945 decree rationing the North Platte River among users in Wyoming, Nebraska, and Colorado enjoins Colorado and […]

515 U.S. 1152 515 U.S. 1152115 S. Ct. 2599115 S. Ct. 2600 DOE, JOHN AND JANE DOEv. KIRCHNER, OTAKARBABY RICHARD, A MINOR, BY HIS GUARDIAN AD LITEM, EDWARD J. O’CONNELLv. KIRCHNER, OTAKAR, ET AL. 94-1644, 94-9087 SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES June 19, 1995, Decided 1 The motion of Yale University Child Study Center, […]

515 U.S. 1301 515 U.S. 1301116 S.Ct. 1132 L.Ed.2d 883 James Lee FOSTER, Sheriff, et al.,v.Darrell Wayland GILLIAM, Jr., et al.No. A-126. Supreme Court of the United States Aug. 17, 1995. Chief Justice REHNQUIST, Circuit Justice. 1 The State of South Carolina seeks relief from an order of the Court of Appeals for the Fourth […]

514 U.S. 765 514 U.S. 765115 S.Ct. 1769131 L.Ed.2d 834 James PURKETT, Superintendent, Farmington Corrections Centerv.Jimmy ELEM. No. 94-802. Supreme Court of the United States Decided May 15, 1995. PER CURIAM. 1 Respondent was convicted of second-degree robbery in a Missouri court. During jury selection, he objected to the prosecutor’s use of peremptory challenges to […]

514 U.S. 87 514 U.S. 87115 S.Ct. 1232131 L.Ed.2d 106 Donna E. SHALALA, Secretary of Health and Human Services, Petitionerv.GUERNSEY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL. No. 93-1251. Supreme Court of the United States Argued Oct. 31, 1994. Decided March 6, 1995. Syllabus * After the refinancing of its bonded debt resulted in a “defeasance” loss for accounting purposes, […]

514 U.S. 927 514 U.S. 927115 S.Ct. 1914131 L.Ed.2d 976 Sharlene WILSON, Petitionerv.ARKANSAS. No. 94-5707. Supreme Court of the United States Argued March 28, 1995. Decided May 22, 1995. Syllabus* Petitioner was convicted on state-law drug charges after the Arkansas trial court denied her evidence-suppression motion, in which she asserted that the search of her […]