Supreme Court rulings cap patronage and warrants powers
Supreme Court actions Thursday span political patronage limits, warrantless home entry by consent, libel standard shifts, and antitrust suit scope in energy cases. Key rulings include banning employment decisions on party lines in most cases, permitting evidence from mistaken-identity consent searches, treating libel statements as factual assertions in Milkovich v. Lorain Journal, restricting antitrust suits to direct energy purchasers in Utilicorp v. Kansas, and Illinois v. Rodriguez on consent authority.
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Court rules Portland Golf Club cannot use losses to offset profits
A unanimous decision by the Sejebhte Coure rsourt held that non-profit social clubs cannot gain a federal tax advantage by incurring losses to offset investment profits. The Portland Golf Club in Oregon was barred from such practice. The IRS had claimed a nationwide revenue gain of at least $4 million. Case Portland Golf Club v Commissioner of Internal Revenue 89-530.
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White House and Democrats clash over costly S and L collapse
The White House and congressional Democrats trade blame over the multibillion dollar savings and loan crisis as President Bush seeks to steer the debate. Bush pledges to move the process forward while Democrats accuse the administration of sluggish action and intimidation. Attorney General and U S attorneys prepare to address the probes into S and L crimes as cost estimates soar to as high as 500 billion.
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Glennallen Man Declines Luxury Lincoln Town Car Prize
Bruce Cain, a 33 year old accountant from Glennallen Alaska, turned down a year’s use of a $30000 Lincoln Town Car saying the luxury vehicle does not fit the rugged frostbitten, pothole filled life in his town of about 500 people 190 miles northeast of Anchorage. His wife Shirley agrees noting it is too ritzy for Glennallen. Alaska Airlines had offered the prize and Budget Rent A Car sent Cain a check instead the amount undisclosed.
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Cheney seeks extended severance pay for enlisted personnel
Defense Secretary Cheney sent to Congress a plan to provide separation pay to active duty enlisted members with at least five years of service. The proposal would give 10 percent of base pay times years of service, targeting those not long enough to retire yet who have served the nation extensively. The move accompanies talks on defense cuts and force reductions aimed at trimming the budget while maintaining readiness.
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Gates
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