The Oyez Project: 1974 Term

Aberdeen & Rockfish R. Co. v. Scrap (No. 73-1966)

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Albemarle Paper Co. v. Moody (No. 74-389)

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Alfred Dunhill Of London, Inc. v. Cuba (No. 73-1288)

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Allenberg Cotton Co. v. Pittman (No. 73-628)

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Alyeska Pipeline Co. v. Wilderness Society (No. 73-1977)

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American Radio Assn. v. Mobile S. S. Assn. (No. 73-748)

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Antoine v. Washington (No. 73-717)

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Austin v. New Hampshire (No. 73-2060)

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Beer v. United States (No. 73-1869)

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Bigelow v. Virginia (No. 73-1309)

A Virginia statute made it a misdemeanor for "any person, by publication, lecture, advertisement, or by the sale or circulation of any publication, or in any other manner, [from encouraging] or [prompting] the procuring of abortion or miscarriage." Bigelow, director and managing editor of the Virginia Weekly, was convicted under this law when his newspaper ran an advertisement for an organization which referred women to clinics and hospitals for abortions.

Blue Chip Stamps v. Manor Drug Stores (No. 74-124)

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Bowen v. United States (No. 73-6848)

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Bowman Transp. v. Ark.-Best Freight System (No. 73-1055)

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Breed v. Jones (No. 73-1995)

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Brown v. Illinois (No. 73-6650)

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Burns v. Alcala (No. 73-1708)

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Cantrell v. Forest City Publishing Co. (No. 73-5520)

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Cassius v. Arizona (No. 74-5140)

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Chapman v. Meier (No. 73-1406)

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Chemehuevi Tribe Of Indians v. FPC (No. 73-1380)

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City Of Richmond v. United States (No. 74-201)

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Colonial Pipeline Co. v. Traigle (No. 73-1595)

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Connell Co. v. Plumbers & Steamfitters (No. 73-1256)

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Cort v. Ash (No. 73-1908)

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Costarelli v. Massachusetts (No. 73-6739)

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Cousins v. Wigoda (No. 73-1106)

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Cox Broadcasting Corporation v. Cohn (No. 73-938)

Martin Cohn was the father of a seventeen-year old girl who was raped and killed in Georgia. After obtaining information from the public record, a television station broadcast the name of Cohn's daughter in connection with the incident. This violated a Georgia privacy statute which prevented members of the media from publicizing the names or identities of rape victims.

Decoteau v. District County Court (No. 73-1148)

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Doran v. Salem Inn, Inc. (No. 74-337)

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Drope v. Missouri (No. 73-6038)

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Dunlop v. Bachowski (No. 74-466)

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Eastland v. U.S. Servicemen's Fund (No. 73-1923)

In an effort to investigate the "administration, operation, and enforcement" of the Internal Security Act of 1950, the Senate Subcommittee on Internal Security subpoenaed a bank for the financial records of the United States Servicemen's Fund. This nonprofit organization had actively published newsletters and sponsored coffeehouses in which discussions critical of the Vietnam War took place. The Fund challenged the subpoena arguing that its enforcement would violate the organization's First Amendment rights since the bank records contained information about the Fund's membership.

Edwards v. Healy (No. 73-759)

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Ellis v. Dyson (No. 73-130)

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Emporium Capwell Co. v. Community Org. (No. 73-696)

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Erznoznik v. City Of Jacksonville (No. 73-1942)

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Faa Administrator v. Robertson (No. 74-450)

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Faretta v. California (No. 73-5772)

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Foster v. Dravo Corp. (No. 73-1773)

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Francisco v. Gathright (No. 73-5768)

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Fry v. United States (No. 73-822)

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Fusari v. Steinberg (No. 73-848)

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Garment Workers v. Quality Mfg. Co. (No. 73-765)

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Goldfarb v. Virginia State Bar (No. 74-70)

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Gonzalez v. Employees Credit Union (No. 73-858)

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Gordon v. New York Stock Exchange (No. 74-304)

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Goss v. Lopez (No. 73-898)

Nine students at two high schools and one junior high school in Columbus, Ohio, were given 10-day suspensions from school. The school principals did not hold hearings for the affected students before ordering the suspensions, and Ohio law did not require them to do so. The principals' actions were challenged, and a federal court found that the students' rights had been violated. The case was then appealed to the Supreme Court.

Gulf Oil Corp. v. Copp Paving Co. (No. 73-1012)

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Gurley v. Rhoden (No. 73-1734)

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Hampton v. Mow Sun Wong (No. 73-1596)

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Harris County Comm'rs Court v. Moore (No. 73-1475)

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Herring v. New York (No. 73-6587)

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Hicks v. Miranda (No. 74-156)

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Hill v. Printing Industries Of Gulf Coast (No. 74-456)

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Hill v. Stone (No. 73-1723)

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Huffman v. Pursue, Ltd. (No. 73-296)

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Iannelli v. United States (No. 73-64)

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Icc v. Oregon Pacific Industries, Inc. (No. 73-1210)

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Indianapolis School Comm'rs v. Jacobs (No. 73-1347)

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Intercounty Construction Corp. v. Walter (No. 74-362)

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Itt v. Electrical Workers (No. 73-1313)

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Ivan Allen Co. v. United States (No. 74-22)

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Jackson v. Metropolitan Edison Co. (No. 73-5845)

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Johnson v. Mississippi (No. 73-1531)

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Johnson v. Railway Express Agency (No. 73-1543)

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Kelley v. Southern Pacific Co. (No. 73-1270)

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Kugler v. Helfant (No. 74-80)

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Laing v. United States (No. 73-1808)

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Lascaris v. Shirley (No. 73-1016)

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Lefkowitz v. Newsome (No. 73-1627)

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Linden Lumber Division v. NLRB (No. 73-1231)

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Maness v. Meyers (No. 73-689)

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Mathews v. Diaz (No. 73-1046)

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Mclucas v. Dechamplain (No. 73-1346)

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Meek v. Pittenger (No. 73-1765)

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Middendorf v. Henry (No. 74-175)

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Mtm, Inc. v. Baxley (No. 73-1119)

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Mullaney v. Wilbur (No. 74-13)

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Muniz v. Hoffman (No. 73-1924)

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Murphy v. Florida (No. 74-5116)

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National League of Cities v. Usery (No. 74-878)

In 1974, Congress passed amendments to the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938. The purpose of the amendments was to regulate minimum wage and overtime pay for state and local government employees. The National League of Cities, as well as several states and cities, challenged the constitutionality of the amendments.

NLRB v. Sears, Roebuck & Co. (No. 73-1233)

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NLRB v. Weingarten, Inc. (No. 73-1363)

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North Georgia Finishing, Inc. v. Di-Chem, Inc. (No. 73-1121)

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O'connor v. Donaldson (No. 74-8)

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Oregon v. Hass (No. 73-1452)

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Otte v. United States (No. 73-375)

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Phelps v. United States (No. 74-121)

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Philbrook v. Glodgett (No. 73-1820)

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Preiser v. Newkirk (No. 74-107)

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Regional Rail Reorganization Act Cases (No. 74-165)

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Reid v. Ins (No. 73-1541)

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Renegotiation Board v. Grumman Aircraft (No. 73-1316)

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Roe v. Doe (No. 73-1446)

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Roe v. Norton (No. 73-6033)

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Rogers v. United States (No. 73-6336)

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Rondeau v. Mosinee Paper Corp. (No. 74-415)

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Saxbe v. Bustos (No. 73-300)

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Schick v. Reed (No. 73-5677)

Schick, a master sergeant in the Army, was convicted of murder in a military court and sentenced to death in 1954. President Eisenhower intervened and commuted his sentence in 1960, reducing it to life imprisonment without parole.

Schlesinger v. Ballard (No. 73-776)

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Schlesinger, v. Councilman (No. 73-662)

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Securities Investor Protection v. Barbour (No. 73-2055)

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Serfass v. United States (No. 73-1424)

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Sosna v. Iowa (No. 73-762)

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Southeastern Promotions, Ltd. v. Conrad (No. 73-1004)

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Standard Steel Co. v. Wash. Revenue Dept. (No. 73-1697)

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Stanton v. Stanton (No. 73-1461)

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Taylor v. Louisiana (No. 73-5744)

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Test v. United States (No. 73-5993)

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Train v. Campaign Clean Water (No. 73-1378)

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Train v. City Of New York (No. 73-1377)

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Train v. Natural Resources Def. Council (No. 73-1742)

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Twentieth Century Music Corp. v. Aiken (No. 74-452)

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U.S. v. American Bldg. Maint. Industries (No. 73-1689)

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U.S. v. Citizens & Southern National Bank (No. 73-1933)

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U.S. v. National Assn. Securities Dealers (No. 73-1701)

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United Housing Foundation, Inc. v. Forman (No. 74-157)

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United States v. Alaska (No. 73-1888)

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United States v. Bisceglia (No. 73-1245)

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United States v. Brignoni-Ponce (No. 74-114)

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United States v. Feola (No. 73-1123)

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United States v. Florida (No. 52 ORIG)

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United States v. Guana-Sanchez (No. 73-820)

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United States v. Hale (No. 74-364)

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United States v. Itt Continental Baking Co. (No. 73-1290)

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United States v. Jenkins (No. 73-1513)

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United States v. Louisiana (No. 9 ORIG)

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United States v. Maine (No. 35 ORIG)

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United States v. Mazurie (No. 73-1018)

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United States v. Mississippi Tax Comm'n (No. 74-548)

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United States v. N. J. State Lottery Comm'n (No. 73-1471)

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United States v. Nixon (No. 73-1766)

A grand jury returned indictments against seven of President Richard Nixon's closest aides in the Watergate affair. The special prosecutor appointed by Nixon and the defendants sought audio tapes of conversations recorded by Nixon in the Oval Office. Nixon asserted that he was immune from the subpoena claiming "executive privilege," which is the right to withhold information from other government branches to preserve confidential communications within the executive branch or to secure the national interest. Decided together with Nixon v. United States.

United States v. Nobles (No. 74-634)

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United States v. Ortiz (No. 73-2050)

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United States v. Park (No. 74-215)

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United States v. Peltier (No. 73-2000)

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United States v. Reliable Transfer Co. (No. 74-363)

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United States v. Wilson (No. 73-1162)

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United States v. Wilson (No. 73-1395)

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Utah v. United States (No. 31 ORIG)

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Van Lare v. Hurley (No. 74-453)

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Vella v. Ford Motor Co. (No. 73-1994)

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Warth v. Seldin (No. 73-2024)

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Weinberger v. Salfi (No. 74-214)

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Weinberger v. Wiesenfeld (No. 73-1892)

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White v. Regester (No. 73-1462)

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Williams & Wilkins Co. v. United States (No. 73-1279)

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Withrow v. Larkin (No. 73-1573)

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Wood v. Strickland (No. 73-1285)

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