Volume 392 — United States Reports

Terry v. Ohio, 392 U.S. 1 (1968), is a landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision in which the court ruled that it is constitutional for American police to "stop and frisk" a person they reasonably suspect to be armed and involved in a crime. Specifically, the decision held that a police officer does not violate the Fourth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution's prohibition on unreasonable searches and seizures when questioning someone even though the officer lacks probable cause to arrest the person, so long as the police officer has a reasonable suspicion that the person has committed, is committing, or is about to commit a crime.

Sibron v. New York, 392 U.S. 40 (1968) was a Supreme Court companion case to Terry v. Ohio.

Flast v. Cohen, 392 U.S. 83 (1968), was a United States Supreme Court case holding that federal taxpayers have standing to seek relief from the courts for claims that federal tax money is being used for unconstitutional purposes in violation of the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment.

United States v. Southwestern Cable Co., 392 U.S. 157 (1968), is a case in the development of American administrative law.

from pages 183-184 intentionally omitted] Alan M. Wilner, Baltimore, Md. and Charles Alan Wright, Austin, Tex., for appellants. Solicitor Gen., Erwin N. Griswold, for appellees.

Held: that § 106(a) encompasses only those orders made in the course of a proceeding conducted under § 242(b) or issued upon motions to reopen such proceedings. II. 8 This is the third case in which we have had occasion to examine to effect of § 106(a).

from pages 236-237 intentionally omitted] Marvin E. Pollock, New York City, for appellants. Jean M. Coon, Albany, New York, and Porter R. Chandler, New York City, for appellees. Mr. Justice WHITE delivered the opinion of the Court. 1 A law of the State of New York requires local school">public school authorities to lend textbooks free of charge to all students in grades seven through 12; students attending private schools are included.

King v. Smith, 392 U.S. 309 (1968), was a unanimous decision in which the Supreme Court of the United States held that Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) could not be withheld because of the presence of a "substitute father" who visited a family on weekends. The issue before the US Supreme Court involved how the states could determine how to implement a federal program. The court used the term "co-operative federalism." Shapiro v. Thompson, King v. Smith and Goldberg v. Kelly were a set of successful Supreme Court cases that dealt with Welfare, specifically referred to as a part of 'The Welfare Cases'.

Held: contrary to appellant’s contention, that the Massachusetts sales tax is not imposed upon the bank as a purchaser, but is a tax upon vendors who sell tangible personal property to the bank. Of course if *347 this is true, the bank cannot object if a particular vendor decides to pass the burden of the tax on to it through an increased price.

Mancusi v. DeForte, 392 U.S. 364 (1968), is a decision of the United States Supreme Court on privacy and the Fourth Amendment. It originated in the lower courts as United States ex rel. Frank DeForte, appellant v. Vincent R. Mancusi, Warden of Attica Prison, Attica, New York, appellee, a petition for a writ of habeas corpus by a prisoner who had exhausted all his state appeals. By a 6–3 margin the Court affirmed the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit's reversal of a district court denial of the petition. The prisoner, Frank DeForte, was one of several labor union officials on Long Island who had been convicted of racketeering-related charges connected to a scheme in which they attempted to monopolize the jukebox market in the New York Metropolitan area.

Held: state courts were free to accept evidence obtained in violation of the Federal Constitution, the Court reasoned that they could not be required to reject evidence obtained and divulged in violation of a federal statute. That was the thrust of the Schwartz opinion: 13 'Although the intercepted calls would be inadmissible in a federal court, it does not follow that such evidence is inadmissible in a state court.

Fortnightly Corp. v. United Artists Television, Inc., 392 U.S. 390 (1968), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court held that receiving a television broadcast does not constitute a "performance" of a work.

Jones v. Alfred H. Mayer Co., 392 U.S. 409 (1968), is a landmark case in which the United States Supreme Court held that Congress could regulate the sale of private property to prevent racial discrimination: "[42 U.S.C. § 1982] bars all racial discrimination, private as well as public, in the sale or rental of property, and that the statute, thus construed, is a valid exercise of the power of Congress to enforce the Thirteenth Amendment."

from pages 481-482 intentionally omitted] James V. Hayes, Washington, D.C., for Hanover Shoe, Inc. Ralph M. Carson, New York City, for United Shoe Machinery Corp. Mr. Justice WHITE delivered the opinion of the Court. 1 Hanover Shoe, Inc. (hereafter Hanover) is a manufacturer of shoes and a customer of United Shoe Machinery Corporation (hereafter United), a manufacturer and distributor of shoe machinery.

Powell v. Texas, 392 U.S. 514 (1968), was a United States Supreme Court case that ruled that a Texas statute criminalizing public intoxication did not violate the Eighth Amendment protection against cruel and unusual punishment. The 5–4 decision's plurality opinion was by Justice Thurgood Marshall. Justice Hugo Black and Byron White each wrote separate concurring opinions while Justice Abe Fortas dissented.

Held: that Congress intended by the term to refer to situations in which one carrier could transport goods at a lower incremental cost than another.