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South Park Indep. Sch. Dist. Vs. United States
Court: US Supreme Court
Decided on: Jul-21-1981
South Park Indep. Sch. Dist. v. United States - 453 U.S. 1301 (1981) U.S. Supreme Court South Park Indep. Sch. Dist. v. United States, 453 U.S. 1301 (1981) South Park Independent School District v. United States No. A-5 Decided July 21, 1981 * 453 U.S. 1301 ON APPLICATION FOR STAY Syllabus Applications of a school district and a group of intervenor parents, children, and citizens to stay, pending disposition of their petition for certiorari, the Court of Appeals' mandate to the District Court to prepare and implement a school desegregation plan for the 1981-1982 school year are denied. There is no reasonable probability that four Members of the Court will vote to grant certiorari. JUSTICE POWELL, Circuit Justice. A school district in Beaumont, Tex., and a group of intervenor parents, children, and citizens have requested me, as Circuit Justice, to stay the mandate of the Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit pending disposition of their petition for a writ of certiorari. ...
Metromedia, Inc. Vs. City of San Diego
Court: US Supreme Court
Decided on: Jul-02-1981
Metromedia, Inc. v. City of San Diego - 453 U.S. 490 (1981) U.S. Supreme Court Metromedia, Inc. v. City of San Diego, 453 U.S. 490 (1981) Metromedia, Inc. v. City of San Diego No. 80-195 Argued February 25, 1981 Decided July 2, 1981 453 U.S. 490 APPEAL FROM THE SUPREME COURT OF CALIFORNIA Syllabus Appellee city of San Diego enacted an ordinance which imposes substantial prohibitions on the erection of outdoor advertising displays within the city. The stated purpose of the ordinance is "to eliminate hazards to pedestrians and motorists brought about by distracting sign displays" and "to preserve and improve the appearance of the City." The ordinance permits on-site commercial advertising (a sign advertising goods or services available on the property where the sign is located), but forbids other commercial advertising and noncommercial advertising using fixed-structure signs, unless permitted by 1 of the ordinance's 12 specified exceptions, such as temporary political campaig...
Commonwealth Edison Co. Vs. Montana
Court: US Supreme Court
Decided on: Jul-02-1981
Commonwealth Edison Co. v. Montana - 453 U.S. 609 (1981) U.S. Supreme Court Commonwealth Edison Co. v. Montana, 453 U.S. 609 (1981) Commonwealth Edison Co. v. Montana No. 80-581 Argued March 30, 1981 Decided July 2, 1981 453 U.S. 609 APPEAL FROM THE SUPREME COURT OF MONTANA Syllabus Montana imposes a severance tax on each ton of coal mined in the State, including coal mined on federal land. The tax is levied at varying rates depending on the value, energy content, and method of extraction of the coal, and may equal, at a maximum, 30% of the "contract sales price." Appellants, certain Montana coal producers and 11 of their out-of-state utility company customers, sought refunds, in a Montana state court, of severance taxes paid under protest and declaratory and injunctive relief, contending that the tax was invalid under the Commerce and Supremacy Clauses of the United States Constitution. Without receiving any evidence, the trial court upheld the tax, and the Montana Supreme ...
Arkansas Louisiana Gas Co. Vs. Hall
Court: US Supreme Court
Decided on: Jul-02-1981
Arkansas Louisiana Gas Co. v. Hall - 453 U.S. 571 (1981) U.S. Supreme Court Arkansas Louisiana Gas Co. v. Hall, 453 U.S. 571 (1981) Arkansas Louisiana Gas Co. v. Hall No. 78-1789 Argued April 20, 1981 Decided July 2, 1981 453 U.S. 571 CERTIORARI TO THE SUPREME COURT OF LOUISIANA Syllabus In 1952, respondent natural gas producers and petitioner entered into a contract under which respondents agreed to sell petitioner natural gas from a certain gas field in Louisiana. The contract contained a fixed price schedule and a "favored nations clause," which provided that, if petitioner purchased gas from the gas field from another party at a higher rate than it was paying respondents, then respondents would be entitled to a higher price for their sales to petitioner. In 1954, respondents filed the contract and their rates with the Federal Power Commission (now the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission) and obtained from it a certificate authorizing the sale of gas at the specified con...
Dames and Moore Vs. Regan
Court: US Supreme Court
Decided on: Jul-02-1981
Dames & Moore v. Regan - 453 U.S. 654 (1981) U.S. Supreme Court Dames & Moore v. Regan, 453 U.S. 654 (1981) Dames & Moore v. Regan No. 80-2078 Argued June 24, 1981 Decided July 2, 1981 453 U.S. 654 CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT Syllabus In response to the seizure of American personnel as hostages at the American Embassy in Tehran, Iran, President Carter, pursuant to the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA), declared a national emergency on November 14, 1979, and blocked the removal or transfer of all property and interests in property of the Government of Iran which were subject to the jurisdiction of the United States. The Treasury Department then issued implementing regulations providing that, "[u]nless licensed or authorized . . . , any attachment, judgment, decree, lien, execution, garnishment, or other judicial process is null and void with respect to any property in which, on or since [November 14, 1979,] there ...
Robbins Vs. California
Court: US Supreme Court
Decided on: Jul-01-1981
Robbins v. California - 453 U.S. 420 (1981) U.S. Supreme Court Robbins v. California, 453 U.S. 420 (1981) Robbins v. California No. 80-148 Argued April 27, 1981 Decided July 1, 1981 453 U.S. 420 CERTIORARI TO THE COURT OF APPEAL OF CALIFORNIA, FIRST APPELLATE DISTRICT Syllabus When California Highway Patrol officers stopped petitioner's station wagon for proceeding erratically, they smelled marihuana smoke as he opened the car door. In the ensuing search of the car, the officers found in the luggage compartment two packages wrapped in green opaque plastic. They then unwrapped the packages, both of which contained bricks of marihuana. Petitioner was charged with various drug offenses, and, after his pretrial motion to suppress the evidence found when the packages were unwrapped was denied, he was convicted. The California Court of Appeal affirmed, holding that the warrantless opening of the packages was constitutionally permissible, since any experienced observer could reaso...
Gulf Offshore Co. Vs. Mobil Oil Corp.
Court: US Supreme Court
Decided on: Jul-01-1981
Gulf Offshore Co. v. Mobil Oil Corp. - 453 U.S. 473 (1981) U.S. Supreme Court Gulf Offshore Co. v. Mobil Oil Corp., 453 U.S. 473 (1981) Gulf Offshore Co. v. Mobil Oil Corp. No. 80-590 Argued March 31, 1981 Decided July 1, 1981 453 U.S. 473 CERTIORARI TO THE COURT OF CIVIL APPEALS OF TEXAS, FOURTEENTH SUPREME JUDICIAL DISTRICT Syllabus Respondent Mobil Oil Corp. contracted with petitioner for the latter's performance of certain operations on offshore oil drilling platforms. Under the agreement, petitioner promised to indemnify Mobil for all claims resulting directly or indirectly from the work. One of petitioner's employees (also a respondent), working on an oil drilling platform above the seabed of the Outer Continental Shelf, was injured while, because of a storm, he was being evacuated from the platform aboard a boat chartered by Mobil. The employee brought suit for damages in a Texas state court, alleging negligence by Mobil and the boat owner. Mobil filed a third-party ...
Cbs, Inc. Vs. Fcc
Court: US Supreme Court
Decided on: Jul-01-1981
CBS, Inc. v. FCC - 453 U.S. 367 (1981) U.S. Supreme Court CBS, Inc. v. FCC, 453 U.S. 367 (1981) CBS, Inc. v. Federal Communications Commission No. 80-207 Argued March 3, 1981 Decided July 1, 1981 * 453 U.S. 367 CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CIRCUIT Syllabus Section 312 (a) (7) of the Communications Act of 1934, as added by Title I of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971, authorizes the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to revoke any broadcasting station license "for willful or repeated failure to allow reasonable access to or to permit purchase of reasonable amounts of time for the use of a broadcasting station by a legally qualified candidate for Federal elective office on behalf of his candidacy." On October 11, 1979, the Carter-Mondale Presidential Committee(Committee) requested each of the three major television networks (petitioners) to provide time for a 30-minute program between 8 p. m. and 10:30 p.m. on a...
New York Vs. Belton
Court: US Supreme Court
Decided on: Jul-01-1981
New York v. Belton - 453 U.S. 454 (1981) U.S. Supreme Court New York v. Belton, 453 U.S. 454 (1981) New York v. Belton No. 80-328 Argued April 27, 1981 Decided July 1, 1981 453 U.S. 454 CERTIORARI TO THE COURT OF APPEALS OF NEW YORK Syllabus An automobile in which respondent was one of the occupants was stopped by a New York State policeman for traveling at an excessive rate of speed. In the process of discovering that none of the occupants owned the car or was related to the owner, the policeman smelled burnt marihuana and saw on the floor of the car an envelope suspected of containing marihuana. He then directed the occupants to get out of the car and arrested them for unlawful possession of marihuana. After searching each of the occupants, he searched the passenger compartment of the car, found a jacket belonging to respondent, unzipped one of the pockets, and discovered cocaine. Subsequently, respondent was indicted for criminal possession of a controlled substance. Afte...
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