Court Refuses to Hear Cincinnati Contempt Appeal
The Supreme Court refused to intervene in a 37,000 contempt fines case tied to a 1970 Cincinnati city employee strike. The Ohio Supreme Court upheld the fines after a settlement that included a pledge not to pursue contempt, while a taxpayer challenged due process over daily contempt counts.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Ohio
Cincinnati
American Federation of State
Afl-Cio
William C. Douglas
Court of Common Pleas
Mitchell B. Goldberg
Ohio Supreme Court
Court strikes down Massachusetts flag law for vagueness
The Supreme Court, in a 6 to 3 decision, invalidated a Massachusetts statute criminalizing acts deemed contemptuous toward the flag as too vague to warn of criminal conduct. Justice Powell wrote the majority urging clearer targeted bans while dissenters included Burger Blackmun and Rehnquist.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Massachusetts
Lewis F. Powell Jr
Valerie Goguen
Powell
Nixon
Warren E. Burger
Harry A. Blackmun
William H. Rehnquist
Supreme Court eases use of profanity on witness stand
The court reversed Tulsa contempt conviction of Terry Dean Eaton for saying chicken while testifying about an assault. Justices Burger Rehnquist and Blackmun dissented in an unsigned opinion holding the single isolated vernacular usage cannot constitutionally sustain criminal contempt.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Tulsa
Okla
Terry Dean Eaton
Ief
Warren E. Burger
William H. Rehnquist
Harry A. Blackmun
Suburbs fall behind city schools in spending study
Wright State researchers John Treacy and Russell Harris report that during 1970 71 Ohio city districts spent about 819 per pupil while suburban districts spent 711 per pupil. They attribute the shift to rising suburban student numbers and fixed tax bases since the 1960s education boom.
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Dayton
Ohio
Wright State University
John Treacy
Russell Harris
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