Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States

75.81 Acres of Land, More or Less, Situate in Grayson County v. United States

53 L. Ed. 2d 223

Type
Opinion
Court
Supreme Court of the United States
Jurisdiction
Federal
Date
1977-05-16
Topic
general

adopting intermediate standard and reversing and remanding to trial court for its determination based on that standard; trial court held cap unconstitutional on remand | “Nothing in art. 1, § 18, either explicitly or implicitly prohibits legislative modification of common law actions.” | “allowing [political] signs only if they are inside a house and three feet back from windows is equivalent to not allowing signs at all” | remanding to lower court for determination whether statute limiting total recovery in medical malpractice actions to $300,000 was constitutional under heightened scrutiny test; on remand, trial court ruled that cap violated equal protection | remanding for factual determination on whether a medical malpractice crisis actual existed | remanding for factual determination on whether medical malpractice crisis actually existed | remanding for factual determination on whether medical malpractice crisis actually existed | remanding for factual determination on whether medical malpractice crisis actually existed | remanding for factual determination on whether medical malpractice crisis actually existed | "Privacy in the sense of freedom to withhold personal financial information from the government or the public has received little constitutional protection" | questions concerning whether police officer invoked the privilege against self-incrimination at a grand jury hearing are not job-related | “Privacy in the sense of freedom to withhold personal financial information from the government or the public has received little constitutional protection” | questions concerning whether police officer invoked the privilege against self-incrimination at a grand jury hearing are not job-related | case remanded for fact findings pertinent to constitutional attacks on damage caps | case remanded for fact findings pertinent to constitutional attacks on damage caps | in ruling on a motion to dismiss, court may consider only allegations in complaint | city ordinances restricting, inter alia, the display of “political campaign signs” | “Communication by signs and posters is virtually pure speech”

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C. A. 4th Cir. Certiorari denied.