Category: 1995

514 U.S. 938 514 U.S. 938115 S.Ct. 1920131 L.Ed.2d 985 FIRST OPTIONS OF CHICAGO, INC., Petitioner,v.Manuel KAPLAN, et ux. and MK Investments, Inc. No. 94-560. Supreme Court of the United States Argued March 22, 1995. Decided May 22, 1995. Syllabus* This case arose out of disputes centered on a “workout” agreement, embodied in four documents, […]

514 U.S. 673 514 U.S. 673115 S.Ct. 1733131 L.Ed.2d 759 STATE OF KANSAS, Plaintiffv.STATE OF COLORADO. No. 105, Orig. Supreme Court of the United States Argued March 21, 1995. Decided May 15, 1995. Syllabus * Kansas and Colorado negotiated the Arkansas River Compact to settle disputes and remove causes of future controversies over the river’s […]

514 U.S. 695 514 U.S. 695115 S.Ct. 1754131 L.Ed.2d 779 John Bruce HUBBARD, Petitionerv.UNITED STATES. No. 94-172. Supreme Court of the United States Argued Feb. 21, 1995. Decided May 15, 1995. Syllabus * Petitioner’s falsehoods in unsworn papers filed in Bankruptcy Court prompted his indictment under 18 U.S.C. § 1001, which criminalizes false statements and […]

514 U.S. 725 514 U.S. 725115 S.Ct. 1776131 L.Ed.2d 801 CITY OF EDMONDS, Petitionerv.OXFORD HOUSE, INC., et al. No. 94-23. Supreme Court of the United States Argued March 1, 1995. Decided May 15, 1995. Syllabus * Respondent Oxford House operates a group home in Edmonds, Washington, for 10 to 12 adults recovering from alcoholism and […]

514 U.S. 73 514 U.S. 73115 S.Ct. 1223131 L.Ed.2d 94 CURTISS-WRIGHT CORPORATION, Petitioner,v.Frank C. SCHOONEJONGEN, et al. No. 93-1935. Supreme Court of the United States Argued Jan. 17, 1995. Decided March 6, 1995. Syllabus * Petitioner Curtiss-Wright Corp. amended its employee benefit plan to provide that the postretirement health care coverage it had maintained for […]

514 U.S. 749 514 U.S. 749115 S.Ct. 1745131 L.Ed.2d 820 REYNOLDSVILLE CASKET CO., et al., Petitionersv.Carol L. HYDE. No. 94-3. Supreme Court of the United States Argued Feb. 27, 1995. Decided May 15, 1995. Syllabus * More than three years after respondent Hyde was in an accident in Ohio with a truck owned by a […]

514 U.S. 669 514 U.S. 669115 S.Ct. 1732131 L.Ed.2d 714 UNITED STATES, Petitionerv.Juan Paul ROBERTSON. No. 94-251. Supreme Court of the United States May 1, 1995. Drew S. Days, III, Sol. Gen., Jo Ann Harris, Asst. Atty. Gen., Michael R. Dreeben, Acting Deputy Sol. Gen., Miguel A. Estrada, Asst. to the Sol. Gen., Dept. of […]

514 U.S. 527 514 U.S. 527115 S.Ct. 1611131 L.Ed.2d 608 UNITED STATES, Petitioner,v.Lori Rabin WILLIAMS. No. 94-395. Supreme Court of the United States Argued Feb. 22, 1995. Decided April 25, 1995. Syllabus * The Government assessed a tax against Jerrold Rabin and placed a lien on all of his property, including his interest in the […]

514 U.S. 645 514 U.S. 645115 S.Ct. 1671131 L.Ed.2d 695 NEW YORK STATE CONFERENCE OF BLUE CROSS & BLUE SHIELD PLANS, et al., Petitioners,v.TRAVELERS INSURANCE COMPANY et al. George E. PATAKI, Governor of New York, et al., Petitioners, v. TRAVELERS INSURANCE COMPANY et al. HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION OF NEW YORK STATE, Petitioner, v. TRAVELERS INSURANCE COMPANY […]

514 U.S. 52 514 U.S. 52115 S.Ct. 1212131 L.Ed.2d 76 Antonio MASTROBUONO and Diana G. Mastrobuono, Petitioners,v.SHEARSON LEHMAN HUTTON, INC., et al. No. 94-18. Supreme Court of the United States Argued Jan. 10, 1994. Decided March 6, 1995. Syllabus * Petitioners filed this action in the Federal District Court, alleging that their securities trading account […]

514 U.S. 499 514 U.S. 499115 S.Ct. 1597131 L.Ed.2d 588 CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, et al., Petitioners,v.Jose Ramon MORALES. No. 93-1462. Supreme Court of the United States April 25, 1995. Syllabus * Respondent was sentenced to 15 years to life for the 1980 murder of his wife and became eligible for parole in 1990. As […]

514 U.S. 386 514 U.S. 386115 S.Ct. 1537131 L.Ed.2d 465 Marvin STONE, Petitionerv.IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE. No. 93-1199. Supreme Court of the United States April 19, 1995. Syllabus * In 1988, an Administrative Law Judge ordered petitioner Stone deported. The Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) affirmed on July 26, 1991, and denied Stone’s motion to […]

514 U.S. 419 514 U.S. 419115 S.Ct. 1555131 L.Ed.2d 490 Curtis Lee KYLES, Petitioner,v.John P. WHITLEY, Warden. No. 93-7927. Supreme Court of the United States Argued Nov. 7, 1994. Decided April 19, 1995. Syllabus * Petitioner Kyles was convicted of first-degree murder by a Louisiana jury and sentenced to death. Following the affirmance of his […]

514 U.S. 476 514 U.S. 476115 S.Ct. 1585131 L.Ed.2d 532 Robert E. RUBIN, Secretary of the Treasury, Petitionerv.COORS BREWING COMPANY, Respondent. No. 93-1631. Supreme Court of the United States Argued Nov. 30, 1994. Decided April 19, 1995. Syllabus * Because § 5(e)(2) of the Federal Alcohol Administration Act (FAAA or Act) prohibits beer labels from […]

514 U.S. 334 514 U.S. 334115 S.Ct. 1511131 L.Ed.2d 426 Joseph McINTYRE, Executor of Estate of Margaret McIntyre, Deceased, Petitioner,v.OHIO ELECTIONS COMMISSION. No. 93-986. Supreme Court of the United States Argued Oct. 12, 1994. Decided April 19, 1995. Syllabus * After petitioner’s decedent distributed leaflets purporting to express the views of “CONCERNED PARENTS AND TAX […]

514 U.S. 35 514 U.S. 35115 S.Ct. 1203131 L.Ed.2d 60 Tom SWINT, et al., Petitionersv.CHAMBERS COUNTY COMMISSION et al. No. 93-1636. Supreme Court of the United States Argued Jan. 10, 1995. Decided March 1, 1995. Syllabus by the Court Syllabus * In the wake of police raids on a nightclub in Chambers County, Alabama, two […]

514 U.S. 280 514 U.S. 280115 S.Ct. 1483131 L.Ed.2d 385 FREIGHTLINER CORPORATION, et al., Petitionersv.Ben MYRICK, et ux., et al. No. 94-286. Supreme Court of the United States Argued Feb. 22, 1995. Decided April 18, 1995. Syllabus * In separate state common-law suits, respondents alleged that the absence of an antilock braking system (ABS) in […]

514 U.S. 291 514 U.S. 291115 S.Ct. 1489131 L.Ed.2d 395 George W. HEINTZ, et al., Petitioners,v.Darlene JENKINS. No. 94-367. Supreme Court of the United States Argued Feb. 21, 1995. Decided April 18, 1995. Syllabus * Petitioner Heintz is a lawyer representing a bank that sued respondent Jenkins to recover the balance due on her defaulted […]

514 U.S. 300 514 U.S. 300115 S.Ct. 1493131 L.Ed.2d 403 CELOTEX CORPORATION, Petitioner,v.Bennie EDWARDS et ux. No. 93-1504. Supreme Court of the United States Argued Dec. 6, 1994. Decided April 19, 1995. Syllabus * The United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas entered a judgment in favor of respondents and against petitioner […]

514 U.S. 211 514 U.S. 211115 S.Ct. 1447131 L.Ed.2d 328 Ed PLAUT, et ux., et al., Petitioners,v.SPENDTHRIFT FARM, INC., et al. No. 93-1121. Supreme Court of the United States Argued Nov. 30, 1994. Decided April 18, 1995. William W. Allen, Lexington, KY (argued), for petitioners. Michael R. Dreeben, Washington, DC (argued), for federal respondent. Theodore […]