State Constitutional and Statutory Provisions
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STATE CONSTITUTIONAL AND STATUTORY
PROVISIONS AND MUNICIPAL ORDINANCES
HELD UNCONSTITUTIONAL ON THEIR
FACE OR AS ADMINISTERED
(1789-1992)
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STATE ACTS HELD UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Hereinafter presented are brief summaries of Supreme Court decisions
in which provisions of state constitutions, statutes, and municipal
ordinances were found to be unconstitutional either in substance or as
enforced, including provisions which conflicted with federal legislative
acts and were therefore void because of the supremacy clause. Appended
thereto are the names of the Justices who concurred in, and dissented
from, such rulings. The names of the Justices have not been set forth
when their decisions were unanimous.
I. STATE CONSTITUTIONAL PROVISIONS AND STATUTES
1. United States v. Peters, 9 U.S. (5 Cr.) 115 (1809)
A Pennsylvania statute prohibiting the execution of any process
issued to enforce a certain sentence of a federal court, on the ground
that the federal court lacked jurisdiction in the cause, could not oust
the federal court of jurisdiction. A state statute purporting to annul
the judgment of a court of the United States and to destroy rights
acquired thereunder is without legal foundation.
2. Fletcher v. Peck, 10 U.S. (6 Cr.) 87 (1810)
A Georgia statute annulling conveyance of public lands
authorized by a prior enactment was violative of the obligation of
contracts clause (Art. I, Sec. 10) of the Constitution.
Justices Concurring: Marshall, C.J., Washington, Livingston, Todd.
Justice Dissenting: Johnson (in part).
3. New Jersey v. Wilson, 11 U.S. (7 Cr.) 164 (1812).
A New Jersey law purporting to repeal an exemption from taxation
contained in a prior enactment conveying certain lands was violative of
the obligation of contracts clause (Art. I, Sec. 10).
4. Terrett v. Taylor, 13 U.S. (9 Cr.) 43 (1815).
Although subsequently cited as a contract clause case (Piqua
Branch Bank v. Knoop, 16 How. (57 U.S.) 369, 389 (1853)), the Court in
the instant decision, without referring to the obligation of contracts
clause (Art. I, Sec. 10), voided, as contrary to the principles of
natural justice, two Virginia acts which purported to divest the
Episcopal Church of title to property ``acquired under the faith of
previous laws.''
5. Sturges v. Crowninshield, 17 U.S. (4 Wheat.) 122 (1819).
Retroactive operation of a New York insolvency law to discharge
the obligation of a debtor on a promissory note negotiated prior to its
adoption violated the obligation of contracts clause (Art. I, Sec. 10).
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6. McMillan v. McNeil, 17 U.S. (4 Wheat.) 209 (1819).
A Louisiana insolvency law had no extraterritorial operation,
and although adopted in 1808, its invocation to relieve a debtor of an
obligation contracted by him in 1811, while a resident of South
Carolina, offended the obligation of contracts clause (Art. I, Sec. 10).
7. McCulloch v. Maryland, 17 U.S. (4 Wheat.) 316 (1819).
Under the principle of national supremacy (Art. VI) whereunder
instrumentalities of the Federal Government are immune for state
taxation, a Maryland law imposing a tax on notes issued by a branch of
the Bank of United States was held unconstitutional.
8. Dartmouth College v. Woodward, 17 U.S. (4 Wheat.) 518 (1819).
A New Hampshire law which altered a charter granted to a private
eleemosynary corporation by the British Crown prior to the Revolution
was deemed violative of the obligation of contracts clause (Art. I,
Sec. 10).
Justices Concurring: Marshall, C.J., Washington, Johnson,
Livingston, Story.
Justice Dissenting: Duvall.
9. Farmers' and Mechanics' Bank v. Smith, 19 U.S. (6 Wheat.) 131 (1821).
A state insolvency law, insofar as it purported to discharge a
debtor from obligations contracted prior to its passage, was violative
of the obligation of contracts clause (Art. I, Sec. 10).
10. Green v. Biddle, 21 U.S. (8 Wheat.) 1 (1823).
Inasmuch as the compact between Virginia and Kentucky negotiated
on the occasion of the separation of the latter from the former
stipulated that rights in lands within the ceded area should remain
valid and secure under the laws of Kentucky, and should be determined by
Virginia law as of the time of separation, a subsequent Kentucky law
which diminished the rights of a lawful owner by reducing the scope of
his remedies against an adverse possessor violated the obligation of
contracts clause (Art. I, Sec. 10)
Justice Concurring: Johnson (separately).
11. Society for the Propagation of the Gospel v. New Haven, 21 U.S. (8
Wheat.) 464 (1823).
The property of a charitable corporation chartered by the Crown,
being specifically protected by the treaty of peace of 1783, an act of
Vermont adopted in 1794 and purporting to convey such property to local
subdivisions was void.
12. Gibbons v. Ogden, 22 U.S. (9 Wheat.) 1 (1824).
By reason of conflict with the federal licensing act of 1793
authorizing vessels to navigate coastal waters, a New York statute
granting to certain persons an exclusive right to navigate New York
waters was void.
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13. Osborn v. Bank of the United States, 22 U.S. (9 Wheat.) 738 (1824).
An Ohio statute levying a tax on the Bank of the United States,
a federal instrumentality, was unenforceable (Art VI).
Justices Concurring: Marshall, C.J., Washington, Todd, Duvall,
Story, Thompson.
Justice Dissenting: Johnson.
14. Ogden v. Saunders, 25 U.S. (12 Wheat.) 213 (1827).
(1) Although a state insolvency law may be applied to discharge
a debt contracted subsequently to the passage of such law, (2) the
statute could not be accorded extraterritorial enforcement to the extent
of discharging a claim sought to be collected by a citizen of another
State either in a federal court or in the courts of other States.
Justices Concurring: Johnson, Marshall, C.J., Duvall, Story.
Justices Dissenting: Washington, Thompson, Trimble.
15. Brown v. Maryland, 25 U.S. (12 Wheat.) 419 (1827).
A Maryland statute which required an importer to obtain a
license before reselling in the original package articles imported from
abroad was in conflict with the federal power to regulate foreign
commerce (Art. I, Sec. 8, cl. 3) and with the constitutional provision
(Art. I, Sec. 10, cl. 2) prohibiting States from levying import duties.
Justices Concurring: Marshall, C.J., Washington, Johnson, Duvall,
Story, Trimble.
Justice Dissenting: Thompson.
16. Craig v. Missouri, 29 U.S. (4 Pet.) 410 (1830).
A Missouri act, under the authority of which certificates in
denominations of 50 to $10 were issued, payable in discharge of taxes or
debts owned to the State and of salaries due public officers violated
the constitutional prohibition (Art. I, Sec. 10, cl. 10) against
emission of ``bills of credit'' by States. Justices Concurring:
Marshall, C.J., Duvall, Story, Baldwin.
Justices Dissenting: Johnson, Thompson, McLean.
17. Worcester v. Georgia, 31 U.S. (6 Pet.) 515 (1832).
A Georgia law which imposed penalties on white persons who,
without first obtaining a license therefor, established a residence
within the limits of the Cherokee Nation, was unenforceable by reason of
conflict with treaties negotiated by the United States with such Indian
tribes and by virtue of extending to an area beyond the jurisdiction of
the State.
18. Boyle v. Zacharie, 31 U.S. (6 Pet.) 635 (1832).
Consistently with the principle of Ogden v. Saunders, a Maryland
insolvency law could not be invoked to effect discharge of an obligation
contracted in Louisiana subsequently to its passage.
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19. Dobbins v. Commissioners of Erie County, 41 U.S. (16 Pet.) 435
(1842).
A Pennsylvania law which diminished the compensation of a
federal officer by subjecting him to county taxes imposed an invalid
burden on a federal instrumentality (Art. VI).
20. Prigg v. Pennsylvania, 41 U.S. (16 Pet.) 539 (1842).
A Pennsylvania statute (1826) which penalized an owner's
recovery of a runaway slave was violative of Art. IV, Sec. 2, cl. 3, and
federal legislation implementing the latter provision.
Justices Concurring: Story, Catron, McKinley, Taney, C.J.
(separately), Thompson (separately), Baldwin (separately), Wayne
(separately), Daniel (separately), McLean (separately).
21. Bronson v. Kinzie, 42 U.S. (1 How.) 311 (1843).
Illinois mortgage moratorium law which, when applied to a
mortgage negotiated prior to its passage, reduced the remedies of the
mortgage lender by conferring a new right of redemption upon a
defaulting borrower, impaired an obligation of contract contrary to Art.
I, Sec. 10, of the Constitution.
Justices Concurring: Taney, C.J., Baldwin, Wayne, Catron, Daniel.
Justice Dissenting: McLean.
22. McCracken v. Hayward, 43 U.S. (2 How.) 608 (1844).
Illinois mortgage moratorium law, which, when applied to a
mortgage executed prior to its passage, diminished remedies of the
mortgage lender by prohibiting consummation of a foreclosure unless the
foreclosure price equaled two-thirds of the value of the mortgaged
property, impaired the lender's obligation of contract contrary to Art.
I, Sec. 10, of the Constitution.
23. Gordon v. Appeal Tax Court, 44 U.S. (3 How.) 133 (1845).
As to stockholders of Maryland state banks afforded an exemption
under prior act of 1821, Maryland statute of 1841 taxing these
stockholders impaired the obligation of contract.
24. Searight v. Stokes, 44 U.S. (3 How.) 151 (1845).
Inasmuch as under federal acts ceding to Pennsylvania that part
of the Cumberland Road within its limits, and Pennsylvania laws
accepting the same, the carriage of mail over said road was to be free
from toll, later Pennsylvania law imposing tolls on coaches transporting
passengers could not extend to the mail carried therein.
Justices Concurring: Taney, C.J., Story, Wayne, Catron, McKinley,
Nelson.
Justices Dissenting: McLean, Daniel.
25. Neil, Moore & Co. v. Ohio, 44 U.S. (3 How.) 720 (1845).
Ohio toll levied on passengers transported on mail coaches
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sengers traveling on other coaches, was void by reason of conflict with
the terms of federal and Ohio acts adopted in relation to transfer and
acceptance of said part of the road by Ohio.
Justices Concurring: Taney, C.J., Story, McLean, Wayne, Catron,
McKinley, Nelson.
Justice Dissenting: Daniel. 2
26. Planters' Bank v. Sharp, 47 U.S. (6 How.) 301 (1848).
Mississippi law which nullified the power of a bank under a
previously issued charter to discount bills of exchange and promissory
notes and to institute actions for collection of the same was void by
reason of imparing an obligation of contract (Art. I, Sec. 10).
Justices Concurring: McLean, Wayne, Catron, Nelson, Woodbury, Grier.
Justices Dissenting: Taney, C.J., Daniel.
27. Passenger Cases, 48 U.S. (7 How.) 283 (1849).
Collection by New York and Massachusetts of per capita taxes on
alien and domestic passengers arriving in the ports of these States was
violative of the federal power to regulate foreign and interstate
commerce (Art. I, Sec. 8, cl. 3).
Justices Concurring: McLean (separately), Wayne (separately), Catron
(separately), McKinley (separately), Grier (separately).
Justices Dissenting: Taney, C.J. (separately), Daniel (separately),
Woodbury (separately), Nelson.
28. Woodruff v. Trapnall, 51 U.S. (10 How.) 190 (1851).
A judgment debtor of the State of Arkansas tendered, in
satisfaction of the judgment, banknotes in circulation at the time of
the repeal by the State of that section of the said bank's charter
providing that such notes should be received in discharge of public
debts. By reason of the inhibition of the contract clause of the
Constitution, the legislative repeal could neither affect such notes nor
abrogate the pledge of the State to receive them in payment of debts.
Justices Concurring: Taney, C.J., McLean, Wayne, McKinley, Woodbury.
Justices Dissenting: Catron, Daniel, Nelson, Grier.
29. Achison v. Huddleson, 53 U.S. (12 How.) 293 (1852).
Inasmuch as by the terms of a Maryland statute, assented to by
Congress, no toll was to be levied by that State on passenger coaches
carrying mails over the Cumberland Road, later Maryland law imposing
tolls on passengers in such coaches was void by reason of conflict with
an earlier compact between Maryland and the Federal Government and also
by virtue of imposing a burden on federal carriage of the mails (Art.
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30. Trustees for Vincennes University v. Indiana, 55 U.S. (14 How.) 268
(1853).
Inasmuch as the incorporation by the territorial legislature of
the University in 1806 operated to vest in the latter certain federal
lands reserved for educational purposes, subsequent enactment by Indiana
ordering the sale of such lands and use of the proceeds for other
purposes was invalid because of impairment of the contractual rights of
the University.
Justices Concurring: McLean, Wayne, Nelson, Grier, Curtis.
Justices Dissenting: Taney, C.J., Catron, Daniel.
31. Curran v. Arkansas, 56 U.S. (15 How.) 304 (1854).
Retroactive laws which vested all property of the state bank in
Arkansas and thereby prevented it from honoring its outstanding bills
payable on demand to the holders thereof impaired the contractual rights
of the latter and were void.
Justices Concurring: Taney, C.J., McLean, Wayne, Grier, Curtis,
Campbell.
Justices Dissenting: Catron, Daniel, Nelson.
32. State Bank of Ohio v. Knoop, 57 U.S. (16 How.) 369 (1854).
Inasmuch as state banks, on acceptance of a charter under the
Ohio banking law of 1845, were directed, in lieu of all taxes, to pay
six percent of annual dividends to the States, a later statute which
exposed these banks to higher taxes effected an invalid impairment of
the obligation of contract.
Justices Concurring: Taney, C.J., McLean, Wayne, Nelson, Grier,
Curtis.
Justices Dissenting: Catron, Daniel, Campbell.
33. Hays v. The Pacific Mail Steamship Co., 58 U.S. (17 How.) 596
(1855).
California lacked jurisdiction to impose property taxes on
vessels owned by a New York company and registered in New York as their
home port which engaged in the coastwise trade entailing calls at
California ports which were too brief to establish a tax situs.
Justices Concurring: Taney, C.J., McLean, Wayne, Catron, Nelson,
Grier, Curtis, Campbell.
Justices Dissenting: Daniel.
34. Dodge v. Woolsey, 59 U.S. (18 How.) 331 (1856).
Levy under an 1851 Ohio law of a bank tax at a higher rate than
that specified in the bank's charter in 1845 was invalid by reason of
impairment of the obligation of contract.
Justices Concurring: Taney, C.J., McLean, Wayne, Nelson, Grier,
Curtis.
Justices Dissenting: Catron, Daniel, Campbell.
35. Sinnot v. Davenport, 63 U.S. (22 How.) 227 (1860).
An Alabama statute requiring owners of steamboats navigating the
waters of that State to register under the penalty of a $500 fine
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for each offense was in conflict with the act of Congress providing for
the enrollment and license of vessels engaged in the coastwise trade and
therefore inoperative.
Accord: Foster v. Davenport, 63 U.S. (22 How.) 244 (1860), which
held that this statute also was inoperative when applied to a lighter
and a towboat assisting the movement wholly within Alabama territorial
waters of vessels engaged in foreign and interstate commerce.
36. Almy v. California, 65 U.S. (24 How.) 169 (1861).
A California stamp tax imposed on bills of lading for gold or
silver transported from California to any place outside the State was
void as a tax on exports forbidden by Art. I, Sec. 10, cl. 2 of the
Constitution.
37. Howard v. Bugbee, 65 U.S. (24 How.) 461 (1861).
An Alabama statute authorizing redemption of mortgaged property
in two years after sale under a foreclosure decree, by bona fide
creditors of the mortgagor could not be applied to sales under mortgages
executed prior to the enactment without invalid impairment of the
obligation of contracts (Art. I, Sec. 10).
38. Bank of Commerce v. New York City, 67 U.S. (2 Black) 620 (1863).
Securities of the United States being exempt from state
taxation, inclusion of the value thereof in the capital of a bank
subjected to taxation by the terms of a New York law rendered the latter
void.
Accord: Bank Tax Case, 69 U.S. (2 Wall.) 200 (1865).
39. Hawthorne v. Calef, 69 U.S. (2 Wall.) 10 (1865).
A Maine statute terminating the liability of corporate stock for
the debts of the corporation impaired the obligation of contracts as
respects claims of creditors outstanding at the time of such
termination.
40. The Binghamton Bridge, 70 U.S. (3 Wall.) 51 (1866).
An obligation of contract was impaired when a state legislature,
after having issued a charter to a bridge company containing assurances
that erection of other bridges within two miles of said bridge would not
be authorized, subsequently chartered a second company to construct a
bridge within a few rods of the first.
41. Van Allen v. The Assessors, 70 U.S. (3 Wall.) 573 (1866).
A New York law authorizing localities to tax as personal
property national bank stock held by residents, but which imposed no
comparable tax on shares of state banks, was violative of federal
legislation authorizing state taxation of national bank stock at rates
no higher than those imposed on state bank shares. Taxation of the
capital of state banks did not provide such equality, for that part of
the capital of state banks invested in federal securities was exempt.
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Justices Concurring: Grier, Davis, Nelson, Clifford, Miller, Field.
Justices Dissenting: Chase, C.J., Wayne, Swayne.
42. Accord: Bradley v. Illinois, 71 U.S. (4 Wall.) 459 (1867), voiding a
similar Illinois tax law on the ground that a tax on the capital
of state banks was not the equivalent of the state tax on shares
of national banks and accordingly the tax on the latter was in
conflict with federal law consenting to taxation of national
bank shares at rates not in excess of those imposed on shares of
state banks.
43. McGee v. Mathis, 71 U.S. (4 Wall.) 143 (1867).
Arkansas statute of 1855 repealing an 1851 grant of tax
exemption applicable to swamp lands, paid for either before or after
repeal with scrip issued before the repeal, impaired a contract of the
State with holders of such scrip (Art. I, Sec. 10).
44. Cummings v. Missouri, 71 U.S. (4 Wall.) 277 (1867).
Missouri constitutional provisions which required clergymen, as
a prerequisite to the practice of their profession, to take an oath that
they had never been guilty of hostility to the United States, or of
certain other acts which were lawful when committed, was void as a bill
of attainder and as an ex post facto law.
Justices Concurring: Wayne, Grier, Nelson, Clifford, Field.
Justices Dissenting: Swayne, Davis, Miller.
45. The Moses Taylor, 71 U.S. (4 Wall.) 411 (1867).
A California statute vesting state courts with in rem
jurisdiction over vessels for causes of action cognizable in admiralty
invalidly infringed the admiralty jurisdiction exclusively conferred
upon federal courts by Sec. 9 of the Judiciary Act.
46. Von Hoffman v. Quincy, 71 U.S. (4 Wall.) 535 (1867).
Illinois law limiting taxing powers granted to a municipality
under a prior law authorizing it to issue bonds and amortize the same by
levy of taxes impaired the obligation of contract (Art. I, Sec. 10).
47. The Hine v. Trevor, 71 U.S. (4 Wall.) 555 (1867).
Iowa statute providing an in rem remedy in state courts for
maritime causes of action was void by reason of conflict with Sec. 9 of
the Judiciary Act of 1789 which vested admiralty jurisdiction
exclusively in the federal courts.
48. Christmas v. Russell, 72 U.S. (5 Wall.) 290 (1867).
A Mississippi statute which prohibited enforcement of a judgment
of a sister State against a resident of Mississippi whenever barred by
the Mississippi statute of limitations was violative of the full faith
and credit clause of Art. IV.
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49. The Kansas Indians, 72 U.S. (5 Wall.) 737 (1867).
When a treaty with Indian tribes exempted their lands from levy,
sale, and forefeiture, a State could not validly collect its tax on
lands held in severalty by members of such tribes under patents issued
them pursuant to such treaty. Tribal Indians thus recognized by the
National Government are exempt from the jurisdiction of the State.
50. The New York Indians, 72 U.S. (5 Wall.) 761 (1867).
A New York statute imposing a tax on lands reserved to an Indian
tribe by treaty was void, notwithstanding provision therein that sale of
land for nonpayment of the tax would not affect the right of occupancy
by the Indians.
51. Steamship Company v. Portwardens, 73 U.S. (6 Wall.) 31 (1867).
A Louisiana statute which provided that port wardens might
collect, in addition to other fees, a tax of five dollars from every
ship entering the port of New Orleans, whether any service was performed
or not, was in conflict with the commerce clause of the Constitution
(Art. I, Sec. 8, cl. 3).
52. Crandall v. Nevada, 73 U.S. (6 Wall.) 35 (1868).
A Nevada tax collected from every person leaving the State by
rail or stage coach abridged the privileges of United States citizens to
move freely across state lines in fulfillment of their relations with
the National Government.
53. Bank v. Supervisors, 74 U.S. (7 Wall.) 26 (1868).
New York tax could not be collected on United States notes
expressly exempted from state taxation by federal law authorizing their
issuance as legal tender.
54. Northern Central Ry. v. Jackson, 74 U.S. (7 Wall.) 262 (1869).
Pennsylvania was without jurisdiction to enforce its law taxing
interest on railway bonds secured by a mortgage applicable to railway
property part of which was located in another State.
Justices Concurring: Chase, C.J., Nelson, Davis, Field, Miller,
Grier.
Justices Dissenting: Clifford, Swayne.
55. The Belfast, 74 U.S. (7 Wall.) 624 (1869).
Inasmuch as a shipper's lien under a contract of carriage
between ports within the same State is a maritime lien enforceable by in
rem proceedings exclusively within the admiralty jurisdiction of federal
court, an Alabama law creating a maritime lien enforceable by in rem
proceedings in its own courts was void.
56. Furman v. Nichol, 75 U.S. (8 Wall.) 44 (1869).
Tennessee statute repealing prior law making notes of the Banks
of Tennessee receivable in payment of taxes impaired the obligation of
contract as to the notes already in circulation (Art. I, Sec. 10).
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57. Home of the Friendless v. Rouse, 75 U.S. (8 Wall.) 430 (1869); The
Washington University v. Rouse, 75 U.S. (8 Wall.) 439 (1869).
Missouri statute taxing corporations afforded tax exemption by
their charter impaired the obligation of contract (Art. I, Sec. 10).
Justices Concurring: Nelson, Clifford, Grier, Swayne, Davis.
Justices Dissenting: Chase, C.J., Miller, Field.
58. State Tonnage Tax Cases, 79 U.S. (12 Wall.) 204 (1871).
Alabama taxes levied on vessels owned by its citizens and
employed in intrastate commerce ``at so much per ton of the registered
tonnage'' were violative of the constitutional prohibition against the
levy of tonnage duties by States.
59. Ward v. Maryland, 79 U.S. (12 Wall.) 418 (1871).
Maryland law which exacted a traders' license from nonresidents
at a higher rate than was collected from residents was violative of the
privileges and immunities clause of Art. IV, Sec. 2.
60. Gibson v. Chouteau, 80 U.S. (13 Wall.) 92 (1872).
State legislation cannot interfere with the disposition of the
public domain by Congress, and therefore a Missouri statute of
limitations, which was inapplicable to the United States, could not be
applied so as to accord title to an adverse possessor as against a
grantee from the United States, notwithstanding that the adverse
possession preceded the federal conveyance.
Justices Concurring: Field, Nelson, Swayne, Clifford, Miller,
Bradley, Chase, C.J.
Justices Dissenting: Davis, Strong.
61. Wilmington R.R. v. Reid, 80 U.S. (13 Wall.) 264 (1872).
North Carolina statute which levied a tax on the franchise and
property of a railroad which had been accorded tax exemption by the
terms of its charter impaired the obligation of contract.
62. White v. Hart, 80 U.S. (13 Wall.) 646 (1872).
Obligations of contracts clause (Art. I, Sec. 10) precluded
reliance on a Georgia constitutional provision of 1868, prohibiting
enforcement of any contract, the consideration for which was a slave, to
defeat enforcement of a note based on such consideration and negotiated
prior to adoption of said provision.
Justices Concurring: Swayne, Nelson, Davis, Strong, Clifford,
Miller, Field, Bradley.
Justice Dissenting: Chase, C.J.
63. Accord: Osborne v. Nicholson, 80 U.S. (13 Wall.) 654 (1872),
invalidating a similar Arkansas constitutional provision adopted
in 1868.
Justices Concurring: Swayne, Nelson, Davis, Strong, Clifford,
Miller, Field, Bradley.
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Justice Dissenting: Chase, C.J.
64. Delmas v. Insurance Company, 81 U.S. (14 Wall.) 661 (1872).
A Louisiana constitutional provision rendering unenforceable
contracts, the consideration for which was Confederate money, was
inapplicable, by reason of the obligation of contracts clause of the
Federal Constitution (Art. I, Sec. 10) to contracts consummated before
adoption of the former provision.
65. Case of the State Freight Tax, 82 U.S. (15 Wall.) 232 (1873).
A Pennsylvania law which imposed a tax on freight transported
interstate, into and out of Pennsylvania, was an invalid regulation of
interstate commerce.
Justices Concurring: Story, Chase, C.J., Clifford, Miller, Field,
Bradley, Hunt.
Justices Dissenting: Swayne, Davis.
66. State Tax on Foreign-Held Bonds, 82 U.S. (15 Wall.) 300 (1873).
Pennsylvania law, so far as it directed domestic corporations to
withhold on behalf of the State a portion of interest due on bonds owned
by nonresidents, impaired the obligation of contract and denied due
process by taxing property beyond its jurisdiction.
Justices Concurring: Field, Chase, C.J., Bradley, Swayne, Strong.
Justices Dissenting: Davis, Clifford, Miller, Hunt.
67. Gunn v. Barry, 82 U.S. (15 Wall.) 610 (1873).
Georgia constitutional provision increasing amount of homestead
exemption impaired the obligation of contract, insofar as it applied to
a judgment obtained under a less liberal exemption provision.
68. Pierce v. Carskadon, 83 U.S. (16 Wall.) 234 (1873).
A West Virginia Act of 1865, depriving defendants of right to
rehearing on a judgment obtained under an earlier law unless they made
oath that they had not committed certain offenses, constituted an
invalid bill of attainder and ex post facto law.
Justices Concurring: Field, Chase, C.J., Clifford, Miller, Swayne,
Davis, Strong, Hunt.
Justice Dissenting: Bradley.
69. Humphrey v. Pegues, 83 U.S. (16 Wall.) 244 (1873).
South Carolina taxing laws, as applied to a railroad whose
charter exempted it from taxation, impaired the obligation of contract.
70. Walker v. Whitehead, 83 U.S. (16 Wall.) 314 (1873).
Georgia law restricting remedies for obtaining a judgment, so
far as it affected prior contracts, impaired the obligation of contract.
71. Barings v. Dabney, 86 U.S. (19 Wall.) 1 (1873).
South Carolina act appropriating for payment of state debts the
assets of an insolvent bank, in which the State owned all the stock,
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disadvantaged private creditors of the bank and thereby impaired the
obligation of contract.
72. Peete v. Morgan, 86 U.S. (19 Wall.) 581 (1874).
Texas act of 1870 imposing a tonnage tax on foreign vessels to
defray quarantine expenses held violative of Art I, Sec. 10, prohibiting
levy without consent of Congress.
73. Pacific R.R. v. Maguire, 87 U.S. (20 Wall.) 36 (1874).
Missouri law which levied a tax on railroad prior to expiration
of a grant of exemption impaired obligation of contract.
Justices Concurring: Waite, C.J., Field, Bradley, Swayne, Davis,
Hunt.
Justices Dissenting: Clifford, Miller.
74. Insurance Co. v. Morse, 87 U.S. (20 Wall.) 445 (1874).
Wisconsin act admitting foreign insurance companies to transact
business within the State, upon their agreement not to remove suits to
federal courts, exacted an unconstitutional condition.
Justices Concurring: Clifford, Miller, Field, Bradley, Swayne,
Strong, Hunt.
Justices Dissenting: Waite, C.J., Davis.
75. Loan Association v. Topeka, 87 U.S. (20 Wall.) 655 (1875).
Kansas act of 1872, authorizing municipalities to issue bonds
repayable out of tax revenues in support of private enterprise, amounted
to collection of money in aid of a private, rather than public purpose,
and was violative of due process.
Justices Concurring: Strong, Swayne, Davis, Waite, C.J., Miller,
Field, Bradley.
Justice Dissenting: Clifford.
76. Wilmington & Weldon R.R. v. King, 91 U.S. 3 (1875).
North Carolina statute, insofar as it authorized a jury in suits
on contracts--negotiated previously during the Civil War--to place their
own estimates upon the value of the contract instead of taking the value
stipulated by the parties, impaired the obligation of such contracts.
Justices Concurring: Waite, C.J., Clifford, Miller, Field, Swayne,
Davis, Strong, Hunt.
Justice Dissenting: Bradley.
77. Welton v. Missouri, 91 U.S. 275 (1876).
Missouri act which required payment of a license fee by peddlers
of merchandise produced outside the State, but exempted peddlers of
State-produced merchandise, imposed an unconstitutional burden on
interstate commerce.
78. Morrill v. Wisconsin, 154 U.S. 626 (1877).
Wisconsin statute void on basis of Welton v. Missouri.
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79. Henderson v. Mayor of New York, 92 U.S. 259 (1876).
New York act of 1849, which required owner of ocean-going
passenger vessel to post bond of $300 for each passenger as surety
against their becoming public charges, or, in lieu thereof, to pay a tax
of $1.50 for each, contravened exclusive federal power to regulate
foreign commerce.
80. Chy Lung v. Freeman, 92 U.S. 275 (1876).
California law, which required master of vessel to post $500
bond for each alien ``lewd and debauched female'' passenger landed,
contravened the federal power to regulate foreign commerce.
81. Inman Steamship Co. v. Tinker, 94 U.S. 238 (1877).
New York act of 1865, providing for collection from docking
vessels of a fee measured by tonnage, imposed tonnage duty in violation
of Art. I, Sec. 10.
82. Foster v. Masters of New Orleans, 94 U.S. 246 (1877).
Louisiana statute requiring survey of hatches of every sea-going
vessel arriving at New Orleans, contravened the federal power to
regulate foreign and interstate commerce.
83. New Jersey v. Yard, 95 U.S. 104 (1877).
Statute increasing tax above rate stipulated in State's contract
with railroad corporations impaired the obligation of contract.
84. Railroad Co.v. Husen, 95 U.S. 465 (1878).
Missouri act prohibiting the bringing of cattle into the State
between March and November contravened the power of Congress over
interstate commerce.
85. Hall v. DeCuir, 95 U.S. 485 (1878).
Louisiana Reconstruction Act, prohibiting interstate common
carriers of passengers from making any discrimination on the basis of
race or color, held invalid as a regulation of interstate commerce.
86. Farrington v. Tennessee, 95 U.S. 679 (1878).
Tennessee law increasing the tax on a bank above the rate
specified in its charter, held to impair the obligation of that
contract.
Concurring: Justices Swayne, Miller, Hunt, Bradley, Harlan, and
Chief Justice Waite.
Dissenting: Justices Strong, Clifford, and Field.
87. Pensacola Tel. Co. v. Western Union Tel. Co., 96 U.S. 1 (1878).
Florida legislative grant of a telegraphic monopoly held
``inoperative'' as in conflict with a congressional act dealing with the
construction of telegraph lines and based on its commerce and postal
power.
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Concurring: Chief Justice Waite, Justices Clifford, Strong, Bradley,
Swayne, and Miller.
Dissenting: Justices Field, Hunt.
88. Edwards v. Kearzey, 96 U.S. 595 (1878).
North Carolina constitutional provision increasing amount of
debtor's property exempt from sale under execution of a judgment
impaired the obligation of contracts negotiated prior to its adoption.
Concurring: Chief Justice Waite, Justices Swayne, Bradley, Strong,
Miller.
Concurring specially: Justices Field, Hunt.
Dissenting: Justice Harlan.
89. Keith v. Clark, 97 U.S. 454 (1878).
Provision of the Tennessee Constitution of 1865, forbidding the
receipt for taxes of the bills of the Bank of Tennessee and declaring
the issues of the bank during the insurrectionary period void, held to
impair the obligation of contract.
Concurring: Justices Miller, Clifford, Strong, Hunt, Swayne, Field.
Dissenting: Chief Justice Waite, Justices Bradley, Harlan.
90. Cook v. Pennsylvania, 97 U.S. 566 (1878).
Pennsylvania act taxing auction sales, when applied to sales of
imported goods in the original packages, was void as a duty on imports
and a regulation of foreign commerce.
91. Northwestern University v. Illinois ex rel. Miller, 99 U.S. 309
(1878).
Revenue law of Illinois, so far as it modified tax exemptions
granted to Northwestern University by an earlier statute, impaired the
obligation of contract.
92. Strauder v. West Virginia, 100 U.S. 303 (1880).
West Virginia law barring Negroes from jury service violated the
equal protection clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.
Concurring: Justices Strong, Miller, Hunt, Swayne, Bradley, Harlan,
Chief Justice Waite.
Dissenting: Justices Field, Clifford.
93. Guy v. Baltimore, 100 U.S. 434 (1880).
Maryland statute and Baltimore ordinance, levying tax solely on
products of other States, held to impose an invalid burden upon foreign
and interstate commerce.
Concurring: Justices Harlan, Hunt, Clifford, Strong, Miller, Swayne,
Field, Bradley.
Dissenting: Chief Justice Waite.
94. Tiernan v. Rinker, 102 U.S. 123 (1880).
Texas statute, insofar as it levied occupational tax only upon
sale of out-of-state beer and wine, was violative of the federal power
to regulate foreign and interstate commerce.
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95. Hartman v. Greenhow, 102 U.S. 672 (1880).
Virginia act, adopted subsequently to law providing for issuance
of bonds and acceptance of interest coupons thereon in full payment of
taxes, which levied a new property tax collectible by way of deduction
from such interest coupons, impaired the obligation of contract.
Concurring: Justices Field, Clifford, Harlan, Strong, Hunt, Swayne,
Bradley, Chief Justice Waite.
Dissenting: Justice Miller.
96. Hall v. Wisconsin, 103 U.S. 5 (1880).
Wisconsin act which repealed prior statute authorizing payment
of fixed sum for performance of a contract to complete a geological
survey, impaired the obligation of contract, notwithstanding that the
second act was enacted prior to total fulfillment of the contract.
97. Webber v. Virginia, 103 U.S. 344 (1881).
Virginia license acts, requiring a license for sale of goods
made outside the State but not within the State, held in conflict with
the commerce clause.
98. United States ex rel. Wolff v. New Orleans, 103 U.S. 358 (1881).
Louisiana act withdrawing from New Orleans the power to levy
taxes adequate to amortize previously issued bonds impaired the
obligation of contract.
Accord: Louisiana v. Pilsbury, 105 U.S. 278 (1881).
99. Asylum v. New Orleans, 105 U.S. 362 (1881).
The general taxing laws for New Orleans when applied to the
property of an asylum, whose charter exempted it from taxation, impaired
the obligation of contract.
Justices Concurring: Bradley, Waite, C.J., Woods, Gray, Harlan,
Matthews, Blatchford.
Justices Dissenting: Miller, Field.
100. Western Union Telegraph Co. v. Texas, 105 U.S. 460 (1882).
Texas tax collected on private telegraph messages sent out of
the State imposed an invalid burden on foreign and interstate commerce;
and insofar as it was imposed on official messages sent by federal
officers amounted to an unconstitutional burden on a federal
instrumentality.
101. Ralls County Court v. United States, 105 U.S. 733 (1881).
Missouri law which deprived a county of the taxing power
requisite to meet interest payments on previously issued bonds impaired
the obligation of contract.
102. Parkersburg v. Brown, 106 U.S. 487 (1882).
West Virginia law authorizing a city to issue its bonds in aid
of manufacturers was void by reason of sanctioning an expenditure of
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public funds for a private purpose contrary to the requirements of due
process.
103. New York v. Compagnie Gen. Transatlantique, 107 U.S. 59 (1882).
New York law imposing a tax on every alien arriving from a
foreign country, and holding the vessel liable for payment of the tax
was an invalid regulation of foreign commerce.
104. Kring v. Missouri, 107 U.S. 221 (1883).
A Missouri law which abolished a rule existing at the time the
crime was committed, whereunder subsequent prosecution for first degree
murder was precluded after conviction for second degree murder has been
set aside on appeal, was void as an ex post facto law.
Concurring: Justices Miller, Harlan, Field, Blatchford, Woods.
Dissenting: Justices Matthews, Bradley, Gray, Chief Justice Waite.
105. Nelson v. St. Martin's Parish, 111 U.S. 716 (1884).
Louisiana act repealing taxing authority of a municipality to
pay judgments hitherto rendered against it impaired the obligation of
contract.
106. Cole v. La Grange, 113 U.S. 1 (1885).
Missouri act authorizing city to issue bonds in aid of
manufacturing corporations was void by reason of sanctioning defrayment
of public moneys for other than public purpose and depriving taxpayers
of property without due process.
107. Gloucester Ferry Co. v. Pennsylvania, 114 U.S. 196 (1885).
Pennsylvania taxing laws, when applied to the capital stock of a
New Jersey ferry corporation carrying on no business in the State except
the landing and receiving of passengers and freight, was void as a tax
on interstate commerce.
108. Virginia Coupon Cases, 114 U.S. 269 (1885).
Virginia act which terminated privilege accorded bondholders
under prior law of tendering coupons from said bonds in payment of taxes
impaired the obligation of contract (Art. I, Sec. 10).
Concurring: Justices Matthews, Field, Harlan, Woods, Blatchford.
Dissenting: Justices Bradley, Miller, Gray, Chief Justice Waite.
109. Effinger v. Kenney, 115 U.S. 566 (1885).
Virginia Act of 1867, which provided that in suits to enforce
contracts for the sale of property negotiated during the Civil War and
payable in Confederate notes, the measure of recovery was to be the
value of the land at the time of sale rather than the value of such
notes at that time, impaired the obligation of contracts (Art. I,
Sec. 10).
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110. Louisville Gas Co. v. Citizens' Gas Co., 115 U.S. 683 (1885).
Act of 1872 chartering and authorizing a corporation to supply
gas in Louisville, Kentucky, impaired the obligation of contract
resulting from the grant of an exclusive privilege to an older company
in 1869.
111. Fisk v. Jefferson Police Jury, 116 U.S. 131 (1885).
When a public officer has completed services (1871-1874), for
which the compensation was fixed by law, an implied obligation to pay
him at such rate arises, and such contract was impaired by a Louisiana
constitutional provision of 1880 which reduced the taxing power of a
parish to such extent as to deprive the officer of any effective means
of collecting the sum due him.
112. Mobile v. Watson, 116 U.S. 289 (1886).
Alabama law which deprived Mobile and its successor of the power
to levy taxes sufficient to amortize previously issued bonds impaired
the obligation of contracts.
113. Walling v. Michigan, 116 U.S. 446 (1886).
Michigan law taxing nonresidents soliciting sale of foreign
liquors to be shipped into the State imposed an invalid restraint on
interstate commerce.
114. Royall v. Virginia, 116 U.S. 572 (1886).
When a Virginia law provided that coupons on state bonds were
acceptable in payment of state fees, subsequent law requiring legal
tender in payment of a professional license fee impaired the obligation
of contract between the coupon holder and the State and also voided
invocation of another law imposing penalty for practice without a
license (refused for want of payment in legal tender).
115. Pickard v. Pullman Southern Car Co., 117 U.S. 34 (1886).
Tennessee privilege tax on railway sleeping cars was void
insofar as it applied to cars moving in interstate commerce.
116. Van Brocklin v. Tennessee, 117 U.S. 151 (1886).
A State cannot validly sell for taxes lands which the United
States owned at the time the taxes were levied, but in which it ceased
to have an interest at the time of sale (Art. VI).
117. Sprague v. Thompson, 118 U.S. 90 (1886).
Georgia law requiring out-of-state coastal vessels, subject to
certain discriminating exemptions, to take on a pilot upon entering
Georgia ports, was void by reason of conflict with federal pilotage law.
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118. Wabash, St. L. & P. Ry. v. Illinois, 118 U.S. 557 (1886).
Illinois law, prohibiting long-short haul rate discrimination,
when applied to interstate transportation, encroached upon the federal
commerce power.
Concurring: Justices Miller, Field, Harlan, Woods, Matthews,
Blatchford.
Dissenting: Justices Bradley, Gray, Chief Justice Waite.
119. Robbins v. Shelby Taxing District, 120 U.S. 489 (1887).
Tennessee law taxing drummers not operating from a domestic
licensed place of business, insofar as it applied to drummers soliciting
sales of goods on behalf of out-of-state business firms, was an invalid
regulation of interstate commerce.
Concurring: Justices Bradley, Miller, Harlan, Woods, Matthews,
Blatchford.
Dissenting: Chief Justice Waite, Justices Gray, Field.
120. Corson v. Maryland, 120 U.S. 502 (1887).
Maryland law licensing salesmen, insofar as it was applied to a
New York resident soliciting orders on behalf of a New York firm, was an
invalid regulation of interstate commerce.
121. Barron v. Burnside, 121 U.S. 186 (1887).
Iowa law, conditioning admission of a foreign corporation to do
local business on surrender of right to invoke the diversity of
citizenship jurisdiction of federal courts exacted an invalid forfeiture
of a constitutional right.
122. Fargo v. Michigan, 121 U.S. 230 (1887).
Michigan act, insofar as it taxed the gross receipts of
companies and corporations engaged in interstate commerce, was held to
be in conflict with the commerce powers of Congress.
123. Seibert v. Lewis, 122 U.S. 284 (1887).
Missouri law requiring certain petitions, not exacted when
county bonds were issued, before taxes could be levied to amortize said
bonds, impaired the obligation of contracts.
124. Philadelphia Steamship Co. v. Pennsylvania, 122 U.S. 326 (1887).
Pennsylvania gross receipts tax on public utilities, insofar as
it was applied to the gross receipts of a domestic corporation derived
from transportation of persons and property on the high seas, was in
conflict with the exclusive federal power to regulate foreign and
interstate commerce.
125. Western Union Tel. Co. v. Pendleton, 122 U.S. 347 (1887).
Indiana statute concerning the delivery of telegrams, so far as
applied to deliveries sent from Indiana to other States, was an invalid
regulation of commerce.
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126. Bowman v. Chicago & Nw. Ry., 125 U.S. 465 (1888).
Iowa liquor statute requiring interstate carriers to procure a
certificate from the auditor of the county of destination before
bringing liquor into the State, was violative of the commerce clause.
Concurring: Justices Matthews, Field (separately), Miller, Bradley,
Blatchford.
Dissenting: Justices Harlan, Gray, Chief Justice Waite.
127. Western Union Tel. Co. v. Massachusetts, 125 U.S. 530 (1888).
Massachusetts law, authorizing an injunction to restrain tax
delinquents from doing business until payments are made, could not be
validly invoked to restrain a telegraph company operating lines over
United States military and post roads pursuant to federal authorization.
128. California v. Pacific R.R., 127 U.S. 1 (1888).
Unless Congress consents, a state tax, levied on the franchise
of interstate railway corporations chartered by Congress pursuant to its
commerce power, is void.
129. Ratterman v. Western Union Tel. Co., 127 U.S. 411 (1888).
An Ohio law which levied a tax on the receipts of a telegraph
company was invalid to the extent that part of such receipts levied on
were derived from interstate commerce.
130. Asher v. Texas, 128 U.S. 129 (1888).
By reason of conflict with the federal power to regulate
interstate commerce, a Texas law which imposed a license tax on drummers
could not validly be enforced against one who solicited orders for the
purchase of merchandise from out-of-state sellers.
131. Stoutenburgh v. Hennick, 129 U.S. 141 (1889).
Clause of the District act requiring commercial agents selling
by sample to pay a license tax, held a regulation of interstate commerce
when applied to agents soliciting purchases on behalf of principals
outside of the District of Columbia.
Concurring: Chief Justice Fuller, Justices Field, Bradley, Harlan,
Matthews, Gray, Blatchford, Lamar.
Dissenting: Justice Miller.
132. Western Union Tel. Co. v. Alabama, 132 U.S. 472 (1889).
Alabama tax law, as applied to revenue of telegraph company made
by sending messages outside the State, was held to be an invalid
regulation of commerce.
133. Medley, Petitioner, 134 U.S. 160 (1890).
Colorado law, when applied to a person convicted of a murder
committed prior to the enactment and which increased the penalty to be
imposed, was void as an ex post facto law.
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Concurring: Justices Miller, Field, Harlan, Gray, Blatchford, Lamar,
Chief Justice Fuller.
Dissenting: Justices Brewer, Bradley.
134. Chicago, M. & St. P. Ry. v. Minnesota, 134 U.S. 418 (1890).
State rate regulatory law which empowered a commission to
establish rate schedules that were final and not subject to judicial
review as to their reasonableness was violative of the due process and
equal protection clauses of the Fourteenth Amendment.
Concurring: Justices Blatchford, Miller, Field, Harlan, Brewer,
Chief Justice Fuller.
Dissenting: Justices Bradley, Gray, Lamar.
135. Leisy v. Hardin, 135 U.S. 100 (1890).
Iowa prohibition law, enforced as to an interstate shipment of
liquor in the original packages or kegs, was violative of the federal
power to regulate interstate commerce.
Concurring: Chief Justice Fuller, Justices Miller, Field, Bradley,
Blatchford, Lamar.
Dissenting: Justices Gray, Harlan, Brewer.
136. Lyng v. Michigan, 135 U.S. 161 (1890).
Michigan statute taxing sale of imported liquor in original
package, held invalid regulation of interstate commerce.
Concurring: Chief Justice Fuller, Justices Miller, Field, Bradley,
Blatchford, Lamar.
Dissenting: Justices Gray, Harlan, Brewer.
137. McGahey v. Virginia, 135 U.S. 662 (1890).
Virginia acts which stipulated that if the genuineness of
coupons tendered in payment of taxes was in issue, the bond from which
the coupon was cut must be produced, which precluded use of expert
testimony to establish the genuineness of the coupons, and which, in
suits for payment of taxes, imposed on the defendant tendering coupons
as payment the burden of establishing the validity of said coupons, were
deemed to abridge the remedies available to the bondholders so
materially as to impair the obligation of contract.
138. Norfolk & Western R.R. v. Pennsylvania, 136 U.S. 114 (1890).
Pennsylvania act, imposing a license tax on foreign corporation
common carrier doing business in the State, was held to be invalid as a
tax on interstate commerce.
Concurring: Justices Lamar, Miller, Field, Bradley, Harlan,
Blatchford.
Dissenting: Chief Justice Fuller, Justices Gray, Brewer.
139. Minnesota v. Barber, 136 U.S. 313 (1890).
Minnesota statute, which made it illegal to offer for sale any
meat other than that taken from animals passed by state inspectors,
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held to discriminate against meat producers from other States and to
place an undue burden upon interstate commerce.
140. Brimmer v. Rebman, 138 U.S. 78 (1891).
Virginia statute prohibiting sale of meat killed 100 miles or
more from place of sale, unless it was first inspected in Virginia, held
void as interference with interstate commerce and imposing a
discriminatory tax.
141. Pennoyer v. McConnaughy, 140 U.S. 1 (1891).
Oregon act of 1887 which voided all certificates for the sale of
public land unless 20% of the purchase price had been paid prior to 1879
altered the terms of purchase provided under preexisting law and
therefore impaired the obligations of the contract.
142. Crutcher v. Kentucky, 141 U.S. 47 (1891).
Kentucky law, which required license from foreign express
corporation agents before doing business in the State, was held invalid
under the commerce clause.
Concurring: Justices Bradley, Field, Harlan, Blatchford, Lamar,
Brewer.
Dissenting: Chief Justice Fuller, Justice Gray.
143. Voight v. Wright, 141 U.S. 62 (1891).
Virginia statute which required state inspection of all but
domestic flour held invalid under commerce clause.
144. Mobile & Ohio R.R. v. Tennessee, 153 U.S. 486 (1894).
Tennessee statutes which levied taxes on a railroad company
enjoying tax exemption under an earlier charter impaired the obligation
of contract.
Concurring: Justices Jackson, Field, Harlan, Brown, White.
Dissenting: Chief Justice Fuller, Justices Gray, Brewer, Shiras.
145. New York, L. E. & W. R.R. v. Pennsylvania, 153 U.S. 628 (1894).
Pennsylvania act of 1885 which required a New York corporation,
when paying interest in New York City on its outstanding securities, to
withhold a Pennsylvania tax levied on resident owners of such securities
was violative of due process by reason of its application to property
beyond the jurisdiction of Pennsylvania. The act also impaired the
obligation of contracts by increasing the conditions originally exacted
of the railroad in return for permission to construct and operate over
trackage in Pennsylvania.
146. Covington & Cincinnati Bridge Co. v. Kentucky, 154 U.S. 204 (1894).
Kentucky act regulating toll rates on bridge across the Ohio
River held unconstitutional regulation of interstate commerce.
Concurring: Justices Brown, Harlan, Brewer, Shiras, Jackson.
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Dissenting: Chief Justice Fuller, Justices Field, Gray, White.
147. Gulf, C. & S. F. Ry. v. Hefley, 158 U.S. 98 (1895).
Texas statute regulating railroad rates, when applied to
interstate freight transportation, was held to conflict with Interstate
Commerce Act.
148. Bank of Commerce v. Tennessee, 161 U.S. 134 (1896).
Tennessee revenue laws which imposed a tax on stock beyond that
stipulated under the provision of a state charter held to impair the
obligation of contracts.
149. Barnitz v. Beverly, 163 U.S. 118 (1896).
Kansas law granting to mortgagor a right, not existent when the
mortgage was negotiated, namely, a right to redeem foreclosed property,
impaired the obligation of contracts.
150. Illinois Central R.R. v. Illinois, 163 U.S. 142 (1896).
Illinois statute required railroad to run New Orleans train into
Cairo and back to mail line, although there was already adequate service
to Cairo. This requirement was held to be an unconstitutional
obstruction of interstate commerce and of passage of United States
mails.
151. Missouri Pacific Ry. v. Nebraska, 164 U.S. 403 (1896).
A railroad was deprived of property without due process of law
by a Nebraska statute which compelled it to permit a third party to
erect a grain elevator on its right of way.
152. Scott v. Donald, 165 U.S. 58 (1897).
South Carolina act regulating sale of alcoholic beverages
exclusively at state dispensaries, when enforced against a resident
importing out-of-state liquor, constituted an invalid discriminatory
regulation of interstate commerce.
Concurring: Justices Shiras, Field, Harlan, Gray, White, Peckham,
Fuller.
Dissenting: Justice Brown.
153. Gulf, C. & S. F. Ry. v. Ellis, 165 U.S. 150 (1897).
Texas law which required railroads to pay court costs and
attorneys' fees to litigants successfully prosecuting claims against
them deprived the railroads of due process and equal protection of the
law.
Concurring: Justices Brewer, Field, Harlan, Brown, Shiras, Peckham.
Dissenting: Justices Gray, White, Chief Juxtice Fuller.
154. Allgeyer v. Louisiana, 165 U.S. 578 (1897).
Louisiana law imposing penalty for soliciting contract of
insurance on behalf of insurers which have not complied with Louisiana
law effected a denial of liberty of contract contrary to due process
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when applied to an insurance contract negotiated in New York with a New
York company and with premiums and losses to be paid in New York.
155. Smyth v. Ames, 169 U.S. 466 (1898).
Nebraska statute setting intrastate freight rates held to impose
rates so low as to be unreasonable and to amount to a deprivation of
property without due process of law.
156. Houston & Texas Central Ry. v. Texas, 170 U.S. 243 (1898).
Texas constitutional provision, as enforced to recover certain
sections of land held by a railroad company under a previous legislative
grant, judged an impairment of obligation of contract.
157. Thompson v. Utah, 170 U.S. 343 (1898).
Provision in Utah constitution, providing for the trial of non-
capital criminal cases in courts of general jurisdiction by a jury of
eight persons, held an ex post facto law applied to felonies committed
before the territory became a State.
Concurring: Justices Harlan, Gray, Brown, Shiras, White, McKenna,
Chief Juxtice Fuller.
Dissenting: Justices Brewer, Peckham.
158. Schollenberger v. Pennsylvania, 171 U.S. 1 (1898).
Pennsylvania law which prohibited the manufacture and sale of
oleomargarine was invalid to the extent that it prohibited interstate
importation and resale of oleomargarine in original packages.
Concurring: Chief Justice Fuller, Justices Brewer, Brown, Shiras,
White, Peckham, McKenna.
Dissenting: Justices Gray, Harlan.
159. Collins v. New Hampshire, 171 U.S. 30 (1898).
New Hampshire law which prohibited the sale of oleomargarine
unless it was pink in color, was invalid as an arbitrary means of
rendering the product unmarketable and also could not be enforced to
prevent the interstate transportation and resale of oleomargarine
produced in another State and not colored pink.
Concurring: Chief Justice Fuller, Justices Brewer, Brown, Shiras,
White, Peckham, McKenna.
Dissenting: Justices Harlan, Gray.
160. Blake v. McClung, 172 U.S. 239 (1898).
Tennessee acts which granted Tennessee creditors priority over
non-resident creditors having claims against foreign corporations
admitted to do local business infringed the privileges and immunities
clause of Art. IV, Sec. 2.
Concurring: Justices Harlan, Gray, Brown, Shiras, White, McKenna,
Peckham.
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Dissenting: Justice Brewer, Chief Justice Fuller.
161. Norwood v. Baker, 172 U.S. 269 (1898).
The exaction, as authorized by Ohio law, from the owner of
property, via special assessment, of the cost of a public improvement in
substantial excess of the benefits accruing to him amounted to a taking
of property for public use without compensation and was violative of due
process.
Concurring: Justices Harlan, Brown, White, Peckham, McKenna, Chief
Justice Fuller.
Dissenting: Justices Brewer, Gray, Shiras.
162. Dewey v. Des Moines, 173 U.S. 193 (1899).
Nonresident owner of property in Iowa was deprived of property
without due process when the State, without having acquired personal
jurisdiction via service of process, subjected him to a personal
liability to pay a special assessment in conformity with a statute
invalidly authorizing imposition of liability in such manner.
163. Ohio v. Thomas, 173 U.S. 276 (1899).
Ohio statute which regulated the use of oleomargarine in the
State held void as applied to a soldiers' home in Ohio created by
Congress and administered as a federal institution.
164. Lake Shore & Mich. So. Ry. v. Smith, 173 U.S. 684 (1899).
Michigan act which required railroads to sell 1,000-mile tickets
at a fixed price in favor of the purchaser, his wife, and children, with
provisions for forfeiture if presented by any other person in payment of
fare, and for expiration within two years, subject to redemption of
unused portion and collection of 3 cents per mile already traveled,
effected a taking of property without due process and a denial of equal
protection.
Concurring: Justices Peckham, Harlan, Brewer, Brown, Shiras, White.
Dissenting: Chief Justice Fuller, Justices Gray, McKenna.
165. Houston & Texas Central R.R. v. Texas, 177 U.S. 66 (1900).
Subsequent repeal of a Texas statute which permitted treasury
warrants to be given to the State for payment of interest on bonds
issued by a railroad and held by the State, with accompanying endeavor
to hold the railroad liable for back interest paid on the warrants, was
invalid by reason of impairment of the obligation of contract.
166. Cleveland, C. C. & St. L. Ry. v. Illinois, 177 U.S. 514 (1900).
Illinois law which required all regular passenger trains to stop
at county seats for receipt and discharge of passengers imposed an
invalid burden on interstate commerce when applied to an express train
serving only through passengers between New York and St. Louis.
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167. Stearns v. Minnesota, 179 U.S. 223 (1900).
State statute repealing all former tax exemption laws and
providing for the taxation of lands granted to railroads held to impair
the obligation of contracts.
Duluth & I. R.R. v. St. Louis County, 179 U.S. 302 (1900).
Act of Minnesota legislature providing ways in which railroad
corporations could discharge property taxes held void under the ruling
in Stearns v. Minnesota.
168. Cotting v. Kansas City Stock Yards Co., 183 U.S. 79 (1901).
Kansas statute, regulating public stock yards, violates the
equal protection clause of the Fourteenth Amendment in that it applied
only to one stockyard company in the State.
169. Louisville & Nashville R.R. v. Eubank, 184 U.S. 27 (1902).
Section of Kentucky constitution on long and short haul railroad
rates held invalid where interstate shipments were involved.
Concurring: Justices Peckham, Harlan, Brown, Shiras, White, McKenna,
Chief Justice Fuller.
Dissenting: Justices Brewer, Gray.
170. Connolly v. Union Sewer Pipe Co., 184 U.S. 540 (1902).
Act of Illinois, which regulated monopolies but exempted
agricultural products and livestock in the hands of the producer from
the operation of the law, held to deny the equal protection of the laws.
Concurring: Justices Harlan, Brewer, Brown, Shiras, White, Peckham,
Chief Justice Fuller.
Dissenting: Justice McKenna.
171. Stockard v. Morgan, 185 U.S. 27 (1902).
Tennessee license tax on agent soliciting and selling by sample
for company in another State held invalid regulation of commerce.
172. Louisville & J. Ferry Co. v. Kentucky, 188 U.S. 385 (1903).
An Indiana franchise granted to a Kentucky corporation for
operating a ferry from the Indiana to the Kentucky shore had its tax
situs in Indiana; and, accordingly, Kentucky lacked jurisdiction with
the result that its law which authorized a levy thereon effected a
deprivation of property without due process of law.
Concurring: Justices Harlan, Brewer, Brown, White, Peckham, McKenna,
Holmes.
Dissenting: Justice Shiras, Chief Justice Fuller.
173. The Roanoke, 189 U.S. 185 (1903).
Washington law which accorded contractor or subcontractor a lien
on a foreign vessel for work done and which made no provision for
protection of owner in event contractor was fully paid before notice of
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subcontractor's lien was received deprived the owner of normal defenses
and constituted an invalid interference with admiralty jurisdiction
exclusively vested in federal courts by Art. III.
174. The Robert W. Parsons, 191 U.S. 17 (1903).
New York statutes giving a lien for repairs upon vessels and
providing for the enforcement of such liens by proceedings in rem, held
void as in conflict with the exclusive admiralty and maritime
jurisdiction of the federal courts.
Concurring: Justices Brown, White, McKenna, Holmes, Day.
Dissenting: Justices Brewer, Peckham, Harlan, Chief Justice Fuller.
175. Allen v. Pullman Company, 191 U.S. 171 (1903).
Tennessee tax of $500 per year per pullman car, when applied to
cars moving in interstate as well as intrastate commerce, imposed an
invalid burden on interstate commerce.
176. Bradley v. Lightcap, 195 U.S. 1 (1904).
Illinois law, passed after a mortgage was executed, which
provided that if a mortgagee did not obtain a deed within five years
after the period of redemption had lapsed, he lost the estate (whereas
under the law existing when the mortgage was executed, failure by the
mortgagee to take out a deed had no effect on the title of the mortgagee
against the mortgagor) was held void as impairing the obligation of
contract and depriving the mortgagee of property rights without due
process.
177. Central of Georgia Ry. v. Murphey, 196 U.S. 194 (1905).
Sections of Georgia code, imposing the duty on common carriers
of reporting on the shipment of freight to the shipper, held void when
applied to interstate shipments.
178. Lochner v. New York, 198 U.S. 45 (1905).
New York law establishing 10-hour day in bakeries was violative
of due process by reason of interfering with the employees' freedom to
contract in relation to their labor.
Concurring: Justices Peckham, Brewer, Brown, McKenna, Fuller.
Dissenting: Justices Harlan, White, Day, Holmes (separately).
179. Union Transit Co. v. Kentucky, 199 U.S. 194 (1905).
Inasmuch as tangible personal property acquires a tax situs in
the State where it is permanently located, attempt by Kentucky, in which
the owner was domiciled, to tax railway cars located in Indiana, was
void and amounted to a deprivation of property without due process.
Concurring: Justices Brown, Harlan, Brewer, Peckham, McKenna, Day.
Dissenting: Justices Holmes, White, Chief Justice Fuller.
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180. Houston & Texas Central R.R. v. Mayes, 201 U.S. 321 (1906).
Texas statute exacting of an interstate railroad an absolute
requirement that it furnish a certain number of cars on a given day to
transport merchandise to another State imposed an invalid, unreasonable
burden on interstate commerce.
Concurring: Justices Brewer, Brown, Peckham, Holmes, Day.
Dissenting: Justices Harlan, McKenna, Chief Justice Fuller.
181. Powers v. Detroit & Grand Haven Ry., 201 U.S. 543 (1906).
When a railroad is reorganized under a special act but no new
corporation is chartered, tax concession granted by such act amounted to
a contract which could not be impaired by subsequent enactment which
purported to alter the rate of the tax.
Concurring: Justices Brewer, Harlan, Brown, Peckham, McKenna,
Holmes, Day, Chief Justice Fuller.
Dissenting: Justice White.
182. Vicksburg v. Vicksburg Waterworks Co., 202 U.S. 453 (1906).
A water company owning an exclusive franchise to supply a city
with water was entitled to an injunction restraining impairment of such
contract by attempted erection by city of its own water system pursuant
to Mississippi statutory authorization.
Concurring: Justices Day, Brewer, Brown, White, Peckham, McKenna,
Holmes, Chiwf Justice Fuller.
Dissenting: Justice Harlan.
183. American Smelting Co. v. Colorado, 204 U.S. 103 (1907).
A statute stipulating that foreign corporations, as a condition
for admission to do business, pay a fee based on their capital stock
whereupon they would be subjected to all the liabilities and
restrictions imposed upon domestic corporations amounted to a contract,
the obligation of which was invalidly impaired by a later statute which
imposed higher annual license fees on foreign corporations admitted
under the preceding terms than were levied on domestic corporations,
whose corporate existence had not expired.
Concurring: Justices Peckham, Brewer, White, McKenna, Day.
Dissenting: Justices Harlan, Holmes, Moody, Chief Justice Fuller.
184. Home Savings Bank v. Des Moines, 205 U.S. 503 (1907).
A state law levying a tax on a state bank, assessed on its
shares measured by the value of its capital, surplus, and individual
earnings, was void insofar as the assessment embraced federal bonds
owned by the bank and was in conflict with a federal enactment exempting
such bonds from state taxes.
Concurring: Justices Moody, Brewer, White, McKenna, Holmes, Day.
Dissenting: Chief Justice Fuller, Justices Harlan, Peckham.
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185. Adams Express Co. v. Kentucky, 206 U.S. 129 (1907).
Kentucky law proscribing C.O.D. shipments of liquor, providing
that the place where the money is paid or the goods delivered shall be
deemed to be the place of sale, and making the carrier jointly liable
with the vendor was, as applied to interstate shipments, an invalid
regulation of interstate commerce.
Concurring: Justices Brewer, Holmes, Peckham, Moody, White, Day,
McKenna, Chief Justice Fuller.
Dissenting: Justice Harlan.
Accord: American Express Co. v. Kentucky, 206 U.S. 139 (1907).
186. Central of Georgia Ry. v. Wright, 207 U.S. 127 (1907).
Georgia statutory assessment procedure which afforded taxpayer
no opportunity to be heard as to valuation of property not returned by
him under honest belief that it was not taxable and which permitted him
to challenge the assessment only for fraud and corruption was violative
of the due process requirements of the Fourteenth Amendment.
187. Darnell & Son v. Memphis, 208 U.S. 113 (1908).
Tennessee tax law which exempted domestic crops and manufactured
products while extending the levy to like products of out-of-state
origin imposed an invalid burden on interstate commerce.
188. Ex parte Young, 209 U.S. 123 (1908).
Minnesota railroad rate statute which imposed such excessive
penalties that parties affected were deterred from testing its validity
in the courts denied a railroad the equal protection of the laws.
189. Galveston, H. & S.A. Ry. v. Texas, 210 U.S. 217 (1908).
Texas gross receipts tax insofar as it was levied on railroad
receipts which included income derived from interstate commerce was
invalid by reason of imposing a burden on interstate commerce.
Concurring: Justices Holmes, Brewer, Peckham, Day, Moody.
Dissenting: Justices Harlan, White, McKenna, Chief Justice Fuller.
190. Willcox v. Consolidated Gas Co., 212 U.S. 19 (1909).
New York law which required a public utility to perform its
service in such a manner that its entire plant would have to be rebuilt
at a cost on which no return could be obtained under the rates fixed
unconstitutionally deprived the utility of its property without due
process.
191. Louisville & Nashville R.R. v. Stock Yards Co., 212 U.S. 132
(1909).
Kentucky constitutional provision which required a carrier to
deliver its cars to connecting carriers without providing adequate
protection for their return or compensation for their use effected an
invalid taking of property without due process of law.
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Concurring: Justices Holmes, Brewer, White, Peckham, Day, Chief
Justice Fuller.
Dissenting: Justices McKenna, Harlan, Moody.
192. Nielson v. Oregon, 212 U.S. 315 (1909).
For want of jurisdiction, Oregon could not validly prosecute as
a violator of its law prohibiting the use of purse nets one who,
pursuant to a license from Washington, used such a net on the Washington
side of the Columbia River.
193. Adams Express Co. v. Kentucky, 214 U.S. 218 (1909).
Kentucky law proscribing the sale of liquor to an inebriate, as
applied to a carrier delivering liquor to such person from another
State, was void by reason of conflict with the commerce clause.
Concurring: Justices Brewer, Holmes, Peckham, Moody, White, Day,
McKenna, Chief Justice Fuller.
Dissenting: Justice Harlan.
194. Louisiana ex rel. Hubert v. Orleans, 215 U.S. 170 (1909).
Louisiana act of 1870 providing for registration and collection
of judgments against New Orleans, so far as it delayed payment, or
collection of taxes for payment, of contract claims existing before its
passage, effected an invalid impairment of the obligation of such
contracts.
195. North Dakota ex rel. Flaherty v. Hanson, 215 U.S. 515 (1910).
North Dakota statute which required the recipient of a federal
retail liquor license, solely because of payment therefor and without
reference to the doing of any act within North Dakota, to publish
official notices of the terms of such license and of the place where it
is posted, to display on his premises an affidavit confirming such
publication, and to file an authenticated copy of such federal license
together with a $10 fee was void for imposing a burden on the federal
taxing power.
Concurring: Justices White, Harlan, Brewer, Day.
Dissenting: Chief Justice Fuller, Justices McKenna, Holmes.
196. Western Union Tel. Co. v. Kansas, 216 U.S. 1 (1910).
Kansas statute imposing a charter fee, computed as a percentage
of authorized capital stock, on corporations for the privilege of doing
business in Kansas could not validly be collected from a foreign
corporation engaged in interstate commerce, and also was violative of
due process insofar as it was imposed on property, part of which was
located beyond the limits of that State.
Concurring: Justices Harlan, Brewer, White (separately), Day, Moody.
Dissenting: Justices Holmes, McKenna, Peckham, Chief Justice Fuller.
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197. Ludwig v. Western Union Tel. Co., 216 U.S. 146 (1910).
Arkansas law which required a foreign corporation engaged in
interstate commerce to pay, as a license fee for doing an intrastate
business, a given amount of its entire capital stock, whether employed
in Arkansas or elsewhere, was void by reason of imposing a burden on
interstate commerce and embracing property outside the jurisdiction of
the State.
Concurring: Justices Harlan, Moody, Lurton, White, Day, Brewer.
Dissenting: Chief Justice Fuller, Justices McKenna, Holmes.
198. Southern Ry. v. Greene, 216 U.S. 400 (1910).
Alabama law which imposed on foreign corporations already
admitted to do business an additional franchise or privilege tax not
levied on domestic corporations exposed the foreign corporations to
denial of equal protection of the laws.
Concurring: Justices Day, Harlan, Brewer, White.
Dissenting: Chief Justice Fuller, Justices McKenna, Holmes.
199. International Textbook Co. v. Pigg, 217 U.S. 91 (1910).
Kansas, which by law exacted of foreign corporations engaged in
interstate commerce the following conditions for admission and retention
of the right to do business in that State, namely, procurement of a
license, submission of an annual financial statement, and which
prohibited them from filing actions in Kansas courts unless such
conditions were met, imposed an unconstitutional burden on interstate
commerce.
Concurring: Justices Harlan, White, Holmes, Day, Lurton.
Dissenting: Chief Justice, Fuller, Justice McKenna.
200. St. Louis S.W. Ry. v. Arkansas, 217 U.S. 136 (1910).
Arkansas law, and commission order issued under the authority
thereof, which required an interstate carrier, upon application of a
local shipper, to deliver promptly the number of freight cars requested
for loading purposes and which, without regard to the effect of such
demand on its interstate traffic, exposed it to severe penalties for
noncompliance, imposed an invalid, unreasonable burden on interstate
commerce. The rules of the American Railway Association as to
availability of a member carrier's cars for interstate shipments being a
matter of federal regulation, it was beyond the power of a state court
to pass on their sufficiency.
Concurring: Justices White, Harlan, McKenna, Holmes, Day, Lurton.
Dissenting: Chief Justice Fuller.
201. Missouri Pacific Ry. v. Nebraska, 217 U.S. 196 (1910).
Nebraska law compelling railroad, at its own expense, and upon
request of grain elevator operators, to install switches connecting
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such elevators with its right of way deprived the carrier of property
without due process of law.
Concurring: Justices Holmes, White, Day, Lurton, Chief Justice
Fuller.
Dissenting: Justices Harlan, McKenna.
202. Dozier v. Alabama, 218 U.S. 124 (1910).
Alabama law which imposed license tax on agents, not having a
permanent place of business in that State and soliciting orders for the
purchase and delivery of pictures and frames manufactured in, and
delivered from, another State, with the title remaining in the vendor
until the agent collected the purchase price, imposed an invalid burden
on interstate commercial transactions.
203. Herndon v. Chicago, R.I. & P. Ry., 218 U.S. 135 (1910).
When a railroad already has provided adequate accommodations at
any point, a Missouri regulation which required interstate trains to
stop at such point imposed an invalid, unreasonable burden on interstate
commerce. Also, a Missouri law which forfeited the right of an admitted
foreign carrier to do a local business upon its instituting a right of
action in a federal court extracted an unconstitutional condition.
204. Bailey v. Alabama, 219 U.S. 219 (1911).
Alabama law which made a refusal to perform labor contracted
for, without return of money or property advanced under the contract,
prima facie evidence of fraud and which was enforced under local rules
of evidence which precluded one accused thereof from testifying as to
uncommunicated motives was an invalid peonage law proscribed by the
Thirteenth Amendment.
Concurring: Justices Hughes, Lamar, Harlan, Day, Van Devanter,
McKenna, Chief Justice White.
Dissenting: Justices Holmes, Lurton.
205. Oklahoma v. Kansas Nat. Gas. Co., 221 U.S. 229 (1911).
Oklahoma law which withheld from foreign corporations engaged in
interstate commerce a privilege afforded domestic corporations engaged
in local commerce, namely, of building pipe lines across its highways
and transporting to points outside its boundaries natural gas extracted
and reduced to possession therein, was invalid as a restraint on
interstate commerce and as a deprivation of property without due process
of law.
Concurring: Justices McKenna, Harlan, Day, Van Devanter, Lamar,
Chief Justice White.
Dissenting: Justices Holmes, Lurton, Hughes.
206. Berryman v. Whitman College, 222 U.S. 334 (1912).
Although the federal organic act of 1867 forbade the Washington
territorial legislature from granting tax exemption privileges to pri
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vate corporations, the territorial acts of 1859, as amended by an act of
1883 which accorded a tax exemption to Whitman College, gave rise to a
contract which was impaired by the act of the state legislature, enacted
in 1905, subjecting the college to taxation.
207. Northern Pacific Ry. v. Washington, 222 U.S. 370 (1912).
Consistent with doctrine of national supremacy and preemption,
state laws, including one of the State of Washington, regulating hours
of service embracing employees of interstate carriers, became
inoperative immediately upon the adoption of the Federal Hours of
Service Law notwithstanding that the latter did not go into effect until
a year after its passage.
208. Southern Ry. v. Reid, 222 U.S. 424 (1912).
Inasmuch as it conflicted with Sec. 2 of the Hepburn Act of 1906
(34 Stat. 584) forbidding interstate railway carriers to make shipments
until rates had been fixed and published by the Interstate Commerce
Commission, which in this matter had not yet acted, a North Carolina
statute requiring carriers, under penalty for refusal, to transport
interstate freight as soon as it was received was unenforceable.
Concurring: Justices McKenna, Holmes, Hughes, Van Devanter, Lamar,
Chief Justice White.
Dissenting: Justice Lurton.
Accord: Southern Ry. v. Reid & Beam, 222 U.S. 444 (1912).
Accord: Southern Ry. v. Burlington Lumber Co., 225 U.S. 99
(1912).
209. Louisville & Nashville R.R. v. Cook Brewing Co., 223 U.S. 70
(1912).
Kentucky statute prohibiting common carriers from transporting
intoxicating liquors to ``dry'' points in Kentucky was constitutionally
inapplicable to interstate shipments of such liquor to consignees in
Kentucky.
210. Atchison T. & S. F. Ry. v. O'Connor, 223 U.S. 280 (1912).
Colorado law levying tax of 2 cents on each $1,000 of a
corporation's capital stock could not constitutionally be collected from
a Kansas corporation engaged in interstate commerce, the greater part of
whose property and business were located and conducted outside Colorado.
211. Oklahoma v. Wells, Fargo & Co., 223 U.S. 298 (1912).
Oklahoma law which purported to be an ad valorem tax on the
property of corporations, levied in the form of a three per cent gross
receipts tax, and computed, in the case of express companies doing an
interstate business, as a percentage of gross receipts from all sources,
interstate as well as intrastate, which is equal to the proportion which
its business in Oklahoma bears to its total business was void as applied
to such express companies; the tax burdened interstate
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commerce and was levied, contrary to due process, on property in the
form of income from investments and bonds located outside the State.
212. Haskell v. Kansas Natural Gas Co., 224 U.S. 217 (1912).
Oklahoma conservation law, insofar as it withheld from foreign
corporations the right to lay pipe lines across highways for purposes of
transporting natural gas in interstate commerce, imposed an invalid
burden on interstate commerce.
213. St. Louis, I. M. & S. Ry. v. Wynne, 224 U.S. 354 (1912).
Arkansas law compelling railroads to pay claimants within 30
days after notice of injury to livestock caused by their trains, and,
upon default thereof, authorizing claimants to recover double the
damages awarded by a jury plus an attorney's fee, notwithstanding that
the amount sued for was less than the amount originally claimed, in
effect penalized the railroads for their refusal to pay excessive
claims, and accordingly effected an arbitrary deprivation of property
without due process of law.
214. Bucks Stove Co. v. Vickers, 226 U.S. 205 (1912).
Kansas law which exacted certain requirements, such as obtaining
permission of the State Charter Board, paying filing and license fees,
and submitting annual statements listing all stockholders, as a
condition prerequisite to doing business in Kansas and suing in its
courts could not constitutionally be applied to foreign corporations
engaged in interstate commerce; a State cannot exact a franchise for the
privilege of engaging in such commerce.
215. Chicago, R. I. & P. Ry. v. Hardwick Elevator Co., 226 U.S. 426
(1913).
Congress, by enactment of the Hepburn Act (34 Stat. 584 (1906))
having preempted the field of regulation pertaining to the duty of
carriers to deliver cars in interstate commerce, a Minnesota Reciprocal
Demurrage Law imposing like regulations was void.
216. Accord: St. Louis, I. Mt. & S. Ry. v. Edwards, 227 U.S. 265 (1913).
Arkansas Demurrage Law of 1907 penalizing carriers for failure
to notify consignees of arrival of shipments was similarly held void.
217. Adams Express Co. v. Croninger, 226 U.S. 491 (1913).
Congress through adoption of the Carmack Amendment having
preempted the field of regulation pertaining to the liability of
interstate carriers for loss and damage to interstate shipments, a
Kentucky law in conflict therewith which precluded an interstate carrier
from contracting to limit its liability to an agreed or declared value
was void.
218. Accord: Chicago, B. & Q. Ry. v. Miller, 226 U.S. 513 (1913).
An Iowa law and a provision of the Nebraska Constitution were
held to have been superseded by the Carmack Amendment.
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219. Accord: Chicago, St. P., M. & O. Ry. v. Latta, 226 U.S. 519 (1913).
Nebraska constitutional provision was held to have been
superseded.
220. Crenshaw v. Arkansas, 227 U.S. 389 (1913).
Arkansas statute, exacting license and fee from peddlers of
lightning rods and other articles, as applied to representatives of a
Missouri corporation soliciting orders for the sale and subsequent
delivery of stoves by said corporation, imposed an invalid burden on
interstate commerce.
Accord: Rogers v. Arkansas, 227 U.S. 401 (1913).
221. Accord: Stewart v. Michigan, 232 U.S. 665 (1914), voiding
application of a similar Michigan law.
222. McDermott v. Wisconsin, 228 U.S. 115 (1913).
Wisconsin food labeling law, insofar as it exacted labelling
requirements as to articles in interstate commerce which were in
conflict with those required under the Federal Pure Food and Drug Act,
imposed an invalid burden on interstate commerce.
223. Missouri, K. & T. Ry. v. Harriman Bros., 227 U.S. 657 (1913).
Inasmuch as the federal Carmack Amendment preempted the field of
regulation pertaining to determination of an interstate railroad's
liability for loss or damages to goods in transit, Texas law outlawing
contractual stipulations specifying a period of limitations for filing
of claims by a shipper which was briefer than that sanctioned by the
federal law was unenforceable.
Concurring: Justices Lurton, McKenna, Holmes, Hughes (separately),
Day, Van Devanter, Lamar, Chief Justice White.
Dissenting: Justice Pitney.
224. Ettor v. Tacoma, 228 U.S. 148 (1913).
Washington statute of 1907 repealing a prior act of 1893 with
the result that rights to consequential damages for a change of street
grade that had already accrued under the earlier act were destroyed
amounted to an invalid deprivation of property without due process of
law.
225. St. Louis, S. F. & T. Ry. v. Seale, 229 U.S. 156 (1913).
When the Federal Employers' Liability Act was applicable, by
reason that the injured employee was engaged in interstate commerce, a
Texas law affording a remedy for said injuries was superseded by reason
of the supremacy of the former.
Concurring: Justices Van Devanter, McKenna, Holmes, Day, Lurton,
Hughes, Pitney, Chief Justice White.
Dissenting: Justice Lamar.
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226. Chicago, B. & Q. R.R. v. Hall, 229 U.S. 511 (1913).
Iowa law pertaining to attachment of wages of a railroad worker
adjudicated bankrupt within less than four months thereafter was in
conflict with federal bankruptcy law nullifying liens obtained within
four months prior to the filing of a petition in bankruptcy and hence
was not entitled to full faith and credit in Nebraska courts.
227. Missouri Pacific Ry. v. Tucker, 230 U.S. 340 (1913).
Kansas statute which did not permit a carrier to have the
sufficiency of rates established thereunder determined by judicial
review and which exposed the carrier, when sued for charging rates in
excess thereof, to a liability for liquidated damages in the sum of
$500, which was unrelated to actual damages, effected an
unconstitutional deprivation of property without due process of law.
228. Chicago, M. & St. P. Ry. v. Polt, 232 U.S. 165 (1914).
North Dakota law which made railroads liable for double damages
in case of failure to pay a claim, within 60 days after notice, or to
offer to pay a sum equal to what a jury found the claimant entitled to
was arbitrary and deprived the carriers of property without due process
of law.
Accord: Chicago, M. & St. P. Ry. v. Kennedy, 232 U.S. 626
(1914).
229. Harrison v. St. Louis, S. F. & T. R.R., 232 U.S. 318 (1914).
Oklahoma law which prohibited foreign corporations, upon penalty
of forfeiting their license to do business in that State, from invoking
the diversity of citizenship jurisdiction of federal courts and
instituting actions therein exacted an unconstitutional condition.
230. Foote v. Maryland, 232 U.S. 495 (1914).
Maryland Oyster Inspection tax of 1910, levied on oysters coming
from other States, the proceeds from which were used partly for
inspection and partly for other purposes, such as the policing of state
waters, was void as imposing a burden on interstate commerce in excess
of the expenses absolutely necessary for inspection.
231. Farmers Bank v. Minnesota, 232 U.S. 516 (1914).
Minnesota tax on bonds issued by a municipality of the Territory
of Oklahoma and held by Minnesota corporations was void as a tax on a
federal instrumentality (Art. VI).
232. Russell v. Sebastian, 233 U.S. 195 (1914).
Amendment in 1911 of California constitution of 1879, and
municipal ordinances of Los Angeles adopted in pursuance of the
amendment were ineffectual by reason of the prohibition against
impairment of contracts contained in Art. I, Sec. 10, of the Federal
Constitution, to deprive a utility of rights acquired before said
amendment,
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which embraced the privilege of laying gas pipes under the streets of
Los Angeles.
233. Singer Sewing Machine Co. v. Brickell, 233 U.S. 304 (1914).
Alabama sewing machine license tax could not be collected from
those agencies of a foreign corporation engaged wholly in an interstate
business, that is, in soliciting orders for machines to be accepted and
fulfilled at the Georgia office of the seller.
234. Tennessee Coal Co. v. George, 233 U.S. 354 (1914).
Since venue is not part of a transitory cause of action, Alabama
law which created such cause of action by making the employer liable to
the employee for injuries attributable to defective machinery was
inoperative insofar as it sought to withhold from such employee the
right to sue on such action in courts of any State other than Alabama;
the full faith and credit clause of Art. IV does not preclude a court in
another State which acquired jurisdiction from enforcing such right of
action.
235. Carondelet Canal Co. v. Louisiana, 233 U.S. 362 (1914).
Louisiana act of 1906 repealing prior act of 1858 and
sequestering with compensation certain property acquired by a canal
company under the repealed enactment impaired an obligation of contact.
236. Smith v. Texas, 233 U.S. 630 (1914).
Texas act of 1914 stipulating that only those who have
previously served two years as freight train conductors or brakemen
shall be eligible to serve as railroad train conductors was arbitrary
and effected a denial of the equal protection of the laws.
237. Erie R.R. v. New York, 233 U.S. 671 (1914).
Congress having completely preempted the field by its Hours of
Service Act of 1907, notwithstanding that it did not take effect until
1908, a New York labor law of 1907 regulating hours of service of
railroad telegraph operators engaged in interstate commerce effected an
invalid regulation of such commerce.
238. International Harvester Co. v. Kentucky, 234 U.S. 216 (1914).
Kentucky criminal and antitrust provisions, both constitutional
and statutory, were void for vagueness and hence violative of due
process because a prohibition of combinations which establish prices
that are greater or lower than the ``real market value'' of an article
as established by ``fair competition'' and ``under normal market
conditions'' afforded no standard that was possible to know in advance
and to obey.
Concurring: Justices Holmes, Hughes, Lamar, Day, Lurton, Van
Devanter, Chief Justice White.
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Dissenting: Justices McKenna, Pitney.
Accord: International Harvester Co. v. Kentucky, 234 U.S. 579
(1914); Collins v. Kentucky, 234 U.S. 634 (1914); American Machine Co.
v. Kentucky, 236 U.S. 660 (1915).
239. Missouri Pacific Ry. v. Larabee, 234 U.S. 459 (1914).
Kansas statute empowering a Kansas court to award against a
litigant attorney's fees attributable to the presentation before the
United States Supreme Court of an appeal in a mandamus proceeding was
inoperative consistently with the principle of national supremacy, for a
state court cannot be empowered by state law to assess fees for services
rendered in a federal court when such assessment is sanctioned neither
by federal law nor by the rules of the Supreme Court.
240. Western Union Tel. Co. v. Brown, 234 U.S. 542 (1914).
South Carolina law making mental anguish resulting from
negligent non-delivery of a telegram a cause of action could not be
invoked to support an action for negligent non-delivery in the District
of Columbia, an area beyond the jurisdiction of South Carolina and,
consistent with due process, removed from the scope of its legislative
power. The statute, as applied to messages sent from South Carolina to
another jurisdiction, also was an invalid regulation of interstate
commerce.
241. United States v. Reynolds, 235 U.S. 133 (1914).
Alabama law which permitted person convicted of an offense to
contract with another whereby, in consideration of the latter becoming
surety for the convicted person's fine, the convicted person agreed to
perform certain services, and which further stipulated that if such
contract was breached, the convicted person would become subject to a
fine equal to the damages sustained by the other contracting party and
payment of which would be remitted to said contracting party imposed a
form of peonage proscribed by the Thirteenth Amendment.
Concurring: Justice Holmes (separately).
242. McCabe v. Atchison, T. & S. F. Ry., 235 U.S. 151 (1914).
Oklahoma Separate Coach Law violated the equal protection clause
of the Fourteenth Amendment by permitting carriers to provide sleeping,
dining, and chair cars for whites but not for Negroes.
Concurring: Chief Justice White (separately), Justices Holmes
(separately), Lamar (separately), McReynolds (separately).
243. Sioux Remedy Co. v. Cope, 235 U.S. 197 (1914).
South Dakota law which required a foreign corporation to appoint
a local agent to accept service of process as a condition precedent to
suing in state courts to collect a claim arising out of interstate
commerce imposed an invalid burden on said commerce.
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244. Choctaw & Gulf R.R. v. Harrison, 235 U.S. 292 (1914).
Oklahoma privilege tax, insofar as it was levied on sale of coal
extracted from lands owned by Indian tribes and leased on their behalf
by the Federal Government was invalid as a tax on federal
instrumentality.
245. Coppage v. Kansas, 236 U.S. 1 (1915).
Kansas law proscribing ``yellow dog'' contracts whereby the
employer exacted of employees an agreement not to join or remain a
member of a union as a condition of acquiring and retaining employment
deprived employees of liberty of contract contrary to due process.
Concurring: Justices Pitney, McKenna, Van Devanter, Lamar,
McReynolds, Chief Justice White.
Dissenting: Justices Day, Hughes, Holmes (separately).
246. Heyman v. Hays, 236 U.S. 178 (1915).
Tennessee county privilege tax law, insofar as it was enforced
as to a liquor dealer doing a strictly mail-order business confined to
shipments to out-of-state destinations was void as a burden on
interstate commerce.
Accord: Southern Operating Co. v. Hayes, 236 U.S. 188 (1915).
247. Globe Bank v. Martin, 236 U.S. 288 (1915).
Consistently with the principle of national supremacy,
attachments and liens on real estate of a bankrupt, acquired pursuant to
Kentucky laws within four months prior to the filing of a petition in
bankruptcy under federal law, were null and void, and distribution of
the proceeds from the sale of such real estate was governed by federal
rather than by state law.
248. Southern Ry. v. Railroad Comm'n, 236 U.S. 439 (1915).
An Indiana statute requiring railway companies to place grab-
irons and hand-holds on the sides and ends of every car having been
superseded by the Federal Safety Appliance Act, penalties imposed under
the former could not be recovered as to cars operated on interstate
railroads, although engaged only in intrastate traffic.
249. Kirmeyer v. Kansas, 236 U.S. 568 (1915).
Kansas prohibition law could not be validly enforced to prevent
Kansas dealer from accepting orders for alcoholic beverages which were
to be completed by interstate delivery to Kansas purchasers from a point
in Missouri; under the federal Wilson Act the interstate transportation
did not end until delivery to the consignee was completed.
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250. Northern Pacific Ry. v. North Dakota ex rel. McCue, 236 U.S. 585
(1915).
North Dakota law compelling carriers to haul certain commodities
at less than compensatory rates deprived them of property without due
process.
Concurring: Justices Hughes, McKenna, Holmes, Day, Van Devanter,
Lamar, McReynolds, Chief Justice White.
Dissenting: Justice Pitney.
251. Norfolk & Western Ry. v. Conley, 236 U.S. 605 (1915).
West Virginia law which compelled carriers to haul passengers at
noncompensatory rates deprived them of property without due process.
Concurring: Justices Hughes, McKenna, Holmes, Day, Van Devanter,
Lamar, McReynolds, Chief Justice White.
Dissenting: Justice Pitney.
252. Wright v. Central of Georgia Ry., 236 U.S. 674 (1915).
Since the lessee of two railroads, built under special charters
containing irrepealable contracts exempting the railway property from
taxation in excess of a given rate was to be viewed as in the same
position as the owners, levy of an ad valorem tax on the lessee in
excess of the charter rate impaired the obligation of contract (Art. I,
Sec. 10).
Concurring: Justices Holmes, McKenna, Day, Van Devanter, Chief
Justice White.
Dissenting: Justices Hughes, Pitney, McReynolds.
Accord: Wright v. Louisville & Nashville R.R., 236 U.S. 687
(1915).
Concurring: Justices Holmes, McKenna, Day, Van Devanter, Chief
Justice White.
Dissenting: Justices Hughes, Pitney, McReynolds.
253. Davis v. Virginia, 236 U.S. 697 (1915).
Solicitation by a peddler in Virginia of orders for portraits
made in another State, with an option to the purchaser to select frames
upon delivery of the portrait by the peddler, amounted to a single
transaction in interstate commerce, and Virginia therefore could not
validly impose a peddler's license tax on the solicitor of such orders.
242. Chicago, B. & Q. Ry. v. Wisconsin R.R. Comm'n, 237 U.S. 220 (1915).
Wisconsin statute requiring interstate trains to stop at
villages of a specified number of inhabitants, without regard to the
volume of business done there, was void as imposing an unreasonable
burden on interstate commerce.
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255. Coe v. Armour Fertilizer Works, 237 U.S. 413 (1915).
Florida statute denied due process insofar as it provided, after
execution against a corporation had been returned ``no property,'' a
second execution to issue against a stockholder for the same debt to be
enforced against his property to the extent of any unpaid subscription
owing on his stock and without notice to such stockholder.
256. Charleston & W. C. Ry. v. Varnville Co., 237 U.S. 597 (1915).
South Carolina law which imposed a penalty on carriers for their
failure to adjust claims within 40 days imposed an invalid burden on
interstate commerce and also was in conflict with the federal Carmack
Amendment.
257. Atchison, T. & S. F. Ry. v. Vosburg, 238 U.S. 56 (1915).
Kansas Reciprocal Demurrage Law of 1905 which allowed recovery
of an attorney's fee by the shipper in case of delinquency by the
carrier but which accorded the carrier no like privilege in case of
delinquency on the part of the shipper denied the carrier equal
protection of the law.
258. Rossi v. Pennsylvania, 238 U.S. 62 (1915).
Pennsylvania liquor law could not be enforced against one who
solicited orders for the delivery of alcoholic beverages to be shipped
to the consignee from another State; under the federal Wilson Act of
1890 liquor shipped in interstate commerce did not become subject to
State regulation until after delivery to the consignee.
259. Guinn v. United States, 238 U.S. 347 (1915).
Oklahoma grandfather clause, in its 1910 constitution, exempting
from a literacy requirement and automatically enfranchising all entitled
to vote as of January 1, 1866, or who were descendants of those entitled
to vote on the latter date, was violative of the Fifteenth Amendment
protecting Negroes from discriminatory denial of the right to vote based
on race.
260. Accord: Mayers v. Anderson, 238 U.S. 368 (1915) wherein a similar
Maryland grandfather clause was voided.
261. Southwestern Tel. Co. v. Danaher, 238 U.S. 482 (1915).
Arkansas statute was held to be unreasonable and violative of
due process for the reason that, as enforced, it subjected a telephone
company to a $6300 penalty for discriminatory refusal to serve when,
pursuant to company regulations known to the State and uniformly
enforced for economical collection of its approved rates, it suspended
services to a delinquent and refused to resume services, while the
delinquency remained unpaid, at the reduced rate afforded to those who
paid the monthly service charge in advance.
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262. Chicago, M. & St. P. Ry. v. Wisconsin, 238 U.S. 491 (1915).
Wisconsin statute which compelled sleeping car companies, if
upper berth was not sold, to accord use of the space thereof to
purchaser of a lower berth took salable property from the owner without
compensation and therefore effected a deprivation of property without
due process of law.
Concurring: Justices Lamar, Day, Hughes, Van Devanter, Pitney,
McReynolds, Chief Justice White.
Dissenting: Justices McKenna, Holmes.
263. Truax v. Raich, 239 U.S. 33 (1915).
Arizona statute which compelled establishments hiring five or
more workers to reserve 80 per cent of the employment opportunities to
citizens denied aliens the equal protection of the laws.
Concurring: Justices Hughes, Holmes, Pitney, Lamar, Day, Van
Devanter, McKenna, Chief Justice White.
Dissenting: Justice McReynolds.
264. Provident Savings Ass'n v. Kentucky, 239 U.S. 103 (1915).
Kentucky statute levying tax, in the nature of a license tax for
the doing of local business, on premiums collected in New York by a
foreign insurance company after it had ceased to do business in that
State was violative of due process by reason of affecting activities
beyond the jurisdiction of the State.
265. Indian Oil Co. v. Oklahoma, 240 U.S. 522 (1916).
Oklahoma tax on lessee's interest in Indian lands, acquired
pursuant to federal statutory authorization, was void as a tax on a
federal instrumentality.
266. Rosenberger v. Pacific Express Co., 241 U.S. 48 (1916).
Texas statute imposing special licenses on express companies
maintaining offices for C.O.D. delivery of interstate shipments of
alcoholic beverages imposed an invalid burden on interstate commerce
under the terms of the Wilson Act of 1890 (26 Stat. 313).
267. McFarland v. American Sugar Co., 241 U.S. 79 (1916).
Louisiana law which established a rebuttable presumption that
any person systematically purchasing sugar in Louisiana at a price below
that which he paid in any other State was a party to a monopoly or
conspiracy in restraint of trade was violative of both the due process
and equal protection clauses of the Fourteenth Amendment in that it
declared an individual presumptively guilty of a crime and exempted
countless others paying the same price.
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268. Wisconsin v. Philadelphia & Reading Coal Co., 241 U.S. 329 (1916).
Wisconsin law which revoked the license of any foreign
corporation which removed to a federal court a suit instituted against
it by a Wisconsin citizen imposed an unconstitutional condition.
269. Detroit United Ry. v. Michigan, 242 U.S. 238 (1916).
Construction of acts of 1905 and 1907 as compelling a Detroit
City Railway to extend its lines to suburban areas annexed by Detroit
only on the same terms as were contained in its initial franchise as
authorized by the Detroit ordinance of 1889, wherein its fare was fixed,
operated to impair the obligation of contract.
Concurring: Justices Pitney, Holmes, Day, Van Devanter, McReynolds,
Chief Justice White.
Dissenting: Justices Clarke, Brandeis.
270. Rowland v. Boyle, 244 U.S. 106 (1917).
The two-cent passenger rate fixed by act of the Arkansas
legislature was confiscatory and accordingly deprived the railroad of
its property without due process.
271. New York Central R.R. v. Winfield, 244 U.S. 147 (1917).
Congress, by enactment of the Federal Employees' Liability Act,
having preempted the field as to determination of the liability of
interstate railroad carriers to compensate employees for injuries
sustained while engaged in interstate commerce, award under New York
Workmen's Compensation Act for injuries sustained in interstate commerce
by railway employee could not be upheld.
Concurring: Justices Van Devanter, Holmes, Pitney, McReynolds, Day,
McKenna, Chief Justice White.
Dissenting: Justices Brandeis, Clarke.
272. Accord: Erie R.R. v. Winfield, 244 U.S. 170 (1917).
For the same reason, a New Jersey Workmen's Compensation Act was
held inapplicable to a railway worker injured while engaged in
interstate commerce.
Concurring: Justices Van Devanter, Holmes, Day, Pitney, McKenna,
McReynolds, Chief Justice White.
Dissenting: Justices Brandeis, Clarke.
273. Southern Pacific Co. v. Jensen, 244 U.S. 205 (1917).
New York Workmen's Compensation Act was unconstitutional as
applied to employees engaged in maritime work, for it afforded a remedy
unknown to common law, and hence was not among the common law remedies
saved to suitors from exclusive federal admiralty jurisdiction by the
Judiciary Act of 1789.
Concurring: Justices McReynolds, Day, Van Devanter, McKenna, Chief
Justice White.
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Dissenting: Justices Holmes (separately), Pitney (separately),
Brandeis, Clarke.
Accord: Clyde S.S. Co. v. Walker, 244 U.S. 255 (1917).
Concurring: Justices McReynolds, Day, Van Devanter, McKenna, Chief
Justice White.
Dissenting: Justices Holmes, Pitney, Brandeis, Clarke.
274. Accord: Steamship Bowdoin Co. v. Industrial Accident Comm'n of
California, 246 U.S. 648 (1918), as to the inoperative effect of
a California Workmen's Compensation Act.
275. Seaboard Air Line Ry. v. Blackwell, 244 U.S. 310 (1917).
Georgia ``Blow-Post'' law imposed an unconstitutional burden on
interstate commerce insofar as compliance with it would have required an
interstate train to come practically to a stop at each of 124 ordinary
grade crossings within a distance of 123 miles in Georgia and would have
added more than six hours to the running time of the train.
Concurring: Justices McKenna, Holmes, McReynolds, Day, Clarke, Van
Devanter.
Dissenting: Chief Justice White, Justices Pitney, Brandeis.
276. Western Oil Ref. Co. v. Lipscomb, 244 U.S. 346 (1917).
Tennessee privilege tax could not validly be imposed on
interstate sales consummated at either destination in Tennessee by an
Indiana corporation which, for the purpose of filling orders taken by
its salesmen in Tennessee, shipped thereto a tank car of oil and a
carload of barrels and filled the orders through an agent who drew the
oil from the tank car into the barrels, or into barrels furnished by
customers, and then made delivery and collected the agreed price, and
thereafter moved the two cars to another point in Tennessee for
effecting like deliveries.
Concurring: Justices Van Devanter, Holmes, Brandeis, Pitney,
McReynolds, Day, Clarke, McKenna.
Dissenting: Chief Justice White.
277. Adams v. Tanner, 244 U.S. 590 (1917).
Washington law which proscribed private employment agencies by
prohibiting them from collecting fees for their services deprived
individuals of the liberty to pursue a lawful calling contrary to due
process of law.
Concurring: Justices McReynolds, Pitney, Van Devanter, Chief Justice
White.
Dissenting: Justices McKenna, Brandeis, Holmes, Clarke.
278. American Express Company v. Caldwell, 244 U.S. 617 (1917).
Consistent with natural supremacy, South Dakota law regulating
advance of interstate rates could not be applied to changes in intra
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state rates which a carrier put into effect pursuant to an order of the
Interstate Commerce Commission to abate discrimination against
interstate traffic.
Concurring: Justices Brandeis, Holmes, Pitney, McReynolds, Day,
Clarke, Van Devanter, Chief Justice White.
Dissenting: Justice McKenna.
279. Hendrickson v. Apperson, 245 U.S. 105 (1917).
Kentucky act of 1906, amending act of 1894 and construed in such
manner as to enable a county to avoid collection of taxes to repay
judgment on unpaid bonds impaired the obligation of contract.
Accord: Hendrickson v. Creager, 245 U.S. 115 (1917).
280. Looney v. Crane Co., 245 U.S. 178 (1917).
Texas law, which, under the guise of taxing the privilege of
doing an intrastate business, imposed on an Illinois corporation a
license tax based on its authorized capital stock, was void not only as
imposing a burden on interstate commerce, but also as contravening the
due process clause by affecting property outside the jurisdiction of
Texas.
281. Crew Levick v. Pennsylvania, 245 U.S. 292 (1917).
Pennsylvania gross receipts tax on wholesalers, as applied to a
merchant who sold part of his merchandise to customers in foreign
countries either as the result of the receipt directly of orders from
them or as the result of orders solicited by agents abroad was void as a
regulation of foreign commerce and as a duty on exports.
282. Paper Co. v. Massachusetts, 246 U.S. 135 (1918).
License fee or excise of a given per cent of the par value of
the entire authorized capital stock of a foreign corporation doing both
a local and interstate business and owning property in several States
was a tax on the entire business and property of the corporation and was
void both as an illegal burden on interstate commerce and as a violation
of due process by reason of affecting property beyond the borders of the
taxing State.
Accord: Locomobile Co. v. Massachusetts, 246 U.S. 146 (1918).
283. Cheney Bros. v. Massachusetts, 246 U.S. 147 (1918).
When a Connecticut corporation maintains and employs a
Massachusetts office with a stock of samples and an office force and
traveling salesmen merely to obtain local orders subject to confirmation
at the Connecticut office and with deliveries to be made directly from
the latter, its business was interstate commerce and a Massachusetts
annual excise could not be validly applied thereto.
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284. New York Life Ins. Co. v. Dodge, 246 U.S. 357 (1918).
Liberty of contract, as protected by the due process clause of
the Fourteenth Amendment, precluded enforcement of the Missouri
nonforfeiture statute, prescribing how net value of a life insurance
policy is to be applied to avert a forfeiture in the event the annual
premium is not paid, so as to prevent a Missouri resident from executing
in the New York office of the insurer a different agreement sanctioned
by New York law whereby the policy was pledged as security for a loan
and later canceled in satisfaction of the indebtedness.
Concurring: Justices McReynolds, McKenna, Holmes, Van Devanter,
Chief Justice White.
Dissenting: Justices Brandeis, Day, Pitney, Clarke.
285. Georgia v. Cincinnati So. Ry., 248 U.S. 26 (1918).
Georgia act of 1916 revoking a grant in 1879 of a perpetual
right of way to a railroad impaired the obligation of contract (Art. I,
Sec. 10).
286. Union Pac. R.R. v. Public Service Comm'n, 248 U.S. 67 (1918).
Missouri act, insofar as it authorized the Missouri Public
Service Commission to exact a fee of $10,000 for a certificate of
authority for issuance by an interstate railroad, doing no intrastate
business in Missouri, of a $30,000,000 mortgage bond issue to meet
expenditures incurred but in small part in that State, imposed an
invalid burden on interstate commerce.
287. Flexner v. Farson, 248 U.S. 289 (1919).
Kentucky law, insofar as it authorized a judgment against
nonresident individuals based on service against their Kentucky agent
after his appointment had expired, was violative of due process.
288. Central of Georgia Ry. v. Wright, 248 U.S. 525 (1919).
Tax exemptions in charters granted to certain railroads inured
to their lessee, and, accordingly, a Georgia tax authorized by a
constitutional provision postdating such charters and imposed on the
leasehold interest of the lessee impaired the obligation of contract.
289. Union Tank Line Co. v. Wright, 249 U.S. 275 (1919).
Georgia law under which a New Jersey company's tank cars
operating in and out of that State were assessed upon a track-mileage
basis, i.e., in an amount bearing the same ratio to the value of all its
cars and other personal property as the ratio of the miles of railroad
over which the cars were run in Georgia to the total miles over which
they were run in all States, was invalid for the reason that the rule
bore no necessary relation to the real value in Georgia and hence
conflicted with due process.
Concurring: Justices McReynolds, McKenna, Holmes, Day, Van Devanter,
Chief Justice White.
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Dissenting: Justices Pitney, Brandeis, Clarke.
290. Standard Oil Co. v. Graves, 249 U.S. 389 (1919).
Washington law under which, in a ten-year period, inspection
fees collected on oil products brought into the State for use or
consumption amounted to $335,000, of which only $80,000 was disbursed
for expenses, was deemed to impose an excessive charge and accordingly
an invalid burden on interstate commerce.
291. Chalker v. Birmingham & N.W. Ry., 249 U.S. 522 (1919).
Tennessee act which made the annual tax for the privilege of
doing railway construction work dependent on whether the person taxed
had his chief office in Tennessee, i.e. $25 if he had and $100 if he did
not, was violative of the privilege and immunities clause of Art. IV,
Sec. 2.
292. New Orleans & N.E.R.R. v. Scarlet, 249 U.S. 528 (1919).
Mississippi ``Prima Facie'' act, relieving plaintiff of burden
of proof to establish negligence, could not constitutionally be applied
by a state court in suits under the Federal Employees' Liability Act.
Accord: Yazoo & M.V.R.R. v. Mullins, 249 U.S. 531 (1919).
293. Pennsylvania R.R. v. Public Service Comm'n, 250 U.S. 566 (1919).
Pennsylvania law, as applied to an interstate train terminated
by a mail car, forbidding operation of any train consisting of United
States mail, or express, cars without rear end of car being equipped
with a platform with guard rails and steps was inoperative by reason of
conflict with federal legislation and regulations which preempted the
field.
Concurring: Justices Holmes, McKenna, Day, Van Devanter, Pitney,
McReynolds, Brandeis, Chief Justice White.
Dissenting: Justice Clarke.
294. Postal Telegraph-Cable Co. v. Warren-Godwin Co., 251 U.S. 27
(1919).
By virtue of federal legislation preempting the field,
Mississippi law could not be applied to determine validity of a contract
by telegraph company limiting its responsibility when its lower rate is
paid for unrepeated interstate messages.
Concurring: Justices Holmes, McKenna, Day, Van Devanter, McReynolds,
Brandeis, Clarke, Chief Justice White.
Dissenting: Justice Pitney.
295. Western Union Tel. Co. v. Boegli, 251 U.S. 315 (1920).
Federal legislation having preempted the field, Indiana law no
longer was operative to subject a telegraph company to a penalty for
failure to deliver promptly in Indiana a message sent from a point in
Illinois.
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296. Travis v. Yale & Towne Mfg. Co., 252 U.S. 60 (1920).
New York income tax law which allowed exemptions to residents,
with increases for married persons and dependents but which allowed no
equivalent exemptions to nonresidents abridged the privileges and
immunities clause of Art. IV, Sec. 2.
297. Okahoma Operating Co. v. Love, 252 U.S. 331 (1920).
Oklahoma constitution and laws, under which an order of the
State Corporation Commission declaring a laundry a monopoly and limiting
its rates was not judicially reviewable, and which compelled litigant,
for purposes of obtaining a judicial test of rates, to disobey the order
and invite serious penalty for each day of refusal pending completion of
judicial appeal, were violative of due process insofar as rates were
enforced by penalties.
298. Accord: Oklahoma Gin Co. v. Oklahoma, 252 U.S. 339 (1920).
Illinois law denying Illinois courts jurisdiction in actions for
wrongful death occurring in another State which was construed as barring
jurisdiction of actions on a sister State judgment founded upon a like
cause was, as so applied, violative of the full faith and credit clause.
299. Askren v. Continental Oil Co., 252 U.S. 444 (1920).
New Mexico law levying annual license on distributors of
gasoline plus 2 per gallon on all gasoline sold was a privilege tax,
and, as applied to parties who bring gasoline from without and sell it
in New Mexico, imposed an invalid burden on interstate commerce insofar
as it related to their business of selling in tank car lots and in
barrels or packages as originally imported.
300. Wallace v. Hines, 253 U.S. 66 (1920).
North Dakota act, as administered, imposed invalid burden on
interstate commerce and took property without due process by reason of
taxing an interstate railroad by assessing the value of its property in
the State at that proportion of the total value of its stock and bonds
that the main track mileage within the State bore to the main track
mileage of the entire line; this formula was indefensible inasmuch as
the cost of construction per mile was within than without the taxing
State, and the large and valuable terminals of the railroad were located
elsewhere.
301. Hawke v. Smith (No. 1), 253 U.S. 221 (1920).
Action of Ohio legislature ratifying proposed Eighteenth
Amendment could not be referred to the voters, and the provisions of the
Ohio constitution requiring such referendum were inconsistent with
Article V of the Federal Constitution.
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Accord: Hawke v. Smith (No. 2), 253 U.S. 231 (1920), applicable
to proposed Nineteenth Amendment.
302. Ohio Valley Co. v. Ben Avon Borough, 253 U.S. 287 (1920).
Since Pennsylvania Public Service Commission Law failed to
provide opportunity by way of appeal to the courts or by injunctive
proceedings to test issue as to whether rates fixed by Commission are
confiscatory, order of Commission establishing maximum future rates
violated due process of law.
Concurring: Justices McReynolds, Day, Van Devanter, Pitney, McKenna,
Chief Justice White.
Dissenting: Justices Brandeis, Holmes, Clarke.
303. Royster Guano Co. v. Virginia, 253 U.S. 412 (1920).
Virginia law which taxed all income of local corporation derived
from business within and without Virginia, while exempting entirely
income derived outside of Virginia by local corporations which did no
local business violated the equal protection clause of the Fourteenth
Amendment.
Concurring: Justices Pitney, McReynolds, McKenna, Day, Van Devanter,
Clarke, Chief Justice White.
Dissenting: Justices Brandeis, Holmes.
304. Johnson v. Maryland, 254 U.S. 51 (1920).
Maryland law requiring operator's license of drivers of motor
trucks could not constitutionally be applied to a Postal Department
employee operating a federal mail truck in the performance of official
duty.
Concurring: Justices Holmes, McKenna, Day, Van Devanter, Brandeis,
Clarke, Chief Justice White.
Dissenting: Justices Pitney, McReynolds.
305. Turner v. Wade, 254 U.S. 64 (1920).
Georgia Tax Equalization Act denied due process insofar as it
authorized an increase in the assessed valuation of the taxpayer's
property without notice and hearing and accorded him an abortive remedy
of arbitration which was nullified by the inability of the arbitrators
to agree on a lower assessment before the expiration of the time when
the assessment became final and binding.
306. Bank of Minden v. Clement, 256 U.S. 126 (1921).
Louisiana law which exempted proceeds of insurance policy,
payable upon death of insured to his executor, from the claims of
insured's creditors impaired the obligation of contract as enforced
against a debt on a promissory note antedating such laws and also as
enforced against policies which antedated the law.
Concurring: Justices McReynolds, McKenna, Holmes, Day, Van Devanter,
Pitney, Brandeis, Chief Justice White.
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Dissenting: Justice Clarke.
307. Bethlehem Motors Co. v. Flynt, 256 U.S. 421 (1921).
North Carolina statute which exacted a $500 license fee of every
automobile manufacturer as a condition precedent to selling cars in the
State and which imposed a like requirement on any firm selling cars of a
manufacturer who had not paid the tax, but which reduced the fee to $100
in the event that the manufacturer had invested three-fourths of his
assets in North Carolina state and municipal securities or properties,
was invalid as violative of the commerce clause and of the equal
protection clause when enforced against nonresident manufacturers
selling cars in North Carolina directly or through local dealers.
Concurring: Justices McKenna, Holmes, Day, Van Devanter, McReynolds,
Clarke.
Dissenting: Justices Pitney, Brandeis
308. Merchant's Nat'l Bank v. Richmond, 256 U.S. 635 (1921).
Richmond, Virginia, ordinance and Virginia statute which, as
construed, levied a tax on state and national bank shares at the
aggregate rate of $1.75 per $100 of valuation and upon intangibles at
the aggregate rate of 85 per $100 valuation, a substantial proportion of
which property was in the hands of individual taxpayers, were void as in
conflict with federal law prohibiting discriminatory taxation of
national bank shares for the reason that the tax was imposed on the
national bank stocks to the aggregate value of more than $8,000,000
whereas the value of state bank stocks taxed was only $6,000,000.
309. Bowman v. Continental Oil Co., 256 U.S. 642 (1921).
New Mexico statute which imposed a tax of 2 cents per gallon
sold on distributors of gasoline was void insofar as it embraced
interstate transactions, but the annual license fee of $5 imposed
thereby on each gasoline station was totally void insofar as interstate
sales threat could not be separated out from the intrastate sales.
310. Kansas City So. Ry. v. Road Improv. Dist. No. 6, 256 U.S. 658
(1921).
Arkansas statute which authorized local assessments for road
improvements denied equal protection of the laws insofar as railroad
property was burdened for local improvement on a basis totally different
from that used for measuring the contribution demanded of individual
owners.
311. Eureka Pipe Line Co. v. Hallanan, 257 U.S. 265 (1921).
West Virginia statute which forbade engaging in the business of
transporting petroleum in pipe lines without the payment of a tax of
2 cents for each barrel of oil transported imposed an invalid burden on
interstate commerce as applied to company's volume of oil produced in,
but moving out of, West Virginia to extra-state destinations.
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Concurring: Justices Holmes, McKenna, Day, Van Devanter, McReynolds,
Chief Justice Taft.
Dissenting: Justices Clarke, Pitney, Brandeis.
Accord: United Fuel Gas Co. v. Hallanan, 257 U.S. 277 (1921),
voiding like application of the West Virginia tax on the interstate
movement of natural gas.
Concurring: Justices Holmes, Pitney, McReynolds, Day, Van Devanter,
McKenna, Chief Justice Taft.
Dissenting: Justices Brandeis, Clarke.
312. Dahnke-Walker Co. v. Bondurant, 257 U.S. 282 (1921).
Kentucky law prescribing conditions under which foreign
corporations could do business in that State and which precluded
enforcement in Kentucky courts of contracts made by foreign corporations
not complying with said conditions could not be enforced against
Tennessee corporation which sued in a Kentucky court for breach of a
contract consummated in that State for the purchase of grain to be
delivered to and used in Tennessee; such transaction was in interstate
commerce, notwithstanding that the Tennessee purchaser might change its
mind after delivery to a carrier in Kentucky and sell the grain in
Kentucky or consign it to some other place in Kentucky.
Concurring: Justices Van Devanter, Holmes, Pitney, Day, McKenna,
McReynolds, Chief Justice Taft.
Dissenting: Justices Brandeis, Clarke.
313. Truax v. Corrigan, 257 U.S. 312 (1921).
Arizona statute, regulating injunctions in labor disputes which
exempted ex-employees, when committing tortious injury to the business
of their former employer in the form of mass picketing, libelous
utterances, and inducement of customers to withhold patronage, while
leaving subject to injunctive restraint all other tort-feasors engaged
in like wrong-doing, deprived the employer of property without due
process and denied him equal protection of the law.
Concurring: Justices Van Devanter, Day, McKenna, McReynolds, Chief
Justice Taft.
Dissenting: Justices Holmes, Pitney, Clarke, Brandeis.
314. Gillespie v. Oklahoma, 257 U.S. 501 (1922).
Oklahoma income tax law could not validly be enforced as to net
income of lessee derived from the sales of his share of oil and gas
received under leases of restricted Indian lands which constituted him
in effect an instrumentality used by the United States in fulfilling its
duties to the Indians.
Concurring: Justices Holmes, Day, Van Devanter, McKenna, McReynolds,
Chief Justice Taft.
Dissenting: Justices Pitney, Brandeis, Clarke.
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315. Terral v. Burke Constr. Co., 257 U.S. 529 (1922).
Arkansas law which revoked the license of a foreign corporation
to do business in that State whenever it resorted to the federal courts
sitting in that State exacted an unconstitutional condition.
316. Lemke v. Farmers Grain Co., 258 U.S. 50 (1922).
North Dakota statute which required purchasers of grain to
obtain a license to act under a defined system of grading, inspection,
and weighing, and to abide by regulations as to prices and profits
imposed an invalid burden on interstate commerce insofar as it was
applied to a North Dakota association which bought grain in the State
and loaded it promptly on cars for shipment to other States for sale,
notwithstanding occasional diversion of the grain for local sales.
Concurring: Justices Day, McKenna, McReynolds, Van Devanter, Pitney,
Chief Justice Taft.
Dissenting: Justices Brandeis, Holmes, Clarke.
Accord: Lemke v. Homer Farmers Elevator Co., 258 U.S. 65 (1922).
Justices Concurring: Day, McKenna, McReynolds, Pitney, Van Devanter,
Chief Justice Taft.
Dissenting: Justices Holmes, Brandeis, Clarke.
317. Newton v. Consolidated Gas Co., 258 U.S. 165 (1922).
Rates fixed for the sale of gas by New York statute were
confiscatory and deprived the utility of its property without due
process of law.
Accord: Newton v. New York Gas Co., 258 U.S. 178 (1922); Newton
v. Kings County Lighting Co., 258 U.S. 180 (1922); Newton v. Brooklyn
Union Gas Co., 258 U.S. 604 (1922); Newton v. Consolidated Gas Co., 259
U.S. 101 (1922).
318. Forbes Pioneer Boat Line v. Everglades Drainage Dist., 258 U.S. 338
(1922).
Florida law retroactively validating collection of fee for
passage through a canal, the use of which was then free by law, was
ineffective; a legislature could not retroactively approve what it could
not lawfully do.
319. Texas Co. v. Brown, 258 U.S. 466 (1922).
Georgia law levying inspection fees and providing for inspection
of oil and gasoline was unconstitutional as applied to gasoline and oil
in interstate commerce; for the fees clearly exceeded the cost of
inspection and amounted to a tariff levied without the consent of
Congress.
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320. Chicago & N.W. Ry. v. Nye Schneider Fowler Co., 260 U.S. 35 (1922).
Nebraska law, as construed, which authorized imposition against
carrier, in favor of claimant, of an additional attorney's fee of $100,
upon the basis of the service rendered, time and labor bestowed, and
recovery secured by claimant's attorney in resisting appeal by which the
carrier obtained a large reduction of an excessive judgment was
unreasonable in that it deterred carrier from vindicating its rights by
appeal and therefore was violative of due process.
321. St. Louis Compress Co. v. Arkansas, 260 U.S. 346 (1922).
Arkansas law exacting of persons insuring property in Arkansas a
five percent tax on amounts paid on premiums to insurers not authorized
to do business in Arkansas was violative of due process insofar as it
was applied to insurance contracted and paid for outside Arkansas by a
foreign corporation doing a local business.
322. Champlain Co. v. Brattleboro, 260 U.S. 366 (1922).
Logs under control of the owner which, in the course of their
interstate journey, were being temporarily detained by a boom to await
subsidence of high waters and for the sole purpose of saving them from
loss were in interstate commerce and, accordingly, a Vermont levy of a
property tax thereon was void.
323. Pennsylvania Coal Co. v. Mahon, 260 U.S. 393 (1922).
Pennsylvania law which forbade mining in such a way as to cause
subsidence of any human habitation or public street or building and
which thereby made commercially impracticable the removal of valuable
coal deposits was deemed arbitrary and amounted to a deprivation of
property without due process. As applied to an owner of land who, prior
to this enactment, had validly deeded the surface with express
reservation of right to remove coal underneath and subject to waiver by
grantee of damage claims resulting from such mining, said law also
impaired the obligation of contract.
Concurring: Justices Holmes, McKenna, Day, Van Devanter, Pitney,
McReynolds, Sutherland, Chief Justice Taft.
Dissenting: Justice Brandeis.
324. Columbia Ry., Gas & Electric Co. v. South Carolina, 261 U.S. 236
(1923).
South Carolina statute, as construed, which sought to convert a
covenant in a prior legislative contract into a condition subsequent,
and to impose as a penalty for its violation the forfeiture of valuable
property, impaired the obligation of contract.
325. Federal Land Bank v. Crosland, 261 U.S. 374 (1923).
A first mortgage executed to a Federal Land Bank is a federal
instrumentality and cannot be subjected to an Alabama recording tax.
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326. Phipps v. Cleveland Refg. Co., 261 U.S. 449 (1923).
Ohio law, which was applicable to interstate and intrastate
commerce and which exacted fees for inspection of petroleum products in
excess of the legitimate cost of inspection, imposed an invalid import
tax to the extent that the excess could not be separated and assigned
solely to intrastate commerce.
327. Thomas v. Kansas City So. Ry., 261 U.S. 481 (1923).
Insofar as drainage district tax authorized under Arkansas law
imposed upon a railroad a levy disproportionate to the value of the
benefits derived from said improvement, the tax was violative of the
equal protection clause.
328. Davis v. Farmers Co-operative Co., 262 U.S. 313 (1923).
Minnesota law which provided that interstate railroads which had
an agent in Minnesota to solicit traffic over lines outside Minnesota
may be served with summons by delivery of copy thereof to the agent
imposed an invalid burden on interstate commerce as applied to a carrier
which owned and operated no facilities in Minnesota and which was sued
by a plaintiff who did not reside therein on a cause of action arising
outside the State.
329. First Nat'l Bank v. California, 262 U.S. 366 (1923).
California law which escheated to state bank deposits unclaimed
for 20 years, notwithstanding that no notice of residence has been filed
with the bank by the depositor or any claimant, was invalid, as to
deposits in national banks by reason of conflict with applicable federal
law.
330. Meyer v. Nebraska, 262 U.S. 390 (1923).
Nebraska law which forbade the teaching of any language other
than English in any school, private, denominational, or public,
maintaining classes for the first eight grades affected a denial of
liberty without due process of law.
331-332. Accord: Bartels v. Iowa, 262 U.S. 404 (1923), and Bohning v.
Ohio, 262 U.S. 404 (1923), voiding similar Iowa and Ohio laws.
Concurring (in each of the above cases): Justices McReynolds,
Brandeis, Butler, Sanford, Van Devanter, McKenna, Chief Justice Taft.
Dissenting (in each of the above cases): Justices Holmes,
Sutherland.
333. Georgia Ry. & Power Co. v. Decatur, 262 U.S. 432 (1923).
Georgia law which extended corporate limits of a town and which,
as judicially construed, had the effect of rendering applicable to the
added territory street railway rates fixed by an earlier contract
between the town and the railway impaired the obligation of that
contract by adding to its burden.
Accord: Georgia Ry. v. College Park, 262 U.S. 441 (1923).
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334. Wolff Packing Co. v. Industrial Court, 262 U.S. 522 (1923).
Kansas law which compelled business engaged in manufacturing and
in the processing of food to continue operation in the event of a labor
dispute, to submit the controversy to an arbitration board, and to abide
by the latter's recommendations pertaining to the payment of minimum
wages subjected both employers and employees to a denial of liberty
without due process of law.
Accord: Dorchy v. Kansas, 264 U.S. 286 (1924), same Kansas law
voided when applied to labor disputes affecting coal mines; Wolff
Packing Co. v. Industrial Court, 267 U.S. 552 (1925), voiding other
provisions of this Kansas law which authorized arbitration tribunal in
the course of compulsory arbitration, to fix the hours of labor to be
observed by an employer involved in a labor dispute.
335. Kentucky Co. v. Paramount Exch., 262 U.S. 544 (1923).
Wisconsin law which required a foreign corporation not doing
business in Wisconsin, or having property there, other than that sought
to be recovered in a suit, to send, as a condition precedent to
maintaining such action, its officer with corporate records pertinent to
the matter in controversy, and to submit to an adversary examination
before answer, but which did not subject nonresident individuals to such
examination, except when served with notice and subpoena within
Wisconsin, and then only in the court where the service was had, and
which limited such examinations, in the case of residents of Wisconsin,
individual or corporate, to the county of their residence violated the
equal protection clause.
Concurring: Justices Van Devanter, Sanford, Butler, McKenna,
McReynolds, Sutherland, Chief Justice Taft.
Dissenting: Justices Brandeis, Holmes.
336. Pennsylvania v. West Virginia, 262 U.S. 553 (1923).
West Virginia law which required pipe line companies to fill all
local needs before endeavoring to export any natural gas extracted in
West Virginia was void as a prohibited interference with interstate
commerce.
Concurring: Justices Van Devanter, Sutherland, Butler, McKenna,
Chief Justice Taft.
Dissenting: Justices Holmes, McReynolds, Brandeis, Sanford.
337. Bunch v. Cole, 263 U.S. 250 (1923).
When lease of an Indian allotment, made by the allottee in
excess of the powers of alienation granted by federal law, is declared
null and void by federal law, Oklahoma statute, as judicially applied,
which gave the lease the effect of a tenancy at will and as controlling
the amount of compensation which the allottee may recover for use
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and occupation by the lessees also was void, consistently with the
principle of national supremacy.
338. Clallam County v. United States, 263 U.S. 341 (1923).
Washington state and county property taxes cannot be levied on
the property of a corporation which, though formed under Washington law,
was a federal instrumentality created and operated by the United States
as an instrument of war.
339. Tampa Interocean Steamship Co. v. Louisiana, 266 U.S. 594 (1925).
Louisiana license tax law could not validly be enforced as to
the business of companies employed as agents by owners of vessels
engaged exclusively in interstate and foreign commerce when the services
performed by the agents consisted of the soliciting and engaging of
cargo, and the nomination of vessels to carry it, etc. (See Texas
Transp. Co. v. New Orleans, 264 U.S. 150 (1924), voiding like
application of a similar New Orleans ordinance.)
340. Sperry Oil Co. v. Chisholm, 264 U.S. 488 (1924).
Oklahoma law which required that the execution of a lease on the
family homestead also must be executed by the wife was inoperative,
consistently with the principle of national supremacy, to the extent
that under federal law Congress had empowered a Cherokee Indian to make
an oil or gas lease on his restricted ``homestead'' allotment subject
only to the approval of the Secretary of the Interior.
341. Burns Baking Co. v. Bryan, 264 U.S. 504 (1924).
Nebraska law which prescribed the minimum weights of loaves of
bread to be made and sold and which, in order to prevent the palming off
of smaller for larger sizes, fixed a maximum for each class and allowed
a ``tolerance'' of only two ounces per pound in excess of the minimum
was found to be unreasonable, to be unnecessary to protect purchasers
against the imposition of fraud by short weights, and therefore to
deprive bakers and sellers of bread of their liberty without due process
of law.
Concurring: Justices Butler, Sanford, McReynolds, Sutherland,
McKenna, Van Devanter, Chief Justice Taft.
Dissenting: Justices Brandeis, Holmes.
342. Missouri ex rel. Burnes Nat'l Bank v. Duncan, 265 U.S. 17 (1924).
Inasmuch as under the Federal Reserve Act national banks were
authorized to act as executors, a Missouri law was ineffective, under
the principle of national supremacy, to withhold such powers from such
banks.
Concurring: Justices Holmes, Sanford, Brandeis, McKenna, Van
Devanter, Butler, Chief Justice Taft.
Dissenting: Justices Sutherland, McReynolds.
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343. Atchison, T. & S.F. Ry. v. Wells, 265 U.S. 101 (1924).
Texas law which permitted a nonresident to prosecute a case
which arose outside of Texas against a railroad corporation of another
State which was engaged in interstate commerce and neither owned nor
operated facilities in Texas was inoperative by reason of imposing a
burden on interstate commerce.
344. Air-Way Corp. v. Day, 266 U.S. 71 (1924).
Ohio law which levied an annual fee on foreign corporations for
the privilege of exercising their franchise in the State, which was
computed at the rate of 5 cents per share upon the proportion of the
number of shares of authorized common stock represented by property
owned and used and business transacted in Ohio was void as imposing a
burden on interstate commerce when applied to a foreign corporation all
of whose business, intrastate and interstate, and all of whose property
were represented by the shares outstanding; application of the rate to
all shares authorized, or even to a greater number than the total
outstanding, amounted to a burden on all property and business including
interstate commerce. As imposed, the tax also violated the equal
protection clause.
345. Aetna Life Ins. Co. v. Dunken, 266 U.S. 389 (1924).
Policy of insurance originally issued to insurer in Tennessee
and converted by him in Texas from term insurance to 20 year payment
life was deemed to be a mere continuation of the original policy, and
upon suit on the policy in Texas, a Texas law imposing a penalty and
allowing an attorney's fee could not constitutionally be applied against
the insurer for the reason that Texas could not regulate contracts
consummated outside its limits in conformity with the laws of the place
where the contract was made without violating full faith and credit
clause.
346. Ozark Pipe Line Corp. v. Monier, 266 U.S. 555 (1925).
Missouri law which required foreign corporations doing business
therein to pay an annual franchise tax of 1/10 of 1% of the par value of
capital stock and surplus employed in business in the State could not
constitutionally be exacted of a pipe line company for the privilege of
doing in Missouri what was exclusively an interstate business.
Concurring: Justices Sutherland, Holmes, Van Devanter, McReynolds,
Butler, Sanford, McKenna, Chief Justice Taft.
Justice Dissenting: Brandeis.
347. Michigan Commission v. Duke, 266 U.S. 570 (1925).
Michigan law which converted an interstate contract motor
carrier into a public utility by legislative fiat in effect took
property for public use without compensation in violation of the due
process
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clause, and also imposed unreasonable conditions on the right to carry
on interstate commerce.
348. Flanagan v. Federal Coal Co., 267 U.S. 222 (1925).
In a suit for breach of contract, plaintiff's right to maintain
suit could not be barred by his failure to pay a Tennessee license tax
for the reason that the state law levying the same could not be applied
to a contract for the purchase of coal to be delivered to customers in
other States, that is, in interstate commerce.
349. Buck v. Kuykendall, 267 U.S. 307 (1925).
Washington law which prohibited motor vehicle common carriers
for hire from using its highways without obtaining a certificate of
convenience could not validly be exacted of an interstate motor carrier;
the law was not a regulation designed to promote public safety but a
prohibition of competition and, accordingly, burdened interstate
commerce.
Concurring: Justices Brandeis, Sanford, Sutherland, Van Devanter,
Butler, Holmes, Chief Justice Taft.
Dissenting: Justice McReynolds.
350. Accord: Bush Co. v. Maloy, 267 U.S. 317 (1925), voiding like
application of a similar Maryland law.
Concurring: Justices Brandeis, Sutherland, Van Devanter, Holmes,
Sanford, Butler, Chief Justice Taft.
Justice Dissenting: McReynolds.
351. Accord: Allen v. Galveston Truck Line Corp., 289 U.S. 708 (1933),
voiding like application of a Texas law.
352. Missouri Pacific R.R. v. Stroud, 267 U.S. 404 (1925).
When carrier had two routes by which freight might move between
two points in a State, the second of which was partly interstate, a suit
against the carrier for discrimination in the furnishing of cars which
arose out of use of the interstate route in conformity with the
carrier's practice was governed by the Interstate Commerce Act, and the
Missouri law governing such discrimination was superseded and
inapplicable (Art. VI).
353. Lancaster v. McCarty, 267 U.S. 427 (1925).
Federal law (39 Stat. 441 (1916)) which authorized carriers to
limit liability upon property received for transportation to value
declared by shipper, where the rates were based on such value pursuant
to authority of Interstate Commerce Commission, superseded Texas law in
respect to a claim for damage to goods shipped intrastate between Texas
points for the reason that the tariff and classification had been
adopted by the carrier pursuant to an order of the Commis
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sion requiring it to remove discrimination against interstate commerce
which had resulted from lower Texas intrastate rates.
354. Shafer v. Farmers Grain Co., 268 U.S. 189 (1925).
North Dakota Grain Grading Act which required locally grown
wheat, 90% of which was for interstate shipment, to be graded by
licensed inspectors and imposed various requirements, such as the
keeping of records of quantity purchased and price paid and the exaction
of bonds from purchasers maintaining grain elevators was not supportable
as an inspection law and was void by reason of imposing undue burdens on
interstate commerce.
Concurring: Justices Van Devanter, Holmes, Butler, McReynolds,
Sutherland, Sanford, Stone, Chief Justice Taft.
Justice Dissenting: Brandeis.
355. Alpha Cement Co. v. Massachusetts, 268 U.S. 203 (1925).
Massachusetts law which imposed excise tax on foreign
corporations doing business therein, measured by a combination of the
total value of capital shares attributable to transactions therein and
the proportion of net income attributable to such transactions, could
not validly be applied to a foreign corporation which transacted only as
interstate business therein. The tax as here imposed also violated the
due process clause by affecting property beyond Massachusetts borders.
Concurring: Justices McReynolds, Holmes, Van Devanter, Butler,
Sutherland, Stone, Sanford, Chief Justice Taft.
Dissenting: Justice Brandeis.
356. Frick v. Pennsylvania, 268 U.S. 473 (1925).
Pennsylvania estate tax law, insofar as it measured the tax on
the transfer of that part of the decedent's estate located within
Pennsylvania by taking the whole of the decedent's estate which included
tangible personal property located outside Pennsylvania, was violative
of due process.
357. Pierce v. Society of Sisters, 268 U.S. 510 (1925).
Oregon Compulsory Education Law which required every parent to
send his child to a public school was an unconstitutional interference
with the liberty of parents and guardians to direct the upbringing of
children and was violative of due process.
358. Davis v. Cohen, 268 U.S. 638 (1925).
When the Federal Transportation Act of 1920 provided that suits
on claims arising out of federal wartime control of the railroads might
be brought against a federal agent, if instituted within two years after
federal control had ended, Massachusetts law allowing amendments of
proceedings prior to judgment, could not be invoked to sub
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stitute the Agent as defendant more than two years after federal control
had ended; the suit in which the substitution was attempted had
erroneously been filed against the railroad rather than against the
Federal Director General during the period of federal control, and since
the substitution amounted to filing a new action, invocation of the
Massachusetts law was repugnant to the Federal Transportation Act's
provisions as to limitations.
359. Lee v. Osceola Imp. Dist., 268 U.S. 643 (1925).
Arkansas statute which imposed special assessment on lands
acquired by private owners from the United States on account of benefits
resulting from road improvements completed before the United States
parted with title effected a taking of property without due process of
law.
360. First Nat'l Bank v. Anderson, 269 U.S. 341 (1926).
As applied to national banks, Iowa tax law providing for a levy
on shares of such banks at rates less favorable than the rates applied
to moneyed capital invested in competition with such banks was repugnant
to federal law prohibiting such discrimination (Art. VI).
361. Connally v. General Const. Co., 269 U.S. 385 (1926).
Iowa law which imposed severe, cumulative punishments upon
contractors with the State who paid their workers less than ``the
current rate of per diem wages in the locality where the work is
performed'' was void for vagueness and violative of due process.
Concurring: Justices Brandeis, Holmes.
362. Browning v. Hooper, 269 U.S. 396 (1926).
Texas statute which permitted property taxpaying voters to
originate an election approving creation of a road improvement district
with power to float bond issue and to levy taxes to amortize the same,
with provision for establishment of the district if approved by two-
thirds of those voting in the election, was procedurally defective in
that each taxpayer to be assessed for the improvement was not accorded a
notice and opportunity to be heard on the question of the benefits and
hence denied due process.
363. Rhode Island Trust Co. v. Doughton, 270 U.S. 69 (1926).
North Carolina law purporting to tax inheritance of shares owned
by nonresident in a foreign corporation having 50% or more of its
property in North Carolina was violative of due process inasmuch as the
property of a corporation is not owned by a shareholder and presence of
corporate property in the State did not give it jurisdiction over his
shares for tax purposes.
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364. Oregon-Washington Co. v. Washington, 270 U.S. 87 (1926).
Federal legislation having preempted the field, a Washington law
which established a quarantine against importation of hay and alfalfa
meal, except in sealed containers, coming from areas in other States
harboring the alfalfa weevil was inoperative.
Concurring: Chief Justice Taft, Justices Holmes, Van Devanter,
Brandeis, Butler, Sanford, Stone.
Justices Dissenting: McReynolds, Sutherland.
365. Schlesinger v. Wisconsin, 270 U.S. 230 (1926).
Wisconsin law which established a conclusive presumption that
all gifts of a material part of a decedent's estate made by him within
six years of his death were made in contemplation of death and therefore
subject to the graduated inheritance tax created an arbitrary
classification violative of the due process and equal protection
clauses.
Concurring: Justices McReynolds, Butler, Sutherland, Sanford, Van
Devanter, Chief Justice Taft.
Dissenting: Justices Holmes, Brandeis, Stone.
Accord: Uihlein v. Wisconsin, 273 U.S. 642 (1926).
366. Weaver v. Palmer Bros., 270 U.S. 402 (1926).
Pennsylvania law which prohibited the use of shoddy, even when
sterilized, in the manufacture of bedding materials, was so arbitrary
and unreasonable as to be violative of due process.
Concurring: Butler, Van Devanter, Sutherland, Sanford, McReynolds,
Chief Justice Taft.
Dissenting: Justices Holmes, Brandeis, Stone.
367. Fidelity & Deposit Co. v. Tafoya, 270 U.S. 426 (1926).
New Mexico law which forbade insurance companies authorized to
do business in that State to pay any nonresident any fee for the
obtaining or placing of any policies covering risks in New Mexico was
violative of due process by reason of attempting to control conduct
beyond the jurisdiction of New Mexico.
Concurring: Justices Holmes, Van Devanter, Sutherland, Stone,
Butler, Chief Justice Taft.
Dissenting: Justices McReynolds, Brandeis, Sanford.
368. Childers v. Beaver, 270 U.S. 555 (1926).
Oklahoma inheritance tax law, applied to inheritance by Indians
of Indian lands as determined by federal law, was void as a tax on a
federal instrumentality.
369. Appleby v. City of New York, 271 U.S. 365 (1926).
Acts of New York of 1857 and 1871 authorizing New York City to
erect piers over submerged lots impaired the obligation of contract as
embraced in deeds to such submerged lots conveyed to private
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owners for valuable consideration through deeds executed by New York
City in 1852.
370. Appleby v. Delaney, 271 U.S. 403 (1926).
Act of New York of 1871 whereby New York City was authorized to
construct certain harbor improvements impaired the obligation of
contract embraced in prior deeds to grantees whereunder the latter were
accorded the privilege of filling in their underwater lots and
constructing piers thereover.
371. Frost Trucking Co. v. Railroad Comm'n, 271 U.S. 583 (1926).
California law whereunder private carriers by automobile for
hire could not operate over California highways between fixed points in
the State without obtaining a certificate of convenience and submitting
to regulation as common carriers exacted an unconstitutional condition
and effected a denial of due process.
Concurring: Justices Sutherland, McReynolds (separately), Chief
Justice Taft, Sanford, Stone, Butler, Van Devanter.
Dissenting: Justices Holmes, Brandeis.
372. Jaybird Mining Co. v. Wier, 271 U.S. 609 (1926).
Oklahoma law which levied an ad valorem tax on ores mined and in
bins on the land was void as a tax on federal instrumentality when
applied to a lessee of Indian land leased with the approval of the
Secretary of the Interior.
Justices Concurring: Butler, Stone, Holmes, Sanford, Sutherland, Van
Devanter, Chief Justice Taft.
Dissenting: Justices McReynolds, Brandeis.
373. Hughes Bros. v. Minnesota, 272 U.S. 469 (1926).
Minnesota law levying personal property tax could not be
collected on logs cut in Minnesota pursuant to a contract of sale for
delivery in Michigan while they were in transit in interstate commerce
by a route from Minnesota to Michigan.
374. Hanover Ins. Co. v. Harding, 272 U.S. 494 (1926).
When an Illinois tax law originally is construed as a personal
property tax whereby the local net receipts of foreign insurance
companies were subjected to assessment at only 30% of full value, but at
a later date is construed as a privilege tax with the result that all
the local net income of such foreign companies was taxed at the rate
applicable to personal property while domestic companies continued to
pay the tax on their personal property assessed at the reduced
valuation, the resulting discrimination denied the foreign companies the
equal protection of the laws.
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375. Wachovia Trust Co. v. Doughton, 272 U.S. 567 (1926).
North Carolina inheritance tax law could not validly be applied
to property constituting a trust fund in Massachusetts established under
the will of a Massachusetts resident and bestowing a power of
appointment upon a North Carolina resident who exercised that power
through a will made in North Carolina; the levy by a State of the tax on
property beyond its jurisdiction was violative of due process.
Concurring: Justices Holmes, Brandeis, Stone.
376. Ottinger v. Consolidated Gas Co., 272 U.S. 576 (1926).
Act of New York prescribing a gas rate of $1 per thousand feet
was confiscatory and deprived the utility of its property without due
process of law.
Accord: Ottinger v. Brooklyn Union Co., 272 U.S. 579 (1926).
377. Napier v. Atlantic Coast Line Ry., 272 U.S. 605 (1926).
The Federal Boiler Inspection Act having occupied the field of
regulation pertaining to locomotive equipment on interstate highways, a
Georgia law requiring cab curtains and automatic fire box doors was
deemed to have been superseded and therefore inoperative.
378. Miller v. Milwaukee, 272 U.S. 713 (1927).
Wisconsin law which exempted income of corporation derived from
interest received from tax exempt federal bonds owned by said
corporation, but which attempted to tax such income indirectly by taxing
only so much of the stockholder's dividends as corresponded to the
corporate income not assessed, was invalid.
Concurring: Justices Brandeis, Stone.
379. Di Santo v. Pennsylvania, 273 U.S. 34 (1927).
Pennsylvania law exacting a license from persons engaged in the
State in the sale of steamship tickets and orders for transportation to
or from foreign countries was void as imposing an undue burden on
foreign commerce.
Concurring: Justices Butler, McReynolds, Van Devanter, Sutherland,
Sanford, Chief Justice Taft.
Dissenting: Justices Brandeis, Holmes, Stone.
380. Missouri Pacific R.R. v. Porter, 273 U.S. 341 (1927).
Congress having occupied the field by its own legislation, an
Arkansas law which prohibited carriers from incorporating into their
bills of lading stipulations exempting the carriers from liability for
loss of shipments by fire not due to the carriers' negligence was deemed
to have been superseded and therefore inoperative.
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381. Tyson & Bro. v. Banton, 273 U.S. 418 (1927).
New York law which prohibited ticket agencies for selling
theatre tickets at prices in excess of 50 cents over the price printed
on the ticket was void by reason of regulating a business not affected
with the public interest and depriving such business of due process.
Concurring: Justices Sutherland, Van Devanter, Butler, McReynolds,
Chief Justice Taft.
Dissenting: Justices Holmes, Brandeis, Stone, Sanford.
382. Tumey v. Ohio, 273 U.S. 510 (1927).
Ohio law which compensated mayors serving as judges in minor
prohibition offenses solely out of the fees and costs collected from
defendants who were convicted was violative of due process.
383. Nixon v. Herndon, 273 U.S. 536 (1927).
Texas White Primary Law which barred Negroes from participation
in Democratic party primary elections denied them the equal protection
of the laws.
384. First Nat'l Bank v. Hartford, 273 U.S. 548 (1927).
Wisconsin tax law, as imposed on shares of a national bank, was
in conflict with federal law prohibiting state taxation of such shares
at rates in excess of those levied on moneyed capital employed in
competition with the business of such banks and was therefore
inoperative as to the shares of said banks.
385. Accord: Minnesota v. First Nat'l Bank, 273 U.S. 561 (1927), holding
inoperative for the same reason a Minnesota law taxing national
bank shares.
386. Accord: Commercial Nat'l Bank v. Custer County, 275 U.S. 502
(1927), holding inoperative a similar Montana tax law.
387. Accord: Keating v. Public Nat'l Bank, 284 U.S. 587 (1932), holding
inoperative for the same reason a New York tax law.
388. Fairmont Co. v. Minnesota, 274 U.S. 1 (1927).
Minnesota law which punished anyone who discriminated between
different localities of that State by buying dairy products in one
locality at a higher price than was paid for the same commodities in
another locality infringed liberty of contract as protected by the due
process clause.
Concurring: Justices McReynolds, Butler, Van Devanter, Sanford,
Sutherland, Chief Justice Taft.
Dissenting: Justices Holmes, Brandeis, Stone.
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389. Ohio Pub. Serv. Co. v. Ohio ex rel. Fritz, 274 U.S. 12 (1927).
Ohio law which destroyed assignability of a franchise previously
granted to an electric company by a municipal ordinance impaired the
obligation of contract.
Concurring: Justices McReynolds, Sutherland, Stone, Sanford, Butler,
Van Devanter, Chief Justice Taft.
Dissenting: Justices Holmes, Brandeis.
390. Southern Ry. v. Kentucky, 274 U.S. 76 (1927).
Kentucky law which imposed a franchise tax on railroad
corporations was constitutionally defective and violative of due process
insofar as it was computed by including mileage outside the State which
did not in any plain and intelligible way add to the value of the road
and the rights exercised in Kentucky.
Concurring: Justices Butler, Holmes, Sutherland, Stone, McReynolds,
Van Devanter, Sanford, Chief Justice Taft.
Dissenting: Justice Brandeis.
391. Road Improv. Dist. v. Missouri Pacific R.R., 274 U.S. 188 (1927).
Special assessments levied against a railroad by a road district
pursuant to an Arkansas statute and based on real property and rolling
stock and other personalty were unreasonably discriminatory and
excessive and deprived the railroad of property without due process by
reason of the fact that other assessments for the same improvement were
based solely on real property.
392. Fiske v. Kansas, 274 U.S. 380 (1927).
As construed and applied to an organization not shown to have
advocated any crime, violence, or other unlawful acts, the Kansas
criminal syndicalism law was violative of due process.
393. Cline v. Frink Dairy Co., 274 U.S. 445 (1927).
By reason of the exception contained therein, whereby its
prohibitions were not to apply to conduct engaged in by participants
whenever necessary to obtain a reasonable profit from products traded
in, the Colorado Antitrust Law was void for want of a fixed standard for
determining guilt and violative of due process.
394. Power Mfg. Co. v. Saunders, 274 U.S. 490 (1927).
As applied to a foreign corporation having a fixed place of
business and an agent in one county, but no property, debts or anything
also in the county in which it was sued, Arkansas law which authorized
actions to be brought against a foreign corporation in any county in the
State, while restricting actions against domestic corporations to the
county where it had a place of business or where its chief officer
resided, deprived the foreign corporation of equal protection of the
laws.
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Concurring: Justices Van Devanter, McReynolds, Sutherland, Stone,
Sanford, Butler, Chief Justice Taft.
Dissenting: Justices Holmes, Brandeis.
395. Northwestern Ins. Co. v. Wisconsin, 275 U.S. 136 (1927).
Wisconsin law levying a tax on the gross income of domestic
insurance companies was void where the income was derived in part as
interest on United States bonds.
396. Wuchter v. Pizzutti, 276 U.S. 13 (1928).
New Jersey statute which provided that in suits by residents
against nonresidents for injuries resulting from operation of motor
vehicles by the latter, service might be made on the Secretary of State
as their agent, but which failed to provide any assurance that notice of
such service would be communicated to the nonresidents, was violative of
due process.
Concurring: Chief Justice Taft, Justices Van Devanter, Butler,
Sutherland, Sanford, McReynolds.
Dissenting: Justices Brandeis, Holmes, Stone.
397. Accord: Consolidated Flour Mills Co. v. Muegge, 278 U.S. 559
(1928), voiding similar service as authorized by an Oklahoma
law.
398. Missouri ex rel. Robertson v. Miller, 276 U.S. 174 (1928).
Mississippi statute which terminated right of retired revenue
agent to prosecute suits for unpaid taxes in the name of his successor
by requiring that the successor approve and join in such suits, and
which further stipulated that the successor share equally in the
commissions hitherto accruing solely to the retired agent, was held to
impair the latter's rights under the contract clause insofar as it was
enforced retroactively to accord a share to the successor in suits
instituted by the retired agent before this legislative alteration.
399. Montana Nat'l Bank v. Yellowstone County, 276 U.S. 479 (1928).
Montana law which levied tax on national bank shares was
violative of federal law prohibiting levy on such shares as rates higher
than those assessed on moneyed capital in hands of individual citizens.
400. New Brunswick v. United States, 276 U.S. 547 (1928).
Property taxes assessed under New Jersey law on land acquired
from the United States Housing Corporation by private purchasers subject
to retention of mortgage by the federal agency could not be collected by
sale of the land unless the federal liens were excluded and preserved as
prior liens.
Concurring: Justices Sanford, Stone, Sutherland, Butler, Brandeis,
Holmes, Van Devanter, Chief Justice Taft.
Dissenting: Justice McReynolds.
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401. Brooke v. Norfolk, 277 U.S. 27 (1928).
State and city taxes authorized under laws of Virginia may not
be levied on the corpus of a trust located in Maryland, the income from
which accrued to a beneficiary resident in Virginia; the corpus was
beyond the jurisdiction of Virginia and accordingly the assessments were
violative of due process.
402. Louisville Gas Co. v. Coleman, 277 U.S. 32 (1928).
Kentucky law which conditioned the recording of mortgages not
maturing within five years upon the payment of a tax of 20 cents for
each $100 of value secured, but which exempted mortgages maturing within
that period was void as denying equal protection of the laws.
Concurring: Justices Sutherland, Butler, Van Devanter, McReynolds,
Chief Justice Taft.
Dissenting: Justices Holmes, Brandeis, Sanford, Stone.
403. Long v. Rockwood, 277 U.S. 142 (1928).
Massachusetts income tax law could not validly be imposed on
income received by a citizen as royalties for the use of patents issued
by the United States.
Concurring: Justices McReynolds, Butler, Van Devanter, Sanford,
Chief Justice Taft.
Dissenting: Justices Holmes, Brandeis, Sutherland, Stone.
404. Standard Pipe Line v. Highway Dist., 277 U.S. 160 (1928).
Arkansas law which purported to validate assessments by the
district was ineffective to sustain an arbitrary assessment against the
pipe line at the rate of $5,000 per mile in view of the fact that the
pipe line originally was constructed in 1909-1915 at a cost under $9,000
per mile, and the benefit, if any, which accrued to the pipe line was
small.
405. Panhandle Oil Co. v. Mississippi ex rel. Knox, 277 U.S. 218 (1928).
Mississippi law imposing tax on the sale of gasoline was void as
applied to sales to federal instrumentalities such as the Coast Guard or
a Veterans' Hospital.
Concurring: Justices Butler, Sutherland, Van Devanter, Sanford,
Chief Justice Taft.
Dissenting: Justices Holmes, Brandeis, Stone, McReynolds.
406. Accord: Graysburg Oil Co. v. Texas, 278 U.S. 582 (1929), voiding
application of Texas gasoline tax statute to gasoline sold to
the United States.
407. Ribnik v. McBride, 277 U.S. 350 (1928).
New Jersey law empowering Secretary of Labor to fix the fees
charged by employment agencies was violative of due process inas
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much as the regulation was not imposed on a business affected with a
public interest.
Concurring: Justices Sutherland, Chief Justice Taft, Sanford,
Butler, McReynolds, Van Devanter.
Dissenting: Justices Stone, Holmes, Brandeis.
408. Quaker City Cab Co. v. Pennsylvania, 277 U.S. 389 (1928).
Pennsylvania law which taxed gross receipts of foreign and
domestic corporations derived from intrastate operation of taxicabs, but
exempted like receipts derived by individuals and partnerships, denied
equal protection of the laws.
Concurring: Justices Butler, Sutherland, Sanford, Van Devanter,
McReynolds, Chief Justice Taft.
Dissenting: Justices Holmes, Brandeis, Stone.
409. Foster-Fountain Packing Co. v. Haydel, 278 U.S. 1 (1928).
Louisiana Shrimp Act which permitted shipment of shrimp taken in
Louisiana tidal waters only if the heads and hulls had previously been
removed, and which was designed to favor the canning in Louisiana of
shrimp destined for the interstate market, was unconstitutional; those
taking the shrimp immediately became entitled to ship them in interstate
commerce.
Concurring: Justices Butler, Sutherland, Sanford, Stone, Van
Devanter, Holmes, Brandeis, Chief Justice Taft.
Dissenting: Justice McReynolds.
410. Accord: Johnson v. Haydel, 278 U.S. 16 (1928), voiding the
Louisiana Oyster Act for like reasons.
411. Hunt v. United States, 278 U.S. 96 (1928).
Arizona game laws were not enforceable in a national game
preserve and could not be invoked to prevent the killing of wild deer
therein as ordered by federal officers.
412. Louis K. Liggett Co. v. Baldridge, 278 U.S. 105 (1928).
Pennsylvania law which prohibited corporate ownership of a drug
store unless all of the stockholders were licensed pharmacists had no
reasonable relationship to public health and therefore was violative of
due process.
Concurring: Justices Sutherland, Butler, Van Devanter, Stone,
Sanford, McReynolds, Chief Justice Taft.
Dissenting: Justices Holmes, Brandeis.
413. Williams v. Standard Oil Co., 278 U.S. 235 (1929).
Tennessee law which fixed the prices at which gasoline may be
sold violated the due process clause inasmuch as the business sought to
be regulated was not affected with a public interest.
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Concurring: Justices Sutherland, Stone (separately), Sanford,
McReynolds, Butler, Brandeis (separately), Van Devanter, Chief Justice
Taft.
Dissenting: Justice Holmes.
414. International Shoe Co. v. Pinkus, 278 U.S. 261 (1929).
Arkansas insolvency law was superseded by the Federal Bankruptcy
Act to the extent that a creditor of one who invoked the state laws was
entitled to have his claim paid by the state receiver in conformity with
the order of distribution sanctioned by the federal law.
Concurring: Justices Butler, Holmes, Stone, Sanford, Van Devanter,
Chief Justice Taft.
Dissenting: Justices McReynolds, Brandeis, Sutherland.
415. Cudahy Co. v. Hinkle, 278 U.S. 460 (1929).
Where the local property of a foreign corporation and the part
of its business transacted in the State, less than half of which was
intrastate, were but small fractions of its entire property and its
nationwide business, Washington law which imposed a tax on such company
in the form of a filing fee and a license tax, both reckoned upon its
authorized capital stock, was inoperative by reason of burdening
interstate commerce and reaching property beyond the State contrary to
due process.
Concurring: Justices McReynolds, Sutherland, Stone, Sanford, Butler,
Van Devanter, Chief Justice Taft.
Dissenting: Justices Brandeis, Holmes.
416. Frost v. Corporation Comm'n, 278 U.S. 515 (1929).
Oklahoma law which permitted an individual to engage in the
business of ginning cotton only upon a showing of public necessity, but
allowed a corporation to engage in said business in the same locality
without such showing denied the individual equal protection of the law.
Concurring: Justices Sutherland, Butler, Van Devanter, McReynolds,
Sanford, Chief Justice Taft.
Dissenting: Justices Brandeis, Holmes, Stone.
417. Manley v. Georgia, 279 U.S. 1 (1929).
Georgia banking law which declared every insolvency of a bank
shall be deemed to have been fraudulent, with provision for rebutting
said presumption, was arbitrary and unreasonable and violative of due
process.
418. Nielsen v. Johnson, 279 U.S. 47 (1929).
Iowa inheritance tax law discriminating against nonresident
alien heirs was violative of a treaty with Denmark.
419. Carson Petroleum Co. v. Vial, 279 U.S. 95 (1929).
Louisiana tax law could not be enforced against oil purchased at
interior points for export in foreign commerce for the oil did not lose
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its character as goods in foreign commerce merely because, after
shipment to the exporter at a Louisiana port, the oil was temporarily
stored there preparatory to loading on vessels of foreign consignees.
Concurring: Chief Justice Taft, Justices Holmes, Brandeis, Stone,
Sanford, Van Devanter, Butler.
Dissenting: Justices McReynolds, Sutherland.
420. London Guarantee & Accident Co. v. Industrial Comm'n, 279 U.S. 109
(1929).
California workmen's compensation act could not be applied in
settlement of a claim for the death of a seaman in a case that was
subject to the exclusive maritime jurisdiction of federal courts.
Concurring: Chief Justice Taft, Justices Holmes, Stone, Sanford,
Sutherland, McReynolds, Butler, Van Devanter.
Dissenting: Justice Brandeis.
421. Helson v. Kentucky, 279 U.S. 245 (1929).
Kentucky law imposing a tax on the sale of gasoline could not be
applied to gasoline purchased outside Kentucky for use in a ferry
engaged as an instrumentality of interstate commerce, that is, in
operation on the Ohio River between Kentucky and Illinois.
Concurring: Justices Sutherland, Butler, Van Devanter, Sanford,
Stone (separately), Brandeis (separately), Holmes (separately), Chief
Justice Taft.
Dissenting: Justice McReynolds.
422. Macallen Co. v. Massachusetts, 279 U.S. 620 (1929).
Massachusetts law imposing an excise on domestic business
corporations was in reality a statute imposing a tax on income rather
than a tax on the corporate privilege and, as an income tax law, could
not be imposed on income derived from United States bonds nor, by reason
of impairment of the obligation of contract on income from local county
and municipal bonds exempt by statutory contract.
Concurring: Justices Sutherland, Sanford, Butler, Van Devanter,
McReynolds, Chief Justice Taft.
Dissenting: Justices Stone, Holmes, Brandeis.
423. Western & Atlantic R.R. v. Henderson, 279 U.S. 639 (1929).
Georgia law which viewed a fatal collision between railroad and
motor car at grade crossing as raising a presumption of negligence on
the part of the railroad and as the proximate cause of death and which
permitted the jury to weigh the presumption as evidence against the
testimony of the railroad's witnesses tending to prove due care was
unreasonable and violative of due process.
424. Safe Deposit & Trust Co. v. Virginia, 280 U.S. 83 (1929).
Virginia law which levied a property tax on corpus of a trust
consisting of securities managed by a Maryland trustee which paid over
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to children of settlor, all of whom resided in Virginia, the income
therefrom, was violative of due process in that it taxed intangibles
with a taxable situs in Maryland, where the trustee and owner of the
legal title was located.
Concurring: Justices McReynolds, Van Devanter, Butler, Sutherland,
Sanford, Stone (separately), Brandeis (separately), Holmes (separately),
Chief Justice Taft.
425. Farmers Loan Co. v. Minnesota, 280 U.S. 204 (1930).
Minnesota inheritance tax law, insofar as it was applied to
Minnesota securities kept in New York by the decedent who died domiciled
in New York was violative of due process.
Concurring: Justices McReynolds, Van Devanter, Butler, Sutherland,
Sanford, Stone (separately), Chief Justice Taft.
426. New Jersey Tel. Co. v. Tax Board, 280 U.S. 338 (1930).
New Jersey franchise tax law, levied at the rate of 5% of gross
receipts of a telephone company engaged in interstate and foreign
commerce, was a direct tax on foreign and interstate commerce and void.
Concurring: Justices Butler, Sutherland, Sanford, Van Devanter,
McReynolds.
Dissenting: Justices Holmes, Brandeis.
427. Carpenter v. Shaw, 280 U.S. 363 (1930).
Oklahoma law which imposed a 3% tax on the gross value of
royalties from oil and gas was void as a tax on the right reserved to
Indians as owners and lessors of the fee when applied to Indians who had
received allotments exempted under the Atoka agreement and leased by
them for production of oil and gas (Art. VI).
428. Moore v. Mitchell, 281 U.S. 18 (1930).
Indiana was powerless to give any force or effect beyond her
borders to its law of 1927 purporting to authorize a county treasurer to
institute suits for unpaid taxes owed by a nonresident; such officer
derived no authority in New York from this Indiana law and hence had no
legal capacity to institute the suit in a federal court in the latter
State.
429. Lindgren v. United States, 281 U.S. 38 (1930).
The right of action given under the Federal Merchant Marine Act
to the personal representative to recover damages on behalf of
beneficiaries for the death of a seaman resulting from negligence was
exclusive and precluded a right of recovery by reason of unseaworthiness
predicated upon the death statute of Virginia where the injury was
sustained.
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430. Baizley Iron Works v. Span, 281 U.S. 222 (1930).
Pennsylvania Workmen's Compensation Act could not be invoked to
obtain recovery for injuries sustained by a workman while painting angle
irons in the engine room of a ship tied to a pier in navigable waters;
recovery was controlled exclusively by federal maritime law.
Concurring: Justices McReynolds, Sutherland, Butler, Van Devanter.
Dissenting: Justices Stone, Holmes, Brandeis.
431. Accord: Employers' Liability Assurance Co. v. Cook, 281 U.S. 233
(1930).
Texas workman's compensation law inapplicable for the same
reason.
Justices Concurring: McReynolds, Butler, Sutherland, Van Devanter,
Stone (separately), Holmes (separately), Brandeis (separately).
432. Missouri ex rel. Missouri Ins. Co. v. Gehner, 281 U.S. 313 (1930).
Missouri law which provided that, in taxing assets of insurance
companies, the amounts of their legal reserves and unpaid policy claims
should first be deducted was invalid as applied to a company owning
nontaxable United States bonds insofar as the law was construed to
require that the deduction should be reduced by the proportion that the
value which such bonds bore to total assets; the company thus was
saddled with a heavier tax burden than would have been imposed had it
not owned such bonds.
Concurring: Justices Butler, Van Devanter, McReynolds, Sutherland,
Chief Justice Hughes (separately).
Dissenting: Justices Stone, Holmes, Brandeis.
433. Home Ins. Co. v. Dick, 281 U.S. 397 (1930).
Texas law, which forbade insurance stipulations limiting the
time for suit on a claim for a period less than two years, could not
constitutionally be applied, consistently with due process, to permit
recovery contrary to the terms of a fire insurance policy executed in
Mexico by a Mexican insurer and covered in part by reinsurance effected
in Mexico and New York by New York insurers licensed to do business in
Texas who defended against a Texas claimant to whom the policy was
assigned while he was a resident of Mexico and where he resided when the
loss was sustained.
434. Baldwin v. Missouri, 281 U.S. 586 (1930).
Missouri not having jurisdiction for tax purposes of various
intangibles, such as bank accounts and federal securities held in banks
therein and owned by a decedent domiciled in Illinois, its transfer tax
law could not be applied, consistently with due process, to the transfer
thereof, under a will probated in Illinois, to the decedent's son who
also was domiciled in Illinois.
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Concurring: Justices McReynolds, Van Devanter, Sutherland, Butler.
Dissenting: Justices Holmes, Brandeis, Stone (separately).
435. Surplus Trading Co. v. Cook, 281 U.S. 647 (1930).
Arkansas personal property tax laws could not be enforced
against the purchaser of army blankets situate within an army cantonment
in that State, as to which exclusive federal jurisdiction attached under
Art. I, Sec. 8, cl. 17.
436. Beidler v. South Carolina Tax Comm'n, 282 U.S. 1 (1930).
South Carolina inheritance tax law could not be applied,
consistently with due process, to affect the transfer by will of shares
in a South Carolina corporation and debts owed by the latter belonging
to a decedent who died domiciled in Illinois; such intangibles were not
shown to have acquired any taxable business situs in South Carolina.
Concurring: Chief Justice Hughes, Justices Holmes (separately),
Brandeis (separately), Van Devanter, McReynolds, Sutherland, Butler,
Stone, Roberts.
437. Chicago, St. P., M.&P. Ry. v. Holmberg, 282 U.S. 162 (1930).
Nebraska law, as construed, which required a railroad to provide
an underground cattle-pass across its right of way partly at its own
expense for the purpose, not of advancing safety, but merely for the
convenience of a farmer owning land on both sides of the railroad,
deprived the latter of property without due process.
438. Furst v. Brewster, 282 U.S. 493 (1931).
Arkansas law which withheld from a foreign corporation the right
to sue in state courts unless it had filed a copy of its charter and a
financial statement and had designated a local office and an agent to
accept service of process could not constitutionally be enforced to
prevent suit by a non-complying foreign corporation to collect a debt
which arose out of an interstate transaction for the sale of goods.
439. Coolidge v. Long, 282 U.S. 582 (1931).
Massachusetts law which imposed succession taxes on all property
within Massachusetts transferred by deed or gift intended to take effect
in possession or enjoyment after the death of the grantor, or
transferred to any person absolutely or in trust, could not,
consistently with due process and the contract clause, be enforced with
reference to rights of succession or rights effected by gift which
vested under trust agreements created prior to passage of said act,
notwithstanding that the settlor died after its passage.
Concurring: Justices Butler, Van Devanter, McReynolds, Sutherland,
Chief Justice Hughes.
Dissenting: Justices Roberts, Holmes, Brandeis, Stone.
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440. Hans Rees' Sons v. North Carolina ex rel. Maxwell, 283 U.S. 123
(1931).
North Carolina income tax law, as applied to income of New York
corporation which manufactured leather goods in North Carolina for sale
in New York, was violative of due process by reason of the fact that the
formula for allocating income to that State, namely, that part of the
corporation's net income which bears the same ratio to entire net income
as the value of its tangible property in North Carolina bears to the
value of all its tangible property, attributed to North Carolina a
portion of total income which was out of all appropriate proportion to
the business of the corporation conducted in North Carolina.
441. Interstate Transit, Inc. v. Lindsey, 283 U.S. 183 (1931).
Tennessee law which imposed a privilege tax graduated to
carrying capacity on motor buses, the proceeds from which were not
segregated for application to highway maintenance, was void insofar as
the privilege tax was imposed on a bus carrier engaged exclusively in
interstate commerce.
Concurring: Justices Brandeis, Van Devanter, Butler, Sutherland,
Roberts, Stone, Holmes, Chief Justice Hughes.
Dissenting: Justice McReynolds.
442. Stromberg v. California, 283 U.S. 359 (1931).
California law which prohibited the display of a red flag in a
public or meeting place as a symbol of opposition to organized
government or as a stimulus to anarchistic action or as an aid to
seditious propaganda was so vague and indefinite as to permit punishment
of the fair use of opportunity for free political discussion and
therefore, as enforced, effected a denial of liberty without due
process.
Concurring: Chief Justice Hughes, Justices Holmes, Stone, Brandeis,
Roberts, Van Devanter, Sutherland.
Dissenting: Justices Butler, McReynolds.
443. Smith v. Cahoon, 283 U.S. 553 (1931).
Florida law which required motor carriers to furnish bond or an
insurance policy for the protection of the public against injuries but
which exempted vehicles used exclusively in delivering dairy products
and carriers engaged exclusively in transporting fish, agricultural, and
dairy products between production to shipping points en route to primary
market denied the equal protection of the laws; and insofar as it
subjected carriers for hire to the same requirements as to procurement
of a certificate of convenience and necessity and rate regulation as
were exacted of common carriers the law was violative of due process.
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444. Near v. Minnesota ex rel. Olson, 283 U.S. 697 (1931).
Minnesota law which authorized the enjoinder of one engaged
regularly in the business of publishing a malicious, scandalous, and
defamatory newspaper or magazine, as applied to publications charging
neglect of duty and corruption on the part of state law enforcement
officers, effected an unconstitutional infringement of freedom of the
press as safeguarded by the due process clause of the Fourteenth
Amendment.
Concurring: Chief Justice Hughes, Justices Brandeis, Holmes, Stone,
Roberts.
Dissenting: Justices Butler, Van Devanter, McReynolds, Sutherland.
445. Santovincenzo v. Egan, 284 U.S. 30 (1931).
New York law pertaining to the descent of property of an alien
decedent was inoperative as to the property of an alien by reason of the
conflicting provisions of a treaty negotiated with the nation to which
the decedent owed allegiance.
446. State Tax Comm'n v. Interstate Natural Gas Co., 284 U.S. 41 (1931).
Mississippi privilege tax could not be enforced as to an
interstate pipe line company which sold gas wholesale to local,
independent distributors from a supply which passed into and through the
State in interstate commerce; fact that pipe line company, in order to
make delivery, used a thermometer and reduced pressure, did not convert
the sale into an intrastate transaction.
447. Hoeper v. Tax Commission, 284 U.S. 206 (1931).
Wisconsin income tax law which authorized an assessment against
a husband of a tax computed on the combined total of his and his wife's
incomes, augmented by surtaxes resulting from the combination,
notwithstanding that under the laws of Wisconsin the husband had no
interest in, or control over, the property or income of his wife, was
violative of the due process and equal protection clauses of the
Fourteenth Amendment.
Concurring: Justices Roberts, Butler, Van Devanter, McReynolds,
Sutherland, Chief Justice Hughes.
Dissenting: Justices Holmes, Brandeis, Stone.
448. Van Huffel v. Harkelrode, 284 U.S. 225 (1931).
Federal bankruptcy courts are empowered to sell the real estate
of bankrupts free from liens for state taxes; lien laws of Ohio
stipulating that the liens were to attach to the property were
ineffective to prevent the federal court from transferring the liens
from the property to the proceeds of the sale.
449. First Nat'l Bank v. Maine, 284 U.S. 312 (1932).
Maine transfer tax law could not be applied, consistently with
due process, to the inheritance of shares in a Maine corporation pass
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ing under the will of a Massachusetts testator who died a resident of
Massachusetts and owning the shares.
Concurring: Justices Sutherland, Butler, Van Devanter, Roberts,
McReynolds, Chief Justice Hughes.
Dissenting: Justices Stone, Holmes, Brandeis.
450. Henkel v. Chicago, St. P., M. & O. Ry., 284 U.S. 444 (1932).
Minnesota statute fixing amounts to be paid as compensation or
in fees to expert witnesses could not be applied to determine costs in a
federal court proceeding inasmuch as the statute was superseded by a
federal enactment determining the fees to be paid witnesses.
451. New State Ice Co. v. Liebmann, 285 U.S. 262 (1932).
Oklahoma law which prohibited anyone from engaging in the
manufacture, sale, or distribution of ice without a state license, to be
issued only on proof of public necessity and capacity to meet public
demand, effected an invalid regulation of a business not affected with a
public interest and a denial of liberty to pursue a lawful calling
contrary to the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.
Concurring: Justices Sutherland, Van Devanter, McReynolds, Butler,
Roberts, Chief Justice Hughes.
Dissenting: Justices Brandeis, Stone.
452. Coombes v. Getz, 285 U.S. 434 (1932).
Repeal of California constitutional provision making directors
of corporations liable to creditors for all moneys misappropriated or
embezzled impaired the obligation of contract as to creditors who dealt
with corporations during the period when such constitutional provision
was in force, and inclusion in the state constitution of another
provision whereunder the State reserved the power to alter or repeal all
existing or future laws concerning corporations could not be invoked to
destroy vested rights contrary to due process.
Justices Concurring: Sutherland, Roberts, Butler, McReynolds, Van
Devanter, Chief Justice Hughes.
Dissenting: Justices Cardozo, Brandeis, Stone.
453. Nixon v. Condon, 286 U.S. 73 (1932).
Texas White Primary Law which empowered the state executive
committee of a political party to prescribe the qualifications of
members of the party and thereby to exclude Negroes from voting in
primaries conducted by the party amounted to state action violative of
the equal protection clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.
Concurring: Justices Cardozo, Brandeis, Stone, Roberts, Chief
Justice Hughes.
Dissenting: Justices McReynolds, Van Devanter, Butler, Sutherland.
454. Champlin Rfg. Co. v. Corporation Comm'n, 286 U.S. 210 (1932).
Section of Oklahoma law which provided that any person violating
the statute shall be subject to have his oil producing property
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placed in the hands of a receiver by a court at the instance of a suit
filed by the state Attorney General but which restricted such
receivership to the operation of producing wells and the marketing of
the production thereof in conformity with this law was a penal provision
and as such was void under the due process clause for the reason that it
punished violations of regulatory provisions of the statute that were
too vague to afford a standard of conduct.
455. Anglo-Chilean Corp. v. Alabama, 288 U.S. 218 (1933).
Alabama law which subjected foreign corporations to an annual
franchise tax for the doing of business, levied at the rate of $2 for
each $1,000 of capital employed in the State, violated both Art. I,
Sec. 10, cl. 2, prohibiting state import duties and the commerce clause
when enforced against a foreign corporation, whose sole business in
Alabama consisted of the landing, storing, and the selling in original
packages of goods imported from abroad.
Concurring: Justices Butler, McReynolds, Van Devanter, Roberts,
Sutherland, Chief Justice Hughes.
Dissenting: Justices Cardozo, Brandeis, Stone.
456. Louis K. Liggett Co. v. Lee, 288 U.S. 517 (1933).
Florida Chain Store Tax Law which levied a heavier privilege tax
per store on the owner whose stores were in different counties than on
the owner whose stores were all in the same county effected an arbitrary
discrimination amounting to a denial of equal protection of the laws.
Concurring: Justices Roberts, McReynolds, Sutherland, Butler, Van
Devanter, Chief Justice Hughes.
Dissenting: Justices Brandeis, Cardozo, Stone.
457. Consolidated Textile Co. v. Gregory, 289 U.S. 85 (1933).
Wisconsin law, insofar as it authorized service of process on a
foreign corporation which sold goods in Wisconsin through a controlled
subsidiary and hence was not carrying on any business in the State at
the time of the attempted service was violative of due process,
notwithstanding that the summons was served on an officer of the
corporation temporarily in Wisconsin for the purpose of negotiating a
controversy with a local attorney.
458. Johnson Oil Co. v. Oklahoma ex rel. Mitchell, 290 U.S. 158 (1933).
Oklahoma property tax law, consistently with due process, could
not validly be enforced against the entire fleet of tank cars of an
Illinois corporation which were used in transporting oil from its
refinery in Oklahama to other States; instead, the State may base its
tax on the number of cars which on the average were physically present
within its boundaries.
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459. Southern Ry. v. Virginia, 290 U.S. 190 (1933).
Virginia law which authorized an administrative officer to
require railroads to eliminate grade crossing whenever, in his opinion,
such alterations were necessary to promote public safety and convenience
and afforded the railroads no notice or hearing on the existence of such
necessity and no means of reviewing the officer's decision was violative
of due process.
Concurring: Justices McReynolds, Roberts, Butler, Van Devanter,
Sutherland, Brandeis.
Dissenting: Chief Justice Hughes, Justices Stone, Cardozo.
460. Morrison v. California, 291 U.S. 82 (1934).
Section of California Alien Land Law which stipulated that when
the State, in a prosecution for violation thereof, proved use or
occupancy by an alien lessee, alleged in the indictment to be an alien
ineligible for naturalization, the onus of proving citizenship shall
devolve upon the defense, was arbitrary and violative of due process as
applied to the lessee for the reason that a lease of land conveys no
hint of criminality and there is no practical necessity for relieving
the prosecution of the obligation of proving Japanese race.
461. Standard Oil Co. v. California, 291 U.S. 242 (1934).
California law which levied a license upon every distributor for
each gallon of motor vehicle fuel sold and delivered by him in the State
could not constitutionally be applied to the sale and delivery of
gasoline to a military reservation as to which the United States had
acquired exclusive jurisdiction.
462. Murray v. Gerrick & Co., 291 U.S. 315 (1934).
Washington Workman's Compensation Act, adopted after the United
States had acquired exclusive jurisdiction over a tract which became
Puget Sound Navy Yard, could not be invoked by the widow and child of a
worker fatally injured while working for a contractor in said Yard for
the reason that Congress by law had consented only to the institution of
suits by a personal representative under the Washington Wrongful Death
Statute.
463. Hartford Accident & Ins. Co. v. Delta Pine Land Co., 292 U.S. 143
(1934).
As judicially applied, Mississippi statutes which deemed all
contracts of insurance and surety covering its citizens to have been
made therein and which were enforced to facilitate recovery under an
indemnity contract, consummated in Tennessee in conformity with the law
of the latter where the insured, a Mississippi corporation, also
conducted its business, and to nullify as contrary to Mississippi law
nonobservance of a contractual stipulation as to the time for filing
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claims, were violative of due process in that the Mississippi laws were
accorded effect beyond the territorial limits of Mississippi.
464. McKnett v. St. Louis & S. F. Ry., 292 U.S. 230 (1934).
Alabama law, as judicially construed, which precluded Alabama
courts from entertaining actions against foreign corporations arising in
other States under federal law, while permitting entertainment of like
actions arising in other States under state law, was violative of the
Constitution.
465. W. B. Worthen Co. v. Thomas, 292 U.S. 426 (1934).
Arkansas law which exempted life insurance proceeds from
judicial process, when applied to prevent recovery by a creditor of the
insured who had garnished the insurer prior to passage of the law,
impaired the obligation of contract.
Concurring: Chief Justice Hughes, Justices Cardozo, Brandeis,
Roberts, Stone, Sutherland (separately), Van Devanter (separately),
McReynolds (separately), Butler (separately).
466. Concordia Ins. Co. v. Illinois, 292 U.S. 535 (1934).
Illinois tax laws were discriminatory and violative of the equal
protection clause for the reason that they (1) subjected foreign
insurance companies selling fire, marine, inland marine, and casualty
insurance to two property taxes, one on tangible property and a second,
on net receipts, including net receipts from their casualty business,
while subjecting competing foreign insurance companies selling only
casualty insurance to the single tax on tangible property; and (2)
insofar as the net receipts were assessed at full value while other
personal property in general was assessed at only 60% of value.
Concurring: Justices Van Devanter, Sutherland, Butler, McReynolds,
Roberts.
Dissenting: Justices Cardozo, Brandeis, Stone.
467. Jennings v. United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co., 294 U.S. 216
(1935).
Section of Indiana Bank Collection Code which purported to make
the owners of paper which a bank had collected, but which it had not
satisfied, preferred claimants in the event of the bank's failure,
irrespective of whether the funds representing such paper could be
traced or identified as part of the bank's assets or intermingled with
or converted into other assets of the bank was inoperative as to a
national bank by reason of conflict with applicable federal law.
468. Accord: Old Company's Lehigh v. Meeker, 294 U.S. 227 (1935),
embracing a comparable New York statutory provision.
469. Cooney v. Mountain States Tel. Co., 294 U.S. 384 (1935).
Montana laws which imposed an occupation tax on every telephone
company providing service in the State imposed an invalid bur
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den on interstate commerce when applied to a company which used the same
facilities to furnish both interstate as well as intrastate services.
470. Baldwin v. G.A.F. Seelig, 294 U.S. 511 (1935).
New York Milk Control Act, insofar as it prohibited the sale of
milk imported from another State unless the price paid to the producer
in the other State equalled the minimum prescribed for purchases from
local producers, imposed an invalid burden on interstate commerce
irrespective of resale of such milk in the original or other containers.
471. Stewart Dry Goods Co. v. Lewis, 294 U.S. 550 (1935).
Kentucky law which taxed the sales of retailers at the rate of
1/20 of 1% on the first $400,000 of gross sales, and which imposed
increasing rates on each additional $100,000 of gross sales up to
$1,000,000, with a maximum rate of 1% on sales over $1,000,000, was
arbitrary and violative of the equal protection clause for the reason
that there existed no reasonable relation between the amount of the tax
and the value of the privilege of merchandising or between gross sales,
the measure of the tax, and net profits.
Concurring: Justices Roberts, Sutherland, Van Devanter, Butler,
McReynolds, Chief Justice Hughes.
Dissenting: Justices Cardozo, Brandeis, Stone.
472. Accord: Valentine v. A. & P. Tea Co., 299 U.S. 32 (1936), voiding a
similar Iowa Chain Store Tax Act.
Concurring: Justices Roberts, Sutherland, Butler, McReynolds, Van
Devanter, Chief Justice Hughes.
Dissenting: Justices Brandeis, Cardozo.
473. Panhandle Co. v. Highway Comm'n, 294 U.S. 613 (1935).
Kansas law which, as judicially construed, empowered the state
highway commission to order a pipe line company, at its own expense, to
relocate its pipe and telephone lines, then located on a private right
of way, in order to conform to plans adopted for new highways across the
right of way, deprived the company of property without due process of
law.
Concurring: Justices McReynolds, Butler, Van Devanter, Sutherland,
Brandeis, Roberts, Stone (separately), Cardozo (separately), Chief
Justice Hughes.
474. Broderick v. Rosner, 294 U.S. 629 (1935).
New Jersey law, which prohibited institution of suits in New
Jersey courts to enforce a stockholder's statutory personal liability
arising under the laws of another State and which was invoked to bar a
suit by the New York Superintendent of Banks to recover assess
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ments levied on New Jersey residents holding stock in a New York bank,
was ineffective to prevent New Jersey courts from entertaining said
action consistently with the full faith and credit clause.
Concurring: Justices Brandeis, Sutherland, Butler, Van Devanter,
Stone, Roberts, McReynolds, Chief Justice Hughes.
Dissenting: Justice Cardozo.
475. Worthen Co. v. Kavanaugh, 295 U.S. 56 (1935).
Arkansas law which reduced the remedies available to mortgagees
in the event of a default on mortgage bonds issued by an improvement
district, with the result that they were deprived of effective means of
recovery for 6 1/2 years, impaired the obligation of contract.
476. Georgia Ry. & Elec. Co. v. Decatur, 295 U.S. 165 (1935).
Insofar as a Georgia law, which authorized a municipality to
effect certain street improvements and to assess railways having tracks
on such streets with the cost of such improvement, supported a
presumption that a benefit accrued to the railway from said improvements
which could not be rebutted by contrary proof offered in a court of law,
the effect of the statute was to deny the railway a hearing essential to
due process of law.
Concurring: Justices Sutherland, Butler, Van Devanter, McReynolds,
Roberts, Chief Justice Hughes.
Dissenting: Justices Stone, Brandeis, Cardozo.
477. Senior v. Braden, 295 U.S. 422 (1935).
Insofar as trust certificates held by a resident represented
interests in various parcels of land located in, and outside of, Ohio,
which afforded the holder no voice in the management of such property
but only a right to share in the net income therefrom and in the
proceeds from the sale thereof, such interests could be taxed only by a
uniform rule according to value, and Ohio law which levied an intangible
property tax thereon measured by income was violative of the equal
protection and due process clauses.
Justices Concurring: McReynolds, Butler, Van Devanter, Sutherland,
Roberts, Chief Justice Hughes
Justices Dissenting: Stone, Brandeis, Cardozo.
478. Schuylkill Trust Co. v. Pennsylvania, 296 U.S. 113 (1935).
Pennsylvania law which levied a tax on trust companies was in
conflict with provisions of federal law proscribing discriminatory
taxation of national bank shares by virtue of deductions allowed trust
company for amounts represented by shares owned in Pennsylvania
corporations already taxed or exempted, without any corresponding
deduction on account of nontaxable federal securities owned or on
account of national bank shares already taxed.
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Justices Concurring: Roberts, Chief Justice Hughes, Van Devanter,
Butler, McReynolds, Sutherland.
Justices Dissenting: Cardozo, Brandeis, Stone.
479. Colgate v. Harvey, 296 U.S. 404 (1935).
Vermont law which levied a 4% tax on income derived from loans
made outside the State but which exempted entirely like income derived
from money loaned within Vermont at interest not exceeding 5% per year
embodied an arbitrary discrimination and abridged the privileges and
immunities of United States citizens contrary to the Fourteenth
Amendment.
Justices Concurring: Sutherland, Van Devanter, Butler, McReynolds,
Roberts, Chief Justice Hughes
Justices Dissenting: Stone, Brandeis, Cardozo.
480. Oklahoma v. Barnsdall Corp., 296 U.S. 521 (1936).
Oklahoma law which levied a tax on the gross production of oil,
as applied to oil produced by lessees of lands of Indian tribes, was in
conflict with federal law consenting to levy of a different tax and
hence inoperative as a tax on a federal instrumentality.
481. Treigle v. Acme Homestead Ass'n, 297 U.S. 189 (1936).
Louisiana law which abolished prior requirement that building
and loan associations, when income was insufficient to pay all demands
of withdrawing stockholders within 60 days, to set apart 50% of receipts
to pay such withdrawals and provided, instead, that the directors be
vested with sole discretion as to the amount to be allocated for such
withdrawals, impaired the obligation of contract as to a stockholder
who, prior to such amending statute, gave notice of withdrawal and whose
demand had not been paid.
482. Grosjean v. American Press Co., 297 U.S. 233 (1936).
Louisiana law which imposed a tax on the gross receipts derived
from the sale of advertisements by newspapers enjoying a circulation of
more than 20,000 copies per week unconstitutionally restricted freedom
of the press contrary to the due process clause of the Fourteenth
Amendment.
483. Accord: Arizona Publishing Co. v. O'Neil, 304 U.S. 543 (1938).
484. Mayflower Farms v. Ten Eyck, 297 U.S. 266 (1936).
New York Milk Control Act which permitted milk dealers without
well advertised trade names, who were in business before April 10, 1933,
to sell milk in New York City at a price one cent below the minimum
binding on competitors with well advertised trade names subjected
dealers without well advertised names who established their business
after that date to a denial of equal protection of the law.
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Justices Concurring: Roberts, Chief Justice Hughes, Van Devanter,
Sutherland, Butler, McReynolds.
Justices Dissenting: Cardozo, Brandeis, Stone.
485. Bingaman v. Golden Eagle Lines, 297 U.S. 626 (1936).
New Mexico law which imposed an excise tax on the sale and use
of gasoline and motor fuel and collected a license tax of $25 from users
who import for use in New Mexico gasoline purchased in another State
could not validly be imposed on a motor vehicle carrier engaged
exclusively in interstate commerce which imported out-of-state gasoline
for use in New Mexico; for the tax was levied, not as compensation for
the use of that State's highways, but on the use of an instrumentality
of interstate commerce.
486. Fisher's Blend Station v. State Tax Comm'n, 297 U.S. 650 (1936).
Washington law which levied an occupation tax measured by gross
receipts of radio broadcasting stations within that State whose programs
were received by listeners in other States imposed an unconstitutional
burden on interstate commerce.
487. International Steel & I. Co. v. National Surety Co., 297 U.S. 657
(1936).
Tennessee law relative to settlement of public construction
contracts which retroactively released the surety on a bond given by a
contractor as required by prior law for the security of claims of
materialmen and substituted therefor, without the latter's consent, the
obligation of another bond impaired the obligation of contract.
488. Graves v. Texas Company, 298 U.S. 393 (1936).
Alabama law which imposed an excise tax on the sale of gasoline
could not be enforced as to sales of gasoline to the United States.
Justices Concurring: Butler, Sutherland, Van Devanter, Roberts,
Chief Justice Hughes, McReynolds.
Justices Dissenting: Cardozo, Brandeis.
489. Morehead v. New York ex rel. Tipaldo, 298 U.S. 587 (1936).
New York law which required employers to pay women minimum wages
that would be not only equal to the fair and reasonable value of the
services rendered but also sufficient to meet the minimum cost of living
necessary for health deprived employers and employees of their freedom
of contract without due process of law.
Justices Concurring: Butler, Van Devanter, McReynolds, Sutherland,
Roberts.
Justices Dissenting: Chief Justice Hughes, Brandeis, Stone, Cardozo.
490. Binney v. Long, 299 U.S. 280 (1936).
Massachusetts succession tax law whereunder succession to
property through failure of an intestate to exercise a power of
appointment under a non-testamentary conveyance of the property by deed
or trust made after September 1, 1907, was not taxed, whereas if the
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conveyance was made before that date, the succession was not only
taxable but the rate might be substantially increased by aggregating the
value of that succession with other interests derived by the transferee
by inheritance from the donee of the power, was discriminatory and
violative of the equal protection clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.
Justices Concurring: Roberts, Chief Justice Hughes, Van Devanter,
Butler, Sutherland, McReynolds.
Justices Dissenting: Cardozo, Brandeis.
491. De Jonge v. Oregon, 299 U.S. 353 (1937).
Oregon Criminal Syndicalism Law, invoked to punish participation
in the conduct of a public meeting devoted to a lawful purpose merely
because the meeting had been held under the auspices of an organization
which taught or advocated the forcible overthrow of government but which
did not engage in such advocacy during the meeting, was violative of
freedom of assembly and freedom of speech guaranteed by the due process
clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.
492. New York ex rel. Rogers v. Graves, 299 U.S. 401 (1937).
New York income tax law could not be extended to salaries of
employees of the Panama Railroad Company by reason of the fact that the
latter together with its employees was a federal instrumentality (Art.
VI).
493. Lawrence v. Shaw, 300 U.S. 345 (1937).
North Carolina property tax law could not be enforced so as to
levy a tax on bank deposits made by petitioner as guardian of an
incompetent veteran of World War I; by the terms of applicable federal
law bank deposits which resulted from the receipt of federal veterans
benefits payments were exempted from local taxation.
494. Ingels v. Morf, 300 U.S. 290 (1937).
California Caravan Act which imposed a $15 fee on each motor
vehicle transported from another State into California for the purposes
of sale therein imposed an unconstitutional burden on interstate
commerce inasmuch as the proceeds from such fees were used, not to meet
the cost of highway construction or maintenance, but to reimburse the
State for the added expense of policing caravaning traffic and for such
purposes the fee was excessive.
495. Herndon v. Lowry, 301 U.S. 242 (1937).
Georgia insurrection statute which punished as a crime the acts
of soliciting members for a political party and conducting meetings of a
local unit of that party, where one of the doctrines of the party,
established by reference to a document not shown to have been exhibited
by any one, may be said to embrace ultimate resort in the indefi
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nite future to violence against government invaded freedom of speech as
guaranteed by the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.
Justices Concurring: Roberts, Brandeis, Stone, Chief Justice Hughes,
Cardozo.
Justices Dissenting: Van Devanter, McReynolds, Butler, Sutherland.
496. Lindsey v. Washington, 301 U.S. 397 (1937).
Washington statute which increased the severity of a penalty for
a specific offense by mandating a sentence of 15 years and thereby
removing the discretion of the judge to sentence for less than the
maximum of 15 years, when applied retroactively to a crime committed
before its enactment, was invalid as an ex post facto law.
497. Hartford Ins. Co. v. Harrison, 301 U.S. 459 (1937).
Georgia law which prohibited stock insurance companies writing
fire and casualty insurance from acting through agents who were their
salaried employees, but which permitted mutual companies writing such
insurance to do so, violated the equal protection clause of the
Fourteenth Amendment.
Justices Concurring: McReynolds, Sutherland, Van Devanter, Butler,
Chief Justice Hughes
Justices Dissenting: Roberts, Brandeis, Stone, Cardozo.
498. Puget Sound Co. v. Tax Commission, 302 U.S. 90 (1937).
Washington gross receipts tax law could not validly be enforced
as to receipts accruing to a stevedoring corporation acting as an
independent contractor in loading and unloading cargoes of vessels
engaged in interstate or foreign commerce by longshoremen subject to its
own direction and control; such business was a form of interstate and
foreign commerce.
499. James v. Dravo Contracting Co., 302 U.S. 134 (1937).
West Virginia gross receipts tax law could not validly be
enforced to sustain levy on that part of gross receipts of a federal
contractor working on a federal installation in West Virginia which was
derived from the fabrication of equipment at its Pennsylvania plant for
which the contractor received payment prior to installation of such
equipment on the West Virginia site owned by the Federal Government; for
such compensable activities were completed beyond the jurisdiction of
West Virginia.
500. Connecticut General Life Ins. Co. v. Johnson, 303 U.S. 77 (1938).
California law which levied a privilege tax on admitted foreign
insurers, measured by gross premiums received, was violative of due
process insofar as it affected premiums received in Connecticut on
contracts of reinsurance consummated in the latter State and covering
policies of life insurance issued by other insurers to residents of
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California; California was without power to tax activities conducted
beyond its borders.
Justices Concurring: Stone, Chief Justice Hughes, McReynolds,
Brandeis, Butler, Roberts.
Justice Dissenting: Black.
501. Indiana ex rel. Anderson v. Brand, 303 U.S. 95 (1938).
Indiana law of 1933 which repealed tenure rights of certain
teachers accorded under a Tenure Act of 1927 impaired the obligation of
contract.
Justices Concurring: Roberts, Chief Justice Hughes, McReynolds,
Brandeis, Butler, Stone.
Justice Dissenting: Black.
Accord: Indiana ex rel. Valentine v. Marker, 303 U.S. 628
(1938).
502. Adams Mfg. Co. v. Storen, 304 U.S. 307 (1938).
Indiana gross receipts tax law could not constitutionally be
applied to gross receipts derived by an Indiana corporation from sales
in other States of goods manufactured in Indiana; as thus applied the
law burdened interstate commerce.
Justices Concurring: Roberts, Chief Justice Hughes, Brandeis,
Butler, Stone, Reed.
Justices Dissenting: Black (in part), McReynolds (in part).
Freeman v. Hewit, 329 U.S. 239 (1946).
The tax imposes an unconstitutional burden on interstate
commerce when applied to the receipt by one domiciled in the State of
the proceeds of a sale of securities sent out of the State to be sold.
Justices Concurring: Vinson, C.J., Reed, Frankfurter, Jackson,
Rutledge, Burton.
Justices Dissenting: Black, Douglas, Murphy.
Indiana Dep't of Revenue v. Nebeker, 348 U.S. 933 (1955).
This gross receipts tax law also could not be levied on receipts
from the purchase and sale on margin of securities by resident owners
through a nonresident broker engaged in interstate commerce.
Justices Concurring: Warren, C.J., Reed, Frankfurter, Burton, Clark,
Minton.
Justices Dissenting: Black, Douglas.
503. Collins v. Yosemite Park Co., 304 U.S. 518 (1938).
California Alcoholic Beverages Control Act, as to its regulatory
provisions which embraced a fee for a license to import alcoholic
beverages and control over importation of such beverages, could not be
enforced, consistently with the Twenty-first Amendment, against a retail
dealer doing business in a National Park as to which California retained
no jurisdiction.
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504. Missouri ex rel. Gaines v. Canada, 305 U.S. 337 (1938).
A Missouri statute which accorded Negro residents financial aid
to enable them to obtain instruction at out-of-state universities
equivalent to that afforded exclusively to white students at the
University of Missouri denies such Negroes the equal protection of the
laws. The obligation of a State to give equal protection of the laws can
be performed only where its laws operate, that is, within its own
jurisdiction.
Justices Concurring: Chief Justice Hughes, Brandeis, Stone, Roberts,
Black, Reed.
Justices Dissenting: McReynolds, Butler.
505. Gwin, White & Prince, Inc. v. Henneford, 305 U.S. 434 (1939).
A Washington gross receipts tax levied on the privilege of
engaging in business in the State cannot constitutionally be imposed on
the gross receipts of a marketing agent for a federation of fruit
growers whose business consists of the marketing of fruit shipped from
Washington to places of sale in other States and foreign countries. Such
a tax burdens interstate and foreign commerce contrary to Art. I,
Sec. 8, cl. 3.
Justices Concurring: Butler, McReynolds, Chief Justice Hughes,
Brandeis, Stone, Roberts, Reed.
Justice Dissenting: Black.
506. Hale v. Bimco Trading Co., 306 U.S. 375 (1939).
Florida statute imposing an inspection fee of 15 cents per cwt.
(60 times the cost of the inspection) on cement imported from abroad is
invalid under the commerce clause (Art. I, Sec. 8, cl. 3).
507. Lanzetta v. New Jersey, 306 U.S. 451 (1939).
A New Jersey statute which stipulated that ``any person not
engaged in a lawful occupation, known to be a member of a gang of two or
more persons, who had been convicted at least three times of being a
disorderly person, or who has been convicted of any crime in New Jersey
or any other State, is declared to be a gangster'' and punishable upon
conviction, is repugnant to the due process clause of the Fourteenth
Amendment because of vagueness and uncertainty.
508. Lane v. Wilson, 307 U.S. 268 (1939).
An Oklahoma statute which provided that all persons, other than
those who voted in 1914, qualified to vote in 1916 but who failed to
register between April 30 and May 11, 1916, should be perpetually
disenfranchised was found to be repugnant to the Fifteenth Amendment.
Justices Concurring: Chief Justice Hughes, Roberts, Black, Reed,
Frankfurter.
Justices Dissenting: McReynolds, Butler.
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509. Thornhill v. Alabama, 310 U.S. 88 (1940).
A statute which forbids the publicizing of facts concerning a
labor dispute, whether by printed sign, pamphlet, by word of mouth, or
otherwise in the vicinity of the business involved, and without regard
to the number of persons engaged in such activity, the peaceful
character of their conduct, the nature of the dispute, or the accuracy
or restraint of the language used in imparting information, is violative
of freedom of speech and press guaranteed by the due process clause of
the Fourteenth Amendment.
Justices Concurring: Chief Justice Hughes, Stone, Roberts, Black,
Reed, Frankfurter, Douglas, Murphy.
Justice Dissenting: McReynolds.
510. Cantwell v. Connecticut, 310 U.S. 296 (1940).
A statute which forbids any person to solict money or valuables
for any alleged religious cause, unless a license has first been
procured from an official who is required to determine whether such
cause is a religious one and who may deny issuance if he determines that
the cause is not, imposes a previous restraint of the free exercise of
religion and effects a deprivation of liberty without due process of law
in violation of the Fourteenth Amendment.
511. McCarroll v. Dixie Lines, 309 U.S. 176 (1940).
Gasoline carried by interstate motor busses through Arkansas for
use as fuel in interstate transportation beyond the Arkansas line cannot
be subject to an Arkansas tax imposed from maintenance of state highways
and collected on every gallon of gasoline above 20 brought into the
State in any motor vehicle for use in operating the same. The statute
levying this tax imposes an unconstitutional burden on interstate
commerce.
Justices Concurring: McReynolds, Stone, Chief Justice Hughes,
Roberts, Reed (separately).
Justices Dissenting: Black, Frankfurter, Douglas.
512. Best v. Maxwell, 311 U.S. 454 (1940).
A North Carolina statute which levies an annual privilege tax of
$250 on every person or corporation, not a regular retail merchant in
the State, who displays samples in any hotel room or house rented for
the purpose of securing retail orders, cannot be applied to a
nonresident merchant who took orders in the State and shipped interstate
directly to customers. In view of the imposition of a one dollar per
year license tax collected from regular retail merchants, the
enforcement of the statute as to nonresidents effects an
unconstitutional discrimination in favor of intrastate commerce contrary
to Art. I, Sec. 8, cl. 3.
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513. Hines v. Davidowitz, 312 U.S. 52 (1941).
A Pennsylvania alien registration statute, imposing requirements
at variance with those set forth in the Federal Alien Registration Act
of 1940 containing a comprehensive scheme for the regulation of aliens,
is rendered unenforceable by reason of conflict with federal legislative
and treaty-making powers.
Justices Concurring: Roberts, Black, Reed, Frankfurter, Douglas,
Murphy.
Justices Dissenting: Stone, Chief Justice Hughes, McReynolds.
514. Wood v. Lovett, 313 U.S. 362 (1941).
When a State, with the help of a statute curing irregularities
in a tax proceeding, sells land under a tax title which is valid,
subsequent repeal of such curative statute is unconstitutional by reason
of effecting an impairment of the obligation of contract (Art. I,
Sec. 10, cl. 1).
Justices Concurring: Chief Justice Hughes, Stone, Roberts, Reed,
Frankfurter.
Justices Dissenting: Black, Douglas, Murphy.
515. Federal Land Bank v. Bismarck Lumber Co., 314 U.S. 95 (1941).
Inasmuch as the Federal Farm Loan Act exempts federal land banks
from state taxes, other than those on property acquired in the course of
dealings, the North Dakota sales tax cannot validly be collected on the
sale of materials to a federal land bank to be used in improving real
estate (Art. VI, cl. 2).
516. Edwards v. California, 314 U.S. 160 (1941).
A California statute making it a misdemeanor for any one
knowingly to bring, or assist in bringing, into the State a nonresident,
indigent person is invalid by reason of imposing an unconstitutional
burden on interstate commerce.
Justices Concurring: Stone, C.J., Roberts, Reed, Frankfurter,
Byrnes. Justices Douglas, Black, Murphy and Jackson would have rested
the invalidity on Sec. 1 of the Fourteenth Amendment.
517. Taylor v. Georgia, 315 U.S. 25 (1942).
A state statute making it a crime for any person to contract
with another to perform services of any kind, and thereupon obtain in
advance money or other thing of value, with intent not to perform such
service, and providing further that failure to perform the service or to
return the money, without good and sufficient cause, shall amount to
presumptive evidence of intent, at the time of making the contract, not
to perform such service, is violative of the Thirteenth Amendment.
518. Cloverleaf Butter Co. v. Patterson, 315 U.S. 148 (1942).
Consistently with the national supremacy clause, federal laws
and regulations relating to the entire process of manufacture of ren
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ovated butter supersede state laws whereunder Alabama officials
inspected and seized packing stock butter acquired by a manufacturer of
renovated butter for interstate commerce.
Justices Concurring: Roberts, Black, Reed, Douglas, Jackson.
Justices Dissenting: Stone, C.J., Frankfurter, Murphy, Byrnes.
519. Tulee v. Washington, 315 U.S. 681 (1942).
Being repugnant to the terms of a treaty concluded with the
Yakima Indians reserving to the members of the latter tribe the right to
take fish at all usual places in common with the citizens of Washington
Territory, a state law requiring such Indians to pay license fees for
the exercise of such privilege cannot be enforced.
520. Skinner v. Oklahoma ex rel. Williamson, 316 U.S. 535 (1942).
As applied to one convicted once of stealing chickens, and twice
of robbery, an Oklahoma statute providing for the sterilization of
habitual criminals, other than those convicted of embezzlement, or
violation of prohibition and revenue laws, violates the equal protection
clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.
Justices concurring specially: Stone, C.J., Jackson.
521. Pacific Coast Dairy v. Department of Agriculture, 318 U.S. 285
(1943).
Calif. Agric. Code provided that the selling and delivery of
milk ``at less than the minimum wholesale, retail prices effective in a
marketing area'' was an unfair practice warranting revocation of license
or prosecution. Sales and deliveries of milk to the War Department on a
federal enclave within a State over which the United States has acquired
exclusive jurisdiction are not subject to regulation under a state milk
stabilization law.
Justices Concurring: Stone, C.J., Roberts, Black, Reed, Douglas,
Jackson.
Justices Dissenting: Frankfurter, Murphy.
522. Mayo v. United States, 319 U.S. 441 (1943).
Florida Commercial Fertilizer Law constituted a comprehensive
regulation of sale or distribution of commercial fertilizer and required
a label or stamp on each bag evidencing the payment of an inspection
fee. Held: a State is without constitutional power to exact an
inspection fee, although the design of the inspection service was to
protect consumer from fraud, as to fertilizer which the United States
owns and is distributing within the State pursuant to provision of the
Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act.
523. Taylor v. Mississippi, 319 U.S. 583 (1943).
General Laws of Mississippi, 1943, ch. 178, provided, in part,
that the teaching and dissemination of printed matter designed to
encourage disloyalty to the national and state governments, and the
distribution of printed matter reasonably tending ``to create an
attitude
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of stubborn refusal to salute, honor, or respect the flag or Government
of the United States, or of the State of Mississippi'' was a felony.
The Fourteenth Amendment of the Constitution prohibits the
imposition of punishment for: (1) urging and advising on religious
grounds that citizens refrain from saluting the flag; and (2) the
communication of beliefs and opinion concerning domestic measures and
trends in national and world affairs, when this is without sinister
purpose and not in advocacy of, or incitement to, subversive action
against the Nation or State and does not involve any clear and present
danger to our institutions or our Government. Conviction under the
statute for disseminating literature reasonably tending to create an
attitude of stubborn refusal to salute, honor or respect the national
and state flags and governments denies the liberty guaranteed by the
Fourteenth Amendment.
524. Pollock v. Williams, 322 U.S. 4 (1944).
Florida Statute of 1941, sec. 817.09 and sec. 817.10, made it a
misdemeanor to induce advances with intent to defraud by a promise to
perform labor, and further made failure to perform labor for which money
had been obtained prima facie evidence of intent to defraud. The statute
is violative of the Thirteenth Amendment and the Federal Antipeonage Act
for it cannot be said that a plea of guilty is uninfluenced by the
statute's threat to convict by its prima facie evidence section.
Justices Concurring: Roberts, Black, Frankfurter, Douglas, Murphy,
Jackson, Rutledge.
Justices Dissenting: Stone, C.J., Reed.
525. United States v. Allegheny County, 322 U.S. 174 (1944).
Pennsylvania law provided in part that ``The following subjects
and property shall be valued and assessed, and subject to taxation,
``and that taxes are declared ``to be a first lien on said property.''
The effect of an ad valorem property tax is to increase the valuation of
the land and buildings of a manufacturer by the value of machinery
leased to him by the United States and is therefore a tax on property
owned by the United States and is violative of the Constitution.
Justices Concurring: Stone, C.J., Black, Reed, Douglas, Murphy,
Jackson, Rutledge.
Justices Dissenting: Roberts, Frankfurter.
526. McLeod v. Dilworth Co., 322 U.S. 327 (1944).
The commerce clause prohibits the imposition of an Arkansas
sales tax on sales to residents of the State which are consummated by
acceptance of orders in, and the shipments of goods from, another State,
in which title passes upon delivery to the carrier.
Justices Concurring: Stone, C.J., Roberts, Reed, Frankfurter,
Jackson.
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Justices Dissenting: Black, Douglas, Murphy, Rutledge.
527. Thomas v. Collins, 323 U.S. 516 (1945).
A Texas statute required union organizers, before soliciting
members, to obtain an organizer's card from the Secretary of State. As
applied in this case, the statute is violative of the First and
Fourteenth Amendments in that it imposes a previous restraint upon the
rights of free speech and free assembly. The First Amendment's
safeguards are not inapplicable to business or economic activity and
restrictions of these activities can be justified only by clear and
present danger to the public welfare.
Justices Concurring: Black, Douglas, Murphy, Jackson, Rutledge.
Justices Dissenting: Stone, C.J., Roberts, Reed, Frankfurter.
528. Hooven & Allison Co. v. Evatt, 324 U.S. 652 (1945).
An Ohio ad valorem tax on Philippine importations was violative
of the constitutional prohibition of state taxation of imports for the
reason that the place from which the imported articles are brought is
not a part of the United States in the constitutional sense.
Justices Concurring: Stone, C.J., Roberts, Reed (dissenting in
part), Frankfurter, Douglas (concurring in part), Murphy (concurring in
part), Jackson, Rutledge (concurring in part).
Justice Dissenting: Black.
529. Hill v. Florida ex rel. Watson, 325 U.S. 538 (1945).
Florida law provided that no one shall be licensed as a
``business agent'' of a labor union without meeting certain specified
standards and that all labor unions in the State must file annual
reports disclosing certain information and pay an annual fee therefor.
The statute circumscribes the ``full freedom'' to choose collective
bargaining agents secured to employees by the National Labor Relations
Act. The reporting requirement and fee levied on labor unions does not
conflict with the Act but is the sanction imposed by injunction against
the labor union from functioning as such that is inconsistent with the
federally protected processes of collective bargaining.
Justices Concurring: Stone, C.J., Black, Reed, Douglas, Murphy,
Jackson, Rutledge.
Justices Dissenting: Roberts, Frankfurter.
530. Southern Pacific Co. v. Arizona, 325 U.S. 761 (1945).
The Arizona Train Limit Law makes it unlawful to operate a train
of more than fourteen passenger or seventy freight cars. As applied to
interstate trains, this law contravenes the commerce clause of the
Constitution. The state regulation passes beyond what is plainly
essential for safety, since it does not appear that it will lessen,
rather than increase, the danger of accident.
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Justices Concurring: Stone, C.J., Roberts, Reed, Frankfurter,
Murphy, Jackson, Rutledge.
Justices Dissenting: Black, Douglas.
531. Marsh v. Alabama, 326 U.S. 501 (1946).
Alabama law makes it a crime to enter or remain on the premises
of another after having been warned not to do so. A State, consistently
with the freedom of religion and the press guaranteed by the First and
Fourteenth Amendments, cannot impose criminal punishment on a person for
distributing religious literature on the sidewalk of a company-owned
town contrary to regulations of the town's management, where the town
and its shopping district are freely accessible to and freely used by
the public in general.
Justices Concurring: Black, Frankfurter, Douglas, Murphy, Rutledge.
Justices Dissenting: Stone, C.J., Reed, Burton.
532. Tucker v. Texas, 326 U.S. 517 (1946).
Texas Penal Code makes it an offense for any ``peddler or hawker
of goods or merchandise'' willfully to refuse to leave premises after
having been notified to do so by the owner or possessor thereof. A
State, consistently with the freedom of religion and the press
guaranteed by the First and Fourteenth Amendments, cannot impose
criminal punishment upon a person engaged in religious activities and
distributing religious literature in a village owned by the United
States under a congressional program designed to provide housing for
workers engaged in national defense activities, where the village is
freely accessible and open to the public.
Justices Concurring: Black, Frankfurter, Douglas, Murphy, Rutledge.
Justices Dissenting: Stone, C.J., Reed, Burton.
533. Republic Pictures Corp. v. Kappler, 327 U.S. 757 (1946).
Iowa statute, insofar as it required actions on claims arising
under a federal statute not continuing any period of limitations, to be
commenced within six months, effected a denial of equal protection of
law when enforced as to one seeking to recover under the Federal Fair
Labor Standards Act; a State may not discriminate against rights
accruing under federal laws by imposing as to the former a special
period of limitations not applicable to other claims.
534. First Iowa Hydro-Electric Coop. v. FPC, 328 U.S. 152 (1946).
Iowa Code provided that no dam shall be constructed, operated or
maintained in any navigable or meandered stream unless a permit has been
granted by the executive council. Where sec. 9(b) of the Federal Power
Act requires an applicant to submit satisfactory evidence of compliance
with state laws with respect to the use of water for power purposes but
petitioner made no attempt to comply with law requiring permit, the
Court held that compliance with the Iowa law
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requiring a state permit is not a condition precedent to securing a
federal license since it is the Federal Power Commission rather than the
Iowa Executive Council that must pass upon issues affecting the use of
navigable waters on the commerce clause of the Constitution.
Justices Concurring: Burton, Stone, C.J., Black, Reed, Douglas,
Murphy, Rutledge.
Justice Dissenting: Frankfurter.
535. Morgan v. Virginia, 328 U.S. 373 (1946).
Virginia Code required motor carriers, both interstate and
intrastate, to separate without discrimination white and colored
passengers in their motor buses so that contiguous seats would not be
occupied by persons of different races at the same time. Even though
Congess has enacted no legislation on the subject, the state provisions
are invalid as applied to passengers in vehicles moving interstate
because they burden interstate commerce.
Justices Concurring: Black (separately), Reed, Frankfurter
(separately), Douglas, Murphy, Rutledge.
Justice Dissenting: Burton.
536. Richfield Oil Corp. v. State Board, 329 U.S. 69 (1946).
The California Retail Sales Tax, measured by gross receipts,
cannot constitutionally be collected on exports in the form of oil
delivered from appellant's dockside tanks to a New Zealand vessel in a
California port for transportation to Auckland pursuant to a contract of
sale with the New Zealand Government.
Justices Concurring: Vinson, C.J., Reed, Frankfurter, Douglas,
Jackson, Rutledge, Burton.
Justice Dissenting: Black.
537. Bethlehem Steel Co. v. New York Employment Relations Bd., 330 U.S.
767 (1947).
Where the National Labor Relations Board has asserted general
jurisdiction over unions of foreman employed by industries subject to
the National Labor Relations Act but had refused to certify such unions
as collective bargaining representatives on the ground that to do so at
the time would obstruct rather than further effectuation of the purposes
of the Act, certification of such unions by the New York Employment
Relations Board under a state act is invalid as in conflict with the
National Labor Relations Act and the commerce clause of the
Constitution.
538. Accord: Plankington Packing Co. v. WERB, 338 U.S. 953 (1950).
539. Rice v. Sante Fe Elevator Corp., 331 U.S. 218 (1947).
By reason of amendments of the United States Warehouse Act,
Congress terminated the dual system of regulation and substituted an
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exclusive system of federal regulations of warehouses licensed under the
federal act. Such warehouses therefore no longer need to obtain Illinois
licenses or comply with Illinois laws regulating those phases of the
warehouse business which have been regulated under the federal act.
Compliance with Illinois law is limited to those phases of the business
which the federal act expressly subjects to state law.
Justices Concurring: Vinson, C.J., Black, Reed, Douglas, Murphy,
Jackson, Burton.
Justices Dissenting: Frankfurter, Rutledge.
540. Order of Travelers v. Wolfe, 331 U.S. 586 (1947).
South Dakota Law provided that the time for commencing action on
contracts was within six years and declared void every stipulation in a
contract which reduces the time within which a party thereto may enforce
his rights by legal proceedings. A claimant bringing an action in South
Dakota for benefits arising under the constitution of a fraternal
benefit society incorporated in Ohio and licensed to do business in
South Dakota is bound by the limitation prescribed in the society's
constitution barring actions on claims six months after disallowance by
the society. South Dakota is required under the Federal Constitution to
give full faith and credit to the public acts of Ohio.
Justices Concurring: Vinson, C.J., Frankfurter, Reed, Jackson,
Burton.
Justices Dissenting: Black, Douglas, Murphy, Rutledge.
541. United States v. California, 332 U.S. 19 (1947).
California claimed that it owned the resources of the soil under
the three-mile marginal belt as an incident to those elements of
sovereignty which it exercised in that area, and therefore might grant
permits to California residents to prospect far out and on the ocean
floor within said limits. Held: California is not the owner of the
three-mile marginal belt along its coast; the Federal Government rather
than the State has paramount rights in and power over that belt, and
full dominion over the resources of the soil under that water area. The
United States is therefore, entitled to a decree enjoining California
and all persons claiming under it from continuing to trespass upon the
area in violation of the rights of the United States.
Justices Concurring: Vinson, C.J., Black, Douglas, Murphy, Rutledge,
Burton.
Justices Dissenting: Reed, Frankfurter.
542. Sipuel v. Board of Regents, 332 U.S. 631 (1948).
Oklahoma constitutional and statutory provisions barring Negroes
from the University of Oklahoma Law School are violative of the equal
protection clause of the Fourteenth Amendment by reason of the fact that
the University Law School is the only institution for legal education
maintained by the State.
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543. Oyama v. California, 332 U.S. 633 (1948).
California Alien Land Law forbade aliens ineligible for American
citizenship to acquire, own, occupy, lease or transfer agricultural land
and provided that any property acquired in violation of the statutes
shall escheat as of the date of acquisition and that the same result
shall follow any transfer made with ``intent to prevent, evade, or
avoid'' escheat. Such intent is presumed prima facie, wherever an
ineligible alien pays the consideration for a transfer to a citizen or
eligible alien.
Applied to effect an escheat of agricultural lands acquired in
the name of a minor American citizen with funds contributed by a father,
a Japanese alien ineligible for naturalization, the statute deprived the
son of the equal protection of the laws and of his privileges as an
American citizen contrary to the Fourteenth Amendment.
Justices Concurring: Vinson, C.J., Black, Frankfurter, Douglas,
Murphy, Rutledge.
Justices Dissenting: Reed, Jackson, Burton.
544. Seaboard Air Line R.R. v. Daniel, 333 U.S. 118 (1948).
South Carolina provided that a railroad line within the State
can be owned and operated only by state-created corporations. A railroad
corporation chartered under the laws of another State is forbidden under
heavy penalties to exercise such powers within South Carolina. However,
under South Carolina law, a foreign railroad corporation may organize a
South Carolina subsidiary and may consolidate that corporation with
itself. In that event, the consolidated corporation would be a
corporation both of South Carolina and of another State.
A Virginia corporation authorized by the Interstate Commerce
Commission under Sec. 5 of the Interstate Commerce Act to own and
operate an entire railway system with mileage in South Carolina is
exempt from compliance with South Carolina's laws forbidding foreign
corporations to own or operate railroads in the State.
545. Winters v. New York, 333 U.S. 507 (1948).
New York Penal Law provided that a person was guilty of a
misdemeanor who ``prints, utters, publishes, sells, lends, gives away,
distributes, shows, or has in his possession with intent to sell, lend,
give away, distribute or show or otherwise offer for sale, loan, gift or
distribution, any book, pamphlet, magazine, newspaper or other printed
matter devoted to the publication, and principally made up of criminal
laws, police reports, or accounts of criminal deeds, or pictures, or
stories of deeds of bloodshed, lust or crime. . . .''
Subsection 2 was construed by the state Court of Appeals to
prohibit distribution of a magazine principally made up of news or
stories of criminal deeds of bloodshed or lust so massed as to become a
vehicle for inciting violent and depraved crimes against the person.
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As thus construed this provision is so vague and indefinite as to
violate the Fourteenth Amendment by prohibiting acts within the
protection of the guaranty of free speech and press.
Justices Concurring: Vinson, C.J., Black, Reed, Douglas, Murphy,
Rutledge.
Justices Dissenting: Frankfurter, Jackson, Burton.
546. Toomer v. Witsell, 334 U.S. 385 (1948).
South Carolina law required a license of shrimp boat owners, the
fee for which was $25 per boat for residents and $2,500 per boat for
nonresidents. The law also required all boats licensed to trawl for
shrimp in South Carolina waters to dock in the State and to unload their
catch, pack, and properly stamp the catch before shipping or
transporting it to another State. The differential license fees plainly
discriminated against nonresidents and violated the privileges and
immunities clause of Art. IV, Sec. 2. The latter requirement burdened
interstate commerce in violation of the commerce clause.
Justices Concurring: Vinson, C.J., Reed, Douglas, Murphy, Rutledge,
Burton, Black (dissenting in part), Frankfurter (dissenting in part),
Jackson (dissenting in part).
547. Takahashi v. Fish & Game Comm'n, 334 U.S. 410 (1948).
California required a commercial fishing license of every person
bringing fish ashore in the State to sell but denied such a license to
any person ineligible for citizenship. The statute precluded a resident
Japanese alien from earning his living as a commercial fisherman in the
ocean waters off the State and was held invalid under the equal
protection clause of the Fourteenth Amendment and under federal
statutory law (42 U.S.C. Sec. 1981).
Justices Concurring: Vinson, C.J., Black, Frankfurter, Douglas,
Murphy, Rutledge, Burton.
Justices Dissenting: Reed, Jackson.
548. Greyhound Lines v. Mealey, 334 U.S. 653 (1948).
New York constitutionally may tax gross receipts of a common
carrier from the transportation apportioned as to mileage within the
State, but collection of the tax on gross receipts from that portion of
the mileage outside the State unduly burdens interstate commerce in
violation of the commerce clause of the Constitution.
Justices Concurring: Vinson, C.J., Reed, Frankfurter, Jackson,
Rutledge, Burton.
Justices Dissenting: Black, Douglas, Murphy.
549. La Crosse Tel. Corp. v. WERB, 336 U.S. 18 (1949).
Certification by a state employment relations board under a
state labor relations act of a union as the collective bargaining
representative of employees engaged in interstate commerce is invalid as
in con
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flict with the National Labor Relations Act; the employer is one over
which the NLRB consistently has exercised jurisdiction.
550. H. P. Hood & Sons v. Du Mond, 336 U.S. 525 (1949).
Agricultural and Market Law of New York provided in part that
the Commissioner in issuing licenses to milk dealers must be satisfied
``that the issuance of the license will not tend to destructive
competition in a market already adequately served, and that the issuance
of the license is in the public interest.''
Denial of a license under this provision violates the commerce
clause of the Constitution and the Federal Agricultural Marketing Act
where petitioner, a distributor of milk in Massachusetts and operating
three receiving plants licensed under the New York Agricultural and
Market Law, was denied a license to operate an additional plant on
grounds that the expanded facilities would reduce the supply of milk for
local markets and result in destructive competition in a market already
adequately served.
Justices Concurring: Vinson, C.J., Reed, Douglas, Jackson, Burton.
Justices Dissenting: Black, Frankfurter, Murphy, Rutledge.
551. Schnell v. Davis, 336 U.S. 933 (1949).
The Boswell Amendment to the Alabama constitution which vested
unlimited authority in electoral officials to determine whether
prospective voters satisfied the literacy requirement was violative of
the Fifteenth Amendment and the equal protection clause of the
Fourteenth Amendment.
552. Union Nat'l Bank v. Lamb, 337 U.S. 38 (1949).
Missouri law, whereunder a judgment could not be revived after
ten years from its rendition, could not be invoked, consistently with
the full faith and credit clause, to prevent enforcement in a Missouri
court of a Colorado judgment obtained in 1927 and revived in Colorado in
1946.
Justices Concurring: Vinson, C.J., Reed, Douglas, Murphy, Jackson,
Burton.
Justices Dissenting: Black, Frankfurter, Rutledge.
553. Wheeling Steel Corp. v. Glander, 337 U.S. 562 (1949).
The Ohio ad valorem tax levied on accounts receivable of foreign
corporations derived from sales of goods manufactured within the State,
but exempting receivables owned by residents and domestic corporations,
denied foreign corporations equal protection of the laws in violation of
the Fourteenth Amendment. The tax was not saved from invalidity by the
``reciprocity'' provision of the statute imposing it, since this plan is
not one which, by credit or otherwise, protects the nonresident or
foreign corporation against discrimination.
Justices Concurring: Vinson, C.J., Reed, Frankfurter, Murphy,
Jackson, Rutledge, Burton.
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Justices Dissenting: Black, Douglas.
554. Treichler v. Wisconsin, 338 U.S. 251 (1949).
Insofar as the Wisconsin emergency tax on inheritances is
measured by tangible property located outside the State, the tax
violates the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.
Justices Concurring: Vinson, C.J., Reed, Frankfurter, Douglas,
Burton, Clark, Minton.
Justice Dissenting: Black.
555. Wissner v. Wissner, 338 U.S. 655 (1950).
Consistently with the principle of national supremacy, the
California community property law could not be invoked to sustain an
award to a deceased soldier's widow of one-half of the proceeds of an
insurance policy issued under the National Life Insurance Act; by the
terms of the latter insured soldier is accorded the right to designate
his beneficiary, in this instance, his mother, and his widow, not having
been designated, is expressly precluded from acquiring a vested right to
these proceeds.
556. New Jersey Ins. Co. v. Division of Tax Appeals, 338 U.S. 665
(1950).
Collection by a New Jersey taxing district of a tax on
intangible property of a stock insurance company, computed without
deducting the principal amount of certain United States bonds and
accrued interest thereon was invalid by reason of conflict with federal
law exempting federal obligations from state and local taxation.
Justices Concurring: Vinson, C.J., Reed, Frankfurter, Jackson,
Burton, Clark, Minton.
Justice Dissenting: Black.
557. Mullane v. Central Hanover Bank & Trust Co., 339 U.S. 306 (1950).
Notice by publication, as authorized by the New York Banking Law
for purposes of enabling banks managing common trust funds to obtain a
judicial settlement of accounts binding on all having an interest in
such funds, is not sufficient under the due process clause of the
Fourteenth Amendment for determining property rights of persons whose
whereabouts are known.
Justices Concurring: Vinson, C.J., Black, Reed, Jackson, Clark,
Minton, Frankfurter.
Justice Dissenting: Burton.
558. United Automobile Workers v. O'Brien, 339 U.S. 454 (1950).
The strike vote provision of the Michigan Mediation Law, which
prohibits the calling of a strike unless a state-prescribed procedure
for mediation is followed and unless a majority of the employees in a
state-defined bargaining unit authorizes the strike, conflicts with the
National Labor Relations Act and is invalid under the commerce clause of
the Constitution.
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559. Sweatt v. Painter, 339 U.S. 629 (1950).
Texas constitutional and statutory provisions restricting
admission to the University of Texas Law School to white students are
violative of the equal protection clause of the Fourteenth Amendment by
reason of the fact that Negro students, denied admission thereto, are
afforded educational facilities inferior to those available at the
University.
560. United States v. Louisiana, 339 U.S. 699 (1950).
The Louisiana constitution provides that the Louisiana boundary
includes all islands within three leagues of the coast; and Louisiana
statutes provide that the State's southern boundary is 27 marine miles
from the shore line.
Since the three-mile belt off the shore is in the domain of the
Nation rather than that of the States, it follows that the area claimed
by Louisiana extending 24 miles seaward beyond the three-mile belt is
also in the domain of the Nation rather than Louisiana. The marginal sea
is a national, not a state, concern and national rights are paramount in
that area. The United States, therefore, is entitled to a decree
upholding such paramount rights and enjoining Louisiana and all persons
claiming under it from trespassing upon the area in violation of the
rights of the United States, and requiring Louisiana to account for the
money derived by it from the area after June 23, 1947.
Justices Concurring: Vinson, C.J., Black, Frankfurter, Douglas,
Burton.
Justices Dissenting: Reed, Minton.
561. United States v. Texas, 339 U.S. 707 (1950).
Notwithstanding provisions in Texas laws whereby that State
extended its boundary to a line in the Gulf of Mexico 24 marine miles
beyond the three-mile limit and asserted ownership of the bed within
that area and to the outer edge of the continental shelf, the United
States is entitled to a decree sustaining its paramount rights to
dominion of natural resources in said area, beyond the low-water mark on
the coast of Texas and outside inland waters. Any claim which Texas may
have asserted over the marginal belt when she existed as an independent
Republic was relinquished upon her admission into the Union on an equal
footing with the existing States.
Justices Concurring: Vinson, C.J., Black, Frankfurter, Douglas,
Burton.
Justices Dissenting: Reed, Minton.
562. McLaurin v. Oklahoma State Regents, 339 U.S. 637 (1950).
Oklahoma law required segregation in educational facilities at
institutions of higher learnings. As applied to assign an African
American student to a special row in the classroom, to a special table
in the library, and to a special table in the cafeteria, the law
impaired
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and inhibited the student's ability to study, engage in discussion,
exchange views with other students, and in general to learn his
profession. The conditions under which the student was required to
receive his education deprived him of his personal and present right to
the equal protection of the laws and were contrary to the command of the
Fourteenth Amendment.
563. Bus Employees v. WERB, 340 U.S. 383 (1951).
Wisconsin Public Utility Anti-Strike Law substituted arbitration
upon order of the Wisconsin Employment Relations Board for collective
bargaining whenever an impasse is reached in the bargaining process. To
insure conformity with this statutory scheme, Wisconsin denied to
utility employees the right to strike.
As applied, this law conflicts with the National Labor Relations
Act and is invalid under the supremacy clause.
Justices Concurring: Vinson, C.J., Black, Reed, Douglas, Jackson,
Clark.
Justices Dissenting: Frankfurter, Burton, Minton.
564. Norton Co. v. Department of Revenue, 340 U.S. 534 (1951).
The Illinois occupation tax, levied on gross receipts from sales
of tangible personal property, cannot be collected on orders sent
directly by the customer to the head officer of a corporation in
Massachusetts and shipped directly to the customers from that office.
These sales are interstate in nature and are immune from state taxation
by virtue of the commerce clause.
Justices Concurring: Vinson, C.J., Black (dissenting in part), Reed
(dissenting in part), Frankfurter, Douglas (dissenting in part),
Jackson, Burton, Clark (dissenting in part), Minton.
565. Spector Motor Serv. v. O'Connor, 340 U.S. 602 (1951).
A state franchise tax for the privilege of doing business in a
State, computed at a nondiscriminatory rate on that part of a foreign
corporation's net income which is reasonably attributed to its business
activities within the States and not levied as compensation for the use
of highways, or collected in lieu of an ad valorem property tax, or
imposed as a fee for inspection, or as a tax on sales or use, cannot
constitutionally be applied to a foreign motor carrier engaged
exclusively in interstate trucking. A State cannot exact a franchise tax
for the privilege of engaging in interstate commerce.
Justices Concurring: Vinson, C.J., Reed, Frankfurter, Jackson,
Burton, Minton.
Justices Dissenting: Black, Douglas, Clark.
566. Hughes v. Fetter, 341 U.S. 609 (1951).
The Wisconsin Wrongful Death Act provided that ``. . . actions
thereunder shall be brought only for a death caused in this State.''
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Wisconsin's policy against entertaining suits under the wrongful
death acts of other States must give way to the strong unifying
principle embodied in the full faith and credit clause looking toward
maximum enforcement in each State of the obligations or rights created
or recognized by the statutes of sister states.
Justices Concurring: Vinson, C.J., Black, Douglas, Burton, Clark.
Justices Dissenting: Reed, Frankfurter, Jackson, Minton.
567. Carson v. Roane-Anderson Co., 342 U.S. 232 (1952).
Tennessee Retailers' Sales Tax Act could not be enforced as to
sales of commodities to a contractor employed by the Atomic Energy
Commission; the contractor's activities were those of the Commission and
exempt under federal law.
568. Accord: General Electric Co. v. Washington, 347 U.S. 909 (1954),
embracing exemption of a similar contractor from Washington
business and occupation tax law.
569. Standard Oil Co. v. Peck, 342 U.S. 382 (1952).
When boats and barges of an Ohio corporation used in
transporting oil along the Mississippi River do not pick up or discharge
oil in Ohio, and, apart from stopping therein occasionally for fuel and
repairs, are almost continuously outside Ohio and are subject, on an
apportionment basis, to taxation by other States, an Ohio tax on their
full value violates the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.
Justices Concurring: Vinson, C.J., Reed, Clark, Frankfurter,
Douglas, Jackson, Burton.
Justices Dissenting: Black, Minton.
570. Memphis Steam Laundry v. Stone, 342 U.S. 389 (1952).
A Mississippi privilege tax, levied on the privilege of
soliciting business for a laundry not licensed in the State and
collected at the rate of $50 on each vehicle used in the business cannot
validly be imposed on a foreign corporation operating an establishment
in Tennessee and doing no business in Mississippi other than sending
trucks thereto to solicit business, and pick up, deliver, and collect
for laundry. A tax so administered burdens interstate commerce.
Justices Concurring: Vinson, C.J., Reed, Frankfurter, Douglas,
Jackson, Burton, Clark, Minton.
Justice Dissenting: Black.
571. First Nat'l Bank v. United Air Lines, 342 U.S. 396 (1952).
Illinois law provided that ``no action shall be brought or
prosecuted in this state to recover damages for a death occurring
outside of this state where a right of action for such death exists
under the
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laws of the place where such death occurred and services of process in
such suit may be had upon the defendant in such place.''
In a suit brought in a federal district court in Illinois on
grounds of diversity of citizenship to recover under the Utah death
statute for a death occurring in Utah, the Illinois statute was held to
be violative of the full faith and credit clause.
Justices Concurring: Vinson, C.J., Black, Douglas, Jackson, Burton,
Clark, Minton.
Justices Dissenting: Reed, Frankfurter.
572. Joseph Burstyn, Inc. v. Wilson, 343 U.S. 495 (1952).
Insofar as the New York Education Law forbids the commercial
showing of any motion picture without a license and authorizes denial of
a license on a censor's conclusion that a film is ``sacrilegious,'' it
is void as a prior restraint on freedom of speech and of the press under
the First Amendment made applicable to the States by the due process
clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. The statute authorized designated
officers to refuse to license the showing of any film which is obscene,
indecent, immoral, inhuman, sacrilegious, or the exhibition of which
would tend to corrupt morals or incite to crime.
573. Kedroff v. St. Nicholas Cathedral, 344 U.S. 94 (1952).
As construed and applied, Art. 5-C of the New York Religious
Corporations Laws, which authorized transfer of administrative control
of the Russian Orthodox churches of North America from the Supreme
Church Authority in Moscow to the authorities selected by a convention
of the North American churches is invalid. Legislation which determines,
in a hierarchical church, ecclesiastical administration or the
appointment of the clergy, or transfers control of churches from one
group to another, interferes with the free exercise of religion contrary
to the Constitution.
Justices Concurring: Black, Douglas, Frankfurter, Vinson, C.J.,
Reed, Burton, Clark, Minton.
Justice Dissenting: Jackson.
574. Wieman v. Updegraff, 344 U.S. 183 (1952).
Oklahoma law requires each state officer and employee, as a
condition of his employment, to take a ``loyalty oath,'' that he is not,
and has not been for the preceding five years, a member of any
organization listed by the Attorney General of the United States as
``communist front'' or ``subversive.''
As construed, this statute excludes persons from state
employment on the basis of membership in an organization, regardless of
their knowledge concerning the activities and purposes of the
organization and therefore violates the due process clause of the
Fourteenth Amendment.
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575. Dameron v. Brodhead, 345 U.S. 322 (1953).
Where a serviceman domiciled in one State is assigned to
military duty in another State, the latter is barred by Sec. 514 of the
Soldiers and Sailor's Civil Relief Act of 1940 from imposing a tax on
his tangible personal property temporarily located within its borders,
even when the State of his domicile has not taxed such property.
Justices Concurring: Vinson, C.J., Reed, Frankfurter, Jackson,
Burton, Clark, Minton.
Justices Dissenting: Black, Douglas.
576. Kern-Limerick, Inc. v. Scurlock, 347 U.S. 110 (1954).
The Arkansas Gross Receipts Tax, levied on the gross receipts of
sales within the State, cannot be applied to transactions whereby
private contractors procured in Arkansas two tractors for use in
constructing a naval ammunition depot for the United States under a
cost-plus-fixed-fee contract. Applicable federal laws provide that in
procuring articles required for accomplishment of the agreement, the
contractor shall act as purchasing agent for the Government and that the
Government not only acquires title but shall be directly liable to the
vendor for the purchase price. The tax is void as a levy on the Federal
Government.
Justices Concurring: Reed, Frankfurter, Jackson, Burton, Clark,
Minton.
Justices Dissenting: Warren, C.J., Black, Douglas.
577. Michigan-Wisconsin Pipe Line Co. v. Calvert, 347 U.S. 157 (1954).
A Texas tax on the occupation of ``gathering gas'' measured by
the entire volume of gas ``taken,'' as applied to an interstate natural
gas pipeline company, where the taxable incidence is the taking of gas
from the outlet of an independent gasoline plant within the State for
the purpose of immediate interstate transmission, is violative of the
commerce clause. As here applied, the State delayed the incidence of the
tax beyond the step where production and processing have ceased and
transmission in interstate commerce has begun; to that the tax is not
levied on the capture or production of the gas, but on its taking into
interstate commerce after production, gathering and processing.
578. Miller Bros. v. Maryland, 347 U.S. 340 (1954).
Where residents of nearby Maryland make purchase from appellant
in Delaware, some deliveries being made in Maryland by common carrier
and some by appellant's truck, seizure of the appellant's truck in
Maryland and holding it liable for the Maryland use tax on all goods
sold in Delaware to Maryland customers is a denial of due process; the
Delaware corporation has not subjected itself to the taxing power of
Maryland and has not afforded Maryland a jurisdiction or power to impose
upon it a liability for collections of the Maryland use tax.
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Justices Concurring: Reed, Frankfurter, Jackson, Burton, Minton.
Justices Dissenting: Warren, C.J., Black, Douglas, Clark.
579. Railway Express Agency v. Virginia, 347 U.S. 359 (1954).
In addition to ``taxes on property of express companies,''
Virginia provided that ``for the privilege of doing business in the
State,'' express companies shall pay an ``annual license tax'' upon
gross receipts earned in the State ``on business passing through, into,
or out of, this State.''
The gross-receipts tax is in fact and effect a privilege tax,
and its application to a foreign corporation doing an exclusively
interstate business violated the commerce clause of the Constitution.
Justices Concurring: Reed, Frankfurter, Jackson, Burton, Minton.
Justices Dissenting: Warren, C.J., Black, Douglas, Clark.
580. Franklin Nat'l Bank v. New York, 347 U.S. 373 (1954).
Insofar as the New York Banking Law forbids national banks to
use the word ``saving'' or ``savings in their business or advertising,''
it conflicts with federal laws expressly authorizing national banks to
receive deposits and to exercise incidental powers and is void.
Justices Concurring: Warren, C.J., Black, Frankfurter, Douglas,
Jackson, Burton, Clark, Minton.
Justice Dissenting: Reed.
581. Brown v. Board of Education, 347 U.S. 483 (1954).
State constitutional and statutory provisions requiring
segregation of white and Negro children in public schools on the basis
of race denies to such Negro children the equal protection of the laws
guaranteed by the Fourteenth Amendment and are void.
582. Castle v. Hayes Freight Lines, 348 U.S. 61 (1954).
Illinois law provides for a 90-day suspension upon a finding of
10 or more violations of regulations calling for a balanced distribution
of freight loads in relation to the truck's axles. If thereafter the
same carrier is found to have been guilty of 10 or more later
violations, the suspension is for one year.
Where an interstate motor carrier holds a certificate of
convenience and necessity issued by the Interstate Commerce Commission
under the Federal Motor Carrier Act, a State may not suspend the
carrier's rights to use the State's highways in its interstate
operations. The Illinois law, as applied to such carrier, is violative
of the commerce clause.
583. Society for Savings v. Bowers, 349 U.S. 143 (1955).
When a state property tax is levied against a mutual saving bank
and a federal savings and loan association in their own names and is
measured by the amount of each bank's capital, surplus, or reserve
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and undivided profits, without deduction of the value of federal
securities owned by each or provision for reimbursement of each bank by
its depositors for the tax, the latter is void as a tax upon obligations
of the Federal Government (Art. VI, cl. 2).
584. Pennsylvania v. Nelson, 350 U.S. 497 (1956).
The Smith Act, as amended, 18 U.S.C. Sec. 2385, which prohibits
the knowing advocacy of the overthrow of the Government of the United
States by force and violence, supersedes the enforceability of the
Pennsylvania Sedition Act, which proscribes the same conduct. The scheme
of federal regulation is so pervasive as to make reasonable the
inference that the Congress left no room for the States to supplement
it--enforcement of state sedition acts presents a serious danger of
conflict with the administration of the federal program. The decision of
the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania holding that the Smith Act superseded
the Pennsylvania statute is affirmed.
Justices Concurring: Warren, C.J., Black, Frankfurter, Douglas,
Clark, Harlan.
Justices Dissenting: Reed, Burton, Minton.
585. Griffin v. Illinois, 351 U.S. 12 (1956).
Illinois statutes provide that a writ of error may be prosecuted
on a ``mandatory record'' kept by the court clerk and consisting of the
indictment, arraignment, plea, verdict, and sentence. The ``mandatory
record'' can be obtained free of charge by an indigent defendant. In
such instances review is limited to errors on the face of the mandatory
record, and there is no review of trial errors such as an erroneous
ruling on admission of evidence. No provision was made whereby a
convicted person in a non-capital case can obtain a bill of exceptions
or report of the trial proceedings, which by statute is furnished free
only to indigent defendants sentenced to death. Griffin, an indigent
defendant convicted of robbery, accordingly was refused a free certified
copy of the entire record, including a stenographic transcript of the
proceedings, and therefore was unable to perfect his appeal founded upon
nonconstitutional errors of the trial court. Petitioner was held to have
been denied due process of law and the equal protection of the laws
guaranteed by the Fourteenth Amendment.
Justices Concurring: Warren, C.J., Black, Frankfurter, Douglas,
Clark.
Justices Dissenting: Reed, Burton, Minton, Harlan.
586. Covey v. Town of Somers, 351 U.S. 141 (1956).
New York statutory procedure which sanctioned notice by mail
together with the posting of a copy of said notice at a local post
office and the publication thereof in two local newspapers of
proceedings to foreclose a lien for delinquent real estate taxes, was
constitutionally inadequate and effected a taking of property without
due process
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when employed in the foreclosure of the property of a mentally
incompetent woman resident in the taxing jurisdiction and known by the
officials thereof to be financially responsible but incapable of
handling her affairs.
Justice Concurring: Frankfurter (separately).
587. Railway Employees' Dep't v. Hanson, 351 U.S. 225 (1956).
A ``right to work'' provision of the Nebraska constitution, by
virtue of the supremacy clause of Art. VI of the Constitution, cannot be
invoked to invalidate a ``union shop'' agreement between an interstate
railroad and unions of its employees for the reason that such ``union
shop'' agreement is expressly authorized by Sec. 2(11) of the Railway
Labor Act. By reason of such authorization, such ``union shop''
agreements cannot be invalidated by any state law.
Justice Concurring: Frankfurter (separately).
588. Walker v. Hutchinson City, 352 U.S. 112 (1956).
Kansas statutes permitted condemnation proceedings for the
taking of private property for public use to be instituted by notice
either in writing or by publication in an official city paper.
Where the commissioners, appointed to determine compensation in
condemnation of appellant's land for public use, gave no notice of a
hearing except by publication in the official city newspaper, though
appellant was a resident of Kansas and his name was known to the city
and on its official records, and there was no reason why direct notice
could not be given, the newspaper publication alone did not measure up
to the quality of notice the due process clause of the Fourteenth
Amendment requires as a prerequisite to this type of proceeding.
Justices Concurring: Warren, C.J., Black, Reed, Douglas, Clark,
Harlan.
Justices Dissenting: Frankfurter, Burton.
589. Leslie Miller, Inc. v. Arkansas, 352 U.S. 187 (1956).
Arkansas statute licensing contractors cannot be applied to a
federal contractor operating pursuant to an award issued pursuant to the
Armed Services Procurement Act of 1947. The state statute, being in
conflict with the federal law, cannot validly be enforced.
590. Butler v. Michigan, 352 U.S. 380 (1957).
The Michigan Penal Code proscribed the sale to the general
reading public of any book containing obscene language ``tending to the
corruption of the morals of youth.'' When invoked to convict a
proprietor who sold a book having such a potential effect on youth to an
adult police officer, the statute violated the due process clause of the
Fourteenth Amendment. Thus enforced, the statute would permit the adult
population of Michigan to read only what is fit for children.
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591. Gayle v. Browder, 352 U.S. 903 (1956).
Alabama statutes and Montgomery City ordinances which required
segregation of ``white'' and ``colored'' races on motor buses in the
City were violative of the equal protection clause of the Fourteenth
Amendment.
592. Guss v. Utah Labor Bd., 353 U.S. 1 (1957).
By vesting in the NLRB jurisdiction over labor relations
affecting interstate commerce, Congress has completely displaced state
legislative power to deal with such matters. When the Board declines to
exercise its jurisdiction and has not ceded jurisdiction to a state
labor relations agency pursuant to Sec. 10(a) of the National Labor
Relations Act, a state labor relations board, acting pursuant to state
enactment, is precluded by the national supremacy clause from exercising
jurisdiction over a labor dispute involving an employer engaged in
interstate commerce.
Justices Concurring: Warren, C.J., Black, Frankfurter, Douglas,
Harlan, Brennan.
Justices Dissenting: Burton, Clark.
593. Morey v. Doud, 354 U.S. 457 (1957).
Illinois Community Currency Exchange Act exempted money orders
of the American Express Company from the requirements that any firm
selling or issuing money orders in the State must secure a license and
submit to State regulation.
Application of the Act to appellees denies them the equal
protection of the laws guaranteed by the Fourteenth Amendment. Although
the equal protection clause does not require that every state regulation
apply to all in the same business, a statutory discrimination must be
based on differences that are reasonably related to the purposes of the
statute. The effect of the discrimination was to create a closed class
by singling out American Express money orders for exemption and thereby
to afford that company important economic and competitive advantages
over the appellees.
Justices Concurring: Warren, C.J., Douglas, Burton, Clark, Brennan,
Whittaker.
Justices Dissenting: Black, Frankfurter, Harlan.
594. Public Util. Comm'n v. United States, 355 U.S. 534 (1958).
A California statute making contingent upon prior approval by
its Public Utilities Commission of the Federal Government's practice,
sanctioned by federal law, of negotiating special rates with carriers
for the transportation of federal property in California is
unconstitutional by reason of conflict with the national supremacy
clause.
Justices Concurring: Black, Frankfurter, Douglas, Clark, Brennan,
Whittaker.
Justices Dissenting: Warren, C.J., Burton, Harlan.
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595. Eskridge v. Washington Prison Bd., 357 U.S. 214 (1958).
A Washington state law authorizes furnishing a stenographic
transcript of trial proceedings to an indigent defendant in conjunction
with his appeal of a conviction whenever, in the trial judge's opinion,
``justice thereby will be promoted.'' Denial of a free transcript to the
defendant, sustained by the state appellate court, as well as refusal of
a petition for habeas corpus based on such denial, deprived the
defendant of rights guaranteed by the Fourteenth Amendment.
Justices Concurring: Warren, C.J., Douglas, Clark, Black, Burton,
Brennan.
Justices Dissenting: Harlan, Whittaker.
596. Speiser v. Randall, 357 U.S. 513 (1958).
The California statutory provisions exacting as a prerequisite
for property tax exemption that applicants therefor swear that they do
not advocate the forcible overthrow of federal or state governments or
the support of a foreign government against the United States during
hostilities are unconstitutional insofar as they are enforced by
procedures placing upon the taxpayer the burden of proving that he is
not guilty of advocating that which is forbidden. Such procedures
deprive the taxpayer of freedom of speech without the procedural
safeguards required by the due process clause of the Fourteenth
Amendment.
Justices Concurring: Black, Frankfurter, Douglas, Burton, Harlan,
Brennan, Whittaker.
Justice Dissenting: Clark.
First Unitarian Church v. Los Angeles, 357 U.S. 545 (1958).
Solely because of their refusal to subscribe oaths that they do
not advocate the forcible overthrow of government, or support of a
foreign government against the United States during hostilities,
petitioners were denied tax exemptions authorized by the California
constitution and statutes. Enforcement of the oath requirement through
statutory procedures which place upon taxpayers the burden of proving
nonadvocacy violates the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.
Justices Concurring: Black, Frankfurter, Douglas, Burton, Harlan,
Brennan, Whittaker.
Justice Dissenting: Clark.
597. Teamsters Union v. Oliver, 358 U.S. 283 (1959).
An Ohio antitrust law cannot be invoked to prohibit enforcement
of a collective bargaining agreement between a group of interstate motor
carriers and local labor unions, which agreement stipulates that truck
drivers owning and driving their own vehicles shall be paid the
prescribed wages plus at least a prescribed minimum rental for the use
of their vehicles. The state antitrust law, insofar as it is applied to
prevent contracting parties from enforcing agreement upon a
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subject matter as to which the National Labor Relations Act directs them
to bargain, is invalid.
Justices Concurring: Black, Douglas, Clark, Harlan, Brennan.
Justice Dissenting: Whittaker.
598. Bibb v. Navajo Freight Lines, 359 U.S. 520 (1959).
Illinois statute which requires trucks and trailers operating on
state highways to be equipped with specified type of rear fender
mudguard, which is different from those permitted in at least 45 other
States, and which would seriously interfere with ``interline
operations'' of motor carriers cannot validly be applied to interstate
motor carriers certified by the Interstate Commerce Commission for the
reason that interstate commerce is unreasonably burdened thereby.
Justices Concurring: Harlan (separately), Stewart (separately).
599. San Diego Building Trades Council v. Garmon, 359 U.S. 236 (1959).
The failure of the NLRB to assume jurisdiction does not leave
California free to apply its laws defining torts and regulating labor
relations for purposes of awarding damages to an employer for economic
injuries resulting from the picketing of his plant by labor unions not
selected by his employees as their bargaining agent. Since the employer
is engaged in interstate commerce, California laws cannot be applied to
matters falling within compass of the National Labor Relations Act.
Justices Concurring: Harlan, Clark, Whittaker, Stewart (separately).
600. Accord: DeVries v. Baumgartner's Electric Co., 359 U.S. 498 (1959),
as to a South Dakota law.
Justices Concurring: Frankfurter, Brennan, Warren, C.J., Black,
Douglas.
Justices Dissenting: Clark, Harlan, Whittaker, Stewart.
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601. Accord: Superior Court v. Washington ex rel. Yellow Cab, 361 U.S.
373 (1960), as to a Washington law.
602. Accord: Bogle v. Jakes Foundry Co., 362 U.S. 401 (1960), as to a
Tennessee law.
603. Accord: McMahon v. Milam Mfg. Co., 368 U.S. 7 (1961), as to a
Mississippi law.
604. Accord: Marine Engineers v. Interlake Co., 370 U.S. 173 (1962), as
to a Minnesota law.
605. Accord: Waxman v. Virginia, 371 U.S. 4 (1962), as to a Virginia law
prohibiting picketing by non-employees.
606. Accord: Construction Laborers v. Curry, 371 U.S. 542 (1963),
involving enjoinder of picketing as violative of Georgia right-
to-work law.
Justice Concurring: Harlan (separately).
607. Accord: Journeymen & Plumbers' Union v. Borden, 373 U.S. 690
(1962), as to a Texas law.
Justices Concurring: Harlan, Warren, C.J., Brennan, Black, Stewart,
White.
Justices Dissenting: Douglas, Clark.
608. Accord: Iron Workers v. Perko, 373 U.S. 701 (1963), as to an Ohio
law.
Justices Concurring: Harlan, Warren, C.J., White, Brennan, Stewart,
Black.
Justices Dissenting: Douglas, Clark.
609. State Athletic Comm'n v. Dorsey, 359 U.S. 533 (1959).
Louisiana statute prohibiting athletic contests between Negroes
and white persons was violative of the equal protection clause of the
Fourteenth Amendment.
610. Kingsley Pictures Corp. v. Regents, 360 U.S. 684 (1959).
As construed and applied, the New York Education Law which
requires denial of a license to show a motion picture ``presenting
adultery as being right and desirable for certain people under certain
circumstances'' is unconstitutional. Refusal thereunder of a license to
show a motion picture found to portray adultery alluringly as proper
behavior violates the freedom to advocate ideas guaranteed by the First
Amendment and protected by the Fourteenth Amendment from infringement by
the States.
Justices Concurring: Black (separately), Frankfurter (separately),
Douglas (separately), Clark (separately), Harlan (separately).
611. Faubus v. Aaron, 361 U.S. 197 (1959).
Arkansas statutes which empowered the Governor to close the
public schools and to hold an election as to whether or not the schools
were to be integrated as well as to withhold public moneys, hitherto
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allocated to such schools, on the occasion of their closing and to make
such funds available to other public schools or nonprofit private
schools to which pupils from a closed school might transfer were
violative of the due process and equal protection clauses of the
Fourteenth Amendment.
612. Phillips Co. v. Dumas School Dist., 361 U.S. 376 (1960).
As applied to the United States and its lessee, a Texas statute
which levied a tax on any portion of federally owned land and
improvements used and occupied by a firm in its private capacity or in
the conduct of a business enterprise discriminated against the Federal
Government unconstitutionally contrary to Art. VI, cl. 2. This
discrimination resulted from the fact that art. 7173 of the Texas
Revised Civil Statutes imposed a distinctly lesser burden on similarly
situated lessees of exempt property owned by Texas and its subdivisions.
Under art. 7173 the measure of the tax was not the full value of the
leased premises, as under art. 5248, but only the price the taxable
leasehold would bring at a sale. Also, art. 7153 imposed no tax on a
lessee whose lease is for a term of less than three years. In addition,
under art. 7173, a lease for three years or longer, but subject, as was
the appellant's lease with the United States, to terminate at the
lessor's option, was not a lease for a term of three years or more.
Justices Concurring: Brennan, Clark, Black, Douglas, Stewart,
Warren, C.J., Whittaker, Harlan, Frankfurter (separately).
613. Rohr Aircraft Corp. v. San Diego County, 362 U.S. 628 (1960).
Property taxes assessed under California law could not be levied
on real estate owned by the Reconstruction Finance Corporation after the
latter had declared the property to be surplus and surrendered it to the
War Assets Administration for disposal; this exemption arose even before
execution of a quitclaim deed transferring title from the RFC to the
United States and even though a property had been leased to a private
lessee in the name of both the RFC and the United States.
Justices Concurring: Clark, Warren, C.J., Harlan, Stewart,
Frankfurter, Brennan, Whittaker.
Justices Dissenting: Douglas, Black.
614. Gomillion v. Lightfoot, 364 U.S. 339 (1960).
Alabama statute which altered the boundaries of the City of
Tuskegee in such manner as to eliminate all but four or five of its 400
African American voters without eliminating any white voter was
violative of the Fifteenth Amendment.
Justice Concurring: Whittaker (separately).
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615. Boynton v. Virginia, 364 U.S. 454 (1960).
Virginia statute making it a misdemeanor for any person to
remain on premises of another after having been forbidden to do so could
not be enforced against a Negro for refusing to leave the section
reserved for white people in a restaurant in a bus terminal by reason of
conflict with provision of Interstate Commerce Act forbidding interstate
motor vehicle bus carriers from subjecting persons to unjust
discrimination.
Justices Concurring: Black, Douglas, Warren, C.J., Brennan, Stewart,
Frankfurter, Harlan.
Justices Dissenting: Whittaker, Clark.
616. Shelton v. Tucker, 364 U.S. 479 (1960).
Arkansas statute which required every school teacher, as a
condition of employment in state-supported schools and colleges, to file
an affidavit listing every organization to which he had belonged or
contributed within the preceding five years deprived teachers of
associational freedom guaranteed by the due process clause of the
Fourteenth Amendment.
Justices Concurring: Stewart, Warren, C.J., Brennan, Douglas, Black.
Justices Dissenting: Frankfurter, Clark, Harlan, Whittaker.
617. Bush v. Orleans Parish School Bd., 364 U.S. 500 (1961).
Louisiana interposition statute which averred that the decision
in the school segregation case (Brown v. Board of Education, 347 U.S.
483 (1954)) constituted usurpation of state power and which interposed
the sovereignty of the State against enforcement of that decision did
not assert ``a constitutional doctrine,'' and if taken seriously, it is
legal defiance of constitutional authority.
618. Orleans Parish School Bd. v. Bush, 365 U.S. 569 (1961).
Louisiana statutes which (1) provided for segregation of races
in public schools and the withholding of funds from integrated schools;
(2) conferred on the Governor the right to close all schools upon the
integration of any one of them; and (3) directed the Governor to
supersede a school board under a court order to desegregate and take
over management of public schools were unconstitutional and denial of
equal protection of the laws.
619. Ferguson v. Georgia, 365 U.S. 570 (1961).
When, by reason of a Georgia law which granted defendant in a
criminal trial the right to make an unsworn statement to the jury
without subjecting himself to cross-examination, defendant's counsel was
denied the right to ask him any question when he took the stand to make
his unsworn statement, such application of the Georgia law deprived the
defendant of the effective assistance of counsel without due process of
law.
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Justices Concurring: Frankfurter (separately), Clark (separately).
620. Louisiana v. NAACP ex rel. Gremillion, 366 U.S. 293 (1961).
Louisiana statute which prohibited any ``non-trading''
association from doing business in Louisiana if it is affiliated with
any ``foreign or out of state non-trading'' association, any of the
officers or directors of which are members of subversive organizations
as cited by a House committee or by the United States Attorney General,
and which required every non-trading association with an out of state
affiliate to file annually an affidavit that none of the officers of the
affiliate is a member of such organizations was void for vagueness and
violative of due process.
Justices Concurring: Harlan (separately), Stewart (separately),
Frankfurter (separately), Clark (separately).
621. United States v. Oregon, 366 U.S. 643 (1961).
Oregon escheat law could not be applied to support claim of
State to property of a resident who died without a will or heirs in a
Veterans' Hospital in Oregon; the United States has asserted title
thereto under a superseding federal law.
Justices Concurring: Black, Warren, C.J., Brennan, Stewart,
Frankfurter, Harlan, Clark.
Justices Dissenting: Douglas, Whittaker.
622. United States v. Shimer, 367 U.S. 374 (1961).
Pennsylvania Deficiency Judgment Act had been displaced by
applicable provisions of the Federal Servicemen's Readjustment Act of
1944, and regulations issued thereunder, and could not be invoked to bar
suit by the Veterans' Administration against a veteran to recover the
indemnity for a defaulted home loan which it had guaranteed and which
had been foreclosed by the lender.
Justices Concurring: Harlan, Brennan, Stewart, Warren, C.J., Clark,
Whittaker, Frankfurter.
Justices Dissenting: Black, Douglas.
623. Torcaso v. Watkins, 367 U.S. 488 (1961).
Maryland constitutional provision under which an appointed
notary public who would not declare his belief in God was denied his
commission imposed an invalid test for public office violative of
freedom of belief and religion as guaranteed by the due process clause
of the Fourteenth Amendment.
Justices Concurring: Frankfurter (separately), Harlan (separately).
624. Marcus v. Search Warrant, 367 U.S. 717 (1961).
Missouri statutory procedure which enabled a city policy
officer, in an ex parte proceeding, to obtain from a trial judge search
warrants authorizing seizure of all ``obscene'' material possessed by
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wholesale and retail distributors without granting the latter a hearing
or even seeing any of such materials in question and without specifying
any particular publications, sanctioned search and seizure tactics
violative of due process.
Justices Concurring: Black (separately), Douglas (separately).
625. Tugwell v. Bush, 367 U.S. 907 (1961).
Louisiana statute which punished the giving to or acceptance by
any parent of anything of value as an inducement to sending his child to
a school operated in violation of Louisiana law was void for vagueness
and was designed to scuttle a desegregation program.
626. Legislature of Louisiana v. United States, 367 U.S. 908 (1961).
Louisiana statutes which purported to remove New Orleans school
board and replace it with a new group appointed by the legislature,
which deprived the board of its attorney and substituted the Louisiana
Attorney General, and a resolution addressing out of office the school
superintendent chosen by the board, were unconstitutional and violative
of the equal protection clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.
627. Federal Land Bank v. Kiowa County, 368 U.S. 146 (1961).
Kansas statute which declared that oil and gas leases and the
royalties derived therefrom were taxable as personal property could not
be applied so as to subject to local taxation an oil and gas lease and
income therefrom derived by a Federal Land Bank from property acquired
in satisfaction of a debt; under supervening federal law such Land Banks
were exempted from all ``except taxes on real estate.''
Justice Concurring: Black (separately).
628. Cramp v. Board of Pub. Instruction, 368 U.S. 278 (1961).
Florida statute which required state and local public employees
to swear that they had never lent their ``aid, support, advice, counsel,
or influence to the Communist Party,'' and which subjected them to
discharge for refusal was void for vagueness and violative of due
process.
Justices Concurring: Black (separately), Douglas (separately).
629. United States v. Union Central Life Ins. Co., 368 U.S. 291 (1961).
Michigan law regulating the manner in which a federal tax lien
must be recorded was in conflict with applicable provisions of the
Internal Revenue Code and therefore was ineffective for purposes of
withholding priority to the Government's lien.
Justices Concurring: Black, Frankfurter, Brennan, Warren, C.J.,
Clark, Stewart, Whittaker, Harlan.
Justice Dissenting: Douglas.
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630. Campbell v. Hussey, 368 U.S. 297 (1961).
Congress having preempted the field by enactment of the Federal
Tobacco Inspection Act pertaining to the establishment of uniform
standards for classification of tobacco, a Georgia law which required
Type 14 tobacco grown in Georgia to be identified with a white tag could
not be enforced.
Justices Concurring: Douglas, Whittaker (separately), Warren, C.J.,
Brennan, Stewart, Clark.
Justices Dissenting: Black, Frankfurter, Harlan.
631. St. Helena Parish School Bd. v. Hall, 368 U.S. 515 (1962).
Louisiana statute which authorized the school board of a
municipally operated school system to close the schools upon a vote of
the electors and which provided that the board might then lease or sell
any school building, but which subjected to extensive state control and
financial aid the private schools which might acquire such buildings was
violative of the equal protection of the laws in that it was intended to
continue segregation in schools.
632. Bailey v. Patterson, 369 U.S. 31 (1962).
Mississippi statutes which required racial segregation at
interstate and intrastate transportation facilities denied equal
protection of the law.
633. Turner v. City of Memphis, 369 U.S. 350 (1962).
Tennessee statute, and administrative regulation issued under
the authority thereof, insofar as they sanctioned racial segregation in
a private restaurant operated on premises leased from a city at its
municipal airport denied equal protection of the law.
634. Free v. Bland, 369 U.S. 663 (1962).
By virtue of the supremacy clause of the Constitution, Treasury
regulations creating a right of survivorship in United States Savings
Bonds preempted appplication of any conflicting provisions of Texas
Community Property Law which prohibited a married couple from taking
advantage of such survivorship regulations whenever the purchase price
of said bonds was paid out of community property.
635. State Bd. of Ins. v. Todd Shipyards, 370 U.S. 451 (1962).
Texas law imposing a premium tax on insured parties who
purchased insurance from insurers not licensed to sell insurance in
Texas could not be collected, consistently with the Federal McCarran-
Ferguson Act, on insurance contracts purchased in New York from a London
insurer by the terms of which premiums thereon and claims thereunder
were payable in New York.
Justices Concurring: Douglas, Brennan, Warren, C.J., Stewart,
Harlan, Clark.
Justice Dissenting: Black.
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636. Central R.R. v. Pennsylvania, 370 U.S. 607 (1962).
Pennsylvania law which levied a capital stock tax, in the nature
of a property tax, could not be collected on that portion of a
railroad's cars (158 out of 3074) which represented the daily average of
its cars located on a New Jersey railroad's lines during a taxable year;
as to the latter portion of its cars the tax was violative of the
commerce clause and the due process clause.
Justice Concurring: Black (separately).
637. Robinson v. California, 370 U.S. 660 (1962).
California statute which, as construed, made the ``status'' of
narcotics addiction a criminal offense, even though the accused had
never used narcotics in California and had not been guilty of antisocial
behavior in California, was void as inflicting cruel and unjust
punishment proscribed by the due process clause of the Fourteenth
Amendment.
Justices Concurring: Stewart, Warren, C.J., Brennan, Douglas
(separately), Harlan (separately), Black.
Justices Dissenting: Clark, White.
638. Lassiter v. United States, 371 U.S. 10 (1962).
Louisiana laws which segregated passengers in terminal
facilities of common carriers were unconstitutional by reason of
conflict with federal law and the equal protection clause.
639. United States v. Buffalo Savings Bank, 371 U.S. 228 (1963).
New York law which provided that payments out of proceeds of a
foreclosure of property to discharge state tax liens should be deemed
``expenses'' of the mortgage foreclosure sale was ineffective to defeat
priority accorded by federal law to federal tax liens antedating liens
for state and local real property taxes and assessments.
Justices Concurring: Warren, C.J., Black, Brennan, Stewart,
Goldberg, Harlan, Clark, White.
Justice Dissenting: Douglas.
640. Paul v. United States, 371 U.S. 245 (1963).
California statute which authorized the fixing of minimum
wholesale and retail prices for milk could not be enforced as to
purchases of milk for strictly military consumption (mess-hall) or for
resale at commissaries at federal military installations in California;
conflicting federal statutes and regulations governing procurement with
appropriated funds of goods for the Armed Forces required competitive
bidding or negotiation reflecting active competition which would be
nullified by minimum prices determined by factors not specified in
federal law.
Justices Concurring: Douglas, Black, Warren, C.J., White, Brennan,
Clark.
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Justices Dissenting: Stewart, Harlan, Goldberg.
641. NAACP v. Button, 371 U.S. 415 (1963).
Virginia law which expanded malpractice by attorneys to include
acceptance of employment or compensation from any person or organization
not a party to a judicial proceeding and having no pecuniary right or
liability in it and which made it an offense for such person or
organization to solicit business for an attorney was violative of
freedom of expression and association, as guaranteed by the due process
clause of the Fourteenth Amendment when enforced against a corporation,
including its attorneys and litigants, whose major purpose is the
elimination of racial segregation through litigation which it solicits,
institutes, and finances.
Justices Concurring: Brennan, Warren, C.J., Goldberg, Douglas
(separately), Black.
Justices Dissenting: White (in part), Harlan, Clark, Stewart.
642. Gideon v. Wainwright, 372 U.S. 335 (1963).
Florida statutory provision which did not accord indigent
defendants the protection of court appointed counsel in noncapital
felony offenses deprived such defendants of due process of law.
Justices Concurring: Douglas (separately), Clark (separately),
Harlan (separately).
643. Gray v. Sanders, 372 U.S. 368 (1963).
Georgia county unit system for nominating candidates in
primaries for state-wide offices, including United States Senators, as
set forth in statutory provisions, violated the principle of ``one-
person, one vote'' as required by the equal protection clause of the
Fourteenth Amendment.
Justices Concurring: Douglas, Stewart (separately), Clark
(separately), Warren, C.J., Brennan, White, Goldberg, Black.
Justice Dissenting: Harlan.
644. Lane v. Brown, 372 U.S. 477 (1963).
Indiana Public Defender Act, insofar as it empowered the Public
Defender to refuse to perfect an appeal for an indigent defendant
whenever the former believed such an appeal would be unsuccessful and
which, independently of such intervention by the Defender, afforded such
defendant no alternative means of obtaining a transcript of a coram
nobis hearing requisite to perfect an appeal from a trial court's denial
of a writ of error coram nobis, effected a discriminatory denial of a
privilege available as of right to a defendant with the requisite funds
and was violative of the equal protection clause of the Fourteenth
Amendment.
Justices Concurring: Harlan (separately), Clark (separately).
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645. Michigan Nat'l Bank v. Robertson, 372 U.S. 591 (1963).
Suability of an out-of-state national bank in courts of Nebraska
is determined by applicable provisions of the federal banking laws and
not by recourse to Nebraska statute defining the venue of local actions
involving liability under the Nebraska Installment Loan Act.
Justices Concurring: Black (separately), Douglas (separately).
646. Accord: Mercantile Nat'l Bank v. Langdeau, 371 U.S. 555 (1963), as
to venue in Texas.
Justices Concurring: White, Stewart, Brennan, Warren, C.J.,
Goldberg.
Justices Dissenting: Harlan, Douglas, Black.
647. Halliburton Oil Well Co. v. Reily, 373 U.S. 64 (1963).
Louisiana use tax, as herein enforced, effected an invalid
discrimination against interstate commerce in that the isolated purchase
of an item of used equipment in Louisiana was not subject to its sales
tax whereas an Oklahoma contractor was subjected to the Louisiana use
tax on an item of used equipment employed in servicing wells in
Louisiana which had been acquired in Oklahoma; and further that the
Louisiana sales or use tax was computed on the cost of components
purchased in Louisiana or purchased out of state for assembly and use in
Louisiana whereas here the contractor paid a use tax on equipment
assembled in Oklahoma which reflected not only the purchase price of the
components but also the cost of labor and shop overhead incurred in
assembling the components into a usable item of equipment.
Justices Concurring: Warren, C.J., Douglas, Goldberg, Stewart,
White, Harlan, Brennan (separately).
Justices Dissenting: Clark, Black.
648. Willner v. Committee on Character, 373 U.S. 96 (1963).
New York statutory procedure governing admission to practice
law, insofar as it failed to make provision, in cases of denial of
admission, for a hearing on the grounds for rejection to be accorded the
applicant, either before the Committee on Character on Fitness
established by the Appellate Division of its Supreme Court, or before
the Appellate Division itself was defective and amounted to a denial of
due process.
Justices Concurring: Douglas, Black, White, Warren, C.J., Goldberg,
Brennan, Stewart (separately).
Justices Dissenting: Harlan, Clark.
649. Peterson v. City of Greenville, 373 U.S. 244 (1963).
When a city ordinance required separation of the races in
restaurants, South Carolina trespass statute, when enforced against
African Americans who refused to leave a lunch counter in a retail
store, amounted to a denial of equal protection of the laws.
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Justice Concurring: Harlan (separately).
650. Accord: Gober v. City of Birmingham, 373 U.S. 374 (1963), as to an
Alabama law on trespass.
Justices Concurring: Warren, C.J., Black, Douglas, Goldberg, White,
Clark, Brennan, Stewart.
Justice Dissenting: Harlan.
651. Lombard v. Louisiana, 373 U.S. 267 (1963).
When local community policy, as administered by municipal law
enforcement officers, proscribed ``sit-in demonstrations'' protesting
refusal of store proprietors to serve African Americans at lunch
counters reserved for white patrons, the Louisiana Criminal Mischief
Statute could not be invoked, without violation of the equal protection
clause of the Fourteenth Amendment, to punish African Americans who
engaged in such demonstrations.
Justices Concurring: Warren, C.J., Douglas (separately), Black,
Brennan, White, Stewart, Goldberg, Clark.
Justice Dissenting: Harlan.
652. Wright v. Georgia, 373 U.S. 284 (1963).
Georgia unlawful assemblies act which rendered persons open to
conviction for a breach of the peace upon their refusal to disperse upon
command of police officers was void for vagueness and violative of due
process in that it did not give adequate warning to African Americans
that peaceable playing of basketball in a municipal park would expose
them to prosecution for violation of said statute.
Justice Concurring: Harlan (separately).
653. Sperry v. Florida ex rel. Florida Bar, 373 U.S. 379 (1963).
Florida law regulating admission to the Bar could not be
enforced, consistently with the principle of national supremacy, to
prevent one, admitted to practice before the United States Patent Office
as a Patent Attorney, from serving clients in the latter capacity in
Florida.
654. Bus Employees v. Missouri, 374 U.S. 74 (1963).
Missouri King-Thompson Act, which authorized the governor to
seize and operate a public utility when the public welfare was
jeopardized by a strike threat, was violative of 29 U.S.C. Sec. 157 of
the National Labor Relations Act defining the rights of employees as to
collective bargaining and, consistently with national supremacy, could
not be enforced.
655. Abington School Dist. v. Schempp, 374 U.S. 203 (1963).
Pennsylvania law which required the reading, without comment, of
verses from the Holy Bible at the opening of each public school day was
violative of the prohibition against the enactment of any law re
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specting an establishment of religion as embraced within the due process
clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.
Justices Concurring: Clark, Douglas (separately), Brennan
(separately), Goldberg (separately), Harlan (concurs with latter),
Warren, C.J., White, Black.
Justice Dissenting: Stewart.
656. Sherbert v. Verner, 374 U.S. 398 (1963).
South Carolina Unemployment Compensation Act, which withheld
benefits and deemed ineligible for the receipt thereof a person who has
failed without good cause to accept available work when offered to him,
if construed as barring a Seventh-Day Adventist from relief because of
religious scruples against working on Saturday, abridged the latter's
right to the free exercise of religion contrary to the due process
clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.
Justices Concurring: Brennan, Clark, Warren, C.J., Goldberg, Black,
Douglas, Stewart (separately).
Justices Dissenting: Harlan, White.
657. Polar Ice Cream & Creamery Co. v. Andrews, 375 U.S. 361 (1964).
Florida statute and regulations implementing it which required
milk distributor to purchase its total supply of fluid milk from area
producers at a fixed price and to take all milk which these producers
offered was invalid under the commerce clause since they interfered with
distributor's purchases of milk from out-of-state producers.
658. Anderson v. Martin, 375 U.S. 399 (1964).
Louisiana statute requiring that in all primary, general, or
special elections, the nomination papers and ballots shall designate the
race of the candidates violated the equal protection clause.
659. Wesberry v. Sanders, 376 U.S. 1 (1964).
Georgia statute establishing congressional districts of grossly
unequal populations violates Article I, Sec. 2, of the Constitution.
Concurring: Justices Black, Douglas, Brennan, White, Goldberg, and
Chief Justice Warren.
Concurring in part and dissenting in part: Justice Clark.
Dissenting: Justices Harlan and Stewart.
660. Accord: Martin v. Bush, 376 U.S. 222 (1964).
Texas statute establishing congressional districts of grossly
unequal populations unconstitutional on authority of Wesberry v.
Sanders, 376 U.S. 1 (1964).
Same division of Justices as in Wesberry.
661. City of New Orleans v. Barthe, 376 U.S. 189 (1964).
District court decision holding unconstitutional Louisiana
statute requiring segregation of races in public facilities is affirmed.
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662. Sears, Roebuck & Co. v. Stiffel Co., 376 U.S. 225 (1964).
Illinois unfair competition law cannot be applied to bar or
penalize the copying of a product which does not qualify for a federal
patent inasmuch as this use of the state law conflicts with the
exclusive power of the Federal Government to grant patents only to true
inventions and then only for a limited time.
663. Baggett v. Bullitt, 377 U.S. 360 (1964).
Washington statutes requiring state employees to swear that they
are not subversive persons and requiring teachers to swear to promote by
precept and example respect for flag and institutions of United States
and Washington, reverence for law and order, and undivided allegiance to
Federal Government are void for vagueness.
Concurring: Justices White, Black, Douglas, Brennan, Stewart,
Goldberg, and Chief Justice Warren.
Dissenting: Justices Clark and Harlan.
664. Hostetter v. Idlewild Bon Voyage Liquor Corp., 377 U.S. 324 (1964).
New York law regulating sale of alcoholic beverages could not
constitutionally be applied to dealer who sold bottled wines and liquors
to departing international airline travelers at JFK airport in New York.
Concurring: Justices Stewart, Douglas, Clark, White, and Chief
Justice Warren.
Dissenting: Justices Black and Goldberg.
665. Accord: Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control v. Ammex Warehouse
Co., 378 U.S. 124 (1964).
State court voiding of state law affirmed on authority of
Hostetter.
Same division of Justices.
666. Department of Revenue v. James B. Beam Distilling Co., 377 U.S. 341
(1964).
Kentucky statute providing for a tax of ten cents per gallon on
the importation of whiskey into the State, which was collected while the
whiskey was in unbroken packages in importer's possession was
unconstitutionally applied to the importer of Scotch whiskey from abroad
under Art. I, Sec. 10, cl. 2.
Concurring: Justices Stewart, Douglas, Clark, White, and Chief
Justice Warren.
Dissenting: Justices Black and Goldberg.
667. Chamberlin v. Dade County Bd. of Public Instruction, 377 U.S. 402
(1964).
Florida statute providing for prayer and devotional reading in
public schools is unconstitutional.
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668. Reynolds v. Sims, 377 U.S. 533 (1964).
Alabama constitutional and statutory provisions which do not
apportion seats in both houses of legislature on a population basis
violated the equal protection clause.
Concurring: Chief Justice Warren and Justices Black, Douglas,
Brennan, Goldberg, and White.
Concurring specially: Justices Clark and Stewart.
Dissenting: Justice Harlan.
669. Accord: WMCA, Inc. v. Lomenzo, 377 U.S. 633 (1964).
New York constitutional and statutory provisions which do not
apportion seats in both houses of legislature on population basis is
unconstitutional.
Concurring: Chief Justice Warren and Justices Black, Douglas,
Brennan, Goldberg, and White.
Concurring specially: Justice Clark.
Dissenting: Justices Harlan and Stewart.
670. Accord: Maryland Comm. for Fair Representation v. Tawes, 377 U.S.
656 (1964).
Division of Justices as in 669.
671. Accord: Davis v. Mann, 377 U.S. 678 (1964). Virginia.
Division of Justices as in 669.
672. Accord: Roman v. Sincock, 377 U.S. 695 (1964). Delaware.
Division of Justices as in 669, except Justice Stewart concurring
specially.
673. Accord: Lucas v. Forty-Fourth General Assembly of Colorado, 377
U.S. 713 (1964).
Apportionment formula written into state constitution invalid
under equal protection clause even though approved by electorate in
referendum.
Concurring: Chief Justice Warren and Justices Black, Douglas,
Brennan, Goldberg, and White.
Dissenting: Justices Clark, Harlan, and Stewart.
674. Accord: Meyers v. Thigpen, 378 U.S. 554 (1964). Washington
Legislature.
Division of Justices as in 669, except Justice Stewart favored
limited remand.
675. Accord: Williams v. Moss, 378 U.S. 558 (1964). Oklahoma
Legislature.
Division of Justices as in 668.
676. Accord: Pinney v. Butterworth, 378 U.S. 564 (1964). Connecticut
Legislature.
Division of Justices as in 668.
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677. Accord: Hill v. Davis, 378 U.S. 565 (1964). Iowa Legislature.
Division of Justices as in 668.
678. A Quantity of Copies of Books v. Kansas, 378 U.S. 205 (1964).
Statute authorizing issuance of ex parte warrant for seizure of
allegedly obscene materials prior to a hearing on the issue of obscenity
is invalid under First and Fourteenth Amendments.
Concurring: Justices Brennan, White, and Goldberg, and Chief Justice
Warren.
Concurring specially: Justices Black and Douglas; Stewart.
Dissenting: Justices Harlan and Clark.
679. Tancil v. Woolls and Virginia Bd. of Elections v. Hamm, 379 U.S. 19
(1964).
District court decisions holding unconstitutional Virginia
statutes requiring notation of race in divorce decrees and separation by
race of names on registration, poll tax, and residence certificate
lists, and on assessment rolls are affirmed.
680. Garrison v. Louisiana, 379 U.S. 64 (1964).
Criminal Defamation Statute is unconstitutional as applied to
criticism of official conduct of public officials because it
incorporates standards of malice and truthfulness at variance with New
York Times v. Sullivan, 376 U.S. 254 (1964).
681. McLaughlin v. Florida, 379 U.S. 184 (1964)
Criminal statute prohibiting an unmarried interracial couple
from habitually living in and occupying the same room in the nighttime
violates equal protection clause.
682. Stanford v. Texas, 379 U.S. 476 (1965).
Section of law providing for suppression of Communist Party
which authorizes issuance of search warrants for subversive books and
other materials is constitutionally defective because it does not
require a description with particularity of the things to be seized.
683. Cox v. Louisiana, 379 U.S. 536 (1965).
Breach of the peace statute is unconstitutionally vague.
684. Freedman v. Maryland, 380 U.S. 51 (1965).
Censorship statute requiring prior submission of films for
review is invalid in absence of procedural safeguards eliminating
dangers of censorship.
685. Carrington v. Rash, 380 U.S. 89 (1965).
Texas constitutional provision prohibiting any member of Armed
Forces who moves into the State from ever voting in Texas while a member
of the Armed Forces violates the equal protection clause.
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Concurring: Justices Stewart, Black, Douglas, Clark, Brennan, White,
and Goldberg.
Dissenting: Justice Harlan.
686. Louisiana v. United States, 380 U.S. 145 (1965).
Constitutional and statutory provisions requiring prospective
voters to satisfy registrars of their ability to understand and give
reasonable interpretation of any section of United States or Louisiana
Constitutions violate Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments.
687. Reserve Life Ins. Co. v. Bowers, 380 U.S. 258 (1965).
Ohio statute imposing personal property tax upon furniture and
fixtures used by foreign insurance company in doing business in Ohio but
not imposing similar tax upon furniture and fixtures used by domestic
insurance companies violates equal protection clause.
688. American Oil Co. v. Neill, 380 U.S. 451 (1965).
Idaho tax statute applied to levy an excise tax on licensed
Idaho motor fuel dealer's sale and transfer of gasoline in Utah for
importation into Idaho by purchaser violated due process clause of
Fourteenth Amendment.
Concurring: Chief Justice Warren and Justices, Douglas, Clark,
Harlan, Brennan, Stewart, White, and Goldberg.
Dissenting: Justice Black.
689. Dombrowski v. Pfister, 380 U.S. 479 (1965).
Louisiana Subversive Activities and Communist Control Law is
unconstitutional because of overbreadth of its coverage, violating First
Amendment, and because of its lack of procedural due process.
Concurring: Justices Brennan, Douglas, White, and Goldberg, and
Chief Justice Warren.
Dissenting: Justices Harlan and Clark.
690. Harman v. Forssenius, 380 U.S. 528 (1965).
Virginia statute requiring voters in federal election who do not
qualify by paying poll tax to file a certificate of residence six months
in advance of election is contrary to Twenty-fourth Amendment which
absolutely abolished payment of poll tax as a qualification for voting
in federal elections.
691. Corbett v. Stergios, 381 U.S. 124 (1965).
Iowa reciprocal inheritance law conditioning right of
nonresident aliens to take Iowa real property by intestate succession
upon existence of reciprocal right to United States citizens to take
real property upon same terms and conditions in alien's country could
not under United States-Greece treaty and supremacy clause bar Greek
national from taking.
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692. Jordan v. Silver, 381 U.S. 415 (1965).
District court decision holding unconstitutional California
constitutional provisions on apportionment of state senate is affirmed.
Concurring: Chief Justice Warren and Justices Black, Douglas,
Brennan, White, and Goldberg.
Dissenting: Justices Harlan, Clark, and Stewart.
693. Griswold v. Connecticut, 381 U.S. 479 (1965).
Statute making it a crime for any person to use any drug or
article to prevent conception is unconstitutional invasion of privacy of
married couples.
Concurring: Justices Douglas and Clark.
Concurring specially: Justices Goldberg, Brennan, and Chief Justice
Warren; Justice Harlan, Justice White.
Dissenting: Justices Black and Stewart.
694. Giaccio v. Pennsylvania, 382 U.S. 399 (1966).
Statute permitting jurors to determine whether an acquitted
defendant should pay the costs of the trial was void under the due
process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment because of vagueness and the
absence of any standard that would prevent arbitrary imposition of
costs.
695. Baxstrom v. Herold, 383 U.S. 107 (1966).
New York statutory procedure for civil commitment of persons at
the expiration of a prison sentence without the jury review available to
all others civilly committed in New York and for commitment to an
institution maintained by the Department of Correction beyond the
expiration of their terms without a judicial determination of dangerous
mental illness such as that afforded to all others violates the equal
protection clause.
696. Harper v. Virginia Bd. of Elections, 383 U.S. 663 (1966).
Constitutional provisions making payment of poll taxes a
qualification of eligibility to vote violate equal protection clause.
Concurring: Justices Douglas, Clark, Brennan, White, Fortas, and
Chief Justice Warren.
Dissenting: Justices Black, Harlan, and Stewart.
697. Accord: Texas v. United States, 384 U.S. 155 (1966).
698. Elfbrandt v. Russell, 384 U.S. 11 (1966).
Arizona loyalty oath is unconstitutionally overbroad and
inclusive.
Concurring: Justices Douglas, Black, Brennan, Fortas, and Chief
Justice Warren.
Dissenting: Justices White, Clark, Harlan, and Stewart.
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699. Mills v. Alabama, 384 U.S. 214 (1966).
Statute making it a criminal offense to electioneer or solicit
votes on election day as applied to newpaper editor who published
editorial on election day urging people to vote a certain way on a
referendum issue violated First and Fourteenth Amendments.
700. Rinaldi v. Yeager, 384 U.S. 305 (1966).
Statute requiring an unsuccessful appellant to repay the cost of
a transcript used in preparing his appeal out of his institutional
earning when he is jailed but which does not apply to unsuccessful
appellants given suspended sentences, placed on probation, or fined
violates equal protection clause.
Concurring: Justices Stewart, Black, Douglas, Brennan, Clark, White,
Fortas and Chief Justice Warren.
Dissenting: Justice Harlan.
701. Alton v. Tawes, 384 U.S. 315 (1966).
District court decision holding unconstitutional congressional
districting is affirmed.
702. Carr v. City of Altus, 385 U.S. 35 (1966).
District court decision holding unconstitutional Texas statute
forbidding anyone to withdraw water from any underground sources in
State without authorization of legislature on a commerce clause basis is
affirmed.
703. Swann v. Adams, 385 U.S. 440 (1967).
Florida statute apportioning legislative seats falls short of
required population equality.
Concurring: Justices White, Black, Douglas, Clark, Brennan, Fortas
and Chief Justice Warren.
Dissenting: Justices Harlan and Stewart.
704. Kirkpatrick v. Preisler, 385 U.S. 450 (1967).
Missouri congressional districts fail to achieve required
population equality.
705. Short v. Ness Produce Co., 385 U.S. 537 (1967).
District court decision holding unconstitutional as violating
commerce clause Oregon statute requiring sellers of imported meat to
label it with country of origin, post notices in their establishment
that it is being sold, and keep record of transactions involving it is
affirmed.
706. Keyishian v. Board of Regents, 385 U.S. 589 (1967).
New York statute requiring removal of teachers for ``treasonable
or seditious'' utterances or acts is unconstitutionally vague since it
apparently bans mere advocacy of abstract doctrine, and statute which
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makes Communist Party membership prima facie evidence of
disqualification for teaching in public schools is unconstitutionally
broad.
Concurring: Justices Brennan, Black, Douglas, Fortas and Chief
Justice Warren.
Dissenting: Justices Clark, Harlan, Stewart, and White.
707. National Bellas Hess, Inc. v. Department of Revenue, 386 U.S. 753
(1967).
Commerce clause forbids application of use tax statute to a
seller whose only connection with customers in the State is by common
carrier or by mail.
Concurring: Justices Stewart, Brennan, Harlan, Clark, White, and
Chief Justice Warren.
Dissenting: Justices Fortas, Black, and Douglas.
708. Holding v. Blankenship, 387 U.S. 94 (1967).
Oklahoma obscenity statute empowering commission to investigate
and to recommend prosecutions of offending parties is unconstitutional
on authority of Bantam Books v. Sullivan, 372 U.S. 58 (1963).
709. Reitman v. Mulkey, 387 U.S. 369 (1967).
California constitutional provision adopted on referendum
repealing ``open housing'' law and prohibiting state abridgement of
realty owner's right to sell and lease, or to refuse to sell and lease,
as he pleases violates the equal protection clause.
Concurring: Justices White, Douglas, Brennan, Fortas, and Chief
Justice Warren.
Dissenting: Justices Harlan, Black, Clark, and Stewart.
710. Berger v. New York, 388 U.S. 41 (1967).
Eavesdrop statute that does not require particularity with
respect to crime suspected and conversations sought, sufficiently limit
period of order's effectiveness, terminate order once desired
conversation is overheard, or require notice or showing of exigent
circumstances to justify dispensing with notice, violates Fourth and
Fourteenth Amendments.
Concurring: Justices Clark, Douglas, Brennan, Fortas, and Chief
Justice Warren.
Dissenting: Justices Black, Harlan, and White.
711. Loving v. Virginia, 388 U.S. 1 (1967).
Statute prohibiting interracial marriage violates equal
protection clause.
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712. Washington v. Texas, 388 U.S. 14 (1967).
Statute prohibiting persons charged as co-participants in the
same crime from testifying for one another violated Sixth and Fourteenth
Amendments.
713. Whitehill v. Elkins, 389 U.S. 54 (1967).
Maryland loyalty oath is unconstitutionally vague when read with
surrounding authorization and supplementary statutes which infringe on
rights of association.
Concurring: Justices Douglas, Black, Brennan, Fortas, Marshall, and
Chief Justice Warren.
Dissenting: Justices Harlan, Stewart, and White.
714. Lucas v. Rhodes, 389 U.S. 212 (1967).
Ohio congressional districting statute does not comport with
Wesberry v. Sanders, 376 U.S. 1 (1964).
Concurring: Chief Justice Warren and Justices Black, Douglas,
Brennan, White, and Fortas.
Dissenting: Justices Harlan and Stewart.
715. Nash v. Florida Industrial Comm'n, 389 U.S. 235 (1967).
Unemployment compensation law disqualifying for benefits any
person unemployed as a result of a labor dispute when applied to
disqualify a person who has filed an unfair labor practice charge
against her employer because of her discharge conflicts with federal
labor law and is void under supremacy clause.
716. Rockefeller v. Wells, 389 U.S. 421 (1967).
District court decision holding unconstitutional New York's
congressional districting statute is affirmed.
Concurring: Chief Justice Warren and Justices Black, Douglas,
Brennan, Stewart, White, Fortas, and Marshall.
Dissenting: Justice Harlan.
717. Zschernig v. Miller, 389 U.S. 429 (1968).
Oregon statute which barred alien from taking personal property
intestate unless American citizens had reciprocal rights with alien's
country, unless American citizens had right to receive payment within
United States from estates of decedents dying in that foreign country,
and unless Oregon courts were presented proof that alien heir would
receive benefit, use, and control of inheritance without confiscation,
was void as an intrusion by State into field of foreign affairs reserved
to Federal Government.
Concurring: Justices Douglas, Black, Brennan, Stewart, Fortas, and
Chief Justice Warren.
Concurring specially: Justice Harlan.
Dissenting: Justice White.
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718. Dinis v. Volpe, 389 U.S. 570 (1968).
District court decision holding Massachusetts congressional
districting statute unconstitutional is affirmed.
719. Louisiana Financial Assistance Comm'n v. Poindexter, 389 U.S. 571
(1968).
District court decision holding unconstitutional tuition grant
statute authorizing payments to children attending private schools as
part of an anti-desegregation program is affirmed.
720. Kirk v. Gong, 389 U.S. 574 (1968).
District court decision holding unconstitutional Florida
congressional districting statute is affirmed.
721. James v. Gilmore, 389 U.S. 572 (1968).
District court decision holding unconstitutional Texas loyalty
oath statute is affirmed.
722. Lee v. Washington, 390 U.S. 333 (1968).
Alabama statutes requiring racial segregation in prisons and
jails violate equal protection clause.
723. Scafati v. Greenfield, 390 U.S. 713 (1968).
District court decision holding unconstitutional as applied to a
prisoner who had been sentenced prior to enactment of statute but
paroled after its enactment a statute which forbade a prisoner from
earning good conduct deductions for the first six months after his
reincarceration following violation of parole is affirmed.
724. Levy v. Louisiana, 391 U.S. 68 (1968).
Wrongful death statute creating right of action in surviving
child or children as interpreted to mean only legitimate child or
children denies illegitimate children equal protection of the laws.
Concurring: Justices Douglas, Brennan, White, Fortas, Marshall, and
Chief Justice Warren.
Dissenting: Justices Harlan, Black, and Stewart.
725. Accord: Glona v. American Guar. & Liab. Ins. Co., 391 U.S. 73
(1968).
726. Rabeck v. New York, 391 U.S. 462 (1968).
Provision of obsenity law is unconstitutionally vague.
Concurring: Chief Justice Warren and Justices Black, Douglas,
Brennan, Stewart, White, Fortas, and Marshall.
Dissenting: Justice Harlan.
727. Witherspoon v. Illinois, 391 U.S. 510 (1968).
Statute, itself no longer in code but held to be incorporated in
general juror challenge statute, which authorizes automatic challenge
for cause of any potential juror scrupled against capital punishment in
capital cases is invalid.
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Concurring: Justices Stewart, Brennan, Fortas, Marshall and Chief
Justice Warren.
Concurring specially: Justice Douglas.
Dissenting: Justices Black, Harlan, and White.
728. Williams v. Rhodes, 393 U.S. 23 (1968).
Series of Ohio election statutes which imposed insurmountable
obstacles to success of independent parties and candidates obtaining a
place on the ballot violate the equal protection clause.
Concurring: Justices Black, Douglas, Brennan, Fortas, and Marshall.
Concurring specially: Justice Harlan.
Dissenting: Chief Justice Warren and Justices Stewart and White.
729. Louisiana Educ. Comm'n for Needy Children v. Poindexter, 393 U.S.
17 (1968).
District court decision holding unconstitutional tuition grant
statute as part of antidesegregation program is affirmed.
730. Epperson v. Arkansas, 393 U.S. 97 (1968).
Statute prohibiting the teaching of evolution in public schools
of State violates First and Fourteenth Amendments.
731. WHYY, Inc. v. Borough of Glassboro, 393 U.S. 117 (1968).
New Jersey statute providing for exemption from property taxes
only of those nonprofit corporations chartered in New Jersey denies
equal protection to Pennsylvania corporation qualified to do business in
New Jersey.
Concurring: Chief Justice Warren and Justices Douglas, Harlan,
Brennan, Stewart, White, Fortas, and Marshall.
Dissenting: Justice Black.
732. South Carolina State Bd. of Educ. v. Brown, 393 U.S. 222 (1968).
District court decision holding unconstitutional statute
providing for scholarship grants for children attending private schools
as part of antidesegregation program is affirmed.
733. Kirkpatrick v. Preisler, 394 U.S. 526 (1968).
Missouri congressional districting statute is unconstitutional
because the population deviations from precise mathematical equality
among districts were not unavoidable.
Concurring: Justices Brennan, Black, Douglas, Marshall, and Chief
Justice Warren.
Concurring specially: Justice Fortas.
Dissenting: Justices Harlan, Stewart, and White.
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734. Accord: Wells v. Rockefeller, 394 U.S. 542 (1969).
735. Stanley v. Georgia, 394 U.S. 557 (1969).
Statute construed to prohibit possession in the home of obscene
materials for one's own private and personal use violates First and
Fourteenth Amendments.
736. Street v. New York, 394 U.S. 576 (1969).
Statute insofar as it punishes verbal abuse of the flag violates
First and Fourteenth Amendments.
Five-to-four division of Court not on this issue.
737. Shapiro v. Thompson, 394 U.S. 618 (1969).
Connecticut and Pennsylvania statutory provision of one-year
durational residency requirement on eligibility for welfare assistance
infringes right to travel and violates equal protection clause.
Concurring: Justices Brennan, Douglas, Fortas, Stewart, White, and
Marshall.
Dissenting: Chief Justice Warren and Justices Black and Harlan.
738. Moore v. Ogilvie, 394 U.S. 814 (1969).
Illinois statute requiring independent candidates to present
25,000 signatures, including 200 signatures from each of at least 50 of
the State's 200 counties, violates the equal protection clause.
Concurring: Justices Douglas, Black, Brennan, White, Fortas,
Marshall, and Chief Justice Warren.
Dissenting: Justices Stewart and Harlan.
739. Sniadach v. Family Finance Corp., 395 U.S. 337 (1969).
Wisconsin prejudgment garnishment statute which authorizes
freezing of defendant's wages in interim between garnishment and
culmination of suit without affording defendant a hearing violates due
process clause.
Concurring: Justices Douglas, Brennan, Stewart, White, and Marshall
and Chief Justice Warren.
Concurring specially: Justice Harlan.
Dissenting: Justice Black.
740. Brandenburg v. Ohio, 395 U.S. 444 (1969).
Criminal Syndicalism Statute which proscribes advocacy of use of
force in absence of requirement that such advocacy be directed to
inciting or producing imminent lawless action and be likely to incite or
produce such action violates First and Fourteenth Amendments.
741. Kramer v. Union Free School Dist., 395 U.S. 621 (1969).
New York statute limiting eligibility to vote in school district
elections to persons who own taxable real property in district or who
are parents of children enrolled in the local public schools violates
equal protection clause.
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Concurring: Chief Justice Warren and Justices Douglas, Brennan,
White, and Marshall.
Dissenting: Justices Stewart, Black, and Harlan.
742. Cipriano v. City of Houma, 395 U.S. 701 (1969).
Louisiana statute limiting eligibility to vote on issuance of
municipal utility revenue bonds to property owners violates equal
protection clause.
Concurring: Chief Justice Warren and Justices Douglas, Brennan,
White, and Marshall.
Concurring specially: Justices Black, Stewart, and Harlan.
743. Turner v. Fouche, 396 U.S. 346 (1969).
Georgia statute limiting eligibility to school board membership
to property holders violates the equal protection clause.
744. Wyman v. Bowens, 397 U.S. 49 (1970).
District court decision holding unconstitutional statute denying
welfare assistance to persons coming into State with intent to obtain
such assistance is affirmed.
745. Hadley v. Junior College Dist., 397 U.S. 50 (1970).
Statutory scheme for election of trustees of junior college
district which allocated trustees to lesser populated districts rather
than those of greater populations violated equal protection clause.
Concurring: Justices Black, Douglas, Brennan, White, and Marshall.
Dissenting: Chief Justice Burger and Justices Harlan and Stewart.
746. In re Winship, 397 U.S. 358 (1970).
New York statute providing that proof of acts establishing
delinquency of a minor must be by a preponderance of the evidence
violates due process clause which requires proof beyond a reasonable
doubt.
Concurring: Justices Brennan, Douglas, Harlan, White, and Marshall.
Dissenting: Chief Justice Burger and Justices Black and Stewart.
747. Rosado v. Wyman, 397 U.S. 397 (1970).
New York statute changing levels of benefits and deleting items
to be included in levels of benefit which reduced moneys to recipients
conflicted with federal law which required States to adjust upward in
terms of increases costs of living amounts deemed necessary for
subsistence and the state law must yield.
Concurring: Justices Harlan, Douglas, Brennan, Stewart, White, and
Marshall.
Dissenting: Justice Black and Chief Justice Burger.
748. Lewis v. Martin, 397 U.S. 552 (1970).
California statute reducing amount of dependent children funds
going to any household by amount of funds imputed to presence of a
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``man-in-the-house'' who was not legally obligated to support the child
or children conflicts with federal law as interpreted by valid HEW
regulations and must yield.
Concurring: Justices Douglas, Harlan, Brennan, Stewart, White, and
Marshall.
Dissenting: Chief Justice Burger and Justice Black.
749. Baldwin v. New York, 399 U.S. 66 (1970).
Statute providing for trial without jury in New York City of
misdemeanors punishable upon conviction with sentences of up to one year
violates Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments, which require jury trials when
possible sentence is six months or more.
Concurring: Justices White, Brennan, and Marshall.
Concurring specially: Justices Black and Douglas.
Dissenting: Chief Justice Burger and Justices Harlan and Stewart.
750. City of Phoenix v. Kolodziejski, 399 U.S. 204 (1970).
Arizona constitutional and statutory provisions which limit
eligibility to vote in referendum on issuance of general obligation
bonds to property owners violate equal protection clause.
Concurring: Justices White, Black, Douglas, Brennan, and Marshall.
Dissenting: Justices Stewart and Harlan and Chief Justice Burger.
751. Williams v. Illinois, 399 U.S. 235 (1970).
Statute providing for extension of jail sentence to work off
unpaid fine at $5 a day violates equal protection clause as applied to
an indigent convict thus unable to pay his fine.
752. Rockefeller v. Socialist Workers Party, 400 U.S. 806 (1970).
District court decision holding unconstitutional New York
statutory provisions for geographic dispersion of signatures on
candidates' petitions and discriminating against independent candidates'
ability to obtain signatures in ways absent from major party candidates
is affirmed.
753. Parish School Bd. v. Stewart, 400 U.S. 884 (1970).
District court decision holding unconstitutional Louisiana
constitutional and statutory provisions limiting eligibility to vote in
general obligation bond authorization elections is affirmed.
754. Bower v. Vaughan, 400 U.S. 884 (1970).
District court decision holding unconstitutional Arizona's one-
year residency requirement for treatment in state hospital is affirmed.
755. Rafferty v. McKay, 400 U.S. 954 (1970).
District court decision holding unconstitutional California
loyalty oath similar to that condemned in Baggett v. Bullitt, 377 U.S.
360 (1964) is affirmed.
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756. Wisconsin v. Constantineau, 400 U.S. 433 (1971).
Statute providing for ``posting'' of ``excessive'' drinkers to
bar them from taverns and similar places denies procedural due process
by not requiring notice and opportunity to be heard.
757. Groppi v. Wisconsin, 400 U.S. 505 (1971).
Statute which categorically precludes a change of venue for
trial of misdemeanor cases violates Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments.
Concurring: Justices Stewart, Douglas, Harlan, Brennan, White, and
Marshall.
Concurring specially: Justice Blackmun and Chief Justice Burger.
Dissenting: Justice Black.
758. Boddie v. Connecticut, 401 U.S. 371 (1971).
Statutory imposition of fees as prerequisite to obtain judicial
dissolution of marriage violates due process as applied to persons
unable to pay the fees.
Concurring: Justices Harlan, Stewart, White, Marshall, and Blackmun.
Concurring specially: Justices Douglas and Brennan.
Dissenting: Justice Black.
759. Tate v. Short, 401 U.S. 395 (1971).
Texas statute (and ordinance of City of Houston) which provide
for imprisonment of person unable to pay a fine for period calculated at
$5 a day violate equal protection clause.
760. North Carolina State Bd. of Educ. v. Swann, 402 U.S. 43 (1971).
Anti-Busing Law which flatly forbids assignment of any student
on account of race and prohibits busing for such purpose is
unconstitutional.
761. California Dep't of Human Resources Dev. v. Java, 402 U.S. 121
(1971).
Statute providing for suspension of unemployment compensation if
former employer appeals eligibility decision of departmental examiner,
the suspension to last until decision of the appeal, conflicts with
federal act's requirement that compensation must be paid when due, and
the state law must yield under the supremacy clause.
762. Bell v. Burson, 402 U.S. 535 (1971).
Georgia statute providing for automatic suspension of driver's
license upon involvement in auto accident unless security for amount of
damages is posted violates due process in not first affording driver a
hearing to establish a reasonable possibility that judgment may be
rendered against him as result of accident.
763. Perez v. Campbell, 402 U.S. 637 (1971).
Arizona statute providing that a discharge in bankruptcy shall
not operate to relieve a judgment creditor under the Motor Vehicle
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Safety Responsibility Act of any obligation under the Act conflicts with
the provision of the federal bankruptcy law which discharges a debtor of
all but specified judgments and is invalid under the supremacy clause.
764. Nyquist v. Lee, 402 U.S. 935 (1971).
District court decision holding unconstitutional New York
antibusing law is affirmed.
765. Whitcomb v. Chavis, 403 U.S. 124 (1971).
Legislative apportionment and districting statute of Indiana,
though its multimember features are not unconstitutional, provides for
too much population inequality and is void.
Concurring: Justices White, Black, Douglas, Brennan, Marshall,
Blackmun and Chief Justice Burger.
Dissenting: Justices Harlan and Stewart.
766. Connell v. Higginbotham, 403 U.S. 207 (1971).
Florida loyalty oath provision which requires public employee to
swear he does not believe in violent overthrow of government or be
dismissed violates due process by not providing for an inquiry into his
reasons for refusing to take the oath.
Concurring: Chief Justice Burger and Justices Black, Harlan, White,
and Blackmun.
Concurring specially: Justices Marshall, Douglas, and Brennan.
Dissenting: Justice Stewart.
767. Graham v. Richardson, 403 U.S. 365 (1971).
Arizona statute limiting eligibility for welfare assistance to
aliens who have resided in State at least 15 years and Pennsylvania
statute barring such assistance to persons who are not citizens violate
equal protection clause and intrude into Federal Government's exclusive
powers over admission of aliens.
768. Lemon v. Kurtzman, 403 U.S. 602 (1971).
Pennsylvania statute providing for reimbursement of sectarian
schools for expenses of providing certain secular educational services
and Rhode Island statute providing for salary supplements to be paid
teachers in sectarian schools violate the establishment clause of the
First Amendment as applied to the States through the Fourteenth.
Concurring: Chief Justice Burger and Justices Harlan, Stewart, and
Blackmun.
Concurring specially: Justices Black, Douglas, Brennan, and
Marshall.
Dissenting: Justice White.
769. Accord: Sanders v. Johnson, 403 U.S. 955 (1971).
District court decision holding unconstitutional state aid to
sectarian schools is affirmed.
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770. Pease v. Hansen, 404 U.S. 70 (1971).
State durational residency requirement as condition on
eligibility to state-financed public assistance is unconstitutional
under Shapiro v. Thompson, 394 U.S. 618 (1969).
771. Reed v. Reed, 404 U.S. 71 (1971).
Idaho statutory provision giving preference to males over
females for appointment as administrator of decedent's estate violates
equal protection clause.
772. Townsend v. Swank, 404 U.S. 282 (1971).
Illinois statute and implementing regulations which made needy
dependent children 18 through 20 years old eligible for welfare benefits
if they were attending high school or vocational training school but not
if they were attending college or university conflicts with federal
social security law and must yield under supremacy clause.
773. Dunn v. Rivera, 404 U.S. 1054 (1972).
District court decision holding unconstitutional Connecticut
one-year durational residency requirement for eligibility to welfare
assistance is affirmed.
774. Wyman v. Lopez, 404 U.S. 1055 (1972).
District court decision holding unconstitutional New York one-
year durational residency requirement for eligibility to welfare
assistance is affirmed.
775. Lindsey v. Normet, 405 U.S. 56 (1972).
Oregon statutory provision requiring tenants who wish to appeal
housing eviction order to file bond in twice the amount of rent expected
to accrue during pendency of appeal violates equal protection clause.
776. Bullock v. Carter, 405 U.S. 134 (1972).
Texas' filing fee system which imposes on candidates the costs
of the primary election operation and affords no alternative opportunity
for candidates unable to pay the fees to obtain access to the ballot
violates the equal protection clause.
777. Dunn v. Blumstein, 405 U.S. 330 (1972).
Tennessee durational residency requirement of one year as a
condition of registration to vote burdens right to travel and violates
equal protection clause.
Concurring: Justices Marshall, Douglas, Brennan, Stewart, and White.
Concurring specially: Justice Blackmun.
Dissenting: Chief Justice Burger.
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778. Accord: Caniffe v. Burg, 405 U.S. 1034 (1972).
District court decision holding six and three months durational
residency requirements unconstitutional is affirmed.
779. Accord: Davis v. Kohn, 405 U.S. 1034 (1972).
780. Accord: Cody v. Andrews, 405 U.S. 1034 (1972).
781. Accord: Donovan v. Keppel, 405 U.S. 1034 (1972).
782. Accord: Whitcomb v. Affeldt, 405 U.S. 1034 (1972).
783. Accord: Amos v. Hadnott, 405 U.S. 1035 (1972).
784. Accord: Virginia State Bd. of Elections v. Bufford, 405 U.S. 1035
(1972).
785. Eisenstadt v. Baird, 405 U.S. 438 (1972).
Massachusetts statute making it a crime to dispense any
contraceptive article to an unmarried person, except to prevent disease,
is unconstitutional.
Concurring: Justices Brennan, Douglas, Stewart, and Marshall.
Concurring specially: Justices White and Blackmun.
Dissenting: Chief Justice Burger.
786. Gooding v. Wilson, 405 U.S. 518 (1972).
Georgia statute making it criminal offense to use language of or
to another tending to cause a breach of the peace, which is not limited
to ``fighting words,'' is unconstitutionally vague and overbroad.
Concurring: Justices Brennan, Douglas, Stewart, White, and Marshall.
Dissenting: Justice Blackmun and Chief Justice Burger.
787. Stanley v. Illinois, 405 U.S. 645 (1972).
Statute which presumes without a hearing on issue unfitness of
father of illegitimate children to have custody upon death or
disqualification of mother denies him due process and equal protection.
Concurring: Justices White, Douglas, Brennan, Stewart, and Marshall.
Dissenting: Chief Justice Burger and Justice Blackmun.
788. Weber v. Aetna Casualty & Surety Co., 406 U.S. 164 (1972).
Louisiana workmen's compensation statute which relegates
unacknowledged illegitimate children to a status inferior to legitimate
and acknowledged illegitimate children violates equal protection clause.
Concurring: Justice Powell, Douglas, Brennan, Stewart, White, and
Marshall, and Chief Justice Burger.
Concurring specially: Justice Blackmun.
Dissenting: Justice Rehnquist.
789. Wisconsin v. Yoder, 406 U.S. 205 (1972).
Compulsory school attendance law, insofar as it does not exempt
Amish children from coverage following completion of eighth grade,
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violates the Free Exercise Clause of the First Amendment, applicable via
the Fourteenth Amendment.
Concurring: Chief Justice Burger, and Justices Brennan, Stewart,
White, Marshall, Blackmun, and (in part) Douglas.
Dissenting (in part): Justice Douglas.
790. Brooks v. Tennessee, 406 U.S. 605 (1972).
Statute which requires defendant if he is going to testify to do
so before any other witness for him violates Fifth, Sixth, and
Fourteenth Amendments.
Concurring: Justices Brennan, Douglas, White, Marshall, and Powell.
Concurring specially: Justice Stewart.
Dissenting: Chief Justice Burger and Justices Blackmun and
Rehnquist.
791. Jackson v. Indiana, 406 U.S. 715 (1972).
Pretrial commitment procedure for allegedly incompetent
defendants which provides more lenient standards for commitment than
procedure for those persons not charged with any offense, and more
stringent standards of release, violates both due process and equal
protection.
792. James v. Strange, 407 U.S. 128 (1972).
Kansas statute enabling State to recover in subsequent civil
proceedings legal defense fees for indigent defendants violates equal
protection clause because it dispenses with the protective exemptions
state law has erected for other civil judgment debtors.
793. Fuentes v. Shevin, 407 U.S. 67 (1972).
Replevin statutes of Florida and Pennsylania which permit
installment sellers or other persons alleging entitlement to property to
cause the seizure of the property without any notice or opportunity to
be heard on the issues violate due process clause.
Concurring: Justices Stewart, Douglas, Brennan, and Marshall.
Dissenting: Justices White and Blackmun and Chief Justice Burger.
794. State Dep't of Health and Rehabilitative Servs. v. Zarate, 407 U.S.
918 (1972).
District court decision holding unconstitutional under equal
protection clause Florida's denial of welfare assistance to noncitizens
is affirmed.
795. United States v. Scotland Neck City Bd. of Educ., 407 U.S. 484
(1972).
North Carolina statute which authorized creation of a new school
district in a city that was part of a larger county school system is
void inasmuch as its effect would be to impede the dismantling of the
dual school system by affording a refuge to white students fleeing
desegregation.
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796. Furman v. Georgia, 408 U.S. 238 (1972).
Statutory imposition of capital punishment upon criminal
conviction either at discretion of jury or of the trial judge may not be
carried out. Such statutes in the view of two Justices are
unconstitutional because the death penalty is cruel and unusual
punishment per se in violation of the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments,
while in the view of three Justices the statutes are unconstitutional as
applied because of the discriminatory or arbitrary manner in which death
is imposed upon convicted defendants in violation of the Eighth and
Fourteenth Amendments.
Concurring specially: Justices Douglas, Brennan, Stewart, White, and
Marshall.
Dissenting: Chief Justice Burger and Justices Blackmun, Powell, and
Rehnquist.
797. Texas Bd. of Barber Examiners v. Bolton, 409 U.S. 807 (1972).
District court decision holding invalid under equal protection
clause Texas statutes prohibiting licensed cosmetologists from working
with male customers and prohibiting licensed barbers from working with
female customers is summarily affirmed.
798. Essex v. Wolman, 409 U.S. 808 (1972).
District court decision holding void under the establishment
clause of the First Amendment an Ohio statute providing a reimbursement
grant to parents of children attending nonpublic schools is summarily
affirmed.
799. Sterrett v. Mothers' & Children's Rights Org., 409 U.S. 809 (1972).
District court decision holding invalid as in conflict with
federal Social Security Act an Indiana statute denying benefits to
persons aged 16 to 18 who are eligible but for the fact that they are
not regularly attending school is summarily affirmed.
800. Robinson v. Hanrahan, 409 U.S. 38 (1972).
Illinois statute providing for mailing of vehicle forfeiture
proceeding notification to home address of vehicle owner is
unconstitutional as applied to person known to the State to be
incarcerated and not at home.
801. Amos v. Sims, 409 U.S. 942 (1972).
District court decision holding unconstitutional Alabama
legislative apportionment law is summarily affirmed.
802. Fugate v. Potomac Electric Power Co., 409 U.S. 942 (1972).
District court decision holding invalid under equal protection
clause Virginia statute allowing reimbursement to utilities required by
interstate highway construction to relocate their lines in cities and
towns but denying reimbursement to utilities required by interstate
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highway construction to relocate lines in counties is summarily
affirmed.
803. Ward v. Village of Monroeville, 409 U.S. 57 (1972).
Ohio statute authorizing trial for certain ordinance violations
and traffic offenses before mayor responsible for village finances when
the fines, forfeitures, costs, and fees imposed in the mayor's courts
provided a substantial portion of village funds denied defendants
opportunity for trial before an impartial and disinterested tribunal.
Justices Concurring: Brennan, Douglas, Stewart, Marshall, Blackmun
and Powell, and Chief Justice Burger.
Justices Dissenting: White and Rehnquist.
804. Evco v. Jones, 409 U.S. 91 (1972).
New Mexico's gross receipts tax is unconstitutionally applied to
proceeds from transactions whereby material is produced in State under
contract for delivery to out-of-state clients because it impermissibly
burdens interstate commerce.
805. Philpott v. Welfare Board, 409 U.S. 413 (1973).
New Jersey statute providing for recovery by State of
reimbursement for financial assistance when recipient subsequently
obtains funds cannot be applied to obtain reimbursement out of federal
disability insurance benefits inasmuch as federal law bars subjecting
such funds to any legal process.
806. Georges v. McClellan, 409 U.S. 1120 (1973).
District court decision holding unconstitutional under due
process clause Rhode Island prejudgment attachment statute is summarily
affirmed.
807. Gomez v. Perez, 409 U.S. 535 (1973).
Texas law denying right of enforced paternal support to
illegitimate children while granting it to legitimate children violates
equal protection clause.
808. Roe v. Wade, 410 U.S. 113 (1973).
Texas statute making it a crime to procure or to attempt to
procure an abortion except on medical advice to save the life of the
mother infringes upon a woman's right of privacy protected by the due
process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.
Justices Concurring: Blackmun, Douglas, Brennan, Stewart, Marshall,
Powell, and Chief Justice Burger.
Justices Dissenting: White and Rehnquist.
809. Doe v. Bolton, 410 U.S. 179 (1973).
Georgia statute permitting abortions under prescribed
circumstances nevertheless invalidly imposed a number of procedural
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limitations: that the abortion be performed in an accredited hospital,
be approved by a staff committee and two licensed physicians other than
woman's own doctor, and be available only to residents.
Justices Concurring: Blackmun, Douglas, Brennan, Stewart, Marshall,
Powell, and Chief Justice Burger.
Justices Dissenting: White and Rehnquist.
810. Mahan v. Howell, 410 U.S. 315 (1973).
Portion of Virginia apportionment statute assigning large
numbers of naval personnel to actual location of station when evidence
showed substantial numbers resided in surrounding areas distorted
population balance of districts within the one county and was void.
811. Whitcomb v. Communist Party of Indiana, 410 U.S. 976 (1973).
District court decision holding invalid under First and
Fourteenth Amendments Indiana statute requiring political party to
submit oath that party has no relationship to a foreign government as a
condition of ballot access is summarily affirmed.
812. Mescalero Apache Tribe v. Jones, 411 U.S. 145 (1973).
New Mexcio use tax may not constitutionally be applied on
personal property that Indian tribe purchased out-of-state and installed
as permanent improvement on off-reservation ski resort owned and
operated by tribe.
813. McClanahan v. Arizona Tax Comm'n, 411 U.S. 164 (1973).
Arizona income tax is invalidly applied to Navajo Indian
residing on reservation and whose income is wholly derived from
reservation sources.
814. New Jersey Welfare Rights Org. v. Cahill, 411 U.S. 619 (1973).
New Jersey statute denying assistance to families in which
parents are not ceremonially married denies equal protection to children
in such families.
Justices Concurring: Douglas, Brennan, Stewart, White, Marshall,
Blackmun, Powell, and Chief Justice Burger.
Justice Dissenting: Rehnquist.
815. Gagnon v. Scarpelli, 411 U.S. 778 (1973).
Wisconsin statute as interpreted to permit revocation of parole
without a hearing denies due process of law.
816. Parker v. Levy, 411 U.S. 978 (1973).
District court decision voiding as arbitrary denial of equal
protection Louisiana's constitutional provision and statute distributing
among political subdivisions property relief fund is summarily affirmed.
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817. Miller v. Gomez, 412 U.S. 914 (1973).
District court decision holding a denial of equal protection New
York statute denying jury trial on issue of dangerousness to persons
being committed to hospitals for criminally insane after felony
indictment but before trial is summarily affirmed.
818. Vlandis v. Kline, 412 U.S. 441 (1973).
Connecticut statute creating irrebuttable presumption that
student from out-of-state at time of application to state college
remained nonresident for tuition purposes for entire student career
violated due process clause.
Justices Concurring: Stewart, Brennan, Marshall, Blackmun, and
Powell.
Justice Concurring Specially: White.
Justices Dissenting: Chief Justice Burger and Rehnquist and Douglas.
819. Wardius v. Oregon, 412 U.S. 470 (1973).
Oregon statute requiring defendant to give pretrial notice of
alibi defense and names of supporting witnesses but denying defendant
any reciprocal right of discovery of rebuttal evidence denies him due
process of law.
820. White v. Regester, 412 U.S. 755 (1973).
Establishment of multimember legislative districts in certain
Texas urban areas in context of pervasive electoral discrimination
against blacks and Mexican-Americans denied equal protection of laws.
821. White v. Weiser, 412 U.S. 783 (1973).
Texas congressional districting law creates districts with too
great a population disparity and is void under equal protection clause.
822. Levitt v. Committee for Pub. Educ. and Religious Liberty, 413 U.S.
472 (1973).
New York statute to reimburse nonpublic schools for
administrative expenses incurred in carrying out state mandated
examination and record keeping requirements but requiring no accounting
and separating of religious and nonreligious uses violates establishment
clause.
Justices Concurring: Chief Justice Burger and Stewart, Blackmun,
Powell, and Rehnquist.
Justices Concurring Specially: Douglas, Brennan, and Marshall.
Justice Dissenting: White.
823. Sugarman v. Dougall, 413 U.S. 634 (1973).
New York statute providing that only United States citizens may
hold permanent positions in competitive civil service violates equal
protection clause.
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Justices Concurring: Blackmun, Douglas, Brennan, Stewart, White,
Marshall, Powell, and Chief Justice Burger.
Justice Dissenting: Rehnquist.
824. Committee for Pub. Educ. and Religious Liberty v. Nyquist, 413 U.S.
756 (1973).
New York education and tax laws providing grants to nonpublic
schools for maintenance and repairs of facilities and providing tuition
reimbursements and income tax benefits to parents of children attending
nonpublic schools violate the establishment clause.
Justices Concurring: Powell, Douglas, Brennan, Stewart, Marshall,
and Blackmun.
Justices Concurring and Dissenting: Chief Justice Burger and
Rehnquist.
Justice Dissenting: White.
825. Sloan v. Lemon, 413 U.S. 825 (1973).
Pennsylvania statute providing for reimbursement of parents for
portion of tuition expenses in sending children to nonpublic schools
violates establishment clause.
Justices Concurring: Powell, Douglas, Brennan, Stewart, Marshall,
and Blackmun.
Justices Dissenting: White, Rehnquist, and Chief Justice Burger.
826. Accord: Grit v. Wolman, 413 U.S. 901 (1973).
827. Stevenson v. West, 413 U.S. 902 (1973).
South Carolina legislative apportionment statute is invalid.
828. Nelson v. Miranda, 413 U.S. 902 (1973).
Arizona constitutional and statutory provisions denying public
employment to aliens violates equal protection clause.
829. Texas v. Pruett, 414 U.S. 802 (1973).
Federal court decision that Texas statutory system that denies
good time credit to convicted felons in jail pending appeal while
allowing good time credit to incarcerated nonappealing felons
unconstitutionally burdens right of appeal is summarily affirmed.
830. Department of Game v. Puyallup Tribe, 414 U.S. 44 (1973).
Washington State statute construed to prohibit net fishing by
Indians is invalid.
831. Kusper v. Pontikes, 414 U.S. 51 (1973).
Illinois statute prohibiting one who has voted in one party's
primary election from voting in another party's primary election for at
least 23 months violates the First and Fourteenth Amendments.
Justices Concurring: Stewart, Douglas, White, Marshall, and Powell.
Justice Concurring Specially: Chief Justice Burger.
Justices Dissenting: Blackmun and Rehnquist.
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832. Lefkowitz v. Turley, 414 U.S. 70 (1973).
New York statute providing for cancellation of public contracts
and disqualification of contractors from doing business with the State
for refusal to waive immunity from prosecution and to testify concerning
state contracts violates the Fifth Amendment privilege against self-
incrimination.
833. Danforth v. Rodgers, 414 U.S. 1035 (1973).
District court decision invalidating Missouri abortion statute
is summarily affirmed.
834. Communist Party of Indiana v. Whitcomb, 414 U.S. 441 (1974).
Indiana statute prescribing loyalty oath as qualification for
access to ballot violates First and Fourteenth Amendments.
835. O'Brien v. Skinner, 414 U.S. 524 (1974).
New York election law provisions that permit persons
incarcerated outside county of residence while awaiting trial to
register and vote absentee while denying absentee privilege to persons
incarcerated in county of residence denies equal protection.
Justices Concurring: Chief Justice Burger and Douglas, Brennan,
Stewart, White, Marshall, and Powell.
Justices Dissenting: Blackmun and Rehnquist.
836. Wallace v. Sims, 415 U.S. 902 (1974).
District court decision holding invalid Alabama apportionment
statute is summarily affirmed.
837. Memorial Hospital v. Maricopa County, 415 U.S. 250 (1974).
Arizona statute imposing one-year county residency requirement
for indigents' eligibility for nonemergency medical care at state
expense infringes upon right to travel and violates equal protection
clause.
Justices Concurring: Marshall, Brennan, Stewart, White, and Powell.
Justices Concurring Specially: Douglas, Blackmun, and Chief Justice
Burger.
Justice Dissenting: Rehnquist.
838. Davis v. Alaska, 415 U.S. 308 (1974).
Alaska statute protecting anonymity of juvenile offenders was
unconstitutionally applied to prohibit cross-examination of prosecution
witness for possible bias in violation of confrontation clause.
Justices Concurring: Chief Justice Burger and Douglas, Brennan,
Stewart, Marshall, Blackmun, and Powell.
Justices Dissenting: White and Rehnquist.
839. Smith v. Goguen, 415 U.S. 566 (1974).
Massachusetts statute punishing anyone who treats the flag
``contemptuously'' without anchoring proscription to specified conduct
and modes is unconstitutionally vague.
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Justices Concurring: Powell, Douglas, Brennan, Stewart, and
Marshall.
Justice Concurring Specially: White.
Justices Dissenting: Blackmun, Rehnquist, and Chief Justice Burger.
840. Lubin v. Panish, 415 U.S. 709 (1974).
California statute imposing a filing fee as the only means of
getting on the ballot denied indigents equal protection.
841. Schwegmann Bros. Giant Super Markets v. Louisiana Milk Comm'n, 416
U.S. 922 (1974).
District court decision holding invalid as burden on interstate
commerce Louisiana statute construed to permit commission to regulate
prices at which dairy products are sold outside the State to Louisiana
retailers is affirmed.
842. Beasley v. Food Fair, 416 U.S. 653 (1974).
North Carolina right-to-work law giving employees discharged by
reason of union membership cause of action against employer cannot be
applied to supervisors in view of 29 U.S.C. Sec. 164(a), which provides
that no law should compel an employer to treat a supervisor as an
employee.
843. Indiana Real Estate Comm'n v. Satoskar, 417 U.S. 938 (1974).
District court decision invalidating Indiana statute limiting
real estate dealer licenses to citizens is summarily affirmed.
844. Marburger v. Public Funds for Public Schools, 417 U.S. (1974).
District court decisions invalidating under establishment clause
New Jersey laws providing reimbursement for parents of nonpublic school
children for textbooks and other materials are summarily affirmed.
845. Miami Herald Publishing Co. v. Tornillo, 418 U.S. 241 (1974).
Florida statute compelling newspapers to publish free replies by
political candidates criticized by newspapers violates First Amendment.
846. Letter Carriers v. Austin, 418 U.S. 264 (1974).
Virginia statute creating cause of action for ``insulting
words'' as construed to permit recovery for use in labor dispute of
words ``scab'' and similar words is preempted by federal labor law.
Justices Concurring: Marshall, Brennan, Stewart, White, and
Blackmun.
Justice Concurring Specially: Douglas.
Justices Dissenting: Powell, Rehnquist, and Chief Justice Burger.
847. Spence v. Washington, 418 U.S. 405 (1974).
Washington State statute prohibiting ``improper use'' of flag or
display of the flag with any emblem superimposed on it was invalidly
applied to a person who taped a peace symbol on the flag in a way
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as not to damage it and who then displayed it upside down from his own
property.
Justices Concurring: Brennan, Stewart, Marshall, and Powell.
Justices Concurring Specially: Douglas and Blackmun.
Justices Dissenting: Rehnquist, White, and Chief Justice Burger.
848. Accord: Cahn v. Long Island Vietnam Moratorium Comm., 418 U.S. 906
(1974).
849. Franchise Tax Board v. United Americans, 419 U.S. 890 (1974).
District court decision striking down under First Amendment a
California statute providing state income-tax reductions for taxpayers
sending their children to nonpublic schools is summarily affirmed.
Justices Concurring: Brennan, Douglas, Stewart, Marshall, Blackmun,
and Powell.
Justices Dissenting: White and Rehnquist and Chief Justice Burger.
850. Taylor v. Louisiana, 419 U.S. 522 (1975).
Constitutional and statutory provisions that a woman should not
be selected for jury service unless she had previously filed a written
declaration of her desire to be subject to jury service violates Sixth
Amendment right of defendants to be tried before juries composed of a
representative cross section of the community.
Justices Concurring: White, Douglas, Brennan, Stewart, Marshall,
Blackmun, and Powell.
Justice Concurring Specially: Chief Justice Burger.
Justice Dissenting: Rehnquist.
851. North Georgia Finishing v. Di-Chem, 419 U.S. 601 (1975).
Georgia statutes permitting writ of garnishment to be issued in
pending suits on conclusory affidavit of plaintiff, prescribing filing
of bond as the only method of dissolving the writ, which deprives
defendant of the use of the property pending the litigation, and making
no provision for an early hearing violates Fourteenth Amendment's due
process clause.
Justices Concurring: White, Douglas, Brennan, Stewart, and Marshall.
Justice Concurring Specially: Powell.
Justices Dissenting: Blackmun, Rehnquist, and Chief Justice Burger.
852. Goss v. Lopez, 419 U.S. 565 (1975).
Ohio statute authorizing suspension of public school students
for up to 10 days for misconduct without a hearing denies students
procedural due process in violation of the Fourteenth Amendment.
Justices Concurring: White, Douglas, Brennan, Stewart, and Marshall.
Justices Dissenting: Powell, Blackmun, Rehnquist, and Chief Justice
Burger.
853. Cox Broadcasting Corp. v. Cohn, 420 U.S. 469 (1975).
Georgia statute making it a misdemeanor to publish or broadcast
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broadcasting when the name is part of a public record; consistent with
the First Amendment, publication of such public record information is
absolutely privileged.
854. Austin v. New Hampshire, 420 U.S. 656 (1975).
State commuters income tax imposed on nonresidents violates the
privileges and immunities clause, Art. V. Sec. 2, cl. 1, inasmuch as the
State imposed no income tax on its residents' domestic income and
exempted from tax income earned by its residents outside the State,
since the tax falls exclusively on nonresidents and is not offset even
approximately by other taxes imposed upon residents alone.
Justices Concurring: Marshall, Brennan, Stewart, White, Powell,
Rehnquist, and Chief Justice Burger.
Justice Dissenting: Blackmun.
855. Stanton v. Stanton, 421 U.S. 7 (1975).
Utah age of majority statute applied in the context of child
support requirements obligating parental support of son to age 21 but
daugther only to age 18 is an invalid gender classification under the
equal protection clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.
856. Hill v. Stone, 421 U.S. 289 (1975).
Texas constitution and statutes and city charter limiting the
right to vote in city bond issue elections to persons who have listed
property for taxation in the election district in the year of the
election is void under the equal protection clause of the Fourteenth
Amendment.
Justices Concurring: Marshall, Brennan, White, Blackmun, and Powell.
Justices Dissenting: Rehnquist, Stewart, and Chief Justice Burger.
857. Meek v. Pittenger, 421 U.S. 349 (1975).
Pennsylvania laws authorizing direct provision to nonpublic
school children of ``auxiliary services'', i.e., counseling, testing,
speech and hearing therapy, etc., and loans to the nonpublic schools for
instructional material and equipment constitute unlawful assistance to
religion and are invalid under First Amendment.
Justices Concurring: Stewart, Douglas, Brennan, Marshall, Blackmun,
and Powell.
Justices Dissenting: Chief Justice Burger and Rehnquist.
858. Bigelow v. Virginia, 421 U.S. 809 (1975).
State statute making it a misdemeanor, by sale or circulation of
any publication, to encourage or prompt the procuring of an abortion, as
applied to the editor of a weekly newspaper who published an
advertisement of an out-of-state abortion, is in violation of the First
Amendment.
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Justices Concurring: Blackmun, Douglas, Brennan, Stewart, Marshall,
Powell, and Chief Justice Burger.
Justices Dissenting: Rehnquist and White.
859. Herring v. New York, 422 U.S. 853 (1975).
Statute granting trial judge in a nonjury criminal case the
power to deny counsel the opportunity to make a summation of the
evidence before the rendition of judgment violates the Sixth Amendment.
Justices Concurring: Stewart, Douglas, Brennan, White, Marshall, and
Powell.
Justices Dissenting: Rehnquist, Blackmun, and Chief Justice Burger.
860. Turner v. Department of Employment Security, 423 U.S. 44 (1975).
Utah statute making pregnant women ineligible for unemployment
compensation for a period extending from 12 weeks before expected
childbirth until six weeks following violates Fourteenth Amendment due
process clause.
Justices Concurring: Brennan, Stewart, White, Marshall, and Powell.
Justices Dissenting: Rehnquist and Blackmun and Chief Justice Burger
(from summary action only).
861. Schwartz v. Vanasco, 423 U.S. 1041 (1976).
District court decision invalidating as overbroad under the
First Amendment New York law prohibiting attacks on candidate based on
race, sex, religion, or ethnic background and prohibiting
misrepresentations of candidate's qualifications, positions, or
political affiliation is summarily affirmed.
862. Tucker v. Salera, 424 U.S. 959 (1976).
District court decision voiding Pennsylvania election law
provision requiring that candidates of ``political bodies'' collect
nominating petition signatures between 10th and 7th Wednesdays prior to
primary election and file them no later than 7th Wednesday prior to
primary insofar as it disqualifies papers signed after 7th Wednesday, is
affirmed summarily.
863. Moe v. Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes, 425 U.S. 463
(1976).
Montana laws imposing personal property taxes, vendor license
fees, and a cigarette sales tax may not constitutionally be applied to
reservation Indians under supremacy clause because federal statutory law
precludes such application.
864. Virginia Bd. of Pharmacy v. Virginia Citizens Consumer Council, 425
U.S. 748 (1976).
State statute declaring it unprofessional conduct for a licensed
pharmacist to advertise the price of prescription drugs violates the
First Amendment right of citizens to receive the information thus
suppressed.
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Justices Concurring: Blackmun, Brennan, Stewart, White, Marshall,
and Powell.
Justice Concurring Specially: Chief Justice Burger.
Justice Dissenting: Rehnquist.
865. Accord: California State Bd. of Pharmacy v. Terry, 426 U.S. 913
(1976).
866. Bryan v. Itasca County, 426 U.S. 373 (1976).
Minnesota laws imposing personal property taxes cannot under the
supremacy clause be constitutionally applied to an Indian's mobile home
located on the reservation.
867. Kleppe v. New Mexico, 426 U.S. 529 (1976).
State law providing for the rounding up and sale by a state
agency of ``estrays'' cannot under the supremacy clause be
constitutionally applied to unbranded and unclaimed horses and burros on
public lands of the United States that are protected by federal law.
868. Machinists & Aerospace Workers v. WERC, 427 U.S. 132 (1976).
Wisconsin statute proscribing concerted efforts by employees to
interfere with production, except through actual strikes, cannot under
the supremacy clause be constitutionally applied to union members'
concerted refusal to work overtime during negotiations for renewal of an
expired contract since such conduct was intended by Congress to be
regulable by neither the States nor the NLRB.
Justices Concurring: Brennan, White, Marshall, Blackmun, Power, and
Chief Justice Burger.
Justices Dissenting: Stevens, Stewart, Rehnquist.
869. Planned Parenthood v. Danforth, 428 U.S. 52 (1976).
Missouri abortion law that required, inter alia, spousal and
parental consent before abortion could be performed in appropriate
circumstances, and that proscribed the saline amniocentesis abortion
procedure after the first 12 weeks of pregnancy was an unconstitutional
infringement upon the liberty of pregnant women who wished to terminate
their pregnancies.
Justices Concurring: Blackmun, Brennan, Stewart, Marshall, and
Powell.
Justice Dissenting: Stevens (on parental consent).
Justices Dissenting: White, Rehnquist, and Chief Justice Burger.
870. Accord: Gerstein v. Coe, 428 U.S. 901 (1976).
871. Woodson v. North Carolina, 428 U.S. 280 (1976).
State statute making death penalty mandatory upon conviction of
first-degree murder violates Eighth Amendment, since determination to
impose death must be individualized.
Justices Concurring: Stewart, Powell, and Stevens.
Justices Concurring Specially: Brennan, and Marshall.
Justices Dissenting: Rehnquist, Blackmun, White, and Chief Justice
Burger.
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872. Accord: Roberts v. Louisiana, 428 U.S. 325 (1976).
873. Accord: Williams v. Oklahoma, 428 U.S. 907 (1976).
874. Sendak v. Arnold, 429 U.S. 968 (1976).
Statute requiring all abortions, including those during first
trimester of pregnancy, to be performed in hospital or licensed health
facility was held unconstitutional by district court and decision is
summarily affirmed.
Justices Concurring: Brennan, Stewart, Marshall, Blackmun, Powell,
and Stevens.
Justices Dissenting: White, Rehnquist, and Chief Justice Burger.
875. Exon v. McCarthy, 429 U.S. 972 (1976).
District court holding that statutory scheme that fails to
provide method by which independent candidate for President may appear
on ballot other than through certification by political party violates
First and Fourteenth Amendments is summarily affirmed.
876. Craig v. Boren, 429 U.S. 190 (1976).
Statutory prohibition of sale of ``nonintoxicating'' 3.2% beer
to males under 21 and to females under 18 constituted an impermissible
gender-based classification that denied to males 18-20 equal protection.
Justices Concurring: Brennan, White, Marshall, Blackmun, Powell, and
Stevens.
Justice Concurring Specially: Stewart.
Justices Dissenting: Chief Justice Burger and Rehnquist.
877. Lefkowitz v. C.D.R. Enterprises, 429 U.S. 1031 (1977).
District court decision holding invalid as a discrimination
against aliens a law granting public works employment preference to
citizens who have resided in State for at least 12 months is summarily
affirmed.
878. Boston Stock Exchange v. State Tax Comm'n, 429 U.S. 318 (1977).
Transfer tax on securities transactions structured so that
transactions involving an out-of-state sale are taxed more heavily than
most transactions involving a sale within the State discriminates
against interstate commerce in violation of the commerce clause.
879. Guste v. Weeks, 429 U.S. 1056 (1977).
District court decision voiding statute that effectively forbade
abortions, that prohibited publicizing availability of abortion
services, that required spousal or parental consent, and that forbade
state employees to recommend abortions is summarily affirmed.
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880. Bowen v. Women's Services, 429 U.S. 1067 (1977).
District court decision invalidating parental consent
requirement for abortion upon minor during first 12 weeks of pregnancy
is summarily affirmed.
881. Jones v. Rath Packing Co., 430 U.S. 519 (1977).
Statutory imposition of weight requirements in packaging for
sale of bacon and flour which did not allow for loss of weight resulting
from moisture loss during distribution while the applicable federal law
does is invalid (1) as to bacon because of express federal law and (2)
as to flour because adherence to state law would defeat a purpose of the
federal law and hence supremacy clause requires that both state laws
yield to federal.
Justices Concurring: Marshall, Brennan, White, Blackmun, Powell,
Stevens, and Chief Justice Burger.
Justices Dissenting: Rehnquist and Stewart as to flour.
882. Wooley v. Maynard, 430 U.S. 705 (1977).
Requirement that state license plates bear motto ``Live Free or
Die'' and making it a misdemeanor to obscure the motto coerces
dissemination of ideological message by person on his own property and
violates First Amendment.
Justices Concurring: Chief Justice Burger and Brennan, Stewart,
White, Marshall, Powell, and Stevens.
Justices Dissenting: Rehnquist and Blackmun.
883. Trimble v. Gordon, 430 U.S. 762 (1977).
Law allowing illegitimate children to inherit by intestate
succession only from their mothers while legitimate children may take
from both parents denies illegitimates the equal protection of the laws.
Justices Concurring: Powell, Brennan, White, Marshall, and Stevens.
Justices Dissenting: Chief Justice Burger and Stewart, Blackmun, and
Rehnquist.
884. United States Trust Co. v. New Jersey, 431 U.S. 1 (1977).
Retroactive repeal of a statutory covenant under which bonds had
been sold by Port Authority, covenant limiting the authority's ability
to subsidize rail passenger transportation from revenues and reserves
pledged as security for the bonds, impaired the obligations of the
contract and violated Article I, Sec. 10, cl. 1
Justices Concurring: Blackmun, Rehnquist, Stevens, and Chief Justice
Burger.
Justices Dissenting: Brennan, White, and Marshall.
885. Chappelle v. Greater Baton Rouge Airport Dist., 431 U.S. 159
(1977).
Statutory qualification of ownership of assessed property in
jurisdiction in which airport is located as condition of appointment to
airport commission is invalid.
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Justices Concurring: Chief Justice Burger and Brennan, Stewart,
White, Marshall, Blackmun, Powell, and Stevens.
Justice Dissenting: Rehnquist.
886. Douglas v. Seacoast Products, 431 U.S. 265 (1977).
Statute prohibiting nonresidents from carrying on fishing within
certain state waters is preempted by federal enrollment and licensing
laws that grant affirmative right to fish in coastal waters and is
invalid under supremacy clause.
887. Roberts v. Louisiana, 431 U.S. 633 (1977).
Statute imposing mandatory death sentence upon one convicted of
first-degree murder of police officer engaged in performance of his
duties violates Eighth Amendment.
Justices Concurring: Stewart, Powell and Stevens.
Justices Concurring Specially: Brennan and Marshall.
Justices Dissenting: Chief Justice Burger and Blackmun, White, and
Rehnquist.
888. Carey v. Population Services Int'l, 431 U.S. 678 (1977).
Law making it a crime (1) for any person to sell or distribute
contraceptives to minors under 16, (2) for anyone other than a licensed
pharmacist to distribute contraceptives to persons 16 or over, and (3)
for anyone to advertise or display contraceptives violates First and
Fourteenth Amendments.
Justices Concurring: Brennan, Stewart, Marshall, and Blackmun.
Justices Concurring Specially: White, Powell, and Stevens.
Justices Dissenting: Chief Justice Burger and Rehnquist.
889. Lefkowitz v. Cunningham, 431 U.S. 801 (1977).
Statute automatically removing from office and disqualifying
from any office for next five years any political party officer who
refuses to testify or to waive immunity against subsequent criminal
prosecution when subpoenaed before an authorized tribunal violates Fifth
Amendment self-incrimination clause.
Justices Concurring: Chief Justice Burger, Stewart, White, Blackmun,
and Powell.
Justices Concurring Specially: Brennan and Marshall.
Justice Dissenting: Stevens.
890. Nyquist v. Mauclet, 432 U.S. 1 (1977).
Statutory provision barring from access to state financial
assistance for higher education aliens who have not either applied for
citizenship or affirmed the intent to apply when they qualify violates
equal protection clause.
Justices Concurring: Blackmun, Brennan, White, Marshall, and
Stevens.
Justices Dissenting: Chief Justice Burger, Powell, Stewart,
Rehnquist.
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891. Hunt v. Washington State Apple Advertising Comm'n, 432 U.S. 333
(1977).
Statute requiring that all apples sold or shipped into State in
closed containers be identified by no grade on containers other than
applicable federal grade or a designation that apples are ungraded
violates commerce clause by burdening and discriminating against
interstate sale of Washington apples.
892. Wolman v. Walter, 433 U.S. 229 (1977).
Provision of loan of instructional material and equipment to
nonpublic religious schools and transportation and services for field
trips for nonpublic school pupils violates First Amendment religion
clauses.
Justices Concurring: Blackmun, Brennan, Stewart, Marshall, and
Stevens.
Justices Dissenting: Chief Justice Burger, White, Rehnquist; Powell
(as to field trips only).
893. Shaffer v. Heitner, 433 U.S. 186 (1977).
Statute authorizing a court of the State to take jurisdiction of
a lawsuit by sequestering property of defendant that happens to be
located in State violates due process clause because it permits state
courts to exercise jurisdiction in the absence of sufficient contacts
among defendant, litigation, and State.
894. Dothard v. Rawlinson, 433 U.S. 321 (1977).
Statutory height and weight requirements for prison guards have
impermissible discriminatory effect upon women and under supremacy
clause must yield to federal fair employment law.
Justices Concurring: Stewart, Brennan, Marshall, Blackmun, Powell,
Rehnquist, Stevens, and Chief Justice Burger.
Justice Dissenting: White.
895. Jernigan v. Lendall, 433 U.S. 901 (1977).
District court decision invalidating law that requires
independent candidate for office to file for office no later than first
Tuesday in April is summarily affirmed.
896. Coker v. Georgia, 433 U.S. 584 (1977).
Statute authorizing death penalty as punishment for rape
violates Eighth Amendment.
Justices Concurring: White, Stewart, Blackmun, and Stevens.
Justices Concurring Specially: Brennan, Marshall, and Powell.
Justices Dissenting: Chief Justice Burger and Rehnquist.
897. Maher v. Buckner, 434 U.S. 898 (1977).
Statutory rule rendering ineligible for welfare benefits
individuals who have transferred assets within seven years of applying
for benefits unless they can prove the transfer was made for
``reasonable con
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sideration'' is inconsistent with Social Security Act and therefore
falls under supremacy clause.
898. New York v. Cathedral Academy, 434 U.S. 125 (1977).
Authorization for reimbursement to nonpublic schools for
performance of certain state-mandated services for remainder of school
year to replace reimbursement program declared unconstitutional also
violates First Amendment religion clause.
Justices Concurring: Stewart, Brennan, Marshall, Blackmun, Powell,
and Stevens.
Justices Dissenting: White, Rehnquist, and Chief Justice Burger.
899. Zablocki v. Redhail, 434 U.S. 374 (1978).
Statute that requires court permission to marry of any resident
having minor children and in his custody and who is under a court order
to support and that conditions permission on showing that support
obligation has been met and that the children are not and are not likely
to become public charges violates equal protection clause.
Justices Concurring: Marshall, Brennan, White, Blackmun, and Chief
Justice Burger.
Justices Concurring Specially: Stewart, Powell, and Stevens.
Justice Dissenting: Rehnquist.
900. Ray v. Atlantic Richfield Co., 435 U.S. 151 (1978).
Certain provisions of statute imposing design or safety
standards on oil tankers using state waters and banning operation in
those waters of tankers exceeding certain weights, as well as certain
pilotage requirements, are invalid under the supremacy clause as
conflicting with federal law.
Justices Concurring: White, Stewart, Blackmun, Powell, and Stevens,
and Chief Justice Burger.
Justices Dissenting (in part): Marshall, Brennan, and Rehnquist.
901. Ballew v. Georgia, 435 U.S. 223 (1978).
Provisions of state law directing certain trials in criminal
cases to be before five-person juries unconstitutionally impair the
right to trial by jury.
902. McDaniel v. Paty, 435 U.S. 618 (1978).
Statutory qualification of convention delegates by incorporating
state constitutional ban on ministers or priests violates the
Constitution.
903. First Nat'l Bank v. Bellotti, 435 U.S. 765 (1978).
Criminal statute that banned banks and business corporations
from making expenditures to influence referendum votes on any questions
not affecting the property, business, or assets of the corporation
violated the First Amendment.
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Justices Concurring: Powell, Stewart, Blackmun, Stevens, and Chief
Justice Burger.
Justices Dissenting: White, Brennan, Marshall, and Rehnquist.
904. Landmark Communications v. Virginia, 435 U.S. 829 (1978).
Statute making it a misdemeanor to divulge information regarding
proceedings before a state judicial review commission cannot
constitutionally be applied to persons who are not parties before the
commission.
905. Hicklin v. Orbeck, 437 U.S. 518 (1978).
Law mandating that state residents be preferred to nonresidents
in employment on oil and gas pipeline work violates Article IV, Sec. 2,
the privileges and immunities clause.
906. City of Philadelphia v. New Jersey, 437 U.S. 617 (1978).
Law prohibiting importation into State for disposal at landfills
of solid or liquid waste violates commerce clause.
Justices Concurring: Stewart, Brennan, White, Marshall, Blackmun,
Powell, and Stevens.
Justices Dissenting: Rehnquist and Chief Justice Burger.
907. Allied Structural Steel Co. v. Spannaus, 438 U.S. 234 (1978).
Statutory imposition on existing negotiated collective
bargaining agreements of different terms respecting pensions impaired
the employer's rights under the obligation of contracts clause.
Justices Concurring: Stewart, Powell, Rehnquist, Stevens, and Chief
Justice Burger.
Justices Dissenting: Brennan, White, and Marshall.
908. Lockett v. Ohio, 438 U.S. 586 (1978).
Statute authorizing imposition of death penalty upon conviction
of first-degree murder unconstitutionally restricted consideration of
mitigating factors by the sentencing party.
Justices Concurring: Chief Justice Burger and Stewart, Powell, and
Stevens.
Justices Concurring Specially: White, Marshall, and Blackmun.
Justices Dissenting: Rehnquist.
909. Duren v. Missouri, 439 U.S. 357 (1979).
Statute, implementing a constitutional provision, which provides
for the excusal of any women requesting exemption from jury service,
operates to violate the fair cross section requirement of Sixth and
Fourteenth Amendments because of the underrepresentation of women jurors
that results.
Justices Concurring: White, Brennan, Stewart, Marshall, Blackmun,
Powell, Stevens, and Chief Justice Burger.
Justice Dissenting: Rehnquist.
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910. Hisquierdo v. Hisquierdo, 439 U.S. 572 (1979).
California community property statute under which property
acquired during the marriage by either spouse belongs to both may not be
applied to award a divorced spouse an interest in the other spouse's
pension benefits under Railroad Retirement Act, because Act precludes
subjecting benefits to any legal process to deprive recipient of it.
Justices Concurring: Blackmun, Brennan, White, Marshall, Powell,
Stevens, and Chief Justice Burger.
Justices Dissenting: Stewart and Rehnquist.
911. Colautti v. Franklin, 439 U.S. 379 (1979).
Provisions of abortion law that require the physician to make a
determination that the fetus is not viable and if it is viable to
exercise the same care to preserve the fetus' life and health as would
be required in the case of a fetus intended to be born alive are void
for vagueness under the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.
Justices Concurring: Blackmun, Brennan, Stewart, Marshall, Powell,
and Stevens.
Justices Dissenting: White, Rehnquist, and Chief Justice Burger.
912. Miller v. Youakim, 440 U.S. 125 (1979).
Provision of state law differentiating between children who
reside in foster homes with relatives and those who do not reside with
relatives and giving the latter greater benefits than the former
conflicts with federal law which requires the same benefits be provided
regardless of whether the foster home is operated by a relative, and
thus must yield under the supremacy clause of Article VI.
913. Illinois State Bd. of Elections v. Socialist Workers Party, 440
U.S. 173 (1979).
Law requiring new political parties and independent candidates
to obtain signatures of 5% of the number of persons who voted at the
previous election for such office in order to get on the ballot in
political subdivisions of the State, insofar as it applies to mandate
the obtaining of a greater number and proportion of signatures than is
required to get on the ballot for statewide office, lacks a rational
basis and violates the equal protection clause of the Fourteenth
Amendment.
Justices Concurring: Marshall, Brennan, Stewart, White, and Powell.
Justices Concurring Specially: Blackmun, Stevens, Rehnquist, and
Chief Justice Burger.
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914. Orr v. Orr, 440 U.S. 268 (1979).
Alabama statute which imposes alimony obligations on husbands
but not wives violates the equal protection clause of the Fourteenth
Amendment.
Justices Concurring: Brennan, Stewart, White, Marshall, Blackmun,
and Stevens.
Justices Dissenting (on other grounds): Powell, Rehnquist, and Chief
Justice Burger.
915. Ashcroft v. Freiman, 440 U.S. 941 (1979).
Federal court decision invalidating under the Fourteenth
Amendment's due process clause a Missouri statute requiring a doctor to
verbally inform any woman seeking abortion that, if live born infant
results, woman will lose her parental rights, is summarily affirmed.
916. Quern v. Hernandez, 440 U.S. 951 (1979).
District court decision voiding as denial of due process under
Fourteenth Amendment Illinois attachment law because it permits
attachment prior to filing of complaint and prior to notice to debtor is
summarily affirmed.
917. Burch v. Louisiana, 441 U.S. 130 (1979).
State statutory implementation of constitutional provision
permitting conviction for a nonpetty offense by five out of six jurors
violates the right to trial by jury guaranteed by the Sixth and
Fourteenth Amendments.
918. Arizona Pub. Serv. Co. v. Snead, 441 U.S. 141 (1979).
Imposition of tax upon electricity produced in State and sold
outside State which is not offset against other taxes as is the case
with electricity sold within State violates federal statute prohibiting
any State from taxing the generation or transmission of electricity in a
manner that discriminates against out-of-state consumers and thus is
unenforceable under the supremacy clause.
919. Hughes v. Oklahoma, 441 U.S. 322 (1979).
Statute prohibiting transportation or shipment for sale outside
the State of natural minnows seined or procured from waters within the
State violates the commerce clause.
Justices Concurring: Brennan, Stewart, White, Marshall, Blackmun,
Powell, and Stevens.
Justices Dissenting: Rehnquist and Chief Justice Burger.
920. Caban v. Mohammed, 441 U.S. 380 (1979).
New York law permitting an unwed mother but not an unwed father
to block the adoption of their child by withholding consent is an
impermissible gender distinction violative of the equal protection
clause of the fourteenth Amendment.
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Justices Concurring: Powell, Brennan, White, Marshall, Blackmun.
Justices Dissenting; Stewart, Stevens, Rehnquist, and Chief Justice
Burger.
921. Japan Line v. County of Los Angeles, 441 U.S. 434 (1979).
Imposition of California ad valorem property tax upon cargo
containers which are based, registered, and subjected to property tax in
Japan results in multiple taxation of instrumentalities of foreign
commerce and violates the commerce clause.
Justices Concurring: Blackmun, Brennan, Stewart, White, Marshall,
Powell, Stevens, and Chief Justice Burger.
Justice Dissenting: Rehnquist.
922. Beggans v. Public Funds for Public Schools, 442 U.S. 907 (1979).
Federal court decision invalidating New Jersey statute that
allowed taxpayers personal deduction from gross income for each of their
dependent children attending nonpublic elementary or secondary schools
as a violation of the First Amendment's religion clause is summarily
affirmed.
923. Torres v. Puerto Rico, 442 U.S. 465 (1979).
Statute authorizing police to search the luggage of any person
arriving in Puerto Rico from the United States without a warrant or
probable cause violates the Fourth Amendment.
924. Smith v. Daily Mail Publishing Co., 443 U.S. 97 (1979).
West Virginia statute that makes it a crime for a newspaper to
publish, without the written approval of the juvenile court, the name of
any youth charged as a juvenile offender violates the First and
Fourteenth Amendments.
925. Bellotti v. Baird, 443 U.S. 622 (1979).
Massachusetts law requiring parental consent for an abortion for
a woman under age 18 and providing for a court order permitting abortion
for good cause if parental consent is refused violates the due process
clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.
Justices Concurring: Powell, Stewart, Rehnquist, and Chief Justice
Burger.
Justices Concurring Specially: Stevens, Brennan, Marshall, Blackmun.
Justice Dissenting: White.
926. California Retail Liquor Dealers Ass'n v. Midcal Aluminum, 445 U.S.
97 (1980).
California statute requiring all wine producers and wholesalers
to file fair trade contracts or price schedules with the State and to
follow the price lists is a resale price maintenance scheme in violation
of the Sherman Act and cannot stand under the supremacy clause.
927. Vance v. Universal Amusement Co., 445 U.S. 308 (1980).
Texas public nuisance statute authorizing state judges, on the
basis of a showing that a theater exhibited obscene films in the past,
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to enjoin its future exhibition of films not yet found to be obscene is
an invalid prior restraint violative of the First and Fourteenth
Amendments.
Justices Concurring: Brennan, Stewart, Marshall, Blackmun, Stevens.
Justices Dissenting (on other grounds): Powell and Chief Justice
Burger.
Justices Dissenting: White and Rehnquist.
928. Vitek v. Jones, 445 U.S. 480 (1980).
Nebraska statute which authorizes the authorities to summarily
transfer a prison inmate from jail to another institution if a physician
find he suffers from a mental disease or defect and cannot be given
proper treatment in jail violates the liberty guaranteed by the due
process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment unless the transfer is
accompanied by adequate procedural protections.
Justices Concurring: White, Brennan, Marshall, Powell, Stevens.
Justices Dissenting (on other grounds): Stewart, Blackmun,
Rehnquist, and Chief Justice Burger.
929. Payton v. New York, 445 U.S. 573 (1980).
Statute authorizing police officers to enter a private residence
without a warrant and without necessarily exigent circumstances to
effectuate a felony arrest violates the Fourth and Fourteenth
Amendments.
Justices Concurring: Stevens, Brennan, Stewart, Marshall, Blackmun,
Powell.
Justices Dissenting: White, Rehnquist, Chief Justice Burger.
930. Wengler v. Druggists Mutual Ins. Co., 446 U.S. 142 (1980).
Missouri workers' compensation law denying a widower benefits on
his wife's work-related death unless he either is mentally or physically
incapacitated or proves dependence on her earnings, but granting a widow
death benefits regardless of her dependency, is a gender discrimination
violative of the equal protection clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.
Justices Concurring: White, Brennan, Stewart, Marshall, Blackmun,
Powell, and Chief Justice Burger.
Justice Dissenting: Rehnquist.
931. Lewis v. BT Investment Managers, 447 U.S. 27 (1980).
Florida statute prohibiting out-of-state banks, bank holding
companies, and trust companies from owning or controlling a business
within the State that sells investment advisory services violates the
commerce clause.
932. Washington v. Confederated Tribes, 447 U.S. 134 (1980).
Imposition of state motor vehicle excise tax and mobile home,
camper, and trailer taxes to vehicles owned by the Tribe or its members
and used both on and off the reservation violates federal law and cannot
stand under the supremacy clause.
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Justices Concurring: White, Brennan, Marshall, Blackmun, Powell,
Stevens, and Chief Justice Burger.
Justices Dissenting: Stewart and Rehnquist.
933. Carey v. Brown, 447 U.S. 455 (1980).
Illinois statute that prohibits picketing of residences or
dwellings, but exempts peaceful picketing of such buildings that are
places of employment in which there is a labor dispute, violates the
equal protection clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.
Justices Concurring: Brennan, Stewart, White, Marshall, Powell,
Stevens.
Justices Dissenting: Rehnquist, Blackmun, Chief Justice Burger.
934. Beck v. Alabama, 447 U.S. 625 (1980).
Capital punishment statute which forbids giving the jury the
option of convicting a defendant of a lesser included offense but
requires it to convict on the capital offense or acquit violates the
Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments.
935. White Mountain Apache Tribe v. Bracker, 448 U.S. 136 (1980).
Imposition of Arizona motor carrier license tax and use fuel tax
to non-Indian enterprise authorized to do business in Arizona but
operating entirely on reservation conflicts with federal law and cannot
stand under the supremacy clause.
Justices Concurring: Marshall, Brennan, White, Blackmun, Powell, and
Chief Justice Burger.
Justices Dissenting: Stevens, Stewart, Rehnquist.
936. Central Machinery Co. v. Arizona State Tax Comm'n, 448 U.S. 160
(1980).
Imposition of tax upon on-reservation sale of farm machinery to
Indian tribe by non-Indian, off-reservation enterprise conflicts with
federal law and is invalid under the supremacy clause.
Justices Concurring: Marshall, Brennan, White, Blackmun, and Chief
Justice Burger.
Justices Dissenting: Stewart, Powell, Rehnquist, Stevens.
937. Minnesota v. Planned Parenthood, 448 U.S. 901 (1980).
Federal court decision holding that statute authorizing grants
for prepregnancy family planning to hospitals and health maintenance
organizations but prohibiting such grants to other nonprofit
organizations if they perform abortions violates equal protection clause
is summarily affirmed.
938. Stone v. Graham, 449 U.S. 39 (1980).
Statute requiring copy of Ten Commandments, purchased with
private contributions, to be posted on the wall of each public classroom
in the State violates the establishment clause of the First Amendment.
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Justices Concurring: Brennan, White, Marshall, Powell, Stevens.
Justices Dissenting: Chief Justice Burger and Blackmun, Stewart,
Rehnquist.
939. Webb's Fabulous Pharmacies v. Beckwith, 449 U.S. 155 (1980).
Statutory authorization for county to retain as its own interest
accruing on interpleader fund deposited in registry of county court was
a taking violating the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments.
940. Weaver v. Graham, 450 U.S. 24 (1981).
Statute repealing an earlier law and reducing the amount of
``gain time'' for good conduct and obedience to prison rules deducted
from a convicted prisoner's sentence is an invalid ex post facto law as
applied to one whose crime was committed prior to the statute's
enactment.
941. Jefferson County v. United States, 450 U.S. 901 (1981).
Court of Appeals decision holding invalid a state statute that
imposed use tax on government-owned, contractor operated facility as
constituting ad valorem general property tax on federal government
property and thus contravening the supremacy clause is summarily
affirmed.
942. Democratic Party v. Wisconsin ex rel. La Follette, 450 U.S. 107
(1981).
State law mandating national convention delegates chosen at
party's state convention to vote at the national convention for the
candidate prevailing in the State's preference primary, in which voters
may participate without regard to party affiliation, violates the First
Amendment right of association of the national party, whose rules
preclude seating of delegates who were not selected in accordance with
national party rules, including the limiting of the selection process to
those voters affiliated with the party.
Justices Concurring: Stewart, Brennan, White, Marshall, Stevens, and
Chief Justice Burger.
Justices Dissenting: Powell, Blackmun, Rehnquist.
943. Chicago & North Western Transp. Co. v. Kalo Brick & Tile Co., 450
U.S. 311 (1981).
State statute subjecting to damages a common carrier who
abandons service and thereby injures shippers is preempted by the
Interstate Commerce Act, which empowers ICC to approve cessation of
service on branch lines upon carrier petitions, and is void under the
supremacy clause.
944. Kirchberg v. Feenstra, 450 U.S. 455 (1981).
Statute giving husband unilateral right to dispose of jointly-
owned community property without wife's consent is an impermissible sex
classification and violates equal protection clause.
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945. Kassel v. Consolidated Freightways Corp., 450 U.S. 662 (1981).
Statute barring 65-foot double-trailer trucks on State's
highways, while all neighboring States permit them, violates the
commerce clause.
Justices Concurring: Powell, White, Blackmun, Stevens.
Justices Concurring Specially: Brennan and Marshall.
Justices Dissenting: Rehnquist, Stewart, Chief Justice Burger.
946. Alessi v. Raybestos-Manhattan, Inc., 451 U.S. 504 (1981).
Workmen's compensation provision denying employers right to
reduce retiree's pension benefits by amount of compensation award under
act is preempted by federal pension regulation law and is invalid under
the supremacy clause.
947. Maryland v. Louisiana, 451 U.S. 725 (1981).
State first-use tax statute which, because of exceptions and
credits, imposes a tax only on natural gas moving out-of-state
impermissibly discriminates against interstate commerce, and another
provision that required pipeline companies to allocate cost of tax to
ultimate consumer is preempted by federal law.
948. Little v. Streater, 452 U.S. 1 (1981).
Provision requiring person in paternity action who requests
blood grouping tests to bear cost of tests denies due process in
violation of Fourteenth Amendment to an indigent against whom State has
required institution of paternity action.
949. McCarty v. McCarty, 453 U.S. 210 (1981).
Community property statute to the extent it treated retired pay
of Army officer as property divisible between spouses on divorce is
preempted by federal law and cannot be applied under supremacy clause.
Justices Concurring: Blackmun, White, Marshall, Powell, Stevens,
Chief Justice Burger.
Justices Dissenting: Rehnquist, Brennan, Stewart.
950. Campbell v. John Donnelly & Sons, 453 U.S. 916 (1981).
Court of Appeals decision holding violative of First Amendment a
statute prohibiting roadside billboards, except for signs announcing
place and time of religious or civic events, election campaign signs,
and signs erected by historic and cultural institutions, is summarily
affirmed.
951. Agsalud v. Standard Oil Co., 454 U.S. 801 (1981).
Court of Appeals decision holding preempted by federal pension
law state law requiring employers to provide their employees with
comprehensive prepaid health care plan is summarily affirmed.
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952. Louisiana Dairy Stabilization Bd. v. Dairy Fresh Corp., 454 U.S.
884 (1981).
Court of Appeals decision holding violative of the commerce
clause a milk industry regulatory statute, which required all dairy
product processors, including out-of-state processors, who sell dairy
products to retailer or distributor for resale in State to pay
assessment per unit of milk for use in administration and enforcement of
statute, is summarily affirmed.
953. Brockett v. Spokane Arcades, 454 U.S. 1022 (1981).
Court of Appeals decision holding violative of First Amendment a
statute which authorized courts to issue temporary and permanent
injunctions, without providing prompt trial on merits, against any
business that regularly sells or exhibits ``lewd matter'' is summarily
affirmed.
954. Firestone v. Let's Help Florida, 454 U.S. 1130 (1982).
Court of Appeals decision holding violative of the First
Amendment a statute that restricts size of contributions to political
committees organized to support or oppose referenda is summarily
affirmed.
955. Treen v. Karen B., 455 U.S. 912 (1982).
Court of Appeals decision holding violative of First Amendment
establishment clause statute authorizing school boards to permit
students to participate in one-minute prayer period at start of school
day, upon parental consent, is summarily affirmed.
956. Santosky v. Kramer, 455 U.S. 745 (1982).
Provision of state law authorizing termination of parental
rights upon proof by only a fair preponderance of the evidence violates
the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.
Justices Concurring: Blackmun, Brennan, Marshall, Powell, Stevens.
Justices Dissenting: Rehnquist, White, O'Connor, Chief Justice
Burger.
957. California State Bd. of Equalization v. United States, 456 U.S. 901
(1982).
Court of Appeals decision invalidating as an impermissible
infringement of the immunity of the United States from state taxation a
sales tax based on gross rentals paid by United States to lessors of
data processing and other equipment, which permitted lessor to maximize
profit only by separately stating and collecting tax from lessee, is
summarily affirmed.
958. Brown v. Hartlage, 456 U.S. 45 (1982).
Statute prohibiting candidate from offering material benefits to
voters in consideration for their votes violates First Amendment speech
clause as applied to a candidate's promise to lower salary of his office
if elected.
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959. Mills v. Habluetzel, 456 U.S. 91 (1982).
Statute imposing one-year period from date of birth to bring
action to establish paternity of illegitimate child, paternity being
necessary for child to obtain support from father at any time during his
minority, denies equal protection of the laws.
960. Larson v. Valente, 456 U.S. 228 (1982).
Provision of charitable solicitations law exempting from
registration and reporting only those religious organizations that
receive more than half of their total contributions from members or
affiliated organizations is an impermissible denominational preference
and violates First Amendment establishment clause.
Justices Concurring: Brennan, Marshall, Blackmun, Powell, Stevens.
Justices Dissenting: White, Rehnquist (on merits); O'Connor and
Chief Justice Burger (on standing).
961. Greene v. Lindsey, 456 U.S. 444 (1982).
Statute authorizing service of process in forcible entry and
detainer action by posting summons in a conspicuous place if no one
could be found on premises denies due process on showing that notices
are often removed before defendants find them.
Justices Concurring: Brennan, White, Marshall, Blackmun, Powell,
Stevens.
Justices Dissenting: O'Connor, Rehnquist, Chief Justice Burger.
962. Zobel v. Williams, 457 U.S. 55 (1982).
State law providing a dividend distribution to all State's adult
residents from earnings on oil and mineral development in State denies
equal protection of the laws by determining amount of dividend for each
person by the length of residency in State.
Justices Concurring: Chief Justice Burger, Brennan, White, Marshall,
Blackmun, Powell, Stevens.
Justice Concurring Specially: O'Connor.
Justice Dissenting: Rehnquist.
963. Blum v. Bacon, 457 U.S. 132 (1982).
Provision of emergency assistance program precluding assistance
to persons receiving AFDC to replace a lost or stolen AFDC grant is
contrary to valid federal regulations proscribing inequitable treatment
under the emergency assistance program.
964. Plyler v. Doe, 457 U.S. 202 (1982).
Statute withholding state funds from local school districts for
the education of any children not legally admitted into United States
and authorizing boards to deny enrollment to such children denies the
equal protection of the laws.
Justices Concurring: Brennan, Marshall, Blackmun, Powell, Stevens.
Justices Dissenting: Chief Justice Burger, White, Rehnquist,
O'Connor.
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965. Globe Newspaper Co. v. Superior Court, 457 U.S. 596 (1982).
Statute requiring, under all circumstances, exclusion of press
and public during testimony of minor victim of a sex offense violates
the First Amendment.
Justices Concurring: Brennan, White, Marshall, Blackmun, Powell.
Justice Concurring Specially: O'Connor.
Justices Dissenting: Chief Justice Burger, Rehnquist, Stevens.
966. Edgar v. MITE Corp., 457 U.S. 624 (1982).
Take-over statute which extensively regulates tender offerors
and imposes registration and reporting requirements, because it directly
regulates and prevents interstate tender offers and because the burdens
on interstate commerce are excessive compared with local interests
served, violates the commerce clause.
Justices Concurring: White, Blackmun, Powell, Stevens, O'Connor,
Chief Justice Burger.
Justices Dissenting: Marshall, Brennan, Rehnquist (all on mootness
grounds).
967. Fidelity Fed. S. & L. v. De la Cuesta, 458 U.S. 141 (1982).
Statutory provision barring unreasonable restraints on
alienation, construed to prohibit ``due-on-sale'' clauses in mortgage
contracts, is preempted by Federal Home Loan Bank Board regulations
permitting federal savings and loan associations to include such clauses
in their contracts.
Justices Concurring: Blackmun, Brennan, White, Marshall, O'Connor,
Chief Justice Burger.
Justices Dissenting: Rehnquist, Stevens.
968. Loretto v. Teleprompter Manhattan CATV Corp., 458 U.S. 419 (1982).
Statute requiring landlords to permit installation of cable
television wiring on their property and limiting fee charged to that
determined to be reasonable by a commission (which set a one-time $1
fee) constituted a taking of property in violation of the Fifth and
Fourteenth Amendments.
969. Washington v. Seattle School Dist., 458 U.S. 457 (1982).
Statutory provision, enacted by initiative vote of the
electorate, barring school boards from busing students for racially
integrative purposes denies the equal protection of the laws.
Justices Concurring: Blackmun, Brennan, Marshall, White, Stevens.
Justices Dissenting: Powell, Rehnquist, O'Connor, Chief Justice
Burger.
970. Enmund v. Florida, 458 U.S. 782 (1982).
Statute authorizing death penalty solely for participation in a
robbery in which another robber kills someone violates the Eighth
Amendment.
Justices Concurring: White, Brennan, Marshall, Blackmun, Stevens.
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Justices Dissenting: O'Connor, Powell, Rehnquist, Chief Justice
Burger.
971. Ramah Navajo School Bd. v. Bureau of Revenue, 458 U.S. 832 (1982).
State tax imposed on the gross receipts that non-Indian
construction company received from tribal school board for construction
of school for Indian children on reservation is preempted by federal
law.
Justices Concurring: Marshall, Brennan, Blackmun, Powell, O'Connor,
Chief Justice Burger.
Justices Dissenting: Rehnquist, White, Stevens.
972. Sporhase v. Nebraska ex rel. Douglas, 458 U.S. 941 (1982).
State statute requiring a permit before anyone withdraws ground
water from any well located in the State and transports it across state
line and providing for denial of permit unless the State to which the
water will be transported grants reciprocal rights to withdraw and
transport water into this State violates the commerce clause.
Justices Concurring: Stevens, Brennan, White, Marshall, Blackmun,
Powell, Chief Justice Burger.
Justices Dissenting: Rehnquist, O'Connor.
974. Brown v. Socialist Workers '74 Campaign Comm., 459 U.S. 87 (1982).
Ohio statute requiring candidates to disclose the names and
addresses of campaign contributors and the recipients of campaign
expenditures is invalid, under the First Amendment, as applied to a
minor political party whose members and supporters may be subjected to
harassment or reprisals.
Justices concurring: Marshall, Brennan, White, Powell, and Chief
Justice Burger.
Justice concurring specially: Blackmun.
Justices concurring in part and dissenting in part: O'Connor,
Rehnquist, and Stevens.
975. Larkin v. Grendel's Den, 459 U.S. 116 (1982).
Massachusetts statute permitting any church to block issuance of
a liquor license to any establishment to be located within 500 feet of
the church violates the Establishment Clause by delegating governmental
decisionmaking to a church.
Justices concurring: Chief Justice Burger, and Brennan, White,
Marshall, Blackmun, Powell, and Stevens.
Justice dissenting: Rehnquist.
976. King v. Sanchez, 459 U.S. 801 (1982).
Federal district court's decision invalidating New Mexico
legislative reapportionment as violating the one person, one vote
requirement of the Equal Protection Clause because the ``votes cast''
formula resulted in substantial population variances among districts, is
summarily affirmed.
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977. Memphis Bank & Trust Co. v. Garner, 459 U.S. 392 (1983).
Tennessee tax on the net earnings of banks, applied to interest
earned on obligations of the United States, is void under the Supremacy
Clause as conflicting with 31 U.S.C. Sec. 3124.
978. Busbee v. Georgia, 459 U.S. 1166 (1983).
Federal district court decision that Georgia congressional
redistricting plan is invalid as having a racially discriminatory
purpose in conflict with the Voting Rights Act is summarily affirmed.
979. Minneapolis Star & Tribune Co. v. Minnesota Comm'r of Revenue, 460
U.S. 575 (1983).
Minnesota ink and paper use tax violates the First Amendment by
providing ``differential treatment'' for the press.
Justices concurring: O'Connor, Brennan, Marshall, Powell, Stevens,
and Chief Justice Burger.
Justices concurring specially: White and Blackmun.
Justice dissenting: Rehnquist.
980. Anderson v. Celebrezze, 460 U.S. 780 (1983).
Ohio statute requiring independent candidates for President and
Vice-President to file nominating petitions by March 20 in order to
qualify for the November ballot is unconstitutional as substantially
burdening the associational rights of the candidates and their
supporters.
Justices concurring: Stevens, Brennan, Marshall, Blackmun, and Chief
Justice Burger.
Justices dissenting: Rehnquist, White, Powell, and O'Connor.
981. Kolender v. Lawson, 461 U.S. 352 (1983).
California statute requiring that a person detained in a valid
Terry stop provide ``credible and reliable'' identification is
unconstitutionally vague in violation of the Fourteenth Amendment Due
Process Clause.
Justices concurring: O'Connor, Brennan, Marshall, Blackmun, Powell,
and Stevens.
Justices dissenting: White and Rehnquist.
982. Pennsylvania Public Utility Comm'n v. CONRAIL, 461 U.S. 912 (1983).
Federal district court decision holding that federal statutes
(the Federal Railroad Safety Act and the locomotive boiler inspection
laws) preempt a Pennsylvania law requiring locomotives to maintain speed
records and indicators, summarily affirmed by an appeals court, is
summarily affirmed.
983. Pickett v. Brown, 462 U.S. 1 (1983).
Tennessee's two-year statute of limitations for paternity and
child support actions violates the equal protection rights of
illegitimates.
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984. Exxon Corp. v. Eagerton, 462 U.S. 176 (1983).
Prohibition on pass-through to consumers of increase in Alabama
oil and gas severance tax is invalid as conflicting with the Natural Gas
Act to the extent that it applies to sales of gas in interstate
commerce.
985. Philco Aviation v. Shacket, 462 U.S. 406 (1983).
Illinois statute recognizing the validity of an unrecorded, oral
sale of an aircraft is preempted by the Federal Aviation Act's provision
that unrecorded ``instruments'' of transfer are invalid.
986. Planned Parenthood Ass'n v. Ashcroft, 462 U.S. 476 (1983).
Missouri statute requiring that all abortions performed after
the first trimester of pregnancy be performed in a hospital unreasonably
infringes upon the right of a woman to have an abortion.
Justices concurring (on this issue only): Powell, Brennan, Marshall,
Blackmun, Stevens, and Chief Justice Burger.
Justices dissenting: O'Connor, White, and Rehnquist.
987. Karcher v. Daggett, 462 U.S. 725 (1983).
New Jersey congressional districting statute creating districts
in which the deviation between largest and smallest districts was 0.7%,
or 3,674 persons, violates Art. I, Sec. 2's ``equal representation''
requirement as not resulting from a good-faith effort to achieve
population equality.
Justices concurring: Brennan, Marshall, Blackmun, Stevens, and
O'Connor.
Justices dissenting: White, Powell, Rehnquist, and Chief Justice
Burger.
988. Mennonite Bd. of Missions v. Adams, 462 U.S. 791 (1983).
Indiana statute providing for constructive notice to mortgagee
of tax sale of real property violates the Due Process Clause of the
Fourteenth Amendment; instead, personal service or notice by mail is
required.
Justices concurring: Marshall, Brennan, White, Blackmun, Stevens,
and Chief Justice Burger.
Justices dissenting: O'Connor, Powell, and Rehnquist.
989. Shaw v. Delta Air Lines, 463 U.S. 85 (1983).
The New York Human Rights Law is preempted by ERISA to the
extent that it prohibits practices that are lawful under the federal
law.
990. American Bank & Trust Co. v. Dallas County, 463 U.S. 855 (1983).
Texas property tax on bank shares, computed on the basis of a
bank's net assets without any deduction for the value of United States
obligations held by the bank, is invalid as conflicting with Rev. Stat.
Sec. 3701 (31 U.S.C. Sec. 3124).
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Justices concurring: Blackmun, Brennan, White, Marshall, Powell, and
Chief Justice Burger.
Justices dissenting: Rehnquist and Stevens.
991. Arcudi v. Stone & Webster Engineering, 463 U.S. 1220 (1983).
Appeals court holding that Connecticut statute requiring
employers to provide health and life insurance to former employees is
preempted by ERISA as related to an employee benefit plan, is summarily
affirmed.
992. Aloha Airlines v. Director of Taxation, 464 U.S. 7 (1983).
Hawaii ``property tax'' on the gross income of airlines
operating within the State is preempted by a federal prohibition on
state taxes on carriage of air passengers ``or on the gross receipts
derived therefrom.''
993. Healy v. United States Brewers Ass'n, 464 U.S. 909 (1983).
Appeals court decision invalidating as an undue burden on
interstate commerce the beer price ``affirmation'' provisions of
Connecticut's liquor control laws, which restrict out-of-state sales to
prices set for in-state sales, is summarily affirmed.
994. Southland Corp. v. Keating, 465 U.S. 1 (1984).
California franchise law, requiring judicial resolution of
certain claims, is preempted by the United States Arbitration Act, which
precludes judicial resolution in state or federal courts of claims that
contracting parties agree to submit to arbitration.
Justices concurring: Chief Justice Burger, and Brennan, Marshall,
Blackmun, and Powell.
Justice concurring in part and dissenting in part: Stevens.
Justices dissenting: O'Connor and Rehnquist.
995. Texas v. KVUE-TV, 465 U.S. 1092 (1984).
Appeals court holding that Texas statute regulating broadcast of
political advertisements is preempted by the Federal Election Campaign
Act of 1971 to the extent that it imposes sponsorship identification
requirements on advertising for candidates for federal office, and to
the extent that it conflicts with federal regulation of political
advertising rates, is summarily affirmed.
996. Westinghouse Elec. Corp. v. Tully, 466 U.S. 388 (1984).
New York corporate franchise tax unconstitutionally
discriminates against interstate commerce by allowing an offsetting
credit for receipts from products shipped from an in-state place of
business.
997. Wallace v. Jaffree, 466 U.S. 924 (1984).
Appeals court decision holding invalid under the Establishment
Clause an Alabama statute authorizing the recitation in public schools
of a government-composed prayer is summarily affirmed.
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998. Bernal v. Fainter, 467 U.S. 216 (1984).
Texas requirement that a notary public be a United States
citizen furthers no compelling state interest and denies equal
protection of the laws to resident aliens.
Justices concurring: Marshall, Brennan, White, Blackmun, Powell,
Stevens, O'Connor, and Chief Justice Burger.
Justice dissenting: Rehnquist.
999. Michigan Canners & Freezers Ass'n v. Agricultural Marketing and
Bargaining Bd., 467 U.S. 461 (1984).
Michigan statute making agricultural producers' associations the
exclusive bargaining agents and requiring payment of service fees by
non-member producers is preempted as conflicting with federal policy of
the Agricultural Fair Practices Act of 1967, protecting the right of
farmers to join or not join such associations.
1000. Armco, Inc. v. Hardesty, 467 U.S. 638 (1984).
West Virginia gross receipts tax on businesses selling tangible
property at wholesale unconstitutionally discriminates against
interstate commerce due to exemption granted local manufacturers.
Justices concurring: Powell, Brennan, White, Marshall, Blackmun,
Stevens, O'Connor, and Chief Justice Burger.
Justice dissenting: Rehnquist.
1001. Capital Cities Cable v. Crisp, 467 U.S. 691 (1984).
Oklahoma Constitution's general ban on advertising of alcoholic
beverages, as applied to out-of-state cable television signals carried
by in-state operators, is preempted by federal regulations implementing
the Communications Act.
1002. Secretary of State of Maryland v. Joseph H. Munson Co., 467 U.S.
947 (1984).
Maryland prohibition on charitable organizations paying more
than 25% of solicited funds for expenses of fundraising violates the
Fourteenth Amendment by creating an unnecessary risk of chilling
protected First Amendment activity.
Justices concurring: Blackmun, Brennan, White, Marshall, and
Stevens.
Justices dissenting: Rehnquist, Powell, O'Connor, and Chief Justice
Burger.
1003. Brown v. Brandon, 467 U.S. 1223 (1984).
Federal district court decision that Ohio congressional
districting plan is invalid because population variances were shown to
be not unavoidable and were not justified by legitimate state interest
is summarily affirmed.
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1004. Bacchus Imports v. Dias, 468 U.S. 263 (1984).
Hawaii excise tax on wholesale liquor sales, exempting sales of
specified local products, violates Commerce Clause by discriminating in
favor of local commerce.
Justices concurring: White, Marshall, Blackmun, Powell, and Chief
Justice Burger.
Justices dissenting: Stevens, Rehnquist, and O'Connor.
1005. Lawrence County v. Lead-Deadwood School Dist., 469 U.S. 256
(1985).
South Dakota statute requiring local governments to distribute
federal payments in lieu of taxes in the same manner that they
distribute general tax revenues conflicts with the Payment in Lieu of
Taxes Act, which provides that the recipient local government may use
the payment for any governmental purpose.
Justices concurring: White, Brennan, Marshall, Blackmun, Powell,
O'Connor, and Chief Justice Burger.
Justices dissenting: Rehnquist and Stevens.
1006. Deukmejian v. National Meat Ass'n, 469 U.S. 1100 (1985).
Appeals court holding that California tax on sales by out-of-
state beef processors discriminates against interstate commerce in
violation of the Commerce Clause, there being no corresponding and
comparable tax on in-state processors, is summarily affirmed.
1007. Westhafer v. Worrell Newspapers, 469 U.S. 1200 (1985).
Appeals court decision holding invalid under the First Amendment
an Indiana statute punishing as contempt the publication of the name of
an individual against whom a sealed indictment or information has been
filed is summarily affirmed.
1008. Metropolitan Life Ins. Co. v. Ward, 470 U.S. 869 (1985).
Alabama's domestic preference tax, imposing a substantially
lower gross premiums tax rate on domestic insurance companies than on
out-of-state insurance companies, violates the Equal Protection Clause.
Justices concurring: Powell, White, Blackmun, Stevens, and Chief
Justice Burger.
Justices dissenting: O'Connor, Brennan, Marshall, and Rehnquist.
1009. Board of Educ. v. National Gay Task Force, 470 U.S. 903 (1985).
Court of appeals decision holding unconstitutionally overbroad
in violation of the First and Fourteenth Amendments an Oklahoma statute
prohibiting advocating, encouraging, or promoting homosexual conduct is
affirmed by equally divided vote.
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1010. Hunter v. Underwood, 471 U.S. 222 (1985).
Provision of Alabama Constitution requiring disenfranchisement
for crimes involving moral turpitude, adopted in 1901 for the purpose of
racial discrimination, violates the Equal Protection Clause.
1011. Williams v. Vermont, 472 U.S. 14 (1985).
Vermont use tax discriminating between residents and
nonresidents in application of a credit for automobile sales taxes paid
to another state violates the Equal Protection Clause.
Justices concurring: White, Brennan, Marshall, Stevens, and Chief
Justice Burger.
Justices dissenting: Blackmun, Rehnquist, and O'Connor.
1012. Wallace v. Jaffree, 472 U.S. 38 (1985).
Alabama statute authorizing a one-minute period of silence in
public schools ``for meditation or voluntary prayer'' violates the
Establishment Clause, the record indicating that the sole legislative
purpose in amending the statute to add ``or voluntary prayer'' was to
return voluntary prayer to the public schools.
Justices concurring: Stevens, Brennan, Marshall, Blackmun, and
Powell.
Justice concurring specially: O'Connor.
Justices dissenting: White, Rehnquist, and Chief Justice Burger.
1013. Jensen v. Quaring, 472 U.S. 478 (1985).
Appeals court decision holding invalid Nebraska's driver's
licensing requirement that applicant be photographed, and that photo be
affixed to license, as burdening the free exercise of sincerely held
religious beliefs against submitting to being photographed, is affirmed
by equally divided vote.
1014. Brockett v. Spokane Arcades, 472 U.S. 491 (1985).
Washington ``moral nuisance'' statute is invalid under the First
Amendment to the extent that it proscribes exhibition of films or sale
of publications inciting ``lust,'' defined as referring to normal sexual
desires.
Justices concurring: White, Blackmun, Rehnquist, Stevens, O'Connor,
and Chief Justice Burger.
Justices dissenting on other grounds: Brennan and Marshall.
1015. Hooper v. Bernalillo County Assessor, 472 U.S. 612 (1985).
New Mexico property tax exemption for Vietnam War veterans who
became residents before May 8, 1976, violates the Equal Protection
Clause as not meeting the rational basis test.
Justices concurring: Chief Justice Burger and Brennan, White,
Marshall, and Blackmun.
Justices dissenting: Stevens, Rehnquist, and O'Connor.
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1016. Estate of Thornton v. Caldor, Inc., 472 U.S. 703 (1985).
Connecticut statute requiring employers to honor the Sabbath day
of the employee's choice violates the Establishment Clause.
Justices concurring: Chief Justice Burger and Brennan, White,
Marshall, Blackmun, Powell, Stevens, and O'Connor.
Justice dissenting: Rehnquist.
1017. Gerace v. Grocery Mfrs. of America, 474 U.S. 801 (1985).
Appeals court decision holding that federal laws (the Food,
Drug, and Cosmetic Act; the Meat Inspection Act; and the Poultry
Products Act) preempt a New York requirement that cheese alternatives be
labeled ``imitation'' is summarily affirmed.
1018. Wisconsin Dep't of Industry v. Gould, Inc., 475 U.S. 282 (1986).
Wisconsin statute debarring from doing business with the state
persons or firms guilty of repeat violations of the National Labor
Relations Act is preempted by that Act.
1019. Exxon Corp. v. Hunt, 475 U.S. 355 (1986).
New Jersey statute creating an oil spill compensation fund is
preempted in part by the Comprehensive Environmental Response,
Compensation, and Liability Act to the extent that the state fund is
used to finance cleanup activities at sites listed in the National
Contingency Plan.
Justices concurring: Marshall, Brennan, White, Blackmun, Rehnquist,
O'Connor, and Chief Justice Burger.
Justice dissenting: Stevens.
1020. Philadelphia Newspapers v. Hepps, 475 U.S. 767 (1986).
Pennsylvania statute incorporating the common law rule that
defamatory statements are presumptively false violates the First
Amendment as applied to a libel action brought by a private figure
against a media defendant; instead, the plaintiff must bear the burden
of establishing falsity.
Justices concurring: O'Connor, Brennan, Marshall, Blackmun, and
Powell.
Justices dissenting: Stevens, White, Rehnquist, and Chief Justice
Burger.
1021. Brown-Forman Distillers v. New York State Liquor Auth., 476 U.S.
573 (1986).
New York affirmation law, having the practical effect of
controlling liquor prices in other states, violates the Commerce Clause.
Justices concurring: Marshall, Powell, O'Connor, and Chief Justice
Burger.
Justice concurring specially: Blackmun.
Justices dissenting: Stevens, White, and Rehnquist.
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1022. Thornburgh v. American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists,
476 U.S. 747 (1986).
Pennsylvania statute prescribing a variety of requirements for
performance of an abortion, including informed consent, reporting of
various information concerning the mother's history and condition, and
standard-of-care and second-physician requirements after viability,
infringes a woman's Roe v. Wade right to have an abortion.
Justices concurring: Blackmun, Brennan, Marshall, Powell, and
Stevens.
Justices dissenting: Chief Justice Burger, and White, Rehnquist, and
O'Connor.
1023. Three Affiliated Tribes v. Wold Engineering, 476 U.S. 877 (1986).
North Dakota statute disclaiming jurisdiction over actions
brought by tribal Indians suing non-Indians in state courts over claims
arising in Indian country is preempted by federal Indian law (Pub. L.
280).
Justices concurring: O'Connor, White, Marshall, Blackmun, Powell,
and Chief Justice Burger.
Justices dissenting: Rehnquist, Brennan, and Stevens.
1024. Attorney General of New York v. Soto-Lopez, 476 U.S. 898 (1986).
New York Civil Service Law employment preference for New York
residents who are honorably discharged veterans and were New York
residents when they entered military service violates the Equal
Protection Clause.
Justices concurring: Brennan, Marshall, Blackmun, and Powell.
Justices concurring specially: White and Chief Justice Burger.
Justices dissenting: Stevens, O'Connor, and Rehnquist.
1025. Offshore Logistics v. Tallentire, 477 U.S. 207 (1986).
Louisiana's wrongful death statute is preempted by the Death on
the High Seas Act as applied to helicopter crash 35 miles off shore.
Justices concurring: O'Connor, White, Blackmun, Rehnquist, and Chief
Justice Burger.
Justices dissenting: Powell, Brennan, Marshall, and Stevens.
1026. Roberts v. Burlington Industries, 477 U.S. 901 (1986).
Appeals court holding that New York severance pay requirements
were preempted by ERISA is summarily affirmed.
1027. Brooks v. Burlington Industries, 477 U.S. 901 (1986).
Appeals court holding that North Carolina severance pay
requirements were preempted by ERISA is summarily affirmed.
1028. Thornburg v. Gingles, 478 U.S. 30 (1986).
North Carolina legislative redistricting plan, creating
multimember districts having the effect of impairing the opportunity
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of black voters to participate in the political process, is invalid
under Sec. 2 of the Voting Rights Act.
Justices concurring: Brennan, White, Marshall, Blackmun, and
Stevens.
Justices concurring specially: O'Connor, Powell, Rehnquist, and
Chief Justice Burger.
Justices concurring in part and dissenting in part: Stevens,
Marshall, and Blackmun.
1029. Rose v. Arkansas State Police, 479 U.S. 1 (1986).
A provision of Arkansas' workers' compensation act requiring
that death benefits be reduced by the amount of any federal benefits
paid is preempted by federal requirement that federal benefits be ``in
addition to any other benefit due''; a contrary ruling by an Arizona
appeals court is summarily reversed.
1030. Tashjian v. Republican Party of Connecticut, 479 U.S. 208 (1986).
Connecticut statute imposing a ``closed primary'' under which
persons not registered with a political party may not vote in its
primaries violates the First and Fourteenth Amendments by preventing
political parties from entering into political association with
individuals of their own choosing.
Justices concurring: Marshall, Brennan, White, Blackmun, and Powell.
Justices dissenting: Stevens, Scalia, O'Connor, and Chief Justice
Rehnquist.
1031. 324 Liquor Corp. v. Duffy, 479 U.S. 335 (1987).
Section of New York's alcoholic beverage control law
establishing retail price maintenance violates section 1 of the Sherman
Act, and is not saved by the Twenty First Amendment.
Justices concurring: Powell, Brennan, White, Marshall, Blackmun,
Stevens, and Scalia.
Justices dissenting: O'Connor, and Chief Justice Rehnquist.
1032. Babbitt v. Planned Parenthood, 479 U.S. 925 (1986).
Appeals court decision invalidating Arizona statute prohibiting
grant of public funds to any organization performing abortion-related
services is summarily affirmed.
1033. California v. Cabazon Band of Mission Indians, 480 U.S. 202
(1987).
California statute governing the operation of bingo games is
preempted as applied to Indian tribes conducting on-reservation games.
Justices concurring: White, Brennan, Marshall, Blackmun, Powell, and
Chief Justice Rehnquist.
Justices dissenting: Stevens, O'Connor, and Scalia.
1034. Wilkinson v. Jones, 480 U.S. 926 (1987).
Appeals court decision holding unconstitutionally vague and
overbroad Utah statute barring cable television systems from showing
``indecent material'' is summarily affirmed.
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1035. Arkansas Writers' Project, Inc. v. Ragland, 481 U.S. 221 (1987).
Arkansas sales tax exemption for newspapers and for ``religious,
professional, trade, and sports journals'' published within the state
violates the First and Fourteenth Amendments as a content-based
regulation of the press.
Justices concurring: Marshall, Brennan, White, Blackmun, Powell, and
O'Connor.
Justice concurring specially: Stevens.
Justices dissenting: Scalia, and Chief Justice Rehnquist.
1036. Miller v. Florida, 482 U.S. 423 (1987).
Florida's revised sentencing guidelines law, under which the
presumptive sentence for certain offenses was raised, contravenes the ex
post facto clause of Article I as applied to someone who committed those
offenses before the revision.
1037. Perry v. Thomas, 482 U.S. 483 (1987).
Federal Arbitration Act preempts section of California Labor
Code providing that actions for collection of wages may be maintained
``without regard to the existence of any private agreement to
arbitrate.''
Justices concurring: Marshall, Brennan, White, Blackmun, Powell,
Scalia, and Chief Justice Rehnquist.
Justices dissenting: Stevens and O'Connor.
1038. Booth v. Maryland, 482 U.S. 496 (1987).
Maryland statute requiring preparation of a ``victim impact
statement'' describing the effect of a crime on a victim and his family
violates the Eighth Amendment to the extent that it requires
introduction of the statement at the sentencing phase of a capital
murder trial.
Justices concurring: Powell, Brennan, Marshall, Blackmun, and
Stevens.
Justices dissenting: White, O'Connor, Scalia, and Chief Justice
Rehnquist.
1039. Edwards v. Aguillard, 482 U.S. 578 (1987).
Louisiana statute mandating balanced treatment of ``creation-
science'' and ``evolution-science'' in the public schools is an invalid
establishment of religion in violation of the First Amendment.
Justices concurring: Brennan, Marshall, Powell, Stevens, and
O'Connor.
Justice concurring specially: White.
Justices dissenting: Scalia and Chief Justice Rehnquist.
1040. Sumner v. Shuman, 483 U.S. 66 (1987).
Nevada statute under which a prison inmate convicted of murder
while serving a life sentence without possibility of parole is
automatically sentenced to death is invalid under the Eighth Amendment
as preventing the sentencing authority from considering as mitigating
factors aspects of a defendant's character or record.
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Justices concurring: Blackmun, Brennan, Marshall, Powell, Stevens,
and O'Connor.
Justices dissenting: White, Scalia, and Chief Justice Rehnquist.
1041. Tyler Pipe Indus. v. Washington State Dep't of Revenue, 483 U.S.
232 (1987).
Washington manufacturing tax, applicable to products
manufactured in-state and sold out-of-state, but containing an exemption
for products manufactured and sold in-state, discriminates against
interstate commerce in violation of the Commerce Clause.
Justices concurring: Stevens, Brennan, White, Marshall, Blackmun,
O'Connor.
Justices dissenting: Scalia, Chief Justice Rehnquist.
1042. American Trucking Ass'ns v. Scheiner, 483 U.S. 266 (1987).
Pennsylvania statutes imposing lump-sum annual taxes on
operation of trucks on state's roads violate the Commerce Clause as
discriminating against interstate commerce.
Justices concurring: Stevens, Brennan, White, Marshall, Blackmun.
Justices dissenting: O'Connor, Powell, Chief Justice Rehnquist, and
Scalia.
1043. Hartigan v. Zbaraz, 484 U.S. 171 (1987).
Federal appeals court ruling holding unconstitutional a
provision of the Illinois Parental Notice Abortion Act requiring that
minors wait 24 hours after informing parents before having an abortion
is affirmed by equally divided vote.
1044. Montana v. Crow Tribe of Indians, 484 U.S. 997 (1988).
Federal appeals court decision that Montana coal severance and
gross proceeds taxes, as applied to Indian-owned coal produced by non-
Indians, are preempted by federal Indian policies underlying the Mineral
Leasing Act of 1938, is summarily affirmed.
1045. Schneidewind v. ANR Pipeline Co., 485 U.S. 293 (1988).
Michigan statute requiring approval of Michigan Public Service
Commission before a natural gas company may issue long-term securities
is preempted as applied to companies subject to FERC regulation under
the Natural Gas Act.
1046. Bennett v. Arkansas, 485 U.S. 395 (1988).
Arkansas statute authorizing seizure of prisoners' property in
order to defray costs of incarceration is invalid as applied to Social
Security benefits, exempted from legal process by 42 U.S.C. Sec. 407(a).
1047. City of Manassas v. United States, 485 U.S. 1017 (1988).
Federal appeals court decision invalidating as discriminatory
against the United States a Virginia statute that imposes a personal
property tax on property leased from the United States, but not on
property leased from the Virginia Port Authority or from local
transportation districts, is summarily affirmed.
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1048. New Energy Co. of Indiana v. Limbach, 486 U.S. 269 (1988).
Ohio statute granting a tax credit for ethanol fuel if the
ethanol was produced in Ohio, or if produced in another state which
grants a similar credit to Ohio-produced ethanol fuel, discriminates
against interstate commerce in violation of the Commerce Clause.
1049. Maynard v. Cartwright, 486 U.S. 356 (1988).
Oklahoma statutory aggravating circumstances, permitting
imposition of capital punishment upon a jury's finding that a murder was
``especially heinous, atrocious, or cruel,'' are unconstitutionally
vague in violation of the Eighth Amendment.
1050. Meyer v. Grant, 486 U.S. 414 (1988).
Colorado law punishing as felony the payment of persons who
circulate petitions for ballot initiative abridges the right to engage
in political speech, hence violates First and Fourteenth Amendments.
1051. Clark v. Jeter, 486 U.S. 456 (1988).
Pennsylvania 6-year statute of limitations for paternity actions
violates the Equal Protection Clause as insufficiently justified under
heightened scrutiny review.
1052. Shapero v. Kentucky Bar Ass'n, 486 U.S. 466 (1988).
Kentucky Supreme Court's rule containing categorical prohibition
of attorney direct mail advertising targeted at persons known to face
particular legal problems violates First and Fourteenth Amendments.
Justices concurring: Brennan, White, Marshall, Blackmun, Stevens,
and Kennedy.
Justices dissenting: O'Connor, Scalia, and Chief Justice Rehnquist.
1053. Mackey v. Lanier Collection Agency & Service, Inc., 486 U.S. 825
(1988).
Georgia statute barring garnishment of funds or benefits of
employee benefit plans subject to ERISA is preempted by ERISA
Sec. 514(a) as a state law that ``relates to'' covered plans.
Justices concurring: White, Brennan, Marshall, Stevens, and Chief
Justice Rehnquist.
Justices dissenting: Kennedy, Blackmun, O'Connor, and Scalia.
1054. Bendix Autolite Corp. v. Midwesco Enterprises, Inc., 486 U.S. 888
(1988).
Ohio statute tolling its 4-year limitations period for breach of
contract and fraud actions brought against out-of-state corporations
that do not appoint an agent for service of process within the state--
and thereby subject themselves to the general jurisdiction of Ohio
courts--violates the Commerce Clause.
Justices concurring: Kennedy, Brennan, White, Marshall, Blackmun,
Stevens, and O'Connor.
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Justice concurring specially: Scalia.
Justice dissenting: Chief Justice Rehnquist.
1055. Supreme Court of Virginia v. Friedman, 487 U.S. 59 (1988).
Virginia Supreme Court rule imposing residency requirement for
admission to the bar on motion, without taking the bar exam, by persons
licensed to practice law in other jurisdictions, violates the Privileges
and Immunities Clause of Article IV, Sec. 2.
Justices concurring: Kennedy, Brennan, White, Marshall, Blackmun,
Stevens, and O'Connor.
Justices dissenting: Chief Justice Rehnquist and Justice Scalia.
1056. Felder v. Casey, 487 U.S. 131 (1988).
Wisconsin's notice-of-claim statute, requiring that persons
suing state or local governments or officials in state court must give
notice and then refrain from filing suit for an additional period, is
preempted as applied to civil rights actions brought in state court
under 42 U.S.C. Sec. 1983.
Justices concurring: Brennan, White, Marshall, Blackmun, Stevens,
Scalia, and Kennedy.
Justices dissenting: O'Connor and Chief Justice Rehnquist.
1057. Boyle v. United Technologies Corp., 487 U.S. 500 (1988).
Virginia tort law governing product design defects is preempted
by federal common law as applied to suits against government contractors
for damages resulting from design defects in military equipment if the
equipment conformed to reasonably precise specifications and if the
contractor warned the government of known dangers.
Justices concurring: Scalia, White, O'Connor, Kennedy, and Chief
Justice Rehnquist.
Justices dissenting: Brennan, Marshall, Blackmun, and Stevens.
1058. Riley v. National Federation of the Blind, 487 U.S. 781 (1988).
Three different aspects of North Carolina's Charitable
Solicitations Act unconstitutionally infringe freedom of speech. These
aspects are: limitations on reasonable fees that professional
fundraisers may charge; a requirement that professional fundraisers
disclose to potential donors the percentage of donated funds previously
used for charity; and a requirement that professional fundraisers be
licensed.
Justices concurring: Brennan, White, Marshall, Blackmun, Scalia, and
Kennedy.
Justice concurring in part and dissenting in part: Stevens.
Justices dissenting: Chief Justice Rehnquist, and O'Connor.
1059. Thompson v. Oklahoma, 487 U.S. 815 (1988).
Oklahoma statutory scheme, setting no minimum age for capital
punishment, and separately providing that juveniles may be tried as
adults, violates Eighth Amendment by permitting capital punishment to be
imposed for crimes committed before age 16.
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Justices concurring: Stevens, Brennan, Marshall, and Blackmun.
Justice concurring specially: O'Connor.
Justices dissenting: Scalia, White, and Chief Justice Rehnquist.
1060. Coy v. Iowa, 487 U.S. 1012 (1988).
Iowa procedure, authorized by statute, placing a one-way screen
between defendant and complaining child witnesses in sex abuse cases,
thereby sparing witnesses from viewing defendant, violates the
Confrontation Clause right to face-to-face confrontation with one's
accusers.
Justices concurring: Scalia, Brennan, White, Marshall, Stevens, and
O'Connor.
Justices dissenting: Blackmun, and Chief Justice Rehnquist.
1061. Allegheny Pittsburgh Coal Co. v. Webster County Comm'n, 488 U.S.
336 (1989).
West Virginia county's tax assessments denied equal protection
to property owners whose assessments, based on recent purchase price,
ranged from 8 to 35 times higher than comparable neighboring property
for which the assessor failed over a 10-year period to readjust
appraisals.
1062. Texas Monthly, Inc. v. Bullock, 489 U.S. 1 (1989).
A Texas sales tax exemption for publications published or
distributed by a religious faith and consisting of teachings of that
faith or writings sacred to that faith violates the Establishment Clause
of the First Amendment.
Justices concurring: Brennan, Marshall, Stevens.
Justices concurring specially: White, Blackmun, O'Connor.
Justices dissenting: Scalia, Kennedy, and Chief Justice Rehnquist.
1063. Bonito Boats, Inc. v. Thunder Craft Boats, Inc., 489 U.S. 141
(1989).
A Florida statute prohibiting the use of the direct molding
process to duplicate unpatented boat hulls, and creating a cause of
action in favor of the original manufacturer, is preempted by federal
patent law as conflicting with the balance Congress has struck between
patent protection and free trade in industrial design.
1064. Eu v. San Francisco County Democratic Central Comm., 489 U.S. 214
(1989).
Provisions of California Elections Code forbidding the official
governing bodies of political parties from endorsing or opposing
candidates in primary elections, and imposing other requirements on the
organization and composition of the governing bodies, are invalid under
the First Amendment. The ban on endorsements violates free speech and
associational rights; the organizational restrictions violate
associational rights.
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1065. Barnard v. Thorstenn, 489 U.S. 546 (1989).
Virgin Islands' rule requiring one year's residency prior to
admission to the bar violates the Privileges and Immunities Clause of
Art. IV, Sec. 2. Justifications for the rule do not constitute
``substantial'' reasons for discriminating against nonresidents, nor
does the discrimination bear a ``substantial relation'' to legitimate
objectives.
Justices concurring: Kennedy, Brennan, Marshall, Blackmun, Stevens,
and Scalia.
Justices dissenting: Chief Justice Rehnquist and White and O'Connor.
1066. Davis v. Michigan Dep't of Treasury, 489 U.S. 803 (1989).
Michigan's income tax law, by providing exemption for retirement
benefits of state employees but not for retirement benefits of Federal
employees, discriminates against federal employees in violation of 4
U.S.C. Sec. 111 and in violation of the constitutional doctrine of
intergovernmental tax immunity.
Justices concurring: Kennedy, Brennan, White, Marshall, Blackmun,
O'Connor, Scalia, and Chief Justice Rehnquist.
Justice dissenting: Stevens.
1067. Quinn v. Millsap, 491 U.S. 95 (1989).
A provision of the Missouri Constitution, interpreted by the
Missouri Supreme Court as requiring property ownership as a
qualification for appointment to a ``board of freeholders'' charged with
making recommendations for reorganization of St. Louis city and county
governments, violates the Equal Protection Clause.
1068. Healy v. Beer Institute, 491 U.S. 324 (1989).
Connecticut's beer price affirmation law, requiring out-of-state
shippers to affirm that prices charged in-state wholesalers are no
higher than prices charged contemporaneously in three bordering states,
violates the Commerce Clause.
Justices concurring: Blackmun, Brennan, White, Marshall, and
Kennedy.
Justice concurring specially: Scalia.
Justices dissenting: Chief Justice Rehnquist, and Stevens O'Connor.
1069. Texas v. Johnson, 491 U.S. 397 (1989).
Texas' flag desecration statute, prohibiting any physical
mistreatment of the American flag that the actor knows would seriously
offend other persons, is inconsistent with the First Amendment as
applied to an individual who burned an American flag as part of a
political protest.
Justices concurring: Brennan, Marshall, Blackmun, Scalia, and
Kennedy.
Justices dissenting: Chief Justice Rehnquist and White, O'Connor,
and Stevens.
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1070. The Florida Star v. B.J.F., 491 U.S. 524 (1989).
A Florida statute making it unlawful to print the name of a
sexual assault victim is invalid under the First Amendment as applied to
uphold an award of damages against a newspaper for publishing a sexual
assault victim's name when the information was truthful, was lawfully
obtained, and was otherwise publicly available as a result of a botched
press release from the sheriff's department.
Justices concurring: Marshall, Brennan, Blackmun, Stevens, and
Kennedy.
Justice concurring specially: Scalia.
Justices dissenting: White, O'Connor, and Chief Justice Rehnquist.
1071. McKoy v. North Carolina, 494 U.S. 433 (1990).
North Carolina's capital sentencing statute, interpreted to
prevent a jury from considering any mitigating factor that the jury does
not unanimously find, violates the Eighth Amendment. Instead, each juror
must be allowed to consider and give effect to what he or she believes
to be established mitigating evidence.
Justices concurring: Marshall, Brennan, White, Blackmun, and
Stevens.
Justice concurring specially: Kennedy.
Justices dissenting: Scalia, O'Connor, and Chief Justice Rehnquist.
1072. Butterworth v. Smith, 494 U.S. 624 (1990).
A Florida statute prohibiting the disclosure of grand jury
testimony violates the First Amendment insofar as it prohibits a grand
jury witness from disclosing, after the term of the grand jury has
ended, information covered by his own testimony.
1073. Peel v. Illinois Attorney Disciplinary Comm'n, 496 U.S. 91 (1990).
An Illinois rule of professional responsibility violates the
First Amendment by completely prohibiting an attorney from holding
himself out as a civil trial specialist certified by the National Board
of Trial Advocacy.
Justices concurring: Stevens, Brennan, Blackmun, and Kennedy.
Justice concurring specially: Marshall.
Justices dissenting: White, O'Connor, Scalia, and Chief Justice
Rehnquist.
1074. Hodgson v. Minnesota, 497 U.S. 417 (1990).
Minnesota's requirement that a woman under 18 years of age
notify both her parents before having an abortion is invalid as a denial
of due process because ``it does not reasonably further any legitimate
state interest.'' However, an alternative judicial bypass system saves
the statute as a whole.
Justices concurring: Stevens, Brennan, Marshall, Blackmun, and
O'Connor.
Justices dissenting: Kennedy, White, Scalia, and Chief Justice
Rehnquist.
1075. FMC Corp. v. Holliday, 498 U.S. 52 (1990).
A provision of Pennsylvania's motor vehicle financial
responsibility law prohibiting subrogation and reimbursement from a
claimant's
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tort recovery for benefits received from a self-insured health care plan
is preempted by ERISA as ``relat[ing] to [an] employee benefit plan.''
Justices concurring: O'Connor, White, Marshall, Blackmun, Scalia,
Kennedy, and Chief Justice Rehnquist.
Justice dissenting: Stevens.
1076. Ingersoll-Rand Co. v. McClendon, 498 U.S. 133 (1990).
A Texas common law claim that an employee was wrongfully
discharged to prevent his attainment of benefits under a plan covered by
ERISA is preempted as a ``State law'' that ``relates to'' a covered
benefit plan. The state cause of action also ``conflicts directly'' with
an exclusive ERISA cause of action.
1077. Connecticut v. Doehr, 501 U.S. 1 (1991).
A Connecticut statute authorizing a private party to obtain
prejudgment attachment of real estate without prior notice to the owner,
and without a showing of extraordinary circumstances, violates the Due
Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment as applied in conjunction
with a civil action for assault and battery.
1078. Simon & Schuster v. New York Crime Victims Bd., 502 U.S. 105
(1991).
New York State's ``Son of Sam'' law, under which a criminal's
income from works describing his crime is placed in escrow and made
available to victims of the crime, violates the First Amendment. The law
establishes a financial disincentive to create or publish works with a
particular content, and is not narrowly tailored to serve the state's
compelling interests in ensuring that criminals do not profit from their
crimes, and that crime victims are compensated.
Justices concurring: O'Connor, White, Stevens, Scalia, Souter, and
Chief Justice Rehnquist.
Justices concurring specially: Blackmun and Kennedy.
1079. Norman v. Reed, 112 S. Ct. 698 (1992).
Two provisions of Illinois' election law unconstitutionally
infringe on the right of ballot access guaranteed under the First and
Fourteenth Amendments. The first provision, as interpreted by the
Illinois Supreme Court, prevented a ``new political party'' in Cook
County from using the name of a party already ``established'' in the
city of Chicago. The second required that new political parties qualify
for the ballot by submitting petitions signed by 25,000 voters from each
voting district to be represented in a multi-district political
subdivision.
Justices concurring: Souter, White, Blackmun, Stevens, O'Connor,
Kennedy, and Chief Justice Rehnquist.
Justice dissenting: Scalia.
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1080. Wyoming v. Oklahoma, 112 S. Ct. 789 (1992).
An Oklahoma statute requiring that all coal-fired Oklahoma
utilities burn a mixture containing at least 10% Oklahoma-mined coal
discriminates against interstate commerce in violation of the implied
``negative'' component of the Commerce Clause.
Justices concurring: White, Blackmun, Stevens, O'Connor, Kennedy,
Souter.
Justices dissenting: Chief Justice Rehnquist and Justices Scalia and
Thomas.
1081. Barker v. Kansas, 112 S. Ct. 1619 (1992).
A Kansas tax on military retirement benefits is inconsistent
with 4 U.S.C. Sec. 111, which allows states to tax federal employees'
compensation if the tax does not discriminate ``because of the source''
of the compensation. No similar tax is applied to state and local
government retirees, and there are no significant differences between
the two classes of taxpayers that justify the different tax treatment.
1082. Foucha v. Louisiana, 112 S. Ct. 1780 (1992).
A Louisiana statute allowing an insanity acquittee no longer
suffering from mental illness to be confined indefinitely in a mental
institution until he is able to demonstrate that he is not dangerous to
himself or to others violates due process.
Justices concurring: White, Blackmun, Stevens, O'Connor, Souter.
Justices dissenting: Kennedy, Thomas, Scalia, and Chief Justice
Rehnquist.
1083. Quill Corp. v. North Dakota, 112 S. Ct. 1904 (1992).
Application of the State's use tax to mail order sales by an
out-of-state company with neither outlets nor sales representatives in
the State places an undue burden on interstate commerce in violation of
the ``negative'' or ``dormant'' Commerce Clause. A physical presence
within the taxing state is necessary in order to meet the ``substantial
nexus'' requirement of the Commerce Clause.
1084. Chemical Waste Management, Inc. v. Hunt, 112 S. Ct. 2009 (1992).
Alabama's fee for in-state disposal of hazardous wastes
generated out-of-state is invalid as a direct discrimination against
interstate commerce. Alabama failed to establish that the discrimination
against interstate commerce is justified by any factor other than
economic protectionism, and failed to show that its valid interests
(e.g., protection of health, safety, and the environment) can not be
served by less discriminatory alternatives. The fee is not supportable
by analogy to quarantine laws, since the state permits importation of
hazardous wastes if the fee is paid.
1085. Fort Gratiot Sanitary Landfill v. Michigan Nat. Res. Dep't, 112 S.
Ct. 2019 (1992).
Waste import restrictions of Michigan's Solid Waste Management
Act violate the Commerce Clause. The restrictions, which prohibit
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landfills from accepting out-of-county waste unless explicitly
authorized by the county's solid waste management plan, directly
discriminate against interstate commerce and are not justified as
serving any valid health and safety purposes that can not be served
adequately by nondiscriminatory alternatives.
1086. Kraft Gen. Foods v. Iowa Dep't of Revenue, 112 S. Ct. 2365 (1992).
An Iowa statute imposing a business tax on corporations facially
discriminates against foreign commerce in violation of the Commerce
Clause by allowing corporations to take a deduction for dividends
received from domestic, but not foreign, subsidiaries.
1087. Gade v. National Solid Wastes Mgmt. Ass'n, 112 S. Ct. 2374 (1992).
Illinois ``dual impact'' laws designed to protect both employees
and the general public by requiring training and licensing of hazardous
waste equipment operators are preempted by Sec. 18(b) of the
Occupational Safety and Health Act, 29 U.S.C. Sec. 667(b), which
requires states to obtain federal approval before enforcing occupational
safety and health standards relating to issues governed by federal
standards.
1088. Cipollone v. Liggett Group, Inc., 112 S. Ct. 2608 (1992).
Two claims, based on New Jersey law and brought against
cigarette companies for damages for lung cancer allegedly resulting from
smoking, are preempted under the Federal Cigarette Labeling and
Advertising Act: failure-to-warn claims requiring a showing that the
tobacco companies' post-1969 advertising should have included additional
warnings, and fraudulent misrepresentation claims predicated on state
law restrictions on advertising.
1089. Planned Parenthood of S.E. Pennsylvania v. Casey, 112 S. Ct. 2791
(1992).
One aspect of the Pennsylvania Abortion Control Act of 1982--a
requirement for spousal notification--is invalid as an undue
interference with a woman's right to an abortion.
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STATE CONSTITUTIONAL AND STATUTORY
PROVISIONS AND MUNICIPAL ORDINANCES
HELD UNCONSTITUTIONAL ON THEIR
FACE OR AS ADMINISTERED
(1789-1992)
II. ORDINANCES
1. Weston v. City Council of Charleston, 27 U.S. (2 Pet.) 449 (1829).
City ordinance which levied a tax on stock issued by the United
States impaired the federal borrowing power and was void (Art. VI).
Justices Concurring: Marshall, C.J., Washington, Duvall, Story.
Justices Dissenting: Johnson, Thompson.
2. Cannon v. New Orleans, 87 U.S. (20 Wall.) 577 (1874).
New Orleans ordinance of 1852, imposing a charge for use of
piers measured by tonnage of vessel, levied an invalid tonnage duty.
3. Murray v. Charleston, 96 U.S. 432 (1878).
Charleston, South Carolina, tax ordinance which withheld from
interest payments on municipal bonds a tax levied after issuance of such
bonds at a fixed rate of interest impaired the obligation of contract
(Art. I, Sec. 10).
Justices Concurring: Strong, Waite, C.J., Clifford, Bradley, Swayne,
Harlan, Field.
Justices Dissenting: Miller, Hunt.
4. Moran v. New Orleans, 112 U.S. 69 (1884).
Ordinance of New Orleans, so far as it imposed license tax upon
persons owning and running towboats to and from the Gulf of Mexico, was
an invalid regulation of commerce.
5. New Orleans Gas Co. v. Louisiana Light Co., 115 U.S. 650 (1885).
Municipal ordinance granting to a public utility an exclusive
right to supply the city with gas, and state constitutional provision
abolishing outstanding monopolistic grants, impaired the obligation of
contract when enforced against a previously chartered utility which,
through consolidation, had inherited the monopolistic, exclusive
privileges of two utility corporations chartered prior to the
constitutional proviso and ordinance.
6. New Orleans Water-Works Co. v. Rivers, 115 U.S. 674 (1885).
When a utility is chartered with an exclusive privilege of
supplying a city with water, a subsequently enacted ordinance
authorizing an individual to supply water to a hotel impaired the
obligation of contract.
7. Yick Wo v. Hopkins, 118 U.S. 356 (1886).
San Francisco ordinance regulating certain phases of the laundry
business, as arbitrarily enforced against Chinese, held to violate the
equal protection of the laws.
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8. Leloup v. Port of Mobile, 127 U.S. 640 (1888).
A Mobile, Alabama, ordinance which levied an occupational
license tax on a telegraph company doing an interstate business was
void.
9. McCall v. California, 136 U.S. 104 (1890).
Municipal ordinance which imposed a license tax on a soliciting
agent for a foreign corporation was void as levying a tax on interstate
commerce.
Justices Concurring: Lamar, Miller, Field, Bradley, Harlan,
Blatchford.
Justices Dissenting: Fuller, C.J., Gray, Brewer.
10. Harman v. Chicago, 147 U.S. 396 (1893).
Chicago ordinance imposing a license tax on tug boats licensed
under federal authority and engaged in interstate commerce held invalid.
11. Brennan v. Titusville, 153 U.S. 289 (1894).
Ordinance of Pennsylvania city requiring license tax of
soliciting agent for manufacturer in another State was held invalid as
imposing a tax upon interstate commerce.
12. Walla Walla v. Walla Walla Water Co., 172 U.S. 1 (1898).
Washington city ordinance which authorized construction of a
municipal water works impaired the obligation of a contract previously
negotiated with a private utility providing the same service.
13. Los Angeles v. Los Angeles City Water Co., 177 U.S. 558 (1900).
Ordinance expanding city limits beyond those to be served by a
utility leasing a municipality's water works and effecting diminution of
the rates stipulated in the original agreement without any equivalent
compensation impaired the obligation of contract between the utility and
the city.
14. Detroit v. Detroit Citizens' St. Ry., 184 U.S. 368 (1902).
City ordinances, which adjusted the rate of fare stipulated in
agreements made with a street railway company, held to impair the
obligation of contract.
15. Caldwell v. North Carolina, 187 U.S. 622 (1903).
City ordinance imposing a license on photographic business, as
applied to an agent of an out-of-state corporation, was held an invalid
regulation of commerce.
16. Postal Telegraph-Cable Co. v. Taylor, 192 U.S. 64 (1904).
Pennsylvania municipal ordinance authorizing an inspection fee
on telegraph companies doing an interstate business held to be an
unreasonable and invalid regulation of commerce.
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Justices Concurring: Peckham, Fuller, C.J., Brown, White, McKenna,
Holmes, Day.
Justices Dissenting: Harlan, Brewer.
17. Cleveland v. Cleveland City Ry., 194 U.S. 517 (1904).
Ordinance reducing the rate of fares to be charged by railway
companies lower than cited in previous ordinances held to impair the
obligation of contract.
18. Dobbins v. Los Angeles, 195 U.S. 223 (1904).
No change in the neighborhood having occurred between passage of
two zoning ordinances, the second of which excluded a gas company from
erecting a plant within the area authorized by the first ordinance was
held to effect an arbitrary deprivation of property without due process
of law.
19. Cleveland v. Cleveland Electric Ry., 201 U.S. 529 (1906).
Ordinance according to a consolidated municipal railway an
extension of the duration date of franchises issued to its predecessors,
in consideration of which substantial sums were expended on
improvements, gave rise to a new contract, which was impaired by later
attempt on the part of the city to reduce the rate stipulated in the
franchises thus extended.
20. Rearick v. Pennsylvania, 203 U.S. 507 (1906).
An ordinance imposing a license fee for the solicitation of
orders for the sale of merchandise not of the parties own manufacture
imposed an invalid burden on interstate commerce when applied to a
Pennsylvania agent of an Ohio company who solicited orders for the
latter's products and upon receipt of the latter, consigned to a
designated purchaser, consummated the sale by delivering the merchandise
to such purchaser and, upon the latter's approval of the parcel
delivered, collected the purchase price for transmission to the Ohio
employer.
21. Vicksburg v. Vicksburg Waterworks Co., 206 U.S. 496 (1907).
Municipal contract with utility fixing the maximum rate to be
charged for supplying water to inhabitants was invalidly impaired by
subsequent ordinances altering said rates.
22. Londoner v. Denver, 210 U.S. 373 (1908).
The due process requirements of notice and hearing in connection
with the assessment of taxes were violated by a municipal assessment
ordinance which afforded the taxpayer the privilege merely of filing
objections but no opportunity to support his objections by argument and
proof in open hearing.
Justices Concurring: Moody, Harlan, Brewer, White, Peckham, McKenna,
Day.
Justices Dissenting: Fuller, C.J., Holmes.
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23. Minneapolis v. Street Ry., 215 U.S. 417 (1910).
Minneapolis ordinance of 1907, directing the sale of six tickets
for 25 cents, was void as impairing the contract which arose from
passage of the ordinance of 1875 granting to a railway a franchise
expiring in 1923 and establishing a fare of not less than 5 cents.
24. Eubank v. Richmond, 226 U.S. 137 (1912).
Municipal ordinance requiring authorities to establish building
lines on separate blocks back of the public streets and across private
property upon the request of less than all the owners of the property
affected invalidly authorized the taking of property, not for public
welfare but, for the convenience of other property owners; and therefore
was violative of due process.
25. Williams v. Talladega, 226 U.S. 404 (1912).
A $100 license fee imposed by ordinance of an Alabama city on a
foreign telegraph company, part of whose business income was derived
from the transmission of messages for the Federal Government was void as
a tax on a federal instrumentality (Art. VI).
26. New York Central R.R. v. Hudson County, 227 U.S. 248 (1913).
Congress, having expressly included ferries used in connection
with interstate railroads in its legislation regulating interstate
commerce, two New Jersey municipal ordinances fixing passenger rates for
travel on ferries between New Jersey and New York points were superseded
thereby and therefore invalid.
27. Grand Trunk Western Ry. v. South Bend, 227 U.S. 544 (1913).
South Bend, Indiana, ordinance of 1901 repealing so much of an
ordinance of 1866 authorizing a railroad to lay double tracks on one of
its streets impaired the obligation of contract contrary to Art. I,
Sec. 10.
Justices Concurring: Lamar, Holmes, White, C.J., Lurton, Van
Devanter, McKenna, Day (separately).
Justices Dissenting: Hughes, Pitney.
28. Owensboro v. Cumberland Telephone Co., 230 U.S. 58 (1913).
An ordinance of a Kentucky muncipality which required a
telephone company to remove from the streets poles and wires installed
under a prior ordinance granting permission to do so, without
restriction as to the duration of such privilege, or, in the
alternative, pay a rental not prescribed in the original ordinance
impaired an obligation of contract contrary to Art. I, Sec. 10.
Justices Concurring: Lurton, White, C.J., Holmes, Van Devanter,
Lamar.
Justices Dissenting: Day, McKenna, Hughes, Pitney.
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29. Boise Water Co. v. Boise City, 230 U.S. 84 (1913).
An ordinance of an Idaho municipality adopted in 1906 which
subjected a water company to monthly rental fees for the use of its
streets invalidly impaired the obligation of contract arising under an
ordinance of 1889 which granted a predecessor company the privilege of
laying water pipes under the city streets without payment of any charge
for the exercise of such right.
30. Old Colony Trust Co. v. Omaha, 230 U.S. 100 (1913).
An ordinance of a Nebraska municipality adopted in 1908
requiring, without any showing of the necessity therefor, a utility to
remove its poles and wires from the city streets invalidly impaired an
obligation of contract arising from an ordinance of 1884 granting in
perpetuity the privilege of erecting and maintaining poles and wires for
the transmission of power.
31. Adams Express Co. v. New York, 232 U.S. 14 (1914).
New York city ordinances requiring an express company to obtain
a local license, exacting license fees for express wagons and drivers,
and requiring drivers to be citizens, to the extent that they extended
to interstate commerce, imposed invalid burdens on such commerce.
Accord: U.S. Express Co. v. New York, 232 U.S. 35 (1914).
32. Sault Ste. Marie v. International Transit Co., 234 U.S. 333 (1914).
Michigan city municipal ordinance which compelled operator of a
ferry between Canadian and Michigan points to take out a license imposed
an invalid burden on the privilege of engaging in foreign commerce.
33. South Covington Ry. v. Covington, 235 U.S. 537 (1915).
Kentucky municipal ordinance, insofar as it sought to regulate
the number of street cars to be run, and the number of passengers
allowed in each car, between interstate points imposed an unreasonable
burden on interstate commerce. Also, the requirement that temperature in
the cars never be permitted to be below 50 deg. was unreasonable and
violative of due process.
34. Gast Realty Co. v. Schneider Granite Co., 240 U.S. 55 (1916).
St. Louis ordinance which levied one-fourth of the cost of
paving on property fronting on the street and the remaining three-
fourths upon all property in the taxing district according to area and
without equality as to depth denied equal protection of the laws.
35. Buchanan v. Warley, 245 U.S. 60 (1917).
A Louisville, Kentucky, ordinance which forbade ``colored''
persons to occupy houses in blocks where the majority of the houses were
occupied by whites was deemed to prevent sales of lots in such blocks
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to African Americans and to deprive the latter of property without due
process of law.
36. Accord: Harmon v. Tyler, 273 U.S. 668 (1927), voiding a similar New
Orleans ordinance.
37. Accord: City of Richmond v. Deans, 281 U.S. 704 (1930), voiding a
similar Richmond, Virginia, ordinance.
38. Northern Ohio Traction & Light Co. v. Ohio ex rel. Pontius, 245 U.S.
574 (1918).
Resolution of county commissioners in 1912 purporting to revoke
an electric railway franchise previously granted in perpetuity by
appropriate county authorities in 1892 amounted to state action
impairing the obligation of contract.
Justices Concurring: McReynolds, White, C.J., McKenna, Holmes, Van
Devanter, Pitney.
Justices Dissenting: Clarke, Brandeis.
39. Denver v. Denver Union Water Co., 246 U.S. 178 (1918).
Rates fixed by a Denver ordinance pertaining to the charges to
be collected for services by a water company deprived the latter of its
property without due process of law by reason of yielding a return of
4.3% compared with prevailing rates in the city of 6% and higher
obtained on secured and unsecured loans.
Justices Concurring: Pitney, White, C.J., McReynolds, Day, Van
Devanter, McKenna.
Justices Dissenting: Holmes, Brandeis, Clarke.
40. Covington v. South Covington St. Ry., 246 U.S. 413 (1918).
Kentucky city ordinance of 1913 purporting to grant a 25-year
franchise for a street railway over certain streets to the best bidder
impaired the obligation of contract of an older street railway accorded
a perpetual franchise over the same street.
Justices Concurring: Holmes, Pitney, White, C.J., McReynolds, Day,
Van Devanter, McKenna.
Justices Dissenting: Clark, Brandeis.
41. Detroit United Ry. v. Detroit, 248 U.S. 429 (1919).
Detroit ordinance which compelled street railway company to
carry passengers on continuous trips over franchise lines to and over
nonfranchise lines, and vice versa, for a fare no greater than its
franchises entitled it to charge upon the former alone impaired the
obligation of the franchise contracts; and insofar as its enforcement
would result in a deficit, also deprived the company of its property
without due process.
Justices Concurring: Day, Pitney, White, C.J., McReynolds, Van
Devanter, McKenna.
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Justices Dissenting: Clarke, Holmes, Brandeis.
42. Los Angeles v. Los Angeles Gas Corp., 251 U.S. 32 (1919).
Los Angeles ordinance authorizing city to establish lighting
system of its own could not effect removal of fixtures of a lighting
company occupying streets pursuant to rights granted by a prior
franchise without paying compensation required by due process clause.
Justices Concurring: McKenna, White, C.J., Holmes, Day, Van
Devanter, McReynolds, Brandeis.
Justices Dissenting: Pitney, Clarke.
43. Houston v. Southwestern Tel. Co., 259 U.S. 318 (1922).
Houston ordinance was void inasmuch as the rates fixed
thereunder were confiscatory and deprived the utility of its property
without due process of law.
44. Paducah v. Paducah Ry., 261 U.S. 267 (1923).
Fares prescribed by ordinance of Kentucky city were confiscatory
and deprived the utility of property without due process of law.
45. Texas Transp. Co. v. New Orleans, 264 U.S. 150 (1924).
New Orleans license tax ordinance could not be validly enforced
as to the business of a corporation employed as agent by owners of
vessels engaged exclusively in interstate and foreign commerce, where
its business was a necessary adjunct of said commerce and consisted of
the soliciting and engaging of cargo, the nomination of vessels to carry
it, arranging for delivery on wharf and for stevedores, payment of
ships' disbursements, issuing bills of lading, and collecting freight
charges.
Justices Concurring: Sutherland, Taft, C.J., Sanford, McReynolds,
Butler, McKenna, Van Devanter.
Justices Dissenting: Brandeis, Holmes.
46. Asakura v. Seattle, 265 U.S. 332 (1924).
Seattle ordinance which confined to citizens the pawnbroking
business was void as applied to a Japanese alien lawfully admitted into
the United States and protected by a treaty with Japan according to
nationals of the latter country the right to carry on a ``trade'' (Art.
VI).
47. Real Silk Mills v. Portland, 268 U.S. 325 (1925).
Portland, Oregon, ordinance which exacted a license fee and a
bond for insuring delivery from solicitors who go from place to place
taking orders for goods for future delivery and receiving deposits in
advance was invalid as unduly burdening interstate commerce when
enforced against solicitors taking orders for an out-of-state
corporation which confirmed the orders, shipped the merchandise directly
to
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the customers, and permitted the solicitors to retain the deposited
portion of the purchase as compensation.
48. Mayor of Vidalia v. McNeely, 274 U.S. 676 (1927).
Ordinance of Louisiana municipality which exacted license as a
condition precedent for operation of a ferry across boundary waters
separating two States imposed an invalid burden on interstate commerce.
49. Delaware, L. & W.R.R. v. Morristown, 276 U.S. 182 (1928).
New Jersey municipal ordinance which compelled use of railroad
station grounds for a public hackstand without compensation deprived the
railroad of property without due process.
Justices Concurring: Brandeis, Holmes (separately).
50. Sprout v. South Bend, 277 U.S. 163 (1928).
Indiana municipal ordinance which exacted from motor bus
operators a license fee adjusted to the seating capacity of a bus could
not be validly enforced against an interstate carrier, for the fee was
not exacted to defray expenses of regulating traffic in the interest of
safety, or to defray the cost of road maintenance or as an occupation
tax imposed solely on account of intrastate business.
51. Nectow v. Cambridge, 277 U.S. 183 (1928).
Massachusetts municipal zoning ordinance which placed owner's
land in a residential district with resulting inhibition of use for
commercial purposes deprived the owner of property without due process
because the requirement did not promote health, safety, morals, or
general welfare.
52. Washington ex rel. Seattle Trust Co. v. Roberge, 278 U.S. 116
(1928).
Municipal (Washington) zoning ordinance which conditioned
issuance of a permit to enlarge a home for the aged in a residential
area upon the approval of the owners of two-thirds of the property
within 400 feet of the proposed building was unconstitutional and
violative of due process because the condition bore no relationship to
public health, safety, and morals and entailed an improper delegation of
legislative power to private citizens.
53. Lovell v. Griffin, 303 U.S. 444 (1938).
Griffin, Georgia, ordinance which exacted a permit for the
distribution of literature by hand or otherwise was violative of freedom
of press as guaranteed by the due process clause of the Fourteenth
Amendment by imposing censorship in advance of publication.
54. Hague v. C.I.O., 307 U.S. 496 (1939).
A Jersey City ordinance forbidding distribution of printed
matter and the holding, without permits, of public meetings in streets
and
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other public places withheld freedom of speech and assembly contrary to
the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.
Justices Concurring: Roberts, Black, Frankfurter, Douglas, Stone,
Reed, Hughes, C.J. (concurred with opinions of Roberts and Stone).
Justices Dissenting: McReynolds, Butler.
55-58. Schneider v. City of Irvington, 308 U.S. 147 (1939).
A municipal ordinance prohibiting solicitation and distribution
of circulars by canvassing from house to house, unless licensed by the
police, is void as applied to one who delivered literature and solicited
contributions from house to house in the name of religion. Ordinances
forbidding distribution of printed matter are not made valid by limiting
their operation to streets and alleys and leaving other public places
free. Any burden imposed upon cities in cleaning and maintaining streets
as an indirect consequence of such distribution results from the
constitutional protection of freedom of speech, press, and religion
guaranteed by the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.
Ordinances of Los Angeles, Milwaukee, Worcester (Massachusetts), and
Irvington (New Jersey) were held unconstitutional by reason of conflict
with such provision.
Justices Concurring: Hughes, C.J., Butler, Stone, Roberts, Reed,
Frankfurter, Douglas, Black.
Justice Dissenting: McReynolds.
59. McGoldrick v. Gulf Oil Corp., 309 U.S. 414 (1940).
The New York City sales tax cannot be collected on sales to
vessels engaged in foreign commerce of fuel oil manufactured from
imported crude petroleum in bond. Thus enforced, the city ordinance is
invalid as an infringement of congressional regulations of foreign and
interstate commerce (Art. I, Sec. 8, cl. 3).
60. Carlson v. California, 310 U.S. 106 (1940).
A Shasta County, California, ordinance making it unlawful for
any person to carry or display any sign or badge in the vicinity of any
place of business for the purpose of inducing others to refrain from
buying or working there, or for any person to loiter or picket in the
vicinity of any place of business for such purpose, is unconstitutional
and is violative of freedom of speech and press guaranteed by the due
process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.
Justices Concurring: Hughes, C.J., Stone, Roberts, Black, Reed,
Frankfurter, Douglas, Murphy.
Justice Dissenting: McReynolds.
61. Jamison v. Texas, 318 U.S. 413 (1943).
A Dallas ordinance made it unlawful to throw any handbills,
circulars, cards, newspapers or any advertising material upon any street
or sidewalk in the city. As applied, the ordinance prohibited the dis
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semination of information, a denial of the freedom of the press, and
where the handbills contained an invitation to participate in a
religious activity, a denial of freedom of religion, in violation of the
First and Fourteenth Amendments of the Constitution.
62. Largent v. Texas, 318 U.S. 418 (1943).
A Paris City ordinance which made it unlawful for any person to
solicit orders or to sell books, wares or merchandise within the
residential portion of Paris without a permit is invalid as applied. The
ordinance abridges the freedom of religion, speech and press guaranteed
by the Fourteenth Amendment of the Constitution in that it forbids the
distribution of religious publications without a permit, the issuance of
which is in the discretion of a municipal officer.
63. Jones v. Opelika, 319 U.S. 103 (1943).
An Opelika, Alabama, ordinance imposing licenses and taxes on
various businesses cannot constitutionally be applied to the business of
selling books and pamphlets on the streets or from house to house. As
applied the ordinance infringes liberties of speech and press and
religion guaranteed by the due process clause of the Fourteenth
Amendment.
Justices Concurring: Stone, C.J., Black, Douglas, Murphy, Rutledge.
Justices Dissenting: Reed, Roberts, Frankfurter, Jackson.
64. Murdock v. Pennsylvania, 319 U.S. 105 (1943).
An ordinance of the City of Jeanette stated that all persons
soliciting therein orders for merchandise of any kind, or persons
delivering such articles under orders so obtained must procure a license
and pay a prescribed fee therefor in an amount measured by the time for
which the license is granted. When applied to religious colporteurs
engaged in dissemination of their religious beliefs through the sale of
books and pamphlets from house to house, the ordinance invades freedom
of religion, speech and press contrary to the First and Fourteenth
Amendments of the Constitution.
Justices Concurring: Stone, C.J., Black, Douglas, Murphy, Rutledge.
Justices Dissenting: Roberts, Reed, Frankfurter, Jackson.
65. Martin v. City of Struthers, 319 U.S. 141 (1943).
An ordinance of Struthers, Ohio, made it unlawful for any person
distributing handbills, circulars, or other advertisements to ring the
door bell, sound the door knocker, or otherwise summon occupants of any
residence to the door for the purpose of receiving such handbills, etc.
The ordinance, as applied to one distributing leaflets advertising a
religious meeting, interfered with the rights of freedom of speech and
press guaranteed by the First Amendment. The ordinance, by failing to
distinguish between householders who are willing to receive
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the literature and those who are not, extended further than was
necessary for protection of the community.
Justices Concurring: Stone, C.J., Black, Frankfurter, Douglas,
Murphy, Rutledge.
Justices Dissenting: Roberts, Reed, Jackson.
66. Follett v. McCormick, 321 U.S. 573 (1944).
A McCormick, South Carolina, ordinance required agents selling
books to pay a license fee of $1.00 per day or $15.00 per year. The
constitutional guaranty of religious freedom under the First and
Fourteenth Amendments of the Constitution precludes exacting a book
agent's license fee from a distributor of religious literature
notwithstanding that his activities are confined to his hometown and his
livelihood is derived from contributions requested for the literature
distributed.
Justices Concurring: Stone, C.J., Black, Reed, Douglas, Murphy,
Rutledge.
Justices Dissenting: Roberts, Frankfurter, Jackson.
67. Nippert v. Richmond, 327 U.S. 416 (1946).
Richmond, Va., City Code imposed upon persons ``engaged in
business as solicitors an annual license tax of $50.00 plus one-half of
one per centum of their gross receipts or commissions for the preceding
license year in excess of $1,000.00.'' Permit of Director of Public
Safety was required before issuance of the license. The ordinance
violated the commerce clause in that it discriminated against out-of-
state merchants in favor of local ones and operated as a barrier to the
introduction of out-of-state merchandise.
Justices Concurring: Stone, C.J., Reed, Frankfurter, Rutledge,
Burton.
Justices Dissenting: Black, Douglas, Murphy.
68. Joseph v. Carter & Weekes Co., 330 U.S. 422 (1947).
A New York City law provided that for the privilege of carrying
on within the city any trade, business, or profession, every person
shall pay a tax of one-tenth of one per centum upon all receipts
received in and/or allocable to the city during the year. The excise tax
levied on the gross receipts of a stevedoring corporation is invalid
since it would burden interstate and foreign commerce in violation of
the commerce clause of the Constitution.
Justices Concurring: Vinson, C.J., Reed, Frankfurter, Douglas
(dissenting in part), Murphy (dissenting in part), Jackson, Rutledge
(dissenting in part), Burton.
Justice Dissenting: Black.
69. Saia v. New York, 334 U.S. 558 (1948).
A Lockport ordinance forbidding use of sound amplification
excepted public dissemination, through loudspeakers, of news, matters
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of public concern, and athletic activities, provided that the latter be
done under permission obtained from the Chief of Police. The ordinance
is unconstitutional on its face as a previous restraint on the right of
free speech in violation of the First Amendment of the Constitution,
made applicable to the States by the Fourteenth Amendment. No standards
were prescribed for the excercise of discretion by the Chief of Police.
Justices Concurring: Vinson, C.J., Black, Douglas, Murphy, Rutledge.
Justices Dissenting: Reed, Frankfurter, Jackson, Burton.
70. Terminiello v. Chicago, 337 U.S. 1 (1949).
A Chicago ordinance proscribed the making of improper noises or
other conduct contributing to a breach of the peace. Petitioner was
convicted of violating said ordinance by reason of the fact that he had
addressed a large audience in an auditorium where he had vigorously
criticized various political and racial groups as well as the
disturbances produced by an angry and turbulent crowd protesting his
appearance. At this trial, the judge instructed the jury that any
behavior which stirs the public to anger, invites dispute, brings about
a condition of unrest, or creates a disturbance, violates the ordinance.
As construed and applied by the trial court the ordinance
violates the right of free speech guaranteed by the First Amendment and
made applicable to the States by the Fourteenth Amendment.
Justices Concurring: Black, Reed, Douglas, Murphy, Rutledge.
Justices Dissenting: Vinson, C.J., Frankfurter, Jackson, Burton.
71. Kunz v. New York, 340 U.S. 290 (1951).
Because of prior denunciation of other religious beliefs,
appellant's license to conduct religious meetings on New York City
streets was revoked. A local ordinance forbade the holding of such
meetings without a license but contained no provisions for revocation of
such licenses and no standard to guide administrative action in granting
or denying permits. Appellant was convicted for holding religious
meetings without a permit.
The ordinance was held to grant discretionary power to control
in advance the right of citizens to speak on religious issues and to
impose a prior restraint on the exercise of freedom of speech and
religion.
Justices Concurring: Vinson, C.J., Black, Reed, Frankfurter,
Douglas, Burton, Clark, Minton.
Justices Dissenting: Jackson.
72. Dean Milk Co. v. Madison, 340 U.S. 349 (1951).
A Madison, Wisconsin, ordinance prohibited the sale of milk as
pasteurized unless it had been processed and bottled at an approved
plant within a radius of five miles from the central square of Madi
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son. An Illinois corporation, engaged in gathering and distributing milk
from farms in Illinois and Wisconsin was denied a license to sell milk
within the City solely because its pasteurization plants were more than
five miles away. The ordinance unjustifiably discriminated against
interstate commerce in violation of the commerce clause of the
Constitution.
Justices Concurring: Vinson, C.J., Reed, Frankfurter, Jackson,
Burton, Clark.
Justices Dissenting: Black, Douglas, Minton.
73. Gelling v. Texas, 343 U.S. 960 (1952).
Marshall City, Texas, motion picture censorship ordinance, as
enforced, was unconstitutional as denying freedom of speech and press
protected by the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.
74. Fowler v. Rhode Island, 345 U.S. 67 (1953).
A Pawtucket ordinance read as follows: ``No person shall address
any political or religious meeting in any public park, but this section
shall not be construed to prohibit any political or religious club or
society from visiting any public park in a body, provided that no public
address shall be made under the auspices of such club or society in such
park.'' Because services of a Jehovah's Witnesses sect differed from
those conducted by other religious groups, in that the former were
marked by lectures rather than confined to orthodox rituals, that sect
was prevented from holding religious meetings in parks. Thus applied,
the ordinance was held to violate the First and Fourteenth Amendments of
the Federal Constitution, including the equal protection clause of the
latter.
75. Slochower v. Board of Education, 350 U.S. 551 (1956).
Section 903 of the New York City Charter provides that whenever
a city employee invokes the privilege against self-incrimination to
avoid answering inquiries into his official conduct by a legislative
committee, his employment shall terminate. The summary dismissal
thereunder, without notice and hearing, of a teacher at City College who
was entitled to tenure and could be discharged only for cause and after
notice, hearing and appeal, violated the due process clause of the
Fourteenth Amendment. Invocation of the privilege to justify refusal to
answer questions of a congressional committee concerning membership in
the Communist Party in 1948-1949 cannot be viewed as the equivalent
either to a confession of guilt or a conclusive presumption of perjury.
Justices Concurring: Black (concurring specially), Douglas
(concurring specially), Warren, C.J., Frankfurter, Clark.
Justices Dissenting: Reed, Burton, Minton, Harlan.
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76. Holmes v. City of Atlanta, 350 U.S. 879 (1955).
Atlanta ordinance which reserved certain public parks and golf
courses for white persons only was violative of the equal protection
clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.
77. West Point Grocery Co. v. Opelika, 354 U.S. 390 (1957).
Ordinance of Opelika, Alabama, provided that a wholesale grocery
business which delivers groceries in the City from points without the
City must pay an annual privilege tax of $250. As applied to a Georgia
corporation which solicits orders in the City and consummates purchases
by deliveries originating in Georgia, the tax is invalid under the
commerce clause of the Constitution.
Justices Concurring: Warren, C.J., Frankfurter, Douglas, Burton,
Clark, Harlan, Brennan, Whittaker.
Justice Dissenting: Black.
78. Lambert v. California, 355 U.S. 225 (1957).
Los Angeles Municipal Code made it unlawful for a person who has
been convicted of a crime punishable in California as a felony to remain
in the city longer than five days without registering with the Chief of
Police. Applied to a person who is not shown to have had actual
knowledge of his duty to register, this ordinance violates the due
process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment of the Constitution.
Justices Concurring: Warren, C.J., Black, Douglas, Clark, Brennan.
Justices Dissenting: Frankfurter, Burton, Harlan, Whittaker.
79. Staub v. City of Baxley, 355 U.S. 313 (1958).
Baxley, Georgia, made it an offense to ``solicit'' membership in
any ``organization, union or society'' requiring the payment of ``fees
[or] dues'' without first receiving a permit from the Mayor and Council.
Issuance or refusal may occur after the character of the applicant, the
nature of the organization in which memberships are to be solicited, and
its effect upon the general welfare of the City have been considered.
Appellant had been convicted for soliciting memberships in a labor union
without a license.
The ordinance is void on its face because it makes enjoyment of
freedom of speech contingent upon the will of the Mayor and City Council
and thereby constitutes a prior restraint upon that freedom contrary to
the Fourteenth Amendment of the Constitution.
Justices Concurring: Warren, C.J., Douglas, Black, Burton, Harlan,
Brennan, Whittaker.
Justices Dissenting: Frankfurter, Clark.
80. Chicago v. Atchison, T. & S.F. Ry., 357 U.S. 77 (1958).
As applied to a newly organized motor carrier hired by
interstate railroads operating in and out of Chicago to transfer
interstate pas
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sengers and their baggage between different railway terminals in that
City, the provision in the Chicago Municipal Code requiring any new
transfer service to obtain a certificate of convenience and necessity
plus approval of the City Council is unconstitutional. Chicago has no
power to decide whether the new motor carrier can operate a service
which is an integral part of interstate railway transportation subject
to regulations under the Federal Interstate Commerce Act.
Justices Concurring: Warren, C.J., Black, Douglas, Clark, Brennan,
Whittaker.
Justices Dissenting: Frankfurter, Burton, Harlan.
81. Smith v. California, 361 U.S. 147 (1959).
A Los Angeles City ordinance making it unlawful for any
bookseller to possess any obscene publication denies him freedom of
press, as guaranteed by the due process clause of the Fourteenth
Amendment, when it is judicially construed to make him absolutely liable
criminally for mere possession of a book, later adjudged to be obscene,
notwithstanding that he had no knowledge of the contents thereof. Such
construction would tend to restrict the books he sells to those he has
inspected and thereby to limit the public's access to constitutionally
protected publications.
Justices Concurring: Clark, Warren, C.J., Whittaker, Brennan,
Stewart, Black (separately), Frankfurter (separately), Douglas
(separately), Harlan (dissenting in part; separately).
82. Bates v. Little Rock, 361 U.S. 516 (1960).
Little Rock and North Little Rock, Arkansas, ordinances which,
as a condition of exempting charitable organizations from an annual
business license tax, required the disclosure of the identity of the
officers and members of said organizations, as enforced against the
N.A.A.C.P., denied members of the latter freedom of association, press,
and speech as guaranteed by the due process clause of the Fourteenth
Amendment.
Justices Concurring: Brennan, Clark, Frankfurter, Stewart, Warren,
C.J., Whittaker, Harlan, Black (separately), Douglas (separately).
83. Talley v. California, 362 U.S. 60 (1960).
Los Angeles ordinance which forbade distribution under any
circumstance of any handbill which did not have printed thereon the name
and address of the person who prepared, distributed, or sponsored it was
void on its face as abridging freedom of speech and press guaranteed by
the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. Such ordinance is
not limited to identifying those responsible for fraud, false
advertising, libel, disorder, or littering.
Justices Concurring: Warren, C.J., Stewart, Harlan (separately),
Douglas, Black.
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Justices Dissenting: Clark, Frankfurter, Whittaker.
84. Schroeder v. City of New York, 371 U.S. 208 (1962).
New York City Water Supply Act, insofar as it authorized
notification of land owners, whose summer resort property would be
adversely affected by city's diversion of water, by publication of
notices in January in New York City official newspaper and in newspapers
in the county where the resort property was located as well as by
notices posted on trees and poles along the waterway adjacent to such
property, did not afford the quality of notice, i.e., to the owners'
permanent home address, required by the due process clause of the
Fourteenth Amendment.
85. Camara v. Municipal Court, 387 U.S. 523 (1967).
Ordinance authorizing warrantless entry of residential property
to inspect for housing code violations violates Fourth and Fourteenth
Amendments.
86. See v. City of Seattle, 387 U.S. 541 (1967).
Ordinance authorizing warrantless entry of commercial property
to inspect for fire code violations violates Fourth and Fourteenth
Amendments.
87. Teitel Film Corp. v. Cusack, 390 U.S. 139 (1968).
Chicago motion picture censorship ordinance is unconstitutional
in several procedural aspects.
88. Avery v. Midland County, 390 U.S. 474 (1968).
Enactment of county commissioners court drawing boundaries for
districts of election of members does not comply with required ``one-
man, one-vote'' standard.
Concurring: Justices White, Black, Douglas, Brennan, and Chief
Justice Warren.
Dissenting: Justices Harlan, Fortas, and Stewart.
89. Interstate Circuit, Inc. v. City of Dallas, 390 U.S. 676 (1968).
Ordinance providing for classification of motion pictures as not
suitable for viewing by young persons does not provide adequate
standards and is void for vagueness.
Concurring: Justices Marshall, Black, Douglas, Brennan, Stewart,
White, Fortas, and Chief Justice Warren.
Dissenting: Justice Harlan.
90. Hunter v. Erickson, 393 U.S. 385 (1969).
Amendment to city charter providing that any ordinance enacted
by council dealing with discrimination in housing was not to be
effective until approved by referendum whereas no other enactment had to
be so submitted violated equal protection clause.
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Concurring: Justices White, Douglas, Brennan, Fortas, Marshall and
Chief Justice Warren.
Concurring specially: Justices Harlan and Stewart.
Dissenting: Justice Black.
91. Coates v. City of Cincinnati, 402 U.S. 611 (1971).
Ordinance making it unlawful for three or more persons to
assemble on a sidewalk and conduct themselves in a manner annoying to
passers-by is unconstitutionally vague and violates rights to assembly
and association.
Concurring: Justices Stewart, Douglas, Harlan, Brennan, and
Marshall.
Concurring specially: Justice Black.
Dissenting: Justices White and Blackmun and Chief Justice Burger.
92. Papachristou v. City of Jacksonville, 405 U.S. 156 (1972).
Vagrancy ordinance is void for vagueness because it fails to
give a person fair notice that his contemplated conduct is forbidden,
because it encourages arbitrary and erratic enforcement of the law,
because it makes criminal activities which by modern standards are
normally innocent, and because it vests unfettered discretion in police.
93. Police Dep't of Chicago v. Mosley, 408 U.S. 92 (1972).
Ordinance prohibiting all picketing within certain distance of
any school except labor picketing violates equal protection clause by
impermissibly distinguishing between types of peaceful picketing.
94. Cason v. City of Columbia, 409 U.S. 1053 (1972).
Ordinance prohibiting use of abusive language toward another as
applied by court below without limitation to fighting words cannot
sustain conviction.
95. City of Burbank v. Lockheed Air Terminal, 411 U.S. 624 (1973).
Ordinance placing an 11 p.m. to 7 a.m. curfew on jet take-offs
from local airport is invalid as in conflict with the regulatory scheme
of federal statutory control.
Justices Concurring: Douglas, Brennan, Blackmun, Powell, and Chief
Justice Burger.
Justices Dissenting: Rehnquist, Stewart, White, and Marshall.
96. Lewis v. City of New Orleans, 415 U.S. 130 (1974).
Ordinance interpreted by state courts to punish the use of
opprobrious words to police officer without limitation of offense to
uttering of fighting words is invalid.
Justices Concurring: Brennan, Douglas, Stewart, White, and Marshall.
Justice Concurring Specially: Powell.
Justices Dissenting: Blackmun, Rehnquist, and Chief Justice Burger.
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97. Erznoznik v. City of Jacksonville, 422 U.S. 205 (1975).
A municipal ordinance making it a public nuisance and a
punishable offense for a drive-in movie theater to exhibit films
containing nudity, when the screen is visible from a public street or
place, is facially invalid as an infringement of First Amendment rights.
Justices Concurring: Powell, Douglas, Brennan, Stewart, Marshall,
Blackmun.
Justices Dissenting: White, Rehnquist, Chief Justice Burger.
98. Hynes v. Mayor of Oradell, 425 U.S. 610 (1976).
Municipal ordinance requiring that advance written notice be
given to local police by any person desiring to canvass, solicit, or
call from house to house for a charitable or political purpose held void
for vagueness.
Justices Concurring: Chief Justice Burger and Brennan, Stewart,
White, Marshall, Blackmun, and Powell.
Justice Dissenting: Rehnquist.
99. Linmark Associates v. Township of Willingboro, 431 U.S. 85 (1977).
Ordinance prohibiting posting of real estate ``For Sale'' and
``Sold'' signs for the purpose of stemming what the township perceived
as flight of white homeowners violated the First Amendment.
100. Moore v. City of East Cleveland, 431 U.S. 494 (1977).
Zoning ordinance that limited housing occupancy to members of
single family and restrictively defined family so as to prevent an
extended family, i.e., two grandchildren by different children residing
with grandmother, violated due process clause.
Justices Concurring: Powell, Brennan, Marshall, and Blackmun.
Justice Concurring Specially: Stevens.
Justices Dissenting: Stewart, Rehnquist, and White; Burger (on other
grounds).
101. Carter v. Miller, 434 U.S. 356 (1978).
Lower court's invalidation on equal protection grounds of
ordinance that permanently denies public chauffeur's license to
applicants previously convicted of certain crimes while making
revocation of previously licensed persons convicted of same offenses
discretionary is affirmed by an equally divided Court.
102. Village of Schaumburg v. Citizens for a Better Environment, 444
U.S. 620 (1980).
Ordinance prohibiting door-to-door or on-the-street solicitation
of contributions by charitable organizations that do not use at least 75
percent of their receipts for ``charitable purposes'' violates First and
Fourteenth Amendment speech protections.
Justices Concurring: White, Brennan, Stewart, Marshall, Blackmun,
Powell, Stevens, and Chief Justice Burger.
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Justice Dissenting: Rehnquist.
103. Ventura County v. Gulf Oil Corp., 445 U.S. 947 (1980).
County zoning ordinances governing oil exploration and
extraction activities cannot be applied to company which holds lease
from United States Government because federal law preempts the field.
104. Edwards v. Service Machine & Shipbuilding Corp., 449 U.S. 913
(1980).
Court of Appeals decision voiding on commerce clause grounds an
ordinance requiring non-local job seekers and local workers seeking new
jobs to obtain identification card and to provide fingerprints,
photograph, and pay fee is summarily affirmed.
105. Town of Southampton v. Troyer, 449 U.S. 988 (1980).
Court of Appeals decision invalidating on First Amendment
grounds an ordinance barring door-to-door solicitation without prior
consent of occupant, but excepting canvassers who have lived in the
municipality at least six months, is affirmed.
106. Schad v. Borough of Mount Ephraim, 452 U.S. 61 (1981).
Zoning ordinance construed to bar the offering of live
entertainment within the township violated the First Amendment.
Justices Concurring: White, Brennan, Stewart, Marshall, Blackmun,
Powell.
Justice Concurring Specially: Stevens.
Justices Dissenting: Chief Justice Burger, Rehnquist.
107. Metromedia v. City of San Diego, 453 U.S. 490 (1981).
Complex ban on billboard displays within the City, excepting
certain onsite signs and 12 categories of particular signs, violates
First Amendment.
Justices Concurring: White, Stewart, Marshall, Powell.
Justices Concurring Specially: Brennan, Blackmun; Stevens (in part).
Justices Dissenting: Chief Justice Burger, Rehnquist.
108. Citizens Against Rent Control v. City of Berkeley, 454 U.S. 290
(1981).
Ordinance limiting to $250 any contributions to committees
formed to support or oppose ballot measures submitted to popular vote
violates First Amendment.
Justices Concurring: Chief Justice Burger, Brennan, Powell,
Rehnquist, Stevens.
Justices Concurring Specially: Marshall, Blackmun, O'Connor.
Justice Dissenting: White.
109. Rusk v. Espinosa, 456 U.S. 951 (1982).
Court of Appeals decision holding violative of the First
Amendment ordinance regulating solicitation by charitable organizations
but exempting solicitation by religious groups for ``evangelical,
missionary or religious'' but not secular purposes is summarily
affirmed.
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110. Giacobbe v. Andrews, 459 U.S. 801 (1982).
Federal district court decision holding that New York City's
plan for apportioning 10 at-large seats for the City Council among the
City's five boroughs violates the one person, one vote requirements of
the Equal Protection Clause, summarily affirmed by the U.S. Court of
Appeals for the Second Circuit, is summarily affirmed.
111. City of Akron v. Akron Center for Reproductive Health, 462 U.S. 416
(1983).
Ordinance regulating the circumstances of abortions is
unconstitutional in the following respects: by requiring all abortions
performed after the first trimester to be performed in a hospital, by
requiring parental consent or court order for abortions performed on
minors under age 15, by requiring the attending physician to provide
detailed information on which ``informed consent'' may be premised, by
requiring a 24-hour waiting period, and by requiring disposal of fetal
remains in a ``humane and sanitary manner.''
Justices concurring: Powell, Brennan, Marshall, Blackmun,
Stevens, and Chief Justice Burger.
Justices dissenting: O'Connor, White, Rehnquist.
112. City of Cleburne v. Cleburne Living Center, 473 U.S. 432 (1985).
City zoning requirement of a special use permit for operation of
a home for the mentally retarded in an area where boarding homes,
nursing and convalescent homes, and fraternity or sorority houses are
permitted without such special use permits is a denial of equal
protection as applied, the record containing no rational basis for the
distinction.
Justices concurring: White, Powell, Rehnquist, Stevens, O'Connor,
and Chief Justice Burger.
Justices concurring specially: Marshall, Brennan, and Blackmun.
113. Hudnut v. American Booksellers Ass'n, 475 U.S. 1001 (1986).
Appeals court decision holding invalid under the First Amendment
an ordinance prohibiting as pornography ``graphic sexually explicit
subordination of women'' without regard to appeal to prurient interests
or offensiveness to community standards is summarily affirmed.
114. California v. Cabazon Band of Mission Indians, 480 U.S. 202 (1987).
County ordinance regulating the operation of bingo and various
card games is preempted as applied to Indian tribes conducting on-
reservation games.
Justices concurring: White, Brennan, Marshall, Blackmun, Powell, and
Chief Justice Rehnquist.
Justices dissenting: Stevens, O'Connor, and Scalia.
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115. City of Houston v. Hill, 482 U.S. 451 (1987).
Ordinance making it unlawful to ``oppose, molest, abuse, or
interrupt'' police officer in performance of duty is facially overbroad
in violation of the First Amendment.
Justices concurring: Brennan, White, Marshall, Blackmun, and
Stevens.
Justices concurring specially: Powell, O'Connor, and Scalia.
Justice dissenting: Chief Justice Rehnquist.
116. Board of Airport Comm'rs v. Jews for Jesus, 482 U.S. 569 (1987).
Los Angeles Board of Airport Commissioners resolution banning
all ``First Amendment activities'' at airport is facially overbroad in
violation of the First Amendment.
117. City of Lakewood v. Plain Dealer Publishing Co., 486 U.S. 750
(1988).
City ordinance vesting in the mayor unbridled discretion to
grant or deny a permit for location of newsracks on public property
violates the First Amendment.
Justices concurring: Brennan, Marshall, Blackmun, and Scalia.
Justices dissenting: White, Stevens, and O'Connor.
118. City of Richmond v. J. A. Croson Co., 488 U.S. 469 (1989).
City's requirement that contractors awarded city construction
contracts must subcontract at least 30% of the dollar amount to
``minority business enterprises'' violates the Equal Protection Clause.
Justices concurring: O'Connor, White, Stevens, Kennedy, and Chief
Justice Rehnquist.
Justice concurring specially: Scalia.
Justices dissenting: Marshall, Brennan, Blackmun.
119. New York City Bd. of Estimate v. Morris, 489 U.S. 688 (1989).
New York City Charter procedures for electing City's Board of
Estimate, consisting of three members elected citywide (the Mayor, the
comptroller, and the president of the City Council) and the elected
presidents of the city's five boroughs, violate the one-person, one-vote
requirements derived from the Equal Protection Clause.
Justices concurring: White, Marshall, O'Connor, Scalia, Kennedy, and
Chief Justice Rehnquist.
Justices concurring specially: Blackmun, Brennan, and Stevens.
120. FW/PBS, Inc. v. City of Dallas, 493 U.S. 215 (1990).
City's licensing scheme for ``sexually oriented'' businesses, as
applied to businesses that engage in protected First Amendment activity,
constitutes an invalid prior restraint on protected activity. The
ordinance fails to place a time limit within which the licensing
authority must act, and fails to provide a prompt avenue for judicial
review.
Justices concurring: O'Connor, Stevens, and Kennedy.
Justices concurring specially: Brennan, Marshall, and Blackmun.
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Justices dissenting: White, Scalia, and Chief Justice Rehnquist.
121. County of Yakima v. Yakima Indian Nation, 112 S. Ct. 683 (1992).
The county's excise tax on sales of allotted Indian land does
not constitute permissible ``taxation of land'' within the meaning of
Sec. 6 of the General Allotment Act, and is invalid.
122. R. A. V. v. City of St. Paul, 112 S. Ct. 2538 (1992).
St. Paul, Minnesota's Bias-Motivated Crime Ordinance, which
punishes the display of a symbol which one knows will arouse anger,
alarm, or resentment in others on the basis of race, color, creed,
religion, or gender, is facially invalid under the First Amendment
because it discriminates solely on the basis of the subjects that speech
addresses.
Justices concurring: Scalia, Kennedy, Souter, Thomas, and Chief
Justice Rehnquist.
Justices concurring specially: White, Blackmun, O'Connor, Stevens.
123. Lee v. Weisman, 112 S. Ct. 2649 (1992).
Providence, Rhode Island's use of members of the clergy to offer
prayers at official public secondary school graduation ceremonies
violates the First Amendment's Establishment Clause. The involvement of
public school officials with religious activity was ``pervasive,'' to
the point of creating a state-sponsored and state-directed religious
exercise in a public school; officials not only determined that an
invocation and benediction should be given, but also selected the
religious participant and provided him with guidelines for the content
of nonsectarian prayers.
Justices concurring: Kennedy, Blackmun, Stevens, O'Connor, and
Souter.
Justices dissenting: Scalia, White, Thomas, and Chief Justice
Rehnquist.
124. Lee v. International Soc'y for Krishna Consciousness, 112 S. Ct.
2709 (1992).
A regulation of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey
banning leafletting (``the sale or distribution of . . . printed or
written material'' to passers-by) within the airport terminals operated
by the facility is invalid under the First Amendment.
Per Curiam.
Justices dissenting: Chief Justice Rehnquist, and White, Scalia, and
Thomas.
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