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Standing, from left, are Justices John Paul Stevens, Lewis F. Powell Jr., William H. Rehnquist and Sandra Day O'Connor. Sitting: Thurgood Marshall, William J. Brennan Jr., Chief Justice Warren E. Burger, Bryan R. White, Harry A. Backmun. Many rulings this term were on criminal law. (N.Y. Times–July 1984).

tions do not apply to any degree within a prison cell and that prisoners have no "privacy interest" that protects their personal possessions from unreasonable destruction. (Hudson v. Palmer, No. 82-1630). In Block v. Rutherford, No. 83-317, the Court ruled that inmates awaiting trial have no constitutional right to "contact visits" with friends and family.

Environment
In two significant rulings on Federal environmental policy, the Court overturned lower court rulings and upheld Administration programs.
The Court ruled 5 to 4 that the Federal Government need not consider the environmental concerns of the coastal states when offering oil and gas leases for sale on the outer continental shelf. Written by Justice O'Connor, the decision overturned a ruling by a Federal appeals court in California that had blocked the leasing of tracts for oil and gas exploration off the California coast. (Secy. of Interior v. Calif., No. 82-1326).
The Court reinstated a key aspect of a policy of the Environmental Protection Agency for determining if industries are meeting air quality standards. The decision permitted extension of the concept to areas of the country not yet in compliance with the Clean Air Act. Under the agency's policy, an entire industrial plant is viewed as a single emissions source for air pollution, and increased emission of a particular pollutant is permitted from one part of the plant as long as it is canceled out by a decrease from another part. (Chevron v. Natural Resources Defense Council, No. 82-1005).

Government Authority
The Court reinstated the Administration's curbs on tourist and business travel to Cuba. The 5-to-4 decision, Regan v. Wald, No. 83-436, overturned a decision by a Federal appeals court that the travel ban was imposed without statutory authority.

The Court upheld the law that makes male college students ineligible for Federal scholarship aid if they have not registered for the draft. (Selective Service System v. Minn. Public Interest Group, No. 83-276).

Immigration
The Court ruled 5 to 4 that the exclusionary rule does not apply in deportation hearings and that illegally obtained evidence may therefore be used in those civil proceedings. (I.N.S. v. Lopez-Mendoza, No.83-491.)
The Court ruled that Federal immigration officials may conduct unannounced raids on factories and business to look for illegal aliens. A lower court had invalidated the technique as a violation of the Fourth Amendment's prohibition against unreasonable search and seizure. (I.N.S. v. Delgado, No. 82-1271).

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last paragraph: business s/b businesses