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..... it acting in its capacity of an agent of the state, delegated to exercise certain powers for the benefit of the municipality called the city of baltimore? did it act as an auxiliary servant and trustee of the supreme legislative power? the legislature and the authorities of the city of baltimore decided that the investment of $5,000,000 ..... error to the circuit court for the district of maryland syllabus the tax provided for in the 122d section of the internal revenue act of june 30, 1864, as subsequently amended, in which section it is enacted that railroad and certain other companies specified, "indebted for money for which bonds shall have been issued . . . upon which interest ..... destroy, as public exigency requires or recommends, or the public interest will be best subserved. it possesses the right to alter, abolish, or destroy all such institutions, as mere municipal regulations must, from the nature of things, be subject to the absolute control of the government. [ footnote 11 ] "such .....
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..... , through experimentation, our economic practices and institutions to meet changing social and economic needs. i cannot believe that the framers of the fourteenth amendment, or the states which ratified it, intended to deprive us of the power to correct the evils of technological unemployment and excess productive capacity which have ..... of overabundance. the long-continued depression has brought unprecedented unemployment, a catastrophic fall in commodity prices, and a volume of economic losses which threatens our financial institutions. [ footnote 49 ] some people page 285 u. s. 307 believe that the existing conditions threaten even the stability of the capitalistic system. [ footnote ..... unreasonably curtailing the common right to engage in a lawful private business such as that under review cannot be upheld consistent with the fourteenth amendment. under that amendment, nothing is more clearly settled than that it is beyond the power of a state, "under the guise of protecting the public, .....
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..... public corporation, created by georgia as an instrumentality of the state, having control and management of the university of georgia and the georgia school of technology. athletics at these institutions are conducted under the respondent's authority by two corporations, the university of georgia athletic association and the georgia tech. athletic association. the expense ..... revenue in consequence of neglect to collect and pay over the federal tax, revenue act of 192, 500(a)(1), as amended, on admissions to intercollegiate football games played at those institutions. the corporation contended page 304 u. s. 440 that the exaction would unconstitutionally burden a governmental activity of the state. the ..... be required to collect, make return of, and pay to the united states the admissions tax imposed by revenue act of 1926, 500(a)(1), as amended by revenue act of 1932, 711. p. 304 u. s. 449 . 5. the tax immunity implied from the dual sovereignty recognized by the constitution does .....
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..... bargain in good faith. no evidence was introduced below as to the good faith of either of the parties during the lengthy bargaining proceedings prior to the institution of this suit, and there is nothing in the record before us to indicate that either party acted in bad faith. any contrary implication in the ..... a presidential commission to investigate and report on the possibility of a radical overhaul of working rules affecting the organizations and their members in the light of substantial technological changes in the railroad industry. the basis for this proposal was that ". . . drawing up sound new work standards for the railroad industry has become ..... , notices and substituted therefor the notices which had been served on november 2, 1959, to become effective august 16, 1962. the organizations' complaint was then amended to seek similar relief against those notices. the district court found that both parties had exhausted all of the procedures available under the railway labor act, and .....
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..... for that reason, if for no other, i would be wary of imposing any per se rule which, in the light of future technology, might serve to stifle or abridge true first amendment rights. i the indictment was originally returned by a grand jury in reeves county, texas, and it engendered widespread publicity. after some ..... advancing his personal ambitions or increasing his popularity." the committee found that radio broadcasting of a trial changes "what should be the most serious of human institutions either into an enterprise for the entertainment of the public or of one for promoting publicity for the judge." american bar association, opinions of the committee ..... our constitution requires more than form. i recognize that the television industry has shown in the past that it can be an enlightening and informing institution, but, like other institutions, it must respect the rights of others, and cannot demand that we alter fundamental constitutional conceptions for its benefit. we must take notice of .....
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..... science panel, commerce technical advisory board, u.s. dept. of commerce, electromagnetic spectrum utilization -- the silent crisis (1966); joint technical advisory committee, institute of electrical and electronics engineers and electronic industries assn., report on radio spectrum utilization (1964); note, the crisis in electromagnetic frequency spectrum allocation, 53 ..... fact remains that existing broadcasters have often attained their present position because of their initial government selection in competition with others before new technological advances opened new opportunities for further uses. long experience in broadcasting, confirmed habits of listeners and viewers, network affiliation, and other advantages ..... of new media justify differences in the first amendment standards applied to them. [ footnote 15 ] joseph page 395 u. s. 387 burstyn, inc. v. wilson, 343 u. s. 495 , 343 u. s. 503 (1352). for example, the ability of new technology to produce sounds more raucous than those of .....
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..... one of the prime consequences of such activities was the denial of the lawful exercise of first amendment rights to the majority of students by the few. indeed, many of the most cherished characteristics long associated with institutions of higher learning appeared to be endangered. fortunately, page 408 u. s. 172 with ..... principle, the main themes of our society run counter to this deployment of knowledge. in spite of vietnam, poverty, racism and the overbearing logic of our technology -- in spite of bedford-stuyvesant -- the main themes of our country, in principle, were and still are revolutionary. they are reflected in such question as ..... "the traditions of the university in the west are anti- if not counter-revolutionary. operating within these traditions, the university has produced revolutionary knowledge, but institutionally the uses of the knowledge have been directed mainly toward the confirmation of the status quo, particularly the political and cultural status quo. the themes of .....
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..... 389 u. s. 258 , 389 u. s. 263 (1967). the government also suggests that the first amendment is inapplicable because appellees have free access to mandel's ideas through his books and speeches, and because "technological developments," such as tapes or telephone hook-ups, readily supplant his physical presence. this argument overlooks what may be ..... in 1962 and once as a lecturer in 1968. the present case involves his third application, made in 1969, to attend a conference at stanford university on technology and the third world. he was also invited to attend other conferences, one at mit, and to address several universities, princeton, amherst, the new school, ..... then delivered by transatlantic telephone. in march, mandel and six of the other appellees instituted the present action against the attorney general and the secretary of state. the two remaining appellees soon came into the lawsuit by an amendment to the complaint. all the appellees who joined mandel in this action are united .....
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..... ] and that is tolerable in countries that do not have a written constitution containing prohibitions as absolute as those in the first amendment. indeed, after these cases were argued, the fcc instituted a "non-public" inquiry [ footnote 3/13 ] to page 412 u. s. 164 determine whether any broadcaster or cablecaster ..... as governmental action. nor could it exist without administrative flexibility to meet changing needs and swift technological developments. we therefore conclude that the policies complained of do not constitute governmental action violative of the first amendment. see mcintire v. william penn broadcasting co., 151 f.2d 597, 601 (ca3 1945), ..... footnote 4/36 ] indeed, the electronic media are today "the public's prime source of information," [ footnote 4/37 ] and we have ourselves recognized that broadcast "technology . . . supplants atomized, relatively page 412 u. s. 196 informal communicational with mass media as a prime source of national cohesion and news. . . ." red lion .....
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..... jury determinations. cf. herndon v. lowry, 301 u. s. 242 , 301 u. s. 263 (1937). plainly, the institutional gain would be more than offset by the unprecedented infringement of first amendment rights. 4. finally, i have considered the view, urged so forcefully since 1957 by our brothers black and douglas, that the ..... sensibilities of the people, engages in burglary, or breaches the privacy of the telephone, the conference room, or the home. life in this crowded modern technological world creates many offensive statements and many offensive deeds. there is no protection against offensive ideas, only against offensive conduct. "obscenity" at most is the ..... to belie any suggestion that this approach marks the road to clarity. [ footnote 2/16 ] the court surely demonstrates little sensitivity to our own institutional problems, much less the other vagueness-related difficulties, in establishing a system that requires us to consider whether a description of human genitals is sufficiently "lewd .....
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