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.