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1960-055-01 | United States Supreme Court
MICHIGAN NAT. BANK v. MICHIGAN(1961)
No. 155
Argued: Decided: March 6, 1961
R.
S. 5219 permits States to tax the shares of national banks, but not "at a greater rate than . . . other moneyed capital . . . coming into competition with the business of national banks." Michigan taxes the s... | conservative | public_entity | 9 | federalism |
1977-013-01 | United States Supreme Court
NEW YORK v. CATHEDRAL ACADEMY(1977)
No. 76-616
Argued: October 3, 1977Decided: December 6, 1977
A three-judge District Court issued a judgment (later affirmed by this Court) declaring unconstitutional a New York statute (1970 N. Y. Laws, ch. 138) that authorized reimbursement to nonpubl... | liberal | organization | 2 | first_amendment |
1992-056-01 | United States Supreme Court
HAZEN PAPER CO. v. BIGGINS(1993)
No. 91-1600
Argued: January 13, 1993Decided: April 20, 1993
Petitioners fired respondent Biggins when he was 62 years old and apparently a few weeks short of the years of service he needed for his pension to vest. In his ensuing lawsuit, a jury found, in... | conservative | person | 1 | civil_rights |
1970-135-01 | United States Supreme Court
SIMPSON v. FLORIDA(1971)
No. 1267
Argued: Decided: June 14, 1971
A store manager and a customer were robbed by two armed men. Petitioner was tried and convicted of robbing the manager, but on retrial after reversal he was acquitted. He was then charged with robbing the customer, his mot... | liberal | public_entity | 0 | criminal_procedure |
2005-029-01 | United States Supreme Court
MINISTRY OF DEFENSE AND SUPPORT FOR THE ARMED FORCES OF THE ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN v. DARIUSH ELAHI(2006)
No. 04-1095
Argued: Decided: February 21, 2006
Per Curiam.
A private citizen seeks to attach an asset belonging to Iran's Ministry of Defense in order to help satisfy a judgment fo... | liberal | other | 7 | economic_activity |
1967-170-01 | United States Supreme Court
JONES v. UNITED STATES(1968)
No. 135
Argued: Decided: June 10, 1968
Rehearing granted; certiorari granted; 374 F.2d 414, vacated and remanded.
Herbert Monte Levy for petitioner.
Solicitor General Marshall, Assistant Attorney General Vinson, and Philip R. Monahan for the United States.... | liberal | public_entity | 0 | criminal_procedure |
1976-136-01 | United States Supreme Court
NATIONAL SOCIALIST PARTY v. SKOKIE(1977)
No. 76-1786
Argued: Decided: June 14, 1977
The Illinois Supreme Court denied a stay of the trial court's injunction prohibiting petitioners from marching, walking, or parading in the uniform of the National Socialist Party of America or otherwise... | liberal | public_entity | 2 | first_amendment |
1952-008-01 | United States Supreme Court
UNITED STATES v. BEACON BRASS CO.(1952)
No. 30
Argued: October 23, 1952Decided: November 10, 1952
A willful attempt to evade or defeat taxes by making false statements to Treasury representatives violates 145 (b) of the Internal Revenue Code, 26 U.S.C. 145 (b), and is not punishable exc... | conservative | person | 0 | criminal_procedure |
2008-040-03 | United States Supreme Court
ENTERGY CORP. v. RIVERKEEPER, INC., ET AL.(2009)
No. 07-588
Argued: December 2, 2008Decided: April 1, 2009
Petitioners' powerplants have "cooling water intake structures" that threaten the environment by squashing against intake screens ("impingement") or suctioning into the cooling system... | conservative | organization | 7 | economic_activity |
1957-048-01 | United States Supreme Court
LABOR BOARD v. MINE WORKERS(1958)
No. 64
Argued: January 6, 1958Decided: February 3, 1958
The National Labor Relations Board found that an employer had committed an unfair labor practice by assisting a union to defeat the efforts of a rival union to organize the employer's workers, but ... | liberal | organization | 6 | unions |
2002-036-02 | United States Supreme Court
BRANCH et al. v. SMITH et al.(2003)
No. 01-1437
Argued: December 10, 2002Decided: March 31, 2003
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 candida... | liberal | person | 1 | civil_rights |
1984-031-01 | United States Supreme Court
UNITED STATES v. DANN(1985)
No. 83-1476
Argued: November 5, 1984Decided: February 20, 1985
In 1951, the Shoshone Tribe sought compensation for the loss of aboriginal title to lands in several Western States. The Indian Claims Commission (Commission) entered an interlocutory order holdin... | conservative | other | 1 | civil_rights |
2007-009-01 | United States Supreme Court
RANDALL WRIGHT, SHERIFF, SHAWANO COUNTY, WISCONSIN v. JOSEPH L. VAN PATTEN(2008)
No. 07-212
Argued: Decided: January 7, 2008
Per Curiam.
The Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit held that respondent Joseph Van Patten was entitled to relief under 28 U.S.C. §2254, reasoning that his ... | conservative | person | 0 | criminal_procedure |
1978-150-01 | United States Supreme Court
JACKSON v. VIRGINIA(1979)
No. 78-5283
Argued: March 21, 1979Decided: June 28, 1979
Petitioner was convicted of first-degree murder after a bench trial in a Virginia court, and his motion and petition in the state courts to set aside the conviction on the ground that there was insufficie... | conservative | public_entity | 0 | criminal_procedure |
1973-020-01 | United States Supreme Court
NORTH DAKOTA PHARMACY BD. v. SNYDER'S STORES(1973)
No. 72-1176
Argued: November 6, 1973Decided: December 5, 1973
The North Dakota Supreme Court, relying on Liggett Co. v. Baldridge,
278
U.S. 105
, held unconstitutional a state statute, under which respondent had been denied a pharmacy... | liberal | other | 7 | economic_activity |
2004-054-01 | United States Supreme Court
GONZALES, ATTORNEY GENERAL, et al. v. RAICH et al.(2005)
No. 03-1454
Argued: November 29, 2004Decided: June 6, 2005
California's Compassionate Use Act authorizes limited marijuana use for medicinal purposes. Respondents Raich and Monson are California residents who both use doctor-recomme... | liberal | person | 9 | federalism |
2007-003-01 | United States Supreme Court
CSX TRANSPORTATION, INC. v. GEORGIA STATE BOARD OF EQUALIZATION ET AL.(2007)
No. 06-1287
Argued: November 5, 2007Decided: December 4, 2007
Under Georgia law, most commercial and industrial property is valued locally by county boards for tax purposes, but public utilities such as petitioner... | conservative | public_entity | 7 | economic_activity |
1979-044-01 | United States Supreme Court
TRAMMEL v. UNITED STATES(1980)
No. 78-5705
Argued: Decided: February 27, 1980
Prior to his trial with others on federal drug charges, petitioner advised the District Court that the Government intended to call his wife (who had been named in the indictment as an unindicted co-conspirator... | conservative | public_entity | 8 | judicial_power |
1975-013-01 | United States Supreme Court
BRAY v. UNITED STATES(1975)
No. 75-5182
Argued: Decided: December 1, 1975
Petitioner's conviction of criminal contempt under 18 U.S.C. 401 for refusing to testify and to produce business records subpoenaed by the Internal Revenue Service in connection with an inquiry into possible viola... | liberal | public_entity | 8 | judicial_power |
1981-159-05 | United States Supreme Court
GENERAL BUILDING CONTRACTORS ASSN. v. PA.(1982)
No. 81-280
Argued: March 3, 1982Decided: June 29, 1982
Respondents - the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and several black individuals representing a class of racial minorities who are skilled or seek work as operating engineers in the constr... | conservative | public_entity | 1 | civil_rights |
1967-166-01 | United States Supreme Court
GARDNER v. BRODERICK(1968)
No. 635
Argued: April 30, 1968Decided: June 10, 1968
Appellant, a police officer, was subpoenaed by and appeared before a grand jury which was investigating alleged bribery and corruption of police officers, and was advised that the grand jury proposed to exam... | liberal | public_entity | 0 | criminal_procedure |
1972-088-01 | United States Supreme Court
BUTZ v. GLOVER LIVESTOCK COMM'N CO.(1973)
No. 71-1545
Argued: February 27, 1973Decided: March 28, 1973
Respondent stockyard operator, who after a hearing had been found to have short-weighted livestock and underpaid consignors on the basis of the false weights, was ordered by a Judicial... | conservative | person | 8 | judicial_power |
1976-149-01 | United States Supreme Court
HUNT v. WASHINGTON APPLE ADVERTISING COMM'N(1977)
No. 76-63
Argued: February 22, 1977Decided: June 20, 1977
Appellee, a statutory agency for the promotion and protection of the Washington State apple industry and composed of 13 state growers and dealers chosen from electoral districts b... | liberal | public_entity | 7 | economic_activity |
1961-081-01 | United States Supreme Court
ENOCHS v. WILLIAMS PACKING CO.(1962)
No. 493
Argued: April 18, 1962Decided: May 28, 1962
Respondent, which is in the business of providing fishing trawlers to commercial fishermen, sued in a Federal District Court to enjoin the collection of social security and unemployment taxes claime... | liberal | other | 10 | federal_taxation |
1990-034-01 | United States Supreme Court
LOZADA v. DEEDS(1991)
No. 90-5393
Argued: Decided: February 19, 1991
Petitioner Lozada failed to file a direct appeal from his Nevada state court convictions. After exhausting state postconviction remedies, he filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus in the Federal District Court, a... | liberal | public_entity | 0 | criminal_procedure |
1987-122-01 | United States Supreme Court
INS v. PANGILINAN(1988)
No. 86-1992
Argued: February 24, 1988Decided: June 17, 1988
Respondents, 16 Filipino nationals who served with the United States Armed Forces during World War II, seek United States citizenship pursuant to 701 through 705 of the Nationality Act of 1940, as amende... | conservative | person | 1 | civil_rights |
1963-036-01 | United States Supreme Court
HARDY v. UNITED STATES(1964)
No. 112
Argued: November 21, 1963Decided: January 6, 1964
After an indigent defendant in a federal court had been convicted and sentenced to imprisonment, the court-appointed lawyer who represented him at the trial withdrew his appearance. The Court of Appea... | liberal | public_entity | 1 | civil_rights |
1957-148-01 | United States Supreme Court
JONES v. UNITED STATES(1958)
No. 331
Argued: Decided: June 30, 1958
Having good reason to believe that it sheltered an illicit distillery, a federal officer obtained a daytime search warrant for petitioner's home but obtained no warrant for his arrest. After dark and without using the s... | liberal | public_entity | 0 | criminal_procedure |
1954-088-01 | United States Supreme Court
PETERS v. HOBBY(1955)
No. 376
Argued: April 19, 1955Decided: June 6, 1955
During his employment as a special consultant in a federal agency, petitioner had been twice cleared by the agency's loyalty board. Subsequently, acting solely on its own motion, the Civil Service Commission's Loy... | liberal | public_entity | 2 | first_amendment |
2004-075-01 | United States Supreme Court
VAN ORDEN v. PERRY, in his official capacity as GOVERNOR OF TEXAS and CHAIRMAN, STATE PRESERVATION BOARD, et al.(2005)
No. 03-1500
Argued: March 2, 2005Decided: June 27, 2005
Among the 21 historical markers and 17 monuments surrounding the Texas State Capitol is a 6-foot-high monolith insc... | conservative | public_entity | 2 | first_amendment |
2003-038-01 | United States Supreme Court
RAYMOND B. YATES, M. D., P. C. PROFIT SHARING PLAN et al. v. HENDON, TRUSTEE(2004)
No. 02-458
Argued: January 13, 2004Decided: March 2, 2004
Enacted "to protect ... the interests of participants in employee benefit plans and their beneficiaries," 29 U.S.C. §1001(b), the Employee Retirement... | liberal | other | 7 | economic_activity |
1982-161-01 | United States Supreme Court
BARCLAY v. FLORIDA(1983)
No. 81-6908
Argued: March 30, 1983Decided: July 6, 1983
Petitioner and other men, whose apparent purpose was to indiscriminately kill white persons and to start a racial war, killed a white hitchhiker in Florida. Petitioner was convicted of first-degree murder b... | conservative | public_entity | 0 | criminal_procedure |
1981-172-01 | United States Supreme Court
ENMUND v. FLORIDA(1982)
No. 81-5321
Argued: March 23, 1982Decided: July 2, 1982
Petitioner and a codefendant, at a jury trial in a Florida court, were convicted of first-degree murder and robbery of two elderly persons at their farmhouse, and were sentenced to death. The Florida Supreme... | liberal | public_entity | 0 | criminal_procedure |
1958-120-01 | United States Supreme Court
ROSENBERG v. UNITED STATES(1959)
No. 451
Argued: April 28, 1959Decided: June 22, 1959
Petitioner was convicted in a Federal District Court of transporting in interstate commerce, in violation of 18 U.S.C. 2314, a check obtained by the perpetration of a fraud to which he had been a party... | conservative | public_entity | 0 | criminal_procedure |
1966-033-01 | United States Supreme Court
NLRB v. ACME INDUSTRIAL CO.(1967)
No. 52
Argued: November 14, 1966Decided: January 9, 1967
A collective bargaining agreement, which contained procedures for processing grievances culminating in compulsory and binding arbitration, provided that it was the respondent, employer's, policy n... | liberal | person | 6 | unions |
1951-083-01 | United States Supreme Court
FED. TRADE COMM'N v. RUBEROID CO.(1952)
No. 448
Argued: Decided: May 26, 1952
A company which was engaged in the manufacture of roofing materials was found by the Federal Trade Commission to have discriminated among customers in the prices charged for its products. The Commission held t... | liberal | organization | 7 | economic_activity |
1974-105-01 | United States Supreme Court
BREED v. JONES(1975)
No. 73-1995
Argued: Decided: May 27, 1975
The prosecution of respondent as an adult in California Superior Court, after an adjudicatory finding in Juvenile Court that he had violated a criminal statute and a subsequent finding that he was unfit for treatment as a ju... | liberal | other | 1 | civil_rights |
1950-036-01 | United States Supreme Court
UNITED STATES v. TEXAS & PAC. CO.(1951)
No. 38
Argued: Decided: February 26, 1951
Under 213 (now 5) of the Interstate Commerce Act, providing for the acquisition of operating rights from other carriers, and under 207, providing for new operations, the Interstate Commerce Commission had ... | conservative | organization | 8 | judicial_power |
1975-111-01 | United States Supreme Court
HANCOCK v. TRAIN(1976)
No. 74-220
Argued: January 13, 1976Decided: June 7, 1976
Although 118 of the Clean Air Act obligates federal installations discharging air pollutants to join with nonfederal facilities in complying with state "requirements respecting control and abatement of air p... | liberal | public_entity | 9 | federalism |
1958-016-02 | United States Supreme Court
UNITED GAS CO. v. MEMPHIS GAS DIV.(1958)
No. 23
Argued: Decided: December 8, 1958
[Footnote * Together with No. 25, Federal Power Commission v. Memphis Light, Gas and Water Division et al., and No. 26, Texas Gas Transmission Corp. et al. v. Memphis Light, Gas and Water Division et al., ... | conservative | organization | 7 | economic_activity |
1986-004-01 | United States Supreme Court
KELLY v. ROBINSON(1986)
No. 85-1033
Argued: October 8, 1986Decided: November 12, 1986
In 1980, respondent pleaded guilty in a Connecticut state court to a larceny charge based on her wrongful receipt of welfare benefits from the Connecticut Department of Income Maintenance. She was sent... | conservative | other | 7 | economic_activity |
1970-127-01 | United States Supreme Court
UNITED STATES v. MITCHELL(1971)
No. 798
Argued: April 20, 1971Decided: June 7, 1971
A married woman domiciled in Louisiana, where under state law the wife has a present vested interest in community property equal to that of her husband, is personally liable for federal income taxes on h... | liberal | person | 10 | federal_taxation |
1976-062-01 | United States Supreme Court
NOLDE BROS., INC. v. BAKERY WORKERS(1977)
No. 75-1198
Argued: November 9, 1976Decided: March 7, 1977
Petitioner corporation entered into a collective-bargaining agreement with respondent Union which contained a provision for severance pay on termination of the employment of certain empl... | conservative | organization | 6 | unions |
1986-010-01 | United States Supreme Court
CARGILL, INC. v. MONFORT OF COLORADO, INC.(1986)
No. 85-473
Argued: October 6, 1986Decided: December 9, 1986
Section 16 of the Clayton Act entitles a private party to sue for injunctive relief against "threatened loss or damage by a violation of the antitrust laws." Respondent, the coun... | conservative | other | 7 | economic_activity |
1948-078-01 | United States Supreme Court
KILPATRICK V. TEXAS & P. RY. CO.(1949)
No. 233
Argued: Decided: May 31, 1949
Mr. Wm. H. DeParcq, Minneapolis, Minn., for petitioner.
Mr. Porter R. Chandler, New York City, for respondent.
Mr. Chief Justice VINSON, delivered the opinion of the Court.
This litigation has a rather inv... | conservative | facility | 8 | judicial_power |
2005-024-01 | United States Supreme Court
UNITHERM FOOD SYSTEMS, INC. v. SWIFT-ECKRICH, INC., dba CONAGRA REFRIGERATED FOODS(2006)
No. 04-597
Argued: November 2, 2005Decided: January 23, 2006
After respondent ConAgra warned companies selling equipment and processes for browning precooked meats that it intended to protect its right... | conservative | other | 8 | judicial_power |
1988-081-01 | United States Supreme Court
NEITZKE v. WILLIAMS(1989)
No. 87-1882
Argued: February 22, 1989Decided: May 1, 1989
A provision in the federal in forma pauperis statute, 28 U.S.C. 1915(d), authorizes courts to dismiss an in forma pauperis claim if, inter alia, "the action is frivolous or malicious." Respondent William... | liberal | person | 1 | civil_rights |
2005-047-01 | United States Supreme Court
DAY v. McDONOUGH, INTERIM SECRETARY, FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS(2006)
No. 04-1324
Argued: February 27, 2006Decided: April 25, 2006
The Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 (AEDPA) sets a one-year limitation period for filing a state prisoner's federal habeas corpus ... | conservative | public_entity | 0 | criminal_procedure |
1962-040-02 | United States Supreme Court
McCULLOCH v. SOCIEDAD NACIONAL(1963)
No. 107
Argued: Decided: February 18, 1963
[Footnote * Together with No. 91, McLeod, Regional Director, National Labor Relations Board, v. Empresa Hondurena de Vapores, S. A., and No. 93, National Maritime Union of America, AFL-CIO, v. Empresa Hondur... | conservative | other | 6 | unions |
1958-058-01 | United States Supreme Court
GANGER v. CITY OF MIAMI(1959)
No. 153
Argued: Decided: March 9, 1959
Appeal dismissed for want of a properly presented substantial federal question.
Reported below: 101 So.2d 116, 123.
Thomas H. Anderson and Herbert L. Nadeau argued the cause for appellants. With them on the brief wa... | conservative | public_entity | 8 | judicial_power |
2005-081-01 | United States Supreme Court
RANDALL et al. v. SORRELL et al.(2006)
No. 04-1528
Argued: February 28, 2006Decided: June 26, 2006
Vermont's Act 64 stringently limits both the amounts that candidates for state office may spend on their campaigns and the amounts that individuals, organizations, and political parties may c... | conservative | other | 2 | first_amendment |
1971-146-01 | United States Supreme Court
FLOOD v. KUHN(1972)
No. 71-32
Argued: March 20, 1972Decided: June 19, 1972
Petitioner, a professional baseball player "traded" to another club without his previous knowledge or consent, brought this antitrust suit after being refused the right to make his own contract with another major... | conservative | other | 7 | economic_activity |
1956-089-01 | United States Supreme Court
RABANG v. BOYD(1957)
No. 403
Argued: May 1, 1957Decided: May 27, 1957
Petitioner, born in 1910 in the Philippine Islands, has resided in the continental United States since 1930 when he was admitted for permanent residence. He was convicted in February 1951 of violating the federal narc... | conservative | public_entity | 1 | civil_rights |
1975-084-02 | United States Supreme Court
MOE v. SALISH & KOOTENAI TRIBES(1976)
No. 74-1656
Argued: January 20, 1976Decided: April 27, 1976
[Footnote * Together with No. 75-50, Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes of the Flathead Reservation et al. v. Moe, Sheriff, et al., also on appeal from the same court.
An Indian trib... | liberal | public_entity | 1 | civil_rights |
1953-007-02 | United States Supreme Court
TOOLSON v. NEW YORK YANKEES(1953)
No. 18
Argued: October 13, 1953Decided: November 9, 1953
The judgments in these cases are affirmed on the authority of Federal Baseball Club of Baltimore v. National League of Professional Baseball Clubs,
259
U.S. 200
, so far as that decision determi... | conservative | other | 7 | economic_activity |
1949-015-02 | United States Supreme Court
PARKER V. LOS ANGELES COUNTY(1949)
No. 49
Argued: November 8, 1949Decided: December 5, 1949
Messrs. John T. McTernan, A. L. Wirin, Los Angeles, Cal., for petitioner. [ Parker v. Los Angeles County
338
U.S. 327
(1949) ]
[338
U.S. 327
, 328]
Mr. Gerald G. Kelly, Los Angeles, C... | conservative | public_entity | 8 | judicial_power |
2008-030-01 | 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
Despite the North Carolina Constitution's "Whole County Provision" prohibiting the General Assembly from dividing counties wh... | conservative | public_entity | 1 | civil_rights |
1971-125-01 | United States Supreme Court
UNITED STATES v. MIDWEST VIDEO CORP.(1972)
No. 71-506
Argued: April 19, 1972Decided: June 7, 1972
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) promulgated a rule that "no CATV system having 3,500 or more subscribers shall carry the signal of any television broadcast station unless the sy... | liberal | other | 7 | economic_activity |
1947-004-01 | United States Supreme Court
INTERNATIONAL SALT CO. V. U. S.(1947)
No. 46
Argued: October 16, 1947Decided: November 10, 1947
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) ]
[332
U.S. 392
, 393]
Mr. Lemue... | liberal | public_entity | 7 | economic_activity |
1962-059-01 | United States Supreme Court
DOUGLAS v. CALIFORNIA(1963)
No. 34
Argued: April 17, 1962Decided: March 18, 1963
In a California State Court, petitioners were tried jointly, convicted of 13 felonies and sentenced to imprisonment. Exercising their only right to appeal as of right, they appealed to an intermediate Court... | liberal | public_entity | 1 | civil_rights |
1981-045-01 | United States Supreme Court
NEW ENGLAND POWER CO. v. NEW HAMPSHIRE(1982)
No. 80-1208
Argued: December 7, 1981Decided: February 24, 1982
Appellant New England Power Co., a public utility generating and transmitting electricity at wholesale, sells most of its power in Massachusetts and Rhode Island; its wholesale cu... | conservative | public_entity | 7 | economic_activity |
1952-062-01 | United States Supreme Court
RAMSPECK v. TRIAL EXAMINERS CONF.(1953)
No. 278
Argued: Decided: March 9, 1953
Certain provisions of regulations promulgated by the Civil Service Commission under 11 of the Administrative Procedure Act and governing the classification, promotion, compensation and tenure of trial examine... | conservative | public_entity | 1 | civil_rights |
1963-025-01 | United States Supreme Court
UNITED STATES v. BEHRENS(1963)
No. 86
Argued: October 17, 1963Decided: December 9, 1963
Respondent was convicted in a Federal District Court of an offense punishable under 18 U.S.C. 113 (a) by imprisonment for not more than 20 years. The Trial Judge issued an oral order under 18 U.S.C. ... | liberal | person | 0 | criminal_procedure |
1977-097-02 | United States Supreme Court
CALIFORNIA v. SOUTHLAND ROYALTY CO.(1978)
No. 76-1114
Argued: December 7, 1977Decided: May 31, 1978
[Footnote * Together with No. 76-1133, El Paso Natural Gas Co. v. Southland Royalty Co. et al.; and No. 76-1587, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission v. Southland Royalty Co. et al., also... | liberal | other | 7 | economic_activity |
1952-064-01 | United States Supreme Court
CHAPMAN v. FEDERAL POWER COMM'N.(1953)
No. 28
Argued: October 22, 1952Decided: March 16, 1953
The Corps of Engineers recommended to Congress a comprehensive plan for the development of the Roanoke River Basin for flood-control, power, and other purposes; but it did not clearly recommend... | conservative | public_entity | 7 | economic_activity |
1991-057-01 | United States Supreme Court
FREEMAN v. PITTS(1992)
No. 89-1290
Argued: October 7, 1991Decided: March 31, 1992
In a class action filed by respondents, black schoolchildren and their parents, the District Court, in 1969, entered a consent order approving a plan to dismantle the de jure segregation that had existed i... | conservative | person | 1 | civil_rights |
1964-071-01 | United States Supreme Court
BURNETT v. NEW YORK CENTRAL R. CO.(1965)
No. 437
Argued: March 11, 1965Decided: April 5, 1965
Petitioner brought an action in an Ohio court with jurisdiction against respondent, who was properly served with process, under the Federal Employers' Liability Act (FELA) only a few days befor... | liberal | facility | 7 | economic_activity |
1981-026-01 | United States Supreme Court
VALLEY FORGE COLLEGE v. AMERICANS UNITED(1982)
No. 80-327
Argued: November 4, 1981Decided: January 12, 1982
Pursuant to its authority under the Property Clause, Congress enacted the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 to provide an economical and efficient system fo... | conservative | person | 8 | judicial_power |
1968-121-01 | United States Supreme Court
RED LION BROADCASTING CO. v. FCC(1969)
No. 717
Argued: Decided: June 9, 1969
[Footnote * Together with No. 717, United States et al. v. Radio Television News Directors Assn. et al., on certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, argued April 3, 1969.
The ... | liberal | other | 2 | first_amendment |
1963-050-01 | United States Supreme Court
U.S. v. WIESENFELD WAREHOUSE CO.(1964)
No. 92
Argued: January 16, 1964Decided: February 17, 1964
Appellee, a public storage warehouseman, was charged by criminal information with violations of 301 (k) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, which prohibits acts involving defacement... | liberal | person | 7 | economic_activity |
1998-074-01 | United States Supreme Court
WEST, SECRETARY OF VETERANS AFFAIRS v. GIBSON(1999)
No. 98-238
Argued: April 26, 1999Decided: June 14, 1999
In 1972, Congress extended Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to prohibit employment discrimination in the Federal Government, 42 U. S. C. §2000e-16, to authorize the Equal Em... | liberal | person | 1 | civil_rights |
2001-016-01 | United States Supreme Court
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION v. WAFFLE HOUSE, INC.(2002)
No. 99-1823
Argued: October 10, 2001Decided: January 15, 2002
Respondent's employees must each sign an agreement requiring employment disputes to be settled by binding arbitration. After Eric Baker suffered a seizure and... | liberal | person | 6 | unions |
1957-142-01 | United States Supreme Court
ASHDOWN v. UTAH(1958)
No. 158
Argued: April 1, 1958Decided: June 30, 1958
Petitioner claims that her conviction in a state court of first-degree murder was obtained by use in evidence of an oral confession which had been obtained in such a manner that its use violated due process of law... | conservative | public_entity | 0 | criminal_procedure |
1997-025-01 | United States Supreme Court
DOLORES M. OUBRE v. ENTERGY OPERATIONS, INC.(1998)
No. 96-1291
Argued: November 12, 1997Decided: January 26, 1998
In consideration for receipt of severance pay under an employment termination agreement, petitioner Oubre signed a release of all claims against her employer, respond... | liberal | person | 1 | civil_rights |
1983-122-01 | United States Supreme Court
FRANCHISE TAX BOARD OF CALIFORNIA v. USPS(1984)
No. 83-372
Argued: April 17, 1984Decided: June 11, 1984
After determining that four employees of appellee United States Postal Service were delinquent in their payment of state income taxes, appellant Franchise Tax Board of California serv... | conservative | public_entity | 9 | federalism |
1970-047-01 | United States Supreme Court
MONITOR PATRIOT CO. v. ROY(1971)
No. 62
Argued: December 17, 1970Decided: February 24, 1971
Just before the 1960 New Hampshire Democratic primary election, petitioner newspaper published a column characterizing senatorial candidate Roy as a "former small-time bootlegger." Roy, who was n... | conservative | other | 2 | first_amendment |
2003-072-01 | United States Supreme Court
HIBBS, DIRECTOR, ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE v. WINN et al.(2004)
No. 02-1809
Argued: January 20, 2004Decided: June 14, 2004
Counsel of Record
For Petitioner Hibbs:
Joseph Kanefield
Arizona Attorney General's Office
Phoenix, AZ
For Respondents Winn, et al.:
Marvin S. Cohen
S... | liberal | public_entity | 9 | federalism |
1967-004-01 | United States Supreme Court
WOOD v. UNITED STATES(1967)
No. 27
Argued: Decided: October 16, 1967
Petitioner before trial filed an affidavit requesting the District Court to assign counsel pursuant to the Criminal Justice Act but the court, without adequate inquiry into petitioner's financial ability to retain coun... | liberal | public_entity | 0 | criminal_procedure |
1961-049-01 | United States Supreme Court
BENZ v. NEW YORK STATE THRUWAY(1962)
No. 234
Argued: Decided: March 19, 1962
Since it now appears that this case presents no substantial federal question, the writ of certiorari is dismissed as improvidently granted.
Reported below: 9 N. Y. 2d 486, 174 N. E. 2d 727.
Lauren D. Rachlin... | conservative | public_entity | 8 | judicial_power |
1977-040-01 | United States Supreme Court
CALIFANO v. TORRES(1978)
No. 77-78
Argued: Decided: February 27, 1978
The provisions of the Social Security Act making benefits for aged, blind, and disabled persons under the Supplemental Security Income (SSI) program payable only to residents of the United States, defined as the 50 St... | conservative | person | 1 | civil_rights |
1997-086-01 | United States Supreme Court
AMERICAN TELEPHONE & TELEGRAPH CO. v. CENTRAL OFFICE TELEPHONE, INC.(1998)
No. 97-679
Argued: March 23, 1998Decided: June 15, 1998
Respondent purchases "bulk" communications services from longdistance providers, such as petitioner AT&T, and resells them to its customers. Petition... | liberal | organization | 9 | federalism |
1965-051-01 | United States Supreme Court
BAXSTROM v. HEROLD(1966)
No. 219
Argued: December 9, 1965Decided: February 23, 1966
Petitioner, while a prisoner, was certified as insane by a prison physician and transferred to Dannemora State Hospital, an institution under the jurisdiction of the New York Department of Correction and... | liberal | public_entity | 0 | criminal_procedure |
1993-032-01 | United States Supreme Court
POWELL v. NEVADA(1994)
No. 92-8841
Argued: February 22, 1994Decided: March 30, 1994
Petitioner Powell was arrested on November 3, 1989, for felony child abuse. Not until November 7, however, did a magistrate find probable cause to hold him for a preliminary hearing. The child in questi... | liberal | public_entity | 0 | criminal_procedure |
1953-054-01 | United States Supreme Court
ALABAMA v. TEXAS(1954)
No. ORIG
Argued: Decided: March 15, 1954
The motions of the States of Alabama and Rhode Island for leave to file complaints challenging the constitutionality of the Submerged Lands Act of 1953, are denied in view of Art. IV, 3, cl. 2 of the Federal Constitution... | liberal | public_entity | 9 | federalism |
1964-055-03 | United States Supreme Court
UNITED STATES v. SEEGER(1965)
No. 50
Argued: Decided: March 8, 1965
[Footnote * Together with No. 51, United States v. Jakobson, on certiorari to the same court, and No. 29, Peter v. United States, on certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.
These three ... | liberal | public_entity | 2 | first_amendment |
1970-076-01 | United States Supreme Court
UNITED STATES v. WHITE(1971)
No. 13
Argued: November 10, 1969Decided: April 5, 1971
Respondent was convicted in 1966 of narcotics violations following a trial where evidence was admitted of certain incriminating statements of respondent that were overheard by warrantless electronic eave... | conservative | person | 0 | criminal_procedure |
1957-113-01 | United States Supreme Court
LEWIS v. LABOR BOARD(1958)
No. 684
Argued: May 21, 1958Decided: June 9, 1958
In an unfair labor practice proceeding under the National Labor Relations Act, subpoenas duces tecum and ad testificandum directed to petitioners were issued by the Regional Director under the seal of the Board... | conservative | public_entity | 8 | judicial_power |
1984-023-01 | United States Supreme Court
EVITTS v. LUCEY(1985)
No. 83-1378
Argued: October 10, 1984Decided: January 21, 1985
After respondent was convicted of a drug offense in a Kentucky state court, his retained counsel filed a timely notice of appeal to the Kentucky Court of Appeals. But because counsel failed to file the s... | liberal | person | 0 | criminal_procedure |
1987-045-01 | United States Supreme Court
ARKANSAS BEST CORP. v. COMMISSIONER(1988)
No. 86-751
Argued: December 9, 1987Decided: March 7, 1988
Under 1221 of the Internal Revenue Code, the term "capital asset" means "property held by the taxpayer (whether or not connected with his trade or business), but does not include" five sp... | liberal | public_entity | 10 | federal_taxation |
1959-063-01 | United States Supreme Court
MACKEY v. MENDOZA-MARTINEZ(1960)
No. 29
Argued: November 10, 1959Decided: April 18, 1960
In this suit by appellee for a declaratory judgment that he is a citizen of the United States, the underlying issue as to the constitutionality of 401 (j) of the Nationality Act of 1940 being cloude... | liberal | person | 1 | civil_rights |
1985-094-01 | United States Supreme Court
BOWEN v. CITY OF NEW YORK(1986)
No. 84-1923
Argued: February 26, 1986Decided: June 2, 1986
The Social Security Act provides benefits to disabled persons under two programs administered by the Social Security Administration (SSA): the Social Security Disability Insurance Program (SSD) an... | liberal | public_entity | 1 | civil_rights |
2001-076-01 | United States Supreme Court
HARRIS v. UNITED STATES(2002)
No. 00-10666
Argued: March 25, 2002Decided: June 24, 2002
Petitioner, who sold illegal narcotics at his pawnshop with an unconcealed semiautomatic pistol at his side, was arrested for violating, inter alia, 18 U.S.C. §924(c)(1)(A), which provides in relevant ... | conservative | public_entity | 0 | criminal_procedure |
1996-032-01 | United States Supreme Court
UNITED STATES v. GONZALES et al.(1997)
No. 95-1605
Argued: December 11, 1996Decided: March 3, 1997
All three respondents were convicted in New Mexico courts and sentenced to prison terms on state charges arising from the use of guns by two of them to hold up undercover officers ... | conservative | person | 0 | criminal_procedure |
1980-138-01 | United States Supreme Court
LEHMAN v. NAKSHIAN(1981)
No. 80-242
Argued: March 31, 1981Decided: June 26, 1981
The Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 (ADEA or Act) was amended in 1974 to extend to federal employees the Act's protection of older workers against discrimination in the workplace based on age. ... | conservative | person | 0 | criminal_procedure |
1963-027-01 | United States Supreme Court
S. E. C. v. CAPITAL GAINS BUREAU(1963)
No. 42
Argued: October 21, 1963Decided: December 9, 1963
Under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, the Securities and Exchange Commission may obtain an injunction compelling a registered investment adviser to disclose to his clients a practice of... | liberal | organization | 7 | economic_activity |
1963-117-01 | United States Supreme Court
GRIFFIN v. SCHOOL BOARD(1964)
No. 592
Argued: March 30, 1964Decided: May 25, 1964
This litigation began in 1951 and resulted in this Court's holding in Brown v. Board of Education,
347
U.S. 483
(1954), that Virginia school segregation laws denied the equal protection of the laws and,... | liberal | public_entity | 1 | civil_rights |
1954-095-01 | United States Supreme Court
ELLIS v. DIXON(1955)
No. 20
Argued: October 18, 1954Decided: June 6, 1955
This Court granted certiorari to consider petitioner's claim that his organization had been denied federal constitutional rights and that the New York State courts had ruled adversely on this claim in sustaining d... | conservative | public_entity | 8 | judicial_power |
1958-089-02 | United States Supreme Court
T. I. M. E. INC. v. UNITED STATES(1959)
No. 68
Argued: January 20, 1959Decided: May 18, 1959
A shipper of goods by a motor carrier certificated by the Interstate Commerce Commission under the Motor Carrier Act of 1935 cannot challenge in post-shipment litigation the reasonableness of th... | conservative | public_entity | 7 | economic_activity |
2007-068-01 | United States Supreme Court
KENNEDY v. LOUISIANA(2008)
No. 07-343
Argued: April 16, 2008Decided: June 25, 2008
Louisiana charged petitioner with the aggravated rape of his then-8-year-old stepdaughter. He was convicted and sentenced to death under a state statute authorizing capital punishment for the rape of a chil... | liberal | public_entity | 0 | criminal_procedure |
1981-174-01 | United States Supreme Court
UNITED STATES v. VALENZUELA-BERNAL(1982)
No. 81-450
Argued: April 20, 1982Decided: July 2, 1982
Respondent was indicted in Federal District Court for transporting one Romero-Morales in violation of 8 U.S.C. 1324(a)(2), which prohibits the knowing transportation of an alien illegally in ... | conservative | person | 0 | criminal_procedure |
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