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  1. CITY OF LAFAYETTE, LOUISIANA and City of Plaquemine, Louisiana, Petitioners, v. LOUISIANA POWER & LIGHT COMPANY.

    435 U.S. 389 (98 S.Ct. 1123, 55 L.Ed.2d 364) CITY OF LAFAYETTE, LOUISIANA and City of Plaquemine, ... Louisiana, Petitioners, v. LOUISIANA POWER & LIGHT COMPANY. No. 76-864. Argued: Oct. 4, 1977. Decided: ... within and beyond their respective city limits as authorized by Louisiana law, brought an action in ...

  2. Louisiana ex rel. Francis v. Resweber

    329 U.S. 459 Louisiana ex rel. Francis v. Resweber (No. 142) Argued: November 18, 1946 Decided: ... trial. P. 465. The Supreme Court of Louisiana denied petitioner's applications for writs of ... situation. The petitioner, Willie Francis, is a colored citizen of Louisiana. He was duly convicted of ...

  3. Jimmy L. GLASS v. LOUISIANA

    of presently available alternatives"); Louisiana ex rel. Francis v. Resweber, 329 U.S. 459 ... Francis v. Resweber, 329 U.S. 459, 463, 67 S.Ct., 374, 376, 91 L.Ed. 422 (1947) ("The traditional ... 471 U.S. 1080 (105 S.Ct. 2159, 85 L.Ed.2d 514) Jimmy L. GLASS v. LOUISIANA No. 84-6030 Decided: ...

  4. Jimmy L. GLASS v. LOUISIANA

    of presently available alternatives"); Louisiana ex rel. Francis v. Resweber, 329 U.S. 459 ... Francis v. Resweber, 329 U.S. 459, 463, 67 S.Ct., 374, 376, 91 L.Ed. 422 (1947) ("The traditional ... 471 U.S. 1080 (105 S.Ct. 2159, 85 L.Ed.2d 514) Jimmy L. GLASS v. LOUISIANA No. 84-6030 Decided: ...

  5. State of LOUISIANA, Plaintiff, v. State of MISSISSIPPI et al.

    Louisiana v. Mississippi, 282 U.S. 458, 459, 51 S.Ct. 197, 198, 75 L.Ed. 459 (1931); Louisiana v. ... S.Ct. 290133 L.Ed.2d 265) State of LOUISIANA, Plaintiff, v. State of MISSISSIPPI et al. No. 121, Orig. ... "Island exception" Syllabus * ON EXCEPTIONS TO REPORT OF SPECIAL MASTER Louisiana's bill of ...

  6. Johnson v. Louisiana

    drawing of difficult lines. See Francis v. Resweber, 329 U.S. 459, 466, 471 (1947) (Frankfurter, J., ... 406 U.S. 356 Johnson v. Louisiana (No. 69-5035) Argued: March 1, 1971 Decided: May 22, 1972___ ... verdict, as authorized by Louisiana law in cases where the crime is necessarily punishable at hard labor. ...

  7. Henry BROWN et al., Petitioners, v. STATE OF LOUISIANA.

    LOUISIANA. No. 41. Argued: Dec. 6, 1965. Decided: Feb. 23, 1966. opinion, FORTAS [HTML] concurrence, BRENNAN ... Louisiana courts for alleged violations, in a civil rights context, of that State's breach of the peace ... statute. In the three preceding cases the convictions were reversed. Garner v. State of Louisiana, 368 U.S. ...

  8. Leslie LOWENFIELD, Petitioner v. C. Paul PHELPS, Secretary, Louisiana Department of Corrections, et al.

    Secretary, Louisiana Department of Corrections, et al. No. 86-6867. Argued: Oct. 14, 1987. Decided: Jan. 13, ... After the Louisiana Supreme Court upheld petitioner's convictions and sentences, the Federal ... here because Louisiana law requires the court to impose a life sentence if the jury is hung, does not ...

  9. Batson v. Kentucky

    exercise of power by prosecutor or judge. Duncan v. Louisiana, 391 U.S. 145, 156 (1968). [n8] Those on the ... see Carter v. Jury Comm'n of Greene County, supra, at 329-330; Neal v. Delaware, supra, at 386. ... States, 329 U.S. 187, 195 (1946); McCray v. New York, 461 U.S. 961, 968 (1983) (MARSHALL, J., dissenting ...

  10. Batson v. Kentucky

    exercise of power by prosecutor or judge. Duncan v. Louisiana, 391 U.S. 145, 156 (1968). [n8] Those on the ... see Carter v. Jury Comm'n of Greene County, supra, at 329-330; Neal v. Delaware, supra, at 386. ... States, 329 U.S. 187, 195 (1946); McCray v. New York, 461 U.S. 961, 968 (1983) (MARSHALL, J., dissenting ...

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