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Fullilove Vs. Klutznick

Court: US Supreme Court

..... minority contractors have suffered extensive discrimination iii a the petitioners contend that the legislative history of 103 f 2 reflects no congressional finding of statutory or ..... discrimination in the construction industry although the problem had been addressed by antidiscrimination legislation executive action to remedy employment discrimination in the construction industry and federal aid .....

United States Vs. Gillock

Court: US Supreme Court

..... statutes principles of comity must yield recognition of an evidentiary privilege for state legislators for their legislative acts would impair the legitimate interest of the federal government in enforcing ..... va 1807 here we believe that recognition of an evidentiary privilege for state legislators for their legislative acts would impair the legitimate interest of the federal government in enforcing .....

indus. Union Dept. Vs. Amer. Petroleum Inst.

Court: US Supreme Court

..... u s 673 grant conveyed which being only to make laws and not to make legislators the legislative can have no power to transfer their authority of making laws and place it ..... supra demonstrates that congress sole concern was that standards be economically and technologically achievable the legislative intent was to prevent the secretary from materially harming the financial condition of regulated .....

City of Mobile Vs. Bolden

Court: US Supreme Court

..... basic system of municipal government ever since the three commissioners jointly exercise all legislative executive and administrative power in the municipality they are required after election to ..... improper distinctions under the fourteenth and fifteenth amendments as well as under congress remedial legislation enforcing those amendments make this court an accessory to the perpetuation of racial .....

Bachan Singh Vs. State of Punjab

Court: Supreme Court of India

Reported in: (1982)3SCC24; [1983]1SCR145a

..... the constitutional test is intertwined with an assessment of contemporary standards and the legislative judgment weighs heavily in ascertaining such standards in a democratic society legislatures not ..... both the camps can claim among them eminent thinkers penologists sociologists jurists judges legislators administrators and law enforcement officials 76 the chief arguments of the abolitionists which .....

United States Vs. Sioux Nation of Indians

Court: US Supreme Court

..... exercise of congressional review of a judicial decision which i consider contravenes our exclusively legislative responsibility under the separation of powers doctrine id at 18 the congressman in ..... concluded that that circumstance did not render the decisions of the court of claims legislative in character nor impliedly did those instances of lively attention constitute impermissible interferences .....

Supreme Court of Virginia Vs. Consumers Union

Court: US Supreme Court

..... that as appellees would have it in no circumstances do those who exercise delegated legislative power enjoy legislative immunity in any event in this case the virginia court claims inherent power ..... for attorney s fees appellees on the other hand assert that neither judicial nor legislative immunity immunized these defendants from declaratory or injunctive relief as distinguished from a damages .....

Dawson Chem. Co. Vs. Rohm and Haas Co.

Court: US Supreme Court

..... certain segments of the patent bar eventually decided to ask congress for corrective legislation that would restore some scope to the contributory infringement doctrine with great perseverance ..... a wechsler j harrison j neumeyer evaluation of the possible impact of pesticide legislation on research and development activities of pesticide manufacturers 18 52 environmental protection agency .....

Maine Vs. Thiboutot

Court: US Supreme Court

..... page 448 u s 20 second that reading creates a broad program for enforcing federal legislation that departs significantly from the purposes of 1983 such unexpected and plainly unintended consequences should ..... case in the context of 1983 it is unprecedented our decisions construing the civil rights legislation of the reconstruction era have repudiated blind adherence to the principle of stare decisis .....

City of Rome Vs. United States

Court: US Supreme Court

..... has been enlarged congress is authorized to enforce the prohibitions by appropriate legislation some legislation is contemplated to make the civil war amendments fully effective ex parte virginia ..... in that section congress is expressly granted authority to enforce by appropriate legislation the substantive provisions of the fourteenth amendment which themselves embody significant limitations .....