U. S. Supreme Court, May, 1999, Federal Case law

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Federal Courts - U. S. Supreme Court - May 17, 1999

Clinton v. Goldsmith, No. 98-347, SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES, May 17, 1999, Decided
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Overview: The Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces lacked jurisdiction to enjoin President and military officials from dropping respondent from the rolls of the Air Force because the executive action fell outside of the court's express statutory jurisdiction.

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Fla. v. White, No. 98-223, SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES, May 17, 1999, Decided
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Overview: The seizure of respondent's vehicle was proper where the police lacked probable cause to believe that respondent's car contained contraband because the officers had probable cause to believe that the vehicle itself was contraband under state law.

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Hunt v. Cromartie, No. 98-85, SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES, May 17, 1999, Decided
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Overview: On summary judgment, district court was required to accept as true North Carolina's averment that its redrawing of state congressional district boundaries was not impermissibly motivated by race, but instead by political party considerations.

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N.J. v. New York, No. 120, Orig., SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES, May 17, 1999, Decided
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Overview: New Jersey was declared sovereign over certain landfilled portions of Ellis Island, and New York was enjoined from enforcing its laws or asserting sovereignty over the portions of Ellis Island that laid within New Jersey's sovereign boundary.

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Ruhrgas Ag v. Marathon Oil Co., No. 98-470, SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES, May 17, 1999, Decided
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Overview: A federal court was permitted to dismiss a case for lack personal jurisdiction without analyzing both subject matter and personal jurisdiction when plaintiffs' case was removed from state to federal court on the basis of diversity of citizenship.

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Saenz v. Roe, No. 98-97, SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES, May 17, 1999, Decided
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Overview: Respondents filed suit challenging the durational residency requirements of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996, contending that the residency requirements imposed an unconstitutional burden on a certain class of citizens based upon their length of residency. The district court issued a temporary restraining order enjoining the statute's implementation after concluding that it placed a penalty on new citizens and failed to treat them on an equal basis with existing residents. After the appellate court affirmed, petitioners sought further review. In affirming, the Supreme Court noted that the protections afforded to citizens underimposed a limitation on the states' powers and concluded that the statute impermissibly affected the rights of newly arrived citizens as to the same privileges and immunities enjoyed by other citizens of the same state, in violation of. The statute discriminated against citizens new to the state, and since the right to travel embraced a citizen's right to be treated equally in his or her new state of residence, the discriminatory classification was itself a penalty.

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