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Commissioner Vs. Culbertson
Court: US Supreme Court
Decided on: Jun-27-1949
Commissioner v. Culbertson - 337 U.S. 733 (1949) U.S. Supreme Court Commissioner v. Culbertson, 337 U.S. 733 (1949) Commissioner v. Culbertson No. 313 Argued February 7, 1949 Decided June 27, 1949 337 U.S. 733 CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT Syllabus Respondent taxpayer, engaged in the business of breeding and selling cattle, formed a family partnership with his four sons, to whom he sold an undivided one-half interest in the business, taking their promissory note therefor. The note was paid by proceeds from the business and by gifts from respondent. The eldest son was, before and after the formation of the partnership, foreman of the ranch, and received compensation as such. In 1940, the first year during which the partnership operated, the second son finished college and went into the Army. The two younger sons went to school in the winter and worked on the ranch in the summer. For the taxable years 1940 and 1941, the Tax Court held ...
Watts Vs. Indiana
Court: US Supreme Court
Decided on: Jun-27-1949
Watts v. Indiana - 338 U.S. 49 (1949) U.S. Supreme Court Watts v. Indiana, 338 U.S. 49 (1949) Watts v. Indiana No. 610 Argued April 25, 1949 Decided June 27, 1949 338 U.S. 49 CERTIORARI TO THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIANA Syllabus Petitioner was arrested on suspicion on a Wednesday and held without arraignment, without the aid of counsel or friends, and without advice as to his constitutional rights until the following Tuesday, when he confessed to murder. Meanwhile, he was held much of the time in solitary confinement in a cell with no place to sit or sleep except on the floor, and was interrogated by relays of police officers, usually until long past midnight. At his trial in a state court, the confession was admitted in evidence over his objection, and he was convicted. Held: the use at the trial of a confession obtained in this manner violated the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment, and the conviction is reversed. Pp. 388 U. S. 49 -55. 226 Ind. 655, 82 N.E.2...
Cosmopolitan Shipping Co. Vs. Mcallister
Court: US Supreme Court
Decided on: Jun-27-1949
Cosmopolitan Shipping Co. v. McAllister - 337 U.S. 783 (1949) U.S. Supreme Court Cosmopolitan Shipping Co. v. McAllister, 337 U.S. 783 (1949) Cosmopolitan Shipping Co. v. McAllister No. 351 Argued February 1-2, 1949 Decided June 27, 1949 337 U.S. 783 CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SECOND CIRCUIT Syllabus A general agent employed by the United States under the terms of the war-time standard form of general agency agreement to manage certain phases of the business of a ship owned by the United States and operated by the War Shipping Administration is not liable under 33 of the Merchant Marine Act of 1920, known as the Jones Act, to a member of the crew of the ship who suffered physical injury through the negligence of its master and officers, when the injury occurred after March 24, 1943, the date of enactment of the War Shipping Administration Act, known as the Clarification Act. Pp. 337 U. S. 785 -801. 1. Rationale of Caldarola v. Eckert, 332...
Lustig Vs. United States
Court: US Supreme Court
Decided on: Jun-27-1949
Lustig v. United States - 338 U.S. 74 (1949) U.S. Supreme Court Lustig v. United States, 338 U.S. 74 (1949) Lustig v. United States No. 1389, Oct. Term, 1946 Argued April 19, 1948 Reargued October 19, 1948 Decided June 27, 1949 338 U.S. 74 CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE THIRD CIRCUIT Syllabus Notified by city police and a hotel manager that counterfeiting of currency apparently was being carried on in a hotel room for which petitioner and another were registered under assumed names, a Secret Service Agent went there and looked through the keyhole. He reported to the city police that he saw no evidence of currency counterfeiting, but that he was confident that "something was going on." Suspecting that the occupants were counterfeiting racetrack tickets, and desiring to "get into that room and find out what was in there," city police obtained warrants for their arrest for violations of a city ordinance requiring "known criminals" to register with th...
Larson Vs. Domestic and Foreign Commerce Corp.
Court: US Supreme Court
Decided on: Jun-27-1949
Larson v. Domestic & Foreign Commerce Corp. - 337 U.S. 682 (1949) U.S. Supreme Court Larson v. Domestic & Foreign Commerce Corp., 337 U.S. 682 (1949) Larson v. Domestic and Foreign Commerce Corp. No. 31 Argued November 12, 1948 Decided June 27, 1949 337 U.S. 682 CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CIRCUIT Syllabus 1. Plaintiff, a private corporation, brought suit in a Federal District Court against the Administrator of the War Assets Administration, an agency of the United States, in his official capacity. The complaint alleged that the Administration had sold certain surplus coal to the plaintiff, but had refused to deliver it and had made a new contract to sell it to others. The prayer was for an injunction prohibiting the Administrator, his agents and all persons acting under their direction, from selling or delivering the coal to anyone other than the plaintiff and for a declaration that the sale to the plaintiff was valid and t...
Gibbs Vs. Burke
Court: US Supreme Court
Decided on: Jun-27-1949
Gibbs v. Burke - 337 U.S. 773 (1949) U.S. Supreme Court Gibbs v. Burke, 337 U.S. 773 (1949) Gibbs v. Burke No. 418 Argued April 21-22, 1949 Decided June 27, 1949 337 U.S. 773 CERTIORARI TO THE SUPREME COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA Syllabus Petitioner, a man in his thirties, was tried and convicted in a Pennsylvania state court for larceny, and was sentenced to imprisonment for 2 1/2 to 5 years. He conducted his own defense, appointment of counsel having been neither requested by petitioner nor offered by the court. At the trial, considerable hearsay and otherwise incompetent evidence prejudicial to petitioner was admitted; the prosecuting witness, being recalled for further cross-examination, was made a witness for petitioner, to the latter's detriment; petitioner was prevented from proving a fact clearly relevant to his defense, and the trial judge, advising petitioner of his privilege against self-incrimination, made reference in the presence of the jury to petitioner's criminal r...
Harris Vs. South Carolina
Court: US Supreme Court
Decided on: Jun-27-1949
Harris v. South Carolina - 338 U.S. 68 (1949) U.S. Supreme Court Harris v. South Carolina, 338 U.S. 68 (1949) Harris v. South Carolina No. 76 Argued November 16, 1948 Decided June 27, 1949 338 U.S. 68 CERTIORARI TO THE SUPREME COURT OF SOUTH CAROLINA Syllabus Suspected of murder in South Carolina, petitioner, an illiterate negro, was arrested in Tennessee on Friday and taken to South Carolina on Sunday. The South Carolina sheriff had obtained a warrant for his arrest for theft of a pistol, but it was not read to him nor was he informed of the charge against him. Confined in a small hot room, he was interrogated daily and nightly by relays of police officers until he confessed to the murder on Wednesday night, after the police had threatened to arrest his mother. Meanwhile, he was denied counsel and access to family and friends, was not given a preliminary hearing, and was not informed of his constitutional rights. At his trial in a state court, the confession was admitted in...
Wolf Vs. Colorado
Court: US Supreme Court
Decided on: Jun-27-1949
Wolf v. Colorado - 338 U.S. 25 (1949) U.S. Supreme Court Wolf v. Colorado, 338 U.S. 25 (1949) Wolf v. Colorado Nos. 17 and 18 Argued October 19, 1948 Decided June 27, 1949 338 U.S. 25 CERTIORARI TO THE SUPREME COURT OF COLORADO Syllabus In a prosecution in a state court for a state crime, the Fourteenth Amendment of the Federal Constitution does not forbid the admission of relevant evidence even though obtained by an unreasonable search and seizure. Pp. 338 U. S. 25 -33. (a) Arbitrary intrusion into privacy by the police is prohibited by the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. Pp. 338 U. S. 27 -28. (b) While the doctrine of Weeks v. United States, 232 U. S. 383 , making evidence secured in violation of the Fourth Amendment inadmissible in federal courts, is adhered to, it is not imposed on the States by the Fourteenth Amendment. Pp. 338 U. S. 28 -33. 117 Colo. 279, 321, 187 P.2d 926, 928, affirmed. Judgments of conviction in two criminal prosecutions...
Farmers Reservoir and Irrigation Co. Vs. Mccomb
Court: US Supreme Court
Decided on: Jun-27-1949
Farmers Reservoir & Irrigation Co. v. McComb - 337 U.S. 755 (1949) U.S. Supreme Court Farmers Reservoir & Irrigation Co. v. McComb, 337 U.S. 755 (1949) Farmers Reservoir & Irrigation Co. v. McComb Argued December 16, 1948 Decided June 27, 1949 * 337 U.S. 755 CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE TENTH CIRCUIT Syllabus The sole activity of a mutual irrigation company owned entirely by farmers is the collection, storage, and distribution of water for irrigation purposes, wholly within Colorado. The water is supplied by the company to farmers at headgates on the company's canals, whence it is taken into the farmers' own laterals and used by them in the production of agricultural products to be shipped in interstate commerce. The company is nonprofit, and distributes water only to its stockholders. Held: the company's field employees (ditch riders, lake tenders, and maintenance men) and its bookkeeper are within the coverage of the Fair Labor Standards Act,...
Eisler Vs. United States
Court: US Supreme Court
Decided on: Jun-27-1949
Eisler v. United States - 338 U.S. 189 (1949) U.S. Supreme Court Eisler v. United States, 338 U.S. 189 (1949) Eisler v. United States No. 255 Argued March 28, 1949 Decided June 27, 1949 338 U.S. 189 CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CIRCUIT Syllabus In view of petitioner's flight from the country after the grant of his petition for writ of certiorari and after the submission of the cause on the.merits, which may have rendered moot any judgment on the merits, the cause will be removed from the docket and, after this Term, will be left off the docket until a direction to the contrary shall issue. P. 338 U. S. 190 . Petitioner was convicted in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia for a violation of R.S. 102, as amended, 2 U.S.C. 192. The United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit affirmed the conviction. 83 U.S.App.D.C. 315, 170 F.2d 273. This Court granted certiorari. 335 U.S. 8...
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