92-114.ZS
Cardinal Chemicals v. Morton Int'l
R069; 5/17/93.  The affirmance by the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit of a district court's finding that a patent has not been infringed is not a sufficient reason for vacating the lower court's declaratory judgment holding the patent invalid.  Syllabus.
92-114
Cardinal
Morton
Syllabus
Stevens,J.
Federal-Circuit
Patents
DeclaratoryJudgt.
R069

92-114.ZO
Cardinal Chemicals v. Morton Int'l
R069-O; 5/17/93.  The affirmance by the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit of a district court's finding that a patent has not been infringed is not a sufficient reason for vacating the lower court's declaratory judgment holding the patent invalid.  Stevens, J., opinion.
92-114
Cardinal
Morton
Opinion
Stevens,J.
Federal-Circuit
Patents
DeclaratoryJudgt.
R069-O

92-114.ZC
Cardinal Chemicals v. Morton Int'l
R069A; 5/17/93.  The affirmance by the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit of a district court's finding that a patent has not been infringed is not a sufficient reason for vacating the lower court's declaratory judgment holding the patent invalid.  Scalia, J., concurring in part and concurring in judgment.
92-114
Cardinal
Morton
Concur
Scalia,J.
Federal-Circuit
Patents
DeclaratoryJudgt.
R069A

92-6033.ZS
McNeil v. U. S.
R070; 5/17/93.  An action under the Federal Tort Claims Act may not be maintained when the claimant failed to exhaust his administrative remedies prior to filing suit, but did so before substantial progress was made in the litigation.  Syllabus.
92-6033
McNeil
U.S.
Syllabus
Stevens,J.
FTCA
Exhaustion
28USC2675(a)
R070

92-6033.ZO
McNeil v. U. S.
R070-O; 5/17/93.  An action under the Federal Tort Claims Act may not be maintained when the claimant failed to exhaust his administrative remedies prior to filing suit, but did so before substantial progress was made in the litigation.  Stevens, J., opinion.
92-6033
McNeil
U.S.
Opinion
Stevens,J.
FTCA
Exhaustion
28USC2675(a)
R070-O

92-259.ZS
Okla. Tax Comm'n v. Sac & Fox Nat.
R071; 5/17/93.  Absent explicit congressional direction to the contrary, it must be presumed that a State does not have jurisdiction to tax tribal members living in "Indian country," whether in a formal or informal reservation, allotted lands, or dependent Indian communities.  Syllabus. 
92-259
Syllabus
Oklahoma
Sac-Fox-Nation
O'Connor,J.
Indian-country
State-tax
Tribal-members
R071

92-259.ZO
Okla. Tax Comm'n v. Sac & Fox Nat.
R071-O; 5/17/93.  Absent explicit congressional direction to the contrary, it must be presumed that a State does not have jurisdiction to tax tribal members living in "Indian country," whether in a formal or informal reservation, allotted lands, or dependent Indian communities.  O'Connor, J., opinion. 
92-259
Opinion
Oklahoma
Sac-Fox-Nation
O'Connor,J.
Indian-country
State-tax
Tribal-members
R071-O

91-8199.ZS
Deal v. U.S.
R072; 5/17/93.  A defendant who is convicted in a single proceeding of multiple violations of 18 U.S.C. sec. 924(c)(1) for using a gun during a crime of violence, is subject to the statute's provisions imposing a more severe sentence for a "second or subsequent conviction."  Syllabus.
91-8199
Deal
U.S.
Syllabus
Scalia,J.
18USC924(c)(1)
Sentencing
Criminal-law
R072

91-8199.ZO
Deal v. U.S.
R072-O; 5/17/93.  A defendant who is convicted in a single proceeding of multiple violations of 18 U.S.C. sec. 924(c)(1) for using a gun during a crime of violence, is subject to the statute's provisions imposing a more severe sentence for a "second or subsequent conviction."  Scalia, J., opinion.
91-8199
Deal
U.S.
Opinion
Scalia,J.
18USC924(c)(1)
Sentencing
Criminal-law
R072-O

91-8199.ZD
Deal v. U.S.
R072A; 5/17/93.  A defendant who is convicted in a single proceeding of multiple violations of 18 U.S.C. sec. 924(c)(1) for using a gun during a crime of violence, is subject to the statute's provisions imposing a more severe sentence for a "second or subsequent conviction."  Stevens, J., dissenting.
91-8199
Deal
U.S.
Dissent
Stevens,J.
18USC924(c)(1)
Sentencing
Criminal-law
R072A

92-949.ZPC
El Vocero de P. R. v. Puerto Rico
R073-O; 5/17/93.  The provision in Puerto Rico Rule of Criminal Procedure 23(c) specifying that preliminary hearings in criminal cases should be private violates the First Amendment under Press Enterprise Co. v. Superior Ct. of Cal, 478 U.S. 1.   Per curiam.
92-949
PerCuriam
Puerto-Rico
ElVocero-de-P.R.
First-Amendment
Closed-hearings 
P.R.R.Cr.P.23(c)
Press-Enterprise
R073-O