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American Communications Assn. Vs. Douds

Court : US Supreme Court

..... the findings and declaration of policy that: "experience has further demonstrated that certain practices by some labor organizations, their officers, and members have the intent or the necessary effect of burdening or obstructing commerce by preventing the free flow of goods in such commerce through strikes and other forms of industrial unrest or through concerted activities which impair the interest of the public in the free flow of such commerce. ..... the problem of political strikes and how to deal with their leaders, the public interest in the good faith exercise of the great powers entrusted by congress to labor bargaining representatives under the national labor relations act, the fact that 9(h) touches only a relatively few persons who combine certain political affiliations or beliefs with the occupancy of positions of great power over the economy of the country, and the fact that ..... 382 appeal from the united states district court for the southern district of new york syllabus section 9(h) of the national labor relations act, as amended by the labor management relations act, 1947, which imposes certain restrictions on, and denies the benefits of certain provisions of the national labor relations act to, any labor organization the officers of which have not filed with the national labor relations board the so-called "non-commmist" ..... is to survive it must have power to protect itself against unlawful conduct and, under some circumstances, against incitements to commit unlawful acts. .....

Naacp Vs. Alabama Ex Rel. Flowers

Court : US Supreme Court

..... the court noted, inter alia, that the bryant decision was "based on the particular character of the klan's activities, involving acts of unlawful intimidation and violence, which the court assumed was before the state legislature when it enacted the statute, and of which the ..... segregate passengers according to race;" "(4) that it had 'falsely charged' officials of the state and the university of alabama with acts in violation of state and federal law;" "(5) that it had 'falsely charged' the attorney general of alabama and the alabama courts with 'arbitrary, vindictive, and collusive' acts intended to prevent it from contesting its ouster from the state 'before an impartial judicial forum,' and had 'falsely charged' the circuit court ..... this court has repeatedly held that a governmental purpose to control or prevent activities constitutionally subject to state regulation may not be achieved by means which sweep unnecessarily broadly, and thereby invade ..... otherwise, past failure to register could not constitutionally be made the basis for permanently preventing the association from registering, and thereby denying its members the right to associate in alabama ..... also clear that the state may not impose restrictions upon persons to prevent their advocating by lawful means the elimination of racial discrimination and segregation ..... ) the court thus regarded as too unimportant to prevent consideration of the merits the very ground on which it relies here, even though it was accompanied by other .....

Marchetti Vs. United States

Court : US Supreme Court

..... the court has repeatedly indicated that the unlawfulness of an activity does not prevent its taxation, and nothing that follows is intended to limit or diminish the vitality of those ..... recognized principle that taxes may be imposed upon unlawful activities is not at issue here. p. ..... , nothing we do today will prevent either the taxation or the regulation by congress of activities otherwise made unlawful by state or federal statutes. ..... the records be analogous to public documents and of a kind which the regulated party has customarily kept, and that the statutory requirements be essentially regulatory, rather than aimed at a particular group suspected of criminal activities), do not apply to the facts of this case, and therefore shapiro's "required records" doctrine is not controlling. pp. ..... footnote 12 ] we presume that the court referred to the following: "[t]here is no compulsory self-crimination in a rule of law which merely requires beforehand a future report on a class of future acts among which a particular one may or may not in future be criminal at the choice of the party reporting. ..... see morgan, supra, at 37, and mckay, self-incrimination and the new privacy, 1967 sup.ct.rev.193, 221. ..... 2 argued january 17-18, 1967 reargued october 10, 1967 decided january 29, 1968 390 ..... 22-1504 to 22-1511 (1967); fla.stat., c ..... 225 (1967); n.c.gen. ..... 22-1501 (1967); fla.stat ..... 225 (1967); n.c.gen. ..... after argument, the case was restored to the calendar and set for reargument at the 1967 term. ..... 1967 ..... 1967 .....

Mcdonnell Douglas Corp. Vs. Green

Court : US Supreme Court

..... we need not consider or decide here whether, or under what circumstances, unlawful activity not directed against the particular employer may be a legitimate justification for refusing to ..... [ footnote 17 ] the unlawful activity in this case was directed specifically against ..... footnote 16 ] nothing in title vii compels an employer to absolve and rehire one who has engaged in such deliberate, unlawful activity against it. ..... that respondent had established a prima facie case of racial discrimination; that petitioner's refusal to rehire respondent rested on "subjective" criteria which carried little weight in rebutting charges of discrimination; that, though respondent's participation in the unlawful demonstrations might indicate a lack of a responsible attitude toward performing work for that employer, respondent should be given the opportunity to demonstrate that petitioner's reasons for refusing to rehire him were mere pretext. ..... this was among the statements which caused the dissenting judge to read the opinion as taking "the position that such unlawful acts as green committed against mcdonnell would not legally entitle mcdonnell to refuse to hire him, even though no racial motivation was involved. . . ." ..... july 2, 1965, a "lock-in" took place wherein a chain and padlock were placed on the front door of a building to prevent the occupants, certain of petitioner's employees, from leaving. ..... chain and padlock were placed on the front door of the building to prevent ingress and egress. .....

Johnson Vs. Mississippi

Court : US Supreme Court

..... because he is or has been, or in order to intimidate such person or any other person or any class of persons from -- " "(a) participating, without discrimination on account of race, color, religion or national origin, in any of the benefits or activities described in [subparagraph (2)(c)]; or" "(b) affording another person or class of persons opportunity or protection to so participate; or" "(5) any citizen because he is or has been, or in order to intimidate such citizen or any other citizen from lawfully aiding or ..... operative provisions, since 245(b), on its face, focuses on the use of force, and its legislative history confirms that its central purpose was to prevent and punish violent interferences with the exercise of specified rights, and that it was not aimed at interrupting or frustrating the otherwise orderly processes of state law. pp ..... , and each of them to commit acts injurious to trade or commerce among the public and did willfully, unlawfully, and feloniously conspire, combine, confederate and agree among themselves and each of them with the other, and did enter into an unlawful conspiracy, plan and design among themselves, and each with the other, to unlawfully and feloniously bring about a ..... supra, at 5, and he reiterated this view of the bill when it arrived on the house floor for consideration after finally passing the senate in 1967: "[the senate version of the bill] reenacts the bill that we passed, giving protection to civil rights workers who might be endeavoring to .....

Securities Indus. Assn. Vs. Frs

Court : US Supreme Court

..... [ footnote 12 ] because of its conclusion that the commercial paper in this case was not a "security" under the act, the court of appeals did not consider whether the activity of bankers trust constitutes "underwriting" within the meaning of 16, or "the business of issuing, underwriting, selling, or distributing" within ..... [ footnote 3 ] several members of congress expressed the view that the securities activities of bank affiliates were unlawful because they were not authorized by the federal charters under which national banks operated or by the state charters under ..... of a security presumably affect whether it qualifies as an "investment security" that a commercial bank may purchase for its own account, [ footnote 10 ] the act's underwriting prohibition displays no appreciation for the features of a particular issue; the act just prohibits commercial banks from underwriting any of them, with an exception for certain enumerated governmental obligations that congress specifically has chosen to favor. ..... petitioned the board for, among other things, a ruling that bankers trust's activities are unlawful under 16 and 21 of the act, 12 u.s.c. ..... designed 21 to prevent persons engaged in specified investment banking activities from entering the ..... board and the court of appeals emphasized that congress designed the act to prevent future bank losses arising out of investments in speculative, long- ..... acknowledged that congress enacted the act to prevent commercial banks from engaging page 468 .....

Federal Election Comm’n Vs. WisconsIn Right to Life, Inc.

Court : US Supreme Court

..... footnote 4 ] the aim was not merely to prevent the subversion of the integrity of the electoral process, but to sustain the active, alert responsibility of the individual citizen in a democracy ..... 22, and the next year congress passed the tillman act of 1907: it shall be unlawful for any national bank, or any corporation organized by authority of any laws of congress, to make a money contribution in connection ..... the problem for wrtl was that, under 203 of bcra, it would have been unlawful to air its television and radio ads within 30 days before the september 14, 2004, primary or within 60 days before the november 2, 2004, general election because the ..... , at 255 ( the government may not suppress lawful speech as the means to suppress unlawful speech ); buckley , supra, at 44 (expenditure limitations cannot be sustained simply by invoking the interest in maximizing the ..... and purpose of the provision of the act prohibiting any corporation or labor organization making any contribution in connection with any election would be wholly defeated if it were assumed that the term making any contribution related only to the donating of money directly to a candidate, and excluded the vast expenditures of money in the activities herein shown to be engaged in ..... alleged that bcra s prohibition on the use of corporate treasury funds for electioneering communication[s] as defined in the act is unconstitutional as applied to wedding, loan, and waiting, as well as any materially similar ads it might .....

Clapper Vs. Amnesty International Usa

Court : US Supreme Court

..... yet federal courts frequently entertain actions for injunctions and for declaratory relief aimed at preventing future activities that are reasonably likely or highly likely, but not absolutely certain, to take place ..... laidlaw is therefore quite unlike the present case, in which it is not concede[d] that respondents would be subject to unlawful surveillance but for their decision to take preventive measures. ..... suppose that a federal court faced a claim by homeowners that (allegedly) unlawful dam-building practices created a high risk that their homes would be flooded. ..... iii several considerations, based upon the record along with commonsense inferences, convince me that there is a very high likelihood that government, acting under the authority of 1881a, will intercept at least some of the communications just described. ..... because the unlawful discharges of pollutants were concededly ongoing, the only issue was whether nearby residents who were members of the organizational plaintiffs acted reasonably in refraining from using the polluted area. id ..... 885, 888 891 (ca7 2001) (stand-ing based on increased risk that employee retirement income security act beneficiary will not be covered due to increased amount of discretion given to erisa administrator). ..... (1978) , for example, the plaintiffs, a group of individuals living near a proposed nuclear powerplant, challenged the constitutionality of the price-anderson act, a statute that limited the plant s liability in the case of a nuclear accident. .....

In Re: Sushanta Goswami and ors.

Court : Supreme Court of India

Reported in : (1969)1SCC273; [1969]3SCR138

..... this petitioner was detained by the order of the district magistrate 24 parganas, dated may 25, 1968, made under section 3(2) of the act, the reason for his detention being the prevention of activities prejudicial to the maintenance of public order. ..... altogether vague and may be reproduced :- 'that you have been for a long time engaged in anti-social, illegal, and high-handed criminal activities and in the course of such activities you have on different occasion held out threats to different persons and that you have associated yourself with anti-social elements. ..... petitioner was detained by an order, dated april 19, 1968, made by the district magistrate, 24 parganas, under section 3(2) of the act, the grounds of detention being the prevention of activities prejudicial to the maintenance of public order. ..... accordingly to the first ground the petitioner had been committing offences of forming unlawful assembly, assaulting the police and peaceful inhabitants, snatching away cash and valuables, teasing school girls and criminal ..... according to one of the grounds the petitioner had, on october 12, 1967 along with his associates committed a daring burglary in howrah tobacco store by breaking open 6/7 padlocks and removed cigarette cases worth ..... prosecuted for operating your husking machine on 12-1-68, you carried on further operation with it as it was left on your bond of production violating again the provisions of west bengal husking machine (control of operation) amendment order, 1967. .....

Umraomal and ors. Vs. State of Rajasthan

Court : Rajasthan

Reported in : 1955CriLJ95

..... district magistrate, jaipur, am satisfied that (name and description of detenu) is indulging in activities highly prejudicial to the maintenance of public order and tranquillity and whereas with a view to prevent him from acting in such a manner, it is considered essential to detain, him;i, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by clause (1) of sub-section (2) of section 3, preventive detention act, 1950, as amended by the preventive detention amendment acts of 1951 and 1952, ordered that the said (name and description of the detenu) shall ..... relatively minor breaches of the peace of purely local significance, treating for this purpose differences in degree as if they were differences in kind.in the penal code there are various offences ranging from unlawful assemblies and riots, to insurrections, rebellions and waging of war which run into each other and all have in common one feature, namely, the disturbance of normal tranquillity, but all these ..... suggested that the words 'pleading the 'cause by any means whatsoever' may include unlawful means or means involving violence; but this contention has no force since using of such means are not specifically mentioned and there can be no presumption that unlawful means or means involving violence were being resorted to when pleading only means pursuasion ..... in the third ground there is no allegation of any unlawful act by the person but it is said that some members of the procession led by the person sought to be detained caused .....