Category: 1998

523 U.S. 360 118 S.Ct. 1290 130 L.Ed.2d 453 UNITED STATES, Petitioner, v. UNITED STATES SHOE CORPORATION. No. 97-372. Supreme Court of the United States Argued March 4, 1998. Decided March 31, 1998. Counsel: Lawrence G. Wallace, Washington, DC, for petitioner. James R. Atwood, Washington, DC, for respondent. [hr] Syllabus * The Harbor Maintenance Tax […]

523 U.S. 382 523 U.S. 382118 S.Ct. 1413140 L.Ed.2d 542 ATLANTIC MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY, Petitioner,v.COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE. No. 97-147. Supreme Court of the United States Argued March 2, 1998. Decided April 21, 1998. Syllabus * Before enactment of the Tax Reform Act of 1986, the Internal Revenue Code gave property and casualty (PC) insurers […]

523 U.S. 135 523 U.S. 135118 S.Ct. 1125140 L.Ed.2d 254 QUALITY KING DISTRIBUTORS, INC., Petitioner,v.L’ANZA RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL, INC. No. 96-1470. Supreme Court of the United States Argued Dec. 8, 1997. Decided March 9, 1998 Syllabus * Respondent L’anza, a California manufacturer, sells its hair care products in this country exclusively to distributors who have agreed […]

523 U.S. 26 523 U.S. 26118 S.Ct. 95140 L.Ed.2d 62 LEXECON INC. et al., Petitionersv.MILBERG WEISS BERSHAD HYNES & LERACH et al. No. 96-1482. Supreme Court of the United States Argued Nov. 10, 1997. Decided March 3, 1998. Syllabus * Petitioners, a law and economics consulting firm and one of its principals (collectively, Lexecon), were […]

523 U.S. 296 523 U.S. 296118 S.Ct. 1257140 L.Ed.2d 406 TEXAS, Appellant,v.UNITED STATES et al. No. 97-29. Supreme Court of the United States Argued Jan. 14, 1998. Decided March 31, 1998. Syllabus * In 1995, the Texas Legislature enacted a comprehensive scheme (Chapter 39) that holds local school boards accountable to the State for student […]

523 U.S. 1 523 U.S. 1118 S.Ct. 978140 L.Ed.2d 43 Randy G. SPENCER, Petitioner,v.Mike KEMNA, Superintendent, Western Missouri Correctional Center, et al. No. 96-7171. Supreme Court of the United States Argued Nov. 12, 1997. Decided March 3, 1998. Syllabus * On October 17, 1990, petitioner began serving concurrent three-year sentences for convictions of felony stealing […]

523 U.S. 135 523 U.S. 135140 L.Ed.2d 254118 S.Ct. 1135 Debra Faye LEWIS, Petitioner,v.UNITED STATES. No. 96-7151. Supreme Court of the United States Argued Nov. 12, 1997. Decided March 9, 1998. Syllabus * A federal indictment charged petitioner Lewis and her husband with beating and killing his 4-year-old daughter while they lived at an Army […]

523 U.S. 185 523 U.S. 185118 S.Ct. 1151140 L.Ed.2d 294 Kevin D. GRAY, Petitioner,v.MARYLAND. No. 96-8653. Supreme Court of the United States Argued Dec. 8, 1997. Decided March 9, 1998. Syllabus * Anthony Bell confessed to the police that he, petitioner Gray, and another man participated in the beating that caused Stacy Williams’ death. After […]

523 U.S. 208 523 U.S. 208118 S.Ct. 1210140 L.Ed.2d 336 Janice E. HETZELv.PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY, VIRGINIA, and Charlie T. Deane. No. 97-954. Supreme Court of the United States March 23, 1998. PER CURIAM. 1 A jury in the Eastern District of Virginia found for petitioner Hetzel on her claims against respondent County of Prince William […]

523 U.S. 213 523 U.S. 213118 S.Ct. 1212140 L.Ed.2d 341 Edward S. COHEN, Petitioner,v.Hilda De La CRUZ, et al. No. 96-1923. Supreme Court of the United States Argued Jan. 20, 1998. Decided March 24, 1998. Syllabus * After the local rent control administrator ordered petitioner to refund $31,382.50 in excessive rents he had charged respondent […]

523 U.S. 1 523 U.S. 1118 S. Ct. 978140 L. Ed. 2d 43 Randy G. SPENCER, Petitionerv.Mike KEMNA, Superintendent, Western Missouri Correctional Center, Et Al. No. 96-7171 SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES November 12, 1997, ArguedMarch 3, 1998, Decided ON WRIT OF CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT. […]

523 U.S. 206 523 U.S. 206118 S.Ct. 1124140 L.Ed.2d 310 GLENDORAv.John PORZIO et al. No. 97-7300. Supreme Court of the United States March 9, 1998. PER CURIAM. 1 Pro se petitioner Glendora seeks leave to proceed in forma pauperis to file a petition for a writ of certiorari to the Second Circuit. The District Court […]

522 U.S. 479 522 U.S. 479118 S.Ct. 927140 L.Ed.2d 1 NATIONAL CREDIT UNION ADMINISTRATION, Petitioner,v.FIRST NATIONAL BANK & TRUST CO. et al. AT&T FAMILY FEDERAL CREDIT UNION, et al., Petitioners, v. FIRST NATIONAL BANK AND TRUST CO. et al. Nos. 96-843, 96-847. Supreme Court of the United States Argued Oct. 6, 1997. Decided Feb. 25, […]

522 U.S. 75 522 U.S. 75118 S.Ct. 481139 L.Ed.2d 433 Melvin JEFFERSON, individually and as administrator of the Estate of Alberta K. Jefferson, Deceased, et al., Petitioners,v.CITY OF TARRANT, ALABAMA. No. 96-957. Supreme Court of the United States Argued Nov. 4, 1997. Decided Dec. 9, 1997. Syllabus * Petitioners commenced this action in Alabama state […]

522 U.S. 93 522 U.S. 93118 S.Ct. 488139 L.Ed.2d 450 John HUDSON, Larry Baresel, and Jack Butler Rackley, Petitioners,v.UNITED STATES. No. 96-976. Supreme Court of the United States Argued Oct. 8, 1997. Decided Dec. 10, 1997. Syllabus * The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) imposed monetary penalties and occupational debarment on petitioners […]

522 U.S. 448 522 U.S. 448118 S.Ct. 909139 L.Ed.2d 895 REGIONS HOSPITAL, Petitioner,v.Donna E. SHALALA, Secretary of Health and Human Services. No. 96-1375. Supreme Court of the United States Argued Dec. 1, 1997. Decided Feb. 24, 1998. Syllabus * Under the Medicare Act and its implementing regulations, a hospital (a provider) may obtain reimbursement for […]

522 U.S. 52 522 U.S. 52118 S.Ct. 469139 L.Ed.2d 352 Mario SALINAS, Petitioner,v.UNITED STATES. No. 96-738. Supreme Court of the United States Argued Oct. 8, 1997. Decided Dec. 2, 1997. Syllabus * This federal prosecution arose from a scheme in which a Texas county sheriff accepted money, and his deputy, petitioner Salinas, accepted two watches […]

522 U.S. 520 522 U.S. 520118 S.Ct. 948140 L.Ed.2d 30 ALASKA, Petitioner,v.NATIVE VILLAGE OF VENETIE TRIBAL GOVERNMENT et al. No. 96-1577. Supreme Court of the United States Argued Dec. 10, 1997. Decided Feb. 25, 1998. Syllabus * In 1943, the Secretary of the Interior created a reservation for the Neets’aii Gwich’in Indians on approximately 1.8 […]

522 U.S. 67 522 U.S. 67118 S.Ct. 464139 L.Ed.2d 369 Murphy J. FOSTER, Jr., Governor of Louisiana, et al., Petitioners,v.G. Scott LOVE, Paul S. Bergeron, Kathleen B. Balhoff, and Bennie Baker-Bourgeois. No. 96-670. Supreme Court of the United States Argued Oct. 6, 1997. Decided Dec. 2, 1997. Syllabus * The Elections Clause of the Constitution, […]

522 U.S. 87 522 U.S. 87118 S.Ct. 478139 L.Ed.2d 444 Richard F. TREST, Petitioner,v.Burl CAIN, Warden. No. 96-7901. Supreme Court of the United States Argued Nov. 10, 1997. Decided Dec. 9, 1997. Syllabus * In upholding the District Court’s refusal to issue a writ of habeas corpus vacating petitioner Trest’s Louisiana prison sentence, the Fifth […]