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Raleigh Vs. Illinois Dept. of Revenue
Court: US Supreme Court
Decided on: May-30-2000
Raleigh v. Illinois Dept. of Revenue - 530 U.S. 15 (2000) OCTOBER TERM, 1999 Syllabus RALEIGH, CHAPTER 7 TRUSTEE FOR THE ESTATE OF STOECKER v. ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SEVENTH CIRCUIT No. 99-387. Argued April 17, 2000-Decided May 30, 2000 While debtor Stoecker was its president, a now-defunct Illinois company purchased a plane out of State and moved it to Illinois. Respondent claims that this purchase was subject to the State's use tax. When such tax is unpaid, respondent issues a Notice of Tax Liability to the taxpayer and may issue a Notice of Penalty Liability against any corporate officer responsible for paying the tax who willfully fails to file the return or make the payment. By the time respondent discovered that the tax was unpaid in this case, the company was defunct and Stoecker was in bankruptcy, with petitioner as his trustee. Respondent filed, inter alia, a Notice of Penalty Liability against Stoeck...
Hartford Underwriters Ins. Co. Vs. Union Planters Bank, N.Andnbsp;A.
Court: US Supreme Court
Decided on: May-30-2000
Hartford Underwriters Ins. Co. v. Union Planters Bank, N. A. - 530 U.S. 1 (2000) CASES ADJUDGED IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES AT OCTOBER TERM, 1999 Syllabus HARTFORD UNDERWRITERS INSURANCE CO. v. UNION PLANTERS BANK, N. A. CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT No. 99-409. Argued March 20, 2000-Decided May 30, 2000 During attempted reorganization under Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code, debtor Hen House Interstate, Inc., obtained workers' compensation insurance from petitioner Hartford Underwriters. Although Hen House repeatedly failed to make the monthly premium payments required by the policy, Hartford continued to provide insurance. The reorganization ultimately failed, and the court converted the case to a Chapter 7 liquidation proceeding and appointed a trustee. Learning of the bankruptcy proceedings after the conversion, and recognizing that the estate lacked unencumbered funds to pay the premiums owed, Hartford attempted...
Ohler Vs. United States
Court: US Supreme Court
Decided on: May-22-2000
Ohler v. United States - 529 U.S. 753 (2000) OCTOBER TERM, 1999 Syllabus OHLER v. UNITED STATES CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT No. 98-9828. Argued March 20, 2000-Decided May 22, 2000 Petitioner Ohler was tried on drug charges. The Federal District Court granted the Government's motion in limine to admit her prior felony drug conviction as impeachment evidence under Federal Rule of Evidence 609(a)(1). Ohler testified at trial and admitted the prior conviction on direct examination. The jury convicted her. In affirming, the Ninth Circuit rejected her challenge to the District Court's in limine ruling, holding that she waived her objection by introducing the evidence during her direct examination. Held: A defendant who pre-emptively introduces evidence of a prior conviction on direct examination may not challenge the admission of such evidence on appeal. Ohler attempts to avoid the well-established commonsense principle that a party i...
Jones Vs. United States
Court: US Supreme Court
Decided on: May-22-2000
Jones v. United States - 529 U.S. 848 (2000) OCTOBER TERM, 1999 Syllabus JONES v. UNITED STATES CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SEVENTH CIRCUIT No. 99-5739. Argued March 21, 2000-Decided May 22, 2000 Petitioner Jones tossed a Molotov cocktail into a home owned and occupied by his cousin as a dwelling place for everyday family living. The ensuing fire severely damaged the home. Jones was convicted in the District Court of violating, inter alia, 18 U. S. C. 844(i), which makes it a federal crime to "maliciously damag[e] or destro[y], ... by means of fire or an explosive, any building ... used in interstate or foreign commerce or in any activity affecting interstate or foreign commerce." The Seventh Circuit affirmed, rejecting Jones's contention that 844(i), when applied to the arson of a private residence, exceeds the authority vested in Congress under the Commerce Clause. Held: Because an owner-occupied residence not used for any commercial purpose...
United States Vs. Playboy Entertainment Group, Inc.
Court: US Supreme Court
Decided on: May-22-2000
United States v. Playboy Entertainment Group, Inc. - 529 U.S. 803 (2000) OCTOBER TERM, 1999 Syllabus UNITED STATES ET AL. v. PLAYBOY ENTERTAINMENT GROUP, INC. APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF DELAWARE No. 98-1682. Argued November 30, 1999-Decided May 22, 2000 Section 505 of the Telecommunications Act of 1996 requires cable television operators providing channels "primarily dedicated to sexuallyoriented programming" either to "fully scramble or otherwise fully block" those channels or to limit their transmission to hours when children are unlikely to be viewing, set by administrative regulation as between 10 p.m. and 6 a.m. Even before 505's enactment, cable operators used signal scrambling to limit access to certain programs to paying customers. Scrambling could be imprecise, however; and either or both audio and visual portions of the scrambled programs might be heard or seen, a phenomenon known as "signal bleed." The purpose of 505 is to shi...
Vermont Agency of Natural Resources Vs. United States Ex Rel. Stevens
Court: US Supreme Court
Decided on: May-22-2000
Vermont Agency of Natural Resources v. United States ex rel. Stevens - 529 U.S. 765 (2000) OCTOBER TERM, 1999 Syllabus VERMONT AGENCY OF NATURAL RESOURCES v. UNITED STATES EX REL. STEVENS CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SECOND CIRCUIT No. 98-1828. Argued November 29, 1999-Decided May 22, 2000 Under the False Claims Act (FCA), a private person (the relator) may bring a qui tam civil action "in the name of the [Federal] Government," 31 U. S. C. 3730(b)(1), against "[a]ny person" who, inter alia, "knowingly presents ... to ... the ... Government ... a false or fraudulent claim for payment," 3729(a). The relator receives a share of any proceeds from the action. 3730(d)(1)-(2). Respondent Stevens brought such an action against petitioner state agency, alleging that it had submitted false claims to the Environmental Protection Agency in connection with federal grant programs the EPA administered. Petitioner moved to dismiss, arguing that a State (or s...
Geier Vs. American Honda Motor Co.
Court: US Supreme Court
Decided on: May-22-2000
Geier v. American Honda Motor Co. - 529 U.S. 861 (2000) OCTOBER TERM, 1999 Syllabus GEIER ET AL. v. AMERICAN HONDA MOTOR CO., INC., ET AL. CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CIRCUIT No.98-1811. Argued December 7, 1999-Decided May 22, 2000 Pursuant to its authority under the National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act of 1966, the Department of Transportation (DOT) promulgated Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) 208, which required auto manufacturers to equip some but not all of their 1987 vehicles with passive restraints. Petitioner Alexis Geier was injured in an accident while driving a 1987 Honda Accord that did not have such restraints. She and her parents, also petitioners, sought damages under District of Columbia tort law, claiming, inter alia, that respondents (hereinafter American Honda) were negligent in not equipping the Accord with a driver's side airbag. Ruling that their claims were expressly pre-empted by...
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