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0 | reversed | <p>In 1970, Jane Roe (a fictional name used in court documents to protect the plaintiff’s identity) filed a lawsuit against Henry Wade, the district attorney of Dallas County, Texas, where she resided, challenging a Texas law making abortion illegal except by a doctor’s orders to save a woman’s life. In her lawsuit, Ro... | True | 50606 | 501 | 7 | majority opinion | 70-18 | Jane Roe | Roe v. Wade | 2 | Henry Wade | 1971 | https://api.oyez.org/cases/1971/70-18 | |
1 | reversed/remanded | <p>Joan Stanley had three children with Peter Stanley. The Stanleys never married, but lived together off and on for 18 years. When Joan died, the State of Illinois took the children. Under Illinois law, unwed fathers were presumed unfit parents regardless of their actual fitness and their children became wards of t... | True | 50613 | 757 | 5 | majority opinion | 70-5014 | Peter Stanley, Sr. | Stanley v. Illinois | Civil Rights | 2 | Illinois | 1971 | https://api.oyez.org/cases/1971/70-5014 |
2 | reversed/remanded | <p>John Giglio was convicted of passing forged money orders. While his appeal to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit was pending, Giglio’s counsel discovered new evidence. The evidence indicated that the prosecution failed to disclose that it promised a key witness immunity from prosecution in exchange fo... | True | 50623 | 495 | 7 | majority opinion | 70-29 | John Giglio | Giglio v. United States | Due Process | 0 | United States | 1971 | https://api.oyez.org/cases/1971/70-29 |
3 | reversed/remanded | <p>The Idaho Probate Code specified that "males must be preferred to females" in appointing administrators of estates. After the death of their adopted son, both Sally and Cecil Reed sought to be named the administrator of their son's estate (the Reeds were separated). According to the Probate Code, Cecil was appointed... | True | 50632 | 378 | 7 | majority opinion | 70-4 | Sally Reed | Reed v. Reed | Civil Rights | 0 | Cecil Reed | 1971 | https://api.oyez.org/cases/1971/70-4 |
4 | vacated/remanded | <p>Miller, after conducting a mass mailing campaign to advertise the sale of "adult" material, was convicted of violating a California statute prohibiting the distribution of obscene material. Some unwilling recipients of Miller's brochures complained to the police, initiating the legal proceedings.</p> | True | 50643 | 305 | 5 | majority opinion | 70-73 | Marvin Miller | Miller v. California | First Amendment | 4 | California | 1971 | https://api.oyez.org/cases/1971/70-73 |
5 | reversed | <p>Ernest E. Mandel was a Belgian professional journalist and editor-in-chief of La Guache, a Belgian Left Socialist weekly publication. He described himself as a revolutionary Marxist, advocating the economic, governmental, and international doctrines of world Communism. Previously, the United States twice allowed Man... | True | 50644 | 2282 | 6 | majority opinion | 71-16 | Richard G. Kleindienst, Attorney General of the United States; William P. Rogers, Secretary of State | Kleindienst v. Mandel | First Amendment | 3 | Ernest E. Mandel, et al. | 1971 | https://api.oyez.org/cases/1971/71-16 |
6 | <p>The Illinois Crime Investigating Commission was created to investigate organized crime in Illinois. Albert Sarno and Chris Cardi were police officers. The Commission wanted the officers to testify pursuant to an investigation of a "juice loan" or "loan shark" racket.</p>
<p>On February 8, 1968, the presiding judge i... | False | 50655 | 1424 | 5 | per curiam | 70-7 | Sarno | Sarno v. Illinois Crime Investigating Commission | Criminal Procedure | 2 | Illinois Crime Investigating Commission | 1971 | https://api.oyez.org/cases/1971/70-7 | |
7 | reversed | <p>Jon Argersinger was an indigent charged with carrying a concealed weapon, a misdemeanor in the State of Florida. The charge carried with it a maximum penalty of six months in jail and a $1,000 fine. During the bench trial in which he was convicted and sentenced to serve ninety days in jail, Argersinger was not repre... | True | 50656 | 347 | 9 | majority opinion | 70-5015 | Argersinger | Argersinger v. Hamlin | Criminal Procedure | 0 | Hamlin | 1971 | https://api.oyez.org/cases/1971/70-5015 |
8 | affirmed | <p>William Baird gave away Emko Vaginal Foam to a woman following his Boston University lecture on birth control and over-population. Massachusetts charged Baird with a felony, to distribute contraceptives to unmarried men or women. Under the law, only married couples could obtain contraceptives; only registered doctor... | False | 50657 | 420 | 6 | majority opinion | 70-17 | Eisenstadt | Eisenstadt v. Baird | Privacy | 1 | Baird | 1971 | https://api.oyez.org/cases/1971/70-17 |
9 | affirmed | <p>A Georgia state court convicted Johnny Wilson of violating a state statute. The statute provided that "[a]ny person who shall, without provocation, use to or of another, and in his presence . . . opprobrious words or abusive language, tending to cause a breach of the peace . . . shall be guilty of a misdemeanor." On... | False | 50663 | 612 | 5 | majority opinion | 70-26 | Gooding | Gooding v. Wilson | First Amendment | 2 | Wilson | 1971 | https://api.oyez.org/cases/1971/70-26 |
10 | reversed/remanded | <p>Furman was burglarizing a private home when a family member discovered him. He attempted to flee, and in doing so tripped and fell. The gun that he was carrying went off and killed a resident of the home. He was convicted of murder and sentenced to death (Two other death penalty cases were decided along with Furman:... | True | 50671 | 477 | 5 | per curiam | 69-5003 | Furman | Furman v. Georgia | Criminal Procedure | 4 | Georgia | 1971 | https://api.oyez.org/cases/1971/69-5030 |
11 | reversed/remanded | <p>K. Leroy Irvis, a black man who was a guest of a white member of the Moose Lodge No. 107, was refused service at the club's dining room because of his race. The bylaws of the Lodge limited membership to white male Caucasians. Irvis challenged the club's refusal to serve him, arguing that the action of the Pennsylvan... | True | 50683 | 415 | 6 | majority opinion | 70-75 | Moose Lodge No. 107 | Moose Lodge No. 107 v. Irvis | Civil Rights | 3 | Irvis | 1971 | https://api.oyez.org/cases/1971/70-75 |
12 | affirmed | <p>After observing and interviewing a number of people synthesizing and using drugs in a two-county area in Kentucky, Branzburg, a reporter, wrote a story which appeared in a Louisville newspaper. On two occasions he was called to testify before state grand juries which were investigating drug crimes. Branzburg refused... | False | 50688 | 745 | 5 | majority opinion | 70-85 | Branzburg | Branzburg v. Hayes | First Amendment | 4 | Hayes | 1971 | https://api.oyez.org/cases/1971/70-85 |
13 | affirmed | <p>William Shard reported to the Chicago police that two men stole his wallet. The wallet contained traveler’s checks and his social security card, among other things. The next day, two police officers stopped Thomas Kirby and his friend, Ralph Bean. When asked for identification, Kirby produced Shard’s wallet. The... | False | 50689 | 897 | 5 | plurality opinion | 70-5061 | Thomas Kirby | Kirby v. Illinois | Criminal Procedure | 4 | Illinois | 1971 | https://api.oyez.org/cases/1971/70-5061 |
14 | affirmed | <p>Jonas Yoder and Wallace Miller, both members of the Old Order Amish religion, and Adin Yutzy, a member of the Conservative Amish Mennonite Church, were prosecuted under a Wisconsin law that required all children to attend public schools until age 16. The three parents refused to send their children to such schools a... | False | 50692 | 424 | 7 | majority opinion | 70-110 | Wisconsin | Wisconsin v. Yoder | First Amendment | 0 | Yoder | 1971 | https://api.oyez.org/cases/1971/70-110 |
15 | reversed/remanded | <p>David Roth was hired under a one-year contract to teach political science at Wisconsin State University-Oshkosh. He was informed that he would not be rehired at the end of his contract. No reasons were given for this decision. Roth brought suit against the university claiming that (1) the real reason for his non-ret... | True | 50695 | 635 | 5 | majority opinion | 71-162 | Board of Regents of State Colleges | Board of Regents of State Colleges v. Roth | Due Process | 3 | David Roth | 1971 | https://api.oyez.org/cases/1971/71-162 |
16 | reversed/remanded | <p>Mississippi Chemical Corp. and Costal Chemical Corp. were “cooperate associations” within the meaning of the Agricultural Marketing Act. The associations qualified for membership in a “bank for Cooperatives”, which allowed them to borrow money. The Farm Credit Act of 1955 required that the associations buy Class “... | True | 50707 | 678 | 8 | majority opinion | 70-52 | United States | United States v. Mississippi Chemical Corporation | Federal Taxation | 0 | Mississippi Chemical Corporation, Costal Chemical Corp | 1971 | https://api.oyez.org/cases/1971/70-52 |
17 | vacated/remanded | <p>In 1969, the State of New York indicted Rudolph Santobello on two felony counts. After Santobello pled not guilty to both counts, the prosecutor offered him a plea deal. In order to receive a lighter sentence, Santobello could plead guilty to a lesser offense. The prosecutor further agreed not to recommend a sentenc... | True | 50709 | 899 | 4 | majority opinion | 70-98 | Rudolph Santobello | Santobello v. New York | Criminal Procedure | 3 | State of New York | 1971 | https://api.oyez.org/cases/1971/70-98 |
18 | reversed/remanded | <p>On January 4, 1967, John J. Morrissey entered a guilty plea to an information charging him with false uttering of a check. After serving part of his seven-year sentence, the Iowa Board of Parole granted Morrissey parole, and he was released from Iowa State Penitentiary on June 20, 1968. On January 24, 1969, however,... | True | 50715 | 2281 | 9 | majority opinion | 71-5103 | Morrissey | Morrissey v. Brewer | Due Process | 0 | Brewer | 1971 | https://api.oyez.org/cases/1971/71-5103 |
19 | affirmed | <p>Several indigent California state prisoners filed complaints attacking the constitutionality of the regulations which forbade California prisons from having more than twelve law books in a prison library. On January 10, 1967, the district court consolidated the multiple cases because they contained common questions... | False | 50719 | 796 | 7 | per curiam | 70-9 | Evelle J. Younger, et al. | Younger v. Gilmore | Due Process | 0 | Robert O. Gilmore, Jr., et al. | 1971 | https://api.oyez.org/cases/1971/70-9 |
20 | vacated/remanded | <p>In 1971, Senator Mike Gravel received a copy of the Pentagon Papers: a set of classified documents concerning U.S. involvement in the Vietnam war. Gravel then introduced the study, in its entirety, into the record of a Senate Subcommittee meeting. Gravel also arranged for the private publication of the papers by the... | True | 50721 | 487 | 5 | majority opinion | 71-1017 | Gravel | Gravel v. United States | First Amendment | 4 | United States | 1971 | https://api.oyez.org/cases/1971/71-1017 |
21 | reversed | <p>During the early morning hours of October 30, 1966, an individual approached a police officer in a gas station parking lot in Bridgeport, Connecticut, and informed him that another individual in a nearby vehicle was carrying narcotics and had a gun at his waist. The officer approached the vehicle on foot and asked t... | True | 50722 | 1336 | 6 | majority opinion | 70-283 | Frederick E. Adams | Adams v. Williams | Criminal Procedure | 3 | Robert Williams | 1971 | https://api.oyez.org/cases/1971/70-283 |
22 | reversed/remanded | <p>Donald Tanner was a Vietnam War protestor who was distributing anti-war handbills inside Lloyd Center Mall in Portland, Oregon. The handbills were unrelated to the operations of Lloyd Center. Lloyd Center was privately owned by Lloyd Corporation, which prohibited the distribution of handbills inside the mall. While ... | True | 50723 | 799 | 5 | majority opinion | 71-492 | Lloyd Corp. Ltd. | Lloyd Corporation, Ltd. v. Tanner | First Amendment | 4 | Donald Tanner et al. | 1971 | https://api.oyez.org/cases/1971/71-492 |
23 | affirmed | <p>Chicago adopted an ordinance prohibiting picketing within 150 feet of a school during school hours; the law made an exception for peaceful labor picketing. Mosley had been picketing near a public high school; he was protesting "black discrimination." Mosley sought a declaration that the ordinance was unconstitutiona... | False | 50724 | 327 | 9 | majority opinion | 70-87 | Police Department of the City of Chicago | Police Department of the City of Chicago v. Mosley | First Amendment | 0 | Mosley | 1971 | https://api.oyez.org/cases/1971/70-87 |
24 | affirmed | <p>Gaines Ted Huson suffered a back injury while working on a fixed oil rig, owned by Chevron Oil Company, off the coast of Louisiana. More than two years after the injury, Huson sued Chevron for damages in United States District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana, New Orleans Division. Huson alleged that it took sev... | False | 50725 | 1139 | 7 | majority opinion | 70-11 | Chevron Oil Company | Chevron Oil Company v. Huson | Economic Activity | 0 | Huson | 1971 | https://api.oyez.org/cases/1971/70-11 |
25 | affirmed | <p>Curtis C. Flood was a professional baseball player for the St. Louis Cardinals of the National League. Flood was a consistent, above-average hitter and a well-regarded outfielder, playing one full season without an error in 1966, an unusual achievement. Flood played twelve seasons for the Cardinals, participating in... | False | 50745 | 1656 | 5 | majority opinion | 71-32 | Curtis C. Flood | Flood v. Kuhn | Economic Activity | 3 | Bowie K. Kuhn, Commissioner of Baseball, et al. | 1971 | https://api.oyez.org/cases/1971/71-32 |
26 | reversed/remanded | <p>Perry Paul, an alleged bookmaker, and Jerome Zarowitz, a former executive of a Las Vegas casino, had their telephones tapped by federal agents. The agents recorded conversations between Paul and David Gelbard and between Zarowitz and Sidney Parnas. Gelbard and Parnas were called before a federal grand jury convened ... | True | 50742 | 1403 | 5 | majority opinion | 71-110 | David Gelbard | Gelbard v. United States | Criminal Procedure | 4 | United States | 1971 | https://api.oyez.org/cases/1971/71-110 |
27 | reversed/remanded | <p>Francis Haines was placed in solitary confinement for 15 days because he hit another inmate over the head with a shovel during a confrontation. Haines was 66 years old and suffered from a foot disability. He claimed his foot disability worsened due to being kept in solitary confinement, where he had to sleep on the ... | True | 50749 | 1156 | 7 | per curiam | 70-5025 | Francis Haines | Haines v. Kerner | Criminal Procedure | 0 | Otto J. Kerner, former Governor of Illinois | 1971 | https://api.oyez.org/cases/1971/70-5025 |
28 | affirmed | <p>Kastigar cited his Fifth Amendment protection against self-incrimination in refusing to testify before a grand jury, even though prosecutors had granted him immunity from the use of his testimony in subsequent criminal proceedings. He was found in contempt of court for failing to testify.</p> | False | 50753 | 297 | 5 | majority opinion | 70-117 | Kastigar | Kastigar v. United States | Criminal Procedure | 2 | United States | 1971 | https://api.oyez.org/cases/1971/70-117 |
29 | affirmed | <p>In 1966, D.H. Overmyer Co. entered into a contract with Frick Co. for the manufacture and installation of a $223,000 automatic refrigeration system for a warehouse under construction in Toledo, Ohio. The agreement established a promissory note with monthly payment obligations. Overmyer began to fall behind on the mo... | False | 50754 | 1848 | 7 | majority opinion | 69-5 | D. H. Overmyer Company, Inc., of Ohio | D. H. Overmyer Company, Inc., of Ohio v. Frick | Civil Rights | 0 | Frick | 1971 | https://api.oyez.org/cases/1971/69-5 |
30 | affirmed | <p>On July 20, 1958, intruders beat an elderly couple to death in Christian County, Kentucky. Shortly afterward, police arrested Silas Manning and Willie Barker for the crime. Both were indicted on September 15 and assigned counsel on September 17. Barker’s trial was scheduled to begin on September 21, but the state be... | False | 50756 | 1163 | 9 | majority opinion | 71-5255 | Willie Mae Barker | Barker v. Wingo | Criminal Procedure | 0 | John W. Wingo, Warden | 1971 | https://api.oyez.org/cases/1971/71-5255 |
31 | affirmed | <p>A Tennessee law required a one-year residence in the state and a three-month residence in the county as a precondition for voting. James Blumstein, a university professor who had recently moved to Tennessee, challenged the law by filing suit against Governor Winfield Dunn and other local officials in federal distric... | False | 50775 | 333 | 6 | majority opinion | 70-13 | Dunn | Dunn v. Blumstein | Civil Rights | 1 | Blumstein | 1971 | https://api.oyez.org/cases/1971/70-13 |
32 | reversed/remanded | <p>In 1954, Allen Generes and his son-in-law William Kelly formed Kelly-Generes Construction Co., Inc. Generes and Kelly each owned 44% of the stock, with the remaining 12% owned by Generes’ son and another son-in-law. Generes was the president of the corporation and did not deal with the day-to-day running of the busi... | True | 50779 | 1543 | 6 | majority opinion | 70-28 | United States | United States v. Generes | Federal Taxation | 1 | Allen H. Generes and Edna Generes | 1971 | https://api.oyez.org/cases/1971/70-28 |
33 | affirmed | <p>The Mineral King Valley was an undeveloped part of the Sequoia National Forest that was mostly used for mining until the 1920s. In the late 1940s, developers began to make bids on the land for recreational developments. Walt Disney Enterprises won a bid to start surveying the valley in the hopes of developing an 80-... | False | 50783 | 1289 | 4 | majority opinion | 70-34 | Sierra Club | Sierra Club v. Morton | Economic Activity | 3 | Roger C. B. Morton, Secretary of the Interior of the United States | 1971 | https://api.oyez.org/cases/1971/70-34 |
34 | affirmed | <p>Investigating three people it suspected of conspiring to destroy government property and bombing a Central Intelligence Agency office, officials used electronic surveillance to record suspects' conversations. The wiretapping was conducted without a search warrant.</p> | False | 50784 | 272 | 8 | majority opinion | 70-153 | United States | United States v. United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan | Criminal Procedure | 0 | United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan | 1971 | https://api.oyez.org/cases/1971/70-153 |
35 | <p>Maryland trial courts convicted Albert Murel and the other petitioners of various crimes and sentenced them to fixed terms of imprisonment. The petitioners were “defective delinquents,” so each was committed to the Patuxent Institution, a mental health facility, pursuant to the Maryland Defective Delinquency Law. </... | False | 50786 | 801 | 8 | per curiam | 70-5276 | Albert Delanor Murel, et al. | Murel v. Baltimore City Criminal Court | Judicial Power | 1 | Baltimore City Criminal Court, et al. | 1971 | https://api.oyez.org/cases/1971/70-5276 | |
36 | affirmed | <p>Robert Sindermann had been a professor at Odessa Junior College for four years, working under one-year contracts. After his election as president of the Texas Junior College Teachers Association, he had several public disagreements with the Odessa Junior College Board of Regents. In May 1969, after the expiration of... | False | 50790 | 1353 | 5 | majority opinion | 70-36 | Charles R. Perry et al. | Perry v. Sindermann | Due Process | 3 | Robert P. Sindermann | 1971 | https://api.oyez.org/cases/1971/70-36 |
37 | reversed | <p>A police officer stopped a car that had a burned out license plate light and headlight. There were six men in the car, including Robert Clyde Bustamonte. Only one passenger had a drivers license, and he claimed that his brother owned the car. The officer asked this man if he could search the car. The man said, “S... | True | 50805 | 1079 | 6 | majority opinion | 71-732 | Merle R. Schneckloth | Schneckloth v. Bustamonte | Criminal Procedure | 3 | Robert Clyde Bustamonte | 1972 | https://api.oyez.org/cases/1972/71-732 |
38 | vacated/remanded | <p>Petitioners proved that for nearly ten years since 1960 the Denver, Colorado school system implemented an unconstitutional policy of racial discrimination by operating a segregated school system. The defense argued, and the District Court held, that even though one part of the Denver system was guilty of segregation... | True | 50808 | 391 | 7 | majority opinion | 71-507 | Keyes | Keyes v. School District No. 1, Denver, Colorado | Civil Rights | 1 | School District No. 1, Denver, Colorado | 1972 | https://api.oyez.org/cases/1972/71-507 |
39 | reversed | <p>Sharron Frontiero, a lieutenant in the United States Air Force, sought a dependent's allowance for her husband. Federal law provided that the wives of members of the military automatically became dependents; husbands of female members of the military, however, were not accepted as dependents unless they were depende... | True | 50816 | 452 | 8 | plurality opinion | 71-1694 | Sharron Frontiero | Frontiero v. Richardson | Civil Rights | 1 | Elliot Richardson, Secretary of Defense | 1972 | https://api.oyez.org/cases/1972/71-1694 |
40 | reversed in-part | <p>In 1971, the Virginia legislature reapportioned itself. The plan for the House of Representatives provided for 100 representatives from 52 districts with each House member representing an average of 46,485 constituents(with a variance between largest and smallest being 16.4 percent, compared to the ideal 3.89 percen... | True | 50821 | 577 | 5 | majority opinion | 71-364 | Mahan | Mahan v. Howell | Civil Rights | 3 | Howell | 1972 | https://api.oyez.org/cases/1972/71-364 |
41 | reversed/remanded | <p>Charles J. Ash Jr. was indicted for robbing the American Trust & Security Company in Washington, D.C. Before his trial, almost three years after the robbery, an FBI agent and a prosecutor showed five color mug shot photographs to potential witnesses to make sure they would be able to make an in court identificat... | True | 50834 | 857 | 6 | majority opinion | 71-1255 | United States | United States v. Ash | Criminal Procedure | 3 | Charles J. Ash Jr. | 1972 | https://api.oyez.org/cases/1972/71-1255 |
42 | reversed in-part/remanded | <p>A Tennessee state court convicted Archie Biggers in the rape of Margaret Beamer. The only major evidence against him was Ms. Beamer’s identification several weeks after the incident at a police station “show up”. The “show up” was similar to a line up, but contained the suspect alone. The police officer also had ... | True | 50844 | 922 | 8 | majority opinion | 71-586 | William S. Neil, Warden of the Tennessee State Penitentiary | Neil v. Biggers | Criminal Procedure | 0 | Archie Nathaniel Biggers | 1972 | https://api.oyez.org/cases/1972/71-586 |
43 | reversed/remanded | <p>Fre Le Poole Griffiths, a citizen of the Netherlands, came to the United States in 1965 as a visitor. In 1967, she married a U.S. citizen and became a resident of Connecticut. She then attended Yale Law School and applied to take the Connecticut Bar in 1970. Despite the County Bar Association finding her qualified i... | True | 50842 | 781 | 7 | majority opinion | 71-1336 | Fre Le Poole Griffiths | In re Griffiths | Civil Rights | 2 | State Bar Examining Committee of Connecticut | 1972 | https://api.oyez.org/cases/1972/71-1336 |
44 | affirmed | <p>To prevent gender discrimination, the Pittsburgh Commission on Human Relations (the Commission) created an ordinance that forbids newspapers to advertise employment opportunities in gender-designated column. The National Organization for Women, Inc. filed a complaint with the Commission alleging that the Pittsburgh ... | False | 50847 | 773 | 5 | majority opinion | 72-419 | Pittsburgh Press Company | Pittsburgh Press Company v. Pittsburgh Commission on Human Relations | First Amendment | 4 | Pittsburgh Commission on Human Relations | 1972 | https://api.oyez.org/cases/1972/72-419 |
45 | reversed | <p>Engineers Gary Benson and Arthur Tabbot invented a faster and more efficient mathematical procedure for transforming the normal "decimal" type of numbers (base 10) into true "binary" numbers (base 2) which are simpler to process within computers. Their mathematical procedure was somewhat akin to long division, albei... | True | 50877 | 1128 | 6 | majority opinion | 71-485 | Gottschalk | Gottschalk v. Benson | Economic Activity | 0 | Benson | 1972 | https://api.oyez.org/cases/1972/71-485 |
46 | reversed | <p>At the conclusion of an undercover drug investigation, Richard Russell was arrested by Washington police and eventually convicted in a district court for drug manufacturing crimes. Russell challenged his conviction as the result of unconstitutional entrapment practices, since an undercover agent supplied him with an... | True | 50900 | 489 | 5 | majority opinion | 71-1585 | United States | United States v. Russell | Criminal Procedure | 4 | Russell | 1972 | https://api.oyez.org/cases/1972/71-1585 |
47 | reversed in-part/remanded | <p>After pleading guilty to armed robbery in Wisconsin, Gerald Scarpelli, was sentenced to 15 years’ imprisonment, which was later reduced to probation. Scarpelli signed an agreement allowing him to reside in Illinois and was supervised by the Adult Probation Department of Illinois. Shortly after, Scarpelli was caught ... | True | 50931 | 1098 | 8 | majority opinion | 71-1225 | John R Gagnon | Gagnon v. Scarpelli | Criminal Procedure | 1 | Gerald Scarpello | 1972 | https://api.oyez.org/cases/1972/71-1225 |
48 | reversed | <p>After receiving reports of the type of sexual activity occurring on the premises of licensed liquor sellers, the California Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control promulgated a series of regulations pertaining to the conduct on such licensed premises. The appellees, a group of holders of various liquor licenses, s... | True | 50940 | 470 | 6 | majority opinion | 71-36 | California, et al. | California v. LaRue | First Amendment | 3 | Robert LaRue, et al. | 1972 | https://api.oyez.org/cases/1972/71-36 |
49 | reversed | <p>New York enacted Chapter 414 of its Education and Tax Laws, which created aid programs for nonpublic elementary and secondary schools. These amendments included Section 1, which provided a grant for the maintenance and repair of schools that served many low-income students; Section 2, which provided tuition reimburs... | True | 50941 | 861 | 6 | majority opinion | 72-694 | Committee for Public Education & Religious Liberty | Committee for Public Education & Religious Liberty v. Nyquist | First Amendment | 3 | Ewald B. Nyquist, Commissioner of Education of New York | 1972 | https://api.oyez.org/cases/1972/72-694 |
50 | affirmed | <p>Patrick Dougall was a federally registered resident alien. He was employed by a nonprofit organization that was absorbed into the Manpower Career and Development Agency (MCDA) of New York City's Human Resources Administration. He was ineligible for employment by the city under Section 53 of the New York Civil Servic... | False | 50944 | 638 | 8 | majority opinion | 71-1222 | Jule M. Sugarman, Administrator, New York City Human Resources Administration et al. | Sugarman v. Dougall | Civil Rights | 1 | Patrick McL. Dougall et al. | 1972 | https://api.oyez.org/cases/1972/71-1222 |
51 | reversed/remanded | <p>Leon Chambers was charged with murdering a policeman. Another man, Gable McDonald, confessed to the murder, in addition to confession to third parties, and was taken into custody. One month later, McDonald denied the confession and was released from custody. At trial, Chambers tried to prove McDonald admitted to the... | True | 50946 | 792 | 8 | majority opinion | 71-5908 | Leon Chambers | Chambers v. Mississippi | Criminal Procedure | 1 | Mississippi | 1972 | https://api.oyez.org/cases/1972/71-5908 |
52 | affirmed | <p>The Pennsylvania legislature passed Act 109, which reimbursed nonpublic religious schools for certain secular educational services. On June 28, 1971, the Supreme Court held that Act 109 violated the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment. The case was remanded, and on remand the district court entered an order ... | False | 50949 | 749 | 5 | plurality opinion | 71-1470 | Lemon | Lemon v. Kurtzman | First Amendment | 3 | Kurtzman | 1972 | https://api.oyez.org/cases/1972/71-1470 |
53 | affirmed | <p>Jacinta Moreno lived with Ermina Sanchez, who was not related, and Sanchez's three children. Sanchez provided care to Moreno, who contributed to household living expenses. Moreno satisfied the income requirements for the federal food stamp program, but was denied under Section 3 of the Food Stamp Act of 1964, amende... | False | 50954 | 761 | 7 | majority opinion | 72-534 | U.S. Department of Agriculture et al. | United States Department of Agriculture v. Moreno | Civil Rights | 2 | Jacinta Moreno et al. | 1972 | https://api.oyez.org/cases/1972/72-534 |
54 | vacated/remanded | <p>State officials in Georgia sought to enjoin the showing of allegedly obscene films at the Paris Adult Theatre. The Theatre clearly warned potential viewers of the sexual nature of the films and required that patrons be at least 21 years of age. The Georgia Supreme Court held that the films were "hard core" pornograp... | True | 50961 | 360 | 5 | majority opinion | 71-1051 | Paris Adult Theatre I | Paris Adult Theatre I v. Slaton | First Amendment | 4 | Slaton | 1972 | https://api.oyez.org/cases/1972/71-1051 |
55 | reversed | <p>Rosalind McClanahan was a member of the Navajo Indian nation who lived on the Navajo Reservation in Apache County, Arizona. Her employer withheld $16.20 in 1967 for Arizona state income taxes. McClanahan sought the return of her withheld income. She claimed that since she was a Navajo Indian residing on the reservat... | True | 50979 | 664 | 9 | majority opinion | 71-834 | Rosalind McClanahan | McClanahan v. Arizona State Tax Commission | Civil Rights | 0 | Arizona State Tax Commission | 1972 | https://api.oyez.org/cases/1972/71-834 |
56 | vacated/remanded | <p>Percy Green, a black civil rights activist, was a mechanic working for the McDonnell Douglas Corporation, a St. Louis-based aerospace and aircraft manufacturer, from 1956 until August 28, 1964, when he was laid off. Green protested his discharge by saying that the company’s hiring and firing practices were racially ... | True | 50985 | 1717 | 9 | majority opinion | 72-490 | McDonnell Douglas Corporation | McDonnell Douglas Corporation v. Green | Civil Rights | 0 | Percy Green | 1972 | https://api.oyez.org/cases/1972/72-490 |
57 | reversed | <p>In addition to being funded through a state-funded program designed to establish a minimum educational threshold in every school, Texas public elementary and secondary schools rely on local property taxes for supplemental revenue. Rodriguez, acting on behalf of students whose families reside in poor districts, chall... | True | 50984 | 621 | 5 | majority opinion | 71-1332 | San Antonio Independent School District | San Antonio Independent School District v. Rodriguez | Civil Rights | 4 | Rodriguez | 1972 | https://api.oyez.org/cases/1972/71-1332 |
58 | affirmed | <p>In October 1970, an Assistant United States Attorney filed an application for a wiretap with a federal judge. According to the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (Act), every application for the interception of wire or oral communications had to be authorized by the Attorney General or by an Assistan... | False | 50993 | 1376 | 5 | majority opinion | 72-1057 | United States | United States v. Giordano | Criminal Procedure | 4 | Dominic Nicholas Giordano et al. | 1973 | https://api.oyez.org/cases/1973/72-1057 |
59 | affirmed | <p>A grand jury returned indictments against seven of President Richard Nixon's closest aides in the Watergate affair. The special prosecutor appointed by Nixon and the defendants sought audio tapes of conversations recorded by Nixon in the Oval Office. Nixon asserted that he was immune from the subpoena claiming "exec... | False | 50995 | 566 | 8 | majority opinion | 73-1766 | United States | United States v. Nixon | Criminal Procedure | 0 | Richard M. Nixon, et al. | 1973 | https://api.oyez.org/cases/1973/73-1766 |
60 | reversed/remanded | <p>A suit charging that the Detroit, Michigan public school system was racially segregated as a result of official policies was filed against Governor Milliken. After reviewing the case and concluding the system was segregated, a district court ordered the adoption of a desegregation plan that encompassed eighty-five o... | True | 51007 | 617 | 5 | majority opinion | 73-434 | Milliken | Milliken v. Bradley | Civil Rights | 4 | Bradley | 1973 | https://api.oyez.org/cases/1973/73-434 |
61 | reversed/remanded | <p>Police arrested William Earl Matlock, a bank robbery suspect, in the front yard of the house where he lived. Police did not ask Matlock which room he occupied in the house or whether they could conduct a search. A woman, who gave them permission to search the house, including the bedroom where Matlock lived, let t... | True | 51017 | 966 | 6 | majority opinion | 72-1355 | United States | United States v. Matlock | Criminal Procedure | 3 | William Earl Matlock | 1973 | https://api.oyez.org/cases/1973/72-1355 |
62 | reversed | <p>In 1972, the Communist Party of Indiana, a new political party, wished to place its candidates for President and Vice President of the United States on the ballot. The Indiana State Election Board rejected its application to do so until the officers of the party had filed an affidavit stating that the party did not ... | True | 51026 | 912 | 9 | majority opinion | 72-1040 | Communist Party of Indiana, et al. | Communist Party of Indiana v. Whitcomb | First Amendment | 0 | Edgar D. Whitcomb, etc., at al. | 1973 | https://api.oyez.org/cases/1973/72-1040 |
63 | reversed in-part/remanded | <p>An inmate of a Nebraska state prison started a class action lawsuit, on behalf of himself and other inmates, alleging that prison disciplinary proceedings violated the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. The suit also objected to the prison's inspection of privileged mail between inmates and their attorn... | True | 51029 | 769 | 6 | majority opinion | 73-679 | Wolff | Wolff v. McDonnell | Due Process | 3 | McDonnell | 1973 | https://api.oyez.org/cases/1973/73-679 |
64 | reversed | <p>Carolyn Aiello experienced disability as a result of complications during her pregnancy. She was ineligible for benefits from California's Disability Fund under Section 2626 of California's Unemployment Insurance Code. Section 2626 denied benefits to women whose disabilities resulted from pregnancy. Aiello and other... | True | 51031 | 631 | 6 | majority opinion | 73-640 | Geduldig, Director, Department of Human Resources Development | Geduldig v. Aiello | Civil Rights | 3 | Carolyn Aiello et al. | 1973 | https://api.oyez.org/cases/1973/73-640 |
65 | reversed | <p>A federal grand jury questioned John P. Calandra in connection with loan sharking activities. The questions were based on evidence obtained during a search of Calandra’s business, Royal Machine and Tool Company. Calandra refused to answer any questions, arguing that the search of Royal Machine unlawfully violated ... | True | 51033 | 828 | 6 | majority opinion | 72-734 | United States | United States v. Calandra | Criminal Procedure | 3 | John P. Calandra | 1973 | https://api.oyez.org/cases/1973/72-734 |
66 | reversed | <p>Richardson, a taxpayer interested in activities of the Central Intelligence Agency, sued the government to provide records detailing the CIA's expenditures.</p> | True | 51035 | 164 | 5 | majority opinion | 72-885 | United States | United States v. Richardson | Judicial Power | 4 | Richardson | 1973 | https://api.oyez.org/cases/1973/72-885 |
67 | reversed | <p>An Albany, Georgia theater manager was convicted under a Georgia obscenity law when he showed the critically acclaimed film "Carnal Knowledge." The film explored social conceptions of sexuality and starred Jack Nicholson and Ann Margaret.</p> | True | 51039 | 246 | 9 | majority opinion | 73-557 | Jenkins | Jenkins v. Georgia | First Amendment | 0 | Georgia | 1973 | https://api.oyez.org/cases/1973/73-557 |
68 | affirmed | <p>Carol Jo LaFleur was a teacher at Patrick Henry Junior High School in Cleveland, Ohio. She was forced to discontinue her duties on March 12, 1971 because the Cleveland School Board required every teacher to take maternity leave without pay five months before the expected date of birth. The board also ruled that a te... | False | 51062 | 2138 | 7 | majority opinion | 72-777 | Cleveland Board of Education, Chesterfield County School Board, Dr. Robert F. Kelly | Cleveland Board of Education v. LaFleur | Civil Rights | 2 | Jo Carol LaFleur, Ann Elizabeth Nelson, Susan Cohen | 1973 | https://api.oyez.org/cases/1973/72-777 |
69 | affirmed | <p>Since 1941, Florida has granted a $500 property tax exemption for widows but no similar exemption for widowers. Widower Mel Kahn applied to the Dade County Tax Assessor’s Office for the property tax exemption, which was denied. He sued in circuit court and sought a declaratory judgment. The circuit court held that t... | False | 51071 | 580 | 6 | majority opinion | 73-78 | Mel Kahn, etc. | Kahn v. Shevin | Civil Rights | 3 | Robert L. Shevin, et al. | 1973 | https://api.oyez.org/cases/1973/73-78 |
70 | reversed/remanded | <p>On October 8, 1970, Richard Guy Steffel and other individuals were distributing flyers protesting American involvement in the Vietnam War on the exterior sidewalk of the North DeKalb Shopping Center. Employees asked them to stop, but they did not, so the employees called the police. The police informed them that the... | True | 51075 | 986 | 9 | majority opinion | 72-5581 | Richard Guy Steffel | Steffel v. Thompson | Judicial Power | 0 | John R. Thompson, et al. | 1973 | https://api.oyez.org/cases/1973/72-5581 |
71 | affirmed | <p>Lawrence Mitchell purchased a refrigerator, range, stereo, and washing machine from W. T. Grant Company and fell behind on payments. W. T. Grant sued Mitchell in state court to recover the $574.17 balance. Pursuant to Louisiana law, W. T. Grant offered proof that it had a vendor's lien on the property and that Mitch... | False | 51081 | 1039 | 5 | majority opinion | 72-6160 | Mitchell | Mitchell v. W. T. Grant Company | Civil Rights | 4 | W. T. Grant Company | 1973 | https://api.oyez.org/cases/1973/72-6160 |
72 | reversed/remanded | <p>Congress passed the Indian Reorganization Act in 1934. The Act included a provision in 25 U.S.C. Section 472 that gave hiring preference Native Americans for positions in the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA). Congress then passed the Equal Employment Opportunity Act of 1972, which prohibited racial discrimination in f... | True | 51084 | 901 | 9 | majority opinion | 73-362 | Rogers C. B. Morton, Secretary of the Interior et al. | Morton v. Mancari | Civil Rights | 0 | C. R. Mancari et al. | 1973 | https://api.oyez.org/cases/1973/73-362 |
73 | affirmed | <p>In 1964, the federal government sued several corporations for rigging prices of concrete and steel pipes in violation of the Sherman Act. That case reached a final judgment in May 1968, when all parties agreed to terms that prevented the companies from engaging in future violations of anti-trust laws. Eleven days sh... | False | 51096 | 1922 | 9 | majority opinion | 72-1195 | American Pipe and Construction Company, et al | American Pipe & Construction Company v. Utah | Judicial Power | 0 | State of Utah, et al | 1973 | https://api.oyez.org/cases/1973/72-1195 |
74 | reversed/remanded | <p>Joseph Anthony Davis was classified as I-A by a draft board and ordered to report for a physical examination. He failed to report several times. The draft board declared him a delinquent, and issued an order that he be inducted into the Armed Forces. Under 32 CFR Section 1631.7, a draftee could only be ordered to re... | True | 51107 | 1928 | 7 | majority opinion | 72-1454 | Joseph Anthony Davis | Davis v. United States | Criminal Procedure | 2 | United States | 1973 | https://api.oyez.org/cases/1973/72-1454 |
75 | reversed | <p>Pat Tornillo was Executive Director of the Classroom Teachers Association and a candidate for the Florida House of Representatives in Dade County, Florida. The <em>Miami Herald</em> published two editorials criticizing Tornillo and his candidacy. He demanded that the <em>Herald</em> publish his responses to the edit... | True | 51114 | 796 | 9 | majority opinion | 73-797 | Miami Herald Publishing Company | Miami Herald Publishing Company v. Tornillo | First Amendment | 0 | Pat Tornillo | 1973 | https://api.oyez.org/cases/1973/73-797 |
76 | reversed | <p>Harold Omand Spence displayed an American flag with a peace symbol made out of removable tape on it outside of his home in Seattle, WA. When officers came to his house he offered to take the flag down, but was arrested, charged, and convicted under a Washington statute that forbade the display of an American flag t... | True | 51113 | 720 | 6 | per curiam | 72-1690 | Harold Omond Spence | Spence v. Washington | First Amendment | 3 | Washington | 1973 | https://api.oyez.org/cases/1973/72-1690 |
77 | reversed/remanded | <p>Gertz was an attorney hired by a family to sue a police officer who had killed the family's son. In a magazine called American Opinion, the John Birch Society accused Gertz of being a "Leninist" and a "Communist-fronter" because he chose to represent clients who were suing a law enforcement officer. Gertz won a jury... | True | 51121 | 646 | 7 | majority opinion | 72-617 | Gertz | Gertz v. Robert Welch Inc. | First Amendment | 2 | Robert Welch Inc. | 1973 | https://api.oyez.org/cases/1973/72-617 |
78 | reversed | <p>The Village of Belle Terre in New York had an ordinance restricting land use to one-family dwellings. The statute’s meaning of “family” was one or more related persons or not more than two unrelated people. The appellees owned a house and leased it to unrelated people, in violation of the Village’s ordinance. When t... | True | 51130 | 987 | 7 | majority opinion | 73-191 | Village of Belle Terre, et al. | Village of Belle Terre v. Boraas | Economic Activity | 2 | Bruce Boraas, et al. | 1973 | https://api.oyez.org/cases/1973/73-191 |
79 | reversed | <p>A police officer pulled over and arrested Robinson for operating an automobile without a valid permit. The officer then frisked Robinson and discovered a crumpled cigarette package containing fourteen vials of heroin in his pocket.</p> | True | 51132 | 239 | 6 | majority opinion | 72-936 | United States | United States v. Robinson | Criminal Procedure | 3 | Robinson | 1973 | https://api.oyez.org/cases/1973/72-936 |
80 | reversed in-part/remanded | <p>Robert Pugh and Nathanial Henderson were arrested in Florida and charged with felony and misdemeanor charges not punishable by death. Pugh was denied bail and Henderson was unable to post a $4,500 bond, so both remained in custody. Florida law only required indictments for capitol offenses, so Pugh and Henderson wer... | True | 51142 | 1358 | 9 | majority opinion | 73-477 | Richard E. Gerstein, State Attorney for the Eleventh Judicial Circuit of Florida | Gerstein v. Pugh | Criminal Procedure | 0 | Robert Pugh, Nathaniel Henderson, Thomas Turner, Gary Faulk on their own behalf and on behalf of other similarly situated | 1973 | https://api.oyez.org/cases/1973/73-477 |
81 | affirmed | <p>Harry Lehman was running for the Ohio House of Representatives in the 56th District, which included the city of Shaker Heights. Lehman wanted to have his campaign advertisements placed on the side of Shaker Heights' streetcars. Metromedia, Inc. was designated by the city to manage that advertising space. Metromedia'... | False | 51145 | 767 | 5 | plurality opinion | 73-328 | Harry Lehman | Lehman v. City of Shaker Heights | First Amendment | 4 | City of Shaker Heights | 1973 | https://api.oyez.org/cases/1973/73-328 |
82 | affirmed | <p>Robert Martinez was a prisoner in the California State Prison in San Quentin, California. The California Department of Corrections had regulations which censored mail and which prohibited law students and legal paraprofessionals from conducing interviews with the inmates. </p>
<p>Martinez and other prisoners in the ... | False | 51143 | 633 | 9 | majority opinion | 72-1465 | Raymond K. Procunier, Director, California Department of Corrections, et al. | Procunier v. Martinez | First Amendment | 0 | Robert Martinez, et al. | 1973 | https://api.oyez.org/cases/1973/72-1465 |
83 | reversed/remanded | <p>In 1971, the San Francisco, California school system was integrated. As a result, the San Francisco school system absorbed over 2,856 students of Chinese ancestry who were not proficient in English. Of these students, the school system only provided about 1,000 with supplemental English language courses. Classes wer... | True | 51150 | 1085 | 9 | majority opinion | 72-6520 | Kinney Kinmon Lau, et al. | Lau v. Nichols | Civil Rights | 0 | Alan H. Nichols, et al. | 1973 | https://api.oyez.org/cases/1973/72-6520 |
84 | reversed/remanded | <p>Wayne Kennedy was a nonprobationary employee of the federal Office of Economic Opportunity. He was dismissed from his position after allegedly making recklessly false and defamatory statements about other OEO employees. Though he had the right under federal regulations to reply to the charges, he chose instead to su... | True | 51151 | 488 | 5 | plurality opinion | 72-1118 | Arnett | Arnett v. Kennedy | Due Process | 4 | Kennedy | 1973 | https://api.oyez.org/cases/1973/72-1118 |
85 | reversed | <p>In the spring of 1970, Old Dominion Branch No. 496 of the National Association of Letter Carriers was recognized by postal authorities as the exclusive local collective-bargaining representative of the letter carriers of the Richmond, Virginia, area. Although already representing the majority of letter carriers, the... | True | 51152 | 1308 | 6 | majority opinion | 72-1180 | Old Dominion Branch No. 496, National Association of Letter Carriers, AFL-CIO | Old Dominion Branch No. 496, National Association of Letter Carriers, AFL-CIO v. Austin | First Amendment | 3 | Henry M. Austin, et al. | 1973 | https://api.oyez.org/cases/1973/72-1180 |
86 | vacated/remanded | <p>DeFunis was denied admission to the University of Washington Law School despite test scores that were higher than some of the minorities admitted. DeFunis then successfully asked a trial court to require the school to admit him. On appeal, the Washington Supreme Court reversed, upholding the school's decision to den... | True | 51161 | 438 | 5 | per curiam | 73-235 | DeFunis | DeFunis v. Odegaard | Civil Rights | 4 | Odegaard | 1973 | https://api.oyez.org/cases/1973/73-235 |
87 | affirmed | <p>Respondents alleged that a section the New York welfare statute was unconstitutional because it conflicted with the Social Security Act. The New York statute required recipients to cooperate in a support action against a missing parent or they would not receive benefits. The Social Security Act contained no such r... | False | 51163 | 501 | 6 | per curiam | 73-1016 | John Lascaris, Commissioner, Dept. of Social Services of Onondaga County | Lascaris v. Shirley | Civil Rights | 3 | Sylvia Shirley, Elizabeth Anderson, Jane Doe | 1974 | https://api.oyez.org/cases/1974/73-1016 |
88 | reversed | <p>Martin Cohn was the father of a seventeen-year old girl who was raped and killed in Georgia. After obtaining information from the public record, a television station broadcast the name of Cohn's daughter in connection with the incident. This violated a Georgia privacy statute which prevented members of the media fro... | True | 51167 | 379 | 8 | majority opinion | 73-938 | Cox Broadcasting Corporation | Cox Broadcasting Corporation v. Cohn | First Amendment | 1 | Cohn | 1974 | https://api.oyez.org/cases/1974/73-938 |
89 | affirmed | <p>Colonial Pipeline Company is a Delaware corporation that operates a pipeline running from Texas to New York carrying petroleum. Colonial challenged a Louisiana corporation franchise tax, stating that all of their business in Louisiana was interstate. Colonial maintained no offices in Louisiana and delivered no pet... | False | 51171 | 640 | 7 | majority opinion | 73-1595 | Colonial Pipeline Company | Colonial Pipeline Company v. Traigle | Economic Activity | 1 | Joseph N. Triagle, Collector of Revenue of Louisiana | 1974 | https://api.oyez.org/cases/1974/73-1595 |
90 | reversed | <p>A Virginia statute made it a misdemeanor for "any person, by publication, lecture, advertisement, or by the sale or circulation of any publication, or in any other manner, [from encouraging] or [prompting] the procuring of abortion or miscarriage." Bigelow, director and managing editor of the Virginia Weekly, was co... | True | 51170 | 468 | 7 | majority opinion | 73-1309 | Bigelow | Bigelow v. Virginia | First Amendment | 2 | Virginia | 1974 | https://api.oyez.org/cases/1974/73-1309 |
91 | reversed/remanded | <p>In 1974, Congress passed amendments to the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938. The purpose of the amendments was to regulate minimum wage and overtime pay for state and local government employees. The National League of Cities, as well as several states and cities, challenged the constitutionality of the amendments.</... | True | 51172 | 323 | 5 | majority opinion | 74-878 | National League of Cities | National League of Cities v. Usery | Unions | 4 | Usery | 1974 | https://api.oyez.org/cases/1974/74-878 |
92 | affirmed | <p>In 1970, Jack Roland Murphy was convicted of breaking and entering a dwelling with intent to commit robbery while armed and/or assault, and was sentenced to life in prison. Murphy filed for change of venue because of media coverage of his previous crimes. Murphy was made famous by his involvement in the 1964 jewel h... | False | 51173 | 1209 | 8 | majority opinion | 74-5116 | Jack Roland Murphy | Murphy v. Florida | Criminal Procedure | 1 | Florida | 1974 | https://api.oyez.org/cases/1974/74-5116 |
93 | vacated/remanded | <p>Anthony Pasquall Faretta was charged with grand theft. He filed a request to represent himself in the Superior Court of Los Angeles County. The judge initially accepted the request, but later called Faretta back in to question him about his knowledge of the hearsay rule and other court procedures. Based on Faretta’s... | True | 51175 | 692 | 6 | majority opinion | 73-5772 | Anthony Pasquall Faretta | Faretta v. California | Criminal Procedure | 3 | California | 1974 | https://api.oyez.org/cases/1974/73-5772 |
94 | affirmed | <p>A juvenile court found 17-year-old Gary Jones guilty of acts that would constitute robbery if he were tried as an adult. After the hearing, the court determined that Jones should be prosecuted as an adult. Jones filed for habeas corpus, arguing that the criminal trial put him in double jeopardy. The trial court, ... | True | 51192 | 979 | 9 | majority opinion | 73-1995 | Allen F. Breed, Director of California Your Authority | Breed v. Jones | Civil Rights | 0 | Gary Steven Jones | 1974 | https://api.oyez.org/cases/1974/73-1995 |
95 | reversed | <p>Michael Maness, a lawyer, represented a client convicted of selling obscene magazines in violation of a city ordinance. The city attorney requested a subpoena to produce 52 such magazines in order to obtain an injunction to prevent their further sale. Maness advised his client not to produce the magazines and invo... | True | 51196 | 1394 | 9 | majority opinion | 73-689 | Michael Anthony Maness | Maness v. Meyers | Criminal Procedure | 0 | The Honorable James R. Meyers | 1974 | https://api.oyez.org/cases/1974/73-689 |
96 | reversed/remanded | <p>Julian Vella, a seaman on the SS Robert MacNamara, suffered a severe head injury while doing a repair on the ship. This caused damage to Vella’s inner ear, making it difficult for him to balance. Doctors ruled the condition permanent and incurable. A jury awarded Vella maintenance and cure for his injury. The ... | True | 51202 | 547 | 9 | majority opinion | 73-1994 | Julian Vell | Vella v. Ford Motor Company | Economic Activity | 0 | Ford Motor Company | 1974 | https://api.oyez.org/cases/1974/73-1994 |
97 | affirmed | <p>On March 11, 1973, border patrol agents stopped Felix Humberto Brignoni-Ponce’s car based on the fact that the occupant’s appeared to be of Mexican descent. Upon questioning the passengers, the agents determined that they were illegal immigrants. The agents arrested everyone, and Brignoni-Ponce was charged with two ... | False | 51203 | 985 | 9 | majority opinion | 74-114 | United States | United States v. Brignoni-Ponce | Criminal Procedure | 0 | Felix Humberto Brignoni-Ponce | 1974 | https://api.oyez.org/cases/1974/74-114 |
98 | reversed | <p>These are two consolidated cases involving the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) practice of allowing aliens from Canada and Mexico to immigrate daily or seasonally to the U.S. to work. The practice granted the aliens “special immigrant” status and authorized them to be “lawfully admitted for permanent r... | True | 51210 | 835 | 5 | majority opinion | 73-300 | William B. Saxbe, United Farm Workers Organizing Committee | Saxbe v. Bustos | Civil Rights | 4 | Robert Bustos, et al. | 1974 | https://api.oyez.org/cases/1974/73-300 |
99 | reversed/remanded | <p>These are five consolidated cases involving 13 motor carriers who filed for certificates with the Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC) in order to conduct business between the southwestern and southeastern United States. The ICC rejected all but three applications. Bowman Transportation, Inc., one of the approved ... | True | 51212 | 773 | 9 | majority opinion | 73-1055 | Bowman Transportation, Inc., et al. | Bowman Transportation, Inc. v. Arkansas-Best Freight System, Inc. | Economic Activity | 0 | Arkansas-Best Freight System, Inc. et al. | 1974 | https://api.oyez.org/cases/1974/73-1055 |
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