Beltran v. Smith, 458 U.S. 1303 (decided August 26, 1982): imprisoned gangster, cooperating with prosecutors and in the Witness Protection Program, claims that he will be killed if transferred to another prison; Rehnquist denies stay of transfer order, no showing that program officials will fail to protect him (he served his time and afterward got back into gang activity, in 2009 was killed in a shootout with police)
Charlotte Harbor & N. Ry. Co. v. Welles , 260 U.S. 8 (decided October 16, 1922): Florida Legislature can ratify county’s ultra vires creation of new bridge district which overlapped existing district
Civil Rights Cases , 109 U.S. 3 (decided October 15, 1883): strikes down federal statute prohibiting racial discrimination in public accommodations; Thirteenth and Fourteenth Amendments apply only to
McConnell v. Rhay , 393 U.S. 2 (decided October 14, 1968): Court holds that its rule of Mempa v. Rhay , 1967, that there is a right to counsel in revocation of probation and deferred sentencing procee
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