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Jun 24 1974 (FN)

Richardson Vs. Ramirez

Court : US Supreme Court

..... , any time after his release from custody, a notice of intention to apply for a certificate of rehabilitation and pardon. it further provides, however: "this chapter shall not apply to persons convicted of misdemeanors; to persons who have served time in county jails only; to persons serving a mandatory life parole; to persons ..... of a felony and had not been pardoned by the governor. respondent gill was convicted in 1952 and 1967 of second-degree burglary in california, and in 1957 of forgery. he served some time in prison on each conviction, followed by a successful parole. in april, 1972, the stanislaus county registrar of voters ..... at the time of the adoption of the amendment. in fact, one form of disenfranchisement -- one-year durational residence requirements -- specifically authorized by the reconstruction act, one of the contemporaneous enactments upon which the court relies to show the intendment of the framers of the fourteenth amendment, has already been declared unconstitutional by .....

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Jun 25 1974 (FN)

Spence Vs. Washington

Court : US Supreme Court

..... are involved. citizens are not completely free to commit perjury, to libel other citizens, to infringe copyrights, to incite riots, or to interfere unduly with passage through a public thoroughfare. the right of free speech, ..... and improper use statutes as follows: "the words flag, standard, color, ensign or shield, as used in this chapter, shall include any flag, standard, color, ensign or shield, or copy, picture or representation thereof, made of any ..... reasonably be thought protected under its literal language. see roth v. united states, 354 u. s. 476 (1957). the court has further recognized that even protected speech may be subject to reasonable limitation when important countervailing interests ..... the statute is nonetheless unconstitutional as applied to appellant's activity. [ footnote 9 ] there was no risk that appellant's acts would mislead viewers into assuming that the government endorsed his viewpoint. to the contrary, he was plainly and peacefully [ footnote .....

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Aug 23 1974 (SC)

Samsher Singh Vs. State of Punjab and anr.

Court : Supreme Court of India

Reported in : AIR1974SC2192; (1974)IILLJ465SC; (1974)2SCC831; [1975]1SCR814; 1975(1)SLJ1(SC)

..... heads of the executive and that real executive power was vested in the council of ministers' alexandrovicz has brought out the same point :the provisions of chapter i of part v of the constitution relating to the executive convey prima facie the impression that the president of india, the head of the state, ..... a vast array of other powers exercisable by the president--to mention only a few appointment of judges; article 124 & 217, appointment of committees of official languages act, article 344, appointment of commissions to investigate conditions of backward classes; article 340, appointment of special officer for scheduled castes and tribes; article 338, exercise of ..... to invest powers in the president as against the council of ministers. in an article published in 1957, captioned 'to what extent is the president under, the indian constitution required, in the discharge of his functions, to act upon the advice of his ministers', he has dealt with the relevant article and the usual .....

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Jan 22 1975 (FN)

North Georgia Finishing, Inc. Vs. Di-chem, Inc.

Court : US Supreme Court

..... and are waiting to be filled or have been filled. burton, the legal tender cases: a celebrated supreme court reversal, 42 a.b.a.j. 231 (1956), reprinted as chapter ix in the occasional papers of mr. justice burton (e. hudon ed.1969). we allowed his advice, as well as that of the marshall court, to go unheeded when we ..... ] petitioner so asserts, relying on jackson v. barksdale, 17 ga.app. 461, 87 s.e. 691 (1916); powell v. powell, 95 ga.app. 122, 97 s.e.2d 193 (1957). respondent, without citation of authority states that "[c]ounsel could have attacked the garnishment in other ways either in the state or federal courts. . . ." brief for respondent 5. mr. justice ..... . justice grier was no longer on the bench. a year later, with the two vacancies filled, the court, by a 5-4 vote, overruled hepburn and held the legal tender act constitutional with respect to all debts. legal tender cases, 12 wall. 457 (1871). the court said: "that case [ hepburn v. griswold ] was decided by a divided court, and .....

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Mar 25 1975 (FN)

Schlesinger Vs. Councilman

Court : US Supreme Court

..... , [ footnote 10 ] page 420 u. s. 745 provides in pertinent part that "the proceedings, findings, and sentences of courts-martial as approved, reviewed, or affirmed as required by this chapter . . . are final and conclusive." and "all action taken pursuant to those proceedings [is] binding upon all . . . courts . . . of the united states. . . ." ..... . 759 required exhaustion of remedies in the military system before allowing collateral relief. toth v. quarles, supra; reid v. covert, 354 u. s. 1 (1957); mcelroy v. guagliardo, 361 u. s. 281 (1960). in those cases, the habeas petitioners were civilians who contended that congress had no constitutional power to subject ..... argued that, because councilman had not filed a complaint to institute the action as required by fed.rule civ.proc. 3, the court lacked jurisdiction to act. the district court concluded that the papers filed by councilman -- motions for a temporary restraining order and a preliminary injunction, and supporting affidavit and briefs .....

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May 27 1975 (FN)

Breed Vs. Jones

Court : US Supreme Court

..... order for further detention has been made by the committing court pursuant to article 6 (commencing with section 1800) or unless a petition is filed under article 5 of this chapter. in the event such a petition under article 5 is filed, the authority shall retain control until the final disposition of the proceeding under article 5." [ footnote 9 ] ..... clause is to require that he be subject to the experience only once "for the same offence." see green v. united states, 355 u. s. 184 , 355 u. s. 187 (1957); price v. georgia, 398 u.s. at 398 u. s. 331 ; united states v. jorn, 400 u. s. 470 , 400 u. s. 479 (1971) (opinion of harlan, ..... . pp. 421 u. s. 528 -541. (a) respondent was put in jeopardy at the juvenile court adjudicatory hearing, whose object was to determine whether he had committed acts that violated a criminal law and whose potential consequences included both the stigma inherent in that determination and the deprivation of liberty for many years. jeopardy attached when the juvenile .....

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Jun 24 1975 (FN)

Aberdeen and Rockfish R. Co. Vs. Scrap

Court : US Supreme Court

..... supp. 159 (wd pa.1955); florida citrus comm'n v. united states, 144 f.supp. 517 (nd fla.1956), aff'd per curiam, 352 u.s. 1021 (1957); atlantic city electric co. v. united states, 306 f.supp. 338 (sdny 1969), and alabama power co. v. united states, 316 f.supp. 337 (dc 1969 ..... decision would have a substantial effect on the environment -- without preparing an environmental impact statement or considering environmental issues as required by the national environmental policy act (nepa); that the preexisting rate structure discriminated against recyclables and in favor of virgin materials; and that the surcharge exacerbated this situation with the unfortunate consequence ..... public laws of the united states shall be interpreted and administered in accordance with the policies set forth in this chapter," 42 u.s.c. 4332(1), and one of the policies of the chapter is to "approach the maximum attainable recycling of depletable resources." the district court expressly declined to review the question .....

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Jun 26 1975 (FN)

Weinberger Vs. Salfi

Court : US Supreme Court

..... social security administration (ssa), both initially and on reconsideration at the regional level, denied the applications on the basis of the duration of relationship requirements of the social security act (act), 42 u.s.c. 416(c)(5) and (e)(2) (1970 ed. and supp. iii), which define "widow" and "child" so as to ..... administrator, page 422 u. s. 796 but upon what is a decision "under" a statute. but more significantly, the statute construed in johnson had, between 1957 and 1970, read in part: "[d]ecisions of the administrator on any question of law or fact concerning a claim for benefits or payments under any law administered ..... include not only the classes which appellees represent, [ footnote 13 ] but also claimants in other programs for which page 422 u. s. 782 the social security act imposes duration of relationship requirements. [ footnote 14 ] not only does the prophylactic approach thus obviate the necessity for large numbers of individualized determinations, but it also protects .....

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Jan 30 1976 (FN)

Buckley Vs. Valeo

Court : US Supreme Court

..... within a reasonable time with respect to whether any specific transaction or activity by such individual, candidate, or political committee would constitute a violation of this act, of chapter 95 or chapter 96 of title 26 or of section 608, 610, 611, 613, 614, 615, 616, or 617 of title 18. (b) presumption of compliance ..... congress to appoint the members of the interstate commerce commission and of many other regulatory commissions; that its exclusive power to provide for patents and copyrights would permit the administration of the patent laws to be carried out by a congressional committee; or that the exclusive power of the federal government ..... interchange of ideas for the bringing about of political and social changes desired by the people," roth v. united states, 354 u. s. 476 , 354 u. s. 484 (1957); and "[t]here is practically universal agreement that a major purpose of [the first] amendment was to protect the free discussion of governmental affairs . . . [including] discussions of .....

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Mar 23 1976 (FN)

Paul Vs. Davis

Court : US Supreme Court

..... food machinery & chemical corp., 382 u. s. 172 , 382 u. s. 174 -175 (1965); cf. conley v. gibson, 355 u. s. 41 (1957), that dissemination of this flyer would "seriously impair [respondent's] future employment opportunities" and "inhibit him from entering business establishments for fear of being suspected of shoplifting and ..... brennan, with whom mr. justice marshall concurs and mr. justice white concurs in part, dissenting. i dissent. the court today holds that police officials, acting in their official capacities as law enforcers, may, on their own initiative and without trial, constitutionally condemn innocent individuals as criminals and thereby brand them ..... safeguards. the "stigma" resulting from the defamatory character of the posting was doubtless an important factor in evaluating the extent of harm worked by that act, but we do not think that such defamation, standing alone, deprived constantineau of any "liberty" protected by the procedural guarantees of the fourteenth amendment .....

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