FOOD MACHINERY & CHEMICAL CORP.

v.

UNITED STATES

Citator

Cited By

• Link v. Wabash R.R. Co., 370 U.S. 626 (U.S. 1962)
  …te this action.” The court, acting two hours after the appointed hour for the conference, stated that the dismissal was in the “exercise [of] its inherent power.” The Court of Appeals affirmed by a divided vote. 291 F. 2d 542. We granted certiorari. 368 U. S. 918. I. The authority of a federal trial court to dismiss a plaintiff’s action with prejudice because of his failure to prosecute cannot seriously be doubted.3 The power to invoke this sanction is necessary in order to prevent undue delays in the disp…
• Robinson v. California, 370 U.S. 660 (U.S. 1962)
  …tic addict,” the reviewing court in an unreported opinion affirmed the judgment of conviction, citing two of its own previous unreported decisions which had upheld the constitutionality of the statute.6 We noted probable jurisdiction of this appeal, 368 U. S. 918, because it squarely presents the issue whether the statute as construed by the California courts in this case is repugnant to the Fourteenth Amendment of the Constitution. The broad power of a State to regulate the narcotic drugs traffic within it…
• Lanza v. New York, 370 U.S. 139 (U.S. 1962)
  …veral questions. For refusing to answer these questions the petitioner was indicted, tried and convicted under a provision of the criminal law of New York.4 His conviction was affirmed on review by the New York courts.5 We granted certiorari [*141], 368 U. S. 918, to consider the petitioner's claim that he could not constitutionally be punished for refusing to answer the questions put to him by the state legislative committee, because the conversation he had had with his brother in jail had been electronical…