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Floyd and Beasley Transfer Co., Inc. Vs. United States
Court: US Supreme Court
Decided on: Jan-23-1967
FLOYD & BEASLEY TRANSFER CO., INC. v. UNITED STATES - 385 U.S. 647 (1967) U.S. Supreme Court FLOYD & BEASLEY TRANSFER CO., INC. v. UNITED STATES, 385 U.S. 647 (1967) 385 U.S. 647 FLOYD & BEASLEY TRANSFER CO., INC. v. UNITED STATES ET AL. APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ALABAMA. No. 702. Decided January 23, 1967. 256 F. Supp. 23, affirmed. John W. Cooper for appellant. Solicitor General Marshall, Assistant Attorney General Turner, Howard E. Shapiro, Robert W. Ginnane and Fritz R. Kahn for the United States et al.; Guy H. Postell for Akers Motor Lines, Inc., et al.; and Harold Hernly, Robert E. Joyner and Ormond Somerville for Alabama Highway Express, Inc., et al., appellees. PER CURIAM. The motions to affirm are granted and the judgment is affirmed. SOUTHERN PACIFIC CO. v. CITY OF LOS ANGELES, 385 U.S. 647 (1967) 385 U.S. 647 (1967) "> U.S. Supreme Court SOUTHERN PACIFIC CO. v. CITY OF LOS ANGELES, 385 U.S. 647 (1967) 385 ...
Sims Vs. Georgia
Court: US Supreme Court
Decided on: Jan-23-1967
Sims v. Georgia - 385 U.S. 538 (1967) U.S. Supreme Court Sims v. Georgia, 385 U.S. 538 (1967) Sims v. Georgia No. 251 Argued December 6-7, 1966 Decided January 23, 1967 385 U.S. 538 CERTIORARI TO THE SUPREME COURT OF GEORGIA Syllabus Where petitioner timely raised the issue of voluntariness of his confession, the testimony on the point was conflicting, and the trial judge failed to rule on the matter, but left the question solely to the jury, Held: reversed and remanded for a hearing in accordance with the rule in Jackson v. Denno, 378 U. S. 368 . The trial judge need not make formal findings of fact or write an opinion, but it must clearly appear from the record that he made a primary finding of voluntariness before the confession was introduced into evidence before the jury. Pp. 385 U. S. 542 -544. 221 Ga. 190, 144 S.E.2d 103, reversed and remanded. MR. JUSTICE CLARK delivered the opinion of the Court. Petitioner, a Negro, has been convicted of raping a white wom...
Patterson Vs. City of Newport News
Court: US Supreme Court
Decided on: Jan-23-1967
PATTERSON v. CITY OF NEWPORT NEWS - 385 U.S. 650 (1967) U.S. Supreme Court PATTERSON v. CITY OF NEWPORT NEWS, 385 U.S. 650 (1967) 385 U.S. 650 PATTERSON ET AL. v. CITY OF NEWPORT NEWS ET AL. APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT. No. 820. Decided January 23, 1967. 364 F.2d 816 , appeal dismissed and certiorari denied. PER CURIAM. The motion to dispense with printing the statement as to jurisdiction is granted. The appeal is dismissed for want of jurisdiction. Treating the papers whereon the appeal was taken as a petition for a writ of certiorari, certiorari is denied. MAXWELL v. BISHOP, 385 U.S. 650 (1967) 385 U.S. 650 (1967) "> U.S. Supreme Court MAXWELL v. BISHOP, 385 U.S. 650 (1967) 385 U.S. 650 MAXWELL v. BISHOP, PENITENTIARY SUPERINTENDENT. ON MOTION FOR LEAVE TO FILE A PETITION FOR WRIT OF CERTIORARI. No. 1025, Misc. Decided January 23, 1967. Certiorari granted; order reversed and remanded. Jack Greenberg, James M. Nabri...
Berenyi Vs. Immigration Director
Court: US Supreme Court
Decided on: Jan-23-1967
Berenyi v. Immigration Director - 385 U.S. 630 (1967) U.S. Supreme Court Berenyi v. Immigration Director, 385 U.S. 630 (1967) Berenyi v. Director, Immigration and Naturalization Service No. 66 Argued December 5-6, 1966 Decided January 23, 1967 385 U.S. 630 CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIRST CIRCUIT Syllabus Petitioner, an alien who entered this country from Hungary in 1956, filed a petition for naturalization in 1962. In connection therewith, he denied under oath that he had been a member of the Communist Party, or that he had been connected or associated with the Party, either directly or indirectly. The Attorney General opposed the petition, and at the District Court hearing, produced two witnesses whose testimony indicated that petitioner had been a Party member in Hungary. Petitioner denied Party membership, and presented witnesses who testified to his opposition to Communism. The District Judge found that petitioner became a Party member in ...
Sprowal Vs. New York
Court: US Supreme Court
Decided on: Jan-23-1967
SPROWAL v. NEW YORK - 385 U.S. 649 (1967) U.S. Supreme Court SPROWAL v. NEW YORK, 385 U.S. 649 (1967) 385 U.S. 649 SPROWAL v. NEW YORK. APPEAL FROM THE COURT OF APPEALS OF NEW YORK. No. 825. Decided January 23, 1967. Appeal dismissed. Carl Rachlin for appellant. Frank S. Hogan for appellee. PER CURIAM. The motion to dismiss is granted and the appeal is dismissed for want of a substantial federal question. MR. JUSTICE DOUGLAS is of the opinion that probable jurisdiction should be noted. Page 385 U.S. 649, 650 FEIN v. NEW YORK, 385 U.S. 649 (1967) 385 U.S. 649 (1967) "> U.S. Supreme Court FEIN v. NEW YORK, 385 U.S. 649 (1967) 385 U.S. 649 FEIN v. NEW YORK. APPEAL FROM THE COURT OF APPEALS OF NEW YORK. No. 793. Decided January 23, 1967. 18 N. Y. 2d 162, 219 N. E. 2d 274, appeal dismissed and certiorari denied. Louis Nizer, Paul Martinson and Bennett Boskey for appellant. Frank S. Hogan for appellee. PER CURIAM. The motion to dismiss is granted and the app...
Spencer Vs. Texas
Court: US Supreme Court
Decided on: Jan-23-1967
Spencer v. Texas - 385 U.S. 554 (1967) U.S. Supreme Court Spencer v. Texas, 385 U.S. 554 (1967) Spencer v. Texas No. 68 Argued October 17-18, 1966 Decided January 23, 1967 * 385 U.S. 554 APPEAL FROM THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS OF TEXAS Syllabus Petitioners, who were convicted of felonies in Texas courts, challenge the then-existing procedure under Texas' recidivist or habitual criminal statutes whereby, through allegations in the indictment and the introduction of proof concerning a defendant's past convictions, the jury trying the pending criminal charge was fully informed of such past convictions for sentencing purposes, but was also charged by the court that such matters were not to be taken into account in assessing the defendant's guilt or innocence under the current indictment. Petitioners claim that this procedure violates the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. Held: Texas' use of prior convictions in the petitioners' current criminal trials did not ...
D'Amico vs. National Broadcasting Co.
Court: US Supreme Court
Decided on: Jan-23-1967
D'AMICO v. NATIONAL BROADCASTING CO. - 385 U.S. 648 (1967) U.S. Supreme Court D'AMICO v. NATIONAL BROADCASTING CO., 385 U.S. 648 (1967) 385 U.S. 648 D'AMICO v. NATIONAL BROADCASTING CO. ET AL. APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CIRCUIT. No. 805. Decided January 23, 1967. Appeal dismissed. Appellant pro se. Howard Monderer for National Broadcasting Co., Inc., and Solicitor General Marshall for the United States, appellees. PER CURIAM. The motion to dispense with printing the statement as to jurisdiction is granted. The motions to dismiss are also granted and the appeal is dismissed for want of jurisdiction. McQUAID v. CALIFORNIA, 385 U.S. 648 (1967) 385 U.S. 648 (1967) "> U.S. Supreme Court McQUAID v. CALIFORNIA, 385 U.S. 648 (1967) 385 U.S. 648 McQUAID v. CALIFORNIA. APPEAL FROM THE DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL OF CALIFORNIA, SECOND APPELLATE DISTRICT. No. 584, Misc. Decided January 23, 1967. Appeal dismissed and certiora...
Whitus Vs. Georgia
Court: US Supreme Court
Decided on: Jan-23-1967
Whitus v. Georgia - 385 U.S. 545 (1967) U.S. Supreme Court Whitus v. Georgia, 385 U.S. 545 (1967) Whitus v. Georgia No. 650 Argued December 7, 1966 Decided January 23, 1967 * 385 U.S. 545 CERTIORARI TO THE SUPREME COURT OF GEORGIA Syllabus After petitioners, who are Negroes, were convicted of murder in the Georgia courts, they filed a writ of habeas corpus in the federal courts, attacking the composition of the grand and petit juries which indicted and convicted them. The District Court dismissed the writ, and the Court of Appeals affirmed. This Court vacated that judgment and remanded to the District Court for a hearing on the claim of discrimination (370 U.S. 728). On remand, the District Court dismissed the petition on the ground that the claim had been waived, but the Court of Appeals reversed, holding that Negroes had been systematically excluded from both grand and petit juries, since none had ever served on juries within the memory of witnesses, although 45% of the p...
Keyishian Vs. Board of Regents
Court: US Supreme Court
Decided on: Jan-23-1967
Keyishian v. Board of Regents - 385 U.S. 589 (1967) U.S. Supreme Court Keyishian v. Board of Regents, 385 U.S. 589 (1967) Keyishian v. Board of Regents No. 105 Argued November 17, 1966 Decided January 23, 1967 385 U.S. 589 APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK Syllabus Appellants, faculty members of the State University of New York and a non-faculty employee, brought this action for declaratory and injunctive relief, claiming that New York's teacher loyalty laws and regulations are unconstitutional. Their continued employment had been terminated or was threatened when each appellant faculty member refused to comply with a requirement of the University trustees that he certify that he was not a Communist and that, if he had ever been one, he had so advised the university president, and the non-faculty employee refused to state under oath whether he had advocated or been a member of a group which advocated forceful overthrow of the ...
Short Vs. Ness Produce Co.
Court: US Supreme Court
Decided on: Jan-16-1967
SHORT v. NESS PRODUCE CO. - 385 U.S. 537 (1967) U.S. Supreme Court SHORT v. NESS PRODUCE CO., 385 U.S. 537 (1967) 385 U.S. 537 SHORT ET AL. v. NESS PRODUCE CO. APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF OREGON. No. 779. Decided January 16, 1967. 263 F. Supp. 586, affirmed. Robert Y. Thornton, Attorney General of Oregon, and Harold E. Burke and Don Parker, Assistant Attorneys General, for appellants. J. Bradley Colburn and Theodore B. Jensen for appellee. PER CURIAM. The motion to affirm is granted and the judgment is affirmed. MR. JUSTICE BLACK and MR. JUSTICE HARLAN are of the opinion that probable jurisdiction should be noted and the case set for oral argument. Page 385 U.S. 537, 538 ...
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