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Osman v. Douds - 339 U.S. 846 (1950) U.S. Supreme Court Osman v. Douds, 339 U.S. 846 (1950) Osman v. Douds No. 12 Decided June 5, 1950 339 U.S. 846 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, 61 Stat. 146, 29 U.S.C. 159(h), pertaining to "non-Communist" affidavits, is valid under the Federal Constitution. American Communications Assn. v. Douds, 339 U. S. 382 . Pp. 339 U. S. 848 -847. Affirmed. In a suit brought by the appellants to enjoin the appellee from enforcing the provisions of 9(h) of the National Labor Relations Act, as amended, 61 Stat. 146, 29 U.S.C. 159(h), a three-judge District Court dismissed the complaint on the merits. On direct appeal to this Court, affirmed, p. 339 U. S. 848 . PER CURIAM. This case was heretofore held for, and presents the same issues involved in, American Communications Association v. Douds and United Steelworker...
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McLaurin v. Oklahoma State Regents - 339 U.S. 637 (1950) U.S. Supreme Court McLaurin v. Oklahoma State Regents, 339 U.S. 637 (1950) McLaurin v. Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education No. 34 Argued April 3-4, 1950 Decided June 5, 1950 339 U.S. 637 APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF OKLAHOMA Syllabus Appellant, a Negro citizen of Oklahoma possessing a master's degree, was admitted to the Graduate School of the state supported University of Oklahoma as a candidate for a doctorate in education and was permitted to use the same classroom, library and cafeteria as white students. Pursuant to a requirement of state law that the instruction of Negroes in institutions of higher education be "upon a segregated basis," however, he was assigned to a seat in the classroom in a row specified for Negro students, was assigned to a special table in the library, and, although permitted to eat in the cafeteria at the same time as other students, was ...
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United States v. Louisiana - 339 U.S. 699 (1950) U.S. Supreme Court United States v. Louisiana, 339 U.S. 699 (1950) United States v. Louisiana No. 12 Argued March 27, 1950 Decided June 5, 1950 339 U.S. 699 ORIGINAL Syllabus 1. In this suit, brought in this Court by the United States against the Louisiana under Art. III, 2, Cl. 2 of the Constitution, held: the United States is entitled to a decree adjudging and declaring the paramount rights of the United States as against Louisiana in the area claimed by Louisiana which lies under the Gulf of Mexico beyond the low water mark on the coast of Louisiana and outside of the inland waters, enjoining Louisiana and all persons claiming under it from continuing to trespass upon the area in violation of the rights of the United States, and requiring Louisiana to account for the money derived by it from the area after June 23, 1947. United States v. California, 332 U. S. 19 . Pp. 339 U. S. 700 -706. (a) Toomer v. Witsell, 33...
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Commissioner v. Korell - 339 U.S. 619 (1950) U.S. Supreme Court Commissioner v. Korell, 339 U.S. 619 (1950) Commissioner v. Korell No. 384 Argued February 7, 1950 Decided June 5, 1950 339 U.S. 619 CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SECOND CIRCUIT Syllabus In 1944, an individual taxpayer purchased at a premium price of $121 certain taxable corporate bonds with a face value of $100 which were then callable at $104. Upon payment of $40, each bond was convertible at the option of the holder into a share of common stock which then had a market value of $163. Held: under 125 of the Internal Revenue Code, the taxpayer, in his income tax return for 1944, was entitled to deduct, as "amortizable bond premium" on each bond, the difference between the purchase price of $121 and the call price of $104. Pp. 339 U. S. 620 -628. (a) The callability and convertibility of these bonds did not remove them from the reach of 125. Pp. 339 U. S. 623 -624. (b) That t...
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Sweatt v. Painter - 339 U.S. 629 (1950) U.S. Supreme Court Sweatt v. Painter, 339 U.S. 629 (1950) Sweatt v. Painter No. 44 Argued April 4, 1950 Decided June 5, 1950 339 U.S. 629 CERTIORARI TO THE SUPREME COURT OF TEXAS Syllabus Petitioner was denied admission to the state supported University of Texas Law School, solely because he is a Negro and state law forbids the admission of Negroes to that Law School. He was offered, but he refused, enrollment in a separate law school newly established by the State for Negroes. The University of Texas Law School has 16 full-time and three part-time professors, 850 students, a library of 65,000 volumes, a law review, moot court facilities, scholarship funds, an Order of the Coif affiliation, many distinguished alumni, and much tradition and prestige. The separate law school for Negroes has five full-time professors, 23 students, a library of 16,500 volumes, a practice court, a legal aid association, and one alumnus admitted to the Texas...
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Quicksall v. Michigan - 339 U.S. 660 (1950) U.S. Supreme Court Quicksall v. Michigan, 339 U.S. 660 (1950) Quicksall v. Michigan No. 33 Argued February 6, 1950 Decided June 5, 1950 339 U.S. 660 CERTIORARI TO THE SUPREME COURT OF MICHIGAN Syllabus Upon his plea of guilty of murder, petitioner was sentenced by a Michigan state court to imprisonment for life. The State had long before abolished capital punishment. Almost ten years later, petitioner moved to vacate the sentence and for a new trial, claiming that a federal constitutional right to assistance of counsel had been infringed and that his plea of guilty had been induced by misrepresentations by the prosecuting attorney and the sheriff. The motion was heard before the same judge who had received his plea of guilty and sentenced him. The motion was denied, and the State Supreme Court affirmed. Held: upon the record in this case, petitioner has failed to sustain the burden of proving such a disregard of fundamental fairn...
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Henderson v. United States - 339 U.S. 816 (1950) U.S. Supreme Court Henderson v. United States, 339 U.S. 816 (1950) Henderson v. United States No. 25 Argued April 3, 1950 Decided June 5, 1950 339 U.S. 816 APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF MARYLAND Syllabus Under the rules of an interstate railroad, dining cars are divided so as to allot ten tables exclusively to white passengers and one table exclusively to Negro passengers, and a curtain separates the table reserved for Negroes from the others. Under these rules, only four Negro passengers may be served at one time, and then only at the table reserved for Negroes. Other Negroes who present themselves are compelled to await a vacancy at that table, although there may be many vacancies elsewhere in the diner. The rules impose a like deprivation upon white passengers whenever more than 40 of them seek to be served at the same time and the table reserved for Negroes is vacant. Held: these rules...
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Lyon v. Singer - 339 U.S. 841 (1950) U.S. Supreme Court Lyon v. Singer, 339 U.S. 841 (1950) Lyon v. Singer No. 512 Argued April 18-19, 1950 Decided June 5, 1950 339 U.S. 841 CERTIORARI TO THE COURT OF APPEALS OF NEW YORK Syllabus 1. In these suits to collect from a statutory bank liquidator claims allegedly entitled to preference under New York Banking Law 606, arising from transactions with a Japanese corporation blocked under Executive Orders Nos. 8389 and 8832, this Court accepts the determination of the New York Court of Appeals that, under New York law, these claims arose from transactions in New York, and were entitled to preference. Pp. 339 U. S. 842 -843. 2. Since the New York court conditioned enforcement of the claims upon licensing by the Alien Property Custodian, federal control over alien property remains undiminished. Propper v. Clark, 337 U. S. 472 , distinguished. P. 339 U. S. 842 . 3. This Court agrees that, at the time the New York judgments were e...
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Travelers Health Assn. v. Virginia - 339 U.S. 643 (1950) U.S. Supreme Court Travelers Health Assn. v. Virginia, 339 U.S. 643 (1950) Travelers Health Association v. Virginia No. 76 Argued November 15, 1949 Reargued April 17, 1950 Decided June 5, 1950 339 U.S. 643 APPEAL FROM THE SUPREME COURT OF APPEALS OF VIRGINIA Syllabus In a proceeding under 6 of the Virginia "Blue Sky Law," the State Corporation Commission ordered an Association, located in Nebraska and engaged in the mail order health insurance business, and its treasurer (appellants here) to cease and desist from further offerings or sales of certificates of insurance to Virginia residents until the Association had complied with the Act by furnishing information as to its financial condition, consenting to suit against it by service of process on the Secretary of the Commonwealth, and obtaining a permit. Notice of the proceeding was served on appellants by registered mail, as authorized by 6 when other forms of serv...
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United States v. Texas - 339 U.S. 707 (1950) U.S. Supreme Court United States v. Texas, 339 U.S. 707 (1950) United States v. Texas No. 13 Argued March 28, 1950 Decided June 5, 1950 339 U.S. 707 ORIGINAL Syllabus 1. In this suit, brought in this Court by the United States against the Texas under Art. III, 2, Cl. 2 of the Constitution, held: the United States is entitled to a decree adjudging and declaring the paramount rights of the United States as against Texas in the area claimed by Texas which lies under the Gulf of Mexico beyond the low water mark on the coast of Texas and outside the inland waters, enjoining Texas and all persons claiming under it from continuing to trespass upon the area in violation of the rights of the United States, and requiring Texas to account to the United States for all money derived by it from the area after June 23, 1947. Pp. 339 U. S. 709 -720. 2. Even if Texas had both dominium and imperium in and over this marginal belt when she ...
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