COMMERCE. See Antitrust Acts; Constitutional Law, VII;
COMMON CARRIERS. See Constitutional Law, VII, 3; Trans-
COMPENSATION. See Constitutional Law, VI; Labor.
COMPETITION. See Antitrust Acts.
CONGRESS. See Constitutional Law, II.
CONSERVATION. See Constitutional Law, VII, 2; XI, 6, 8.
CONSOLIDATION. See Transportation.
CONSPIRACY. See Antitrust Acts, 3-4.
CONSTITUTIONAL LAW. See also Equity; Jurisdiction, II, 4; Parties.
I. Federal-State Relations, p. 875.
II. Legislative Power, p. 875.
III. Freedom of Speech and Press, p. 876.
IV. Search and Seizure, p. 876. V. Ex Post Facto Laws, p. 876. VI. Eminent Domain, p. 876. VII. Commerce, p. 876. VIII. Imports and Exports, p. 877. IX. Full Faith and Credit, p. 877. X. Due Process of Law, p. 877. XI. Equal Protection of Laws, p. 878. XII. Privileges and Immunities, p. 879.
I. Federal-State Relations.
1. Coastal waters - Fishing — State regulation.-Jurisdiction of state to regulate shrimping in 3-mile belt off coast, in absence of con- flicting federal legislation. Toomer v. Witsell, 385.
2. Indians Trust property-State inheritance tax.-Oklahoma inheritance tax on transfer of properties held in trust by United States for benefit of restricted Osage Indian and heirs, valid. West v. Oklahoma Tax Comm'n, 717.
1. Powers of Congress-District of Columbia.-R. S. § 1978, guar- anteeing all citizens same property rights as white citizens, valid. Hurd v. Hodge, 24.
2. Powers of Congress-War powers-Renegotiation Act.-Renego- tiation Act, authorizing recovery by United States of "excessive profits" on contracts for war goods, valid exercise of war powers. Lichter v. United States, 742.
CONSTITUTIONAL LAW-Continued.
3. Powers of Congress-Delegation-Renegotiation Act.-Author- ization of administrative determination of "excessive profits" not unconstitutional delegation of legislative power. Lichter v. United States, 742.
III. Freedom of Speech and Press.
1. Freedom of speech-Loud-speakers-Prior restraint.-Ordinance forbidding use of loud-speakers in public places, except in uncon- trolled discretion of Chief of Police, invalid. Saia v. New York, 558.
2. Freedom of the press-Scope-Motion pictures.-Freedom of the press extends to motion pictures. United States v. Paramount Pictures, 131.
Requirement of warrant-Illicit distilling.-Arrest lawful as of one committing felony in presence of officer; search and seizure of illicit distillery without warrant unlawful where known to officers for weeks; defendants entitled to suppression as evidence but not return of con- traband. Trupiano v. United States, 699.
State laws-Retroactive operation-Habitual criminals.-Pennsyl- vania statute authorizing punishment of fourth-offender not ex post facto, though one of convictions occurred prior to enactment. Gryger v. Burke, 728.
Wartime requisitions-Just compensation-Ceiling price.-Ceiling price rather than replacement cost as measure of just compensation for products requisitioned for war purposes. United States v. Felin & Co., 624.
1. State regulation and taxation—Shrimping-Maritime belt.— South Carolina tax of 8¢ per pound on shrimp taken in maritime belt, not violative of commerce clause. Toomer v. Witsell, 385.
2. Id. South Carolina statute requiring shrimpers to dock at South Carolina port, unload, pack, and tax-stamp catch, before ship- ping interstate, invalid. Id.
3. State taxation-Gross receipts-Apportionment.-State tax on motor carrier's gross receipts from substantial out-of-state mileage, invalid. Central Greyhound Lines v. Mealey, 653.
CONSTITUTIONAL LAW-Continued.
VIII. Imports and Exports.
State taxation-Shrimping-Maritime belt.-South Carolina tax of 18¢ per pound on shrimp taken in maritime belt not unconstitu- tional levy on imports. Toomer v. Witsell, 385.
IX. Full Faith and Credit.
1. Judgments-Divorce-Collateral attack.-Valid and final Flor- ida decree granting divorce to wife found domiciled there, in proceed- ing wherein husband appeared and had full opportunity to contest, not subject to collateral attack elsewhere. Sherrer v. Sherrer, 343.
2. Id. Valid and final Nevada divorce decree in proceeding wherein parties participated and had full opportunity to contest jurisdictional. issues was denied full faith and credit by Massachusetts courts which allowed collateral attack; collateral attack not allowable even by party in whose favor divorce decree was entered. Coe v. Coe, 378.
3. Judgments-Divorce-Alimony.-Nevada ex parte divorce not denied full faith and credit by New York judgment for arrears of alimony under earlier decree of separation. Estin v. Estin, 541; Kreiger v. Kreiger, 555.
1. Judicial action-State courts-Error.-Error of state court in construing state law not denial of due process. Gryger v. Burke, 728. 2. Private property-Taking-Renegotiation Act.-Recovery of excessive profits on war contracts did not deprive contractor of prop- erty without due process of law. Lichter v. United States, 742.
3. Procedural due process-Renegotiation Act.-Renegotiation Act as affording procedural due process. Lichter v. United States, 742.
4. Civil procedure-Divorce-Jurisdiction.-Due process does not require that defendant in divorce proceeding, who appeared and had opportunity to contest every issue including complainant's domicile, be afforded second opportunity to litigate existence of jurisdictional facts. Sherrer v. Sherrer, 343.
5. Criminal proceedings-Fair trial.-Sentence of uncounseled de- fendant on misinformation or false assumptions as to his criminal record, invalid. Townsend v. Burke, 736.
6. Criminal procedure-Notice and hearing-Indictment.-Due process not denied by conviction on plea of guilty of offense which, though not charged in indictment, was lesser than and related to offense charged. Paterno v. Lyons, 314.
CONSTITUTIONAL LAW-Continued.
7. Criminal proceedings-Right to counsel.-Right to counsel in trial for non-capital offense of youth incapable of adequately repre- senting self. Wade v. Mayo, 672.
8. Criminal proceedings-Right to counsel.-Failure of state to provide counsel for defendant on fourth-offender charge under Penn- sylvania law did not deny due process. Gryger v. Burke, 728.
9. Criminal proceedings-Coercion.-That defendant had been held incommunicado 40 hours did not vitiate conviction in state court on plea of guilty. Townsend v. Burke, 736.
10. Criminal proceedings-Habitual criminal law.-Punishment as fourth-offender under Pennsylvania Habitual Criminal Law did not subject defendant to double jeopardy. Gryger v. Burke, 728.
11. Criminal procedure-State remedies.-Adequacy as due process of state remedies for challenging validity of conviction under Federal Constitution. Paterno v. Lyons, 314.
XI. Equal Protection of Laws.
1. Judicial action as state action.-Judicial action as action of state under Fourteenth Amendment. Shelley v. Kraemer, 1.
2. Racial restrictive covenants-Validity.-Racial restrictive cove- nants standing alone not violative of Fourteenth Amendment. Shelley v. Kraemer, 1; Hurd v. Hodge, 24.
3. Racial restrictive covenants-Unenforceable judicially-Racial restrictive covenants unenforceable by state courts. Shelley v. Kraemer, 1; see also Hurd v. Hodge, 24.
4. Id.-Colored persons denied equal protection by judicial enforce- ment of covenants excluding them from ownership or occupancy of property, even though courts would also enforce covenants excluding white persons. Shelley v. Kraemer, 1.
5. Id. Covenantors not denied equal protection by denial to them of access to courts for enforcement of racial restrictive covenants. Shelley v. Kraemer, 1.
6. Fishing-Aliens.-California statute denying fishing licenses to persons "ineligible to citizenship," including resident alien Japanese, invalid. Takahashi v. Fish & Game Comm'n, 410.
7. Id.-Federally created racial ineligibility for citizenship not justification for California statute. Id.
8. Fishing-Nonresidents.-Validity of South Carolina regulation and taxation of shrimping in coastal waters; discrimination against nonresidents. Toomer v. Witsell, 385.
CONSTITUTIONAL LAW-Continued.
XII. Privileges and Immunities.
Shrimping in marginal sea
against nonresidents.-South Carolina license fee of $2,500 on non- resident, $25 on resident, for each shrimp boat, invalid. Toomer v. Witsell, 385.
See Jurisdiction, II, 2.
See Constitutional Law, IV.
CONTRACTS. See also Constitutional Law, II, 2-3; XI, 2-5; District of Columbia; Labor, 1; Procedure, 1.
War goods-Excessive profits-Recovery.-Constitutionality of Renegotiation Act; finality of administrative determination of exces- sive profits, in absence of timely petition to Tax Court for redeter- mination. Lichter v. United States, 742.
COPYRIGHTS. See Antitrust Acts, 4.
CORPORATIONS. See Jurisdiction, IV, 2; Transportation. COUNSEL. See Constitutional Law, X, 5, 7-8.
COURTS. See Constitutional Law, IX; X; XI; Criminal Law, 2; District of Columbia.
COVENANTS. See Constitutional Law, XI, 2-5; District of Columbia.
CRIMINAL LAW. See also Constitutional Law, III, 1; IV; V; X, 5-11; Habeas Corpus; Jurisdiction, III, 2; IV, 1; Proce- dure, 5-6.
1. Federal sentence commencing upon expiration of state sentence— Effect of parole.-Federal sentence to imprisonment at "expiration" of current state sentence begins immediately upon parole. Hunter v. Martin, 302.
2. Procedure-Appeals-Argument.-Circuit court of appeals has discretion to require production of prisoner to argue own appeal. Price v. Johnston, 266.
DECREES. See Antitrust Acts, 1, 8; Constitutional Law, IX. DEEDS. See Constitutional Law, XI, 2-5; District of Columbia. DELEGATION OF LEGISLATIVE POWER. See Constitutional Law, II, 3.
DISCOUNT. See Antitrust Acts, 8.
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