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Decided on : Jan-23-1984
Pennhurst State Sch. v. Halderman - 465 U.S. 89 (1984) U.S. Supreme Court Pennhurst State Sch. v. Halderman, 465 U.S. 89 (1984) Pennhurst State School and Hospital v. Halderman No. 81-2101 Argued February 22, 1983 Reargued October 3, 1983 Decided January 23, 1984 465 U.S. 89 CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE THIRD CIRCUIT Syllabus Respondent Halderman, a resident of petitioner Pennhurst State School and Hospital, a Pennsylvania institution for the care of the mentally retarded, brought a class action in Federal District Court against Pennhurst, certain of its officials, the Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare, and various state and county officials (also petitioners). It was alleged that conditions at Pennhurst violated various federal constitutional and statutory rights of the class members as well as their rights under the Pennsylvania Mental Health and Mental Retardation Act of 1966 (MH/MR Act). Ultimately, the District Court awarded injunct...
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Decided on : Mar-27-1984
..... schema of the tying cases. rather, the court borrowed the patent law principle of "patent misuse," which prevents the holder of a patent from using the patent to require his customers to purchase unpatented products. id ..... 1983). for example, the house report on the clayton act stated: "the public is compelled to pay a higher price and local customers are put to the inconvenience of securing many commodities in other communities or through mail- ..... consumers differentiate between anesthesiological services and the other hospital services provided by petitioners. [ footnote 39 ] page 466 u. s. 24 thus, the hospital's requirement that its patients ..... arrangements and the single product issue, 31 ohio st.l.j. 861 (1970). [ footnote 36 ] testimony that patients and their physicians frequently do differentiate ..... fees for anesthesiological services are billed separately to the patients by the hospital. they cover the hospital's costs and the professional services provided by roux. after a deduction of eight percent to provide a reserve for uncollectible ..... states v. american society of anesthesiologists, inc., 473 f.supp. 147, 150 (sdny 1979) ("by 1957 the salaried anesthesiologist had become the exception. anesthesiologists ..... prohibited by the sherman act. accordingly, the judgment of the court of appeals is reversed, and the case is remanded to that court for further proceedings consistent with this opinion. [ footnote 54 ] it is so ordered. [ footnote 1 ] section 1 of the sherman act states: "every .....
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Decided on : Jan-17-1984
Sony Corp. v. Universal City Studios - 464 U.S. 417 (1984) U.S. Supreme Court Sony Corp. v. Universal City Studios, 464 U.S. 417 (1984) Sony Corporation of America v. Universal City Studios, Inc. No. 81-1687 Argued January 18, 1983 Reargued October 3, 1983 Decided January 17, 1984 464 U.S. 417 CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT Syllabus Petitioner Sony Corp. manufactures home videotape recorders (VTR's), and markets them through retail establishments, some of which are also petitioners. Respondents own the copyrights on some of the television programs that are broadcast on the public airwaves. Respondents brought an action against petitioners in Federal District Court, alleging that VTR consumers had been recording some of respondents' copyrighted works that had been exhibited on commercially sponsored television, and thereby infringed respondents' copyrights, and further that petitioners were liable for such copyright infringement becau...
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Decided on : Jan-01-1984
Summa Corp. v. Cal. State Lands Comm'n - 466 U.S. 198 (1984) U.S. Supreme Court Summa Corp. v. Cal. State Lands Comm'n, 466 U.S. 198 (1984) Summa Corp. v. California ex rel. State Lands Commission No. 82-708 Argued February 29,1984 Decided April 17,1984 466 U.S. 198 CERTIORARI TO THE SUPREME COURT OF CALIFORNIA Syllabus Petitioner owns the fee title to the Ballona Lagoon, a narrow body of water connected to a man-made harbor located in the city of Los Angeles on the Pacific Ocean. The lagoon became part of the United States following the war with Mexico, which was formally ended by the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo in 1848. Petitioner s predecessors-in-interest had their interest in the lagoon confirmed in federal patent proceedings pursuant to an 1851 Act that had been enacted to implement the treaty, and that provided that the validity of claims to California lands would be decided according to Mexican law. California made no claim to any interest in the lagoon at the time o...
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Decided on : May-21-1984
Heckler v. Commun. Health Svcs. - 467 U.S. 51 (1984) U.S. Supreme Court Heckler v. Commun. Health Svcs., 467 U.S. 51 (1984) Heckler v. Community Health Services No. 83-56 Argued February 27, 1984 Decided May 21, 1984 467 U.S. 51 CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE THIRD CIRCUIT Syllabus Under the Medicare program, providers of health care services are reimbursed for the reasonable cost of services rendered to Medicare beneficiaries and are required to submit annual cost reports which are audited to determine actual costs. The Secretary of Health and Human Services (Secretary) may reopen any reimbursement determination within a 3-year period and make appropriate adjustments. Respondent nonprofit corporation (hereafter respondent), pursuant to its contract to provide home health care services under the Medicare program, received reimbursement through a fiscal intermediary, Travelers Insurance Cos. (Travelers). Respondent also received a federal grant unde...
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Decided on : May-15-1984
Escondido Water Co. v. La Jolla Indians - 466 U.S. 765 (1984) U.S. Supreme Court Escondido Water Co. v. La Jolla Indians, 466 U.S. 765 (1984) Escondido Mutual Water Co. v. La Jolla Band of Mission Indians No. 82-2056. Argued March 26, 1984 Decided May 15, 1984 466 U.S. 765 CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT Syllabus Section 4(e) of the Federal Power Act (FPA) authorizes the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Commission to issue licenses for the construction, operation, and maintenance of hydroelectric project works located on the public lands and reservations of the United States, including lands held in trust for Indians. The section contains a proviso that such licenses shall be issued "within any reservation" only after a finding by the Commission that the license will not interfere or be inconsistent with the purpose for which the reservation was created or acquired, and "shall be subject to and contain such conditions as the Secr...
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Decided on : Jun-18-1984
Capital Cities Cable, Inc. v. Crisp - 467 U.S. 691 (1984) U.S. Supreme Court Capital Cities Cable, Inc. v. Crisp, 467 U.S. 691 (1984) Capital Cities Cable, Inc. v. Crisp No. 82-1795 Argued February 21, 1984 Decided June 18, 1984 467 U.S. 691 CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE TENTH CIRCUIT Syllabus Although Oklahoma does not prohibit the sale and consumption of alcoholic beverages within the State, it prohibits, in general, the advertising of such beverages. In 1980, the Oklahoma Attorney General determined that the State's advertising ban prohibited cable television systems operating in Oklahoma from retransmitting out-of-state signals containing alcoholic beverage commercials, particularly wine commercials. Petitioners, operators of cable television systems in Oklahoma -- who, with other such operators, had been warned by respondent Director of the Oklahoma Alcoholic Beverage Control Board that they would be criminally prosecuted if they carried out-...
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Decided on : Feb-29-1984
Solem v. Stumes - 465 U.S. 638 (1984) U.S. Supreme Court Solem v. Stumes, 465 U.S. 638 (1984) Solem v. Stumes No. 81-2149 Argued November 28, 1983 Decided February 29, 1984 465 U.S. 638 CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT Syllabus Respondent, a homicide suspect, when arrested on unrelated charges, made incriminating statements to the police about the homicide after the police had twice renewed interrogation despite respondent's having invoked his right to counsel. Respondent was charged with murder and, after the South Dakota trial court refused to suppress the statements made to the police, was convicted of first-degree manslaughter. The South Dakota Supreme Court affirmed. Respondent then filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus in Federal District Court, which denied the writ. While respondent's appeal was pending, this Court, in Edwards v. Arizona, 451 U. S. 477 , held that once a suspect has invoked the right to counsel, any s...
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Decided on : May-22-1984
South-Central Timber v. Wunnicke - 467 U.S. 82 (1984) U.S. Supreme Court South-Central Timber v. Wunnicke, 467 U.S. 82 (1984) South-Central Timber Development, Inc. v. Wunnicke No. 82-1608 Argued February 29, 1984 Decided May 22, 1984 467 U.S. 82 CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT Syllabus Pursuant to an Alaska statute, the Alaska Department of Natural Resources published a notice that it would sell certain timber from state lands under a contract requiring "primary manufacture" (partial processing) of the timber within Alaska before the successful bidder could ship it outside of the State. Petitioner, an Alaska corporation engaged in the business of purchasing timber and shipping the logs into foreign commerce, does not operate a mill in Alaska and customarily sells unprocessed logs. When it learned that the primary manufacture requirement was to be imposed on the sale of state-owned timber involved here, petitioner filed an action in Fe...
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Decided on : Feb-22-1984
NLRB v. Bildisco & Bildisco - 465 U.S. 513 (1984) U.S. Supreme Court NLRB v. Bildisco & Bildisco, 465 U.S. 513 (1984) National Labor Relations Board v. Bildisco & Bildisco No. 82-818 Argued October 11, 1983 Decided February 22, 1984 * 465 U.S. 513 CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE THIRD CIRCUIT Syllabus Section 365(a) of the Bankruptcy Code (Code) provides that, with certain exceptions, the trustee, subject to the Bankruptcy Court's approval, may assume or reject "any executory contract" of the debtor. In April, 1980, respondent debtor (hereafter respondent), a building supplies distributor, filed a voluntary petition in bankruptcy for reorganization under Chapter 11 of the Code, and was subsequently authorized by the Bankruptcy Court to operate the business as a debtor-in-possession. At the time the petition was filed, some of respondent's employees were represented by petitioner Union with whom respondent had negotiated a collective bargaining agre...
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