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BVerfGE 39, 1-95Judgment of 25 February 19751 BvF 1/74,
1 BvF 2/74,
1 BvF 3/74 inter alia
Abortion; ‘time-limit model’ (Fristenlösung)
BVerfGE 39, 1-95Judgment of 25 February 19751 BvF 1/74,
1 BvF 2/74,
1 BvF 3/74 inter alia
Dissenting opinion of Justices Rupp-v. Brünneck and Simon
BVerfGE 39, 96-128Judgment of 4 March 19752 BvF 1/72Act on the Promotion of Urban Development; compilation and execution of a federal programme for the deployment of federal financial assistance to promote urban renovation and development
BVerfGE 39, 128-147Order of 22 January 19752 BvL 51/71,
2 BvL 10/73,
2 BvL 14/73
Reimbursement of costs incurred during higher education or professional training by a professional member of the Armed Forces in the event of premature termination of service
BVerfGE 39, 148-156Order of 11 March 19751 BvL 13/73Delimitation of the group of physically disabled people entitled to free local public transport
BVerfGE 39, 156-169Order of 11 March 19752 BvR 135/75,
2 BvR 136/75,
2 BvR 137/75 inter alia
Limitation of the number of chosen defence lawyers of a person suspected of a criminal offence; prohibition to jointly defend multiple persons suspected of the same criminal offence
BVerfGE 39, 169-196Judgment of 12 March 19751 BvL 15/71,
1 BvL 19/71,
1 BvL 32/73 inter alia
Aggravated requirements for a widower’s pension as opposed to a widow’s pension within the pension scheme for employees and workers (in a case where the family’s maintenance was predominantly secured by the deceased wife)
BVerfGE 39, 196-205Order of 12 March 19752 BvL 10/74Dependence of a widower’s claim to a widower’s pension on the existence of a statutory maintenance claim of the widower via-à-vis his deceased wife (North Rhine-Westphalia Civil Service Act)
BVerfGE 39, 205-210Order of 12 March 19752 BvR 70/75Preliminary injunction; defence of multiple persons charged with a criminal offence by a joint defence lawyer in administrative penalty proceedings
BVerfGE 39, 210-237Order of 19 March 19751 BvL 20/73,
1 BvL 21/73,
1 BvL 23/73,
1 BvL 24/73
On the regulation of grinding pursuant to the Act on the Creation of an Efficient Structure for the Milling Industry (caps on milled quantities)
BVerfGE 39, 238-247Order of 8 April 19752 BvR 207/75Revocation of the appointment of a public defender
BVerfGE 39, 247-257Order of 9 April 19751 BvL 6/74Election of representatives of the professors for self-governing bodies of a newly founded university for a transitional period after its establishment under integration of the faculty of a college of education (Lower Saxony)
BVerfGE 39, 258-276Order of 9 April 19751 BvR 344/73Actions for allocation of an admission spot in a study programme under admission restrictions where available spots have not been used to capacity; ranking of the applicant bringing the action
BVerfGE 39, 276-301Order of 9 April 19751 BvR 344/74,
1 BvR 345/74,
1 BvR 346/74 inter alia
Universities as respondents in actions for the allocation of admission spots in a study programme under admission restrictions where available spots have not been used to capacity
BVerfGE 39, 302-316Order of 9 April 19752 BvR 879/73Constitutional complaint of local health insurance providers (Allgemeine Ortskrankenkassen) against their dissolution; on the question whether local health insurance providers have legal personality with regard to fundamental rights
BVerfGE 39, 316-333Order of 6 May 19751 BvR 332/72Child bonus for grandchildren of recipients of a pension from the miners’ association pension scheme (knappschaftliche Rentenversicherung)
BVerfGE 39, 334-375Order of 22 May 19752 BvL 13/73‘Radicals’ as civil servants and employees in the public service; admission to the mandatory two-year legal traineeship
BVerfGE 39, 375-378Order of 22 May 19752 BvL 13/73Dissenting opinion of Justice Seuffert
BVerfGE 39, 378-386Order of 22 May 19752 BvL 13/73Dissenting opinion of Justice Rupp
BVerfGE 39, 386-390Order of 22 May 19752 BvL 13/73Dissenting opinion of Justice Wand

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BVerfGE 38, 1-22Order of 27 June 19742 BvR 429/72,
2 BvR 641/72,
2 BvR 700/72 inter alia
Official title of judges
BVerfGE 38, 23-25Order of 2 July 19742 BvA 1/69Forfeiture of fundamental rights (Deutsche National-Zeitung); requirements for reasons provided to substantiate the application
BVerfGE 38, 26-32Order of 2 July 19742 BvR 805/72Safety measures vis-à-vis a lawyer on the occasion of a visit to his client in remand detention (Baader-Meinhof Group)
BVerfGE 38, 32-35Order of 2 July 19742 BvR 648/73Notification of judicial decisions imposing or continuing a deprivation of liberty
BVerfGE 38, 35-41Order of 2 July 19742 BvR 32/74Denial of the right to be heard (service of a decision ordering payment of an administrative fine in case of absence due to a holiday; requirements with regard to the application for reinstatement into one’s former procedural position after missing the deadline to enter a protest)
BVerfGE 38, 41-49Order of 3 July 19741 BvL 18/73Waiver of exemption from mandatory enrolment in the employee pension scheme (employees who are enrolled in pension schemes for their particular profession compared to staff entitled to pension claims within the purview of civil service law)
BVerfGE 38, 49-51Order of 11 July 19741 BvQ 5/74Preliminary injunction; treaty on the reciprocal relations between the Federal Republic of Germany and the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic; rejection of the application to suspend the ratification procedure
BVerfGE 38, 52-61Order of 16 July 19741 BvR 75/74Immediate execution of deportation due to criminal conviction
BVerfGE 38, 61-102Order of 17 July 19741 BvR 51/69,
1 BvR 160/69,
1 BvR 285/69 inter alia
Special taxes on road freight (‘Leberpfennig’)
BVerfGE 38, 103-105Order of 8 October 19742 BvL 14/72Inadmissibility of a referral for specific judicial review (mootness due to the constitutional question having been resolved in a decision of the Federal Constitutional Court rendered in the mean time; Hamburg Press Act; right to refuse to give evidence)
BVerfGE 38, 105-120Order of 8 October 19742 BvR 747/73Exclusion of a witness’s counsel from witness examination in disciplinary proceedings
BVerfGE 38, 121-128Order of 22 October 19741 BvL 3/72Inadmissibility of a referral for specific judicial review (North Rhine-Westphalia Budget Act)
BVerfGE 38, 128-138Order of 22 October 19741 BvL 30/73So-called ‘diplomatic clause’ in the law of restitution for victims of persecution by the Nazi regime
BVerfGE 38, 139-154Order of 22 October 19742 BvR 147/70Withdrawal of the administrative supervisory powers of the President of the Higher Labour Court of Bavaria in regard to subordinate labour courts
BVerfGE 38, 154-171Order of 5 November 19742 BvL 6/71Exemption from compulsory military service if all siblings of the potential conscript have died as a result of a damage to their health within the meaning of § 81 of the Military Pensions Act
BVerfGE 38, 171-174Order of 5 November 19742 BvL 6/71Dissenting opinion of Vice-President Seuffert and Justice Hirsch
BVerfGE 38, 175-187Order of 12 November 19741 BvR 32/68Previous property owners’ right to reacquisition if the aim pursued with an expropriation is not realised (‘re-expropriation’)
BVerfGE 38, 187-206Order of 12 November 19741 BvR 505/68Revival of the survivor’s pension received by a war widow after dissolution of a second marriage
BVerfGE 38, 206-212Order of 13 November 19741 BvR 315/67,
1 BvR 655/67,
1 BvR 314/67
Restrike mint of gold coins from the Reich which are withdrawn from circulation (Coin and Medal Ordinance)
BVerfGE 38, 213-225Order of 13 November 19741 BvL 12/73Exclusion of women who are exempt from mandatory health insurance during their fixed-term training contract from the entitlement to a maternity allowance if the contract ends during pregnancy
BVerfGE 38, 225-231Order of 13 November 19741 BvL 27/73Distribution of costs for the maintenance and operation of installations at railway crossings (Railway Crossings Act)
BVerfGE 38, 231-240Order of 27 November 19742 BvH 1/73State Treaty between the Free State of Bavaria and the Free State of Coburg (dissolution of the Forestry Office of Königsberg)
BVerfGE 38, 241-257Order of 4 December 19741 BvL 14/73Time limits for husbands to contest a child’s status as a legitimate child
BVerfGE 38, 258-281Judgment of 10 December 19742 BvK 1/73,
2 BvR 902/73
Time limits for initiating abstract judicial review proceedings; provisions of the Schleswig-Holstein Municipal Code on the election of city council members who serve in this function as their primary occupation
BVerfGE 38, 281-312Order of 18 December 19741 BvR 430/65,
1 BvR 259/66
Chambers of labour in the Saarland and Bremen
BVerfGE 38, 312-325Order of 15 January 19752 BvR 65/74Veterinarians have no occupation-related right to refuse to give evidence
BVerfGE 38, 326-341Order of 21 January 19752 BvR 193/74Restriction of executive employees’ right to stand for election if they are employed by a private company that is majority-owned by the state; Saarland Landtag Act
BVerfGE 38, 341-343Order of 21 January 19752 BvR 193/74Dissenting opinion of Vice-President Seuffert
BVerfGE 38, 343-346Order of 21 January 19752 BvR 193/74Dissenting opinion of Justice Wand
BVerfGE 38, 347-347Order of 4 February 19752 BvA 1/69Reimbursement of expenses in proceedings concerning a forfeiture of fundamental rights
BVerfGE 38, 348-372Judgment of 4 February 19752 BvL 5/74Prohibition of the misuse of residential space
BVerfGE 38, 373-386Order of 19 February 19751 BvR 38/68,
1 BvR 566/68
Requirements regarding rules on collection points for prescriptions
BVerfGE 38, 386-398Order of 19 February 19751 BvR 418/71Change in the Federal Labour Court’s case-law regarding lockouts of works council members
BVerfGE 38, 398-404Order of 19 February 19751 BvR 449/74Right of asylum; extradition proceedings in relation to Yugoslavia; compliance with the speciality rule

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BVerfGE 37, 1-38Order of 5 March 19741 BvL 27/72Levies payable to the ‘Stabilisation Fund for Wine’
BVerfGE 37, 38-57Order of 19 March 19741 BvR 416/68,
1 BvR 767/68,
1 BvR 779/68
VAT payable by hair salons, dry cleaning and laundry businesses; VAT payable by small-scale entrepreneurs; VAT for services
BVerfGE 37, 57-67Order of 27 March 19742 BvR 38/74Constitutional complaint against measures by Berlin courts and authorities (surrender of a person in remand detention to GDR authorities); Act on Inner-German Mutual Legal and Administrative Assistance in Criminal Matters (Mutual Legal Assistance Act); constitutional review of federal laws applicable in the Land Berlin by the Federal Constitutional Court
BVerfGE 37, 67-84Order of 2 April 19741 BvR 92/70,
1 BvR 97/70
Review of a lawyer’s ability to appear before a court in proceedings that require parties to be represented by counsel
BVerfGE 37, 84-92Order of 2 April 19742 BvP 1/71,
2 BvP 2/71
Electoral complaint; referendum in the former Land Baden
BVerfGE 37, 93-99Order of 2 April 19742 BvR 444/73Denial of the right to be heard (service of a decision ordering payment of an administrative fine in case of absence due to job-related commitments, requirements with regard to the application for reinstatement into one’s former procedural position after missing the deadline to enter a protest)
BVerfGE 37, 100-104Order of 2 April 19742 BvR 784/73Denial of the right to be heard (service of a decision ordering payment of an administrative fine at the place of business in case of absence due to a holiday, requirements with regard to the application for reinstatement into one’s former procedural position after missing the deadline to enter a protest)
BVerfGE 37, 104-121Order of 3 April 1974 1 BvR 282/73,
1 BvR 305/73
Admission to institutions of higher education; awarding applicants a lower grade than the actual average grade in their school-leaving certificate due to a ‘malus’ provision; State Treaty on University Admissions
BVerfGE 37, 121-131Order of 23 April 19741 BvL 19/73Employers’ obligation to pay the difference between the maternity allowance payable by public health insurance and the net income
BVerfGE 37, 132-149Order of 23 April 19741 BvR 6/74,
1 BvR 2270/73
Exclusion of termination with the option of continuation under altered conditions with regard to tenancy agreements and rent caps under the Act on the Protection against Dismissal of Tenants; contradiction between the application of procedural provisions of the Act on the Protection against Dismissal of Tenants concerning the enforcement of legally permissible rent increases and the guarantee of property
BVerfGE 37, 150-154Order of 24 April 19742 BvR 236/74,
2 BvR 245/74,
2 BvR 308/74
Preliminary injunction; exhaustion of all legal remedies as a requirement for the Constitutional Court to order suspension of the execution of prison-internal disciplinary measures (aggravated detention)
BVerfGE 37, 154-167Order of 7 May 19741 BvL 6/72Delimitation of eligible recipients of aid to the blind under the Federal Social Assistance Act and allowance for the blind under the North Rhine-Westphalia Act on Allowances for the Blind
BVerfGE 37, 167-186Order of 7 May 19742 BvR 276/71Offsetting the remuneration a civil servant earned from an approved secondary occupation during his preliminary suspension from office against the subsequent payout of the remuneration from his occupation as a civil servant which had been suspended until the end of the disciplinary proceedings
BVerfGE 37, 186-191Order of 7 May 19742 BvR 276/71Dissenting opinion of Justice Hirsch
BVerfGE 37, 191-201Order of 7 May 19742 BvL 17/73State Treaty on University Admissions; local jurisdiction of administrative courts for administrative proceedings concerning decisions of the Central Office for the Allocation of Study Places
BVerfGE 37, 201-216Order of 8 May 19742 BvR 636/72Statutory definition of an act as a punishable criminal offence; evasion of mineral oil taxes (provisions on the untaxed storage of mineral oil in tax warehouses)
BVerfGE 37, 217-265Order of 21 May 19741 BvL 22/71,
1 BvL 21/72
Citizenship of children born in wedlock to German mothers married to foreigners
BVerfGE 37, 265-270Order of 28 May 19742 BvR 700/72Change of a judge’s acquired official title; challenge to the presiding Justice of the Second Senate on the grounds of possible bias
BVerfGE 37, 271-305Order of 29 May 19742 BvL 52/71Judicial review proceedings due to incompatibility of European Community law with fundamental rights of the Basic Law
BVerfGE 37, 305-313Order of 11 June 19741 BvR 760/68,
1 BvR 558/69,
1 BvR 686/69
Constitutional complaints challenging convictions based on superseded criminal law provisions in relation to demonstrations – Complaints not admitted for decision
BVerfGE 37, 314-324Order of 11 June 19741 BvR 82/71The right to establish private universities of applied sciences (Saarland)
BVerfGE 37, 324-328Judgment of 21 June 19741 BvQ 4/74Preliminary injunction; criminal liability for abortion (supplement to § 218 of the Criminal Code)
BVerfGE 37, 328-342Order of 25 June 19741 BvL 13/69,
1 BvL 23/69,
1 BvL 25/69
Inadmissibility of a referral; requirements for reasons in the order of referral (reduction in prices for gas oil)
BVerfGE 37, 342-361Order of 25 June 19741 BvL 11/73North Rhine-Westphalia Act on Legal Training; counting grades awarded before the amendment act entered into force towards the final grade
BVerfGE 37, 361-363Order of 25 June 19741 BvR 187/73Permission to act as an adviser to a party
BVerfGE 37, 363-401Order of 25 June 19742 BvF 2/73,
2 BvF 3/73
On the question whether an act amending a previous act that was adopted with Bundesrat consent also requires Bundesrat consent; Fourth Pension Scheme Amendment Act (flexible age limit)
BVerfGE 37, 401-414Order of 25 June 19742 BvF 2/73,
2 BvF 3/73
Dissenting opinion of Justices v. Schlabrendorff, Geiger and Rinck
BVerfGE 37, 414-422Order of 25 June 19742 BvF 2/73,
2 BvF 3/73
Dissenting opinion of Justice v. Schlabrendorff

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BVerfGE 36, 1-37Judgment of 31 July 19732 BvF 1/73Basic Treaty between the Federal Republic of Germany and the German Democratic Republic
BVerfGE 36, 37-40Order of 27 August 19731 BvR 282/73,
1 BvR 295/73
Preliminary injunction; State Treaty on University Admissions; change of the overall average Abitur grade in the Länder
BVerfGE 36, 41-46Order of 2 October 19731 BvL 7/72Criminal liability for homosexual acts of men over the age of 18 with men under the age of 18
BVerfGE 36, 47-65Order of 2 October 19731 BvR 459/72,
1 BvR 477/72
Prohibition of cash-on-delivery shipping of animals
BVerfGE 36, 66-72Order of 2 October 19731 BvR 345/73Stability surcharge on certain taxes
BVerfGE 36, 73-85Order of 3 October 19731 BvL 30/71Reduction of the rate of increase for pensions from the miners’ association pension scheme
BVerfGE 36, 85-89Order of 9 October 19732 BvR 482/72Denial of the right to be heard (mere informal notification of a complaint brief without verifying whether it was received)
BVerfGE 36, 89-92Order of 9 October 19732 BvR 677/72Reimbursement of costs in case a constitutional complaint is not admitted for decision (§ 93a(4) of the Federal Constitutional Court Act)
BVerfGE 36, 92-100Order of 10 October 19732 BvR 574/71Denial of the right to be heard (exclusion of submissions at the appeals stage; general reference to the submissions made in the court of first instance for the purpose of appeal proceedings)
BVerfGE 36, 101-101Order of 17 October 19731 BvL 25/61Reimbursement of costs incurred in the initial proceedings leading up to specific judicial review proceedings
BVerfGE 36, 102-119Order of 17 October 19731 BvR 50/71,
1 BvR 23/71,
1 BvR 93/71
Self-employed persons cannot claim early old-age pensions or crediting of intermittent periods during which no contributions were paid through no fault of their own on the basis of voluntary contributions to public pension insurance
BVerfGE 36, 120-126Order of 17 October 19731 BvR 46/71Women employed by their husbands cannot claim early old-age pensions on the basis of contributions paid to redeem periods when they were not insured in public pension insurance
BVerfGE 36, 126-137Order of 17 October 19731 BvL 20/72Child allowance granted to the father of a child born out of wedlock under income tax law
BVerfGE 36, 137-139Order of 18 October 19732 BvR 710/73Preliminary injunction; suspension of aggravated detention imposed by a prison
BVerfGE 36, 139-144Order of 23 October 19732 BvC 3/73Electoral complaint; no right to vote for German expatriates
BVerfGE 36, 144-146Order of 23 October 1973     2 BvC 5/73Electoral complaint; identification word for constituency nominations
BVerfGE 36, 146-174Order of 14 November 19731 BvR 719/69On previous sexual relations with ancestors or descendants of the desired partner as an impediment to marriage
BVerfGE 36, 174-193Order of 27 November 1973 2 BvL 12/72,
2 BvL 3/73
Federal Central Criminal Register; limited absorption of entries from the previous Länder Criminal Registers into the Federal Central Criminal Register; time limits for the erasure of entries; prohibition to use entries after erasure in the course of further criminal proceedings
BVerfGE 36, 193-212Order of 28 November 1973             2 BvL 42/71Members of the press’ right to refuse to provide information in criminal proceedings as an element of the rules of procedure on the right to take evidence; concurrent legislative powers of the federal legislator
BVerfGE 36, 212-223Order of 28 November 19731 BvR 13/67On the use of the academic titles ‘Master of Laws’ and ‘Master of Arts’ by a practising lawyer
BVerfGE 36, 224-230Order of 11 December 1973 2 BvL 16/69Determining the tax rate for coffee extract in an ordinance
BVerfGE 36, 230-237Order of 11 December 19732 BvL 47/71Calculation of the net income as the basis for the compensation of lost income during military reserve training
BVerfGE 36, 237-247Order of 12 December 19731 BvL 19/72Subsequent payment of contributions by female employees to redeem their pension claims if they had upon their marriage been reimbursed for previous contributions to public pension insurance
BVerfGE 36, 247-258Order of 12 December 19731 BvL 19/72Dissenting opinion of Justice Rupp-v. Brünneck
BVerfGE 36, 258-264Order of 12 December 19732 BvL 4/72Inadmissibility of a referral; substantiating the relevance of referred questions (coercive detention to enforce an administrative fine under the Act on Regulatory Offences)
BVerfGE 36, 264-281Order of 12 December 19732 BvR 558/73Excessive workload of the Regional Court’s division for particularly serious offences is not an important reason that could justify keeping a person in remand detention for more than six months after the opening of main proceedings in a criminal case
BVerfGE 36, 281-298Order of 15 January 19741 BvL 5/70,
1 BvL 6/70,
1 BvL 9/70
Applying the amended provisions on access to files in the patent granting procedure to patent applications filed before the Patent Amendment Act entered into force
BVerfGE 36, 298-308Order of 15 January 19742 BvL 9/73Three-day statutory time limit for lodging a protest against a default judgment of a labour court
BVerfGE 36, 308-309Order of 29 January 19741 BvR 536/72On whether the expenses for attending the delivery of a judgment in person are reimbursable in proceedings concerning constitutional complaints
BVerfGE 36, 310-314Order of 12 February 19741 BvR 355/72Denial of a preliminary injunction (labelling of wine spirits made from wine)
BVerfGE 36, 314-321Order of 13 February 19742 BvL 11/73Members of the press’ right to refuse to provide information in criminal proceedings as an element of the rules of procedure on the right to take evidence; concurrent legislative powers of the federal legislator
BVerfGE 36, 321-342Judgment of 5 March 19741 BvR 712/68Application of the full VAT rate to revenue from record sales
BVerfGE 36, 342-372Order of 29 January 19742 BvN 1/69Validity of a provision in the Constitution of a federal state (Land) if its content corresponds to the content of a provision in the Basic Law
BVerfGE 36, 372-383Order of 19 February 19742 BvL 11/72Granting an additional allowance to judges employed on a trial basis (Rhineland-Palatinate)
BVerfGE 36, 383-401Order of 5 March 19741 BvL 17/72Equalisation of burdens between trade associations and the association for seafaring employees in statutory accident insurance

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BVerfGE 35, 1-5Order of 27 March 19732 BvR 311/72No recognised legal interest in lodging a constitutional complaint concerning a restriction during remand detention after the end of remand detention
BVerfGE 35, 5-11Order of 27 March 19732 BvR 664/72Restrictions may only be imposed on prisoners on remand if there are specific indications for an abuse of an item entrusted to them
BVerfGE 35, 12-14Order of 27 March 19732 BvR 820/72Preliminary injunction proceedings; on whether persons entitled to submit a statement in constitutional complaint proceedings under § 94(3) of the Federal Constitutional Court Act may lodge a protest in the related preliminary injunction proceedings
BVerfGE 35, 14-23Order of 28 March 19732 BvR 358/68Double bounty on exports within the scope of the sales tax law applicable until 31 December 1967 (export of seagoing vessels)
BVerfGE 35, 23-34Order of 28 March 19732 BvL 50/71Hesse Civil Service Act; exclusion of non-pensionable allowances from the calculation of the emeritus pensions of professors released from their obligations due to exceeding the age limit
BVerfGE 35, 34-35Order of 11 April 19732 BvR 872/71Objection to a cost fixing order; no procedural hearing fee for lawyers if constitutional complaint proceedings are concluded without an oral hearing
BVerfGE 35, 35-40Order of 11 April 19732 BvR 701/72On the retention of a remand prisoner’s letter to his wife containing offensive criticism regarding the relevant criminal proceedings and the judges involved therein
BVerfGE 35, 41-51Order of 8 May 19732 BvL 5/72,
2 BvL 6/72,
2 BvL 7/72,
2 BvL 13/72
On whether the fault on the part of a party’s authorised representative with regard to missing the deadline to lodge an appeal can be attributed to the represented party even in parent and child matters
BVerfGE 35, 51-65Order of 8 May 19732 BvL 5/72,
2 BvL 6/72,
2 BvL 7/72,
2 BvL 13/72
Dissenting opinion of Justice v. Schlabrendorff
BVerfGE 35, 65-78Order of 9 May 19732 BvL 43/71,
2 BvL 44/71
Compatibility of Art. 10 a (1) nos. 1 and 2 of the Bavarian Act Implementing the Code of Administrative Court Procedure with § 68(1) second sentence of the Code of Administrative Court Procedure (abolition of objection in administrative proceedings)
BVerfGE 35, 79-148Judgment of 29 May 19731 BvR 424/71,
1 BvR 325/72
Co-determination at institutions of higher education
BVerfGE 35, 148-170Judgment of 29 May 19731 BvR 424/71,
1 BvR 325/72
Dissenting opinion of Justices Simon and Rupp-v. Brünneck
BVerfGE 35, 171-177Order of 29 May 19732 BvQ 1/73Basic Treaty; first application challenging Justice Dr. Rottmann on the grounds of possible bias
BVerfGE 35, 177-178Order of 30 May 19731 BvR 155/73Preliminary injunction; immediate execution of a deportation order (Jordanian national)
BVerfGE 35, 179-184Order of 30 May 19732 BvL 37/71Authorisation to determine lump-sum rates for import levies on tobacco products
BVerfGE 35, 185-192Order of 30 May 19732 BvL 4/73Remand detention; risk of repeat offences as grounds for detention
BVerfGE 35, 193-202Order of 4 June 19732 BvQ 1/73Preliminary injunction; Basic Treaty; rejection of the Bavarian Land Government’s first application to suspend the ratification procedure
BVerfGE 35, 202-245Judgment of 5 June 19731 BvR 536/72TV docudrama on a crime; freedom of reporting and protection of personality rights of offenders (murder of soldiers in Lebach)
BVerfGE 35, 246-257Order of 16 June 19732 BvF 1/73,
2 BvQ 1/73
Basic Treaty; second application challenging Justice Dr. Rottmann on the grounds of possible bias
BVerfGE 35, 246-257Order of 16 June 19732 BvF 1/73,
2 BvQ 1/73
Dissenting opinion of Justices Seuffert, Hirsch and Rupp
BVerfGE 35, 257-263Judgment of 18 June 19732 BvQ 1/73Preliminary injunction; Basic Treaty; rejection of the Bavarian Land Government’s second application to suspend the ratification procedure
BVerfGE 35, 263-280Order of 19 June 19731 BvL 39/69,
1 BvL 14/72
Unavailability of recourse to a complaint against a decision by the administrative court restoring the suspensive effect of a rescissory action (administrative order in favour of a different authority within the same corporation under public law - § 80(6) second sentence of the Code of Administrative Court Procedure -); complaint against decisions restoring the suspensive effect of administrative acts with ‘double effect’, i.e. affecting not only the addressee of the act but also third parties (actions brought by neighbours pertaining to building law)
BVerfGE 35, 280-282Order of 19 June 19731 BvR 206/73Preliminary injunction; rejection of an application for suspension of the exchange of instruments of ratification pertaining to the Basic Treaty
BVerfGE 35, 283-296Order of 20 June 19731 BvL 9/71,
1 BvL 10/71
Reimbursement of costs from ‘isolated’ non-judicial preliminary proceedings without subsequent court proceedings under the Reich Fiscal Code
BVerfGE 35, 296-299Order of 20 June 19732 BvR 675/72Denial of the right to be heard (missing the deadline to enter a protest against a decision ordering payment of an administrative fine that was served by depositing the decision at the post office during the addressee’s holiday)
BVerfGE 35, 300-302Order of 20 June 19732 BvC 1/73Electoral complaint; informing a prisoner of the possibilities to participate in the elections while in prison; lack of causality between an alleged electoral error and the allocation of seats in the Bundestag
BVerfGE 35, 302-303Order of 20 June 19732 BvC 2/73Electoral complaint; failure to meet the time limit
BVerfGE 35, 303-306Order of 20 June 19732 BvL 8/73Inadmissibility of an order of referral (failure to substantiate facts of legal significance and the relevance of the referred questions; Employment Promotion Act)
BVerfGE 35, 307-311Order of 27 March 19732 BvR 684/72Use of a portable TV in remand detention
BVerfGE 35, 311-324Order of 16 May 19732 BvR 590/71Confiscation of a letter addressed to a remand prisoner containing serious insults directed against the judiciary
BVerfGE 35, 324-347Order of 3 July 19731 BvR 368/65,
1 BvR 369/65
On the relevance of capital claims granted to a person liable to make restitution in the context of such restitution for the calculation of assets subject to the equalisation of burdens
BVerfGE 35, 348-363Order of 3 July 1973  1 BvR 153/69Legal aid for domestic legal entities
BVerfGE 35, 363-365Order of 3 July 19731 BvQ 2/73,
1 BvQ 3/73,
1 BvQ 4/73,
1 BvQ 5/73
Preliminary injunction; limiting sales tax privileges for blind business owners in mineral oil and petrol trade
BVerfGE 35, 366-376Order of 17 July 19731 BvR 308/69Crosses in court rooms
BVerfGE 35, 377-378Order of 17 July 19731 BvR 764/70,
1 BvR 215/71,
1 BvR 298/71
Relaxation of restrictions on voting rights for shareholders of Volkswagenwerk-AG
BVerfGE 35, 379-381Order of 17 July 19731 BvQ 8/73Preliminary injunction; payroll tax
BVerfGE 35, 382-409Order of 18 July 19731 BvR 23/73,
1 BvR 155/73
Immediate execution of deportation orders (Arab nationals)

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BVerfGE 34, 1-9Order of 19 July 19722 BvR 872/71Denial of the right to be heard (rectification order - Code of Administrative Court Procedure - decision without hearing the parties to the proceedings)
BVerfGE 34, 9-47Judgment of 26 July 19722 BvF 1/71Core competences of the Länder within the Federation; full constitutional review of ‘federalism-friendly conduct’ when exercising concurrent legislative powers in relation to the remuneration and pensions of civil servants of the Länder; provisions authorising the adoption of a law must be in force at the time the adopted law is promulgated at the latest; initiation of federal legislative proceedings in an area subject to concurrent legislative powers excludes competences of the Länder; First (Federal) Act on the Harmonisation and Revision of the Law Governing the Remuneration of Civil Servants; First Hesse Act Amending the Remuneration of Civil Servants
BVerfGE 34, 48-52Order of 26 July 19722 BvL 45/71No disbursement of full child supplement to the wife
BVerfGE 34, 52-62Order of 10 October 19722 BvL 51/69On the authorisation of the imposition of examination fees in the Hesse Judiciary Act
BVerfGE 34, 62-70Order of 11 October 19721 BvR 288/70Mandatory contributions to the pension scheme for craftspeople regardless of their individual income
BVerfGE 34, 71-81Order of 11 October 19721 BvL 2/71Certificate of competence pursuant to the Act on the Retail Sector (licence limited to certain type of goods)
BVerfGE 34, 81-103Order of 11 October 19722 BvR 912/71Constitutional complaint against decisions on electoral scrutiny made by courts specifically established for this task or by those Constitutional Courts of the Länder competent in this regard; exclusion from the distribution of residual votes due to the distribution key unfolds a preclusive effect exceeding the effect of the 5% electoral threshold clause (Rhineland-Palatinate)
BVerfGE 34, 103-118Order of 7 November 19721 BvR 338/68The remuneration of supervisory board members may not be deducted so as to diminish the profits subject to corporation tax
BVerfGE 34, 118-137Order of 7 November 19721 BvL 4/71, 1 BvL 17/71, 1 BvL 10/72, 1 BvR 355/71Exclusion of the claim to compensation for pain and suffering in § 636(1) first sentence and § 637(1) of the Reich Insurance Code
BVerfGE 34, 138-139Order of 7 November 19721 BvR 280/71Rejection of a lawyer as authorised representative for appearing in incomplete official attire
BVerfGE 34, 139-154Order of 8 November 19721 BvL 15/68, 1 BvL 26/69Disregarding costs for through-roads when determining the costs of development pursuant to § 128(3) no. 2 of the Federal Building Act
BVerfGE 34, 154-157Order of 16 November 19722 BvR 21/72Denial of the right to be heard (reinstatement into one’s former procedural position after missing the deadline to enter a protest due to temporary absence)
BVerfGE 34, 157-160Order of 16 November 19722 BvR 280/72Denial of the right to be heard (failure to hear the respondent)
BVerfGE 34, 160-164Order of 17 November 19722 BvR 820/72Preliminary injunction; refusal of the public broadcaster ARD to grant additional broadcasting time to the political party Nationaldemokratische Partei Deutschlands (NPD)
BVerfGE 34, 165-200Judgment of 6 December 19721 BvR 230/70, 1 BvR 95/71Mandatory attendance of a facilitating stage during Years 5 and 6 in schools in Hesse to foster the capacities and better assess the aptitudes of all pupils
BVerfGE 34, 201-203Order of 17 January 19732 BvC 5/70Mootness of an electoral complaint due to dissolution of the Bundestag
BVerfGE 34, 204-205Order of 17 January 19732 BvR 335/72Constitutional complaint with regard to a violation of the right to be heard in proceedings with an arbitration decision
BVerfGE 34, 205-211Order of 18 January 19732 BvR 483/72Requesting divorce files and releasing them in disciplinary proceedings to an expert for the purpose of providing an opinion on the disciplinary responsibility of a civil servant
BVerfGE 34, 211-216Order of 24 January 19731 BvR 16/73Denial of a preliminary injunction (immediate execution of a deportation order)
BVerfGE 34, 216-238Judgment of 30 January 19732 BvH 1/72Unlimited guarantees made under a state treaty are subject to the doctrine of clausula rebus sic stantibus which constitutes unwritten constitutional law; adaptation of state treaties due to change of circumstances; State Treaty between the Free State of Bavaria and the Free State of Coburg on the unification of Coburg with Bavaria
BVerfGE 34, 238-251Order of 31 January 19732 BvR 454/71Violation of the right of personality due to a tape recording without consent; use of a secretly made private tape recording in criminal proceedings
BVerfGE 34, 252-257Order of 1 February 19731 BvR 426/72, 1 BvR 434/72, 1 BvR 451/72, inter aliaHarmonisation of tax consulting professions
BVerfGE 34, 257-260Order of 13 February 19731 BvL 21/71On the content of and required signatures for an order of referral; substantiation of the relevant facts of the case and the relevant legal considerations (Maternity Protection Act; Higher Labour Court)
BVerfGE 34, 261-269Order of 13 February 19732 BvL 8/71No criminal fine in lieu of imprisonment for persons refusing to partake in mandatory alternative civilian service
BVerfGE 34, 269-293Order of 14 February 19731 BvR 112/65Financial compensation may also be claimed for non-material damage in case of a serious violation of the general right of personality
BVerfGE 34, 293-307Order of 14 February 19732 BvR 667/72Rejecting the defence lawyer on grounds of the suspicion that they were complicit in the criminal offence the suspect allegedly committed
BVerfGE 34, 307-320Order of 27 February 19732 BvL 27/69Binding determination of fees and other contractual obligations by homeworking committees as a rule of law of the same status as legal rules in collective bargaining agreements
BVerfGE 34, 320-325Order of 27 February 19732 BvL 8/72, 2 BvL 9/72No court decision may be subject to the condition that the Federal Constitutional Court does not retroactively declare the relevant provision to be unconstitutional; mandatory referral to the Federal Constitutional Court if courts deem post-constitutional provisions to be unconstitutional (§ 1(4), § 19 of the Home Work Act)
BVerfGE 34, 325-334Order of 28 February 19732 BvR 487/71Admission of a lawyer to the bar association with receipt of accreditation certificate despite the fact that he was not sworn in yet; power of representation before the Higher Regional Court in compensation cases if the lawyer already acted as counsel before the Regional Court in the same case
BVerfGE 34, 335-338Order of 28 February 19732 BvR 587/72Inadmissibility of a constitutional complaint against decisions on the reinstatement into one’s former procedural position in protest proceedings as long as no decision on the protest has been made
BVerfGE 34, 338-341Order of 13 March 19731 BvR 471/70Constitutional complaint only admissible if the complainant is affected by a law not just economically but also legally (prohibition to publicise vacancy adverts or job searches on radio and TV)
BVerfGE 34, 341-344Order of 13 March 19731 BvR 536/72Preliminary injunction against public broadcaster ZDF (broadcast of a docudrama)
BVerfGE 34, 344-348Order of 13 March 19732 BvR 484/72Violation of the right to be heard; failure to take into account a statement of the respondent
BVerfGE 34, 348-369Order of 28 February 19732 BvL 19/70Council Regulation (EEC) on the gradual establishment of a common organisation of the market in cereals; calculation and publication of the rate of levy by the Authority for the Import and Stocking of Grain and Feedingstuffs; change of the rate of levy
BVerfGE 34, 369-384Order of 14 March 19732 BvR 768/71, 2 BvR 832/71Restricting the receipt of packages for prisoners on remand
BVerfGE 34, 384-404Order of 14 March 19732 BvR 621/72, 2 BvR 622/72, 2 BvR 635/72, 2 BvR 912/72Imposing a general restriction on visitor privileges and postal correspondence of prisoners on remand

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BVerfGE 33, 1-18Order of 14 March 19722 BvR 41/71Restriction of prisoners’ fundamental rights
BVerfGE 33, 18-23Order of 14 March 19722 BvR 60/71Constitutional complaints against administrative measures only admissible if they contain a substantive decision with direct external effects
BVerfGE 33, 23-35Order of 11 April 19722 BvR 75/71Protection of a religious conviction due to which a witness in criminal proceedings also refuses to take the oath without religious affirmation
BVerfGE 33, 35-42Order of 11 April 19722 BvR 75/71Dissenting opinion of Justice v. Schlabrendorff
BVerfGE 33, 42-44Order of 11 April 19722 BvF 2/72Application in the Organstreit proceedings between the East German ‘Länder’ and the Federation by the ‘Emergency Administration of the German East’
BVerfGE 33, 44-52Order of 12 April 19722 BvR 704/70Offsetting remuneration from a secondary occupation against the subsistence allowance of a legal trainee (Bavaria)
BVerfGE 33, 52-90Order of 25 April 19721 BvL 13/67Ban on the import of movies with content that inter alia takes a belligerent stance against the free democratic basic order; freedom of the arts and state security; censorship: censorship prior to publication (pre-censoring)
BVerfGE 33, 52-90Order of 25 April 19721 BvL 13/67Dissenting opinion of Justices Rupp-v. Brünneck and Simon
BVerfGE 33, 90-106Order of 25 April 19721 BvL 38/69, 1 BvL 25/70, 1 BvL 20/71Different treatment of persons liable to wage tax who are not subject to further assessment by the tax office as opposed to persons liable to income tax who are subject to such assessment with regard to child allowance granted for children born during the last four months of the tax year (Income Tax Act 1965 and 1967)
BVerfGE 33, 106-115Order of 25 April 19721 BvL 30/70Different treatment of persons liable to wage tax who are not subject to further assessment by the tax office as opposed to persons liable to income tax who are subject to such assessment with regard to child allowance granted for children who reach the age of 27 during the first four months of the tax year
BVerfGE 33, 115-125Order of 25 April 19721 BvL 14/71Only partial child allowance for children born during the last four months of the tax year (Income Tax Act 1967)
BVerfGE 33, 125-171Order of 9 May 19721 BvR 518/62, 1 BvR 308/64Regulations on specialist doctors in statutes of the medical associations
BVerfGE 33, 171-192Order of 10 May 19721 BvR 286/65, 1 BvR 293/65, 1 BvR 295/65Standard for the distribution of honorarium rates for statutory health insurance-affiliated physicians; the autonomy of an association of statutory health insurance physicians to establish their own statutes
BVerfGE 33, 192-195Order of 10 May 19722 BvR 644/71Violation of the right to be heard in criminal proceedings; subsidiarity of the constitutional complaint to the possibilities under § 33a of the Code of Criminal Procedure
BVerfGE 33, 195-199Order of 22 May 19721 BvR 203/72, 1 BvQ 2/72Application for a preliminary injunction in relation to treaties with countries of Eastern Europe
BVerfGE 33, 199-205Order of 30 May 19721 BvL 21/69, 1 BvL 18/71Referrals pursuant to Art.100(1) first sentence of the Basic Law pertaining to issues that have already been decided by the Federal Constitutional Court
BVerfGE 33, 206-224Order of 30 May 19722 BvO 1/69, 2 BvO 2/69, 2 BvO 1/70, 2 BvO 2/70No continued applicability of § 26(1) of the Weapons Act 1938 as federal law
BVerfGE 33, 224-232Order of 30 May 19722 BvL 41/71Building without a permit as an administrative offence (North Rhine-Westphalia)
BVerfGE 33, 232-235Order of 31 May 19721 BvR 249/72, 1 BvQ 6/72Application for a preliminary injunction in relation to treaties with countries of Eastern Europe
BVerfGE 33, 236-240Order of 13 June 19721 BvR 421/69Preferential treatment of parents with regard to the appointment of a curator for their children (§ 1913 of the Civil Code); parents’ right to lodge a complaint if they are disregarded
BVerfGE 33, 240-247Order of 27 June 19721 BvL 34/70Limitation of compensation for an expert opinion
BVerfGE 33, 247-265Order of 28 June 19721 BvR 105/63, 1 BvR 275/68No constitutional complaint against a court decision if the complainant is only affected by the decision on costs at this point; a constitutional complaint against court decisions that dismissed a claim as inadmissible due to the temporary ban on legal actions pursuant to § 3(2) of the General Act on the Consequences of the War becomes inadmissible when the ban is no longer applicable
BVerfGE 33, 265-303Order of 5 July 19722 BvL 6/66, 2 BvL 28/69, 2 BvL 3/70, inter aliaContribution to the construction of public roads in Hamburg; compatibility with the Federal Building Act
BVerfGE 33, 303-358Judgment of 18 July 19721 BvL 32/70, 1 BvL 25/71Absolute restrictions on admissions to medical school (numerus clausus)
BVerfGE 33, 358-367Order of 19 July 19722 BvL 22/68Fees for ante- and post-mortem inspection of animals at the slaughterhouse (Lower Saxony); constitutionality of the statutory basis authorising the issuance of ordinances on fees
BVerfGE 33, 367-387Order of 19 July 19722 BvL 7/71Right to refuse to give evidence for social workers

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BVerfGE 32, 1-39Order of 28 July 19711 BvR 40/69, 1 BvR 47/69, 1 BvR 47/69, inter aliaPre-examined pharmaceutical assistants; voidness of the transitional legal framework in the Act on Pharmaceutical-Technical Assistants and in the Ordinance on the Operation of Pharmacies
BVerfGE 32, 40-51Order of 12 October 19712 BvR 65/71Imposition of youth detention after recognition as a conscientious objector due to insubordination prior to said recognition
BVerfGE 32, 51-53Order of 12 October 19712 BvR 65/71Dissenting opinion of Justices Geller and Rupp
BVerfGE 32, 53-54Order of 12 October 19712 BvR 65/71Dissenting opinion of Vice-President Seuffert
BVerfGE 32, 54-77Order of 13 October 19711 BvR 280/66The term ‘home’ within the meaning of Art. 13(1) of the Basic Law also includes work, commercial and business premises; interpretation of the terms ‘interferences and restrictions’ within the meaning of Art. 13(3) of the Basic Law
BVerfGE 32, 78-86Order of 13 October 19711 BvL 10/69Minimum taxable assets of stock corporations
BVerfGE 32, 87-98Order of 13 October 19712 BvR 233/71Issuance of an arrest warrant against an accused for failing to attend the oral hearing in appellate proceedings; principle of proportionality
BVerfGE 32, 98-111Order of 19 October 19711 BvR 387/65The fundamental right to freedom of faith’s permeating effect (Ausstrahlungswirkung) on the criminal sanctioning of a failure to render aid or assistance
BVerfGE 32, 111-129Order of 20 October 19711 BvR 757/66Exemption of ‘Austrian cases’ from the compensation granted for damages incurred due to persecution in expulsion areas
BVerfGE 32, 129-144Order of 20 October 19711 BvR 757/66Dissenting opinion of Justice Rupp-v. Brünneck
BVerfGE 32, 145-156Order of 21 October 19712 BvL 6/69, 2 BvL 15/70, 2 BvL 20/70, inter aliaAdministration of transportation tax (tax offices)
BVerfGE 32, 157-173Order of 21 October 19712 BvR 367/69Hesse Act on Parliamentary Allowances; pension for members of parliament (reference date for eligibility)
BVerfGE 32, 173-195Order of 4 November 19712 BvR 493/66Compensation pursuant to the Federal Act on Compensation for Injustices Suffered by Members of the Public Service at the Hands of the National Socialists because a professorial candidate who fulfilled the essential requirements could not complete the procedure necessary to be awarded the authorisation to teach (venia legendi) due to persecution by the Nazi regime
BVerfGE 32, 195-198Order of 4 November 19712 BvR 767/70Denial of the right to be heard (proceedings on disciplinary sanctions before a disciplinary and complaints court of the armed forces; notification of taking of evidence)
BVerfGE 32, 199-227Judgment of 15 November 19712 BvF 1/70Hesse Act on the Remuneration of Judges and Prosecutors (remuneration; official title)
BVerfGE 32, 227-242Judgment of 15 November 19712 BvF 1/70Dissenting opinion of Justices Geller, Rupp and Wand
BVerfGE 32, 242-249Judgment of 15 November 19712 BvF 1/70Dissenting opinion of Justice Geiger
BVerfGE 32, 249Judgment of 15 November 19712 BvF 1/70Dissenting opinion of Justices Seuffert, Leibholz and Rinck
BVerfGE 32, 249-256Order of 16 November 1971 1 BvR 247/68Exemption of ‘Austrian cases’ from the compensation granted for damages incurred due to persecution in expulsion areas (‘Old Austrians’, i.e. displaced persons who had Austrian citizenship before the annexation of Austria)
BVerfGE 32, 256-260Order of 16 November 1971 1 BvL 29/70, 1 BvL 11/71Inadmissibility of a referral seeking specific judicial review; penal provision on begging as pre-constitutional law
BVerfGE 32, 260-273Order of 25 January 19721 BvL 30/69Special expenses claimed by married couples
BVerfGE 32, 273-279Order of 25 January 19721 BvL 3/70Protection against dismissal under the Maternity Protection Act; missing the deadline to notify the employer of pregnancy due to responsibility (intent or negligence) of the employee
BVerfGE 32, 279-288Order of 25 January 19721 BvL 1/71Refund of paid motor vehicle taxes in case the tax liability of the concerned vehicle ends prematurely
BVerfGE 32, 288-295Order of 25 January 19722 BvA 1/69Challenge to a Justice of the Federal Constitutional Court on the grounds of possible bias
BVerfGE 32, 296-305Order of 26 January 19721 BvL 3/71§ 1300 of the Civil Code as a pre-constitutional provision
BVerfGE 32, 305-311Order of 26 January 19722 BvR 255/67Forfeiture of the right to legal recourse to the courts pursuant to Art. 19(4) first sentence of the Basic Law
BVerfGE 32, 311-319Order of 8 February 19721 BvR 170/71Scope of the Federal Constitutional Court’s review of decisions within the purview of private law (§ 1 of the Act Against Unfair Competition)
BVerfGE 32, 319-332Order of 9 February 19721 BvR 111/68On the Land legislator’s competence to enact provisions on outdoor advertising within built-up areas
BVerfGE 32, 333-344Order of 9 February 19721 BvL 16/69On the compatibility of income and corporation surtaxes with the Basic Law
BVerfGE 32, 345-346Order of 12 February 19721 BvR 92/71, 1 BvR 96/71Parties entitled to submit statements in the proceedings do not have the right to lodge a protest against a preliminary injunction in constitutional complaint proceedings
BVerfGE 32, 346-365Order of 23 February 19722 BvL 36/71Penal provisions in municipal statutes; limits of criminal liability, nature and maximum extent of punishments must be foreseeable based on the statutory basis authorising the adoption of such provisions
BVerfGE 32, 365-373Order of 8 March 19721 BvR 674/70Submitting a constitutional complaint by telegram; payment of widow’s pensions until the end of the third calendar month after the end of the month in which the spouse died (death quarter) if the deceased was entitled to pensions paid by public pension insurance due to inability to practise his former occupation
BVerfGE 32, 373-387Order of 8 March 19722 BvR 28/71Seizing the patient file of a person charged with a criminal offence from a doctor who has taken over the practice and patient records of the doctor who previously treated that person
BVerfGE 32, 387-390Order of 14 March 19722 BvL 35/71Inadmissibility of a referral for specific judicial review due to irrelevance of the referred questions because the legal relationship subject to the challenged provision has been concluded; transfer of remuneration from a civil servant’s secondary occupation to his public sector employer (Lower Saxony Civil Service Act)

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BVerfGE 31, 1-8Order of 31 March 19711 BvL 9/68Widower’s claim to refund of social security contributions in a case where his previously insured deceased wife had not completed the waiting period
BVerfGE 31, 8-32Order of 1 April 1971 1 BvL 22/67Lump-sum tax for slot machines (North Rhine-Westphalia)
BVerfGE 31, 33-43Order of 27 April 19712 BvR 708/65Judicial review of the permit granted to the Deutsche Bundesbahn (German Federal Railway) authorising the introduction of exceptional rates for the transport of fuel oils
BVerfGE 31, 43-46Order of 27 April 19712 BvL 31/71Judicial investigations upon application by the public prosecution office (§ 162(1) of the Code of Criminal Procedure)
BVerfGE 31, 47-54Order of 28 April 19712 BvL 14/70, 2 BvL 27/71Inadmissibility of a referral for specific judicial review (Hesse Act on the Remuneration of Judges; composition of the local court’s presidium; change of official titles)
BVerfGE 31, 55-57Order of 4 May 1971 1 BvR 761/67No constitutional complaint against decisions of a Grand Senate (Federal Labour Court)
BVerfGE 31, 58-87Order of 4 May 1971 1 BvR 636/68Fundamental rights of the Basic Law as the relevant standard of review for provisions of German private international law and for the application of the foreign provisions that consequently apply; freedom of marriage (marriage between a Spanish citizen and a German citizen who had previously been divorced before a German court)
BVerfGE 31, 87-94Order of 4 May 1971 1 BvR 96/71Parties entitled to submit statements in constitutional complaint proceedings do not have the right to lodge a protest in preliminary injunction proceedings
BVerfGE 31, 94-100Order of 4 May 1971 2 BvL 8/66Reduction of widow’s pension in case of a significant age difference between spouses (Saarland Civil Service Act); application of the provisions on such reduction to beneficiaries who were already entitled to widow’s pensions before the Act entered into force
BVerfGE 31, 101-100Order of 4 May 1971 2 BvL 8/66Dissenting opinion of Vice-President Seuffert
BVerfGE 31, 101-112Order of 4 May 1971 2 BvL 21/68Exclusion of a stepfather’s claim to child supplement for a child born outside of marriage but living in his home if the child supplement is already claimed by the biological father
BVerfGE 31, 113-119Order of 4 May 1971 2 BvL 10/70Preliminary ban of a publication that is harmful to minors
BVerfGE 31, 119-136Order of 18 May 1971 1 BvL 7/69, 1 BvL 8/69Taxation of jukeboxes on the basis of the originally paid purchase price (North Rhine-Westphalia)
BVerfGE 31, 137-141Order of 8 June 19712 BvL 17/70Extent of the accused’s obligation to bear costs in case the judge sets down a date for a main hearing instead of issuing the summary penalty order sought by the public prosecution office
BVerfGE 31, 141-145Order of 8 June 19712 BvL 10/71Invalidity of a former Land law provision imposing an administrative fine for building without permit due to its incompatibility with § 367(1) no. 15 of the Criminal Code (see also BVerfGE 29, 11-18)
BVerfGE 31, 145-180Order of 9 June 19712 BvR 225/69Decision by the competent national court on the incidental question whether a national provision of ordinary law is compatible with a provision of EC law, which takes precedence (VAT compensation tax on imported powdered milk)
BVerfGE 31, 181-184Order of 9 June 19712 BvR 114/71, 2 BvR 127/71Violation of the right to one’s lawful judge (invalid election of lay judges)
BVerfGE 31, 185-194Order of 15 June 19711 BvR 88/69, 1 BvR 496/69Suspension of claims to old-age pensions from the public pension insurance in case they coincide with unemployment benefits
BVerfGE 31, 194-212Order of 15 June 19711 BvR 192/70On the scope of the guardianship court’s competence to rule on the right to personal contact between a divorced parent who does not have custody and their child
BVerfGE 31, 212-221Order of 22 June 19712 BvL 10/69Constitutionality of § 91a of the Military Pensions Act (limitation of claims due to harm suffered in the course of military service)
BVerfGE 31, 222-229Order of 22 June 19712 BvL 6/70Change of the competent court for actions concerning sales contracts to be fulfilled through payment by instalments; application of the changed provision to contracts concluded prior to its entry into force
BVerfGE 31, 229-248Order of 7 July 1971 1 BvR 765/66Inclusion of works protected by copyright in collections for use by churches, schools and in lessons
BVerfGE 31, 248-255Order of 7 July 1971 1 BvR 764/66Rental of copies of works protected by copyright (‘library penny’)
BVerfGE 31, 255-270Order of 7 July 1971 1 BvR 775/66Authors’ claim to remuneration against manufacturers of tape recorders
BVerfGE 31, 270-275Order of 7 July 1971 1 BvR 276/71Provision on school broadcasts in copyright law
BVerfGE 31, 275-295Order of 8 July 1971 1 BvR 766/66Transition of the copyright of performing artists to a right related but not equivalent to copyright pursuant to § 135 of the Copyright Act
BVerfGE 31, 295-297Order of 14 July 1971 2 BvR 357/71Lawful judge; rejection of an immediate complaint against the refusal to reopen proceedings that was decided upon with the participation of the presiding judge of the criminal division who had also been involved in the dismissal of the appeal on points of law
BVerfGE 31, 297-305Order of 20 July 1971           1 BvR 13/69Limited possibility of lawyers to appear as authorised representatives before the labour court
BVerfGE 31, 306-311Order of 20 July 1971           1 BvR 231/69No reimbursement of costs arising from representation by a lawyer in proceedings before the labour court
BVerfGE 31, 311-314Order of 26 July 1971           2 BvR 163/67Unconstitutionality of a retroactive deterioration of the legal position of victims of persecution (retroactive imposition of a cut-off date)
BVerfGE 31, 314-334Order of 27 July 1971           2 BvF 1/68, 2 BvR 702/68Activities of public broadcasting organisations as the performance of a public function; no VAT on broadcasting
BVerfGE 31, 334-337Order of 27 July 1971 2 BvF 1/68, 2 BvR 702/68Dissenting opinion of Justices Geller and Rupp
BVerfGE 31, 337-357Order of 27 July 1971 2 BvF 1/68, 2 BvR 702/68Dissenting opinion of Justices Geiger, Rinck and Wand
BVerfGE 31, 357-363Order of 27 July 1971 2 BvL 9/70Inadmissibility of a referral for specific judicial review due to irrelevance of the referred question (North Rhine-Westphalia Ordinance on Secondary Occupations)
BVerfGE 31, 364-370Order of 27 July 1971 2 BvR 443/70Admissibility of a constitutional complaint against a development plan (Bremen)
BVerfGE 31, 371-380Order of 27 July 1971 2 BvH 1/71Dissent between the Federal Government and a Land with regard to organisational changes within the Federal Railway (dissolution of a Federal Railway directorate)
BVerfGE 31, 381-387Order of 27 July 1971 2 BvQ 1/71Hesse Act to Adapt to the First (Federal) Act on the Harmonisation and Revision of the Law Governing the Remuneration of Civil Servants in the Federation and the Länder
BVerfGE 31, 388-392Order of 27 July 1971 2 BvR 118/71Denial of the right to be heard (instructions on the available legal remedies, more specifically on the concrete calculation of the time limit for lodging an objection)
BVerfGE 31, 391-392Order of 27 July 1971 2 BvR 118/71Dissenting opinion of Justice Seuffert

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BVerfGE 30, 1-33Judgment of 15 December 19702 BvF 1/69, 2 BvR 629/68, 2 BvR 308/69Surveillance of correspondence, posts and telecommunications; review of restrictions regarding correspondence, posts and telecommunications
BVerfGE 30, 33-47Judgment of 15 December 19702 BvF 1/69, 2 BvR 629/68, 2 BvR 308/69Dissenting opinion of Justices Geller, v. Schlabrendorff and Rupp
BVerfGE 30, 47-54Order of 15 December 1970 2 BvL 17/67Constitutionality of § 26 of the Federal Social Assistance Act (confinement in an institution to perform work)
BVerfGE 30, 54-59Order of 15 December 1970 2 BvR 377/69Time limit for a lodging a constitutional complaint against court decisions regarding building-land matters
BVerfGE 30, 59-67Order of 16 December 1970 1 BvR 210/68Adding common matrimonial property jointly owned by a continued community of property to the assets of the surviving spouse for the purposes of property tax assessment
BVerfGE 30, 68-83Order of 12 January 1971     2 BvL 2/65Constitutionality of § 21(3) third sentence in conjunction with § 14(2) of the Federal Act on Compensation for Injustices Suffered by Members of the Public Service at the Hands of the National Socialists (impact of the Article 131 Act on compensation pursuant to the Federal Act on Compensation for Injustices Suffered by Members of the Public Service at the Hands of the National Socialists)
BVerfGE 30, 83-90Order of 12 January 1971    2 BvL 7/66On the interpretation of § 31b(1) second sentence of the Federal Act on Compensation for Injustices Suffered by Members of the Public Service at the Hands of the National Socialists in conformity with the Constitution (taking into account periods of ‘previous employment’ for the purposes of calculating periods spent in civil service if persons were awarded civil servant status after 8 May 1945)
BVerfGE 30, 90-103Order of 12 January 1971    2 BvL 2/70Reduction of the seniority grade relevant for remuneration purposes in case of teachers at special needs schools in Hamburg who progressed to a higher remuneration grade
BVerfGE 30, 103-108Order of 12 January 1971    2 BvL 18/70Jurisdiction of a local court for punishing tax offences in the districts of multiple regional courts (§ 426(2) first sentence of the Fiscal Code)
BVerfGE 30, 108-112Order of 12 January 1971    2 BvR 520/70Judicial review of the revocation of a pardon decision
BVerfGE 30, 112-126Order of 13 January 1971   1 BvR 671/65, 1 BvR 672/65On the admissibility of constitutional complaints against decisions of a Land Constitutional Court (classes on ‘biblical history independent of a particular denomination but on a generally Christian basis’ in Bremen)
BVerfGE 30, 127-128Order of 13 January 1971   1 BvL 16/70Inadmissibility of a referral due to irrelevance of the referred question (§ 84 of the Act on Road Transport)
BVerfGE 30, 129-148Order of 26 January 1971   2 BvL 2/68On the interpretation of § 17a(2) of the Valuation Act in conformity with the Constitution (net present value of ground rents)
BVerfGE 30, 149-157Order of 26 January 1971   2 BvR 443/69Reopening of proceedings: participation of an additional judge who had also been involved in the main proceedings and a judge who had been involved in the opening of main proceedings in a criminal case
BVerfGE 30, 157-164Order of 26 January 1971   2 BvR 443/69Dissenting opinion of Justices Leibholz, Geiger and Rinck
BVerfGE 30, 165-170Order of 27 January 1971   2 BvR 507/69, 2 BvR 511/69Reopening of proceedings: participation of a judge who had also been involved in the judgment delivered upon the appeal on points of law
BVerfGE 30, 170-173Order of 9 February 19711 BvL 27/70No competence for court officer to make a referral pursuant to Art.100(1) of the Basic Law
BVerfGE 30, 173-227Order of 24 February 19711 BvR 435/68On the conflict between the fundamental rights guarantee to freedom of the arts and the constitutionally protected personal domain (the novel ‘Mephisto’)
BVerfGE 30, 227-250Order of 24 February 19711 BvR 438/68, 1 BvR 456/68, 1 BvR 484/68, 1 BvL 40/69Legislative interference with the naming and activities of an association as per its bylaws (participation of employee and employer associations in elections to the self-governing bodies of social insurance)
BVerfGE 30, 250-272Order of 9 March 19712 BvR 326/69, 2 BvR 341/69, 2 BvR 342/69, inter aliaProhibition of laws that impose burdens and are, from the outset, plainly unsuitable to achieve the legislative purpose; incorrect prognoses of the legislator (Act on Measures Safeguarding External Economic Balance)
BVerfGE 30, 272-291Order of 10 March 19712 BvL 3/68German-Swiss Double Taxation Treaty (retroactive progression clause)
BVerfGE 30, 292-336Order of 16 March 19711 BvR 52/66, 1 BvR 665/66, 1 BvR 667/66, 1 BvR 754/66Relying on private companies for the fulfilment of a public task (obligation to hold a minimum stock of petroleum products)
BVerfGE 30, 336-355Order of 23 March 19711 BvL 25/61, 1 BvL 3/62Act on the Dissemination of Publications that are Harmful to Minors (distribution of publications that are evidently seriously harmful to minors by mail order; images advertising nudism)
BVerfGE 30, 355-367Order of 23 March 19711 BvL 9/69On the relationship between child benefit and child supplement
BVerfGE 30, 367-392Order of 23 March 19712 BvL 2/66, 2 BvR 168/66, 2 BvR 196/66, inter aliaUnconstitutionality of a retroactive deterioration of the legal position of victims of persecution (retroactive introduction of a cut-off date for cases of expulsion)
BVerfGE 30, 392-406Order of 23 March 19712 BvL 17/69Creation of legitimate expectations by a time-limited law; sales tax break for Berlin cigarette industry
BVerfGE 30, 406-409Order of 23 March 19712 BvR 465/70Denial of the right to be heard (respondent in complaint proceedings before the labour court)
BVerfGE 30, 409-415Order of 23 March 19712 BvR 59/71On the entitlement of foreign citizens to compensation for remand detention
BVerfGE 30, 415-428Order of 31 March 19711 BvR 744/67Baptism and residence as criteria for determining church tax liability