No. 87-1661 Argued: February 27, 1989Decided: May 30, 1989 Among other things, the New Mexico-Arizona Enabling Act of 1910 granted…
Read MoreARGENTINE REPUBLIC v. AMERADA HESS SHIPPING(1989)
No. 87-1372 Argued: December 6, 1988Decided: January 23, 1989 A crude oil tanker owned by respondent United Carriers, Inc., a…
Read MoreAMERICAN FOREIGN SERVICE ASSN. v. GARFINKEL(1989)
No. 87-2127 Argued: March 20, 1989Decided: April 18, 1989 Standard Form 189, devised by appellee Director of the Information Security…
Read MoreAMERADA HESS CORP. v. N. J. TAXATION DIV.(1989)
No. 87-453 Argued: November 29, 1988Decided: April 3, 1989 Appellant oil companies do business in New Jersey and are subject…
Read MoreALLEGHENY PITTSBURGH COAL v. WEBSTER COUNTY(1989)
No. 87-1303 Argued: December 7, 1988Decided: January 18, 1989 The West Virginia Constitution in relevant part establishes a general principle…
Read MoreALLEGHENY COUNTY v. GREATER PITTSBURGH ACLU(1989)
No. 87-2050 Argued: February 22, 1989Decided: July 3, 1989 This litigation concerns the constitutionality of two recurring holiday displays located…
Read MoreALABAMA v. SMITH(1989)
No. 88-333 Argued: April 24, 1989Decided: June 12, 1989 An Alabama grand jury indicted respondent for burglary, rape, and sodomy,…
Read MoreADAMS v. DUGGER(1989)
No. 88-7140 Argued: Decided: May 3, 1989 On petition for writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals…
Read MoreYATES v. AIKEN(1988)
No. 86-6060 Argued: December 2, 1987Decided: January 12, 1988 Petitioner was tried in state court on charges of murder and…
Read MoreBOOS v. BARRY(1988)
No. 86-803 Argued: November 9, 1987Decided: March 22, 1988 District of Columbia Code 22-1115 makes it unlawful, within 500 feet…
Read MoreBETHESDA HOSPITAL ASSN. v. BOWEN(1988)
No. 86-1764 Argued: February 29, 1988Decided: April 4, 1988 Under the Medicare program of the Social Security Act, a qualified…
Read MoreBERKOVITZ v. UNITED STATES(1988)
No. 87-498 Argued: April 19, 1988Decided: June 13, 1988 A provision of the Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA) excepts from…
Read MoreBENNETT v. ARKANSAS(1988)
No. 86-6124 Argued: March 2, 1988Decided: March 29, 1988 Relying on an Arkansas statute authorizing the State to seize a…
Read MoreBENDIX AUTOLITE CORP. v. MIDWESCO ENTERPRISES(1988)
No. 87-367 Argued: March 23, 1988Decided: June 17, 1988 In 1974, appellant, a Delaware corporation with its principal place of…
Read MoreBEECH AIRCRAFT CORP. v. RAINEY(1988)
No. 87-981 Argued: October 4, 1988Decided: December 12, 1988 Respondents’ spouses, a Navy flight instructor and her student, were killed…
Read MoreBASIC INC. v. LEVINSON(1988)
No. 86-279 Argued: November 2, 1987Decided: March 7, 1988 The Securities and Exchange Commission’s Rule 10b-5, promulgated under 10(b) of…
Read MoreBANKERS LIFE & CASUALTY CO. v. CRENSHAW(1988)
No. 85-1765 Argued: November 30, 1987Decided: May 16, 1988 In a state-court suit upon an insurance claim for loss of…
Read MoreBANK OF NOVA SCOTIA v. UNITED STATES(1988)
No. 87-578 Argued: April 27, 1988Decided: June 22, 1988 The District Court dismissed an indictment against petitioners and others on…
Read MoreBALTIMORE CITY DEPT. OF SOCIAL SERVICES v. BOUKNIGHT(1988)
No. A-494 Argued: Decided: December 21, 1988 Chief Justice REHNQUIST, Circuit Justice. The Baltimore City Department of Social Services (DSS)…
Read MoreARKANSAS BEST CORP. v. COMMISSIONER(1988)
No. 86-751 Argued: December 9, 1987Decided: March 7, 1988 Under 1221 of the Internal Revenue Code, the term “capital asset”…
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