Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States

Andre v. Board of Trustees

54 L. Ed. 2d 756

Type
Opinion
Court
Supreme Court of the United States
Jurisdiction
Federal
Date
1978-01-09
Topic
general

holding that foreign agency was a person | holding that foreign agency was a person | having spent most of their early years in limelight, sons of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg are public figures for purposes of subsequent commentary on Rosenberg trials | having spent most of their early years in limelight, sons of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg are public figures for purposes of subsequent commentary on Rosenberg trials | upholding requirement that employees establish residency within a certain time period after beginning employment with the municipality | deferring to congressional determination that causation existed “as a matter of law” | factual evidence in the administrative record showed that South African seal hunting practices "will respond" to stricter enforcement of the Marine Mammal Protection Act | "The same standards of constitutional protection apply to an invasion of privacy and to libel actions." | “The same standards of constitutional protection apply to an invasion of privacy and to libel actions.” | claim that bank examinations were conducted negligently when examiners failed to appoint a receiver is precluded by discretionary exception | sons of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg are public figures for purposes of subsequent commentary on Rosenberg trials since they spent their earlier years in the limelight | by enacting remedial measures under the Marine Mammal Protection Act, Congress determined that a causal relationship existed between American import practices and South African sealing practices | factual evidence in the administrative record showed that South African seal hunting practices “mil respond” to stricter enforcement of the Marine Mammal Protection Act | “In the course of extensive public debate revolving about the Rosenberg Trial [their children] were cast into the limelight and became public figures under the Gertz standards” | “federal officials are not personally liable for alleged torts based upon acts committed within the scope of their official duties requiring the exercise of judgment or discretion”

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C. A. 7th Cir. Certiorari denied.