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Decided on : Jun-01-1982
Inwood Laboratories v. Ives Laboratories - 456 U.S. 844 (1982) U.S. Supreme Court Inwood Laboratories v. Ives Laboratories, 456 U.S. 844 (1982) Inwood Laboratories, Inc. v. Ives Laboratories, Inc. No. 80-2182 Argued February 22, 1982 Decided June 1, 1982 * 456 U.S. 844 CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SECOND CIRCUIT Syllabus Respondent manufactured and marketed the patented prescription drug cyclandelate to wholesalers, retail pharmacists, and hospitals in colored capsules under the registered trademark CYCLOSPASMOL. After respondent's patent expired, several generic drug manufacturers, including petitioner manufacturers, began marketing the drug, intentionally copying the appearance of the CYCLOSPASMOL capsules. Respondent then brought an action against petitioner manufacturers and wholesalers in Federal District Court under, inter alia, 32 of the Trademark Act of 1946, alleging that some pharmacists had dispensed generic drugs mislabeled as CYC...
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Decided on : Jun-25-1982
Blum v. Yaretsky - 457 U.S. 991 (1982) U.S. Supreme Court Blum v. Yaretsky, 457 U.S. 991 (1982) Blum v. Yaretsky No. 80-1952 Argued March 24, 1982 Decided June 25, 1982 457 U.S. 991 CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SECOND CIRCUIT Syllabus As a participating State in the Medicaid program established by the Social Security Act, New York provides Medicaid assistance to eligible persons who receive care in private nursing homes, which are designated as either "skilled nursing facilities" (SNF's) or "health related facilities" (HRF's), the latter providing less extensive, and generally less expensive, medical care than the former. The nursing homes are directly reimbursed by the State for the reasonable cost of health care services. To obtain Medicaid assistance, an individual must satisfy eligibility standards in terms of income or resources and must seek medically necessary services. As to the latter requirement, federal regulations require each nursing...
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Decided on : Jun-18-1982
Arizona v. Maricopa County Med. Soc'y - 457 U.S. 332 (1982) U.S. Supreme Court Arizona v. Maricopa County Med. Soc'y, 457 U.S. 332 (1982) Arizona v. Maricopa County Medical Society No. 80-419 Argued November 4, 1981 Decided June 18, 1982 457 U.S. 332 CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT Syllabus Respondent foundations for medical care were organized by respondent Maricopa County Medical Society and another medical society to promote fee-for-service medicine and to provide the community with a competitive alternative to existing health insurance plans. The foundations, by agreement of their member doctors, established the maximum fees the doctors may claim in full payment for health services provided to policyholders of specified insurance plans. Petitioner State of Arizona filed a complaint against respondents in Federal District Court, alleging that they were engaged in an illegal price-fixing conspiracy in violation of 1 of the Sherman A...
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Decided on : Jun-28-1982
Union Labor Life Ins. Co. v. Pireno - 458 U.S. 119 (1982) U.S. Supreme Court Union Labor Life Ins. Co. v. Pireno, 458 U.S. 119 (1982) Union Labor Life Ins. Co. v. Pireno No. 81-389 Argued April 27, 1982 Decided June 28, 1982 * 458 U.S. 119 CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SECOND CIRCUIT Syllabus As required by New York law, petitioner Union Labor Life Insurance Co. (ULL) issues health insurance policies covering certain policyholder claims for chiropractic treatments. Some ULL policies limit the company's liability to "reasonable" charges for "necessary" medical care and services. In order to determine whether particular chiropractors' treatments and fees were necessary and reasonable, ULL arranged with petitioner New York State Chiropractic Association (NYSCA), a professional association of chiropractors, to use the advice of its Peer Review Committee, which was established primarily to aid insurers in evaluating claims for chiropractic treatments,...
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Decided on : Feb-24-1982
Baldrige v. Shapiro - 455 U.S. 345 (1982) U.S. Supreme Court Baldrige v. Shapiro, 455 U.S. 345 (1982) Baldrige v. Shapiro No. 80-1436 Argued December 2, 1981 Decided February 24, 1982 * 455 U.S. 345 CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE THIRD CIRCUIT Syllabus These cases present the question whether lists of addresses collected and utilized by the Bureau of the Census are exempt from disclosure, either by way of civil discovery or the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), under the confidentiality provisions of the Census Act, 13 U.S.C. 8 and 9. Section 8(b) allows the Secretary of Commerce to reveal statistical materials "which do not disclose the information reported by, or on behalf of, any particular respondent." Section 9(a) prohibits the Secretary from using the information furnished except for statistical purposes, and from making any publication "whereby the data furnished by any particular establishment or individual . . . can be identified"; it a...
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Decided on : Jun-29-1982
Asarco Inc. v. Idaho State Tax Comm'n - 458 U.S. 307 (1982) U.S. Supreme Court Asarco Inc. v. Idaho State Tax Comm'n, 458 U.S. 307 (1982) Asarco Inc. v. Idaho State Tax Commission No. 80-2015 Argued April 19, 1982 Decided June 29, 1982 458 U.S. 307 APPEAL FROM THE SUPREME COURT OF IDAHO Syllabus Held: The State of Idaho may not constitutionally include within the taxable income of appellant nondomiciliary parent corporation doing some business (primarily silver mining) in the State a portion of intangible income (dividends, interest payments, and capital gains from the sale of stock) that appellant received from subsidiary corporations having no other connection with the State. Pp. 458 U. S. 315 -330. (a) As a general principle, a State may not tax value earned outside its borders. "[T]he linchpin of apportionability in the field of state income taxation is the unitary business principle." Mobil Oil Corp. v. Commissioner of Taxes of Vermont, 445 U. S. 425 , 445 U. S....
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Decided on : May-17-1982
American Soc'y of Mech. Eng'rs v. Hydrolevel - 456 U.S. 556 (1982) U.S. Supreme Court American Soc'y of Mech. Eng'rs v. Hydrolevel, 456 U.S. 556 (1982) American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Inc. v Hydrolevel Corp. No. 80-1765. Argued January 13, 1982 Decided May 17, 1982 456 U.S. 556 CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SECOND CIRCUIT Syllabus Petitioner, a nonprofit membership corporation with over 90,000 members drawn from all fields of mechanical engineering, promulgates codes for areas of engineering and industry. Much of its work is done through volunteers from industry and government. The codes, while only advisory, have a powerful economic influence, many of them being incorporated by reference in federal regulations and state and local laws. Respondent marketed a safety device for use in water boilers and secured a customer that previously had purchased the competing product of McDonnell & Miller, Inc. (M&M;). One of M&M;'s officials, a vice-...
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Decided on : Jun-24-1982
Nixon v. Fitzgerald - 457 U.S. 731 (1982) U.S. Supreme Court Nixon v. Fitzgerald, 457 U.S. 731 (1982) Nixon v. Fitzgerald No. 79-1738 Argued November 30, 1981 Decided June 24, 1982 457 U.S. 731 CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CIRCUIT Syllabus During the waning months of the Presidency of Lyndon B. Johnson in 1968, respondent, a management analyst with the Department of the Air Force, testified before a congressional Subcommittee about cost overruns and unexpected technical difficulties concerning the development of a particular airplane. In January, 1970, during the Presidency of petitioner Richard M. Nixon, respondent was dismissed from his job during a departmental reorganization and reduction in force, in which his job was eliminated. Respondent complained to the Civil Service Commission, alleging that his separation represented unlawful retaliation for his congressional testimony. The Commission rejected this claim, but conc...
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Decided on : May-17-1982
North Haven Bd. of Educ. v. Bell - 456 U.S. 512 (1982) U.S. Supreme Court North Haven Bd. of Educ. v. Bell, 456 U.S. 512 (1982) North Haven Bd. of Educ. v. Bell No. 80-986 Argued December 9, 1981 Decided May 17, 1982 456 U.S. 512 CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SECOND CIRCUIT Syllabus Section 901(a) of Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 provides that "no person," on the basis of sex, shall "be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any education program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance." Section 902 authorizes each agency awarding federal financial assistance to any education program to promulgate regulations ensuring that aid recipients adhere to 901(a), and as a sanction for noncompliance provides for termination of federal funds limited to the particular program, or part thereof, in which such noncompliance has been found. Pursuant to 902, the Department o...
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