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Greer Vs. Spock

Court : US Supreme Court

..... . s. 444 (1969); edwards v. south carolina, supra; scales v. united states, 367 u. s. 203 (1961); yates v. united states, 354 u. s. 298 (1957); dennis v. united states, 341 u. s. 494 (1951). yet the court today, without reason, would fully reinstate that test and, indeed, would only require that the danger be ..... "is critical -- even unfairly critical -- of government policies or officials. . . ." [ footnote 13 ] there is nothing in the constitution that disables a military commander from acting to avert what he perceives to be a clear danger to the loyalty, discipline, or morale of troops on the base under his command. it is possible, of course, ..... individuals to attend political rallies, out of uniform and off base. but the military as such is insulated from both the reality and the appearance of acting as a handmaiden for partisan political causes or candidates. such a policy is wholly consistent with the american constitutional tradition of a politically neutral military establishment under .....

Hortonville Dist. Vs. Hortonville Educ. Assn.

Court : US Supreme Court

..... "upon the evidence, the order of the board was reasonable." id. at 117, 180 n.w.2d at 3. see wis.stat.ann. 62.13(5)(h) (1957). there is no comparable statutory provision giving teachers the right to review this standard. finally, to impose a "reasonableness" requirement, or any other test that looks to evaluation ..... board of the otherwise unremarkable power the wisconsin legislature has given it only if the board's prior involvement in negotiating with the teachers means that it cannot act consistently with due process. c due process, as this court has repeatedly held, is a term that "negates any concept of inflexible procedures universally applicable to ..... second question involves the application of expertise by the parole authority in making a prediction as to the ability of the individual to live in society without committing antisocial acts. this part of the decision, too, depends on facts, and therefore it is important for the board to know not only that some violation was committed, .....

Nixon Vs. Administrator of General Services

Court : US Supreme Court

..... the time of our constitution. with federalism, separation of powers is "one of the two great structural principles of the american constitutional system. . . ." e. corwin, the president 9 (1957). see also griswold v. connecticut, 381 u. s. 479 , 381 u. s. 501 (1965) (harlan, j., concurring in judgment). page 433 u. s. 508 in pursuit ..... to inquire into and publicize corruption, maladministration or inefficiency in agencies of the government." watkins v. united states, 354 u. s. 178 , 354 u. s. 200 n. 33 (1957). see also buckley v. valeo, supra at 424 u. s. 137 -138; eastland v. united states servicemen's fund, 421 u. s. 491 (1975). the legislation before ..... 9, 1974, and president ford signed it into law on december 19. ii the act public law 93-526 has two titles. title i, the challenged presidential recordings and materials preservation act, consists of 101 through 106. title ii, the public documents act, amends chapter 33 of title 44, united states code, to add 3315 through 3324 thereto, and .....

Vendo Co. Vs. Lektro-vend Corp.

Court : US Supreme Court

..... we are an independent and democratic country today." w. rutledge, a declaration of legal faith 25-27 (1947) page 433 u. s. 666 only by ignoring this chapter in our history could we invoke principles of federalism to defeat enforcement of the "magna carta of free enterprise" [ footnote 2/39 ] enacted pursuant to congress' plenary ..... of the antitrust laws is therefore applicable to this species of violation, as well as to other kinds of violations. since 16 of the clayton act is an act of congress which expressly authorizes an injunction against a state court proceeding which violates the antitrust laws, the plain language of the anti-injunction statute excepts ..... providing for injunctions against violation of any right secured by the copyright laws); 26 u.s.c. 9011(b) (presidential election campaign fund act); 29 u.s.c. 412 (labor-management reporting and disclosure act); 42 u.s.c. 2000e-5 (title vii (equal employment opportunities) of the civil rights act of 1964); 42 u.s.c. 6305, 6395(e .....

Regents of Univ. of California Vs. Bakke

Court : US Supreme Court

..... chooses to delegate governmental functions is for it to decide. cf. sweezy v. new hampshire, 354 u. s. 234 , 354 u. s. 256 (1957) (frankfurter, j., concurring in result). california, by constitutional provision, has chosen to place authority over the operation of the university of california in the board of ..... turn, undercuts the likelihood that congress intended to limit voluntary efforts to implement similar measures. for example, 7(a) of the national science foundation authorization act, 1977, provides: "the director of the national science foundation shall initiate an intensive search for qualified women, members of minority groups, and handicapped individuals ..... of race is consistent with the equal protection component of the fifth amendment, and therefore with the fourteenth amendment. to the extent that congress acted pursuant to 5 of the fourteenth amendment, those cases impliedly recognize that congress was empowered under that provision to accord preferential treatment to victims .....

Fcc Vs. Pacifica Foundation

Court : US Supreme Court

..... footnote 4/7 ] and although 1461 and 1464 were originally enacted separately, they were codified together in the criminal code of 1848 as part of a chapter entitled "obscenity." there is nothing in the legislative history to suggest that congress intended that the same word in two closely related sections should have different meanings ..... as "fighting words," chaplinsky v. new hampshire, 315 u. s. 568 (1942), or obscenity, roth v. united states, 354 u. s. 476 (1957), that is totally without first amendment protection. this conclusion, of course, is compelled by our cases expressly holding that communications containing some of the words found condemnable here ..... society has a tradition of performing certain bodily functions in private, and of severely limiting the public exposure or discussion of such matters. verbal or physical acts exposing those intimacies are offensive irrespective of any message that may accompany the exposure. [ footnote 24 ] with respect to other types of speech, the .....

New Motor Vehicle Bd. Vs. OrrIn W. Fox Co.

Court : US Supreme Court

..... december 5, 1978* 439 u.s. 96 appeal from the united states district court for the central district of california syllabus the california automobile franchise act (act) requires an automobile manufacturer to obtain approval of the california new motor vehicle board (board) before opening or relocating a retail dealership within the market ..... dealers were required to apply for licenses to qualify for and continue to hold the registration exemption. 1957 cal.stats., ch. 1319, 7. in addition, it became unlawful on and after october 1, 1957, to act as a dealer without having procured a license. ibid. the prohibition on unlicensed activity was extended to ..... , terminate or refuse to renew a franchise in violation of article 4 (commencing with section 3060) of chapter 6 of division 2." [ footnote 12 ] the california legislature expressly identified the state interests being served by the franchise act as "the general economy of the state and the public welfare . . ." which made it "necessary .....

Commissioner of Income Tax (Central) Vs. B.N. Bhattacharjee and anr.

Court : Supreme Court of India

Reported in : AIR1979SC1725; [1979]118ITR461(SC); (1979)4SCC121; [1979]3SCR1133

..... of this legislation are and whether there is more than meets the eye. the wanchoo committee which recommended this step titled its chapter meaningfully as 'black money and tax evasion' and the act itself was passed and brought into force during the era of emergency which was marked by speed and silence and hushed politico- ..... fled appeals to the appellate tribunal entitled to make application to the settlement commission.-(1) notwithstanding anything contained in this chapter, any assessee who has filed an appeal to the appellate tribunal under this act which is pending before it shall, on withdrawing such appeal from the appellate tribunal, be entitled to make an application ..... to the settlement commission to have his case settled under this chapter:provided that no such assessee shall be entitled to make .....

Bachan Singh S/O Saudagar Singh Vs. State of Punjab

Court : Supreme Court of India

Reported in : (1982)3SCC24; 19831SCR145;

..... , very few scientific studies in regard to crime and punishment in general, and capital punishment, in particular, have been made. counsel for the petitioners referred us to chapter vi, captioned 'capital punishment, in the book, 'quantum of punishment in criminal law in india, written by dr. kripal singh chhabra, now on the staff of ..... challengers, the verdict ordinarily goes against them." relying inter alia on the decision of this court in state of bombay v. r.m.d. chamarbaugwala [1957] scr 874 the learned judge again emphasized :some courts have gone to the extent of holding that there is a presumption in favour of constitutionality, and ..... planning for fair-play of judicial discretion to take care of the variable, unpredictable circumstances of the individual cases, relevant to individualised sentencing. when judges, acting individually or collectively, in their benign anxiety to do what they think is morally good for the people, take upon themselves, the responsibility of setting down .....

Chapman Vs. Houston Welfare Rights Organization

Court : US Supreme Court

..... and district court jurisdiction over any action whatsoever -- "for the recovery of lands, or on promissory notes, . . . or for the infringement of patent or copyrights," 1 draft 361 -- by anyone who coincidentally had been denied his civil rights. the revisers therefore concluded that congress meant to provide jurisdiction only over suits to redress ..... the courts of the united states." 1 draft 361 (emphasis added). it appears that two jurisdictional provisions were created simply because the revisers elected to write separate chapters for the district and circuit courts. in light of these considerations, the difference in the wording of 563(12) and 629(16) must be ascribed to ..... congress providing for the protection of civil rights, including the right to vote," is of more recent origin. part iii of the civil rights act of 1957, as proposed, authorized the attorney general to institute suits for injunctive relief against conspiracies to deprive citizens of the civil rights specified in 42 .....