Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States

Alexander v. Buckley

47 L. Ed. 2d 321

Type
Opinion
Court
Supreme Court of the United States
Jurisdiction
Federal
Date
1976-02-23
Topic
general

claim that employment of single doctor to operate the radiology department invokes the Sherman Act termed “frivolous” | Puerto Rican squatters’ claim to a privacy interest in Commonwealth land was “ludicrous” because they had twice been asked to vacate the property | court dismisses as “frivolous” radiologist claim that the hospital’s termination of his oral contract amounted to a reduction of his staff privileges, invoking hospital bylaws’ procedural requirement. | squatters on farmland owned by Commonwealth of Puerto Rico lacked Fourth Amendment reasonable expectation of privacy to support injunction protecting their homes | fourth amendment constraints on government as law enforcer may be greater than as landowner | squatters on public land had no reasonable expectation of privacy in area they occupied | fourth amendment constraints on government as law enforcer may be greater than as landowner | Waiver of conflict where codefendants were represented by the same attorney

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C. A. 9th Cir. Certiorari denied.