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North Haven Bd. of Educ. Vs. Bell
Court: US Supreme Court
Decided on: May-17-1982
North Haven Bd. of Educ. v. Bell - 456 U.S. 512 (1982) U.S. Supreme Court North Haven Bd. of Educ. v. Bell, 456 U.S. 512 (1982) North Haven Bd. of Educ. v. Bell No. 80-986 Argued December 9, 1981 Decided May 17, 1982 456 U.S. 512 CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SECOND CIRCUIT Syllabus Section 901(a) of Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 provides that "no person," on the basis of sex, shall "be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any education program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance." Section 902 authorizes each agency awarding federal financial assistance to any education program to promulgate regulations ensuring that aid recipients adhere to 901(a), and as a sanction for noncompliance provides for termination of federal funds limited to the particular program, or part thereof, in which such noncompliance has been found. Pursuant to 902, the Department o...
Zant Vs. Stephens
Court: US Supreme Court
Decided on: May-03-1982
Zant v. Stephens - 456 U.S. 410 (1982) U.S. Supreme Court Zant v. Stephens, 456 U.S. 410 (1982) Zant v. Stephens No. 81-89 Argued February 24, 1982 Decided May 3, 1982 456 U.S. 410 CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT Syllabus After respondent was convicted of murder in a Georgia trial court, his sentencing jury found the existence of three aggravating circumstances specified in the Georgia death penalty statute and imposed the death penalty. Although the Georgia Supreme Court set aside one of the aggravating circumstances found by the jury, it upheld the death sentence, concluding that the evidence supported the jury's findings of the other aggravating circumstances, and that therefore the sentence was not impaired. After exhausting state postconviction remedies, respondent filed for a writ of habeas corpus in Federal District Court, which denied relief. The Court of Appeals reversed and remanded insofar as the District Court had left stan...
Merrill Lynch Vs. Curran
Court: US Supreme Court
Decided on: May-03-1982
Merrill Lynch v. Curran - 456 U.S. 353 (1982) U.S. Supreme Court Merrill Lynch v. Curran, 456 U.S. 353 (1982) Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Inc. v. Curran No. 80-203 Argued November 2, 1981 Decided May 3, 1982 * 456 U.S. 353 CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SIXTH CIRCUIT Syllabus The Commodity Exchange Act (CEA), which regulates commodity futures trading, was substantially amended by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission Act of 1974. Among other things, the Commodity Futures Exchange Commission was created to assume the regulatory and enforcement powers previously exercised by the Secretary of Agriculture and certain additional powers, and that Commission was authorized to grant reparations to any person complaining of a violation of the CEA or its implementing regulations committed by any futures commission merchant, floor broker, commodity trading adviser, or commodity pool operator. But the 1974 Act, like the original legislation and ...
O'Dell Vs. Espinoza
Court: US Supreme Court
Decided on: May-03-1982
O'Dell v. Espinoza - 456 U.S. 430 (1982) U.S. Supreme Court O'Dell v. Espinoza, 456 U.S. 430 (1982) O'Dell v. Espinoza No. 81-534 Argued April 26, 1983 Decided May 3, 1982 456 U.S. 430 CERTIORARI TO THE SUPREME COURT OF COLORADO Certiorari dismissed for want of jurisdiction. Reported below: 633 P.2d 455. PER CURIAM. Under 28 U.S.C. 1257, this Court has jurisdiction to review only "[f]inal judgments or decrees rendered by the highest court of a State in which a decision could be had." Because the Colorado Supreme Court remanded this case for trial, its decision is not final "as an effective determination of the litigation." Market Street R. Co. v. Railroad Comm'n of Cal., 324 U. S. 548 , 324 U. S. 551 (1945). Although there is a limited set of situations in which we have found finality as to the federal issue despite the ordering of further proceedings in the lower state courts, see Cox Broadcasting Corp. v. Cohn, 420 U. S. 469 (1975), this case does not fit into an...
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