The Oyez Project: 1981 Term

Alfred L. Snapp & Son, Inc. v. Puerto Rico (No. 80-1305)

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American Medical Assn. v. Ftc (No. 80-1690)

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American Soc. Of M. E.'s v. Hydrolevel Corp. (No. 80-1765)

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American Tobacco Co. v. Patterson (No. 80-1199)

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Arizona v. Maricopa County Medical Society (No. 80-419)

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Army & Air Force Exchange Service v. Sheehan (No. 80-1437)

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Asarco Inc. v. Idaho State Tax Comm'n (No. 80-2015)

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Baldrige v. Shapiro (No. 80-1436)

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Blue Shield Of Virginia v. Mccready (No. 81-225)

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Blum v. Bacon (No. 81-770)

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Blum v. Yaretsky (No. 80-1952)

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Board Of Education v. Pico (No. 80-2043)

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Bread Political Action Committee v. Fec (No. 80-1481)

The Island Trees Union Free School District's Board of Education (the "Board"), acting contrary to the recommendations of a committee of parents and school staff, ordered that certain books be removed from its district's junior high and high school libraries. In support of its actions, the Board said such books were: "anti-American, anti-Christian, anti-Semitic, and just plain filthy." Acting through his friend Francis Pico, and on behalf of several other students, Steven Pico brought suit in federal district court challenging the Board's decision to remove the books. The Board won; the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit reversed. The Board petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court, which granted certiorari.

Brown v. Hartlage (No. 80-1285)

A revision to the Texas education laws in 1975 allowed the state to withhold from local school districts state funds for educating children of illegal aliens. This case was decided together with Texas v. Certain Named and Unnamed Alien Child.

Cabell v. Chavez-Salido (No. 80-990)

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California Ex Rel. State Lands Comm'n v. U.S. (No. 89 ORIG)

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California v. Grace Brethren Church (No. 81-31)

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Charles D. Bonanno Linen Service v. NLRB (No. 80-931)

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Chicago Bridge & Iron Company v. Caterpillar Tractor Co. (No. 81-349)

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Citizens Against Rent Control v. Berkeley (No. 80-737)

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City Of Mesquite v. Aladdin's Castle, Inc. (No. 80-1577)

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Clements v. Fashing (No. 80-1290)

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Common Cause v. Schmitt (No. 80-847)

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Community Communications Co., v. Boulder (No. 80-1350)

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Connecticut v. Teal (No. 80-2147)

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Consolidated Freightways Corp. v. Kassel (No. 79-1618)

In 1968, Fitzgerald, then a civilian analyst with the United States Air Force, testified before a congressional committee about inefficiencies and cost overruns in the production of the C-5A transport plane. Roughly one year later he was fired, an action for which President Nixon took responsibility. Fitzgerald then sued Nixon for damages after the Civil Service Commission concluded that his dismissal was unjust.

Cory v. White (No. 80-1556)

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Crawford v. Los Angeles Board Of Education (No. 81-38)

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Department Of State v. Washington Post Co. (No. 81-535)

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Diedrich v. Commissioner (No. 80-2204)

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Donovan v. Richland County Assn. (No. 81-255)

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Eddings v. Oklahoma (No. 80-5727)

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Edgar v. Mite Corporation (No. 80-1188)

In 1978, a Washington police officer stopped a student at the Washington State University after observing the student was carrying a half-gallon bottle of gin. The officer asked for identification. The student, accompanied by the officer, then went into his dormitory to retrieve proof of age. After the student had entered his room, the officer noticed that the student's roommate, Chrisman, had marijuana seeds and a pipe on his desk. Chrisman was subsequently charged with the possession of marijuana and LSD.

Engle v. Isaac (No. 80-1430)

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Enmund v. Florida (No. 81-5321)

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F. W. Woolworth Co. v. Taxation & Revenue Dept. (No. 80-1745)

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Fair Assessment In Real Estate Assn. v. Mcnary (No. 80-427)

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Fbi v. Abramson (No. 80-1735)

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Fec v. Democratic Senatorial Campaign Comm. (No. 80-939)

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Ferc v. Mississippi (No. 80-1749)

(This summary was prepared by Tom Feledy.)

A British company, flying an airplane manufactured by Piper, a Pennsylvania company, equipped with propellers made by Hartzell, an Ohio company, conducted a charter flight in Scotland for five Scottish citizens. When the plane crashed, killing all on board, the next of kin, also Scottish, had a Los Angeles-based lawyer sue Piper and Hartzell for wrongful death. The suit was filed in a California state court, then removed to Federal District Court in California, and finally transferred to Federal District Court in Pennsylvania. There it was dismissed for forum non conveniens under the determination that the case should be tried in Scotland: the crash had occurred, the crash investigation had been conducted there by British authorities, and the pilot's estate, the plane's owners, and the charter company were all located there. However, respondents successfully appealed, claiming that substantive law in Scotland would be unfavorable to their case. Scotland, unlike Pennsylvania, had no strict liability law, which, along with negligence, respondents were relying upon in order to prevail.

Fidelity Federal Sav. & Loan Assn. v. De La Cuesta (No. 81-750)

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Finley v. Murray (No. 80-2205)

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Finnegan v. Leu (No. 80-2150)

A Massachusetts law required trial courts to exclude members of the press and public from certain cases involving sexual offenses and testimony of victims less than eighteen years old. In a trial involving a male who was accused of raping three minors, the court, acting in reference to the Massachusetts statute, conducted a closed trial.

Florida Dept. of State v. Treasure Salvors, Inc. (No. 80-1348)

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Ford Motor Co. v. EEOC (No. 81-300)

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Foremost Insurance Co. v. Richardson (No. 80-2134)

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G. D. Searle & Co. v. Cohn (No. 80-644)

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General Building Contractors Assn. v. Pa. (No. 81-280)

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General Telephone Co. Of Southwest v. Falcon (No. 81-574)

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Globe Newspaper Co. v. Superior Court (No. 81-611)

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Greene v. Lindsey (No. 81-341)

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Griffin v. Oceanic Contractors, Inc. (No. 81-614)

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Harlow v. Fitzgerald (No. 80-945)

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Hathorn v. Lovorn (No. 81-451)

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Havens Realty Corp. v. Coleman (No. 80-988)

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Hendrick Hudson Dist. Bd. Of Ed. v. Rowley (No. 80-1002)

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Herweg v. Ray (No. 80-60)

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Hoffman Estates v. Flipside, Hoffman Estates (No. 80-1681)

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Hopper v. Evans (No. 80-1714)

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In Re R. M. J. (No. 80-1431)

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INS v. Chadha (No. 80-1832)

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Insurance Corp. v. Compagnie Des Bauxites (No. 81-440)

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Inwood Laboratories v. Ives Laboratories (No. 80-2182)

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Jackson Transit Authority v. Transit Union (No. 81-411)

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Jacksonville Bulk Terminals v. Longshoremen (No. 80-1045)

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Jewett v. Commissioner (No. 80-1614)

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Kaiser Steel Corp. v. Mullins (No. 80-1345)

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Kremer v. Chemical Construction Corp. (No. 80-6045)

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Lane v. Williams (No. 80-1240)

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Larson v. Valente (No. 80-1666)

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Lehman v. Lycoming County Children's Services (No. 80-2177)

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Logan v. Zimmerman Brush Co. (No. 80-5950)

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Longshoremen v. Allied International, Inc. (No. 80-1663)

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Loretto v. Teleprompter Manhattan Catv Corp. (No. 81-244)

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Lugar v. Edmondson Oil Co. (No. 80-1730)

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Marine Bank v. Weaver (No. 80-1562)

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Mcelroy v. United States (No. 80-6680)

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Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith v. Curran (No. 80-203)

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Middlesex Ethics Comm. v. Garden State Bar Assn. (No. 81-460)

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Mills v. Habluetzel (No. 80-6298)

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Mills v. Rogers (No. 80-1417)

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Miss. Univ. for Women v. Hogan (No. 81-406)

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Murphy v. Hunt (No. 80-2165)

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NAACP v. Claiborne Hardware Co. (No. 81-202)

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New England Power Co. v. New Hampshire (No. 80-1208)

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New York v. Ferber (No. 81-55)

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Nixon v. Fitzgerald (No. 79-1738)

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NLRB v. Hendricks Cty. Rural Electric Corp. (No. 80-885)

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North Haven Board Of Education v. Bell (No. 80-986)

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Northern Pipeline Const. v. Marathon Pipe Line (No. 81-150)

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O'dell v. Espinoza (No. 81-534)

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Oregon v. Kennedy (No. 80-1991)

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Patsy v. Florida Board Of Regents (No. 80-1874)

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Piper Aircraft Co. v. Reyno (No. 80-848)

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Plyler v. Doe (No. 80-1538)

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Polk County v. Dodson (No. 80-824)

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Princeton University v. Schmid (No. 80-1576)

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Pullman-Standard v. Swint (No. 80-1190)

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Railway Labor Executives' Assn. v. Gibbons (No. 80-415)

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Ralston v. Robinson (No. 80-2049)

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Ramah Navajo School Bd. v. Bureau Of Revenue (No. 80-2162)

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Rendell-Baker v. Kohn (No. 80-2102)

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Rice v. Norman Williams Co. (No. 80-1012)

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Ridgway v. Ridgway (No. 80-1070)

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Rodriguez v. Popular Democratic Party (No. 81-328)

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Rogers v. Lodge (No. 80-2100)

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Rose v. Lundy (No. 80-846)

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Santosky v. Kramer (No. 80-5889)

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Schweiker v. Hogan (No. 81-213)

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Schweiker v. Mcclure (No. 81-212)

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Smith v. Phillips (No. 80-1082)

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Southern Pac. Transp. Co. v. Commercial Metals (No. 81-622)

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Sporhase v. Nebraska Ex Rel. Douglas (No. 81-613)

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Steelworkers v. Sadlowski (No. 81-395)

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Sumitomo Shoji America, Inc. v. Avagliano (No. 80-2070)

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Summit Valley Industries, Inc. v. Carpenters (No. 81-497)

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Taylor v. Alabama (No. 81-5152)

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Texaco, Inc. v. Short (No. 80-965)

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Tibbs v. Florida (No. 81-5114)

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Toll v. Moreno (No. 80-2178)

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Transportation Union v. Long Island R. Co. (No. 80-1925)

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U.S. Ind./Fed. Sheet Metal, Inc. v. Director, Owcp (No. 80-518)

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U.S. Industries/Federal Sheet Metal, Inc. v. Director, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs, United States Department of Labor (No. 80-513)

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Umwa Health & Retirement Funds v. Robinson (No. 81-61)

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Underwriters Assur. Co. v. N.C. Guaranty Assn. (No. 80-1496)

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Union Labor Life Ins. Co. v. Pireno (No. 81-389)

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United States v. Clark (No. 80-1121)

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United States v. Erika, Inc. (No. 80-1594)

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United States v. Frady (No. 80-1595)

The Secretary of Defense closed the Valley Forge General Hospital in an effort to reduce the number of military installations in the country. In accordance with a congressional statute regulating the dispersal of surplus government property, part of the hospital's land was given, free-of-charge, to the Valley Forge Christian College.

United States v. Goodwin (No. 80-2195)

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United States v. Johnson (No. 80-1608)

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United States v. Lee (No. 80-767)

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United States v. Macdonald (No. 80-1582)

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United States v. New Mexico (No. 80-702)

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United States v. Ross (No. 80-2209)

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United States v. Valenzuela-Bernal (No. 81-450)

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United States v. Vogel Fertilizer Co. (No. 80-1251)

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Valley Forge CC v. Americans United (No. 80-327)

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Velde v. National Black Police Assn. (No. 80-1074)

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Washington v. Chrisman (No. 80-1349)

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Washington v. Seattle School District No. 1 (No. 81-9)

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Watt v. Energy Action Educational Foundation (No. 80-1464)

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Weinberger v. Catholic Action Of Hawaii (No. 80-1377)

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Weinberger v. Romero-Barcelo (No. 80-1990)

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Weinberger v. Rossi (No. 80-1924)

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White v. New Hampshire Dept. Of Empl. Sec. (No. 80-5887)

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Widmar v. Vincent (No. 80-689)

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Williams v. United States (No. 80-2116)

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Woelke & Romero Framing, Inc. v. NLRB (No. 80-1798)

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Youngberg v. Romeo (No. 80-1429)

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Zant v. Stephens (No. 81-89)

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Zipes v. Trans World Airlines, Inc. (No. 78-1545)

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Zobel v. Williams (No. 80-1146)

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