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United States Vs. Broce

Court : US Supreme Court

..... 488 u. s. 579 restraint of the above-described interstate trade and commerce in violation of title 15, united states code, section 1, commonly known as the sherman act." "11. the aforesaid combination and conspiracy consisted of an agreement, understanding and concert of action among the defendants and co-conspirators, ..... of kansas, in unreasonable restraint of the above-described interstate trade and commerce in violation of title 15, united states code, section 1, commonly known as the sherman act." "12. the aforesaid combination and conspiracy consisted of an agreement, understanding and concert of action among the defendants and co-conspirators ..... pleas, respondents were entitled to introduce evidence outside the original record to support their one-conspiracy claim, since, in pleading guilty, they admitted only the acts described in the indictments, not their legal consequences, and that, moreover, since the indictments did not expressly state that the two conspiracies were separate, .....

Bhor Industries Ltd., Bombay Vs. Collector of Central Excise, Bombay

Court : Supreme Court of India

Reported in : AIR1989SC1153; 1989(40)ELT280(SC); [1990]184ITR129(SC); JT1989(1)SC450; 1989(1)SCALE226; (1989)1SCC602; [1989]1SCR382; [1989]73STC145(SC); 1989(1)LC503(SC)

..... there should be manufacture of goods. the goods being articles which are known to those who are dealing in the market having their identity as such. section 3 of the act enjoins that there shall be levied and collected in such manner as may be prescribed duties of excise on all excisable goods other than salt which ..... production or manufacture of goods produced or manufactured within the country. this court again in in re the bill to amend section 20 of the sea customs act, 1878 and section 3 of the central excises and salt act, : [1964]3scr787 of the report referring to the aforesaid observations of the judicial committee reiterated that taxable event in the ..... are produced or 'manufactured' in india. 'excisable goods' under section 2d of the act means goods specified in the schedule to the central tariff act, 1985 as being subject to a duty of excise and includes salt. therefore, it is necessary, in a case like this, .....

State of Tamil Nadu Vs. Shakti Estate, Tamil Nadu

Court : Supreme Court of India

Reported in : AIR1989SC945; JT1989(1)SC191; 1989(1)SCALE252; (1989)1SCC636; [1989]1SCR408; [1989]73STC209(SC); 1989(1)LC571(SC)

..... any transaction' in connection with or incidental or ancillary to the business of coffee plantation and would therefore, fall within the definition of 'business' under section 2(d) of the act.we agree.12. three decisions of this court were also referred to by counsel. state v. burmah shell 1973 stc 426 and district controller of stores ..... of spontaneous growth in a plantation. but that decision clearly turned on the specific language of the definition of 'dealer' contained in section 2(viii)(e) of the kerala general sales tax act, 1963, and does not lay down any general proposition as contended for on behalf of the assessees.14. for the reasons discussed ..... ,6. the answer to the question posed depends on the interpretation of the expressions 'dealer' and 'business', as defined under the tamil nadu general sales tax act. these definitions read thus:business includes:(i) any trade, or commerce or manufacture or any adventure or concern in the nature of trade, commerce or manufacture whether .....

State of Tamil Nadu Vs. Mahi Traders and ors.

Court : Supreme Court of India

Reported in : AIR1989SC1167; 1989(22)ECC1; 1989(23)LC193(SC); 1989(40)ELT266(SC); JT1989(1)SC196; 1989(1)SCALE267; (1989)1SCC724; [1989]1SCR445; [1989]73STC228(SC); 1989(1)LC593(SC)

..... the high court on this point has been reported as mahi traders v. state of tamil nadu : (1980) 45 s.t.c. 327.3. the relevant entry in section 14 of the cst act reads:14(1)(iii) hides and skins, whether in a raw or dressed state.the short case of the department is : (a) that leather splits or cuttings are ..... of getting leather of uniform thickness from dressed skins. such splits cannot be treated as dressed hides and declared goods. the expression 'raw or dressed skin' in section 14 of the central sales tax act has a distinct connotation and it cannot be extended to leather bits obtained in a process. these splits are of much lesser value and cannot be equated ..... finishing touches.5. we have heard learned counsel on both sides at length and come to the conclusion that the assessees are entitled to the benefit of sections 14 and 15 of the cst act in respect of the two items in question. as far as the first item is concerned, it is common ground that leather splits are nothing but cut .....

Mesa Vs. California

Court : US Supreme Court

..... comprising both pure jurisdictional provisions and federal law capable of supporting art. iii "arising under" jurisdiction. 461 u.s. at 461 u. s. 496 . section 1442(a), in our view, is a pure jurisdictional statute, seeking to do nothing more than grant district court jurisdiction over cases in which a federal officer ..... the controlling provision in subsection (1) must be construed broadly to permit removal of any civil actions or criminal prosecutions brought against a federal officer for acts done during the performance of his duties regardless of whether that officer raises a federal defense. the court officers provision of subsection (3) was added to ..... petitioners were federal employees at the time of the incidents and because the charges arose from accidents involving petitioners that occurred while they were on duty and acting in the course and scope of their employment. the district court granted the petitions. the court of appeals, after consolidating the petitions, issued a writ .....

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 .....

Bonito Boats Vs. Thunder Craft Boats

Court : US Supreme Court

..... there are affirmative indications from congress that both the law of unfair competition and trade secret protection are consistent with the balance struck by the patent laws. section 43(a) of the lanham act, 60 stat. 441, 15 u.s.c. 1125(a), creates a federal remedy for making "a false designation of origin, or any false description ..... or in public use or on sale in this country more than one year prior to the date of application for patent in the united states. . . ." sections 102(a) and (b) operate in tandem to exclude from consideration for patent protection knowledge that is already available to the public. they express a congressional determination that ..... therein not before known or used." 1 stat. 109, 110. in addition to novelty, the 1790 act required that the invention be "sufficiently useful and important" to merit the 14-year right of exclusion. ibid. section 2 of the act required that the patentee deposit with the secretary of state a specification and, if possible, a model of .....

Firestone Tire and Rubber Co. Vs. Bruch

Court : US Supreme Court

..... adopted by some federal courts for 1132(a)(1)(b) actions in light of erisa's failure to provide an appropriate standard of review for that section -- should not be imported into erisa on a wholesale basis. the raison d'etre for the lmra standard -- the need for a jurisdictional basis ..... s.c. 1002(7) ("participant"), 1002(8) ("beneficiary"), 1002(21)(a) ("fiduciary"), 1103(a) ("trustee"), 1104 ("fiduciary duties"). erisa's legislative history confirms that the act's fiduciary responsibility provisions, 29 u.s.c. 1101-1114, "codif[y] and mak[e] applicable to [erisa] fiduciaries certain principles developed in the evolution of the law ..... firestone) maintained, and was the plan administrator and fiduciary of, a termination pay plan and two other unfunded employee benefit plans governed by the employee retirement income security act of 1974 (erisa), 29 u.s.c. 1001 et seq. after firestone sold its plastics division to occidental petroleum co. (occidental), respondents, plastics division employees .....

Texas Monthly, Inc. Vs. Bullock

Court : US Supreme Court

..... . 1. we applied the same principle only two terms ago in corporation of presiding bishop, where, citing zorach and walz, we upheld a section of the civil rights act of 1964 exempting religious groups (and only religious groups) from title vii's antidiscrimination provisions. we found that "it is a permissible legislative purpose ..... clause. all of these cases, however, involve legislative exemptions that did not or would not impose substantial burdens on nonbeneficiaries while allowing others to act according to their religious beliefs, or that were designed to alleviate government intrusions that might significantly deter adherents of a particular faith from conduct protected ..... 604. in murdock and follett, the application of a flat license or occupation tax to jehovah's witnesses arguably did prevent adherents of that sect from acting in accordance with some of their central religious beliefs, in the absence of any overriding government interest in denying them an exemption. [ footnote 12 ] .....

Blanchard Vs. Bergeron

Court : US Supreme Court

..... . housing authority of prichard, 704 f.2d 1216 (ca11 1983). [ footnote 5 ] the 12 factors set forth by the johnson court for determining fee awards under section 706(k) of title vii of the civil rights act of 1964, 42 u.s.c. 2000e-5(k) are: (1) the time and labor required; (2) the novelty and difficulty of the questions; (3 ..... forth in 42 u.s.c. 1988 states: ". . . in any action or proceeding to enforce a provision of sections 1981, 1982, 1983, 1985, and 1986 of this title, title ix of public law 92-318, or title vi of the civil rights act of 1964, the court, in its discretion, may allow the prevailing party, other than the united states, a reasonable ..... attorney's fee as part of the costs." the section states that the court "in its discretion" may allow a fee, but that discretion is not .....