Volume 346 — United States Reports

This is a list of all the United States Supreme Court cases from volume 346 of the United States Reports:

from pages 15-16 intentionally omitted] Messrs. John Lord O'Brian and Howard C. Westwood, Washington, D.C., for petitioners Dalehite and others. Mr. Austin Y. Bryan, Jr., Houston, Tex., for petitioners Pan-American Refining Corp. and others. Messrs. Morton Liftin and Oscar H. Davis, Washington, D.C., for respondent. Mr. Justice REED delivered the opinion of the Court. 1 Petitioners seek damages from the United States for the death of Henry G.

District of Columbia v. John R. Thompson Co. Inc., 346 U.S. 100 (1953), is a United States Supreme Court case which began on April 30, 1953 over the validity of the local Washington Acts of 1872 and 1873. The Acts prohibited segregation in public places within the District. With the court's support, the legal ramifications of the 1872 and 1873 Acts could once again be enforced. The case transpired during growing racial tension in the nation's capital. Throughout Washington, the black community had grown tired of unfair treatment regarding housing, businesses, and education. But, change came soon enough through the courts.

Securities and Exchange Commission v. Ralston Purina Co., 346 U.S. 119 (1953), was a case in which the United States Supreme Court held that a corporation offering "key employees" equity stock shares is eligible for a transaction-based exemption from securities registration under Section 4(1) [Now Section 4(a)(2)] of the Securities Act of 1933. This exemption would generally not apply when offered to all employees, including rank-and-file employees, as the investors should be "sophisticated investors."

Held: are constitutional requirements binding on military tribunals. If a prisoner is coerced by torture or other methods to give the evidence against him, if he is beaten or slowly “broken” by third-degree methods, then the “trial” before the military tribunal becomes an empty ritual. The real trial takes place in secret where the accused without benefit of counsel succumbs to physical or psychological pressures.

from pages 156-158 intentionally omitted] Messrs. John J. Duff, J. Bertram Wegman and Peter L. F. Sabbatino, New York City, for petitioners. Messrs. John J. O'Brien, New York City, John C. Marbach, White Plains, N.Y., for respondent. Mr. Justice JACKSON delivered the opinion of the Court. 1 Petitioners were found guilty of felony murder 1 by a jury in Westchester County, New York, and sentenced to death.

from pages 209-210 intentionally omitted] Mr. Telford Taylor, Washington, D.C., for petitioners. Mr. John F. Davis, Washington, D.C., for respondent. Mr. Justice BURTON delivered the opinion of the Court. 1 In this proceeding we are limited to the consideration of the following questions: (1) is it barred by the statute of limitations and, if not, (2) is it barred by the principles of res judicata, or estoppel, or the Due Process Clause of the Fifth Amendment?

from pages 249-251 intentionally omitted] Mr. J. Wallace McKnight, Los Angeles, Cal., for petitioners. Mr. Loren Miller, Los Angeles, Cal., for respondent. Mr. Justice MINTON delivered the opinion of the Court. 1 This Court held in Shelley v.

Held: that the Deputy Commissioner could not find that the employer had the notice required by § 12 (d) of the Act. This conclusion was not justified. The flash fire was a matter of common knowledge and even terror on the ship. Many witnesses saw the claimant injured or on the deck unable to walk immediately thereafter. His gang foreman knew of the injury.

Held: following Ex parte Schollenberger, 96 U.S. 369 , 377, 24 L.Ed. 853, that this consent extended to all courts sitting in New York, both federal and state.

Toolson v. New York Yankees, 346 U.S. 356 (1953), is a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court upheld, 7–2, the antitrust exemption first granted to Major League Baseball (MLB) three decades earlier in Federal Baseball Club v. National League. It was also the first challenge to the reserve clause which prevented free agency, and one of the first cases heard and decided by the Warren Court.

Arkansas v. Texas, 346 U.S. 368 (1953), was a United States Supreme Court case decided in 1953. It was brought in the Supreme Court directly under the Court's original jurisdiction, as a suit filed by the state of Arkansas against the state of Texas. The suit concerned a contract between the Texas-based William Buchanan Foundation and the University of Arkansas which provided that the Foundation would provide $500,000 to the university's Arkansas State Medical Center for construction of a new floor. Arkansas submitted a motion for leave to file a complaint with the Supreme Court, alleging that Texas was interfering with its contract.

Held: however, that venue was not properly laid and, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1406(a), 28 U.S.C.A. § 1406(a), ordered the action as to Cravey severed and transferred to the Northern District of Georgia where Cravey resided. Petitioner then sought a writ of mandamus from the Court of Appeals to compel the respondent to vacate and set aside the order of severance and transfer.

Dickinson v. United States, 346 U.S. 389 (1953), was a case in which the Supreme Court of the United States held there was no basis for denying a petitioner's (a Jehovah's Witness) claim to ministerial exemption from military service, and his conviction for refusing to submit to his local board's induction order was reversed.

Wilko v. Swan, 346 U.S. 427 (1953), is a United States Supreme Court decision on the arbitration of securities fraud claims. It had originally been brought by an investor who claimed his broker at Hayden Stone had sold stock to him without disclosing that he and the firm were the primary sellers. By a 7–2 margin the Court held that the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933 barring any waiver of rights under that statute took precedence over the Federal Arbitration Act's (FAA) requirement that arbitration clauses in contracts be given full effect by federal courts. It reversed a decision to the contrary by a divided panel of the Second Circuit Court of Appeals.

Garner v. Teamsters Local 776, 346 U.S. 485 (1953), is a US labor law case, concerning the scope of federal preemption against state law for labor rights.

United States v. Morgan, 346 U.S. 502 (1954), is a landmark decision by the United States Supreme Court which provides the writ of coram nobis as the proper application to request federal post-conviction judicial review for those who have completed the conviction's incarceration in order to challenge the validity of a federal criminal conviction.