328 U.S. 640 66 S.Ct. 1180 90 L.Ed. 1489 PINKERTON et al. v. UNITED STATES. No. 719. Argued May 1, 1946. Decided June 10, 1946. Rehearing Denied Oct. 14, 1946. Headnotes CONSTITUTIONAL LAW — Double Jeopardy. Convictions for conspiracy and substantive offenses.?? Double jeopardy no defense to convictions for both. CRIMINAL LAW Conspiracy — Indictment […]
316 U.S. 535 316 U.S. 535 62 S.Ct. 1110 86 L.Ed. 1655 SKINNERv.STATE OF OKLAHOMA ex rel. WILLIAMSON, Atty. Gen. of Oklahoma. No. 782. Argued and Submitted May 6, 1942. Decided June 1, 1942. Messrs. W. J. Hulsey, H. I. Aston, and Guy L. Andrews, all of McAlester, Okl., for petitioner. Mr. Mac Q. Williamson, […]
364 U.S. 454 81 S.Ct. 182 5 L.Ed.2d 206 Bruce BOYNTON, Petitioner, v. COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA. No. 7. Argued Oct. 12, 1960. Decided Dec. 5, 1960. [qtbl style=”color:gray;”] Holding: The United States Supreme Court?overturned a judgment convicting an African American law student for trespassing by being in a restaurant in a bus terminal which was […]
393 U.S. 503 89 S.Ct. 733 21 L.Ed.2d 731 John F. TINKER and Mary Beth Tinker, Minors, etc., et al., Petitioners, v. DES MOINES INDEPENDENT COMMUNITY SCHOOL DISTRICT et al. No. 21. Argued Nov. 12, 1968. Decided Feb. 24, 1969. Counsel: Dan Johnston, Des Moines, Iowa, for petitioners. Allan A. Herrick, Des Moines, Iowa, for […]
388 U.S. 41 87 S.Ct. 1873 18 L.Ed.2d 1040 Ralph BERGER, Petitioner, v. STATE OF NEW YORK. No. 615. Argued April 13, 1967. Decided June 12, 1967. Counsel: Joseph E. Brill, New York City, for petitioner. H. Richard Uviller, New York City, for respondent. [hr] Syllabus Petitioner was indicted and convicted of conspiracy to bribe […]
388 U.S. 293 388 U.S. 293 87 S.Ct. 1967 18 L.Ed.2d 1199 Theodore STOVALL, Petitioner,v.Wilfred DENNO, Warden. No. 254. Argued Feb. 16, 1967. Decided June 12, 1967. Leon B. Polsky, New York City, for petitioner. William Cahn, Mineola, N.Y., for respondent. H. Richard Uviller, New York City, for New York State District Attorney’s Ass’n, as […]
128 S. Ct. 1520 (2008) Ralph BAZE and Thomas C. Bowling, Petitioners, v. John D. REES, Commissioner, Kentucky Department of Corrections, et al. No. 07-5439. Supreme Court of United States. Argued January 7, 2008.Decided April 16, 2008. *1525 Donald B. Verrilli, Jr., for petitioners. Roy T. Englert, Jr., for respondents. Gregory G. Garre, for the […]
128 S. Ct. 2783 (2008) DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA et al., Petitioners, v. Dick Anthony HELLER. No. 07-290. Supreme Court of United States. Argued March 18, 2008.Decided June 26, 2008. *2787 Walter Dellinger, for petitioners. Paul D. Clement, for the United States as amicus curiae, by special leave of the Court. Alan Gura, for respondent. Thomas […]
342 U.S. 437 (1952) 72 S.Ct. 413 96 L.Ed. 485 PERKINS v. BENGUET CONSOLIDATED MINING CO. ET AL. No. 85.Supreme Court of United States.Argued November 27-28, 1951.Decided March 3, 1952. CERTIORARI TO THE SUPREME COURT OF OHIO. Syllabus A foreign corporation, owning gold and silver mines in the Philippine Islands, temporarily carried on in Ohio […]
536 U.S. 304 536 U.S. 304 ATKINSv.VIRGINIA. No. 00-8452. Supreme Court of the United States. Argued February 20, 2002. Decided June 20, 2002. CERTIORARI TO THE SUPREME COURT OF VIRGINIA Petitioner Atkins was convicted of capital murder and related crimes by a Virginia jury and sentenced to death. Affirming, the Virginia Supreme Court relied on […]
Syllabus UNITED STATES v. KEBODEAUX ( ) 687 F. 3d 232, reversed and remanded. Syllabus [HTML] [PDF] Opinion, Breyer [HTML] [PDF] Concurrence, Roberts [HTML] [PDF] Concurrence, Alito [HTML] [PDF] Dissent, Scalia [HTML] [PDF] Dissent, Thomas [HTML] [PDF] NOTE:?Where it is feasible, a syllabus (headnote) will be released, as is being done in connection with this case, […]
Syllabus KOONTZ v. ST. JOHNS RIVER WATER ( ) 77 So. 3d 1220, reversed and remanded. Syllabus [HTML] [PDF] Opinion, Alito [HTML] [PDF] Dissent, Kagan [HTML] [PDF] NOTE:?Where it is feasible, a syllabus (headnote) will be released, as is being done in connection with this case, at the time the opinion is issued.The syllabus constitutes […]
JERRY WILLIAM CORRELL v. FLORIDA Nos. 15-6551, 15A424.Supreme Court of the United States. Decided October 29, 2015.The application for stay of execution of sentence of death presented to JUSTICE THOMAS and by him referred to the Court is denied. The petition for writ of certiorari is denied. JUSTICE BREYER, dissenting from denial of certiorari and […]
NOTE:?Where it is feasible, a syllabus (headnote) will be released, as is being done in connection with this case, at the time the opinion is issued.The syllabus constitutes no part of the opinion of the Court but has been prepared by the Reporter of Decisions for the convenience of the reader.See United States v. Detroit […]
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163 U.S. 537;?16 S.Ct. 1138;?41 L.Ed. 256 PLESSY v. FERGUSON. UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT No. 210. May 18, 1896. Plessy v. Ferguson, 163 U.S. 537 (1896), was a landmark United States Supreme Court decision upholding the constitutionality of state laws requiring racial segregation in public facilities under the doctrine of “separate but equal”.?The decision was […]
Stephen M. SHAPIRO, et al., Petitioners v. David J. McMANUS, Jr., Chairman, Maryland State Board of Elections, et al. No. 14-990. 136 S.Ct. 450 (2015) 193 L. Ed. 2d 279 Supreme Court of United States. Argued November 4, 2015. Decided December 8, 2015. (Slip Opinion) Syllabus NOTE: Where it is feasible, a syllabus (headnote) will […]
395 U.S. 444 (1969) BRANDENBURG v. OHIO. No. 492.Supreme Court of United States. Argued February 27, 1969.Decided June 9, 1969. APPEAL FROM THE SUPREME COURT OF OHIO. Headnotes Constitutional Law — First Amendment — Freedom of Speech. Since Ohio’s syndicalism statute, by its words and as applied, purports to punish mere advocacy and to forbid […]
394 U.S. 280 89 S.Ct. 1044 22 L.Ed.2d 274 Thomas R. KAISER, Petitioner, v. NEW YORK. No. 62. Argued Jan. 16, 1969. Decided March 24, 1969. Rehearing Denied May 5, 1969. See 394 U.S. 1025, 89 S.Ct 1622. Counsel: Peter L. F. Sabbatino, New York City, for petitioner. Henry J. Boitel, New York City, for […]
442 U.S. 95 99 S.Ct. 2150 60 L.Ed.2d 738 Roosevelt GREEN, Jr. v. State of GEORGIA. No. 78-5944. May 29, 1979. Syllabus Petitioner, who was indicted with one Moore for rape and murder, was tried separately in a Georgia state court. After the jury determined that petitioner was guilty of murder, a second proceeding was […]