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Supreme Court Chief Justice William J. Brennan Jr. last month granted a stay of the state court ruling against White. Since then, the city has allocated almost $500,000 on advertising statewide, Harold J. Carroll '65, Boston's assistant corporation counsel, said yesterday...
...concurred on most counts with the union. The decision was unanimous, but two justices voiced stronger opinions directed at the importance of union organizing. Justices Blackmun, Burger and Powell agreed with the NLRB opinion in this specific case, but objected to the reasoning behind the other Justices' opinion. Justice Brennan states in the majority opinion, "Freedom of employees effectively to communicate with one another regarding self-organization on the job is essential." In his opinion, Brennan says that the Board's decision was consistent with the Congressional intent of the legislation, for Congress did not specifically make any provisions prohibiting...
Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night can stay the P.H. Brennan Hand Delivery Service from its appointed rounds, but the U.S. Postal Service has finally succeeded in doing so. For more than two years, Patricia and Paul Brennan delivered first-class mail along with other papers and parcels in downtown Rochester, N.Y. For 10? a letter, they guaranteed same-day delivery and served close to 400 satisfied clients...
Last week, the Brennans were told that the federal court of appeals had denied a stay, and they sadly closed. Mrs. Brennan will make a final appeal to Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall, but a reversal seems unlikely. The last Postal Service competitor who tried to deliver first-class mail, in Pittsburg, Kans., was forced out of business in March, when the Supreme Court denied a rehearing...
...access. Stewart argued that the press could bring along its tools of the trade, including cameras, on public tours. "In theory, the press may not have any more access than the public in Stewart's view," said Stanford's Gunther. "But practically, it does." Three Justices (Stevens, Brennan and Powell) argued that both press and public should have greater access. The decision reflects the sensitivity of some Justices to the practical needs of the press. While carefully avoiding any doctrine of special privilege, Justices like Powell, Brennan and Marshall are trying to find a way to protect practical...