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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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
1955_48 | 1,955 | https://www.oyez.org/cases/1955/48 | MR. JUSTICE FRANKFURTER delivered the opinion of the Court. This case is here to review the judgment of the Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia affirming an order of the Subversive Activities Control Board that petitioner register with the Attorney General as a "Communist action" organization, as required by ... |
U.S. Supreme CourtCommunist Party v. SACB, 351 U.S. 115 (1956)Communist Party v. Subserve Activities Control BoardNo. 48Argued November 17, 1955Decided April 30, 1956351 U.S. 115Syllabus
An order of the Subversive Activities Control Board that petitioner register with the Attorney General as a "Communist action" org... | 3 | 2 |
1955_20 | 1,955 | https://www.oyez.org/cases/1955/20 | MR. JUSTICE CLARK delivered the opinion of the Court. This case concerns the tax treatment to be accorded certain transactions in commodity futures. [Footnote 1] In the Tax Court, petitioner Corn Products Refining Company contended that its purchases and sales of corn futures in 1940 and 1942 were capital asset transac... |
U.S. Supreme CourtCorn Products Refining Co. v. Commissioner, 350 U.S. 46 (1955)Corn Products Refining Co. v.Commissioner of Internal RevenueNo. 20Argued October 18, 1955Decided November 7, 1955350 U.S. 46Syllabus
Petitioner's purchases and sales of corn futures in 1940 and 1942, which, though not "true hedges," wer... | 12 | 2 |
1955_72 | 1,955 | https://www.oyez.org/cases/1955/72 | MR. JUSTICE BLACK delivered the opinion of the Court. We granted certiorari in this case to consider a single question: "May a defendant be required to stand trial and a conviction be sustained where only hearsay evidence was presented to the grand jury which indicted him?" 350 U.S. 819. Petitioner, Frank Costello, was... |
U.S. Supreme CourtCostello v. United States, 350 U.S. 359 (1956)Costello v. United StatesNo. 72. Argued January 16-17, 1956Decided March 5, 1956350 U.S. 359Syllabus
A defendant in a criminal case in a federal court may be required to stand trial, and his conviction may be sustained, where only hearsay evidence was p... | 1 | 1 |
1955_380 | 1,955 | https://www.oyez.org/cases/1955/380 | MR. CHIEF JUSTICE WARREN delivered the opinion of the Court. The application of Article VII-A, Title 3, of the New York Tax Law to the mentally incompetent ward of appellant is challenged as being repugnant to the Due Process and Equal Protection Clauses of the Fourteenth Amendment. The statute, in § 165 et seq., provi... |
U.S. Supreme CourtCovey v. Town of Somers, 351 U.S. 141 (1956)Covey v. Town of SomersNo. 380Argued March 29, 1956Decided May 7, 1956351 U.S. 141Syllabus
Under Article VII-A, Title 3, of the New York Tax Law, a town proceeded to foreclose a lien for delinquent taxes on the real estate of a long-time resident. In acc... | 4 | 2 |
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