Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States

Oklahoma Publishing Co. v. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

439 U.S. 863

Type
Opinion
Court
Supreme Court of the United States
Jurisdiction
Federal
Date
1978-10-02
Topic
general

How later courts describe this case

  • fatal variance exists where "an indictment enumerates the particular facts alleged to constitute the element of a charged crime and the proof makes out the elements in a different manner"
  • no warning required for plaintiff who had actual knowledge that if he leaned too far forward on chair equipped with casters, chair would tip forward
  • fatal variance exists when “an indictment enumerates the particular facts alleged to constitute the element of a charged crime and the proof makes out the elements in a different manner”
  • risk of tipping in specially designed commode chair obvious to paraplegic

Citator

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C. A. 10th Cir. Certiorari denied. Reported below: 579 F. 2d 66 (second case).