Aldens, Inc. v. Kane
Aldens, Inc. v. Kane, Attorney General of Pennsylvania
Aldens, Inc. v. Kane, 425 U.S. 943 (1976)
Opinion of the Court
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C. A. 3d Cir. Certiorari denied.
Mr. Justice White would grant certiorari.
How later courts describe this case
Explanatory parentheticals written by citing courts — 32 in all; the most informative distinct ones are shown.
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(extending logic of United States v. United States Dist. Court, 407 U.S. 297, 92 S.Ct. 2125, 32 L.Ed.2d 752 (1972), to foreign contexts)
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(burden of proof on plaintiff arrestee to show that arresting officers lacked reasonable good faith belief of probable cause to arrest plaintiff)
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(Weise not applicable when plaintiffs own papers and arguments indicate that no state action exists as a matter of law)
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(consent decrees--products of negotiation rather than contested litigation--are not likely to carry stare decisis effects measurably adverse to the proposed intervention in any future proceedings)
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(the "class," not being a party, is not "bound by res judicata or estoppel to the consent decrees")
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(“it cannot be gain-said that conciliation and voluntary settlement are the preferred means for resolving employment discrimination disputes”)
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(an employer may not approach an employee directly to obtain a prospective waiver of his rights under Title VII)
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(“we do not reach the issue whether a determination of policy by an institute and its executives can be a ‘conspiracy’ within the meaning of [§ 1985(3)]”)
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