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Palmer Vs. City of Euclid
Court: US Supreme Court
Decided on: May-24-1971
Palmer v. City of Euclid - 402 U.S. 544 (1971) U.S. Supreme Court Palmer v. City of Euclid, 402 U.S. 544 (1971) Palmer v. City of Euclid No. 143 Argued January 11, 1971 Decided May 24, 1971 402 U.S. 544 ON APPEAL FROM THE SUPREME COURT OF OHIO Syllabus Appellant, who had been seen to drive his car late at night from a parking lot and discharge a female at an apartment house, park on the street, and use a two-way radio, and who thereafter gave the police multiple addresses and denied knowledge of his friend's identity, was convicted of violating the Euclid; Ohio, "suspicious person ordinance," which makes it a crime to (1) wander about the streets or be abroad at late or unusual hours; (2) be at the time without visible or lawful business; and (3) fail satisfactorily to explain one's presence on the streets. His conviction was upheld on appeal. Held: The ordinance is unconstitutionally vague as applied to appellant, since it gave insufficient notice that appellant's conduct...
Bell Vs. Burson
Court: US Supreme Court
Decided on: May-24-1971
Bell v. Burson - 402 U.S. 535 (1971) U.S. Supreme Court Bell v. Burson, 402 U.S. 535 (1971) Bell v. Burson No. 5586 Argued March 23, 1971 Decided May 24, 1971 402 U.S. 535 CERTIORARI TO THE COURT OF APPEALS OF GEORGIA Syllabus Georgia's Motor Vehicle Safety Responsibility Act, which provides that the motor vehicle registration and driver's license of an uninsured motorist involved in an accident shall be suspended unless he posts security for the amount of damages claimed by an aggrieved party and which excludes any consideration of fault or responsibility for the accident at a pre-suspension hearing held violative of procedural due process. Before Georgia, whose statutory scheme significantly involves the issue of liability, may deprive an individual of his license and registration, it must provide a procedure for determining the question whether there is a reasonable possibility of a judgment's being rendered against him as a result of the accident. Pp. 402 U. S. 539 -...
Bostic Vs. United States
Court: US Supreme Court
Decided on: May-24-1971
Bostic v. United States - 402 U.S. 547 (1971) U.S. Supreme Court Bostic v. United States, 402 U.S. 547 (1971) Bostic v. United States No. 5250 Argued April 21, 1971 Decided May 24, 1971 402 U.S. 547 CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SIXTH CIRCUIT Syllabus Writ of certiorari, granted to review Court of Appeals' affirmance of petitioner's conviction of conspiracy to commit murder, dismissed as improvidently granted since, contrary to that court's opinion and Government's representation, it now appears that petitioner was not charged with or convicted of that offense. 424 F.2d 951, certiorari dismissed as improvidently granted. PER CURIAM. We granted the writ of certiorari in this case [ Footnote 1 ] to consider whether the Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit had erred in holding that the petitioner had properly been convicted of conspiracy to commit murder in order to avoid apprehension for the robbery of a federally insured bank. The Court of A...
Gainesville Utilities Dept. Vs. Florida Power Corp.
Court: US Supreme Court
Decided on: May-24-1971
Gainesville Utilities Dept. v. Florida Power Corp. - 402 U.S. 515 (1971) U.S. Supreme Court Gainesville Utilities Dept. v. Florida Power Corp., 402 U.S. 515 (1971) Gainesville Utilities Department v. Florida Power Corp. No. 464 Argued February 24, 1971 Decided May 24, 1971 * 402 U.S. 515 CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT Syllabus Pursuant to 202(b) of the Federal Power Act, the Federal Power Commission (FPC) is empowered to direct one electric utility to interconnect its electric system with another utility, and it "may prescribe the terms and conditions of the arrangement to be made . . . including the apportionment of the cost between them and the compensation or reimbursement reasonably due to any of them." After hearings and staff studies the FPC found that an interconnection between Gainesville, a small municipally owned utility, and respondent, a major investor-owned electric utility, would be in the public interest, would not ...
Astrup Vs. Ins
Court: US Supreme Court
Decided on: May-24-1971
Astrup v. INS - 402 U.S. 509 (1971) U.S. Supreme Court Astrup v. INS, 402 U.S. 509 (1971) Astrup v. Immigration and Naturalization Service No. 840 Argued April 20, 1971 Decided May 24, 1971 402 U.S. 509 CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT Syllabus Petitioner, an alien, agreed to give up his right to become an American citizen in exchange for exemption from military service, pursuant to 4(a) of the Selective Service Act of 1948. After that section was repealed, petitioner was subjected to the draft, but was found to be physically unfit. His subsequent petition for naturalization was denied on the ground that he was debarred from citizenship. Section 315 of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 provides that any alien who has applied for exemption from military service on the ground of alienage "and is or was relieved . . . from such training or service on such ground, shall be permanently ineligible to become a citizen of the United ...
United States Vs. Ryan
Court: US Supreme Court
Decided on: May-24-1971
United States v. Ryan - 402 U.S. 530 (1971) U.S. Supreme Court United States v. Ryan, 402 U.S. 530 (1971) United States v. Ryan No. 758 Argued April 26, 1971 Decided May 24, 1971 402 U.S. 530 CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT Syllabus District Court's order denying respondent's motion to quash a grand jury subpoena duces tecum requiring the production of records under his control in Kenya was not final, and therefore not appealable, Cobbledick v. United States, 309 U. S. 323 , nor was it rendered an appealable temporary injunction by inclusion of a provision requiring respondent to seek permission from Kenyan authorities to remove some documents from Kenya and, if such permission was denied, to grant United States agent access to the documents in that country. Pp. 402 U. S. 532 -534. 430 F.2d 658, reversed. BRENNAN, J., delivered the opinion for a unanimous Court. MR. JUSTICE BRENNAN delivered the opinion of the Court. In Marc...
California Vs. Byers
Court: US Supreme Court
Decided on: May-17-1971
California v. Byers - 402 U.S. 424 (1971) U.S. Supreme Court California v. Byers, 402 U.S. 424 (1971) California v. Byers No. 75 Argued December 8, 1970 Decided May 17, 1971 402 U.S. 424 CERTIORARI TO THE SUPREME COURT OF CALIFORNIA Syllabus Respondent demurred to a count of an indictment charging him with violating Cal.Vehicle Code 20002(a)(1) (Supp. 1971) by failing to stop and furnish his name and address after involvement in an automobile accident, resulting in damage to property, on the ground that compliance would have violated his privilege against self-incrimination. His demurrer was sustained by the California Supreme Court, which held that compliance confronted respondent with "substantial hazards of self-incrimination," but upheld the statute by inserting a use restriction on the information disclosed. That court concluded that it would be unfair to punish respondent, since he could not reasonably have anticipated the use restriction. Held: The judgment is vaca...
Organization for a Better AustIn Vs. Keefe
Court: US Supreme Court
Decided on: May-17-1971
Organization for a Better Austin v. Keefe - 402 U.S. 415 (1971) U.S. Supreme Court Organization for a Better Austin v. Keefe, 402 U.S. 415 (1971) Organization for a Better Austin v. Keefe No. 135 Argued January 20, 1971 Decided May 17, 1971 402 U.S. 415 CERTIORARI TO THE APPELLATE COURT OF ILLINOIS, FIRST DISTRICT Syllabus Respondent real estate broker applied for and obtained from the Illinois courts an injunction enjoining petitioners from distributing any literature in the City of Westchester, on the ground that their leaflets, critical of respondent's alleged "blockbusting" and "panic peddling" activities in the Austin area of Chicago, invaded respondent's right of privacy, and were coercive and intimidating, rather than informative, thus not being entitled to First Amendment protection. Held: Respondent has not met the heavy burden of justifying the imposition of the prior restraint of petitioners' peaceful distribution of informational literature of the nature discl...
Triangle Improvement Council Vs. Ritchie
Court: US Supreme Court
Decided on: May-17-1971
Triangle Improvement Council v. Ritchie - 402 U.S. 497 (1971) U.S. Supreme Court Triangle Improvement Council v. Ritchie, 402 U.S. 497 (1971) Triangle Improvement Council v. Ritchie No. 712. Argued March 22, 1971 Decided May 17, 1971 402 U.S. 497 CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT 429 F.2d 423, certiorari dismissed as improvidently granted. PER CURIAM. The writ of certiorari is dismissed as improvidently granted. MR. JUSTICE HARLAN, concurring. In light of my Brother DOUGLAS' assertion, post at 402 U. S. 508 , that today's disposition might be taken to impair the integrity of the "rule of four," see Ferguson v. Moore-McCormack Lines, 352 U. S. 521 , 352 U. S. 559 -562, 352 U. S. 564 (1957) (opinion of this writer), I deem it appropriate to set forth my reasons for joining in the dismissal of the writ as improvidently granted. Page 402 U. S. 498 The Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1968 provided in pertinent part that: "The Secr...
Mcgee Vs. United States
Court: US Supreme Court
Decided on: May-17-1971
McGee v. United States - 402 U.S. 479 (1971) U.S. Supreme Court McGee v. United States, 402 U.S. 479 (1971) McGee v. United States No. 362 Argued February 23, 1971 Decided May 17, 1971 402 U.S. 479 CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SECOND CIRCUIT Syllabus Petitioner applied in 1966 for conscientious objector status to his local Selective Service board, which advised him that his claim would be passed on when his student deferment expired. His board was told in 1967 that petitioner had been accepted for a graduate program where, in petitioner's own view, he would "probably qualify" for a theological exemption. However, no request for ministerial student status was made, nor was pertinent supporting information presented. Petitioner refused to fill out a current information questionnaire sent to him on his graduation from college, announcing that he would not cooperate with the Selective Service System. Following the local board's subsequent reclassific...
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