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National Park Hospitality Assn. Vs. Department of Interior
Court: US Supreme Court
Decided on: May-27-2003
National Park Hospitality Assn. v. Department of Interior - 538 U.S. 803 (2003) OCTOBER TERM, 2002 Syllabus NATIONAL PARK HOSPITALITY ASSOCIATION v. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR ET AL. CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CIRCUIT No. 02-196. Argued March 4, 2003-Decided May 27, 2003 The Contract Disputes Act of 1978 (CDA) establishes rules governing disputes arising out of certain Government contracts. Mter Congress enacted the National Parks Omnibus Management Act of 1998, establishing a comprehensive concession management program for national parks, the National Park Service (NPS) issued implementing regulations including 36 CFR 51.3, which purports to render the CDA inapplicable to concession contracts. Petitioner concessioners' association challenged 51.3's validity. The District Court upheld the regulation, concluding that the CDA is ambiguous on whether it applies to concession contracts and finding NPS' interpretation reasonable ...
Bunkley Vs. Florida
Court: US Supreme Court
Decided on: May-27-2003
Bunkley v. Florida - 538 U.S. 835 (2003) OCTOBER TERM, 2002 Syllabus BUNKLEY v. FLORIDA ON PETITION FOR WRIT OF CERTIORARI TO THE SUPREME COURT OF FLORIDA No. 02-8636. Decided May 27, 2003 Petitioner Bunkley had a pocketknife with a 2 1 h- to 3-inch blade in his pocket when he was arrested as he left an unoccupied restaurant. He was charged with first-degree burglary because his knife was classified as a "dangerous weapon" under Florida law, was convicted, and was sentenced to life in prison. Had the pocketknife not been so classified, his sentence could have been no more than five years. His conviction became final in 1989. Florida has exempted the "common pocketknife" from its weapons statute since 1901, and the relevant language has remained unchanged. In 1997, in a separate case, the Florida Supreme Court interpreted the meaning of the "common pocketknife" exception for the first time, including a pocketknife with a 3%-inch blade within the exception. L. B. v. State...
Chavez Vs. Martinez
Court: US Supreme Court
Decided on: May-27-2003
Chavez v. Martinez - 538 U.S. 760 (2003) OCTOBER TERM, 2002 Syllabus CHAVEZ v. MARTINEZ CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT No. 01-1444. Argued December 4, 2002-Decided May 27, 2003 While respondent Martinez was being treated for gunshot wounds received during an altercation with police, he was interrogated by petitioner Chavez, a patrol supervisor. Martinez admitted that he used heroin and had taken an officer's gun during the incident. At no point was Martinez given Miranda warnings. Although he was never charged with a crime, and his answers were never used against him in any criminal proceeding, Martinez filed a 42 U. S. C. 1983 suit, maintaining, among other things, that Chavez's actions violated his Fifth Amendment right not to be "compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself," and his Fourteenth Amendment substantive due process right to be free from coercive questioning. The District Court ruled that Chavez was no...
Black and Decker Disability Plan Vs. Nord
Court: US Supreme Court
Decided on: May-27-2003
Black & Decker Disability Plan v. Nord - 538 U.S. 822 (2003) OCTOBER TERM, 2002 Syllabus BLACK & DECKER DISABILITY PLAN v. NORD CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT No. 02-469. Argued April 28, 2003-Decided May 27, 2003 Petitioner Black & Decker Disability Plan (Plan), an employee welfare benefit plan governed by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), provides benefits for eligible disabled employees of Black & Decker Corporation (Black & Decker) and certain of its subsidiaries. Black & Decker is the administrator of the Plan but has delegated authority to Metropolitan Life Insurance Company (MetLife) to render initial recommendations on benefit claims. Respondent Nord, an employee of a Black & Decker subsidiary, submitted a claim for disability benefits under the Plan, which Met Life denied. At Met Life's review stage, Nord submitted letters and supporting documentation from his physician, Dr. Hartman, and a treating ort...
Nevada Dept. of Human Resources Vs. Hibbs
Court: US Supreme Court
Decided on: May-27-2003
Nevada Dept. of Human Resources v. Hibbs - 538 U.S. 721 (2003) OCTOBER TERM, 2002 Syllabus NEVADA DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES ET AL. v. HIBBS ET AL. CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT No. 01-1368. Argued January 15, 2003-Decided May 27, 2003 Respondent Hibbs (hereinafter respondent), an employee of the Nevada Department of Human Resources (Department), sought leave to care for his ailing wife under the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (FMLA), which entitles an eligible employee to take up to 12 work weeks of unpaid leave annually for the onset of a "serious health condition" in the employee's spouse and for other reasons, 29 U. S. C. 2612(a)(I)(C). The Department granted respondent's request for the full 12 weeks of FMLA leave, but eventually informed him that he had exhausted that leave and that he must report to work by a certain date. Respondent failed to do so and was terminated. Pursuant to FMLA provisions creating a private righ...
illinois Ex Rel. Madigan Vs. Telemarketing Associates, Inc.
Court: US Supreme Court
Decided on: May-05-2003
Illinois ex rel. Madigan v. Telemarketing Associates, Inc. - 538 U.S. 600 (2003) OCTOBER TERM, 2002 Syllabus ILLINOIS EX REL. MADIGAN, ATTORNEY GENERAL OF ILLINOIS v. TELEMARKETING ASSOCIATES, INC., ET AL. CERTIORARI TO THE SUPREME COURT OF ILLINOIS No. 01-1806. Argued March 3, 2003-Decided May 5, 2003 Respondents, Illinois for-profit fundraising corporations and their owner (collectively Telemarketers), were retained by VietNow National Headquarters, a charitable nonprofit corporation, to solicit donations to aid Vietnam veterans. The contracts between those parties provided, among other things, that Telemarketers would retain 85 percent of the gross receipts from Illinois donors, leaving 15 percent for VietNow. The Illinois Attorney General filed a complaint in state court, alleging, inter alia, that Telemarketers represented to donors that a significant amount of each dollar donated would be paid over to VietNow for specifically identified charitable endeavors, and that su...
Kaupp Vs. Texas
Court: US Supreme Court
Decided on: May-05-2003
Kaupp v. Texas - 538 U.S. 626 (2003) OCTOBER TERM, 2002 Syllabus KAUPP v. TEXAS ON PETITION FOR WRIT OF CERTIORARI TO THE COURT OF APPEALS OF TEXAS, FOURTEENTH DISTRICT No. 02-5636. Decided May 5, 2003 Mter petitioner Kaupp, then 17, was implicated in the murder of a 14year-old girl by the confession of the girl's half brother, detectives tried, but failed, to obtain a warrant to question Kaupp. They then went to his house at 3 a.m.; awakened and handcuffed him; led him, shoeless and dressed only in his underwear, to a patrol car; stopped at the crime scene; and took him to the sheriff's headquarters, where they removed the handcuffs and advised him of his rights under Miranda v. Arizona, 384 U. S. 436 . Once presented with the brother's confession, Kaupp admitted to having a part in the crime. He did not acknowledge causing the fatal wound or confess to the murder, for which he was later indicted. Kaupp moved unsuccessfully to suppress his confession as the fruit of an i...
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