United States Reports: Cases Adjudged in the Supreme Court, Volume 446U.S. Government Printing Office, 1982 |
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... granted summary judgment for petitioner for $ 19 million , plus prejudg- ment interest at the statutory rate of 6 % , notwithstanding the release clause . Petitioner then moved for a certification of this judgment as a final judgment ...
... granted summary judgment for petitioner for $ 19 million , plus prejudg- ment interest at the statutory rate of 6 % , notwithstanding the release clause . Petitioner then moved for a certification of this judgment as a final judgment ...
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... granting the Rule 54 ( b ) certification , since the possibility of a setoff required that the status quo be maintained unless petitioner could show harsh or unusual circumstances and since no such showing had been made . Held : The ...
... granting the Rule 54 ( b ) certification , since the possibility of a setoff required that the status quo be maintained unless petitioner could show harsh or unusual circumstances and since no such showing had been made . Held : The ...
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... granted certiorari in order to examine the use of this proce- dural device . 444 U. S. 823 ( 1979 ) . I From 1968 to 1972 , respondent General Electric Co. entered into a series of 21 contracts with petitioner Curtiss - Wright Corp. for ...
... granted certiorari in order to examine the use of this proce- dural device . 444 U. S. 823 ( 1979 ) . I From 1968 to 1972 , respondent General Electric Co. entered into a series of 21 contracts with petitioner Curtiss - Wright Corp. for ...
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... granted as a matter of course , and that this remedy should be reserved for the infrequent harsh case because of the overload in appellate courts which would otherwise result from appeals of an interlocutory nature . The essential ...
... granted as a matter of course , and that this remedy should be reserved for the infrequent harsh case because of the overload in appellate courts which would otherwise result from appeals of an interlocutory nature . The essential ...
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... granted Rule 54 ( b ) certification . It also granted General Electric's motion for a stay without bond pending appeal . A divided panel of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit held that the case was controlled by ...
... granted Rule 54 ( b ) certification . It also granted General Electric's motion for a stay without bond pending appeal . A divided panel of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit held that the case was controlled by ...
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Page 40 - Every person who, under color of any statute, ordinance, regulation, custom, or usage, of any State or Territory, subjects, or causes to be subjected, any citizen of the United States or other person within the jurisdiction thereof to the deprivation of any rights, privileges, or immunities secured by the Constitution and laws, shall be liable to the party injured in an action at law, suit in equity, or other proper proceeding for redress.
Page 320 - ... (3) the court finds that the questions of law or fact common to the members of the class predominate over any questions affecting only individual members, and that a class action is superior to other available methods for the fair and efficient adjudication of the controversy. The matters pertinent to the findings include: (A) the interest of members of the class in individually controlling the prosecution or defense of separate actions; (B) the extent and nature of any litigation concerning...
Page 634 - The district courts shall have original jurisdiction of any civil action authorized by law to be commenced by any person: (3) To redress the deprivation, under color of any State law, statute, ordinance, regulation, custom or usage, of any right, privilege or immunity secured by the Constitution of the United States...
Page 642 - When a district judge, in making in a civil action an order not otherwise appealable under this section, shall be of the opinion that such order involves a controlling question of law as to which there is substantial ground for difference of opinion and that an immediate appeal from the order may materially advance the ultimate termination of the litigation, he shall so state in writing in such order.
Page 174 - is not prohibited by but is consistent with 'the letter and spirit of the constitution,' " regardless of whether the practices outlawed by Congress in themselves violated the Equal Protection Clause. 384 US, at 651 (quoting McCulloch v. Maryland, supra, at 421). The Court stated that, "[c]orrectly viewed, § 5 is a positive grant of legislative power authorizing Congress to exercise its discretion in determining whether and what legislation is needed to secure the guarantees of the Fourteenth Amendment.
Page 686 - To make any untrue statement of a material fact or to omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements made, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, or (c) To engage in any act, practice, or course of business which operates or would operate as a fraud or deceit upon any person, in connection with the purchase or sale of any security.
Page 58 - MARSHALL announced the judgment of the Court and delivered an opinion in which THE CHIEF JUSTICE, MR. JUSTICE BLACK, and MR.
Page 695 - ... (2) to obtain money or property by means of any untrue statement of a material fact or any omission to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements made, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, or (3) to engage in any transaction, practice, or course of business which operates or would operate as a fraud or deceit upon the purchaser.
Page 5 - When more than one claim for relief is presented in an action, whether as a claim, counterclaim, cross-claim, or third-party claim, or when multiple parties are involved, the court may direct the entry of a final judgment as to one or more but fewer than all of the claims or parries only upon an express determination that there is no just reason for delay and upon an express direction for the entry of judgment.
Page 296 - By custodial interrogation, we mean questioning initiated by law enforcement officers after a person has been taken into custody or otherwise deprived of his freedom of action in any significant way.