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Eastern Associated Coal Corp. Vs. Mine Workers
Court: US Supreme Court
Decided on: Nov-28-2000
Eastern Associated Coal Corp. v. Mine Workers - 531 U.S. 57 (2000) OCTOBER TERM, 2000 Syllabus EASTERN ASSOCIATED COAL CORP. v. UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA, DISTRICT 17, ET AL. CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT No. 99-1038. Argued October 2, 2000-Decided November 28, 2000 The arbitration provisions in petitioner Eastern Associated Coal Corp.'s collective-bargaining agreement with respondent union specify, inter alia, that Eastern must prove in binding arbitration that it has "just cause" to discharge an employee, or else the arbitrator will order the employee reinstated. James Smith worked for Eastern as a truck driver subject to Department of Transportation (DOT) regulations requiring random drug testing of workers engaged in "safety-sensitive" tasks. Mter each of two occasions on which Smith tested positive for marijuana, Eastern sought to discharge him. Each time, the union went to arbitration, and the arbitrator concluded that the...
Indianapolis Vs. Edmond
Court: US Supreme Court
Decided on: Nov-28-2000
Indianapolis v. Edmond - 531 U.S. 32 (2000) OCTOBER TERM, 2000 Syllabus CITY OF INDIANAPOLIS ET AL. v. EDMOND ET AL. CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SEVENTH CIRCUIT No. 99-1030. Argued October 3, 2000-Decided November 28, 2000 Petitioner city operates vehicle checkpoints on its roads in an effort to interdict unlawful drugs. Respondents, who were each stopped at such a checkpoint, filed suit, claiming that the roadblocks violated the Fourth Amendment. The District Court denied respondents a preliminary injunction, but the Seventh Circuit reversed, holding that the checkpoints contravened the Fourth Amendment. Held: Because the checkpoint program's primary purpose is indistinguishable from the general interest in crime control, the checkpoints violate the Fourth Amendment. Pp. 37-48. (a) The rule that a search or seizure is unreasonable under the Fourth Amendment absent individualized suspicion of wrongdoing has limited exceptions. For example, this ...
City News and Novelty, Inc. Vs. Waukesha
Court: US Supreme Court
Decided on: Nov-28-2000
City News & Novelty, Inc. v. Waukesha - 531 U.S. 278 (2000) OCTOBER TERM, 2000 Syllabus CITY NEWS & NOVELTY, INC. v. CITY OF WAUKESHA CERTIORARI TO THE COURT OF APPEALS OF WISCONSIN No. 99-1680. Argued November 28, 2000-Decided January 17,2001 The City of Waukesha, Wisconsin (City), requires sellers of sexually explicit materials to obtain and annually renew adult business licenses. When petitioner City News and Novelty, Inc. (City News), applied for a renewal of its adult business license, then due to expire in two months, Waukesha's Common Council denied the application, finding that City News had violated the City's ordinance in various ways. The denial was upheld in administrative proceedings and on judicial review in the state courts. Petitioning for certiorari, City News raised three questions, including whether the guarantee of a prompt judicial review that must accompany an adult business licensing scheme, see Freedman v. Maryland, 380 U. S. 51 , 59; FW/PBS, Inc....
United States Vs. Mead Corp.
Court: US Supreme Court
Decided on: Nov-08-2000
United States v. Mead Corp. - 533 U.S. 218 (2000) OCTOBER TERM, 2000 Syllabus UNITED STATES v. MEAD CORP. CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FEDERAL CIRCUIT No. 99-1434. Argued November 8, 2000-Decided June 18,2001 The Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States authorizes the United States Customs Service to classify and fix the rate of duty on imports, under rules and regulations issued by the Secretary of the Treasury. As relevant here, the Secretary provides for tariff rulings before the entry of goods by regulations authorizing "ruling letters" setting tariff classifications for particular imports. Any of the 46 portof-entry Customs offices and the Customs Headquarters Office may issue such letters. Respondent imports "day planners," three-ring binders with pages for daily schedules, phone numbers and addresses, a calendar, and suchlike. Mter classifying the planners as duty free for several years, Customs Headquarters issued a ruling letter clas...
Artuz Vs. Bennett
Court: US Supreme Court
Decided on: Nov-07-2000
Artuz v. Bennett - 531 U.S. 4 (2000) OCTOBER TERM, 2000 Syllabus ARTUZ, SUPERINTENDENT, GREEN HAVEN CORRECTIONAL FACILITY v. BENNETT CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SECOND CIRCUIT No. 99-1238. Argued October 10, 2000-Decided November 7, 2000 A New York trial court orally denied respondent's 1995 motion to vacate his state conviction. Subsequently, the Federal District Court dismissed respondent's federal habeas petition as untimely, noting that it was filed more than one year after the effective date of the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 (AEDPA). In reversing and remanding, the Second Circuit concluded that 28 U. S. C. 2244(d)(2), which tolls AEDPA's limitations period during the time that a "properly filed" application for state postconviction relief is pending, also tolls the I-year grace period which the Circuit has allowed for the filing of applications challenging pre-AEDPA convictions; that, in the absence of a written orde...
Cleveland Vs. United States
Court: US Supreme Court
Decided on: Nov-07-2000
Cleveland v. United States - 531 U.S. 12 (2000) OCTOBER TERM, 2000 Syllabus CLEVELAND v. UNITED STATES CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT No. 99-804. Argued October 10, 2000-Decided November 7, 2000 Louisiana law authorizes the State to award nontransferable, annually renewable licenses to operate video poker machines. License applicants must meet suitability requirements designed to ensure that they have good character and fiscal integrity. The State itself does not run any video poker machinery. In 1992, Fred Goodson and his family formed a limited partnership, Truck Stop Gaming, Ltd. (TSG), to participate in the video poker business in Louisiana. Petitioner Carl W. Cleveland, a lawyer, assisted Goodson in preparing TSG's initial and subsequent video poker license applications, each of which identified Goodson's children as the sole beneficial owners of the partnership. The State approved the initial application, and TSG successfully renew...
Rogers Vs. Tennessee
Court: US Supreme Court
Decided on: Nov-01-2000
Rogers v. Tennessee - 532 U.S. 451 (2000) OCTOBER TERM, 2000 Syllabus ROGERS v. TENNESSEE CERTIORARI TO THE SUPREME COURT OF TENNESSEE No. 99-6218. Argued November 1, 2000-Decided May 14,2001 Following James Bowdery's death some 15 months after petitioner stabbed him, petitioner was convicted in Tennessee state court of second degree murder under the State's criminal homicide statute. Although that statute makes no mention of the common law "year and a day rule" -under which no defendant could be convicted of murder unless his victim died by the defendant's act within a year and a day of the act, see, e. g., Louisville, E. & St. L. R. Co. v. Clarke, 152 U. S. 230 , 239petitioner argued on appeal that the rule persisted as part of the State's common law and, as such, precluded his conviction. The Tennessee Court of Criminal Appeals disagreed and affirmed the conviction. In affirming, the State Supreme Court abolished the rule, finding that the reasons for recognizing the ...
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