NORMAN

v.

MCGOVERN, CHIEF JUDGE, U. S. DISTRICT COURT

Citator

Cited By

• Penn Cent. Transp. Co. v. NEW York City, 438 U.S. 104 (U.S. 1978)
  …[the court’s] opinion, may usefully develop further the factors discussed.” Id., at 337, 366 N. E. 2d, at 1279. Appellants chose not to avail themselves of this opportunity and filed a notice of appeal in this Court. We noted probable jurisdiction. 434 U.S. 983 (1977). We affirm. II The issues presented by appellants are (1) whether the restrictions imposed by New York City’s law upon appellants’ exploitation of the Terminal site effect a “taking” of appellants’ property for a public use within the meani…
• Kulko v. Superior Court of Cal. in & for the City & Cnty. of San Francisco (horn, 436 U.S. 84 (U.S. 1978)
  …nting opinion argued that appellant could not reasonably be subjected to the in personam jurisdiction of the California state courts. Id., at 526-529, 564 P. 2d, at 359-360. On Ezra Kulko’s appeal to this Court, probable jurisdiction was postponed. 434 U. S. 983 (1977). We have concluded that jurisdiction by appeal does not lie,4 but, treating the papers as a petition for a writ of certiorari, we hereby grant the petition and reverse the judgment below.5 [*91] II The Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Am…
• Robertson v. Wegmann, 436 U.S. 584 (U.S. 1978)
  …e in other areas of particular federal concern,” ibid. The court concluded that, “as a matter of federal common law, a § 1983 action instituted by a plaintiff prior to his death survives in favor of his estate.” Id., at 987. We granted certiorari, 434 U. S. 983 (1977), and we now reverse. II As both courts below held, and as both parties here have assumed, the decision as to the applicable survivorship rule is governed by 42 U. S. C. § 1988. This statute recognizes that in certain areas “federal law is…