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Shaw Vs. Reno

Court : US Supreme Court

..... against the state appellees. they sought similar relief against the federal appellees, arguing, alternatively, that the federal appellees had misconstrued the voting rights act or that the act itself was unconstitutional. the three-judge district court granted the federal appellees' motion to dismiss. 808 f. supp. 461 (ednc 1992). the ..... perpetuating ugly patterns of pervasive racial discrimination." blumstein, defining and proving race discrimination: perspectives on the purpose v s. results approach from the voting rights act, 69 va. l. rev. 633, 637 (1983). ostensibly race-neutral devices such as literacy tests with "grandfather" clauses and "good character" provisos ..... to serve some permissible state interest).5 presumably because the legitimate consideration of race in a districting decision is usually inevitable under the voting rights act when communities are racially mixed, however, and because, without more, it does not result in diminished political effectiveness for anyone, we have .....

Commissioner Vs. Soliman

Court : US Supreme Court

..... 180. stevens, j., filed a dissenting opinion, post, p. 184. kent l. jones argued the cause for petitioner. with him on the briefs were solicitor general starr, acting assistant attorney general bruton, deputy solicitor general wallace, richard farber, and teresa e. mclaughlin. david m. sokolow argued the cause and filed a brief for respondent. 170 justice ..... the exclusive use referred to in the preceding sentence is for the convenience of his employer." (emphasis added.) congress adopted 280a as part of the tax reform act of 1976. pub. l. 94-455, 94th cong., 2d sess. before its adoption, expenses attributable to the business use of a residence were deductible whenever they ..... to provide a narrower scope for the 174 deduction, but congress has provided no definition of "principal place of business." in interpreting the meaning of the words in a revenue act, we look to the "'ordinary, everyday senses'" of the words. malat v. riddell, 383 u. s. 569 , 571 (1966) (per curiam) (quoting crane v. .....

Lucas Vs. South Carolina Coastal Council

Court : US Supreme Court

..... u. s. 623 (1887) (prohibition upon use of a building as a brewery; other uses permitted); plymouth coal co. v. pennsylvania, 232 u. s. 531 (1914) (requirement that "pillar" of coal be left in ground to safeguard mine workers; mineral rights could otherwise be exploited); reinman v. little rock, 237 u. s. 171 (1915) ..... is full of these "allor-nothing" situations. justice stevens similarly misinterprets our focus on "developmental" uses of property (the uses proscribed by the beachfront management act) as betraying an "assumption that the only uses of property cognizable under the constitution are developmental uses." post, at 1065, n. 3. we make no ..... do what the owners of the immediately adjacent parcels had already done: erect singlefamily residences. he commissioned architectural drawings for this purpose. the beachfront management act brought lucas's plans to an abrupt end. under that 1988 legislation, the council was directed to establish a "baseline" connecting the landwardmost "point[s .....

Planned Parenthood of Southeastern PA. Vs. Casey

Court : US Supreme Court

..... judgment of physicians involved in abortions at first glance may seem valid, given the commonwealth's interest in maternal health and enforcement of the act. the district court found, however, that, notwithstanding the confidentiality protections, many physicians, particularly those who have previously discontinued performing abortions because ..... experienced social worker or other counselor knows, theoretical financial responsibility often does not equate with fulfillment .... under the guise of informed consent, the act requires the dissemination of information that is not relevant to such consent, and, thus, it advances no legitimate state interest." 476 u. s ..... maternal health and prenatal life, in gathering statistical information with respect to patients, and in ensuring compliance with other provisions of the act, while keeping the reports completely confidential. public disclosure of other reports made by facilities receiving public funds-those identifying the facilities and any .....

Ashoka Marketing Ltd. and Another Vs. Punjab National Bank and Others

Court : Supreme Court of India

Reported in : AIR1991SC855; [1992]74CompCas482(SC); JT1990(3)SC417; 1990(2)SCALE200; (1990)4SCC406; [1990]3SCR649

..... the said banks are owned by the central government.15. shri yogeshwer prasad has pointed out that, in view of section 3(4) of the banks nationalisation act, the nationalised bank is a body corporate and not a corporation and that there is a distinction between a body corporate and a corporation inasmuch as a body corporate ..... allahabad bank building situated at 17, parliament street, new delhi. the said building belongs to allahabad bank, a body corporate constituted under the provisions of the banks nationalisation act. the said premises were let out to pt. k.b. parsai, the appellant in this appeal, for a period of three years with effect from, february ..... that in order to constitute a corporation there must exist persons, i.e. members, composing it, and that this element is missing in the nationalised banks inasmuch as the banks nationalisation act does not provide for any membership to these banks. this contention is without any merit because, as noticed earlier, in the new pattern of .....

Lujan Vs. Nat'l Wildlife Fed'n

Court : US Supreme Court

..... of federally owned land. see, e.g., rev.stat. 2319, 30 u.s.c. 22 et seq. (mining law of 1872); 41 stat. 437, as amended, 30 u.s.c. 181 et seq. (mineral leasing act of 1920). congress also provided means, however, for the executive to remove public lands from the operation of these ..... lodgepole pine forest and aspen conifer woodland habitat types could be disturbed, which would cause significant long-term impacts to moose and elk. . . . if gold mining activities continued to erode these high-value habitats, trout fisheries, the lander moose herd, the beaver pond ecosystems, and the populations of many other wildlife species would ..... -356. the other affiants were nwf members david doran, merlin mccolm, stephen blomeke, and will ouellette. these individuals identified termination orders that had opened to mining particular tracts of land used by the affiants for recreation and aesthetic enjoyment. the federal parties do not concede that the supplemental affidavits established with certainty the .....

Rutan Vs. Republican Party

Court : US Supreme Court

..... for the time being the control of the public patronage." ex parte curtis, 106 u. s. 371 , 106 u. s. 375 (1882) (upholding constitutionality of act of aug. 15, 1876, 6, ch. 287, 19 stat. 169, prohibiting nonappointed federal employees from requesting or receiving anything of value for political purposes). petitioners rutan ..... religion, sex, or national origin. moreover, the first amendment, as the court below noted, already protects state employees not only from patronage dismissals but "even an act of retaliation as trivial as failing to hold a birthday party for a public employee . . . when intended to punish her for exercising her free speech rights." ..... due to their political backgrounds are adversely affected. they will feel a significant obligation to support political positions held by their superiors, and to refrain from acting on the political views they actually hold, in order to progress up the career ladder. employees denied transfers to workplaces reasonably close to their homes .....

Fw/Pbs Vs. City of Dallas

Court : US Supreme Court

..... was not required to distinguish between protected and unprotected speech. he was reviewing applications to practice a particular profession, just as the city of dallas is acting on applications to operate particular businesses. similarly, the fundraisers in riley had their entire livelihoods at stake, just as the bookstores and others subject to ..... that will have every incentive to pursue the license applications vigorously. ante at 493 u. s. 229 -230. the ordinance requires that an application be acted on within 30 days. licensing decisions suspending or revoking a license are immediately appealable to a permit and license appeal board, and are stayed pending that ..... " means page 493 u. s. 255 "(a) the fondling or other erotic touching of human genitals, pubic region, buttocks, anus, or female breasts;" "(b) sex acts, normal or perverted, actual or simulated, including intercourse, oral copulation, or sodomy;" "(c) masturbation, actual or simulated; or" "(d) excretory functions as part of or .....

County of Allegheny Vs. Aclu

Court : US Supreme Court

..... spirit"). [ footnote 55 ] justice kennedy evidently believes that contemporary references to exclusively christian creeds (like the trinity or the divinity of jesus) in official acts or proclamations is justified by the religious sentiments of those responsible for the adoption of the first amendment. see 2 j. story, commentaries on the ..... the court is this: that we will not tolerate either governmentally established religion or governmental interference with religion. short of those expressly proscribed governmental acts, there is room for play in the joints productive of a benevolent neutrality which will permit religious exercise to exist page 492 u. s. ..... 605, and nn. 53-54, the relevant historical practices are those conducted by governmental units which were subject to the constraints of the establishment clause. acts of "official discrimination against non-christians" perpetrated in the 18th and 19th centuries by states and municipalities are, of course, irrelevant to this inquiry, .....

Bfi, Inc. Vs. Kelco Disposal, Inc.

Court : US Supreme Court

..... ," "my blood for your rude brawls doth lie a-bleeding;" "but i'll amerce you with so strong a fine," "that you shall all repent the loss of mine." act iii, scene 1, lines 186-189. the preeminence of fines gave courts much more power, for only they could impose fines. massey 1253. once it was clear that ..... terse instruction: "in determining the amount of punitive damages, . . . you may take into account the character of the defendants, their financial standing, and the nature of their acts." app. 81. guidance like this is scarcely better than no guidance at all. i do not suggest that the instruction itself was in error; indeed, it appears to have been ..... market. in 1984, kelco and kelley brought an action in the united states district court for the district of vermont, alleging a violation of 2 of the sherman act for attempts to monopolize the burlington roll-off market. they also claimed that bfi had interfered with kelco's contractual relations in violation of vermont tort law. kelley's .....