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Johnson Vs. California
Court: US Supreme Court
Decided on: Feb-23-2005
Johnson v. California - 03-636 (2005) SYLLABUS OCTOBER TERM, 2004 JOHNSON V. CALIFORNIA SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES JOHNSON v. CALIFORNIA et al. certiorari to the united states court of appeals for the ninth circuit No. 03636.Argued November 2, 2004Decided February 23, 2005 The California Department of Corrections (CDC) unwritten policy of racially segregating prisoners in double cells for up to 60 days each time they enter a new correctional facility is based on the asserted rationale that it prevents violence caused by racial gangs. Petitioner Johnson, an African-American inmate who has been intermittently double-celled under the policys terms ever since his 1987 incarceration, filed this suit alleging that the policy violates his Fourteenth Amendment right to equal protection. The District Court ultimately granted defendant former CDC officials summary judgment on grounds that they were entitled to qualified immunity. The Ninth Circuit affirmed, holding that the po...
Stewart Vs. Dutra Constr. Co.
Court: US Supreme Court
Decided on: Feb-22-2005
Stewart v. Dutra Constr. Co. - 03-814 (2005) SYLLABUS OCTOBER TERM, 2004 STEWART V. DUTRA CONSTR. CO. SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES STEWART v. DUTRA CONSTRUCTION CO. certiorari to the united states court of appeals for the first circuit No. 03814.Argued November 1, 2004Decided February 22, 2005 As part of a project to extend the Massachusetts Turnpike, respondent Dutra Construction Company dug a trench beneath Boston Harbor using its dredge, the Super Scoop , a floating platform with a bucket that removes silt from the ocean floor and dumps it onto adjacent scows. The Super Scoop has limited means of self-propulsion, but can navigate short distances by manipulating its anchors and cables. When dredging the trench here, it typically moved once every couple of hours. Petitioner, a marine engineer hired by Dutra to maintain the Super Scoop s mechanical systems, was seriously injured while repairing a scows engine when the Super Scoop and the scow collided. He sued ...
Smith Vs. Massachusetts
Court: US Supreme Court
Decided on: Feb-22-2005
Smith v. Massachusetts - 03-8661 (2005) SYLLABUS OCTOBER TERM, 2004 SMITH V. MASSACHUSETTS SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES SMITH v. MASSACHUSETTS certiorari to the appeals court of massachusetts No. 038661.Argued December 1, 2004Decided February 22, 2005 Petitioner was tried before a Massachusetts jury on charges related to a shooting, including unlawful possession of a firearm. At the conclusion of the prosecutions case, petitioner moved for a not-guilty finding on the firearm count because the evidence [was] insufficient as a matter of law to sustain a conviction, Mass. Rule Crim. Proc. 25(a). The trial judge granted the motion, finding no evidence to support the requirement of the unlawful possession count that the firearm have a barrel shorter than 16 inches. The prosecution rested, and the trial proceeded on the other counts. Before closing argument, the prosecution argued that under Massachusetts precedent, the victims testimony that the defendant shot him with a pi...
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