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 […]
SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES _________________ No. 15?1248 _________________ MCLANE COMPANY, INC., PETITIONER v. EQUAL ?EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION ON WRIT OF CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF ?APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT [April 3, 2017] Syllabus: No. 15?1248. Argued February 21, 2017?Decided April 3, 2017 Damiana Ochoa worked for eight years in […]
Briefs: Petitioner’s Brief Respondent’s Brief Petitioner’s Reply Brief 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 […]
134 S.Ct. 568 (2013) 187 L. Ed. 2d 487 SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES ATLANTIC MARINE CONSTRUCTION CO., INC. v. ?UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE ?WESTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS ET AL. CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT No. 12?929. Argued October 9, 2013?Decided December 3, 2013 Syllabus: […]
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 […]
131 S.Ct. 2541 WAL-MART STORES, INC., PETITIONER v. BETTY DUKES ET AL. No. 10-277. Decided June 20, 2011. Headnotes: CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1964 Employment discrimination?Class certification.?In this Title VII employment discrimination case, certification of a nationwide class of 1.5 million women was not consistent with Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 23(a)?s commonality requirement, and […]
131 S.Ct. 2956 RICKY JAVON GRAY v. LORETTA KELLY, WARDEN. ON APPLICATION FOR STAY. No. 11A210 (11-5545). August 25, 2011. Headnotes: Federal habeas briefing schedule. Gray’s application to stay a Federal District Court order setting a federal habeas briefing schedule pending this Court’s disposition of his petition for a writ of certiorari to Virginia Supreme […]
85 S.Ct. 1136 HANNA v. PLUMER, EXECUTOR. CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIRST CIRCUIT. No. 171. Argued January 21, 1965. Decided April 26, 1965. In a civil action in a federal court where jurisdiction is based upon diversity of citizenship, service of process shall be made in the manner set […]
106 S.Ct. 2505 ANDERSON ET AL. v. LIBERTY LOBBY, INC., ET AL. CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CIRCUIT No. 84-1602. Argued December 3, 1985 Decided June 25, 1986 In New York Times Co. v. Sullivan, 376 U.S. 254, it was held that, in a libel suit brought […]
95 U.S. 714 95 U.S. 714 24 L.Ed. 565 PENNOYERv.NEFF. October Term, 1877 ERROR to the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Oregon. This action was brought by Neff against Pennoyer for the recovery of a tract of land situated in Multnomah County, Oregon. Pennoyer, in his answer, denied Neff’s title […]
304 U.S. 64 58 S.Ct. 817 82 L.Ed. 1188 ERIE R. CO. v. TOMPKINS.* No. 367. Argued Jan. 31, 1938. Decided April 25, 1938. Counsel: Messrs. Theodore Kiendl, Harold W. Bissell, and William C. Cannon, all of New York City, for petitioner. Messrs. Fred H. Rees, Alexander L. Strouse, and Bernard G. Nemeroff, all of […]
326 U.S. 310 66 S.Ct. 154 90 L.Ed. 95 INTERNATIONAL SHOE CO. v. STATE OF WASHINGTON, OFFICE OF UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION AND PLACEMENT et al. No. 107. Decided December 3, 1945. Appeal from the Supreme Court of the State of Washington Syllabus Activities within a State of salesmen in the employ of a foreign corporation, exhibiting […]
357 U.S. 235 78 S.Ct. 1228 2 L.Ed.2d 1283 Elizabeth Donner HANSON, Individually, as Executrix of the Will of Dora Browning Donner, Deceased, et al., Appellants, v. Katherine N. R. DENCKLA, Individually, and Elwyn L. Middleton, as Guardian of the Property of Dorothy Browning Stewart. Dora Stewart LEWIS, Mary Washington Stewart Borie and Paula Browning […]
?355 U.S. 220 (1957) 78 S.Ct. 199 2 L.Ed. 2d 223 McGEE v. INTERNATIONAL LIFE INSURANCE CO. Supreme Court of United States. No. 50. Argued November 20, 1957. Decided December 16, 1957. Syllabus Syllabus Petitioner’s son, a resident of California, bought a life insurance policy from an Arizona corporation, naming petitioner as beneficiary. Later, respondent, […]
353 U.S. 222 77 S.Ct. 787 1 L.Ed.2d 786 FOURCO GLASS COMPANY, Petitioner, v. TRANSMIRRA PRODUCTS CORPORATION, and Robert Aronstein. No. 310. Argued April 2, 1957. Decided April 29, 1957. Counsel: Mr.?Edward S. Irons, Washington, D.C., for petitioner. Mr. W. R. Hulbert, Boston, Mass., for respondents. [hr] Syllabus 1. Venue in patent infringement actions is […]
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 […]
41 U.S. 1 16 Pet. 1 10 L.Ed. 865 JOHN SWIFT v. GEORGE W. TYSON. January Term, 1842 [qtbl style=”color:gray;”] Swift v. Tyson, 41 U.S. 1 (1842), was a case brought in diversity in the Circuit Court for the Southern District of New York on a bill of Exchange accepted in New York in which […]
436 U.S. 84 98 S.Ct. 1690 56 L.Ed.2d 132 Ezra KULKO, Appellant,v.SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA IN AND FOR the CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO (Sharon Kulko Horn, Real Party in Interest). No. 77-293. Argued March 29, 1978. Decided May 15, 1978. Rehearing Denied June 26, 1978. See 438 U.S. 908, 98 S.Ct. 3127. Syllabus. […]
433 U.S. 186 97 S.Ct. 2569 53 L.Ed.2d 683 R. F. SHAFFER et al., Appellants, v. Arnold HEITNER, as Custodian for Mark Andrew Heitner. No. 75-1812. Argued Feb. 22, 1977. Decided June 24, 1977. Headnotes: CONSTITUTIONAL LAW — Due Process — State Jurisdiction Over Nonresidents. Delaware’s assertion of jurisdiction over appellants (individual defendants in shareholder’s […]
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 […]