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1955_71 | 1,955 | https://www.oyez.org/cases/1955/71 | MR. JUSTICE REED delivered the opinion of the Court. Affronti was tried in the United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri on a ten-count indictment charging him with illegal sales of narcotics. A jury found him guilty on counts two through ten, and a five-year sentence was imposed on each count, ... |
U.S. Supreme CourtAffronti v. United States, 350 U.S. 79 (1955)Affronti v. United StatesNo. 71Argued November 15, 1955Decided December 5, 1955350 U.S. 79Syllabus
Under 18 U.S.C. § 3651, after a sentence of consecutive terms on multiple counts of an indictment has been imposed and service of sentence for the first su... | 9 | 1 |
U.S. Supreme CourtAffronti v. United States, 350 U.S., 79 (1957)Affrontis v.United StatesNo. 6Argued January 18, 1957Decided March 20, 1957350 U. S. 79Syllabus
Petitioner was tried in a Federal District Court on a ten-count indictment charging him with illegal sales of narcotics. A jury found him guilty on counts t... |
1955_410 | 1,955 | https://www.oyez.org/cases/1955/410 | MR. JUSTICE MINTON delivered the opinion of the Court. Twentieth Century Airlines, Inc., was issued a letter of registration as a large irregular air carrier by the Civil Aeronautics Board in 1947. For some reason, beginning in 1951, it conducted its business under the name of North American Airlines. On March 3, 1952,... |
U.S. Supreme CourtAmerican Airlines, Inc. v. North American Airlines, Inc., 351 U.S. 79 (1956)American Airlines, Inc. v. North American Airlines, Inc.No. 410Argued March 6-7, 1956Decided April 23, 1956351 U.S. 79Syllabus
In a proceeding under § 411 of the Civil Aeronautics Act, the Civil Aeronautics Board found that... | 8 | 1 |
U.S. Supreme CourtAmerican Airlines, Inc. v. Civil Aeronautics Bd. of C.A. (1957)American Airlines Inc.Vacated and remanded to the Court of Appeals for further proceedings in the light of this Court's opinion. Pp. 351 U. S. 80-86.
97 U.SApp.D.C. 85, 228 F.2d 432, reversed and remand.
MR. JUSTICE DOUGLAS delivered t... |
1955_351 | 1,955 | https://www.oyez.org/cases/1955/351 | MR. JUSTICE DOUGLAS delivered the opinion of the Court. The sole question in the case is whether the cause of action alleged comes within the admiralty jurisdiction of the District Court. The District Court held that this was an action on a maritime contract, within the admiralty jurisdiction, 129 F. Supp. 410. The Cou... |
U.S. Supreme CourtArchawski v. Hanioti, 350 U.S. 532 (1956)Archawski v. HaniotiNo. 351Argued March 5, 1956Decided April 9, 1956350 U.S. 532Syllabus
A libel in admiralty alleged that petitioners paid moneys to respondent for transportation to Europe on respondent's vessel, and that respondent breached the contract by... | 8 | 2 |
U.S. Supreme CourtKrauss Bros. Lumber Co. v. Dimon S. S. Corp., 350 U.S., 531 (1957)Kraus Bros.Lumber Co., Ltd. vThe City of AthensNo. 543Argued January 18, 1957Decided March 20, 1957350 U. S., 532Syllabus
A libel against respondent, doing business in his own name and controlled a passenger vessel, held out that ves... |
1955_49 | 1,955 | https://www.oyez.org/cases/1955/49 | MR. JUSTICE DOUGLAS delivered the opinion of the Court. This suit, removed from a Vermont court to the District Court on grounds of diversity of citizenship, was brought for damages for the discharge of petitioner under an employment contract. At the time the contract was made, petitioner was a resident of New York. Re... |
U.S. Supreme CourtBernhardt v. Polygraphic Co. of America, Inc., 350 U.S. 198 (1956)Bernhardt v. Polygraphic Co. of America, Inc.No. 49Argued December 5, 1955Decided January 16, 1956350 U.S. 198Syllabus
Petitioner's action against respondent in a Vermont state court, for damages for the discharge of petitioner under... | 8 | 2 |
U.S. Supreme CourtUnited States Arbitration Assn., Inc. v. Tompkins, 350 U. S. 199 (1962)United States arbitration association v.TompkinsNo. 7Argued January 18, 1962Decided March 20, 1962375 U.S.]Syllabus
Petitioner was a resident of New York, where he was to perform his duties under a New York employment contract. ... |
1955_60 | 1,955 | https://www.oyez.org/cases/1955/60 | MR. JUSTICE HARLAN delivered the opinion of the Court. Petitioner was charged, in a three-count indictment, with wilfully attempting to evade federal income taxes for 1951, 1952, and 1953 by filing with the Collector "false and fraudulent" tax returns, "in violation of Section 145(b), Title 26, United States Code." [Fo... |
U.S. Supreme CourtBerra v. United States, 351 U.S. 131 (1956)Berra v. United StatesNo. 60Argued March 26, 1956Decided April 30, 1956351 U.S. 131Syllabus
Petitioner was indicted for wilfully attempting to evade federal income taxes by filing with the Collector "false and fraudulent" tax returns in violation of 26 U.S... | 1 | 1 |
U.S. Supreme CourtUnited States v. United States, 351 U. S. 132 (1957)United Statesv. United StateNo. 5Argued March 23, 1957Decided April 21, 1957351 U.S. 132Syllabus
Petitioner was charged with wilfully attempting to evade federal income taxes by filing with the Collector "false and fraudulent" tax returns, in viol... |
1955_92 | 1,955 | https://www.oyez.org/cases/1955/92 | MR. JUSTICE CLARK delivered the opinion of the Court. In 1949, Mrs. Doris Walker was discharged from her job at Cutter Laboratories, a manufacturer of pharmaceutical and biological products, on the claimed grounds that she was an active member of the Communist Party and had falsified her application for employment ther... |
U.S. Supreme CourtBlack v. Cutter Laboratories, 351 U.S. 292 (1956)Black v. Cutter LaboratoriesNo. 92Argued April 26, 1956Decided June 4, 1956351 U.S. 292Syllabus
A corporation manufacturing pharmaceutical and biological products in California discharged an employee on the grounds that she was an active member of th... | 9 | 1 |
U.S. Supreme CourtWalker Laboratories, Inc. v. United States, 479 U. S. 1 (1957)Walker Laboratories., Inc.v.United StatesNo. 7Argued January 18, 1957Decided February 24, 1957479 U.S., 479U. S..1Syllabus
In 1949, Mrs. Walker was discharged from her job at Cutter Laboratories, a manufacturer of pharmaceutical and biol... |
1955_110 | 1,955 | https://www.oyez.org/cases/1955/110 | MR. JUSTICE BLACK delivered the opinion of the Court. 18 U.S.C. § 401(2) empowers a court of the United States to punish as contempt "Misbehavior of any of its Page 350 U. S. 400 officers in their official transactions. . . ." [Footnote 1] |
U.S. Supreme CourtCammer v. United States, 350 U.S. 399 (1956)Cammer v. United StatesNo. 110Argued January 24, 1956Decided March 12, 1956350 U.S. 399Syllabus
A lawyer is not the kind of "officer" who can be tried summarily for contempt under 18 U.S.C. § 401(2), which empowers a court of the United States to punish a... | 1 | 2 |
U.S. Supreme CourtUnited States v. United States, 350 U. S. 400 (1962)United Statesv.United StatesNo. 476Argued January 18, 1962Decided March 20, 1962360 U.S."Syllabus
Appellant, an officer of a Federal District Court, was convicted of "Misbehavior of any of its officers in their official transactions," and sentence... |
1955_76 | 1,955 | https://www.oyez.org/cases/1955/76 | MR. JUSTICE BURTON delivered the opinion of the Court. This is a multiple claims action in which the District Court entered a judgment disposing of but one claim. Pursuant to Rule 54(b) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, as amended in 1946, [Footnote 1] that court expressly determined that there was no just reaso... |
U.S. Supreme CourtCold Metal Process Co. v. United Co., 351 U.S. 445 (1956)Cold Metal Process Co. v. United Engineering & Foundry Co.No. 76Argued February 28, 1956Decided June 11, 1956351 U.S. 445Syllabus
In a multiple claims action, the Federal District Court, pursuant to Rule 54(b) of the Federal Rules of Civil Pr... | 9 | 2 |
U.S. Supreme CourtCold Metal Process Co. v. United Engineering & Foundry Co., 351 U. S. 446 (1957)ColdMetal Process Co., a multiple claims action in which the District Court entered a judgment disposing of but one claim. Pursuant to Rule 54(b) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, as amended in 1946, that court e... |
1955_442 | 1,955 | https://www.oyez.org/cases/1955/442 | Opinion of the Court by MR. JUSTICE HARLAN, announced by MR. JUSTICE BURTON. This case presents the question of the meaning of the term "national security" as used in the Act of August 26, 1950, giving to the heads of certain departments and agencies of the Government summary suspension and unreviewable dismissal power... |
U.S. Supreme CourtCole v. Young, 351 U.S. 536 (1956)Cole v. YoungNo. 442Argued March 6, 1956Decided June 11, 1956351 U.S. 536Syllabus
The Act of August 26, 1950, gave to the heads of certain departments and agencies of the Government summary suspension and unreviewable dismissal powers over their civilian employees,... | 3 | 2 |
U.S. Supreme CourtCommissioner v. United States, 351 U.S.. 538 (1957)Commissioner of Health, Education, and Welfare v.United StatesNo. 5Argued January 18, 1957Decided March 20, 1957351 U. S. 538Syllabus
Petitioner, a preference-eligible veteran under § 2 of the Veterans' Preference Act of 1944, held a position in th... |
1955_523 | 1,955 | https://www.oyez.org/cases/1955/523 | MR. JUSTICE FRANKFURTER delivered the opinion of the Court. Adolphus Henry Collins was killed in an accident near Ehrenburg, Arizona, on September 30, 1953. The accident resulted from the blowout of a tire on an American Buslines' vehicle which Collins was driving on a regular run from Phoenix to Los Angeles. Collins h... |
U.S. Supreme CourtCollins v. American Buslines, Inc., 350 U.S. 528 (1956)Collins v. American Buslines, Inc.No. 523Argued March 29, 1956Decided April 9, 1956350 U.S. 528Syllabus
The widow and child of a bus driver applied for compensation under the Arizona Workmen's Compensation Act for his accidental death while dri... | 8 | 2 |
U.S. Supreme CourtArizona Industrial Comm'n v. American Buslines, 350 U. S. 529 (1957)Arizona Industrial Commission of Arizona v.American BuslinesNo. 7Argued January 18, 1957Decided March 20, 1957350 U.S.* 529Syllabus
Petitioners, a bus driver and his wife, made their home in California in which State Collins was co... |
1955_373 | 1,955 | https://www.oyez.org/cases/1955/373 | MR. JUSTICE BLACK delivered the opinion of the Court. This case involves the federal income tax liability of respondent LoBue for the years 1946 and 1947. From 1941 to 1947, LoBue was manager of the New York Sales Division of the Michigan Chemical Corporation, a producer and distributor of chemical supplies. In 1944, t... |
U.S. Supreme CourtCommissioner v. LoBue, 351 U.S. 243 (1956)Commissioner of Internal Revenue v. LoBueNo. 373Argued March 6, 1956Decided May 28, 1956351 U.S. 243Syllabus
In recognition of his "contribution and efforts in making the operation of the Company successful," a corporation gave an employee options to purch... | 12 | 2 |
U.S. Supreme CourtCommissioner v. LoBue, 351 U.S., 242 (1957)Commissioner of Internal Revenue v.LoBueNo. 5Argued January 18, 1957Decided March 20, 1957351 U. S. 244Syllabus
Respondent, manager of the New York Sales Division of a chemical corporation, was awarded a stock option plan making 10,000 shares of its common... |
1955_286 | 1,955 | https://www.oyez.org/cases/1955/286 | MR. JUSTICE CLARK delivered the opinion of the Court. The Southwest Exploration Co., respondent in No. 286, contracted to develop certain oil deposits lying off the coast of California by whipstock drilling from sites located on the property of adjacent upland owners. Southwest agreed to pay to such owners 24 1/2% of t... |
U.S. Supreme CourtCommissioner v. Southwest Exploration Co., 350 U.S. 308 (1956)Commissioner of Internal Revenue v. Southwest Exploration Co.Argued January 23-24, 1956Decided February 27, 1956*350 U.S. 308Syllabus
A drilling company contracted to develop certain oil deposits lying off the coast of California by slan... | 12 | 2 |
U.S. Supreme CourtSouthwest Exploration Co., Inc. v. Huntington Beach Co., 350 U. S. 310 (1957)Southwest exploration Co., inc. v., Huntington Beach County, Inc.No. 286Argued January 18, 1957Decided March 21, 1957350 U.S. 310Syllabus
A party essential to the drilling for and extraction of oil has made an indispensabl... |
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