Word: reargument
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Though normally the first order of business in the fall, nine of those cases have not even been set yet for reargument...
...majority that had declared the differing and "arbitrary" applications of capital punishment to be unconstitutional; the current case was to test a new scheme for mandatory imposition of the death sentence. Last week the Justices decided to postpone any decision and hold the case over for reargument next fall. As usual, no reason was given. But sources state that Douglas' vote was a key one. (Some Justices also thought the specific case too technically flawed to serve as the basis of a major ruling...
...failure to decide the abortion cases argued earlier this term, before Rehnquist and Powell were seated. The preliminary vote was reported to be 5-2 in favor of declaring anti-abortion statutes unconstitutional. However, Rehnquist and Powell apparently voted with the dissenters to hold the case over for reargument next term, and Marshall, who had already written a draft of the majority opinion, joined them because he thought it unwise to end abortion prohibitions on the same day the death penalty was thrown...
...Ordered reargument in a case involving obscenity charges against theater proprietors who show the film I Am Curious (Yellow). At issue is whether the proprietors have the right to show the film to patrons even if they have been forewarned of its contents...