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Colton Vs. Colton

Court : US Supreme Court

..... of their necessities as well as natural love and affection must have inspired that sentence of his will by which the testator recommended to his widow the care and protection of his mother and sister, giving commanding weight and solemnity to the accompanying request "to make such gift and provision for them as in her judgment will be ..... impose an obligation on his legatee to carry his express wishes into effect, or whether, having expressed his wishes, he has meant to leave it to the legatee to act on them or not at his discretion." and referring to rules for ascertaining this intention sought to be deduced from the numerous decisions on the subject, he adds: " ..... operation of law (sec. 852); subject to which condition it is further provided that "a voluntary trust is created as to the trustor and beneficiary by any words or acts of the trustor indicating with reasonable certainty 1, an intention on the part of the trustor to create a trust, and 2 the subject, purpose, and beneficiary of .....

Lawrence Vs. State Tax Commission of Mississippi

Court : US Supreme Court

..... and illusory. p. 286 u. s. 281 . 5. where the discrimination resulting from a statute creating exemptions from a tax is inconsistent with the equal protection clause of the fourteenth amendment, the constitutional rights of those not within the exception are infringed when they are taxed and the others are not assessed, and ..... this contention would relieve the appellant from the burden which rests on him to overcome the presumption of facts supporting constitutionality, which attaches to all legislative acts, and would require as to assume that there is no state of facts reasonably to be conceived which could afford a rational basis for distinguishing, for ..... ground for the difference here made. the existence, unchallenged, of differences between the taxation of incomes of individuals and of corporations in every federal revenue act since the adoption of the sixteenth amendment demonstrates that there may be. apart from other considerations which may have led to the present legislation as an .....

Glona Vs. American Guar. and Liab. Ins. Co.

Court : US Supreme Court

..... like, must, as a constitutional matter, deal with every claim of biological paternity or maternity on its merits is an exceedingly odd proposition. the equal protection clause states a complex and difficult principle. certain classifications are "inherently suspect," which i take to mean that any reliance upon them in differentiating legal rights ..... brothers or sisters." s. speiser, recovery for wrongful death 587 (1966). [ footnote 2/3 ] he may even, like shakespeare's edmund, have spent his life contriving treachery against his family. supposing that the bard had any views on the law of legitimacy, they might more easily be discerned from edmund's character than ..... , and thus only legitimates can recover for the wrongful death of their parents. this is merely an application of the principle that statutes patterned after lord campbell's act which use the word 'kin' mean legitimate kin, and that, where such statutes say 'father' or 'mother,' 'children,' 'brothers' or 'sisters,' they mean .....

Hadley Vs. Junior Coll. Dist.

Court : US Supreme Court

..... district of metropolitan kansas city, brought this suit claiming that their right to vote for trustees of the district was unconstitutionally diluted in violation of the equal protection clause of the fourteenth amendment since their separate district contains approximately 60% of the total apportionment basis of the entire junior college district, but the state ..... some extent a principle of equal voting power, it does so in a way that does not comport with constitutional requirements. this is so because the act necessarily results in a systematic discrimination against voters in the more populous school districts. this discrimination occurs because whenever a large district's percentage of the ..... relevant sense of that term. in this particular case the "one man, one vote" principle is to some extent already reflected in the missouri statute. that act provides that, if no one or more of the component school districts has 33 1/3% or more of the total enumeration of the junior college district .....

New York Vs. Ferber

Court : US Supreme Court

..... include a scene from one of these films and, when viewed as a whole in a proper setting, be entitled to constitutional protection. the question whether a specific act of communication is protected by the first amendment always requires some consideration of both its content and its context. the court's holding that this respondent ..... (1980); finch, adult seduction of the child: effects on the child, medical aspects of human sexuality 170, 185 (mar.1973); groth, sexual trauma in the life histories of rapists and child molesters, 4 victimology 10 (1979). sexual molestation by adults is often involved in the production of child sexual performances. sexual exploitation of ..... whole." s.rep. no. 95-438, p. 5 (1977). it has been found that sexually exploited children are unable to develop healthy affectionate relationships in later life, have sexual dysfunctions, and have a tendency to become sexual abusers as adults. schoettle, child exploitation: a study of child pornography, 19 j.am.acad.child .....

Txo Production Corp. Vs. Alliance Resources Corp.

Court : US Supreme Court

..... far from reliable." olson, supra, at 175. it is therefore no surprise that, time and again, this court and its members have expressed concern about punitive damages awards" 'run wild,'" inexplicable on any basis but caprice or passion. has lip, supra, at 9-12, 18 (discussing cases); see also gertz v. robert welch, inc., 418 u. s. ..... and g. david brumfield. * *briefs of amici curiae urging reversal were filed for the american automobile manufacturers association et al. by victor e. schwartz; for the american council of life insurance et al. by erwin n. griswold, richard e. barnsback, phillip e. stano, theresa l. sorota, and patrick j. mcnally; for the american tort reform association et ..... mode of inducing prompt payment of the monthly rentals was necessary. it is not as if the company had been free to act or not as it chose. it was engaged in a public service which could not be neglected. the protection of its own revenues and justice to its paying patrons required that something be done. it .....

Santosh Mehta Vs. the State of Bihar and ors.

Court : Patna

..... of the constitution of india specially casts a duty on the state to protect the environment. the environmental protection act, 1986 casts an obligation to preserve the balance between consumption and natural resources. 9. in the circumstances while forced withdrawal of water with ..... upon every citizen, the administration not excluded, to join in an endeavour and achievement to protect and improve the natural environment. water is one of the elements and this man made imbalance in depleting ought to be everyone's concern. article 48a ..... drawn up. the execution of the plan itself perhaps may take a couple of years. the court only needs to remind the state administration that protecting the environment and preserving the ecological balance is now an obligation set upon every citizen under the constitution. article 51a, the chapter on fundamental duties calls .....

Viswalakshmi Sasidharan (Mrs) and ors. Vs. Branch Manager, Syndicate B ...

Court : Supreme Court of India

Reported in : [1997]89CompCas128(SC); 1997(2)CTC145; JT1997(2)SC754; (1997)116PLR601; (1997)10SCC173; [1997]2SCR50

..... account thereof, that may be a defence open to the petitioners in the suit and also furnishes right to complain of deficiency in service to seek redressal under the consumer protection act. on that ground, the relief could not be rejected and the question was required to be gone into. secondly, the mere filing of the suit for recovery of the amount .....

State of Haryana and anr. Vs. Aravali Khanij Udyog and anr.

Court : Supreme Court of India

Reported in : AIR2008SC273; 2007(2)CTLJ241(SC)2007AIRSCW6730.

..... operation in forest areas. among the various directions, the direction relating to haryana state reads thus:2. under notification dated 29th november, 1999 issued under section 23 of the environment (protection) act for certain districts including gurgaon district in the state of haryana, the ministry has delegated power to grant approval for mining purposes to the state. the mining activities are being ..... permitted within the areas of gurgaon district in the state of haryana where mining is regulated under the notification dated 7.5.1992 issued under section 3 of the environment (protection) act, pursuant to permission granted after 29th november, 1999. as on date, the said direction is in force. 10. from the above discussion, the following conclusion would emerge:a) the mining .....

Bihar Sugar Mills Association and ors. Vs. Union of India (Uoi) and or ...

Court : Delhi

Reported in : 2003IVAD(Delhi)246; 104(2003)DLT1004; 2003(69)DRJ514

..... court by the government shows that it had taken the retention of 50% of the said realisation while determining price under section 3 (3c) of the essential commodities act. it was held that since these factors were taken into consideration while fixing the levy sugar price by notification dated april 13, 1999, the directions given by the ..... sugar season, however, if the final sugar price is fixed by the government after taking into consideration the factors under section 3 (3c) of the essential commodities act and also taking into consideration losses which might have been suffered by the sugar mills by sale of sugar at the interim price prior to the fixation of final ..... been challenged on the ground that the same has not been properly fixed by the respondents in accordance with the provisions of section 3 (3c) of the essential commodities act read with sugarcane (control) order, 1966 and in terms of the guidelines laid down by the supreme court in malaprabha-i and malaprabha-ii. a few facts .....