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United States Supreme Court UNITED STATES v. BENMAR TRANSP. & LEASING CORP.(1979) No. 78-1602 Argued: Decided: October 15, 1979 </s> Held: </s> The Court of Appeals erred in vacating the Interstate Commerce Commission's 1977 order granting a contract carrier permit - even though the order was defective for failing to ... | 8 | 0 | 2 |
United States Supreme Court BOARD OF ED. OF KIRYAS JOEL v. GRUMET(1994) No. 93-517 Argued: March 30, 1994Decided: June 27, 1994 </s> [Footnote * Page I Together with No. 93-527, Board of Education of Monroe-Woodbury Central School District v. Grumet et al., and No. 93-539, Attorney General of New York v. Grumet et al.,... | 1 | 1 | 3 |
United States Supreme Court EEOC v. ASSOCIATED DRY GOODS CORP.(1981) No. 79-1068 Argued: November 3, 1980Decided: January 26, 1981 </s> Section 706 (b) of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 provides that employment discrimination charges "shall not be made public" by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission ... | 1 | 1 | 1 |
United States Supreme Court GARCIA v. UNITED STATES(1984) No. 83-6061 Argued: October 10, 1984Decided: December 10, 1984 </s> For assaulting an undercover Secret Service agent with a loaded pistol, in an attempt to rob him of $1,800 of Government "flash money" that the agent was using to buy counterfeit currency from ... | 0 | 0 | 3 |
United States Supreme Court PATTERSON v. LAMB(1947) No. 229 Argued: January 7, 1946Decided: January 20, 1947 </s> Mr. Frederick Bernays Wiener, of Providence, R.I., for petitioners. [329 U.S. 539, 540] Mr.Roger Robb, of Washington, D.C., for respondent. </s> Mr. Justice BLACK delivered the opinion of the Court. On... | 8 | 0 | 1 |
United States Supreme Court U.S. v. ANDERSON, CLAYTON & CO.(1955) No. 26 Argued: October 20, 1955Decided: November 7, 1955 </s> Pursuant to a contract entered into without any shown purpose of advantageous investment but solely for the purpose of maintaining the distribution of its common stock among responsible and a... | 10 | 0 | 1 |
United States Supreme Court UNITED STATES v. HOPKINS(1976) No. 75-246 Argued: Decided: June 24, 1976 </s> Asserting jurisdiction under the Tucker Act, which provides for suits in the Court of Claims upon any express or implied contract with military exchanges, respondent's decedent brought suit against the United Stat... | 6 | 0 | 1 |
United States Supreme Court UTAH v. UNITED STATES(1971) No. 31 Argued: April 26, 1971Decided: June 7, 1971 </s> In this suit involving conflicting claims between Utah and the United States to the shorelands around the Great Salt Lake the Special Master's report, finding that at the date of Utah's admission to the Unio... | 9 | 0 | 3 |
United States Supreme Court GRUMMAN v. UNITED STATES(1962) No. 436 Argued: April 19, 1962Decided: June 18, 1962 </s> Judgment reversed on the authority of Russell v. United States, 369 U.S. 749 . </s> Reported below: 111 U.S. App. D.C. 79, 294 F.2d 708. </s> David Rein argued the cause for petitioner. With him on t... | 1 | 1 | 3 |
United States Supreme Court SIMS v. GEORGIA(1967) No. 678 Argued: Decided: December 18, 1967 </s> In this case, before the Court for the second time, petitioner, a Negro sentenced to death for rape, again contends that the confession used at his trial was coerced through physical abuse and that the juries which indict... | 0 | 1 | 3 |
United States Supreme Court UNITED STATES v. INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSION(1970) No. 28 Argued: October 21, 1969Decided: February 2, 1970 </s> [Footnote * Together with No. 38, Brundage et al. v. United States et al., No. 43, City of Auburn v. United States et al., and No. 44, Livingston Anti-Merger Committee v. Inter... | 6 | 0 | 3 |
United States Supreme Court ILLINOIS C. R. CO. v. NORFOLK & W. R. CO.(1966) No. 15 Argued: October 11, 1966Decided: November 14, 1966 </s> [Footnote * Together with No. 17, Calumet Harbor Terminals, Inc., et al. v. Norfolk & Western Railway Co. et al. and No. 20, United States et al. v. Norfolk & Western Railway Co. et... | 8 | 0 | 4 |
United States Supreme Court SNOW v. COMMISSIONER(1974) No. 73-641 Argued: April 16, 1974Decided: May 13, 1974 </s> Petitioner Edwin A. Snow, who had advanced part of the capital in a partnership formed in 1966 to develop a special-purpose incinerator and had become a limited partner, was disallowed a deduction under 1... | 10 | 0 | 3 |
United States Supreme Court HUGHES v. UNITED STATES(1952) No. 86 Argued: January 7, 1952Decided: February 4, 1952 </s> A Sherman Act consent decree provided for divorcement of a motion picture company's production-distribution assets from its theater assets. Two new companies were to be formed; their stock was to be d... | 6 | 0 | 3 |
United States Supreme Court MICHAELS v. UNITED STATES(1964) No. 571 Argued: Decided: March 9, 1964 </s> Certiorari granted, judgment vacated, and case remanded for consideration by the Court of Appeals of the sufficiency of the evidence to support imposition of nonconcurrent sentences, that court having erroneously as... | 0 | 1 | 3 |
United States Supreme Court DELO v. STOKES(1990) No. A-795 Argued: Decided: May 11, 1990 </s> After respondent Stokes was convicted and sentenced to death in Missouri, he filed three unsuccessful habeas corpus petitions in the federal courts. A few days before his scheduled execution, he filed an application for stay ... | 0 | 0 | 1 |
United States Supreme Court UNITED STATES v. DEMKO(1966) No. 76 Argued: November 8, 1966Decided: December 5, 1966 </s> Respondent, a federal prisoner, was injured while performing an assigned prison task. He filed claim for compensation benefits under 18 U.S.C. 4126, and received an award which was to be paid monthly ... | 6 | 0 | 1 |
United States Supreme Court CHRISTOFFEL V. UNITED STATES(1949) No. 528 Argued: April 20, 1949Decided: June 27, 1949 </s> Mr. O. John Rogge, Washington, D.C., for petitioner. Mr. Alexander M. Campbell, Asst. Attorney General, for respondent. [ Christoffel v. United States 338 U.S. 84 (1949) ] </s> [338 U.S. ... | 0 | 1 | 3 |
United States Supreme Court POLIZZI v. COWLES MAGAZINES(1953) No. 287 Argued: March 10, 1953Decided: June 1, 1953 </s> Respondent, an Iowa corporation which publishes a national magazine, maintains no offices in Florida, but sells the magazine to two independent wholesale companies which distribute it to retailers in ... | 8 | 1 | 2 |
United States Supreme Court FEDERAL POWER COM'N V. INTERSTATE NATURAL GAS CO.(1949) No. 109 Argued: Decided: April 18, 1949 </s> Natural Gas Co. 336 U.S. 577 (1949) ] </s> [336 U.S. 577 , 579] </s> Mr. Bradford Ross, of Washington, D.C., for Federal Power commission. Mr. John P. Randolph, of St. Joseph, Mo... | 6 | 1 | 2 |
United States Supreme Court FCC v. NATIONAL CITIZENS COMM. FOR BROADCASTING(1978) No. 76-1471 Argued: January 16, 1978Decided: June 12, 1978 </s> [Footnote * Together with No. 76-1521, Channel Two Television Co. et al. v. National Citizens Committee for Broadcasting; No. 76-1595, National Association of Broadcasters v.... | 6 | 0 | 2 |
United States Supreme Court FLINT RIDGE DEV. CO. v. SCENIC RIVERS ASSN.(1976) No. 75-510 Argued: April 27, 1976Decided: June 24, 1976 </s> [Footnote * Together with No. 75-545, Hills, Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, et al. v. Scenic Rivers Association of Oklahoma et al., also on certiorari to the same court... | 6 | 0 | 2 |
United States Supreme Court BRAY v. ALEXANDRIA CLINIC(1993) No. 90-985 Argued: October 16, 1991Decided: January 13, 1993 </s> Respondents, abortion clinics and supporting organizations, sued to enjoin petitioners, an association and individuals who organize and coordinate antiabortion demonstrations, from conducting d... | 1 | 0 | 0 |
United States Supreme Court JOHANNS, SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE, et al. v. LIVESTOCK MARKETING ASSOCIATION et al.(2005) No. 03-1164 Argued: December 8, 2004Decided: May 23, 2005 </s> The Beef Promotion and Research Act of 1985 (Beef Act) establishes a federal policy of promoting and marketing beef and beef products. The... | 1 | 0 | 1 |
United States Supreme Court McKEIVER v. PENNSYLVANIA(1971) No. 322 Argued: December 10, 1970Decided: June 21, 1971 </s> [Footnote * Together with No. 128, In re Burrus et al., on certiorari to the Supreme Court of North Carolina, argued December 9-10, 1970. </s> The requests of appellants in No. 322 for a jury trial w... | 1 | 0 | 3 |
United States Supreme Court MURPHY v. UNITED PARCEL SERVICE, INC.(1999) No. 97-1992 Argued: April 27, 1999Decided: June 22, 1999 </s> Respondent United Parcel Service, Inc. (UPS), hired petitioner as a mechanic, a position that required him to drive commercial vehicles. To drive, he had to satisfy certain Department... | 1 | 0 | 1 |
United States Supreme Court NEW YORK v. UNITED STATES(1992) No. 91-543 Argued: March 30, 1992Decided: June 19, 1992 </s> [Footnote * Together with No. 91-558, County of Allegany, New York v. United States et al., and No. 91-563, County of Cortland, New York v. United States et al., also on certiorari to the same court.... | 9 | 0 | 3 |
United States Supreme Court KEITH LANCE ET AL. v. MIKE COFFMAN, COLORADO SECRETARY OF STATE(2007) No. 06-641 Argued: Decided: March 5, 2007 </s> Per Curiam. </s> The Elections Clause of the United States Constitution provides that the "Manner of holding Elections for Senators and Representatives, shall be prescribed ... | 8 | 0 | 3 |
United States Supreme Court RICHARDS v. UNITED STATES(1962) No. 59 Argued: November 15, 1961Decided: February 26, 1962 </s> Petitioners are the personal representatives of passengers killed when a commercial airplane crashed in Missouri while en route from Oklahoma to New York. The maximum amount recoverable under the... | 6 | 0 | 3 |
United States Supreme Court UNITED STATES v. PRICE(1960) No. 48 Argued: December 9, 1959Decided: January 18, 1960 </s> Under 272 (a) (1) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1939, as amended, failure of the Commissioner of Internal Revenue to send to a taxpayer a 90-day notice of a deficiency in his income tax return does ... | 10 | 1 | 1 |
United States Supreme Court SORIANO v. UNITED STATES(1957) No. 49 Argued: December 5, 1956Decided: January 14, 1957 </s> Petitioner, a resident of the Philippines, sued in the Court of Claims to recover just compensation for the requisitioning by Philippine guerrilla forces of certain equipment and supplies during the... | 8 | 0 | 3 |
United States Supreme Court CORBITT v. NEW JERSEY(1978) No. 77-5903 Argued: October 3, 1978Decided: December 11, 1978 </s> Under the New Jersey homicide statutes, life imprisonment is the mandatory punishment for defendants convicted by a jury of first-degree murder, while a term of not more than 30 years is the punis... | 0 | 0 | 3 |
United States Supreme Court COMMISSIONER OF INT. REV. V. SOUTH TEXAS LUMBER CO.(1948) No. 384 Argued: January 14, 1948Decided: March 29, 1948 </s> Rehearing Denied May 3, 1948. Mr. Lee A. Jackson, of Washington, D.C., for petitioner. Mr. Charles C. MacLean, Jr., of New York City, for respondent. [ Commissioner of... | 10 | 1 | 1 |
United States Supreme Court WYRICK v. FIELDS(1982) No. 82-158 Argued: Decided: November 29, 1982 </s> Respondent, a soldier stationed in Missouri, after being arrested on a charge of rape and after consulting with private counsel and with an attorney provided him by the Army, requested a polygraph examination. Immedia... | 0 | 0 | 1 |
United States Supreme Court ARLAN'S DEPT. STORE v. KENTUCKY(1962) No. 503 Argued: Decided: December 17, 1962 </s> The owners of three retail stores in Kentucky were fined for employing persons in their businesses on Sunday in violation of a Kentucky statute, and the convictions were sustained against their claim that ... | 1 | 0 | 3 |
United States Supreme Court ZUBER v. ALLEN(1969) No. 25 Argued: October 16, 1969Decided: December 9, 1969 </s> [Footnote * Together with No. 52, Hardin, Secretary of Agriculture v. Allen et al., also on certiorari to the same court. </s> Respondent Vermont dairy farmers ("country" milk producers) brought this action t... | 6 | 1 | 1 |
United States Supreme Court NURSING HOME PENSION FUND v. DEMISAY(1993) No. 91-610 Argued: January 11, 1993Decided: June 14, 1993 </s> For several years, respondent employers had made contributions to two trust funds (collectively, Greater Funds) on behalf of their employees. In 1984, however, the employers ended their... | 6 | 1 | 1 |
United States Supreme Court DEWSNUP v. TIMM(1992) No. 90-741 Argued: October 15, 1991Decided: January 15, 1992 </s> Petitioner Dewsnup, the debtor in a case under Chapter 7 of the Bankruptcy Code, filed an adversary proceeding, contending that the debt of approximately $120,000 that she owed to respondents exceeded th... | 6 | 0 | 0 |
United States Supreme Court NIXON v. ADMINISTRATOR OF GENERAL SERVICES(1977) No. 75-1605 Argued: April 20, 1977Decided: June 28, 1977 </s> After appellant had resigned as President of the United States, he executed a depository agreement with the Administrator of General Services that provided for the storage near app... | 1 | 1 | 3 |
United States Supreme Court UNITED STATES v. POWELL(1964) No. 54 Argued: Decided: November 23, 1964 </s> On the ground that the respondent corporate taxpayer's returns had been examined for certain years and that, absent fraud, the statute of limitations barred assessment of additional deficiencies, respondent the tax... | 10 | 1 | 1 |
United States Supreme Court McCONNELL, UNITED STATES SENATOR, et al. v. FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION et al.(2003) No. 02-1674 Argued: September 8, 2003Decided: December 10, 2003 </s> The Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2002 (BCRA), which amended the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (FECA), the Communications Act ... | 1 | 1 | 3 |
United States Supreme Court HESTER v. ILLINOIS(1969) No. 82 Argued: Decided: October 1, 1969 </s> April 27, 1970 </s> Marshall Kaplan, Chicago, Ill., for petitioner. Joel M. Flaum, Chicago, Ill., for respondent. On Writ of Certiorari to the Supreme Court of Illinois. </s> PER CURIAM. </s> The writ of certiora... | 8 | 0 | 3 |
United States Supreme Court MAZER v. STEIN(1954) No. 228 Argued: December 3, 1953Decided: March 8, 1954 </s> Respondents are engaged in the manufacture and sale of electric lamps. One of the respondents created original works of sculpture, from the models of which china statuettes were made. The statuettes were used a... | 6 | 0 | 2 |
United States Supreme Court GIORDENELLO v. UNITED STATES(1958) No. 515 Argued: Decided: June 30, 1958 </s> Certiorari granted and judgment reversed on authority of Giordenello v. United States, ante, p. 480. </s> Reported below: 249 F.2d 549. </s> William F. Walsh for petitioner. </s> Solicitor General Rankin for the... | 0 | 1 | 3 |
United States Supreme Court BRANCH et al. v. SMITH et al.(2003) No. 01-1437 Argued: December 10, 2002Decided: March 31, 2003 </s> After the 2000 census caused Mississippi to lose one congressional seat, the state legislature failed to pass a new redistricting plan. Anticipating a state-law deadline for qualifying cand... | 1 | 1 | 1 |
United States Supreme Court BAREFOOT v. ESTELLE(1983) No. 82-6080 Argued: April 26, 1983Decided: July 6, 1983 </s> Petitioner was convicted of capital murder in a Texas state court after a jury trial. A separate sentencing hearing was then held before the same jury to determine whether the death penalty should be impo... | 0 | 0 | 3 |
United States Supreme Court FROZEN FOOD EXP. v. UNITED STATES(1956) No. 158 Argued: March 7, 1956Decided: April 23, 1956 </s> After an investigation and hearing instituted on its own motion, the Interstate Commerce Commission issued an order listing a large number of specified commodities which it found not to be "agr... | 8 | 1 | 2 |
United States Supreme Court UNITED STATES v. CITY OF CHICAGO(1970) No. 386 Argued: Decided: October 19, 1970 </s> Section 13a (1) of the Interstate Commerce Act does not require a railroad seeking to discontinue its segment of a through passenger train that is operated in conjunction with another railroad to give noti... | 8 | 0 | 3 |
United States Supreme Court STILL v. NORFOLK & WESTERN R. CO.(1961) No. 48 Argued: October 19, 1961Decided: November 13, 1961 </s> 1. Under the Federal Employers' Liability Act, a railroad cannot escape liability for personal injuries negligently inflicted upon an employee by proving that he had obtained his job by ma... | 6 | 1 | 4 |
United States Supreme Court BOWEN v. AMERICAN HOSPITAL ASSN.(1986) No. 84-1529 Argued: January 15, 1986Decided: June 9, 1986 </s> Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 provides that "[n]o otherwise qualified handicapped individual . . . shall, solely by reason of his handicap, be excluded from the participatio... | 1 | 0 | 0 |
United States Supreme Court ICC v. LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEERS(1987) No. 85-792 Argued: November 10, 1986Decided: June 8, 1987 </s> In October 1982, petitioner Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC or Commission) issued an order, which, inter alia, granted petitioner Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad Co. and another railroad the ... | 8 | 0 | 2 |
United States Supreme Court SOUTHERN R. CO. v. NORTH CAROLINA(1964) No. 74 Argued: Decided: February 17, 1964 </s> [Footnote * Together with No. 93, United States et al. v. North Carolina et al., also on appeal to the same court. </s> The Interstate Commerce Commission under 13a (2) of the Interstate Commerce Act auth... | 8 | 0 | 3 |
United States Supreme Court FROZEN FOOD EXP. v. UNITED STATES(1956) No. 158 Argued: March 7, 1956Decided: April 23, 1956 </s> After an investigation and hearing instituted on its own motion, the Interstate Commerce Commission issued an order listing a large number of specified commodities which it found not to be "agr... | 8 | 1 | 3 |
United States Supreme Court ROUSEY et ux. v. JACOWAY(2005) No. 03-1407 Argued: December 1, 2004Decided: April 4, 2005 </s> Several years after petitioners deposited distributions from their pension plans into Individual Retirement Accounts (IRAs), they filed a joint petition under Chapter 7 of the Bankruptcy Code. The... | 6 | 1 | 0 |
United States Supreme Court McLEOD v. GENERAL ELECTRIC(1967) No. 645 Argued: Decided: January 16, 1967 </s> [Footnote * Together with No. 774, International Union of Electrical, Radio & Machine Workers, AFL-CIO v. General Electric Co. et al., also on petition for writ of certiorari to the same court. </s> The union (I... | 8 | 1 | 1 |
United States Supreme Court PERALTA v. HEIGHTS MEDICAL CENTER, INC.(1988) No. 86-1430 Argued: November 30, 1987Decided: February 24, 1988 </s> In 1982, a default judgment was entered against appellant in appellee medical center's Texas state-court suit to recover a sum allegedly due under appellant's guarantee of a ho... | 1 | 1 | 0 |
United States Supreme Court SPRINGFIELD TOWNSHIP SCHOOL DIST. v. KNOLL(1985) No. 82-1889 Argued: January 14, 1985Decided: April 17, 1985 </s> Respondent filed suit in Federal District Court on April 21, 1981, under 42 U.S.C. 1983, alleging that petitioner School District, in August 1979, May 1980, and December 1980, h... | 1 | 0 | 1 |
United States Supreme Court ICC v. TEXAS(1987) No. 85-1222 Argued: December 10, 1986Decided: January 20, 1987 </s> Since the 1930's, railroads, motor carriers, and freight forwarders have offered both trailer-on-flatcar (TOFC) and container-on-flatcar (COFC) services, forms of mixed train and truck transportation wher... | 6 | 1 | 3 |
United States Supreme Court ALBERTSON v. MILLARD(1953) No. 384 Argued: February 2, 1953Decided: March 16, 1953 </s> Five days after enactment of the Michigan Communist Control Act of April 17, 1952, the Communist Party of Michigan and its Executive Secretary sued in a Federal District Court for a declaratory judgment ... | 8 | 0 | 3 |
United States Supreme Court NATIONAL CREDIT UNION ADMINISTRATION v. FIRST NATIONAL BANK & TRUST CO.(1998) No. 96-843 Argued: October 6, 1997Decided: February 25, 1998 </s> </s> The National Credit Union Administration (NCUA) interprets §109 of the Federal Credit Union Act (FCUA)-which provides that "[f]ederal ... | 6 | 0 | 2 |
United States Supreme Court ANDREWS v. UNITED STATES(1963) No. 491 Argued: Decided: May 20, 1963 </s> [Footnote * Together with No. 494, Donovan v. United States, also on certiorari to the same Court. </s> In a Federal District Court, petitioners were convicted of violating certain federal criminal statutes and were s... | 0 | 1 | 3 |
United States Supreme Court AERO MAYFLOWER TRANSIT CO. V. BOARD OF R. R. COM'RS(1947) No. 39 Argued: October 15, 1947Decided: December 8, 1947 </s> Appeal from the Supreme Court of the State of Montana. [ Aero Mayflower Transit Co. v. Board of R. R. Com'rs 332 U.S. 495 (1947) ] </s> [332 U.S. 495 , 496] </s> ... | 6 | 1 | 3 |
United States Supreme Court HILL v. UNITED STATES(1962) No. 68 Argued: December 5, 1961Decided: January 22, 1962 </s> In a Federal District Court, petitioner was convicted of two federal crimes and sentenced to imprisonment. He was represented by counsel both at the trial and when sentence was imposed; but, before imp... | 0 | 0 | 3 |
United States Supreme Court KOIS v. WISCONSIN(1972) No. 71-5625 Argued: Decided: June 26, 1972 </s> Petitioner was convicted under an obscenity statute for publishing in his underground newspaper pictures of nudes and a sex poem. The State Supreme Court upheld the conviction as not violative of the Fourteenth Amendmen... | 1 | 1 | 3 |
United States Supreme Court PALMER OIL CORP. v. AMERADA CORP.(1952) No. 301 Argued: April 25, 1952Decided: May 12, 1952 </s> Appellants contend that Okla. Stat., 1941 (Cum. Supp. 1949), Tit. 52, 286.1-286.17, providing for unitized management of common sources of supply of oil and gas in Oklahoma, and an order of the ... | 8 | 0 | 2 |
United States Supreme Court LURK v. UNITED STATES(1961) No. 669 Argued: Decided: May 29, 1961 </s> Petitioner applied to a Federal Court of Appeals for leave to appeal in forma pauperis from his robbery conviction, on the ground, inter alia, that it was unconstitutional because his trial in a Federal District Court wa... | 0 | 1 | 3 |
United States Supreme Court RAILWAY LABOR ASSN. v. U.S.(1964) No. 130 Argued: Decided: December 7, 1964 </s> District Court's judgment dismissing appellant railway employees' complaint to set aside in part Interstate Commerce Commission railroad merger orders for failure to protect employees' interests under certain p... | 8 | 1 | 3 |
United States Supreme Court FCC v. PACIFICA FOUNDATION(1978) No. 77-528 Argued: Decided: July 3, 1978 </s> A radio station of respondent Pacifica Foundation (hereinafter respondent) made an afternoon broadcast of a satiric monologue, entitled "Filthy Words," which listed and repeated a variety of colloquial uses of "w... | 1 | 0 | 2 |
United States Supreme Court GINSBERG v. NEW YORK(1968) No. 47 Argued: January 16, 1968Decided: April 22, 1968 </s> Appellant, who operates a stationery store and luncheonette, was convicted of selling "girlie" magazines to a 16-year-old boy in violation of 484-h of the New York Penal Law. The statute makes it unlawful... | 1 | 0 | 3 |
United States Supreme Court U.S. v. PACIFIC COAST WHOLESALERS(1950) No. 113 Argued: January 10, 1950Decided: February 6, 1950 </s> An association of wholesale automobile parts dealers organized and operated in good faith, on a nonprofit basis, for the purpose of effecting savings in freight charges for its members by ... | 6 | 0 | 2 |
United States Supreme Court PENFIELD CO. OF CALIFORNIA v. SECURITIES & EXCHANGE COM'N.(1947) No. 453 Argued: January 16, 1947Decided: March 31, 1947 </s> Rehearing Denied May 5, 1947 </s> See 331 U.S. 865 , 67 S.Ct. 1301.[ Penfield Co. of California v. Securities & Exchange Com'n. 330 U.S. 585 (1947) ] </s> [330... | 0 | 1 | 3 |
United States Supreme Court COMMISSIONER v. KORELL(1950) No. 384 Argued: February 7, 1950Decided: June 5, 1950 </s> In 1944, an individual taxpayer purchased at a premium price of $121 certain taxable corporate bonds with a face value of $100 which were then callable at $104. Upon payment of $40, each bond was convert... | 10 | 0 | 1 |
United States Supreme Court GENERAL ELECTRIC CO. ET AL . v. JOINER(1997) No. 96-188 Argued: October 14, 1997Decided: December 15, 1997 </s> </s> After he was diagnosed with small-cell lung cancer, respondent Joiner sued in Georgia state court, alleging, inter alia , that his disease was </s> "promoted" by his ... | 8 | 1 | 1 |
United States Supreme Court RAILROAD TRAINMEN v. VIRGINIA BAR(1964) No. 34 Argued: January 13, 1964Decided: April 20, 1964 </s> An injunction issued by a state court, prohibiting, as the unlawful solicitation of litigation and the unauthorized practice of law, a labor union from advising injured members or their depen... | 1 | 1 | 0 |
United States Supreme Court SANDRA K. FORNEY v. KENNETH S. APFEL, COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL SECURITY(1998) No. 97-5737 Argued: April 22, 1998Decided: June 15, 1998 </s> </s> Petitioner Forney sought judicial review of a Social Security Administration final determination denying her disability benefits. When the D... | 8 | 1 | 3 |
United States Supreme Court LOBER v. UNITED STATES(1953) No. 30 Argued: October 16, 1953Decided: November 9, 1953 </s> Decedent had transferred property to himself as trustee for his minor children, reserving discretionary power to invest and reinvest the principal and income, which were to be paid to the children whe... | 10 | 1 | 3 |
United States Supreme Court NEVADA v. UNITED STATES(1983) No. 81-2245 Argued: April 27, 1983Decided: June 24, 1983 </s> In 1913, the United States sued in Federal District Court, in what is known as the Orr Ditch litigation, to adjudicate water rights to the Truckee River for the benefit of both the Pyramid Lake India... | 6 | 0 | 3 |
United States Supreme Court MARSHALL v. HARE(1964) No. 962 Argued: Decided: June 22, 1964 </s> Judgment reversed and case remanded. </s> Reported below: 227 F. Supp. 989. </s> Theodore Sachs for appellants. </s> Robert A. Derengoski, Solicitor General of Michigan, Stanton S. Faville, Chief Assistant Attorney General,... | 1 | 1 | 3 |
United States Supreme Court COSTLE v. PACIFIC LEGAL FOUNDATION(1980) No. 78-1472 Argued: December 5, 1979Decided: March 18, 1980 </s> Section 402 (a) (1) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (FWPCA) authorizes the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), "after opportunity for public hearing,"... | 6 | 0 | 3 |
United States Supreme Court MORTON v. MANCARI(1974) No. 73-362 Argued: April 24, 1974Decided: June 17, 1974 </s> [Footnote * Together with No. 73-364, Amerind v. Mancari et al., also on appeal from the same court. </s> Appellees, non-Indian employees of the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), brought this class action cla... | 1 | 1 | 1 |
United States Supreme Court HEWITT v. HELMS(1987) No. 85-1630 Argued: March 4, 1987Decided: June 19, 1987 </s> After more than seven weeks in administrative segregation pending an investigation into his possible involvement in a state prison riot, respondent inmate was found guilty of misconduct by a prison hearing co... | 5 | 0 | 1 |
United States Supreme Court U.S. v. AMERICAN BLDG. MAINT. INDUSTRIES(1975) No. 73-1689 Argued: April 22, 1975Decided: June 24, 1975 </s> The Government brought this civil antitrust action against appellee, one of the largest suppliers of janitorial services in the country, with 56 branches serving more than 500 commun... | 6 | 0 | 2 |
United States Supreme Court BARTLETT, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF NORTH CAROLINA STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS, ET AL. v. STRICKLAND ET AL.(2009) No. 07-689 Argued: October 14, 2008Decided: March 9, 2009 </s> Despite the North Carolina Constitution's "Whole County Provision" prohibiting the General Assembly from dividing counties... | 1 | 0 | 3 |
United States Supreme Court BOULDEN v. HOLMAN(1969) No. 644 Argued: February 26, 1969Decided: April 2, 1969 </s> Petitioner was convicted of first-degree murder and sentenced to death in accordance with the jury's verdict. After the conviction was affirmed by the Alabama Supreme Court petitioner requested federal habe... | 0 | 0 | 3 |
United States Supreme Court GOODMAN v. LUKENS STEEL CO.(1987) No. 85-1626 Argued: April 1, 1987Decided: June 19, 1987 </s> In 1973, petitioners in No. 85-1626 (hereinafter petitioners), including individual employees of Lukens Steel Co. (Lukens), brought suit in Federal District Court against Lukens and the employees'... | 1 | 0 | 1 |
United States Supreme Court SUTPHEN ESTATES v. UNITED STATES(1951) No. 25 Argued: October 11, 1951Decided: November 5, 1951 </s> Pursuant to a decree in Sherman Act proceedings against certain motion picture companies, a plan for the reorganization of Warner Bros. provided for the separation of Warner's theatre busine... | 8 | 0 | 3 |
United States Supreme Court INTERNATIONAL SALT CO. V. U. S.(1947) No. 46 Argued: October 16, 1947Decided: November 10, 1947 </s> Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York. [ International Salt Co. v. U. S. 332 U.S. 392 (1947) ] </s> [332 U.S. 392 , 393] </s> ... | 6 | 1 | 3 |
United States Supreme Court SLAGLE v. OHIO(1961) No. 105 Argued: Decided: May 15, 1961 </s> Appellants appeared pursuant to subpoenas before the Ohio Un-American Activities Commission, a joint state legislative committee, which was investigating subversive activities in Ohio. Each appellant was sworn and examined and ... | 1 | 1 | 3 |
United States Supreme Court MEMOIRS v. MASSACHUSETTS(1966) No. 368 Argued: Decided: March 21, 1966 </s> Appellee, the Attorney General of Massachusetts, brought this civil equity action for an adjudication of obscenity of Cleland's Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure (Fanny Hill), and appellant publisher intervened. Follow... | 1 | 1 | 3 |
United States Supreme Court PORT AUTHORITY TRANS-HUDSON CORP. v. FEENEY(1990) No. 89-386 Argued: February 26, 1990Decided: April 30, 1990 </s> Petitioner Port Authority Trans-Hudson Corp. (PATH) is an entity created by New York and New Jersey to operate certain transportation facilities. Alleging that they incurred in... | 6 | 0 | 1 |
United States Supreme Court MECHLING BARGE LINES v. U.S.(1961) No. 41 Argued: Decided: December 18, 1961 </s> Over the protests of competing barge lines and without any hearing, investigation or findings, the Interstate Commerce Commission, basing its action on the first proviso in 4 (1) of the Interstate Commerce Act... | 8 | 0 | 3 |
United States Supreme Court IDAHO v. WRIGHT(1990) No. 89-260 Argued: April 18, 1990Decided: June 27, 1990 </s> Respondent Wright was charged under Idaho law with two counts of lewd conduct with a minor, specifically her 5 1/2- and 2 1/2-year-old daughters. At the trial, it was agreed that the younger daughter was not ... | 0 | 1 | 1 |
United States Supreme Court CSC v. LETTER CARRIERS(1973) No. 72-634 Argued: March 26, 1973Decided: June 25, 1973 </s> Some individual federal employees, an employees' union, and certain local Democratic and Republican political committees filed this action challenging as unconstitutional on its face the prohibition in... | 1 | 0 | 1 |
United States Supreme Court DEPT. OF TAXATION & FIN. v. MILHELM ATTEA & BROS.(1994) No. 93-377 Argued: March 23, 1994Decided: June 13, 1994 </s> Enrolled tribal members purchasing cigarettes on Indian reservations are exempt from a New York cigarette tax, but non-Indians making such purchases are not. Licensed agents ... | 1 | 0 | 0 |
United States Supreme Court YOUNGER v. GILMORE(1971) No. 70-9 Argued: October 14, 1971Decided: November 8, 1971 </s> 319 F. Supp. 105, affirmed. </s> George R. Nock, Deputy Attorney General of California, argued the cause for appellants. With him on the briefs were Evelle J. Younger, Attorney General, pro se, Albert W... | 1 | 1 | 1 |
United States Supreme Court OSBORNE v. OHIO(1990) No. 88-5986 Argued: December 5, 1989Decided: April 18, 1990 </s> After Ohio police found photographs in petitioner Osborne's home, each of which depicted a nude male adolescent posed in a sexually explicit position, he was convicted of violating a state statute prohibi... | 1 | 0 | 3 |
United States Supreme Court HARTIGAN v. ZBARAZ(1987) No. 85-673 Argued: November 3, 1987Decided: December 14, 1987 </s> 763 F.2d 1532, affirmed by an equally divided Court. </s> Michael J. Hayes, First Assistant Attorney General of Illinois, argued the cause for appellants. With him on the briefs for appellant Hartiga... | 4 | 1 | 0 |
United States Supreme Court ASHLAND OIL, INC. v. CARLYL(1990) No. 88-421 Argued: Decided: June 28, 1990 </s> During the years at issue, West Virginia imposed a gross receipts tax on persons selling tangible property wholesale, but exempted local manufacturers. The State Tax Commissioner upheld the tax assessed on sale... | 6 | 0 | 3 |
United States Supreme Court PRINTZ, SHERIFF/CORONER, RAVALLI COUNTY, MONTANA v. UNITED STATES(1997) No. 95-1478 Argued: December 3, 1996Decided: June 27, 1997 </s> * </s> Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act provisions require the Attorney General to establish a national system for instantly checking prospective handg... | 9 | 0 | 3 |
United States Supreme Court EDWARDS v. ARIZONA(1981) No. 79-5269 Argued: November 5, 1980Decided: May 18, 1981 </s> After being arrested on a state criminal charge, and after being informed of his rights as required by Miranda v. Arizona, 384 U.S. 436 , petitioner was questioned by the police on January 19, 1976, un... | 0 | 1 | 3 |
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