http://www.oyez.org/cases/1977/podcast U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments, presented by The Oyez Project (www.oyez.org) en The Oyez Project at Chicago-Kent http://www.oyez.org/cases/1970-1979/1977/1977_77_911/argument None Wed, 26 Apr 1978 13:00:00 +0000 54432 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/1970-1979/1977/1977_77_642/argument None Tue, 25 Apr 1978 13:00:00 +0000 54321 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/1970-1979/1977/1977_77_539/argument-1 None Tue, 25 Apr 1978 13:00:00 +0000 54407 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/1970-1979/1977/1977_77_747/argument In 1974, Minnesota adopted legislation which required private employers to pay a fee if they terminated employee pension plans or if they moved their offices from the state, leaving insufficient funds to cover pensions for ten-year employees. This law affected Allied Structural Steel as the company began closing offices in Minnesota. Even though the employees affected by the closing were not entitled to pensions under the terms of their employment with the company, according to the Minnesota law, they were. The company was ordered to pay approximately $185,000 to comply with the statute's provisions. Tue, 25 Apr 1978 13:00:00 +0000 54377 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/1970-1979/1977/1977_77_529/argument None Tue, 25 Apr 1978 13:00:00 +0000 54332 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/1970-1979/1977/1977_77_539/argument-2 None Tue, 25 Apr 1978 13:00:00 +0000 54408 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/1970-1979/1977/1977_77_453/argument None Tue, 25 Apr 1978 13:00:00 +0000 54481 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/1970-1979/1977/1977_77_510/argument-1 None Mon, 24 Apr 1978 13:00:00 +0000 54543 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/1970-1979/1977/1977_77_510/argument-2 None Mon, 24 Apr 1978 13:00:00 +0000 54544 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/1970-1979/1977/1977_77_152/argument None Mon, 24 Apr 1978 13:00:00 +0000 54345 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/1970-1979/1977/1977_77_598/argument None Mon, 24 Apr 1978 13:00:00 +0000 54317 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/1970-1979/1977/1977_77_888/argument None Mon, 24 Apr 1978 13:00:00 +0000 54319 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/1970-1979/1977/1977_77_693/argument None Wed, 19 Apr 1978 13:00:00 +0000 54281 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/1970-1979/1977/1977_77_836/argument None Wed, 19 Apr 1978 13:00:00 +0000 54453 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/1970-1979/1977/1977_77_677/argument None Tue, 18 Apr 1978 13:00:00 +0000 54381 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/1970-1979/1977/1977_76_1701/argument None Tue, 18 Apr 1978 13:00:00 +0000 54457 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/1970-1979/1977/1977_77_528/argument During a mid-afternoon weekly broadcast, a New York radio station aired George Carlin's monologue, "Filthy Words." Carlin spoke of the words that could not be said on the public airwaves. His list included shit, piss, fuck, cunt, cocksucker, motherfucker, and tits. The station warned listeners that the monologue included "sensitive language which might be regarded as offensive to some." The FCC received a complaint from a man who stated that he had heard the broadcast while driving with his young son. Tue, 18 Apr 1978 13:00:00 +0000 54310 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/1970-1979/1977/1977_77_380/argument None Tue, 18 Apr 1978 13:00:00 +0000 54451 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/1970-1979/1977/1977_77_444/argument The New York City Landmarks Preservation Law of 1965 empowered the city to designate certain structures and neighborhoods as "landmarks" or "landmark sites." Penn Central, which owned the Grand Central Terminal (opened in 1913), was not allowed to construct a multistory office building above it. Mon, 17 Apr 1978 13:00:00 +0000 54497 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/1970-1979/1977/1977_77_369/argument None Mon, 17 Apr 1978 13:00:00 +0000 54359 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/1970-1979/1977/1977_76_orig/argument None Wed, 29 Mar 1978 13:00:00 +0000 54489 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/1970-1979/1977/1977_77_365/argument None Wed, 29 Mar 1978 13:00:00 +0000 54415 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/1970-1979/1977/1977_77_293/argument None Wed, 29 Mar 1978 13:00:00 +0000 54400 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/1970-1979/1977/1977_77_653/argument None Wed, 29 Mar 1978 13:00:00 +0000 54304 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/1970-1979/1977/1977_77_452/argument None Tue, 28 Mar 1978 13:00:00 +0000 54491 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/1970-1979/1977/1977_77_285/argument None Tue, 28 Mar 1978 13:00:00 +0000 54499 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/1970-1979/1977/1977_77_404/argument A New Jersey law prohibited the importation of most "solid or liquid waste which originated or was collected outside the territorial limits of the State." Mon, 27 Mar 1978 13:00:00 +0000 54419 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/1970-1979/1977/1977_77_5549/argument None Mon, 27 Mar 1978 13:00:00 +0000 54412 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/1970-1979/1977/1977_76_1607/argument-1 None Mon, 27 Mar 1978 13:00:00 +0000 54471 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/1970-1979/1977/1977_77_240/argument None Mon, 27 Mar 1978 13:00:00 +0000 54339 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/1970-1979/1977/1977_76_1607/argument-2 None Mon, 27 Mar 1978 13:00:00 +0000 54472 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/1970-1979/1977/1977_77_560/argument None Wed, 22 Mar 1978 13:00:00 +0000 54529 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/1970-1979/1977/1977_76_1836/argument None Wed, 22 Mar 1978 13:00:00 +0000 54479 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/1970-1979/1977/1977_77_324/argument In 1972, the Alaska Legislature passed the Local Hire Under State Leases Act which required "all oil and gas leases [and other activities related to this industry] to which the state is a party" include provisions for the preferential hiring of Alaska residents over non-residents. To administer the law, residents were issued residency cards which they were to present to potential employers when seeking jobs. Hicklin and others did not qualify for employment under the Alaska residency standard. Tue, 21 Mar 1978 13:00:00 +0000 54396 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/1970-1979/1977/1977_77_178/argument None Tue, 21 Mar 1978 13:00:00 +0000 54446 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/1970-1979/1977/1977_77_454/argument None Tue, 21 Mar 1978 13:00:00 +0000 54324 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/1970-1979/1977/1977_77_334/argument None Tue, 21 Mar 1978 13:00:00 +0000 54379 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/1970-1979/1977/1977_77_262/argument None Mon, 20 Mar 1978 13:00:00 +0000 54455 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/1970-1979/1977/1977_76_1621/argument None Wed, 01 Mar 1978 13:00:00 +0000 54279 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/1970-1979/1977/1977_76_6767/argument None Wed, 01 Mar 1978 13:00:00 +0000 54283 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/1970-1979/1977/1977_76_1382/argument None Tue, 21 Feb 1978 13:00:00 +0000 54337 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/1970-1979/1977/1977_76_1660/argument Litigation challenging the conditions in the Arkansas prison system began in 1969. In evaluating the diet and sleeping arrangements of the inmates, the physical condition of cells, and the behavior of prison guards (some of whom were inmates who had been issued guns), a District Court called the conditions which inmates were forced to face "a dark and evil world completely alien to the free world." This case involved a challenge to the practice of "punitive isolation" in Arkansas prisons which was often done for indiscriminate periods of time in crowded windowless cells. Tue, 21 Feb 1978 13:00:00 +0000 54533 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/1970-1979/1977/1977_76_1767/argument None Wed, 18 Jan 1978 13:00:00 +0000 54504 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/1970-1979/1977/1977_76_1810/argument None Wed, 18 Jan 1978 13:00:00 +0000 54523 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/1970-1979/1977/1977_76_6942/argument None Wed, 18 Jan 1978 13:00:00 +0000 54517 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/1970-1979/1977/1977_77_25/argument None Wed, 18 Jan 1978 13:00:00 +0000 54363 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/1970-1979/1977/1977_76_6513/argument None Tue, 17 Jan 1978 13:00:00 +0000 54474 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/1970-1979/1977/1977_76_6997/argument An Ohio law required that individuals found guilty of aggravated murder be given the death penalty. The death penalty was mandatory unless: 1) the victim had induced the offense, 2) the offense was committed under duress or coercion, or 3) the offense was a product of mental deficiencies. Sandra Lockett, who had encouraged and driven the getaway car for a robbery that resulted in the murder of a pawnshop owner, was found guilty under the statute and sentenced to death. Tue, 17 Jan 1978 13:00:00 +0000 54434 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/1970-1979/1977/1977_76_1484/argument In 1971, officers of the Palo Alto, California, Police Department obtained a warrant to search the main office of The Stanford Daily, the student newspaper at the university. It was believed that The Stanford Daily had pictures of a violent clash between a group of protesters and the police; the pictures were needed to identify the assailants. The officers searched The Daily's photographic laboratories, filing cabinets, desks, and waste paper baskets, but no materials were removed from the office. This case was decided together with Bergna v. Stanford Daily, involving the district attorney and a deputy district attorney who participated in the obtaining of the search warrant. Tue, 17 Jan 1978 13:00:00 +0000 54289 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/1970-1979/1977/1977_77_56/argument None Mon, 16 Jan 1978 13:00:00 +0000 54355 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/1970-1979/1977/1977_76_1706/argument-2 None Mon, 16 Jan 1978 13:00:00 +0000 54313 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/1970-1979/1977/1977_76_1650/argument None Mon, 16 Jan 1978 13:00:00 +0000 54506 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/1970-1979/1977/1977_76_1471/argument None Mon, 16 Jan 1978 13:00:00 +0000 54541 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/1970-1979/1977/1977_76_1706/argument-1 None Mon, 16 Jan 1978 13:00:00 +0000 54312 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/1970-1979/1977/1977_77_142/argument None Wed, 11 Jan 1978 13:00:00 +0000 54469 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/1970-1979/1977/1977_76_1629/argument None Wed, 11 Jan 1978 13:00:00 +0000 54537 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/1970-1979/1977/1977_76_1450/argument A Landmark Communications newspaper, The Virginian Pilot, published an article regarding the Virginia Judicial Inquiry and Review Commission's investigation into a state judge. The article, which was accurate, violated a Virginia law that prohibited the release of information from Commission hearings. Landmark was indicted by a grand jury, had its motion to dismiss denied by the trial court, convicted without a jury trial and fined. The Supreme Court of Virginia affirmed Landmark's conviction. Wed, 11 Jan 1978 13:00:00 +0000 54295 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/1970-1979/1977/1977_76_1608/argument None Tue, 10 Jan 1978 13:00:00 +0000 54293 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/1970-1979/1977/1977_76_1726/argument-1 None Tue, 10 Jan 1978 13:00:00 +0000 54301 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/1970-1979/1977/1977_76_1184/argument None Tue, 10 Jan 1978 13:00:00 +0000 54383 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/1970-1979/1977/1977_76_1726/argument-2 None Tue, 10 Jan 1978 13:00:00 +0000 54302 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/1970-1979/1977/1977_76_1750/argument None Tue, 10 Jan 1978 13:00:00 +0000 54422 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/1970-1979/1977/1977_76_5729/argument None Mon, 09 Jan 1978 13:00:00 +0000 54463 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/1970-1979/1977/1977_75_1892/argument None Mon, 09 Jan 1978 13:00:00 +0000 54519 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/1970-1979/1977/1977_76_1193/argument None Wed, 07 Dec 1977 13:00:00 +0000 54341 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/1970-1979/1977/1977_76_938/argument None Wed, 07 Dec 1977 13:00:00 +0000 54343 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/1970-1979/1977/1977_76_1193/reargument None Wed, 07 Dec 1977 13:00:00 +0000 admin 62280 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/1970-1979/1977/1977_76_1114/argument None Wed, 07 Dec 1977 13:00:00 +0000 54525 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/1970-1979/1977/1977_76_1114/reargument None Wed, 07 Dec 1977 13:00:00 +0000 admin 62277 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/1970-1979/1977/1977_76_1149/argument None Tue, 06 Dec 1977 13:00:00 +0000 54306 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/1970-1979/1977/1977_76_1500/argument In 1970, Congress imposed an annual registration tax on all civil aircraft that fly in the navigable airspace of the United States. The state of Massachusetts owned and utilized a helicopter for the purpose of patrolling highways and fulfilling other police duties. When Massachusetts refused to pay the tax, the federal government collected it from the state's accounts, plus interest and penalties. Massachusetts then sought a refund of the money collected. Tue, 06 Dec 1977 13:00:00 +0000 54521 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/1970-1979/1977/1977_75_1690/reargument None Tue, 06 Dec 1977 13:00:00 +0000 64509 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/1970-1979/1977/1977_75_1690/argument None Tue, 06 Dec 1977 13:00:00 +0000 54348 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/1970-1979/1977/1977_76_1346/argument None Tue, 06 Dec 1977 13:00:00 +0000 54417 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/1970-1979/1977/1977_76_1121/argument None Mon, 05 Dec 1977 13:00:00 +0000 54349 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/1970-1979/1977/1977_76_1121/reargument None Mon, 05 Dec 1977 13:00:00 +0000 admin 62279 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/1970-1979/1977/1977_76_5935/argument None Mon, 05 Dec 1977 13:00:00 +0000 54385 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/1970-1979/1977/1977_76_1427/argument None Mon, 05 Dec 1977 13:00:00 +0000 54510 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/1970-1979/1977/1977_76_1151/argument None Mon, 05 Dec 1977 13:00:00 +0000 54285 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/1970-1979/1977/1977_76_1359/argument None Wed, 30 Nov 1977 13:00:00 +0000 54328 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/1970-1979/1977/1977_76_1476/argument None Wed, 30 Nov 1977 13:00:00 +0000 54436 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/1970-1979/1977/1977_76_1159/argument None Wed, 30 Nov 1977 13:00:00 +0000 54387 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/1970-1979/1977/1977_76_1310/argument KQED Inc., owner of a number of licensed television and radio broadcasting stations, requested permission to inspect and take pictures of the Alameda County Jail at Santa Rita. KQED sought to investigate a recent suicide that had occurred at the facility. Houchins, the Sheriff of Alameda County, denied access to the media. Tue, 29 Nov 1977 13:00:00 +0000 54315 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/1970-1979/1977/1977_76_1171/argument-1 None Tue, 29 Nov 1977 13:00:00 +0000 54429 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/1970-1979/1977/1977_76_1137/argument None Tue, 29 Nov 1977 13:00:00 +0000 54424 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/1970-1979/1977/1977_76_682/argument None Tue, 29 Nov 1977 13:00:00 +0000 54487 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/1970-1979/1977/1977_76_1171/argument-2 None Tue, 29 Nov 1977 13:00:00 +0000 54430 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/1970-1979/1977/1977_76_6528/argument None Mon, 28 Nov 1977 13:00:00 +0000 54461 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/1970-1979/1977/1977_76_1383/argument-2 None Mon, 28 Nov 1977 13:00:00 +0000 54335 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/1970-1979/1977/1977_76_6617/argument None Mon, 28 Nov 1977 13:00:00 +0000 54508 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/1970-1979/1977/1977_76_1383/argument-1 None Mon, 28 Nov 1977 13:00:00 +0000 54334 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/1970-1979/1977/1977_76_1334/argument Paul Lewis Hayes was charged with forgery, an offense which carried a two-to- ten-year prison sentence. During plea negotiations, the prosecutor offered to pursue a five year sentence if Hayes would plead guilty. However, the prosecutor also stated that he would seek an indictment under the Kentucky Habitual Crime Act if the defendant did not register this plea. (Hayes had two prior felony convictions on his record.) If found guilty under this law, Hayes would be imprisoned for life. Hayes did not plead guilty and the prosecutor followed through on his promise. Wed, 09 Nov 1977 13:00:00 +0000 54512 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/1970-1979/1977/1977_76_1172/argument None Wed, 09 Nov 1977 13:00:00 +0000 54442 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/1970-1979/1977/1977_76_6372/argument None Wed, 09 Nov 1977 13:00:00 +0000 54297 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/1970-1979/1977/1977_76_558/argument-1 None Tue, 08 Nov 1977 13:00:00 +0000 54426 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/1970-1979/1977/1977_76_839/argument Edmund Foley applied for a position as a New York state trooper. Although Foley was a legally admitted resident alien, state officials refused to permit him to take the examination. New York authorities relied on a statute providing that "no person shall be appointed to the. . .state police force unless he shall be a citizen of the United States." Tue, 08 Nov 1977 13:00:00 +0000 54308 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/1970-1979/1977/1977_76_944/argument None Tue, 08 Nov 1977 13:00:00 +0000 54375 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/1970-1979/1977/1977_76_558/argument-2 None Tue, 08 Nov 1977 13:00:00 +0000 54427 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/1970-1979/1977/1977_76_1040/argument None Tue, 08 Nov 1977 13:00:00 +0000 54326 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/1970-1979/1977/1977_76_678/argument None Mon, 07 Nov 1977 13:00:00 +0000 54398 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/1970-1979/1977/1977_76_695/argument None Mon, 07 Nov 1977 13:00:00 +0000 54515 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/1970-1979/1977/1977_76_709/argument Following a failed attempt by the Department of Agriculture to revoke or suspend his commodity futures commission company's registration, Arthur Economou sought damages against Earl Butz and several other federal administrative officials for wrongful initiation of administrative proceedings. On appeal from an adverse district court finding of absolute immunity for state officials, the New York Court of Appeals reversed as it found that federal administrators were only entitled to qualified immunity. Butz appealed and the Supreme Court granted certiorari. Mon, 07 Nov 1977 13:00:00 +0000 54493 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/1970-1979/1977/1977_76_750/argument None Mon, 07 Nov 1977 13:00:00 +0000 54353 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/1970-1979/1977/1977_76_624/argument None Wed, 02 Nov 1977 13:00:00 +0000 54365 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/1970-1979/1977/1977_75_1914/argument None Wed, 02 Nov 1977 13:00:00 +0000 54351 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/1970-1979/1977/1977_76_5856/argument None Wed, 02 Nov 1977 13:00:00 +0000 54393 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/1970-1979/1977/1977_76_39/argument None Wed, 02 Nov 1977 13:00:00 +0000 54299 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/1970-1979/1977/1977_76_761/argument Ballew was found in violation of a misdemeanor for exhibiting an obscene motion picture film. In the Criminal Court of Fulton County, a jury of five persons was selected and sworn to hear the case. Tue, 01 Nov 1977 13:00:00 +0000 54367 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/1970-1979/1977/1977_76_749/argument None Tue, 01 Nov 1977 13:00:00 +0000 54485 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/1970-1979/1977/1977_76_5761/argument None Tue, 01 Nov 1977 13:00:00 +0000 54539 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/1970-1979/1977/1977_76_1200/reargument None Tue, 01 Nov 1977 13:00:00 +0000 admin 62275 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/1970-1979/1977/1977_76_1200/argument None Tue, 01 Nov 1977 13:00:00 +0000 54459 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/1970-1979/1977/1977_76_719/argument None Mon, 31 Oct 1977 13:00:00 +0000 54465 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/1970-1979/1977/1977_76_1168/argument None Mon, 31 Oct 1977 13:00:00 +0000 54369 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/1970-1979/1977/1977_76_930/argument None Mon, 31 Oct 1977 13:00:00 +0000 54495 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/1970-1979/1977/1977_76_5325/argument None Mon, 31 Oct 1977 13:00:00 +0000 54467 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/1970-1979/1977/1977_76_1095/argument None Wed, 12 Oct 1977 13:00:00 +0000 54357 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/1970-1979/1977/1977_76_811/argument Allan Bakke, a thirty-five-year-old white man, had twice applied for admission to the University of California Medical School at Davis. He was rejected both times. The school reserved sixteen places in each entering class of one hundred for "qualified" minorities, as part of the university's affirmative action program, in an effort to redress longstanding, unfair minority exclusions from the medical profession. Bakke's qualifications (college GPA and test scores) exceeded those of any of the minority students admitted in the two years Bakke's applications were rejected. Bakke contended, first in the California courts, then in the Supreme Court, that he was excluded from admission solely on the basis of race. Wed, 12 Oct 1977 13:00:00 +0000 54448 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/1970-1979/1977/1977_76_1058/argument None Wed, 12 Oct 1977 13:00:00 +0000 54391 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/1970-1979/1977/1977_76_635/argument In 1972, twenty one states were members of the Multistate Tax Compact, a body formed by states to assist them in formulating and administering tax law relating to multistate businesses. The Compact had not received congressional approval. Tue, 11 Oct 1977 13:00:00 +0000 54527 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/1970-1979/1977/1977_76_446/argument None Tue, 11 Oct 1977 13:00:00 +0000 54405 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/1970-1979/1977/1977_76_1662/argument None Tue, 11 Oct 1977 13:00:00 +0000 54502 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/1970-1979/1977/1977_76_911/argument None Tue, 11 Oct 1977 13:00:00 +0000 54291 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/1970-1979/1977/1977_76_1150/argument In its licensing system for elk-hunters, the state of Montana required nonresidents to pay a substantially higher fee than residents for a hunting permit. Wed, 05 Oct 1977 13:00:00 +0000 54372 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/1970-1979/1977/1977_75_1069/argument None Wed, 05 Oct 1977 13:00:00 +0000 54438 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/1970-1979/1977/1977_75_536/argument None Wed, 05 Oct 1977 13:00:00 +0000 54389 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/1970-1979/1977/1977_76_1057/argument None Wed, 05 Oct 1977 13:00:00 +0000 54444 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/1970-1979/1977/1977_76_864/argument None Tue, 04 Oct 1977 13:00:00 +0000 54410 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/1970-1979/1977/1977_76_906/argument None Tue, 04 Oct 1977 13:00:00 +0000 54287 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/1970-1979/1977/1977_76_879/argument Roger C. Redhail, a Wisconsin minor, fathered a child. A court ordered him to pay child support. Two years later, he applied for a marriage license in Milwaukee County. His application was denied by County Clerk Thomas E. Zablocki who declined to issue the license under a state statute on the ground that Redhail owed more than $3,700 in child support.. Redhail filed a class action in federal district court against Zablocki and all Wisconsin county clerks. The court ruled in Redhail's favor. Zablocki appealed to the United States Supreme Court. Tue, 04 Oct 1977 13:00:00 +0000 54483 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/1970-1979/1977/1977_76_860/argument None Tue, 04 Oct 1977 13:00:00 +0000 54440 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/1970-1979/1977/1977_76_5344/argument None Mon, 03 Oct 1977 13:00:00 +0000 54477 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/1970-1979/1977/1977_76_616/argument None Mon, 03 Oct 1977 13:00:00 +0000 54330 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/1970-1979/1977/1977_76_835/argument None Mon, 03 Oct 1977 13:00:00 +0000 54403 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/1970-1979/1977/1977_76_398/argument None Mon, 03 Oct 1977 13:00:00 +0000 54535 at http://www.oyez.org