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Cleburne Vs. Cleburne Living Ctr.
Court: US Supreme Court
Decided on: Jul-01-1985
Cleburne v. Cleburne Living Ctr. - 473 U.S. 432 (1985) U.S. Supreme Court Cleburne v. Cleburne Living Ctr., 473 U.S. 432 (1985) City of Cleburne, Texas v. Cleburne Living Center, Inc. No. 84-468 Argued March 18, 1985 Reargued April 23, 1985 Decided July 1, 1985 473 U.S. 432 CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT Syllabus Respondent Cleburne Living Center, Inc. (CLC), which anticipated leasing a certain building for the operation of a group home for the mentally retarded, was informed by petitioner city that a special use permit would be required, the city having concluded that the proposed group home should be classified as a "hospital for the feebleminded" under the zoning ordinance covering the area in which the proposed home would be located. Accordingly, CLC applied for a special use permit, but the City Council, after a public hearing, denied the permit. CLC and others (also respondents here) then filed suit against the city and a numbe...
Aguilar Vs. Felton
Court: US Supreme Court
Decided on: Jul-01-1985
Aguilar v. Felton - 473 U.S. 402 (1985) U.S. Supreme Court Aguilar v. Felton, 473 U.S. 402 (1985) Aguilar v. Felton No. 84-237 Argued December 5, 1984 Decided July 1, 1985 * 473 U.S. 402 APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SECOND CIRCUIT Syllabus New York City uses federal funds received under the Title I program of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to pay the salaries of public school employees who teach in parochial schools in the city. That program authorized federal financial assistance to local educational institutions to meet the needs of educationally deprived children from low-income families. The city makes the teacher assignments, and the teachers are supervised by field personnel who monitor the Title I classes. Appellee city taxpayers brought an action in Federal District Court, alleging that the Title I program administered by the city violates the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment, and seeking injunctive relief. T...
Thomas Vs. Union Carbide
Court: US Supreme Court
Decided on: Jul-01-1985
Thomas v. Union Carbide - 473 U.S. 568 (1985) U.S. Supreme Court Thomas v. Union Carbide, 473 U.S. 568 (1985) Thomas v. Union Carbide Agricultural Products Co. No. 84-497 Argued March 26, 1985 Decided July 1, 1985 473 U.S. 568 APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK Syllabus The Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) requires manufacturers of pesticides, as a precondition for registering a pesticide, to submit research data to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) concerning the product's health, safety, and environmental effects, and authorizes EPA to use previously submitted data in considering an application for registration of a similar product by another registrant ("follow-on" registrant). Section 3(c)(1)(D)(ii) of FIFRA authorizes EPA to consider certain previously submitted data only if the "follow-on" registrant has offered to compensate the original registrant for use of the data, and provides for...
United States Vs. Montoya De Hernandez
Court: US Supreme Court
Decided on: Jul-01-1985
United States v. Montoya de Hernandez - 473 U.S. 531 (1985) U.S. Supreme Court United States v. Montoya de Hernandez, 473 U.S. 531 (1985) United States v. Montoya de Hernandez No. 84-755 Argued April 24, 1985 Decided July 1, 1985 473 U.S. 531 CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT Syllabus Upon her arrival at Los Angeles International Airport on a flight from Bogota, Colombia, respondent was detained by customs officials when after examination of her passport and the contents of her valise and questioning by the officials, she was suspected of being a "balloon swallower," i.e., one who attempts to smuggle narcotics into this country hidden in her alimentary canal. She was detained incommunicado for almost 16 hours before the officials sought a court order authorizing a pregnancy test (she having claimed to be pregnant), an x-ray, and a rectal examination. During those 16 hours, she was given the option of returning to Colombia on the next a...
Amer. Nat'l Bank Vs. Haroco, Inc.
Court: US Supreme Court
Decided on: Jul-01-1985
Amer. Nat'l Bank v. Haroco, Inc. - 473 U.S. 606 (1985) U.S. Supreme Court Amer. Nat'l Bank v. Haroco, Inc., 473 U.S. 606 (1985) American National Bank & Trust Company of Chicago v. Haroco, Inc. No. 84-822 Argued April 17, 1985 Decided July 1, 1985 473 U.S. 606 CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SEVENTH CIRCUIT Syllabus In respondents' private civil action brought under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO), 18 U.S.C. 1961-1968, they alleged that petitioner bank and several of its officers had fraudulently charged excessive interest rates on loans to respondents, and that the scheme to defraud, which was carried on through the mails, violated 1962(c), in that the mailings constituted a pattern of racketeering activity by means of which petitioners conducted, or participated in the conduct of, the bank. The only injuries alleged were the excessive interest charges themselves. The District Court dismissed on the ground that the c...
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