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United States Vs. Allegheny-ludlum Steel Corp.

Court : US Supreme Court

..... two "car service rues" promulgated by the interstate commerce commission (icc), requiring generally that unloaded freight cars be returned in the direction of the owning railroad, are "reasonable" under the esch car service act of 1917 in view of the icc's finding, for which there is substantial record support, of a national freight car shortage, and its conclusion that the shortage could be alleviated by mandatory observance of the rule, which would give the railroads greater use of their cars and provide an incentive for ..... it reasoned from this fact, and from statistics showing a significantly more rapid decline in aggregate carrying capacity than in revenue tons originated, that an underlying and important cause of the unavailability of boxcars to shippers was that the nation's railroads simply did not jointly own a sufficient number of freight cars to adequately serve shippers of goods over their lines. ..... it was making a partition, and it performed a function quasi -judicial in its nature. ..... the decline in ownership of plain boxcars, as opposed to more sophisticated types of cars, was even more dramatic; ownership of cars over the 10-year period in question dropped 22.1%, while aggregate carrying capacity of such cars dropped 18.9%. ..... 9 (1965). cf. .....

Furman Vs. Georgia

Court : US Supreme Court

..... to a term in prison; that convicted murderers usually are model prisoners, and that they almost always become law-abiding citizens upon their release from prison; that the costs of executing a capital offender exceed the costs of imprisoning him for life; that, while in prison, a convict under sentence of death performs none of the useful functions that life prisoners perform; that no attempt is made in the sentencing process to ferret out likely recidivists for execution; and that ..... i cannot agree that the american people have been so hardened, so embittered, that they want to take the life of one who performs even the basest criminal act knowing that the execution is nothing more than bloodlust. ..... the answer, of course, is that, in 1961, in 1965, and in 1970, these elected representatives of the people -- far more conscious of the temper of the times, of the maturing of society, and of the contemporary demands for man's dignity than are we who sit cloistered on this court -- took it as settled that the death penalty then, as it always had been, was not, in itself, unconstitutional. ..... however, the history of capital punishment in england dramatically reveals that no premium was placed on equal justice for all, either before or after the bill of rights of 1689. .....

Branzburg Vs. Hayes

Court : US Supreme Court

..... to assert the contrary proposition "is to answer it, since it involves in its very statement the contention that the freedom of the press is the freedom to do wrong with impunity and implies the right to frustrate and defeat the discharge of those governmental duties upon the performance of which the freedom of all, including that of the press, depends. . . ..... the government claimed that it had information that the witnesses had associated with persons who had conspired to perform some of the criminal acts that the grand jury was investigating. ..... this proposition follows as a matter of simple logic once three factual predicates are recognized: (1) newsmen require informants to gather news; (2) confidentiality -- the promise or understanding that names or certain aspects of communications will be kept off the record -- is essential to the creation and maintenance of a newsgathering relationship with informants; and (3) an unbridled subpoena power -- the absence of a constitutional right protecting, in any way, a confidential relationship from compulsory process -- will either deter source from divulging information or deter ..... it is not enough that the public's knowledge of groups such as the black panthers should be confined to their deliberate public pronouncements or distant news accounts of their occasional dramatic forays into the public view. ..... 153 (1965); orfield, the federal grand jury, 22 f.r.d. ..... 539 -540 (1965); rideau v. ..... 56 (1965); naacp v ..... 16 -17 (1965); new york times co. v .....

The Commissioner of Income Tax, Kerala, Ernakulam Vs. the Travancore S ...

Court : Supreme Court of India

Reported in : AIR1973SC982; [1973]88ITR1(SC); (1973)3SCC274; [1973]2SCR738

..... to be distinguished because it is said in that case the company was already in existence, that the venture was a joint venture between the english company and the french company, that the french company merely contributed to some share of the capital by the grant of a subsidy and land free of charge and that the work in fact was done by the south indian railway which was to pay gross receipts less working expenses to the pondicherry company which divided the net profits after deduction of rates and ..... that the supreme court had held that the amount paid to the government was not a capital expenditure but a revenue expenditure because he realised that if that finding be assailed, then it would be immaterial whether the amount paid to the government amounted to diversion of the profits before they reached the assessee by an over-riding title or whether it was otherwise an allowable deduction under section 10(2)(xv) of the income-tax act, 1922. ..... the disallowance of personal expenses is because that has been dealt with under section 7 which deals with expenses wholly and necessarily incurred in the performance of duties and therefore are not included in this clause.10. ..... 324 of 1965 on september 20, 1966 and remanded the case for being re-heard and dealt with in accordance with the directions given in that judgment. .....

California Vs. Larue

Court : US Supreme Court

..... held: in the context not of censoring dramatic performances in a theater, but of licensing bars and nightclubs to sell liquor by the drink, the states have broad latitude under the twenty-first amendment to control the manner and circumstances under which liquor may be dispensed, and here the conclusion that sale of liquor by the drink and lewd or naked entertainment should not take place simultaneously in licensed establishments was not irrational, nor was the prophylactic solution unreasonable. pp. ..... 63 (1970), the court said with respect to theatrical productions: "an actor, like everyone else in our country, enjoys a constitutional right to freedom of speech, including the right openly to criticize the government during a dramatic performance. ..... 112 bestiality, oral copulation, flagellation or any sexual acts which are prohibited by law;" "(b) the actual or simulated 'touching, caressing or fondling on the breast, buttocks, anus or genitals';" "(c) the actual or simulated 'displaying of the pubic hair, anus, vulva or genitals';" "(d) the permitting by a licensee of 'any person to remain in or upon the licensed premises who exposes to public view any portion of his or her genitals or anus'; and, by a companion section," "(e) the displaying of films or pictures depicting acts a live performance of which was prohibited by the regulations quoted above. ..... 479 (1965). ..... 556 -558 (1965). ..... 486 (1965). ..... 559 (1965). .....

United States Vs. Falstaff Brewing Corp.

Court : US Supreme Court

..... decisions had implied that the effect on competition between the parties to the merger was not the only test of the illegality of a stock merger; the court had applied sherman act tests to clayton act cases and thus judged the effect of a merger on the industry as a whole; this incorporation of sherman act tests, with the accompanying 'rule of reason,' was inadequate for reaching some mergers which the commission felt were not in the public interest; and the new amendment proposed ..... ] section 7 provides in relevant part: "no corporation engaged in commerce shall acquire, directly or indirectly, the whole or any part of the stock or other share capital and no corporation subject to the jurisdiction of the federal trade commission shall acquire the whole or any part of the assets of another corporation engaged also in commerce, where in any line of commerce in any section of the country, the effect of such acquisition may be substantially to lessen competition, or to tend to create a monopoly." ..... the propositions, however, to this their final meaning makes it clear that, in substance, they deny the existence of essential legislative authority, and challenge the right of the judiciary to perform duties which that department of the government has exerted from the ..... the beer market as a whole has expanded, the number of breweries has declined dramatically ..... 1965 violated 7 of the clayton act ..... ] the government directs our attention to a case which dramatically illustrates the unreliable .....

San Antonio Indep. Sch. Dist. Vs. Rodriguez

Court : US Supreme Court

..... morgan involved a challenge by registered voters in new york city to a provision of the voting rights act of 1965 that prohibited enforcement of a state law calling for english literacy tests for voting. ..... it seems to me that the range of choice we are willing to accord the state in selecting the means by which it will act, and the care with which we scrutinize the effectiveness of the means which the state selects, also must reflect the constitutional importance of the interest affected and the invidiousness of the particular classification. ..... pupils per pupil above $100,000 $5,900 8% $815 (10 districts) $100,000-$50,000 $4,425 32% $544 (26 districts) $50,00$30,000 $4,900 23% $483 (30 districts) $30,000-$10,000 $5,050 31% $462 (40 districts) below $10,000 $3,325 79% $305 (4 districts) although the correlations with respect to family income and race appear only to exist at the extremes, and although the affiant's methodology has been questioned ( see goldstein, inter-district inequalities in school financing: a critical analysis of serrano v. ..... though education is one of the most important services performed by the state, it is not within the limited category of rights recognized by this court as guaranteed by the constitution. ..... [ footnote 28 ] teacher salaries, by far the largest item in any school's budget, have increased dramatically -- the state supported minimum salary for teachers possessing college degrees has risen from $2,400 to $6,000 over the last 20 years. .....

The Management of Kirloskar Electric Co. Vs. their Workmen

Court : Supreme Court of India

Reported in : AIR1973SC2119; [1973(26)FLR426]; 1973LabIC1147; (1973)IILLJ305SC; (1973)2SCC247; 1973(5)LC742(SC)

..... does not mean that the chances of their clothes getting spoiled or damaged during the course of work which they perform' are far-fetched or to remote.the tribunal also referred to the other evidence produced and all the circumstances and was of the view that considering the nature of the work which these three categories of workmen were performing and the type of machines with which they were dealing there was no scope for contending that the possibility of the clothes of these workmen getting ..... as regards the winders it was observed that industrial operations have become so complex and complicated that for the purpose of determining whether turners, welders and winders should get clothes because it was likely that their clothes will get spoiled on account of the nature of work which they were performing, it was the totality of all operations and circumstances that should be taken into consideration. ..... in the written statement filed by the appellant before the tribunal it was submitted that it was giving uniforms to the watchmen, drivers, sweepers, canteen workers and such other workmen who were to be provided with protective clothing under the factories act and the rules framed thereunder. .....

CBS Vs. Democratic Nat'l Committee

Court : US Supreme Court

..... more important, as we have noted, congress has affirmatively indicated in the communications act that certain journalistic decisions are for the licensee, subject only to the restrictions imposed by evaluation of its overall performance under the public interest standard. ..... that therefore the act of the congress of the united states, passed on the 14th of july, 1798, entitled "an act in addition to the act entitled an act for the punishment of certain crimes against the united states,'" which does abridge the freedom of the press, is not law, but is altogether void, and of no force." 4 j. ..... after reviewing the legislative history of the communications act, the provisions of the act itself, the commission's decisions under the act, and the difficult problems inherent in administering a right of access, the commission rejected the demands of bem and dnc. ..... " [ footnote 4/40 ] under this scheme, however, the number of broadcasters increased so dramatically that, by 1927, every frequency was occupied by at least one station, and many were occupied by several. ..... 536 (1965); fowler v. ..... 647 (1965); democratic state central committee of california, 19 f.c.c.2d 833 (1968); u.s. ..... [ footnote 9 ] see madalyn murray, 5 p & f radio reg.2d 263 (1965). .....

United States Vs. Scrap

Court : US Supreme Court

..... [ footnote 2/10 ] under the act, the appraisal by the council on environmental quality, of which russell train is the chairman, is a weighty one, for, under 204 of the act, it has the responsibility "to appraise the various programs and activities of the federal government" in light of the policy of the act and "to develop and recommend . . . ..... in every recommendation or report on proposals for legislation and other major federal actions significantly affecting the quality of the human environment, a detailed statement by the responsible official on -- " "(i) the environmental impact of the proposed action," "(ii) any adverse environmental effects which cannot be avoided should the proposal be implemented," "(iii) alternatives to the proposed action," "(iv) the relationship between local short-term uses of man's environment and the maintenance and enhancement of long-term productivity, and" "(v) any irreversible and irretrievable commitments of resources ..... rates fixed so as to encourage vast shipments of litter are, therefore, perhaps the most immediate and dramatic illustration of a policy which will encourage protection page 412 u. s. ..... 425 (1965). .....