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Hunt Vs. Cromartie
Court: US Supreme Court
Decided on: May-17-1999
Hunt v. Cromartie - 526 U.S. 541 (1999) OCTOBER TERM, 1998 Syllabus HUNT, GOVERNOR OF NORTH CAROLINA, ET AL. v. CROMARTIE ET AL. APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF NORTH CAROLINA No. 98-85. Argued January 20, 1999-Decided May 17, 1999 Mter this Court decided, in Shaw v. Hunt, 517 U. S. 899 , that North Carolina's Twelfth Congressional District was the product of unconstitutional racial gerrymandering, the State enacted a new districting plan in 1997. Believing that the new District 12 was also unconstitutional, appellees filed suit against several state officials to enjoin elections under the new plan. Before discovery and without an evidentiary hearing, the three-judge District Court granted appellees summary judgment and entered the injunction. From "uncontroverted material facts," the court concluded that the General Assembly in drawing District 12 had violated the Fourteenth Amendment's Equal Protection Clause. Held: Because the...
Clinton Vs. Goldsmith
Court: US Supreme Court
Decided on: May-17-1999
Clinton v. Goldsmith - 526 U.S. 529 (1999) OCTOBER TERM, 1998 Syllabus CLINTON, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, ET AL. v. GOLDSMITH CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE ARMED FORCES No. 98-347. Argued March 22, 1999-Decided May 17, 1999 Mter respondent Goldsmith, an Air Force major, defied an order by a superior officer to inform his sex partners that he was infected with HIV and to take measures to block any transfer of bodily fluids during sexual relations, he was convicted by general court-martial of willful disobedience of an order and other offenses under the Uniform Code of Military Justice and sentenced to six years' confinement and partial forfeiture of pay. The Air Force Court of Criminal Appeals affirmed, and when Goldsmith sought no review of that decision in the Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces (CAAF), his conviction became final. Subsequently, in reliance on a newly enacted statute empowering the President to drop from the rolls of the Arm...
Saenz Vs. Roe
Court: US Supreme Court
Decided on: May-17-1999
Saenz v. Roe - 526 U.S. 489 (1999) OCTOBER TERM, 1998 Syllabus SAENZ, DIRECTOR, CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES, ET AL. v. ROE ET AL., ON BEHALF OF THEMSELVES AND ALL OTHERS SIMILARLY SITUATED CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT No. 98-97. Argued January 13, 1999-Decided May 17, 1999 California, which has the sixth highest welfare benefit levels in the country, sought to amend its Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) program in 1992 by limiting new residents, for the first year they live in the State, to the benefits they would have received in the State of their prior residence. Cal. Welf. & Inst. Code Ann. 11450.03. Although the Secretary of Health and Human Services approved the change-a requirement for it to go into effect-the Federal District Court enjoined its implementation, finding that, under Shapiro v. Thompson, 394 U. S. 618 , and Zobel v. Williams, 457 U. S. 55 , it penalized "the decision of new res...
Ruhrgas Ag Vs. Marathon Oil Co.
Court: US Supreme Court
Decided on: May-17-1999
Ruhrgas AG v. Marathon Oil Co. - 526 U.S. 574 (1999) OCTOBER TERM, 1998 Syllabus RUHRGAS AG v. MARATHON OIL CO. ET AL. CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT No. 98-470. Argued March 22, 1999-Decided May 17, 1999 The underlying controversy stems from a venture to produce gas in the North Sea's Heimdal Field. In 1976, respondents Marathon Oil Company and Marathon International Oil Company acquired respondent Marathon Petroleum Norge (Norge) and Marathon Petroleum Company (Norway) (MPCN). Following the acquisition, Norge assigned its license to produce gas in the Heimdal Field to MPCN, which then contracted to sell 70% of its share of the Heimdal gas production to a group of European buyers, including petitioner Ruhrgas AG. MPCN's sales agreement with Ruhrgas and the other European buyers provided that disputes would be settled by arbitration in Sweden. In 1995, Marathon Oil Company, Marathon International Oil Company, and Norge (collectively Mara...
Florida Vs. White
Court: US Supreme Court
Decided on: May-17-1999
Florida v. White - 526 U.S. 559 (1999) OCTOBER TERM, 1998 Syllabus FLORIDA v. WHITE CERTIORARI TO THE SUPREME COURT OF FLORIDA No. 98-223. Argued March 23, 1999-Decided May 17, 1999 Two months after officers observed respondent using his car to deliver cocaine, he was arrested at his workplace on unrelated charges. At that time, the arresting officers seized his car without securing a warrant because they believed that it was subject to forfeiture under the Florida Contraband Forfeiture Act (Act). During a subsequent inventory search, the police discovered cocaine in the car. Respondent was then charged with a state drug violation. At his trial on the drug charge, he moved to suppress the evidence discovered during the search, arguing that the car's warrantless seizure violated the Fourth Amendment, thereby making the cocaine the "fruit of the poisonous tree." Mter the jury returned a guilty verdict, the court denied the motion, and the Florida First District Court of Appeal affi...
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