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Minnesota State Senate Vs. Beens
Court: US Supreme Court
Decided on: Apr-29-1972
Minnesota State Senate v. Beens - 406 U.S. 187 (1972) U.S. Supreme Court Minnesota State Senate v. Beens, 406 U.S. 187 (1972) Sixty-Seventh Minnesota State Senate v. Beens No. 71-1024 Decided April 29, 1972 * 406 U.S. 187 APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF MINNESOTA Syllabus A three-judge District Court found that the Minnesota Legislature was malapportioned, and reduced the number of legislative districts from 67, the number established in 1913, to 35, thereby reducing the number of senators by almost 50%, and the number of representatives by nearly 25%. The court declared the entire 1966 apportionment act unconstitutional, and enjoined state officials from conducting elections thereunder, later modifying that injunction so as to enjoin any future elections under any plan other than the one adopted by the court "or a constitutional plan adopted after this date by the State of Minnesota." Appellant, the Minnesota State Senate, intervened in the...
Nebraska Vs. Iowa
Court: US Supreme Court
Decided on: Apr-24-1972
Nebraska v. Iowa - 406 U.S. 117 (1972) U.S. Supreme Court Nebraska v. Iowa, 406 U.S. 117 (1972) Nebraska v. Iowa No. 17, Orig. Argued March 29, 1972 Decided April 24, 1972 406 U.S. 117 ON EXCEPTIONS TO REPORT OF SPECIAL MASTER Syllabus The exceptions to the Special Master's Report in this action brought by Nebraska for construction and enforcement of the Iowa-Nebraska Boundary Compact of 1943, entered into to establish a permanent location of a boundary line made difficult by the meanderings of the Missouri River, are generally overruled. Iowa's exception to the Master's recommendation for an injunction enjoining Iowa from further prosecution of certain pending cases is sustained, as the Court is confident Iowa will abide by the adoption of the Master's conclusion that, in any proceeding between a private litigant and the State in which a claim of title good under Nebraska law to land allegedly ceded to Iowa under the Compact is proved, Iowa shall not invoke its common law d...
Vermont Vs. New York
Court: US Supreme Court
Decided on: Apr-24-1972
VERMONT v. NEW YORK - 406 U.S. 186 (1972) U.S. Supreme Court VERMONT v. NEW YORK, 406 U.S. 186 (1972) 406 U.S. 186 VERMONT v. NEW YORK ET AL. ON MOTION FOR LEAVE TO FILE BILL OF COMPLAINT No. 50, Orig. Argued February 29, 1972 Decided April 24, 1972 Motion for leave to file bill of complaint granted. Fred I. Parker, Deputy Attorney General of Vermont, argued the cause for plaintiff. With him on the briefs were James M. Jeffords, Attorney General, and John D. Hansen, Assistant Attorney General. Philip Weinberg, Assistant Attorney General of New York, argued the cause for defendant State of New York. With him on the briefs were Louis J. Lefkowitz, Attorney General, Samuel A. Hirshowitz, First Assistant Attorney General, and Paul S. Shemin and Irving Galt, Assistant Attorneys General. Taggart Whipple argued the cause for defendant International Paper Co. With him on the briefs were Richard E. Nolan and William H. Levit, Jr. PER CURIAM. The motion by Vermont for leave to file...
Weber Vs. Aetna Cas. and Sur. Co.
Court: US Supreme Court
Decided on: Apr-24-1972
Weber v. Aetna Cas. & Sur. Co. - 406 U.S. 164 (1972) U.S. Supreme Court Weber v. Aetna Cas. & Sur. Co., 406 U.S. 164 (1972) Weber v. Aetna Cas. & Surety Co. No. 70-5112 Argued February 28, 1972 Decided April 24, 1972 406 U.S. 164 CERTIORARI TO THE SUPREME COURT OF LOUISIANA Syllabus Decedent, who died as a result of injuries received during the course of his employment, had maintained a household with four legitimate minor children, one unacknowledged minor child, and petitioner, to whom he was not married. His wife had been committed to a mental hospital. A second illegitimate child was born posthumously. Under Louisiana's workmen's compensation law unacknowledged illegitimate children are not within the class of "children," but are relegated to the lesser status of "other dependents," and may recover only if there are not enough surviving dependents in the preceding classes to exhaust the maximum benefits. The four legitimate children were awarded the maximum allowable com...
Washington Vs. General Motors Corp.
Court: US Supreme Court
Decided on: Apr-24-1972
Washington v. General Motors Corp. - 406 U.S. 109 (1972) U.S. Supreme Court Washington v. General Motors Corp., 406 U.S. 109 (1972) Washington v. General Motors Corp. No. 45, Orig. Argued February 28-29, 1972 Decided April 24, 1972 406 U.S. 109 ON MOTION FOR LEAVE TO FILE BILL OF COMPLAINT Syllabus Eighteen States have filed a motion for leave to file a bill of complaint against the Nation's four major automobile manufacturers and their trade association, alleging a conspiracy in violation of the federal antitrust laws a common law conspiracy in restraint of trade to restrain the development of motor vehicle air pollution control equipment, and a public nuisance in violation of state and federal common law. Those States seek an injunction, inter alia, requiring the defendants to accelerate a research and development program to produce effective pollution control devices and pollution-free engines and to install anti-pollution equipment in all vehicles they manufactured dur...
S and E Contractors, Inc. Vs. United States
Court: US Supreme Court
Decided on: Apr-24-1972
S & E Contractors, Inc. v. United States - 406 U.S. 1 (1972) U.S. Supreme Court S & E Contractors, Inc. v. United States, 406 U.S. 1 (1972) S & E Contractors, Inc. v. United States No. 70-88 Argued October 21, 1971 Reargued March 20, 1972 Decided April 24, 1972 406 U.S. 1 CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF CLAIMS Syllabus In a contract disputes procedure, the Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) approved claims of its contractor for additional compensation. In response to an AEC certifying officer's request for advice as to one item, however, the General Accounting Office (GAO) ruled that the claims could not be certified for payment. When the AEC then refused to pay the compensation, the contractor brought suit in the Court of Claims alleging that the GAO had no authority to overturn the AEC approval. The Government, through the Department of Justice, defended on the ground that the AEC determination was not final, but was subject to judicial review under the standards spe...
Affiliated Ute Citizens of Utah Vs. United States
Court: US Supreme Court
Decided on: Apr-24-1972
Affiliated Ute Citizens of Utah v. United States - 406 U.S. 128 (1972) U.S. Supreme Court Affiliated Ute Citizens of Utah v. United States, 406 U.S. 128 (1972) Affiliated Ute Citizens of Utah v. United States No. 70-78 Argued October 18, 1971 Decided April 24, 1972 406 U.S. 128 CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE THE TENTH CIRCUIT Syllabus The Ute Partition Act was designed to provide for the partition and distribution of the tribe's assets between the mixed-blood and full-blood members; for termination of federal supervision over the trust and restricted property of mixed-bloods; and for a development program for the full-bloods with a view toward terminating federal supervision of them. In addition to cash and land, the tribe owned oil, gas, and mineral rights (principally oil shale deposits underlying the reservation) and unadjudicated and unliquidated claims against the Government. The Act provided that, upon publication of the final membership roll...
illinois Vs. City of Milwaukee
Court: US Supreme Court
Decided on: Apr-24-1972
Illinois v. City of Milwaukee - 406 U.S. 91 (1972) U.S. Supreme Court Illinois v. City of Milwaukee, 406 U.S. 91 (1972) Illinois v. City of Milwaukee No. 49, Orig. Argued February 29, 1972 Decided April 24, 1972 406 U.S. 91 ON MOTION FOR LEAVE TO FILE BILL OF COMPLAINT Syllabus The State of Illinois has filed a motion for leave to file a bill of complaint against four Wisconsin cities and two local sewerage commissions for allegedly polluting Lake Michigan. Illinois seeks to invoke the Court's original jurisdiction on the ground that the defendants are instrumentalities of Wisconsin, and that this suit is therefore one against the State that must be brought in this Court under Art. III, 2, cl. 2, of the Constitution, which confers original jurisdiction on the Court "[i]n all cases . . . in which a State shall be a party," and 28 U.S.C. 1251(a)(1), which provides that the Court shall have "original and exclusive jurisdiction of [all] controversies between two or more States...
Nebraska Vs. Iowa
Court: US Supreme Court
Decided on: Apr-24-1972
Nebraska v. Iowa - 409 U.S. 285 (1972) U.S. Supreme Court Nebraska v. Iowa, 409 U.S. 285 (1972) Nebraska v. Iowa No. 17, Orig. Decided April 24, 1972 Decided and Decree entered January 8, 1973 409 U.S. 285 Opinion reported: 406 U. S. 406 U.S. 117. PER CURIAM AND DECREE. The Special Master, as directed in Nebraska v. Iowa, 406 U. S. 117 , 406 U. S. 127 (1972), has submitted a proposed Decree. Nebraska accepts it, but Iowa filed five Exceptions, to which Nebraska replied. Upon consideration of the Exceptions in light of our opinion and the Report of the Special Master, Iowa's Exceptions II and III are overruled and Exceptions I, IV, and V are sustained insofar as paragraphs 11 and 12 of the Proposed Decree are revised in the following Decree, the entry of which is directed: IT IS ORDERED, ADJUDGED, AND DECREED THAT: 1. The Missouri River was the boundary between the States of Iowa and Nebraska which was subject to the general rules of accretion and avulsion until 1943...
Evansville Airport Vs. Delta Airlines, Inc.
Court: US Supreme Court
Decided on: Apr-19-1972
Evansville Airport v. Delta Airlines, Inc. - 405 U.S. 707 (1972) U.S. Supreme Court Evansville Airport v. Delta Airlines, Inc., 405 U.S. 707 (1972) Evansville-Vanderburgh Airport Authority District v. Delta Airlines, Inc. No. 70-99 Argued February 23-24, 1972 Decided April 19, 1972 * 405 U.S. 707 CERTIORARI TO THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIANA Syllabus In No. 70-99, respondents challenged a "use and service charge" of $1 "for each passenger enplaning any commercial aircraft operated from the Dress Memorial Airport" in Evansville, Indiana. The funds were to be used for the improvement and maintenance of the airport. The Indiana Supreme Court, upholding the lower court, held the charge to be an unreasonable burden on interstate commerce in violation of Art. I, 8, of the Constitution. In No. 70-212, a New Hampshire statute levied a service charge of $1 for each passenger enplaning a schedule commercial airliner weighing 12,500 pounds or more, and a 50 charge for each passenger en...
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