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100 | 51,219 | United States v. Tax Commission of Mississippi | https://api.oyez.org/cases/1974/74-548 | 74-548 | 1974 | United States | Mississippi Tax Commission, et al. | <p>The Mississippi Tax Commission (MTC) passed a regulation requiring out-of-state liquor distributors to collect a tax for liquor sold on Mississippi military installations. The tax resulted in a price mark-up for liquor sold on military installations. The MTC sent a letter to liquor distributors advising that if th... | 1,066 | 7 | 2 | true | majority opinion | reversed | Federalism |
101 | 51,225 | Harris County Commissioners Court v. Moore | https://api.oyez.org/cases/1974/73-1475 | 73-1475 | 1974 | Harris County Commissioners Court, et al. | Richard E. Moore, et al. | <p>The Harris County Commissioners Court voted to redistrict and consolidate several small districts. This left several justices of the peace and constables without positions before the end of their terms. The justices of the peace and constables sued to enjoin the redistricting, alleging equal protection and state c... | 724 | 8 | 1 | true | majority opinion | reversed/remanded | Judicial Power |
102 | 51,229 | American Radio Assn., AFL-CIO v. Mobile Steamship Assn., Inc. | https://api.oyez.org/cases/1974/73-748 | 73-748 | 1974 | American Radio Assn., AFL-CIO, et al. | Mobile Steamship Association, Robert Malone | <p>Six maritime unions, including American Radio Association, picketed docks in Mobile, Alabama, asking the public not to patronize foreign vessels docked there. The unions were opposed to the low wages paid to foreign seamen. Mobile Steamship Association sued to enjoin the picketing because it prevented the loading ... | 810 | 5 | 4 | false | majority opinion | affirmed | Federalism |
103 | 51,234 | Ellis v. Dyson | https://api.oyez.org/cases/1974/73-130 | 73-130 | 1974 | Tom E. Ellis and Robert D. Love | Frank M. Dyson, Alex Bickley, Scott McDonald, Hugh Jones, Wes Wise | <p>Tom Ellis and Robert Love plead nolo contendere to charges of violating a city loitering ordinance. The court fined each man $10. Rather than seeking a trial in the county court and risking a harsher punishment, the men sued in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas. They sought a declaratory ... | 741 | 6 | 3 | true | majority opinion | reversed/remanded | Judicial Power |
104 | 51,240 | Goss v. Lopez | https://api.oyez.org/cases/1974/73-898 | 73-898 | 1974 | Goss | Lopez | <p>Nine students at two high schools and one junior high school in Columbus, Ohio, were given 10-day suspensions from school. The school principals did not hold hearings for the affected students before ordering the suspensions, and Ohio law did not require them to do so. The principals' actions were challenged, and a ... | 438 | 5 | 4 | false | majority opinion | affirmed | Due Process |
105 | 51,239 | Taylor v. Louisiana | https://api.oyez.org/cases/1974/73-5744 | 73-5744 | 1974 | Billy J. Taylor | State of Louisiana | <p>Billy J. Taylor was indicted on kidnapping charges by the grand jury of St. Tammany Parish. The day before his trial was supposed to start, he filed a motion to quash the petit jury that was selected for his trial because he argued that women were systematically excluded, which denied him a right to trial by a jury ... | 867 | 8 | 1 | true | majority opinion | reversed/remanded | Civil Rights |
106 | 51,247 | Connell Constr. Company, Inc. v. Plumbers & Steamfitters Local Union of the Plumbing & Pipefitting Industry of the United States and Canada, AFL-CIO | https://api.oyez.org/cases/1974/73-1256 | 73-1256 | 1974 | Connell Construction Company, Inc. | Plumbers & Steamfitters Local Union No. 100, United Association of Journeymen & Apprentices of the plumbing & Pipefitting Industry of the United States and Canada | <p>Plumbers & Steamfitters Local Union 100 picketed Connell Construction Co., a local building contractor. The union wanted Connell to sign an agreement promising only to subcontract mechanical work to Union members. Connell sued to enjoin the picketing. Connell signed the agreement with the union under protest,... | 634 | 5 | 4 | true | majority opinion | reversed in-part/remanded | Unions |
107 | 51,244 | Eastland v. United States Servicemen's Fund | https://api.oyez.org/cases/1974/73-1923 | 73-1923 | 1974 | Eastland | United States Servicemen's Fund | <p>In an effort to investigate the "administration, operation, and enforcement" of the Internal Security Act of 1950, the Senate Subcommittee on Internal Security subpoenaed a bank for the financial records of the United States Servicemen's Fund. This nonprofit organization had actively published newsletters and sponso... | 594 | 8 | 1 | true | majority opinion | reversed/remanded | First Amendment |
108 | 51,257 | Erznoznik v. City of Jacksonville | https://api.oyez.org/cases/1974/73-1942 | 73-1942 | 1974 | Richard Erznoznik | City of Jacksonville | <p>The University Drive-In Theater in Jacksonville, Florida had a screen that was visible from nearby public streets. The theater showed an R-rated film containing female nudity, which violated a Jacksonville city ordinance that prohibited the showing of films containing nudity if the film was visible from a public are... | 638 | 6 | 3 | true | majority opinion | reversed | First Amendment |
109 | 51,258 | Jackson v. Metropolitan Edison Company | https://api.oyez.org/cases/1974/73-5845 | 73-5845 | 1974 | Catherine Jackson | Metropolitan Edison Company | <p>Catherine Jackson had received electricity from Metropolitan Edison at her home. Her service was terminated in September 1970 due to a lack of payment. Jackson opened another account under the name of another resident, James Dodson. Metropolitan Edison investigated her residence on October 6, 1971 and service was ag... | 631 | 6 | 3 | false | majority opinion | affirmed | Due Process |
110 | 51,259 | Wood v. Strickland | https://api.oyez.org/cases/1974/73-1285 | 73-1285 | 1974 | John P. Wood, et al. | Peggy Strickland, et al. | <p>Peggy Strickland and Virginia Crain were sophomores at Mena Public High School in Mena, Arkansas. They heard about a school meeting where both parents and students would be present and decided to spike the punch with alcohol. Ten days later, Mrs. Curtis Powell, a teacher at the high school, learned of the prank and ... | 1,450 | 5 | 4 | true | majority opinion | vacated/remanded | Civil Rights |
111 | 51,266 | Weinberger v. Wiesenfeld | https://api.oyez.org/cases/1974/73-1892 | 73-1892 | 1974 | Caspar Weinberger, Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare | Stephen Charles Wiesenfeld, etc. | <p>Stephen Wiesenfeld and Paula Polatschek were married in 1970. Polatschek had worked as a teacher for the five years prior to their marriage and continued teaching after they were married. Her salary was the principle source of the couple’s income, and social security contributions were regularly deducted from her sa... | 1,120 | 8 | 0 | false | majority opinion | affirmed | Civil Rights |
112 | 51,269 | Gordon v. New York Stock Exchange, Inc. | https://api.oyez.org/cases/1974/74-304 | 74-304 | 1974 | Richard A. Gordon, members of the Independent Investor Protection League | New York Stock Exchange, Inc., et al. | <p> The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) set fixed commission rates for stock transactions less than $500,000. Richard A. Gordon, on behalf of a class of independent investors, sued the New York Stock Exchange and member firms claiming fixed commission rates and exorbitant membership fees violated the Sherman ... | 563 | 9 | 0 | false | majority opinion | affirmed | Economic Activity |
113 | 51,270 | Albemarle Paper Company v. Moody | https://api.oyez.org/cases/1974/74-389 | 74-389 | 1974 | Albemarle Paper Company, et al. | Joseph P. Moody, et al. | <p>The respondents represent a class of current and past employees of the Albemarle Paper Co. paper mill in Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, who claimed to have suffered from racially discriminatory hiring and promoting practices. In 1966, after filing a race discrimination complaint with the Equal Employment Opportunit... | 1,188 | 7 | 1 | true | majority opinion | vacated/remanded | Civil Rights |
114 | 51,279 | Brown v. Illinois | https://api.oyez.org/cases/1974/73-6650 | 73-6650 | 1974 | Richard Brown | Illinois | <p>On May 6, 1968, Roger Corpus was shot and killed in his apartment. The police obtained the name of Richard Brown, who was identified as an acquaintance of the victim, though not a suspect. On May 13, 1968, detectives arrested Brown and searched his apartment without probable cause and without a warrant. The detectiv... | 1,003 | 9 | 0 | true | majority opinion | reversed/remanded | Criminal Procedure |
115 | 51,278 | United States v. Feola | https://api.oyez.org/cases/1974/73-1123 | 73-1123 | 1974 | United States | Ralph Feola | <p>On August 21, 1971, Ralph Feola, along with Enriquito Alsondo, Henry Rosa, and Michael Farr, planned to sell a kilo of powdered sugar in place of heroin to customers who, unbeknownst to them, were undercover cops. If the sale did not go well, the four planned to attack the buyers and take the money. Agent Hall and A... | 963 | 7 | 2 | true | majority opinion | reversed | Criminal Procedure |
116 | 51,286 | Schick v. Reed | https://api.oyez.org/cases/1974/73-5677 | 73-5677 | 1974 | Schick | Reed | <p>Schick, a master sergeant in the Army, was convicted of murder in a military court and sentenced to death in 1954. President Eisenhower intervened and commuted his sentence in 1960, reducing it to life imprisonment without parole.</p>
| 238 | 6 | 3 | false | majority opinion | affirmed | Civil Rights |
117 | 51,292 | Cantrell v. Forest City Publishing Company | https://api.oyez.org/cases/1974/73-5520 | 73-5520 | 1974 | Margaret Mae Cantrell, et al. | Forest City Publishing Company, et al. | <p>In December 1967, the Silver Bridge at Point Pleasant, West Virginia, collapsed and killed 43 people, including Melvin Cantrell. Joseph Eszterhas, a reporter for the local newspaper the Plain Dealer, was assigned to cover the story. He decided to focus on the Melvin Cantrell’s funeral and the impact of his death on ... | 1,204 | 8 | 1 | true | majority opinion | reversed/remanded | First Amendment |
118 | 51,296 | ICC v. Oregon Pacific Industries, Inc. | https://api.oyez.org/cases/1974/73-1210 | 73-1210 | 1974 | Interstate Commerce Commission | Oregon Pacific Industries, Inc., et al. | <p>The Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC) issued an order under their emergency powers limiting the time railroad cars could stay at a holding location. The order was issued without notice or a hearing. If a railroad shipper held a car for longer than that time, they would lose the privilege to reconsign the conten... | 673 | 9 | 0 | true | majority opinion | reversed | Economic Activity |
119 | 51,300 | Burns v. Alcala | https://api.oyez.org/cases/1974/73-1708 | 73-1708 | 1974 | Kevin J. Burns, Commissioner, Dept of Social Services of Iowa, et al. | Linda Alcala, Jane Doe, Joan Roe, et al. | <p>The State of Iowa denied Linda Alcala and several other pregnant women welfare benefits for their unborn children. The Department of Social Services stated that although those children would be eligible for benefits once born, while unborn they do not fit the Social Security Act’s definition of “dependent children”... | 780 | 7 | 1 | true | majority opinion | reversed/remanded | Civil Rights |
120 | 51,299 | International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union v. Quality Manufacturing Company | https://api.oyez.org/cases/1974/73-765 | 73-765 | 1974 | International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union | Quality Manufacturing Company, National Labor Relations Board | <p>Quality Manufacturing Company fired an employee after she refused to meet with the company president without a union representative. The shop chairlady and assistant chairlady were also fired for trying to represent the employee at the meeting and for filing a grievance. The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) f... | 622 | 6 | 3 | true | majority opinion | reversed/remanded | Unions |
121 | 51,303 | O'Connor v. Donaldson | https://api.oyez.org/cases/1974/74-8 | 74-8 | 1974 | J.B. O'Connor, M.D. | Kenneth Donaldson | <p>On January 3, 1957, Kenneth Donaldson was committed on the petition of his father, following a brief hearing before a county judge. Twelve days later, he was admitted to Florida State Hospital and soon thereafter diagnosed as a paranoid schizophrenic. The committing judge told Donaldson that he was being sent to the... | 2,269 | 9 | 0 | true | majority opinion | vacated/remanded | Due Process |
122 | 51,310 | Alfred Dunhill Of London, Inc. v. Cuba | https://api.oyez.org/cases/1974/73-1288 | 73-1288 | 1974 | Alfred Dunhill Of London, Inc. | Republic of Cuba, et. al | <p>In 1960, the government of the Republic of Cuba confiscated the businesses of several Cuban cigar manufacturers. The Republic named “interventors” to take over and run the businesses. The interventors continued to ship cigars to foreign purchasers, including in the U.S., and some purchasers mistakenly paid money o... | 1,604 | 5 | 4 | true | majority opinion | reversed | Judicial Power |
123 | 51,308 | Gurley v. Rhoden | https://api.oyez.org/cases/1974/73-1734 | 73-1734 | 1974 | W. M. Gurley dba Gurley Oil Co. | Arny Rhoden, Chairman, Tax Commission of Mississippi | <p>Gurley Oil Co. owned five gas stations in Mississippi and purchased gas tax-free out of state. Gurley added both federal and state excise taxes on to the retail price of the gasoline. Mississippi imposed an additional 5% tax on the “gross proceeds” of all gas sales. Mississippi did not permit Gurley to deduct the... | 832 | 8 | 0 | false | majority opinion | affirmed | Economic Activity |
124 | 51,318 | United States v. Reliable Transfer Company, Inc. | https://api.oyez.org/cases/1974/74-363 | 74-363 | 1974 | United States | Reliable Transfer Company, Inc. | <p>It was long the rule in admiralty cases arising from collision or stranding that, when both parties were negligent, the sum of the damages to both should be split evenly between them. The Supreme Court endorsed this "rule of divided damages" in <em>The Schooner Catharine v. Dickenson,</em> 58 U.S. (17 How.) 170 (185... | 1,127 | 9 | 0 | true | majority opinion | vacated/remanded | Economic Activity |
125 | 51,325 | Foster v. Dravo Corporation | https://api.oyez.org/cases/1974/73-1773 | 73-1773 | 1974 | Earl R. Foster | Dravo Corporation | <p>Earl Foster began working for Dravo Corp. in 1965. In 1967, he worked the first nine weeks of the year before being called for military service. He served for 18 months before returning to Dravo to work the last 13 weeks of 1968. Under his collective bargaining agreement, employees earn full vacation benefits if ... | 1,097 | 8 | 0 | false | majority opinion | affirmed | Civil Rights |
126 | 51,327 | Southeastern Promotions, Ltd. v. Conrad | https://api.oyez.org/cases/1974/73-1004 | 73-1004 | 1974 | Southeastern Promotions, Ltd. | Steve Conrad et al. | <p>Southeastern Promotions was a theatrical production company that requested to use the Tivoli Theater in Chattanooga, Tennessee to present the musical "Hair." "Hair" was a controversial musical that contained obscenities and nudity. The Tivoli was privately owned, but was leased to the city of Chattanooga. The city r... | 851 | 6 | 3 | true | majority opinion | reversed | First Amendment |
127 | 51,332 | United States v. Santana | https://api.oyez.org/cases/1975/75-19 | 75-19 | 1975 | United States | Santana | <p>Using marked money, police officers made an undercover heroin buy from a third party who, upon taking money from the officers, entered "Mom Santana's" house and emerged with heroin. Officers then arrested the third party and returned to Santana's house where they identified themselves as police officers, entered the... | 496 | 7 | 2 | true | majority opinion | reversed | Criminal Procedure |
128 | 51,336 | Paul v. Davis | https://api.oyez.org/cases/1975/74-891 | 74-891 | 1975 | Paul | Davis | <p>A flyer identifying "active shoplifters" was distributed to merchants in the Louisville, Kentucky area. The flyer included a photograph of Edward C. Davis III, who had been arrestedon a shoplifting charge. When the charge was dismissed, Davis brought an action against Edgar Paul, the Louisville chief of police. Davi... | 436 | 5 | 3 | true | majority opinion | reversed | Civil Rights |
129 | 51,333 | Nebraska Press Association v. Stuart | https://api.oyez.org/cases/1975/75-817 | 75-817 | 1975 | Nebraska Press Association et al. | Hugh Stuart, Judge, District Court of Lincoln County, Nebraska et al. | <p>A Nebraska state trial judge, presiding over a widely publicized murder trial, entered an order restraining members of the press from publishing or broadcasting accounts of confessions made by the accused to the police. The judge felt that this measure was necessary to guarantee a fair trial to the accused.</p>
| 316 | 9 | 0 | true | majority opinion | reversed | First Amendment |
130 | 51,350 | Roberts v. Louisiana | https://api.oyez.org/cases/1975/75-5844 | 75-5844 | 1975 | Roberts | Louisiana | <p>Following his conviction for first-degree murder, and subsequent imposition of a death sentence, Roberts challenged the constitutionality of Louisiana's death penalty scheme. This scheme mandated the death penalty's imposition, regardless of any mercy recommendation, whenever the jury found that the defendant demons... | 1,031 | 5 | 4 | true | plurality opinion | reversed/remanded | Criminal Procedure |
131 | 51,349 | Roemer v. Board of Public Works of Maryland | https://api.oyez.org/cases/1975/74-730 | 74-730 | 1975 | John C. Roemer, III, et al. | Board of Public Works of Maryland et al. | <p>A 1971 statute enacted in Maryland authorized the payment of state funds to any private higher education institute that met a set of minimum criteria and refrained from awarding “only seminarian or theological degrees.” The grants were noncategorical, but they could not be used for sectarian purposes, as per a 1972 ... | 1,072 | 5 | 4 | false | plurality opinion | affirmed | First Amendment |
132 | 51,351 | Michelin Tire Corporation v. Wages | https://api.oyez.org/cases/1975/74-1396 | 74-1396 | 1975 | Michelin Tire Corporation | Wages | <p>The Michelin Tire Corporation (MTC) operated a warehouse in Gwinnett County, Georgia, in which products imported from France and Nova Scotia were stored for later distribution. The County levied a nondiscriminatory ad valorem property tax on the goods (a percent of the property's value). MTC claimed that the content... | 552 | 8 | 0 | false | majority opinion | affirmed | Economic Activity |
133 | 51,355 | United States v. Watson | https://api.oyez.org/cases/1975/74-538 | 74-538 | 1975 | United States | Henry Ogle Watson | <p>On August 17, 1972, a postal inspector received information from an informant that the respondent, Henry Ogle Watson, was in possession of stolen credit cards. The informant had provided the inspector with reliable information in the past, and, later that day, provided the inspector with a stolen card. The inspector... | 1,410 | 6 | 2 | true | majority opinion | reversed | Criminal Procedure |
134 | 51,363 | United States v. Miller | https://api.oyez.org/cases/1975/74-1179 | 74-1179 | 1975 | United States | Mitch Miller | <p>Mitch Miller was charged of carrying alcohol distilling equipment and whiskey on which liquor tax had not been paid. The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms (ATF) issued subpoenas to two of Miller's banks, The Citizens & Southern National Bank of Warner Robins and the Bank of Byron requesting records of Mil... | 682 | 7 | 2 | true | majority opinion | reversed/remanded | Criminal Procedure |
135 | 51,365 | Time, Inc. v. Firestone | https://api.oyez.org/cases/1975/74-944 | 74-944 | 1975 | Time, Inc. | Mary Alice Firestone | <p>Mary Alice Firestone filed for divorce from her husband, an heir to the Firestone Tires fortune. He counterclaimed alleging “extreme cruelty and adultery”. The court granted the divorce with an ambiguous decree that did not specify the grounds. Time Magazine printed an article reporting that Firestone’s extreme ... | 634 | 6 | 2 | true | majority opinion | vacated/remanded | First Amendment |
136 | 51,368 | Mathews v. Eldridge | https://api.oyez.org/cases/1975/74-204 | 74-204 | 1975 | Mathews | Eldridge | <p>George Eldridge, who had originally been deemed disabled due to chronic anxiety and back strain, was informed by letter that his disability status was ending and that his benefits would be terminated. Social Security Administration procedures provided for ample notification and an evidentiary hearing before a final ... | 498 | 6 | 2 | true | majority opinion | reversed | Civil Rights |
137 | 51,377 | Virginia State Board of Pharmacy v. Virginia Citizens Consumer Council, Inc. | https://api.oyez.org/cases/1975/74-895 | 74-895 | 1975 | Virginia State Board of Pharmacy | Virginia Citizens Consumer Council, Inc. | <p>Acting on behalf of prescription drug consumers, the Virginia Citizens Consumer Council challenged a Virginia statute that declared it unprofessional conduct for licensed pharmacists to advertise their prescription drug prices. On appeal from an adverse ruling by a three-judge District Court panel, the Supreme Court... | 378 | 7 | 1 | false | majority opinion | affirmed | First Amendment |
138 | 51,373 | Buckley v. Valeo | https://api.oyez.org/cases/1975/75-436 | 75-436 | 1975 | Buckley | Valeo | <p>In the wake of the Watergate affair, Congress attempted to ferret out corruption in political campaigns by restricting financial contributions to candidates. Among other things, the law set limits on the amount of money an individual could contribute to a single campaign and it required reporting of contributions ab... | 424 | 7 | 1 | true | per curiam | reversed in-part | First Amendment |
139 | 51,383 | Bellotti v. Baird | https://api.oyez.org/cases/1975/75-73 | 75-73 | 1975 | Frances Bellotti, Attorney General of Massachusetts et al. | William Baird et al. | <p>Massachusetts enacted a law specifying consent requirements for unmarried minors seeking abortions. William Baird, on behalf of an abortion counseling organization, Parents Aid Society, filed a class action under the Fourteenth Amendment challenging the statute against state Attorney General Frances Bellotti and all... | 768 | 9 | 0 | true | majority opinion | vacated/remanded | Judicial Power |
140 | 51,384 | Transamerican Freight Lines, Inc. v. Brada Miller Freight Systems, Inc. | https://api.oyez.org/cases/1975/74-54 | 74-54 | 1975 | Transamerican Freight Lines, Inc. | Brada Miller Freight Systems, Inc. | <p>In 1968, Brada Miller Freight Systems, Inc. (Brada Miller) agreed to lease a tractor and trailer operated by its employee-driver, H. L. Hardrick, to fellow licensed motor carrier Transamerican Freight Lines, Inc. (Transamerican) for a shipment from Detroit, Michigan, to Kansas City, Missouri. The agreement stated th... | 1,450 | 9 | 0 | true | majority opinion | reversed/remanded | Economic Activity |
141 | 51,395 | Washington v. Davis | https://api.oyez.org/cases/1975/74-1492 | 74-1492 | 1975 | Washington | Davis | <p>After the applications of two blacks were rejected by the District of Columbia Police Department, the two men filed suit against Mayor Walter E. Washington. The men alleged that the Department's recruiting procedures, including a written personnel test, discriminated against racial minorities. They claimed that the ... | 422 | 7 | 2 | true | majority opinion | reversed | Civil Rights |
142 | 51,397 | Proffitt v. Florida | https://api.oyez.org/cases/1975/75-5706 | 75-5706 | 1975 | Proffitt | Florida | <p>Following his Florida conviction for first-degree murder and the imposition of the death penalty, Proffitt challenged the constitutionality of both his death sentence, alleging it was a "cruel and unusual" punishment, and Florida's capital-sentencing procedure, alleging is was arbitrary and capricious insofar as it ... | 739 | 7 | 2 | false | plurality opinion | affirmed | Criminal Procedure |
143 | 51,400 | Federal Power Commission v. Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Corporation | https://api.oyez.org/cases/1975/75-584 | 75-584 | 1975 | Federal Power Commission | Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Corporation | <p>Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Corporation (TGPL) proposed a plan for gas allocation among its customers to deal with a gas shortage. Under the plan, customers who used over the system-wide average would have to pay extra, and those who used less would receive a rebate. The Federal Power Commission (FPC) rejected ... | 866 | 7 | 0 | true | per curiam | vacated/remanded | Judicial Power |
144 | 51,416 | Young v. American Mini Theatres, Inc. | https://api.oyez.org/cases/1975/75-312 | 75-312 | 1975 | Coleman Young | American Mini Theatres, Inc. | <p>American Mini Theaters opened two theaters that showed adult movies in the city of Detroit. Two city ordinances enacted in 1972 prohibited the opening of adult theaters within 1,000 feet of other buildings with "regulated uses" or within 500 feet of any residential district. American Mini sued city officials challen... | 809 | 5 | 4 | true | majority opinion | reversed | First Amendment |
145 | 51,412 | Runyon v. McCrary | https://api.oyez.org/cases/1975/75-62 | 75-62 | 1975 | Russell L. Runyon et al. | Michael McCrary et al. | <p>Michael McCrary and Colin Gonzales were black children who were denied admission to Bobbe's School. Gonzales was also denied admission to Fairfax- Brewster School. McCrary and Gonzales's parents filed a class action against the schools, suspecting the denials were due to their children's race. A federal district cou... | 515 | 7 | 2 | false | majority opinion | affirmed | Civil Rights |
146 | 51,419 | Hampton v. United States | https://api.oyez.org/cases/1975/74-5822 | 74-5822 | 1975 | Charles Hampton | United States | <p>Jules Hutton was a Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) informant that made the acquaintance of Charles Hampton. According to the government, Hampton told Hutton that he could acquire heroin and was willing to sell it. Hutton replied that he would find a buyer and orchestrate a sale. Hampton and Hutton arranged two appoint... | 1,023 | 5 | 3 | false | plurality opinion | affirmed | Criminal Procedure |
147 | 51,426 | South Dakota v. Opperman | https://api.oyez.org/cases/1975/75-76 | 75-76 | 1975 | South Dakota | Opperman | <p>The respondent, Donald Opperman, left his car unattended in a prohibited parking space in violation of local ordinances in Vermillion, South Dakota. He received two parking tickets from local police officers, and as a result, his vehicle was subsequently inspected and impounded. At the impound lot, a police officer ... | 749 | 5 | 4 | true | majority opinion | reversed/remanded | Criminal Procedure |
148 | 51,429 | United States v. Martinez-Fuerte | https://api.oyez.org/cases/1975/74-1560 | 74-1560 | 1975 | United States | Martinez-Fuerte | <p>Martinez-Fuerte and others were charged with transporting illegal Mexican aliens. They were stopped at a routine fixed checkpoint for brief questioning of the vehicle's occupants on a major highway not far from the Mexican border.</p>
| 238 | 7 | 2 | true | majority opinion | reversed/remanded | Criminal Procedure |
149 | 51,445 | Stone v. Powell | https://api.oyez.org/cases/1975/74-1055 | 74-1055 | 1975 | Stone | Powell | <p>Lloyd Powell was convicted of murder by a California court. Powell sought relief in federal district court by filing a writ of federal habeas corpus. Powell claimed that the search that uncovered the murder weapon was unlawful and that the evidence should have been inadmissible at trial. This case was decided togeth... | 346 | 6 | 3 | true | majority opinion | reversed | Criminal Procedure |
150 | 51,448 | Woodson v. North Carolina | https://api.oyez.org/cases/1975/75-5491 | 75-5491 | 1975 | Woodson | North Carolina | <p>The state of North Carolina enacted legislation that made the death penalty mandatory for all convicted first-degree murderers. Consequently, when James Woodson was found guilty of such an offense, he was automatically sentenced to death. Woodson challenged the law, which was upheld by the Supreme Court of North Car... | 665 | 5 | 4 | true | plurality opinion | reversed/remanded | Criminal Procedure |
151 | 51,449 | Jurek v. Texas | https://api.oyez.org/cases/1975/75-5394 | 75-5394 | 1975 | Jurek | Texas | <p>After his conviction by a Texas trial court for murder and the imposition of the death penalty, Jurek challenged the constitutionality of both his death sentence, alleging it was a "cruel and unusual" punishment, and the state's capital-sentencing procedure, alleging it would result in arbitrary and "freakish" impos... | 697 | 7 | 2 | false | plurality opinion | affirmed | Criminal Procedure |
152 | 51,461 | Imbler v. Pachtman | https://api.oyez.org/cases/1975/74-5435 | 74-5435 | 1975 | Paul Imbler | Richard Pachtman | <p>In 1961, Morris Hasson, a Los Angeles grocery store manager, was shot and killed during a robbery attempt. Paul Imbler was convicted of the murder after three eyewitnesses identified him as the gunman. After the trial, the prosecutor, Deputy District Attorney Richard Pachtman, wrote to the Governor of California and... | 1,233 | 8 | 0 | false | majority opinion | affirmed | Civil Rights |
153 | 51,472 | Massachusetts Board of Retirement v. Murgia | https://api.oyez.org/cases/1975/74-1044 | 74-1044 | 1975 | Massachusetts Board of Retirement | Murgia | <p>Robert Murgia, although he was in excellent physical and mental health, was forced to retire at age fifty according to state law. Murgia had been a uniformed officer in the state police force. Murgia successfully challenged the mandatory retirement law in district court.</p>
| 279 | 7 | 1 | true | per curiam | reversed | Civil Rights |
154 | 51,471 | Hortonville Independent School District No. 1 v. Hortonville Education Association | https://api.oyez.org/cases/1975/74-1606 | 74-1606 | 1975 | Hortonville Independent School District No. 1 et al. | Hortonville Education Association et al. | <p>Teachers at the Hortonville Joint School District went on strike when negotiations over employment contracts broke down. Wisconsin law prohibited strikes by public employees. The School District invited the teachers to return to work several times, and a few teachers accepted the offer. After about two weeks of stri... | 1,485 | 6 | 3 | true | majority opinion | reversed/remanded | Due Process |
155 | 51,473 | Michigan v. Moseley | https://api.oyez.org/cases/1975/74-653 | 74-653 | 1975 | State of Michigan | Richard Bert Mosley | <p>On April 8, 1971, Richard Mosley was arrested in Detroit in connection with robberies that had occurred at two local restaurants. Mosley was taken to police headquarters, where he was informed of his Miranda rights to remain silent and to have an attorney present. After Mosley signed the police department’s constitu... | 1,512 | 6 | 2 | true | majority opinion | vacated/remanded | Criminal Procedure |
156 | 51,491 | General Electric Company v. Gilbert | https://api.oyez.org/cases/1975/74-1589 | 74-1589 | 1975 | General Electric Company | Martha V. Gilbert, et al. | <p>General Electric Co. offered its employees a disability plan for non-occupational sicknesses and accidents, but the plan did not cover disabilities from pregnancy. The respondents, a class of female employees of General Electric Company, sued their employer for sex discrimination in violation of Title VII of the Civ... | 461 | 6 | 3 | true | majority opinion | reversed | Civil Rights |
157 | 51,495 | Kerr v. United States Dist. Court for Northern Dist. of Cal. | https://api.oyez.org/cases/1975/74-1023 | 74-1023 | 1975 | Henry W. Kerr | United States Dist. Court for Northern Dist. of Cal. | <p>Seven prisoners in the custody of the California Department of Corrections sued the United States District Court for the Northern District Court of California and alleged the manner in which the California Adult Authority determined the length and conditions of punishment for convicted criminal offenders violated th... | 1,316 | 8 | 0 | false | majority opinion | affirmed | Criminal Procedure |
158 | 51,498 | Gregg v. Georgia | https://api.oyez.org/cases/1975/74-6257 | 74-6257 | 1975 | Gregg | Georgia | <p>A jury found Gregg guilty of armed robbery and murder and sentenced him to death. On appeal, the Georgia Supreme Court affirmed the death sentence except as to its imposition for the robbery conviction. Gregg challenged his remaining death sentence for murder, claiming that his capital sentence was a "cruel and unus... | 735 | 7 | 2 | false | plurality opinion | affirmed | Criminal Procedure |
159 | 51,496 | Planned Parenthood of Central Missouri v. Danforth | https://api.oyez.org/cases/1975/74-1151 | 74-1151 | 1975 | Planned Parenthood of Central Missouri, David Hall. M.D., and Michael Freiman, M.D. | John C. Danforth, Attorney General of New Jersey; and J. Brendan Ryan, Circuit Attorney of the City of St. Louis, Missouri | <p>About a year after the Supreme Court decided <em>Roe v. Wade</em>, the State of Missouri passed a law regulating abortions in the state. Planned Parenthood of Missouri and two doctors who supervised abortions at Planned Parenthood sued to prevent enforcement of certain parts of the law. The challenged parts of the l... | 1,515 | 5 | 4 | true | majority opinion | reversed in-part/remanded | Privacy |
160 | 51,512 | Wooley v. Maynard | https://api.oyez.org/cases/1976/75-1453 | 75-1453 | 1976 | Wooley | Maynard | <p>A New Hampshire law required all noncommercial vehicles to bear license plates containing the state motto "Live Free or Die." George Maynard, a Jehovah's Witness, found the motto to be contrary to his religious and political beliefs and cut the words "or Die" off his plate. Maynard was convicted of violating the sta... | 385 | 6 | 3 | false | majority opinion | affirmed | First Amendment |
161 | 51,514 | Milliken v. Bradley | https://api.oyez.org/cases/1976/76-447 | 76-447 | 1976 | William G. Milliken, Governor of Michigan et al. | Ronald Bradley et al. | <p>In _Milliken v. Bradley (1973) _, the Court ruled that an inter-district desegregation plan in the city of Detroit was impermissible and remanded the case to the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan. The District Court ordered remedial education programs be instituted within the Detroit ... | 562 | 9 | 0 | false | majority opinion | affirmed | Civil Rights |
162 | 51,521 | Nixon v. Administrator of General Services | https://api.oyez.org/cases/1976/75-1605 | 75-1605 | 1976 | Richard M. Nixon | Administrator of General Services | <p>Richard M. Nixon resigned as President of the United States on August 9, 1974, leaving in government custody approximately 42 million pages of documents, 880 reels of tape recordings of conversations, and other materials. Soon after, Nixon executed a depository agreement with the Administrator of General Services Ad... | 1,572 | 7 | 2 | false | majority opinion | affirmed | First Amendment |
163 | 51,524 | Moore v. City of East Cleveland | https://api.oyez.org/cases/1976/75-6289 | 75-6289 | 1976 | Moore | City of East Cleveland | <p>East Cleveland's housing ordinance limited occupancy of a dwelling unit to members of a single family. Part of the ordinance was a strict definition of "family" which excluded Mrs. Inez Moore who lived with her son and two grandsons.</p>
| 241 | 5 | 4 | true | plurality opinion | reversed | Economic Activity |
164 | 51,528 | United States v. Antelope | https://api.oyez.org/cases/1976/75-661 | 75-661 | 1976 | United States | Gabriel Francis Antelope, et al. | <p>On February 18, 1974, three enrolled Couer d’Alene Indians—William Davison, Gabriel Francis Antelope, and Leonard Davison—broke into the home of 81-year-old Emma Johnson, robbed her, and killed her. Because the crimes were committed on an Indian reservation, the three were subject to federal prosecution under the Ma... | 835 | 9 | 0 | true | majority opinion | reversed/remanded | Civil Rights |
165 | 51,534 | Bounds v. Smith | https://api.oyez.org/cases/1976/75-915 | 75-915 | 1976 | Vernon Lee Bounds; Commission, State Department of Corrections; Stanley Blackledge, Warden, Cetral State Prison; R. L. Turner, Superintendent of Odom Correctional Institution et al. | Robert (Bobby) Smith, Donald W. Morgan, John Harrington et al. | <p>The North Carolina Department of Correction (“DoC”) had custody of approximately 10,000 prisoners housed in 80 prison units in 67 different counties. The only unit having a writ room and some semblance of a legal library was the Central Prison in Raleigh. Robert Smith, Donald W. Morgan, and John Harrington were all ... | 1,665 | 6 | 3 | false | majority opinion | affirmed | Due Process |
166 | 51,538 | Oregon v. Mathiason | https://api.oyez.org/cases/1976/76-201 | 76-201 | 1976 | Oregon | Carl Mathiason | <p>An Oregon state police officer suspected Carl Mathiason of burglary and asked him to come to the police station for questioning. Mathiason came freely, spoke with the officer, and was not arrested at the time. He was arrested later and a trial court used evidence obtained during the questioning to convict him. Mathi... | 720 | 6 | 3 | true | per curiam | reversed/remanded | Criminal Procedure |
167 | 51,546 | Dothard v. Rawlinson | https://api.oyez.org/cases/1976/76-422 | 76-422 | 1976 | E.C. Dothard, Director, Dept. of Public Safety of Alabama | Dianne Rawlinson et al. | <p>Dianne Rawlinson applied to be a prison guard with the Alabama Department of Corrections. The Department had a minimum height and weight requirement of 120 pounds and 5 feet 2 inches. Rawlinson did not meet the minimum weight requirement, so the Department refused to hire her. Rawlinson sued on behalf of herself ... | 796 | 7 | 2 | true | majority opinion | reversed in-part/remanded | Civil Rights |
168 | 51,551 | Poelker v. Doe | https://api.oyez.org/cases/1976/75-442 | 75-442 | 1976 | Poelker | Doe | <p>A St. Louis policy prohibited non-therapeutic abortions in the city's two publicly run hospitals.</p>
| 105 | 6 | 3 | true | per curiam | reversed/remanded | Privacy |
169 | 51,555 | City of Philadelphia v. New Jersey | https://api.oyez.org/cases/1976/75-1150 | 75-1150 | 1976 | City of Philadelphia et al. | New Jersey et al. | <p>A New Jersey statute prohibited the importation of solid or liquid waste into the state, except for garbage for swine feed. The City of Philadelphia challenged the statute, alleging it was unconstitutional under the Commerce clause of Article I and pre-empted by the Solid Waste Disposal Act of 1965. The New Jersey S... | 430 | 5 | 4 | true | per curiam | vacated/remanded | Economic Activity |
170 | 51,556 | Coker v. Georgia | https://api.oyez.org/cases/1976/75-5444 | 75-5444 | 1976 | Coker | Georgia | <p>In 1974, Erlich Anthony Coker, serving a number of sentences for murder, rape, kidnapping, and assault, escaped from prison. He broke into a Georgia couple's home, raped the woman and stole the family's car. The woman was released shortly thereafter, without further injuries. The Georgia courts sentenced Coker to de... | 348 | 7 | 2 | true | plurality opinion | reversed/remanded | Criminal Procedure |
171 | 51,564 | Bates v. State Bar of Arizona | https://api.oyez.org/cases/1976/76-316 | 76-316 | 1976 | Bates | State Bar of Arizona | <p>In regulating the Arizona Bar, the Supreme Court of Arizona restricted advertising by attorneys. Bates was a partner in a law firm which sought to provide low-cost legal services to people of moderate income who did not qualify for public legal aid. Bates and his firm would only accept routine legal matters (many of... | 588 | 5 | 4 | true | majority opinion | reversed in-part | Attorneys |
172 | 51,565 | Beal v. Doe | https://api.oyez.org/cases/1976/75-554 | 75-554 | 1976 | Beal | Doe | <p>In the wake of the Court's decision in Roe v. Wade, abortion opponents turned to state and local legislators in an effort to curb the practice of abortion. This case involved a Pennsylvania law which restricted Medicaid-funded abortions only to indigent women in situations in which a doctor determined the procedure ... | 349 | 6 | 3 | true | majority opinion | reversed/remanded | Privacy |
173 | 51,569 | Hunt v. Washington State Apple Advertising Commission | https://api.oyez.org/cases/1976/76-63 | 76-63 | 1976 | Hunt | Washington State Apple Advertising Commission | <p>In 1972, the North Carolina Board of Agriculture adopted a regulation that required all apples shipped into the state in closed containers to display the USDA grade or nothing at all. Washington State growers (whose standards are higher than the USDA) challenged the regulation as an unreasonable burden to interstate... | 478 | 8 | 0 | false | majority opinion | affirmed | Economic Activity |
174 | 51,584 | Hazelwood School District v. United States | https://api.oyez.org/cases/1976/76-255 | 76-255 | 1976 | Hazelwood School District; C. O. McDonald, Superintendent; Robert Bischof, Robert Coleman, Dorothy Smith, Charles Sweeney, Donald Mattox and Milton Strauss, Members of the Board of Education of the Hazelwood School District | United States | <p>The U.S. Attorney General sued Hazelwood School District, alleging a “pattern or practice” of discrimination against African Americans in hiring teachers. This violated Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The government provided statistical evidence of the number of African American teachers hired. The distri... | 946 | 8 | 1 | true | majority opinion | vacated/remanded | Civil Rights |
175 | 51,587 | Continental T. V., Inc. v. GTE Sylvania Inc. | https://api.oyez.org/cases/1976/76-15 | 76-15 | 1976 | Continental T. V., Inc., et al. | GTE Sylvania Inc. | <p>In 1962, GTE Sylvania Incorporated (Sylvania) enacted a plan that limited the number of franchises in any given geographical area to which they would sell televisions. Three years later, Sylvania franchised a San Francisco area company, Young Brothers, which was located only one mile from one of their existing franc... | 1,699 | 6 | 2 | false | majority opinion | affirmed | Economic Activity |
176 | 51,599 | Zacchini v. Scripps-Howard Broadcasting Company | https://api.oyez.org/cases/1976/76-577 | 76-577 | 1976 | Zacchini | Scripps-Howard Broadcasting Company | <p>Hugo Zacchini performed a "human cannonball" act, in which he was shot from a cannon into a net 200 feet away. A free-lance reporter for Scripps-Howard Broadcasting Co. recorded the performance in its entirety without consent and it aired on the nightly news. Subsequently, Zacchini sued Scripps-Howard, alleging the ... | 819 | 5 | 4 | true | majority opinion | reversed | First Amendment |
177 | 51,597 | Brewer v. Williams | https://api.oyez.org/cases/1976/74-1263 | 74-1263 | 1976 | Lou V. Brewer, Warden of the Iowa State Penitentiary | Robert Anthony Williams aka Anthony Erthel Williams | <p>Robert Williams escaped from a mental hospital and lived at the Des Moines YMCA. Soon thereafter, a 10-year-old girl disappeared from the YMCA while at her brother’s wrestling match. A boy in the parking lot saw Williams carrying a large bundle to his car with two “skinny and white” legs in it. The next day, poli... | 1,768 | 5 | 4 | false | majority opinion | affirmed | Criminal Procedure |
178 | 51,602 | Maher v. Roe | https://api.oyez.org/cases/1976/75-1440 | 75-1440 | 1976 | Maher | Roe | <p>In the wake of Roe v. Wade, the Connecticut Welfare Department issued regulations limiting state Medicaid benefits for first-trimester abortions to those that were "medically necessary." An indigent woman ("Susan Roe") challenged the regulations and sued Edward Maher, the Commissioner of Social Services in Connectic... | 328 | 6 | 3 | true | majority opinion | reversed/remanded | Privacy |
179 | 51,606 | United States v. Lovasco | https://api.oyez.org/cases/1976/75-1844 | 75-1844 | 1976 | United States | Eugene Lovasco | <p>On March 6, 1975, federal prosecutors indicted Eugene Lovasco for the possession of stolen firearms and for dealing in firearms without a license. The indictment alleged that Lovasco committed the offenses between July 25 and August 31, 1973—more than 18 months before the prosecutors filed the indictment. Lovasco mo... | 736 | 8 | 1 | true | majority opinion | reversed | Criminal Procedure |
180 | 51,609 | Whalen v. Roe | https://api.oyez.org/cases/1976/75-839 | 75-839 | 1976 | Whalen | Roe | <p>In 1972, the state legislature enacted the New York State Controlled Substances Act. The Act required doctors to fill out forms for potentially harmful prescription drugs. The prescribing doctor kept one copy, while another copy was sent to the dispensing pharmacy and a third copy was sent to the state department of... | 419 | 9 | 0 | true | majority opinion | reversed | Privacy |
181 | 51,612 | Complete Auto Transit Inc. v. Brady | https://api.oyez.org/cases/1976/76-29 | 76-29 | 1976 | Complete Auto Transit Inc. | Brady | <p>Complete Auto Transit was a Michigan corporation doing business in Mississippi. Complete shipped cars into the state where they were distributed for sale. Mississippi imposed a tax on transportation companies for the "privilege of doing business" in the state. The tax was applied equally to businesses involved in in... | 353 | 9 | 0 | false | majority opinion | affirmed | Economic Activity |
182 | 51,616 | National Socialist Party of America v. Village of Skokie | https://api.oyez.org/cases/1976/76-1786 | 76-1786 | 1976 | National Socialist Party of America | Village of Skokie | <p>The village of Skokie, Illinois had a population of approximately 70,000 persons, of whom approximately 40,500 were Jewish. Included within this population were thousands who survived detention in Nazi concentration camps. On March 20, 1977, Frank Collin, the leader of the National Socialist ("Nazi") Party of Americ... | 2,360 | 5 | 4 | true | per curiam | reversed/remanded | First Amendment |
183 | 51,623 | E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Company v. Train | https://api.oyez.org/cases/1976/75-978 | 75-978 | 1976 | E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company et al. | Russell E. Train, Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency, et al. | <p>In 1972, Congress passed the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (Act), which gave the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) the power to enact regulations to limit the amount of pollution that manufacturing plants could discharge. In exercising that power, the Administrator of the EPA created groups made up of simi... | 1,364 | 8 | 0 | false | majority opinion | affirmed | Economic Activity |
184 | 51,627 | Ingraham v. Wright | https://api.oyez.org/cases/1976/75-6527 | 75-6527 | 1976 | James Ingraham, Roosevelt Andrews | Willie J. Wright, Lemmie Deliford, Solomon Barnes, Edward L. Whigham | <p>On October 1, 1970, Assistant Principal Solomon Barnes applied corporal punishment to Roosevelt Andrews and fifteen other boys in a restroom at Charles R. Drew Junior High School. A teacher had accused Andrews of tardiness, but Andrews claimed he still had two minutes to get to class when he was seized. When Andrews... | 2,143 | 5 | 4 | false | majority opinion | affirmed | Criminal Procedure |
185 | 51,629 | Califano v. Goldfarb | https://api.oyez.org/cases/1976/75-699 | 75-699 | 1976 | Joseph Califano, Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare | Leon Goldfarb | <p>Leon Goldfarb was a widower who applied for survivor's benefits under the Social Security Act. Even though his wife Hannah had paid Social Security taxes for 25 years, his application was denied. To be eligible for benefits under 42 U.S.C. Section 402, he must have been receiving half his support from his wife at he... | 705 | 5 | 4 | false | plurality opinion | affirmed | Civil Rights |
186 | 51,648 | Trimble v. Gordon | https://api.oyez.org/cases/1976/75-5952 | 75-5952 | 1976 | Trimble | Gordon | <p>Section 12 of the Illinois Probate Act, while allowing legitimate children to inherit by intestate succession from either their mothers or fathers, allowed illegitimate children to inherit by intestate succession only from their mothers. Consequently, Deta Trimble, the illegitimate daughter of Sherman Gordon, was un... | 495 | 5 | 4 | true | majority opinion | reversed/remanded | Civil Rights |
187 | 51,656 | Village of Arlington Heights v. Metropolitan Housing Development Corporation | https://api.oyez.org/cases/1976/75-616 | 75-616 | 1976 | Village of Arlington Heights | Metropolitan Housing Development Corporation | <p>The Metropolitan Housing Development Corp. (MHDC) contracted with the Village of Arlington Heights ("Arlington") to build racially integrated low-and moderate-income housing. When MHDC applied for the necessary zoning permits, authorizing a switch from a single-to a multiple-family classification, Arlington's planni... | 611 | 5 | 3 | true | majority opinion | reversed/remanded | Civil Rights |
188 | 51,673 | United Jewish Organizations of Williamsburgh, Inc. v. Carey | https://api.oyez.org/cases/1976/75-104 | 75-104 | 1976 | United Jewish Organizations of Williamsburgh, Inc. | Carey | <p>Congress provided in Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act that reapportionment plans of several states were to be submitted to the U.S. attorney general or the District Court of the District of Columbia for approval. Several districts in New York were restructured to create districts with a minimum nonwhite majority o... | 545 | 7 | 1 | false | plurality opinion | affirmed | Civil Rights |
189 | 51,677 | United States Trust Company of New York v. New Jersey | https://api.oyez.org/cases/1976/75-1687 | 75-1687 | 1976 | United States Trust Company of New York | New Jersey | <p>New York and New Jersey had established a Port Authority to enhance water-bound business between the two states. In 1974, the states repealed a 1962 bond agreement which limited the Authority to administer commercial and passenger railroad subsidies.</p>
| 258 | 4 | 3 | true | majority opinion | reversed | Economic Activity |
190 | 51,675 | Ward v. Illinois | https://api.oyez.org/cases/1976/76-415 | 76-415 | 1976 | Wesley Ward | Illinois | <p>In 1971, Wesley Ward was charged with selling two sadomasochistic publications at his store in violation of the Illinois obscenity statute. The statute defined material as obscene if its predominant appeal was “a shameful or morbid interest in nudity, sex or excretion” and if it goes substantially beyond customary l... | 1,151 | 5 | 4 | false | majority opinion | affirmed | First Amendment |
191 | 51,676 | Dobbert v. Florida | https://api.oyez.org/cases/1976/76-5306 | 76-5306 | 1976 | Ernest John Dobbert, Jr. | Florida | <p>In the spring of 1972, Ernest Dobbert’s son was found wandering outside a Holiday Inn in Jacksonville, Florida, with apparent signs of a beating. He told a circuit court judge that his injuries were the result of beatings from his father, that his brother and one of his sisters had been killed by his father, and tha... | 1,723 | 6 | 3 | false | majority opinion | affirmed | Criminal Procedure |
192 | 51,682 | Estelle v. Gamble | https://api.oyez.org/cases/1976/75-929 | 75-929 | 1976 | W. J. Estelle, Jr., Director, Texas Department of Corrections, Ralph Gray, Medical Director of the Texas Department of Corrections, H. H. Husbands, Warden of the Walls Unit. | J. W. Gamble | <p>J. W. Gamble was a prisoner in the Huntington Unit of the Texas prison system, also known as the “Walls Unit.” On November 9, 1973, a 600-pound bale of cotton fell on Gamble while he was working in a textile mill during a work assignment in Huntsville, Texas. He continued to work for several hours, but later became ... | 2,353 | 8 | 1 | true | majority opinion | reversed/remanded | Criminal Procedure |
193 | 51,689 | Manson v. Brathwaite | https://api.oyez.org/cases/1976/75-871 | 75-871 | 1976 | John R. Manson, Commissioner of Correction of the State of Connecticut | Nowell A. Brathwaite | <p>An undercover police officer bought drugs from a narcotics vendor. The officer saw the vendor up close for several minutes. The officer described the vendor to another officer who obtained a photograph of Nowell A. Brathwaite and gave it to the first officer. The officer identified the Brathwaite as the narcotics... | 880 | 7 | 2 | true | majority opinion | reversed | Criminal Procedure |
194 | 51,690 | Craig v. Boren | https://api.oyez.org/cases/1976/75-628 | 75-628 | 1976 | Curtis Craig and Carolyn Whitener | David Boren, Governor of Oklahoma | <p>An Oklahoma law prohibited the sale of "nonintoxicating" 3.2 percent beer to males under the age of 21 and to females under the age of 18. Curtis Craig, a male then between the ages of 18 and 21, and Carolyn Whitener, a licensed vendor challenged the law as discriminatory.</p>
| 281 | 7 | 2 | true | majority opinion | reversed | Civil Rights |
195 | 51,703 | Mt. Healthy City Bd. of Ed. v. Doyle | https://api.oyez.org/cases/1976/75-1278 | 75-1278 | 1976 | Mt. Healthy City School District Board of Education | Fred Doyle | <p>Fred Doyle was a certified teacher and employee of the Mt. Healthy City School District Board of Education from 1966 until 1971. In 1969, he was elected president of the Teachers’ Association during a period of tension between the board and the Teacher’s Association. Doyle was also involved with a series of incident... | 1,890 | 9 | 0 | true | majority opinion | vacated/remanded | First Amendment |
196 | 51,713 | Stump v. Sparkman | https://api.oyez.org/cases/1977/76-1750 | 76-1750 | 1977 | Judge Harold D. Stump | Linda Kay Spitler Sparkman | <p>In 1971 Ora Spitler McFarlin presented a petition for sterilization of her mildly mentally disabled daughter, Linda Kay Spitler Sparkman, to Judge Harold D. Stump. Judge Stump concluded sterilization was in Sparkman’s best interests due to her mental capabilities and approved the petition. The operation was performe... | 997 | 5 | 3 | true | majority opinion | reversed/remanded | Civil Rights |
197 | 51,715 | First National Bank of Boston v. Bellotti | https://api.oyez.org/cases/1977/76-1172 | 76-1172 | 1977 | First National Bank of Boston, et al. | Francis X. Bellotti, Attorney General of Massachusetts | <p>The National Bank of Boston, along with two other national banks and three corporations, wished to spend money to publicize their opposition to a ballot initiative that would permit Massachusetts to implement a graduated income tax. The Attorney General of Massachusetts informed the organizations that he intended to... | 683 | 5 | 4 | true | majority opinion | reversed | First Amendment |
198 | 51,717 | In re Primus | https://api.oyez.org/cases/1977/77-56 | 77-56 | 1977 | Edna Smith Primus | United States | <p>Edna Smith Primus was a practicing attorney who worked for a private law firm and was also affiliated with the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), a non-profit organization. She received no compensation for her work with ACLU. In her capacity as a lawyer at the private firm, Primus discovered women were being ste... | 1,365 | 7 | 1 | true | majority opinion | reversed | Attorneys |
199 | 51,718 | Mincey v. Arizona | https://api.oyez.org/cases/1977/77-5353 | 77-5353 | 1977 | Rufus Junior Mincey | Arizona | <p>On October 28, 1974, Officer Barry Headricks of the Tucson Metropolitan Area Narcotics Squad allegedly arranged to purchase a quantity of heroin from Rufus Mincey. Later, Officer Headricks knocked on the door of Mincey's apartment, accompanied by nine other plainclothes officers. Mincey’s acquaintance, John Hodgman,... | 2,204 | 9 | 0 | true | majority opinion | reversed/remanded | Criminal Procedure |
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