United States Reports: Cases Adjudged in the Supreme Court, Volume 442U.S. Government Printing Office, 1981 |
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... Congress has directed otherwise . Since Congress has never expressly inter- dicted their use , the Court's decision to ban punitive damages from the arsenal necessarily rests upon inference upon a perception that punitive damages in ...
... Congress has directed otherwise . Since Congress has never expressly inter- dicted their use , the Court's decision to ban punitive damages from the arsenal necessarily rests upon inference upon a perception that punitive damages in ...
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... Congress [ had ] con- ferred the power upon the Board to impose such require- ments . " Id . , at 10. The question , in other words , was simply one of the Board's statutory competence ; the Court BLACKMUN , J. , concurring in result ...
... Congress [ had ] con- ferred the power upon the Board to impose such require- ments . " Id . , at 10. The question , in other words , was simply one of the Board's statutory competence ; the Court BLACKMUN , J. , concurring in result ...
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... Congress enacted § 1623 as part of the 1970 Organized Crime Control Act , Pub . L. 91-452 , 84 Stat . 922 , to facilitate perjury prosecutions and thereby enhance the reliability of testimony before federal courts and grand juries . S ...
... Congress enacted § 1623 as part of the 1970 Organized Crime Control Act , Pub . L. 91-452 , 84 Stat . 922 , to facilitate perjury prosecutions and thereby enhance the reliability of testimony before federal courts and grand juries . S ...
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... Congress noted , the strict common- law requirements for establishing falsity which had been engrafted onto the federal perjury statute often made prose- cution for false statements exceptionally difficult . By reliev- ing the ...
... Congress noted , the strict common- law requirements for establishing falsity which had been engrafted onto the federal perjury statute often made prose- cution for false statements exceptionally difficult . By reliev- ing the ...
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... Congress ' use of the phrase in a related provision of the Organized Crime Control Act . Title II of the Act , 18 U. S. C. § 6002 , authorizes extension of immunity to any witness who claims his privilege against self - incrimination ...
... Congress ' use of the phrase in a related provision of the Organized Crime Control Act . Title II of the Act , 18 U. S. C. § 6002 , authorizes extension of immunity to any witness who claims his privilege against self - incrimination ...
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Page 386 - VII provides that it shall be an unlawful employment practice for an employer — (1) to fail or refuse to hire or to discharge any individual, or otherwise to discriminate against any individual with respect to his compensation, terms, conditions, or privileges of employment, because of such individual's race, color, religion, sex, or national origin.
Page 108 - Whoever, having taken an oath before a competent tribunal, officer, or person, in any case in which a law of the United States authorizes an oath to be administered...
Page 32 - First, the private interest that will be affected by the official action; second, the risk of an erroneous deprivation of such interest through the procedures used, and the probable value, if any, of additional or substitute procedural safeguards; and finally, the Government's interest, including the function involved and the fiscal and administrative burdens that the additional or substitute procedural requirement would entail.
Page 349 - Act, it is the continuing responsibility of the Federal Government to use all practicable means, consistent with other essential considerations of national policy...
Page 621 - The fundamental theory of liberty upon which all governments in this Union repose excludes any general power of the State to standardize its children by forcing them to accept instruction from public teachers only. The child is not the mere creature of the State; those who nurture him and direct his destiny have the right, coupled with the high duty, to recognize and prepare him for additional obligations.
Page 240 - gist of the question of standing" is whether the party seeking relief has "alleged such a personal stake in the outcome of the controversy as to assure that concrete adverseness which sharpens the presentation of issues upon which the court so largely depends for illumination of difficult constitutional questions.
Page 228 - The district courts shall have original jurisdiction of all civil actions wherein the matter in controversy exceeds the sum or value of $10,000, exclusive of interest and costs, and arises under the Constitution, laws, or treaties of the United States.
Page 103 - ... no testimony or other information compelled under the order (or any information directly or indirectly derived from such testimony or other information) may be used against the witness in any criminal case, except a prosecution for perjury, giving a false statement, or otherwise failing to comply with the order.
Page 770 - greater" and which the "lesser" intrusion is itself a debatable question and the answer may depend on a variety of circumstances. For constitutional purposes, we see no difference between on the one hand seizing and holding a car before presenting the probable cause issue to a magistrate and on the other hand carrying out an immediate search without a warrant. Given probable cause to search, either course is reasonable under the Fourth Amendment.
Page 353 - ... in decisionmaking which may have an impact on man's environment; (B) identify and develop methods and procedures, in consultation with the Council on Environmental Quality established by title II of this Act, which will insure that presently unqualified environmental amenities and values may be given appropriate consideration in decisionmaking along with economic and technical considerations...