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National Hockey League Vs. Metro. Hockey Club
Court: US Supreme Court
Decided on: Jun-30-1976
National Hockey League v. Metro. Hockey Club - 427 U.S. 639 (1976) U.S. Supreme Court National Hockey League v. Metro. Hockey Club, 427 U.S. 639 (1976) National Hockey League v. Metropolitan Hockey Club No. 75-1558 Decided June 30, 1976 427 U.S. 639 ON PETITION FOR WRIT OF CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE THIRD CIRCUIT Syllabus District Court did not abuse its discretion in resorting to the extreme sanction of dismissing respondents' antitrust action against petitioners pursuant to Fed.Rule Civ.Proc. 37, the court having found that, notwithstanding its admonitions and numerous extensions, respondents failed to respond to written interrogatories ordered by the court, and that, under the circumstances such failure manifested "flagrant bad faith" and "callous disregard" by respondents' counsel of their responsibilities. Certiorari granted; 531 F.2d 1188, reversed. PER CURIAM. This case arises out of the dismissal, under Fed.Rule Civ.Proc. 37, of respo...
Nebraska Press Assn. Vs. Stuart
Court: US Supreme Court
Decided on: Jun-30-1976
Nebraska Press Assn. v. Stuart - 427 U.S. 539 (1976) U.S. Supreme Court Nebraska Press Assn. v. Stuart, 427 U.S. 539 (1976) Nebraska Press Assn. v. Stuart No. 75-817 Argued April 19, 1976 Decided June 30, 1976 427 U.S. 539 CERTIORARI TO THE SUPREME COURT OF NEBRASKA Syllabus Respondent Nebraska state trial judge, in anticipation of a trial for a multiple murder which had attracted widespread news coverage, entered an order which, as modified by the Nebraska Supreme Court, restrained petitioner newspapers, broadcasters, journalists, news media associations, and national newswire services from publishing or broadcasting accounts of confessions or admissions made by the accused to law enforcement officers or third parties, except members of the press, and other facts "strongly implicative" of the accused. The modification of the order had occurred in the course of an action by petitioners, which had sought a stay of the trial court's original order and in which the accused and ...
Ludwig Vs. Massachusetts
Court: US Supreme Court
Decided on: Jun-30-1976
Ludwig v. Massachusetts - 427 U.S. 618 (1976) U.S. Supreme Court Ludwig v. Massachusetts, 427 U.S. 618 (1976) Ludwig v. Massachusetts No. 75-377 Argued April 28, 1976 Decided June 30, 1976 427 U.S. 618 APPEAL FROM THE SUPREME JUDICIAL COURT OF MASSACHUSETTS Syllabus Under Massachusetts' two-tier court system, a person accused of certain crimes is tried in the first instance in the lower tier, where no trial by jury is available. If convicted, he may appeal to the second tier, and, if he was convicted after a proceeding on a not-guilty plea, or by "admitting sufficient findings of fact," he is entitled to a trial de novo by jury in the second tier. Appellant, after he pleaded not guilty and after his motion for a jury trial was denied, was tried and convicted in a first-tier court. He then appealed to the second tier, and after unsuccessfully moving to dismiss on grounds that he had been deprived of his constitutional right to a speedy jury trial in the first instance and ...
Andresen Vs. Maryland
Court: US Supreme Court
Decided on: Jun-29-1976
Andresen v. Maryland - 427 U.S. 463 (1976) U.S. Supreme Court Andresen v. Maryland, 427 U.S. 463 (1976) Andresen v. Maryland No. 74-1646 Argued February 25, 1976 Decided June 29, 1976 427 U.S. 463 CERTIORARI TO THE COURT OF SPECIAL APPEAL OF MARYLAND Syllabus After an investigation by a State's Attorneys' fraud unit of real estate settlement activities in certain Maryland counties indicated that petitioner, while acting as a settlement attorney, had defrauded the purchaser of certain realty (Lot 13T), the investigators obtained warrants to search petitioner's offices. The warrants listed specified items pertaining to Lot 13T to be seized, "together with other fruits, instrumentalities and evidence of crime at this [time] unknown." In the ensuing search, a number of incriminating documents, including some containing statements made by petitioner, were seized. Petitioner was then charged, inter alia, with the crime of false pretenses based on a misrepresentation made to the ...
Norton Vs. Mathews
Court: US Supreme Court
Decided on: Jun-29-1976
Norton v. Mathews - 427 U.S. 524 (1976) U.S. Supreme Court Norton v. Mathews, 427 U.S. 524 (1976) Norton v. Mathews No. 74-6212 Argued January 13, 1976 Decided June 29, 1976 427 U.S. 524 APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF MARYLAND Syllabus The Social Security Act provides child survivor benefits only to a child who was "dependent" upon the deceased insured parent at the time of the parent's death. Appellant illegitimate child, who did not come under any of the statutory presumptions of dependency to which legitimate children and illegitimate children under some circumstances are entitled under the Act, could establish his status as a dependent child only by showing that his father lived with him or was contributing to his support at the time of death. Appellant was administratively denied benefits because he could not make such a showing, his father having been killed in military service and never having assumed support. After this denial was u...
Mathews Vs. Lucas
Court: US Supreme Court
Decided on: Jun-29-1976
Mathews v. Lucas - 427 U.S. 495 (1976) U.S. Supreme Court Mathews v. Lucas, 427 U.S. 495 (1976) Mathews v. Lucas No. 75-88 Argued January 13, 1976 Decided June 29, 1976 427 U.S. 495 APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF RHODE ISLAND Syllabus The Social Security Act provides that a child of an individual who died fully insured under the Act, is entitled to surviving child's benefits if the child is under 18, or a student under 22, and was dependent at the time of the parent's death. A child is considered dependent if the insured parent was living with him or contributed to the child's support at the time of death. Certain children, however, need not submit such individualized proof of dependency. Unless adopted by some other person, a child who is legitimate or would be entitled to inherit from the insured parent under state law is considered dependent at the time of the parent's death, or even lacking this relationship under state intestacy law is...
North Vs. Russell
Court: US Supreme Court
Decided on: Jun-28-1976
North v. Russell - 427 U.S. 328 (1976) U.S. Supreme Court North v. Russell, 427 U.S. 328 (1976) North v. Russell No. 74-1409 Argued December 9, 1975 Decided June 28, 1976 427 U.S. 328 APPEAL FROM COURT OF APPEALS OF KENTUCKY Syllabus Under Kentucky's two-tier court system, police courts (the first tier) have jurisdiction of misdemeanor cases, but an accused has an appeal of right from a police judge's decision to the circuit court (the second tier), where there is a trial de novo. The State Constitution requires cities in Kentucky to be classified according to population size. By statute, judges of police courts in cities of less than a certain population need not be lawyers, but, in larger cities, they must be, and all circuit court judges are lawyers. In this challenge to the constitutionality of the statutory scheme, held: 1. An accused, who is charged with a misdemeanor for which he is subject to possible imprisonment, is not denied due process when tried before a no...
Fitzpatrick Vs. Bitzer
Court: US Supreme Court
Decided on: Jun-28-1976
Fitzpatrick v. Bitzer - 427 U.S. 445 (1976) U.S. Supreme Court Fitzpatrick v. Bitzer, 427 U.S. 445 (1976) Fitzpatrick v. Bitzer No. 75-251 Argued April 221, 1976 Decided June 28, 1976 * 427 U.S. 445 CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SECOND CIRCUIT Syllabus Present and retired male employees of the State of Connecticut (petitioners in No. 75-251) brought this class action alleging, inter alia, that certain provisions of the State's statutory retirement benefit plan discriminated against them because of their sex, in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which, as amended, extends coverage to the States as employers. The District Court ruled in their favor and entered prospective injunctive relief against respondent state officials. But the court denied petitioners' request for an award of retroactive retirement benefits as compensation for losses caused by the State's discrimination, as well as "a reasonable attorney's fee as part ...
Kleppe Vs. Sierra Club
Court: US Supreme Court
Decided on: Jun-28-1976
Kleppe v. Sierra Club - 427 U.S. 390 (1976) U.S. Supreme Court Kleppe v. Sierra Club, 427 U.S. 390 (1976) Kleppe v. Sierra Club No. 75-552 Argued April 28, 1976 Decided June 28, 1976 * 427 U.S. 390 CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CIRCUIT Syllabus Section 102(2)(C) of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA) requires that all federal agencies include an environmental impact statement (EIS) "in every recommendation or report on proposals for legislation and other major Federal actions significantly affecting the quality of the human environment." Respondent environmental organizations, alleging a widespread interest in the rich coal reserves of the "Northern Great Plains region" (embracing parts of Wyoming, Montana, North Dakota, and South Dakota) and a threat from coal-related operations to their members' enjoyment of the region's environment, brought suit against petitioner officials of the Department of the Inter...
Elrod Vs. Burns
Court: US Supreme Court
Decided on: Jun-28-1976
Elrod v. Burns - 427 U.S. 347 (1976) U.S. Supreme Court Elrod v. Burns, 427 U.S. 347 (1976) Elrod v. Burns No. 74-1520 Argued April 19, 1976 Decided June 28, 1976 427 U.S. 347 CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SEVENTH CIRCUIT Syllabus Respondents, Republicans who are non-civil service employees of the Cook County, Ill., Sheriff's Office, brought this suit as a class action for declaratory, injunctive, and other relief against petitioners, including the newly elected Sheriff, a Democrat, and county Democratic organizations, alleging that, in violation of the First and Fourteenth Amendments and various statutes, including the Civil Rights Act of 1871, respondents were discharged or (in the case of one respondent) threatened with discharge for the sole reason that they were not affiliated with or sponsored by the Democratic Party. Finding that respondents had failed to show irreparable injury, the District Court denied their motion for a preliminary inju...
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