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Goldberg Vs. Sweet

Court : US Supreme Court

..... of computerized switching make it virtually impossible to trace and record the actual paths taken by the electronic signals which create an individual telephone call. the explosion in new telecommunications technologies and the breakup of the at&t; monopoly [ footnote 3 ] has led a number of states to revise the taxes they ..... seq. (1988); wheat ridge, colorado, ordinance no. 630 (1985), los angeles, california, ordinance no. 162586 (1987). [ footnote 5 ] section 4 states in part: "a tax is imposed upon the act or privilege of originating in this state or receiving in this state interstate telecommunications by a person in this state at the rate of 5 ..... paths are often indirect, typically bear no relation to state boundaries, and are virtually impossible to trace and record, illinois passed its telecommunications excise tax act (tax act), which, inter alia, imposes a 5% tax on the gross charges of interstate telecommunications originated or terminated in the state and charged to an illinois .....

Mistretta Vs. United States

Court : US Supreme Court

..... certificate; operation of a common carrier under the influence of drugs that causes injury and alteration of one motor vehicle identification number; illegal trafficking in explosives and trespass; interference with a flight attendant and unlawful conduct relating to contraband cigarettes; aggravated assault and smuggling $11,000 worth of fish." dissenting ..... the field of criminal sentencing provide a factual background and statutory context that give content to the mandate of the commission. see american power & light co. v. sec, 329 u. s. 90 , 329 u. s. 104 -105 (1946). [ footnote 11 ] petitioner argues that the excessive breadth of congress' delegation to ..... situated offenders and in uncertainty as to an offender's actual date of release by executive branch parole officials, congress passed the sentencing reform act of 1984 (act), which, inter alia, created the united states sentencing commission as an independent body in the judicial branch with power to promulgate binding sentencing .....

Fort Wayne Books, Inc. Vs. Indiana

Court : US Supreme Court

..... state and federal obscenity violations as predicate offenses under federal rico, 18 u.s.c. 1961 et seq., senator helms stated: "[w]e are experiencing an explosion in the volume and availability of pornography in our society. today it is almost impossible to open mail, turn on the television, or walk in the downtown ..... presented in actual cases. . . ." see public workers v. mitchell, 330 u. s. 75 , 330 u. s. 89 (1947); see also electric bond & share co. v. sec, 303 u. s. 419 , 303 u. s. 443 (1938). [ footnote 12 ] we do not hold today that the pretrial seizure of petitioner's nonexpressive property was invalid. petitioner did ..... was charged with distributing obscene matter in violation of an indiana statute (a misdemeanor) and in addition with rico violations (felonies) based on these alleged predicate acts of obscenity. the trial court dismissed the rico charges on the ground that the rico statute was unconstitutionally vague as applied to obscenity predicate offenses. the indiana court .....

U.S. Vs. Goodyear Tire

Court : US Supreme Court

..... (c)(1) replaces "accumulated profits" with "undistributed earnings," which are defined as the "earnings and profits of the foreign corporation (computed in accordance with sections 964 and 986)." section 964(a), in turn, provides that "the earnings and profits of any foreign corporation . . . shall be determined according to rules substantially similar to ..... 1944). [ footnote 4 ] calculation of the indirect credit for tax years beginning after 1986 is governed by the amended version of 902 established by the tax reform act of 1986, 100 stat. 2528, 26 u.s.c. 902 (1982 ed., supp. iv). the amended version substantially overhauls the method of calculating the credit ..... intent to equalize treatment between domestic corporations that operate through foreign subsidiaries and those that operate through unincorporated foreign branches. in 238(e) of the revenue act of 1921, 42 stat. 259, congress amended 240(c) to permit a domestic corporation to claim credit for taxes its subsidiary paid in years .....

Breininger Vs. SMW Int'l

Court : US Supreme Court

..... form, join, or assist labor organizations, or to refrain from such activities, "is a statutory limitation on statutory bargaining representatives, and . . . that section 8(b)(1)(a) of the act page 493 u. s. 74 accordingly prohibits labor organizations, when acting in a statutory representative capacity, from taking action against any employee upon considerations or classifications which are irrelevant, invidious, or unfair." 140 ..... is "discipline" and how much process is due?, 9 ga.l. rev. 383, 392 (1975); etelson & smith, union discipline under the landrum-griffin act, 82 harv.l.rev. 727, 733 (1969). but see comment, applicability of lmrda section 101(a)(5) to union interference with employment opportunities, 114 u.pa.l.rev. 700 (1966). two courts of appeals have held that suspension .....

Golden St. Trans. Vs. Los Angeles

Court : US Supreme Court

..... 145 , n. 6 (1976); railroad trainmen v. terminal co., 394 u. s. 369 , 394 u. s. 382 , n. 17 (1969). [ footnote 6 ] section l(b) of the taft-hartley act, 29 u.s.c. 141(b) (1982 ed.) states in pertinent part: "it is the purpose and policy of this chapter . . . to prescribe the legitimate rights of ..... j.), in the sense of securing to "any person, any individual rights," carter v. greenhow, 114 u. s. 317 , 114 u. s. 322 (1885). the section thus distinguishes secured rights, privileges, and immunities from those interests merely resulting from the allocation of power between the state and federal governments. representative shellabarger, who sponsored the bill that ..... .2d 631 (ca9 1988). we granted certiorari limited to the question whether the nlra granted petitioner rights enforceable under 1983. 489 u.s. 1010 (1989). i section 1983 provides a federal remedy for "the deprivation of any rights, privileges, or immunities secured by the constitution and laws." as the language of the statute plainly .....

Owens Vs. Okure

Court : US Supreme Court

..... for which no other period of limitation is provided"). [ footnote 11 ] the analogy to intentional torts also reflects a profound misunderstanding of 1983's history. section 1983 was the product of congressional concern about the ku klux klan-sponsored campaign of violence and deception in the south, which was "denying decent citizens their ..... torts); cal.civ.proc.code ann. 340 (west supp.1988) (one year for libel, slander, assault, battery, false imprisonment, seduction, injury, or death from wrongful act or neglect); 340.1 (three years for actions based on incestuous relationship with a minor); cal.civ.proc.code ann. 340.2 (west 1982) (one year for ..... assigns to certain enumerated intentional torts. these courts have reasoned that intentional torts are most closely analogous to the claims congress envisioned being brought under the civil rights act, and to the paradigmatic claims brought today under 1983. [ footnote 5 ] other courts of appeals, by contrast, have page 488 u. s. 242 endorsed .....

Duquesne Light Co. Vs. Barasch

Court : US Supreme Court

..... to decide this case. see jackson v. ashton, 8 pet. 148 (1834); mansfield c. & l. m. r. co. v. swan, 111 u. s. 379 (1884). our jurisdiction here rests on 28 u.s.c. 1257(2), which authorizes this court to review "[f]inal judgments or decrees rendered by the highest court of a state ..... used and useful until it is presently providing actual utility service to the customers. " "section 2. this act shall be applicable to all proceedings pending before the public utility commission and the courts at this time. nothing contained in this act shall be construed to modify or change existing law with regard to rate making treatment of ..... , an otherwise reasonable rate is not subject to constitutional attack by questioning the theoretical consistency of the method that produced it, as appellants do here by noting act 335's theoretical inconsistency in suddenly and selectively applying the "used and useful requirement," normally associated with the fair value method of ratesetting, in the context of .....

Mafatlal Fine Spinning and Manufacturing Co. Ltd. Vs. Collector of Cen ...

Court : Supreme Court of India

Reported in : AIR1989SC784; 1989(20)ECC7; 1989(23)LC500(SC); 1989(40)ELT218(SC); JT1989(1)SC160; (1989)2SCC446; [1989]1SCR204; 1989(1)LC374(SC)

..... fabric' by running it through plain rollers to impart a better finish, which is a mere temporary finish. sri sorabjee referred to some of the notifications issued under section 8(1) of the act which say that calendaring would not be treated as 'processing'. learned counsel contended that having regard to the very nature, the calendaring does not bring about any change ..... for the choice of the different rates of interest are not envisaged in the context whether the processor processes amounted to 'manufacture' within the meaning of section 2(f j(v) of the act, but only in the context of estimating the extent of time consumed by the process of processes as that is the criterion for the choice of the ..... m.n. venkatachaliah, j.1. these two appeals under section 35-l of the central excises and salt act, 1944 (act) by messrs mafatlal fine spinning & ., arise out of and are directed against the common appellate-order dated 10-2-1987 of 'the customs excise & gold (control) appellate tribunal in .....

City of Richmond Vs. J. A. Croson Co.

Court : US Supreme Court

..... benign discrimination and congressional power to enforce the fourteenth amendment, 56 ind.l.j. 473, 512-513 (1981) ("congress may authorize, pursuant to section 5, state action that would be foreclosed to the states acting alone"). we do not, as justice marshall's dissent suggests, see post at 488 u. s. 557 -560, find in 5 of the ..... satisfaction of the director that the requirements herein cannot be achieved." 12-157. to this end, the director promulgated contract clauses, minority business utilization plan (contract clauses). section d of these rules provided: "no partial or complete waiver of the foregoing [30% set-aside] requirement shall be granted by the city other than in exceptional circumstances ..... measure which appropriated $4 billion in federal grants to state and local governments for use in public works projects. section 103(f)(2) of the act was a minority business set-aside provision. it required state or local grantees to use 10% of their federal grants to procure services or .....