Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States
Lowe v. Eugene Sand & Gravel, Inc.
54 L. Ed. 2d 155
- Type
- Opinion
- Court
- Supreme Court of the United States
- Jurisdiction
- Federal
- Date
- 1977-10-03
- Topic
- general
adopting federal test for establishment of religion as the appropriate test to be used under the state constitution as well | due diligence is an affirmative defense; plaintiff required only to act reasonably under all facts and circumstances | there may be circumstances where a union's studied ambivalence toward an unauthorized strike constitutes sufficient inducement, encouragement and condonation to allow damage recovery | there may be circumstances where a union’s studied ambivalence toward an unauthorized strike constitutes sufficient inducement, encouragement and condonation to allow damage recovery | display of large cross in public park as a veterans’ war memorial does not violate constitutional requirements despite the fact that it is a religious symbol | defendant in hospital had no reasonable expectation of privacy in his clothing because it was in a semipublic area and hospital had control of the clothes | release of nine months earnings figures showing $1.16 earnings per share were made misleading by the failure to release existing accounting reports which defendants knew would require year-end write-offs resulting in a $0.15 loss per share | release of nine months earnings figures showing $1.16 earnings per share were made misleading by the failure to release existing accounting reports which defendants knew would require year-end write-offs resulting in a $0.15 loss per share | release of nine months earnings figures showing $1.16 earnings per share were made misleading by the failure to release existing accounting reports which defendants knew would require year-end write-offs resulting in a $0.15 loss per share | "if a warrantless search and seizure is reasonably closely related in time and place to a lawful arrest, the search and seizure may be considered incidental to the arrest... whether the search and seizure occurs either before or after the arrest." | cross erected as veteran's war memorial had secular purpose | earnings figures only material when calculated with substantial certainty | earnings figures only material when calculated with substantial certainty | cross erected as veteran's war memorial had secular purpose | cross erected as veteran’s war memorial had secular purpose
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Sup. Ct. Ore. Certiorari denied.
Mr. Justice Brennan would grant certiorari.