author: Per Curiam. Justice Stevens,

text:
    WHITFIELD v. TEXAS
    No. 98-9085.
    Decided June 24, 1999

      Together with Whitfield v. Texas (see this Court’s Rule 12.4) and Whitfield v. Texas (see this Court’s Rule 12.4), also on motions for leave to proceed informa pauperis.

   Per Curiam.

Pro se petitioner Whitfield seeks leave to proceed in forma pauperis under Rule 39 of this Court. We deny this request as frivolous pursuant to Rule 39.8. Whitfield is allowed until July 15, 1999, within which to pay the docketing fee required by Rule 38 and to submit his petition in compliance with this Court’s Rule 33.1. We also direct the Clerk not to accept any further petitions for certiorari or petitions for extraordinary writs from Whitfield in noncriminal matters unless he first pays the docketing fee required by Rule 38 and submits his petitions in compliance with Rule 33.1.

Whitfield has repeatedly abused this Court’s certiorari and extraordinary writ processes. On March 30, 1998, we invoked Rule 39.8 to deny Whitfield informa pauperis status with respect to a petition for certiorari. See Whitfield v. Johnson, 523 U. S. 1044. At that time, Whitfield had filed three petitions for certiorari and three petitions for extraordinary writs, all of which were both patently frivolous and had been denied without recorded dissent. He thereafter filed another patently frivolous petition for certiorari, which we denied. The instant petition for certiorari thus brings Whitfield's total number of frivolous filings to nine.

We enter the order barring prospective filings for the reasons discussed in Martin v. District of Columbia Court of Appeals, 506 U. S. 1 (1992) (per curiam). "Whitfield’s abuse of the writ of certiorari and of the extraordinary writs has been in noncriminal eases, and we limit our sanction accordingly. The order therefore will not prevent Whitfield from petitioning to challenge criminal sanctions which might be imposed on him. The order will, however, allow this Court to devote its limited resources to the claims of petitioners who have not abused our processes.

It is so ordered.

Justice Stevens,

dissenting.

For reasons previously stated, see Cross v. Pelican Bay State Prison, 526 U. S. 811, 812 (1999) (Stevens, J., dissenting); Martin v. District of Columbia Court of Appeals, 506 U. S. 1, 4 (1992) (Stevens, J., dissenting), and cases cited, I respectfully dissent.


source: Caselaw Access Project

license: Public Domain

text:
    June 14, 1999
    No. 98-477.
    Godinez v. White.
   C. A. 7th Cir. Motion of respondent for leave to proceed informa pauperis granted. Certiorari granted, judgment vacated, and case remanded for further consideration in light of O’Sullivan v. Boerckel, 526 U. S. 838 (1999).


text:
    No. 98-1356.
    United States v. Levi Strauss & Co.
   C. A. Fed. Cir. Certiorari granted, judgment vacated, and case remanded for further consideration in light of United States v. Haggar Apparel Co., 526 U. S. 380 (1999).


text:
    No. 98-7353.
    Swoopes v. Sublett, Warden, et al.
   C. A. 9th Cir. Motion of petitioner for leave to proceed in forma pauperis granted. Certiorari granted, judgment vacated, and case remanded for further consideration in light of O’Sullivan v. Boerckel, 526 U. S. 838 (1999).


text:
    No. 98-8988.
    Hallum v. Iowa.
   Sup. Ct. Iowa. Motion of petitioner for leave to proceed informa pauperis granted. Certiorari granted, judgment vacated, and case remanded for further consideration in light of Lilly v. Virginia, ante, p. 116.


text:
    No. A-979.
    Weinstein v. Arnold et al.
   Super. Ct. N. J., Law Div. Application for stay, addressed to Justice Ginsburg and referred to the Court, denied.


text:
    No. D-2081.
    In re Disbarment of Berfield.
   James Lee Berfield, of St. Petersburg, Fla., is suspended from the practice of law in this Court, and a rule will issue, returnable within 40 days, requiring him to show cause why he should not be disbarred from the practice of law in this Court.


text:
    No. D-2082.
    In re Disbarment of Lopez.
   Andrew M. Lopez, of Denver, Colo., is suspended from the practice of law in this Court, and a rule will issue, returnable within 40 days, requiring him to show cause why he should not be disbarred from the practice of law in this Court.


text:
    No. M-74.
    No. M-75.
    Reid v. Tennessee; and Morgan v. CMS/Data Corp.
   Motions to direct the Clerk to file petitions for writs of certiorari out of time denied.


text:
    No. 120, Orig.
    New Jersey v. New York.
   Motion of the

Special Master for compensation and reimbursement of expenses granted, and the Special Master is awarded a total of $29,096.50, to be paid equally by the parties. [For earlier decision herein, see, e.g., 526 U.S. 589.]


text:
    No. 98-1299.
    New York v. Hill.
   Ct. App. N. Y. [Certiorari granted, 526 U. S. 1111.] Motion for appointment of counsel granted, and it is ordered that Edward J. Nowak, Esq., of Rochester, N. Y., be appointed to serve as counsel for respondent in this case.


text:
    No. 98-9473.
    In re Hill.
   Motion of petitioner for leave to proceed in forma pauperis denied. See this Court's Rule 39.8. Petitioner is allowed until July 6, 1999, within which to pay the docketing fee required by Rule 38(a) and to submit a petition in compliance with Rule 33.1 of the Rules of this Court.


text:
    No. 98-9500.
    In re Mauldin.
   Petition for writ of habeas corpus denied.


text:
    No. 98-1821.
    In re Lukacs.
   Petition for writ of mandamus denied.


text:
    No. 98-1648.
    Mitchell et al. v. Helms et al.
   C. A. 5th Cir. Certiorari granted.


text:
    No. 98-7540.
    Carmell v. Texas.
   Ct. App. Tex., 2d Dist. Motion of petitioner for leave to proceed in forma pauperis granted. Certiorari granted limited to Question 1 presented by the petition.


text:
    No. 98-1435.
    Pearson et al. v. Planned Parenthood Margaret Sanger Clinic (Manhattan) et al.
   C. A. 2d Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-1437.
    Native Village of Eyak et al. v. Daley, Secretary of Commerce.
   C. A. 9th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-1449.
    Socialist People’s Libyan Arab Jamahiriya et al. v. Rein, Executrix of the Estate of Rein, Deceased, et al.
   C. A. 2d Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-1460.
    Arbiter Systems, Inc. v. Danzig, Secretary of the Navy.
   C. A. Fed. Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-1467.
    Malheur Lumber Co. et al. v. Blue Mountains Biodiversity Project et al.
   C. A. 9th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-1493.
    Herring v. Florida.
   Sup. Ct. Fla. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-1551.
    Abioye v. Sundstrand Corp.
   C. A. 7th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-1581.
    Jones v. Trump et al.
   C. A. 2d Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-1612.
    Diamond Multimedia Systems, Inc., et al. v. Superior Court of California, Santa Clara County (Pass et al., Real Parties in Interest).
   Sup. Ct. Cal. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-1636.
    Blue Cross of California et al. v. California Superior Court, Los Angeles County, et al.
   Ct. App. Cal., 2d App. Dist. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-1638.
    C. W. Smith et al. v. Gwinnett County.
   Sup. Ct. Ga. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-1639.
    Martin v. United States.
   C. A. 5th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-1641.
    Ashcraft et al. v. Hwa-Shain Yeh et al.
   C. A. 6th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-1642.
    Stabile, Trustee of the Stabile Family Trust Agreement Dated May 1, 1990 v. California Federal Bank et al.
   Ct. App. Cal., 2d App. Dist. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-1643.
    Southmark Corp. v. Coopers & Lybrand, L. L. P.
   C. A. 5th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-1645.
    Payne, Mother for the Minor Child, Hicks, et al. v. Churchich et al.
   C. A. 7th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-1646.
    Brawner-Ahlstrom v. Husson et al.
   Ct. App. Colo. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-1650.
    Fuessenich v. Connecticut.
   App. Ct. Conn. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-1655.
    Austin v. Hanover Insurance Co. et al.
   C. A. 2d Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-1656.
    Cutright v. Metropolitan Life Insurance Co., dba Metlife, et al.
   Sup. Ct. App. W. Va. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-1657.
    Illinois ex rel. Ryan, Attorney General of Illinois v. Towers.
   C. A. 7th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-1659.
    Lin v. Lin.
   Ct. App. N. C. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-1661.
    Fleet Bank, National Assn. v. Burke, Banking Commissioner of Connecticut, et al.
   C. A. 2d Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-1665.
    Killinger, Warden v. Nevers.
   C. A. 6th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-1672.
    Meade v. Pep Boys Manny Moe & Jack, Inc., et al.
   Ct. Sp. App. Md. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-1677.
    Byerly v. Ohio.
   Ct. App. Ohio, Portage County. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-1679.
    Blair v. Nevada Department of Motor Vehicles and Public Safety.
   Sup. Ct. Nev. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-1681.
    In re Day.
   Ct. App. D. C. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-1687.
    Cross v. Cross.
   Sup. Ct. Ga. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-1727.
    Hedrick et al. v. Hedrick et al.
   C. A. 5th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-1783.
    Junior v. Goodnight et al.
   Sup. Ct. App. W. Va. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-1755.
    Berk Realty, Inc. v. Mercer County Tax Claim Bureau.
   Commw. Ct. Pa. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-1757.
    Upshaw v. Department of Transportation et al.
   C. A. 1st Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-1769.
    Sea Tow South Palm Beach, Inc., et al. v. Boat Owners Association of the United States.
   C. A. 11th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-1777.
    Bain, Director of Public Safety, Spartanburg Police Department, et al. v. Norwood, Individually and as Representative of a Class of Citizens.
   C. A. 4th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-1793.
    Kolb v. Texas.
   Ct. App. Tex., 9th Dist. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-1809.
    Mariah Boats, Inc. v. Slane.
   C. A. 7th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-1816.
    Gorod v. Tabachnick.
   App. Ct. Mass. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-1832.
    Lynn v. United States.
   C. A. 6th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-1834.
    Fultz v. Dunn et al.
   C. A. 3d Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-1840.
    Andrews v. United States.
   C. A. 11th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-1841.
    Medjuck v. United States.
   C. A. 9th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-1851.
    Berg v. Court of Appeal of California, First Appellate District.
   C. A. 9th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-1865.
    Deluxe Electronic Payment Systems, Inc. v. Mellon Bank, N. A.
   C. A. 3d Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-6437.
    Rung v. Meyers, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Rockview.
   C. A. 3d Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-7930.
    Cason v. Smith, Warden, et al.
   C. A. 4th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-8056.
    Fredyma v. Lake Sunapee Bank et al.
   C. A. 1st Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-8172.
    Ogunyileka v. United States.
   C. A. 4th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-8264.
    Hays v. Oregon.
   Ct. App. Ore. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-8462.
    McNeill v. Ohio.
   Sup. Ct. Ohio. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-8525.
    Nevius v. McDaniel, Warden, et al.
   C. A. 9th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-8870.
    Grove v. Nadel, Judge, Court of Common Pleas of Ohio, Hamilton County.
   Sup. Ct. Ohio. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-8872.
    Dowtin-El v. Kapture, Warden.
   C. A. 6th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-8873.
    Holt v. LeMaster, Warden, et al.
   C. A. 10th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-8874.
    Duckworth v. Moore, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al.
   C. A. 11th Cir. Certio-rari denied.


text:
    No. 98-8875.
    D’Alessandro v. Morton, Administrator, New Jersey State Prison, et al.
   C. A. 4th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-8878.
    Pack v. Union Station Terminal.
   C. A. D. C. Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-8881.
    Charping v. South Carolina.
   Sup. Ct. S. C. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-8882.
    Fields v. Dalkon Shield Claimants Trust.
   C. A. 4th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-8883.
    Krehnbrink v. Maryland State Department of Education et al.
   C. A. 4th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-8884.
    Novel v. Salzberg.
   App. Div., Sup. Ct. N. Y., 1st Jud. Dept. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-8886.
    Lewis v. Cain, Warden.
   C. A. 5th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-8890.
    Loveday v. Michigan.
   Cir. Ct. Oakland County, Mich. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-8893.
    Couch v. Georgia.
   C. A. 11th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-8899.
    Johnson v. Smith, Warden.
   C. A. 6th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-8903.
    Budd v. Quick et al.
   Ct. App. D. C. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-8904.
    Bailey, aka Hill v. Johnson, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Institutional Division, et al.
   C. A. 5th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-8906.
    Olson v. Johnson, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Institutional Division.
   C. A. 5th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-8910.
    Bishop v. Colorado Department of Corrections et al.
   C. A. 10th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-8911.
    Burks v. Green, Warden, et al.
   C. A. 3d Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-8916.
    Lucas v. Johnson, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Institutional Division.
   C. A.

5th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-8923.
    Oats v. Moore, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections.
   C. A. 11th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-8927.
    Serrano v. Estrada et al.
   C. A. 9th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-8932.
    Vazquez v. Catoe, Director, South Carolina Department of Corrections, et al.
   C. A. 4th Cir. Certio-rari denied.


text:
    No. 98-8933.
    Visintine v. United States.
   C. A. 6th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-8934.
    Taylor v. Supreme Court of California et al.
   C.' A. 9th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-8935.
    Bryant v. Garcia, Warden, et al.
   C. A. 9th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-8937.
    Cox v. Stieneke et al.
   C. A. 4th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-8938.
    Coleman v. Alabama.
   Ct. Crim. App. Ala. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-8948.
    Morgan v. Chapin et al.
   C. A. 11th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-8957.
    Serequeberhan v. Tesfaye.
   Ct. App. D. C. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-8961.
    Barrett v. Pocatello Housing Authority et al.
   C. A. 9th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-8963.
    Hickman v. Moya, Warden.
   Ct. App. Tex., 10th Dist. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-9002.
    Gill v. National Railroad Passenger Corporation, aka Amtrak, et al.
   C. A. 9th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-9021.
    Revere v. Cain, Warden.
   C. A. 5th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-9025.
    Ward v. Hatcher, Warden.
   C. A. 9th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-9036.
    Rauls v. Linahan, Warden.
   C. A. 11th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-9043.
    Douglas v. Lehman, Secretary, Washington Department of Corrections.
   C. A. 9th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-9045.
    Hunter v. Patel et al.
   C. A. 4th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-9102.
    Godette, aka Ali v. R & Y Management et al.
   C. A. 2d Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-9106.
    Grier v. New Jersey.
   Super. Ct. N. J., App. Div. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-9110.
    Paglingayen v. Office of Personnel Management.
   C. A. Fed. Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-9189.
    Vining v. Henderson, Postmaster General.
   C. A. 11th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-9191.
    Thomas v. Johnson, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Institutional Division.
   C. A. 5th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-9225.
    Butler v. California.
   Ct. App. Cal., 2d App. Dist. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-9236.
    Edwards v. Illinois.
   App. Ct. Ill., 2d Dist. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-9251.
    Walker v. Ohio.
   Sup. Ct. Ohio. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-9260.
    Noll v. United States.
   C. A. 9th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-9267.
    Blackburn v. Williams, Warden, et al.
   C. A. 10th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-9278.
    Martini v. Rosewell et al.
   App. Ct. Ill., 1st Dist. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-9291.
    Fugah v. Meyers, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Rockview, et al.
   C. A. 3d Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-9293.
    France v. United States.
   C. A. 4th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-9294.
    Strothers et al. v. United States.
   C. A. D. C. Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-9296.
    Skelton v. United States.
   C. A. 9th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-9297.
    Snell v. Massachusetts.
   Sup. Jud. Ct. Mass. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-9299.
    Rivera v. United States.
   C. A. 2d Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-9302.
    Love v. United States.
   C. A. 6th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-9303.
    Klein v. United States.
   C. A. 8th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-9304.
    Jones v. United States; and Jefferson v. United States.
   C. A. 9th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-9306.
    Padgett v. United States.
   C. A. 4th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-9307.
    Clements v. United States.
   C. A. 4th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-9309.
    Aroworade et al. v. United States; and Roa-Mora v. United States.
   C. A. 7th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-9313.
    Stuyvesant v. United States.
   C. A. 11th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-9316.
    Taylor v. United States.
   C. A. 11th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-9317.
    Williams v. United States.
   C. A. 5th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-9320.
    Upham v. United States.
   C. A. 1st Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-9323.
    Johnson v. United States.
   C. A. 6th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-9324.
    Keel v. French, Warden.
   C. A. 4th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-9340.
    Soape v. United States.
   C. A. 5th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-9341.
    Porras-Avila v. United States.
   C. A. 5th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-9343.
    Navarro v. United States.
   C. A. 9th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-9348.
    Toevs v. United States.
   C. A. 9th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-9351.
    Owens v. Maryland.
   Ct. App. Md. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-9356.
    Maxwell v. United States.
   C. A. 4th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-9359.
    Taylor v. United States.
   C. A. 11th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-9361.
    Austin v. United States.
   C. A. 6th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-9362.
    Wittgenstein v. United States.
   C. A. 10th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-9363.
    Robinson v. United States.
   C. A. 11th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-9364.
    Rosario v. United States.
   C. A. 2d Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-9365.
    Wightman v. Texas.
   Sup. Ct. Tex. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-9367.
    Wells v. City of New York et al.
   App. Div., Sup. Ct. N. Y., 1st Jud. Dept. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-9368.
    Salas v. United States.
   C. A. 5th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-9372.
    Porras-Cano v. United States.
   C. A. 5th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-9373.
    O’Neal v. United States.
   C. A. 11th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-9374.
    Ross v. United States.
   C. A. 6th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-9376.
    Lawrence v. Moats, Warden, et al.
   C. A. 4th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-9379.
    Cavazos-Ortiz v. United States.
   C. A. 5th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-9380.
    Armstrong v. United States.
   C. A. 11th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-9397.
    Dyer v. United States.
   C. A. 6th Cir. Cer-tiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-9399.
    Carrillo Gascon v. United States.
   C. A. 9th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-9401.
    Holley v. United States.
   C. A. 4th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-9405.
    Gutierrez v. United States.
   C. A. 5th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-9412.
    Martinez-Jaramillo v. United States.
   C. A. 5th Cir. Certiorari denied.


author: Justice Thomas,

text:
    No. 98-1509.
    Columbia Union College v. Clarke et al.
   C. A. 4th Cir. Certiorari denied.

Justice Thomas,

dissenting.

Through the program at issue in this case — a program named, ironically, for Father Joseph Sellinger, a Roman Catholic priest— the State of Maryland provides financial aid, on a per student basis, to a wide range of private colleges. Although many of the colleges participating in the Sellinger Program are affiliated with religious institutions, Maryland deemed Columbia Union College, a private liberal arts college affiliated with the Seventh-day Adventist Church, “too religious” to participate. 159 F. 3d 151, 154-155 (CA4 1998). Throughout this litigation, Columbia Union College has maintained that Maryland violated its free speech, free exercise, and equal protection rights by excluding it from the Sellinger Program. The District Court and the Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit agreed that the State’s action infringed one or more of these rights. But, relying on our decision in Roemer v. Board of Public Works of Md., 426 U. S. 736 (1976) (plurality opinion), both courts nonetheless concluded that Columbia Union’s exclusion could be justified by Maryland’s compelling interest in enforcing the Establishment Clause by ensuring that a “pervasively sectarian” institution did not benefit from public funds.

We invented the “pervasively sectarian” test as a way to distinguish between schools that carefully segregate religious and secular activities and schools that consider then* religious and educational missions indivisible and therefore require religion to permeate all activities. In my view, the “pervasively sectarian” test rests upon two assumptions that cannot be squared with our more recent jurisprudence. The first of these assumptions is that the Establishment Clause prohibits government funds from ever benefiting, either directly or indirectly, “religious” activities. See id., at 755. The other is that any institution that takes religion seriously cannot be trusted to observe this prohibition.

We no longer require institutions and organizations to renounce their religious missions as a condition of participating in public programs. Instead, we have held that they may benefit from public assistance that is made available based upon neutral, secular criteria. See Agostini v. Felton, 521 U. S. 203 (1997) (students attending religious schools eligible for federal remedial assistance); Rosenberger v. Rector and Visitors of Univ. of Va., 515 U. S. 819 (1995) (Christian student organization eligible for student activity funds); Zobrest v. Catalina Foothills School Dist., 509 U. S. 1 (1993) (publicly funded sign language interpreter could assist student in a Catholic school); Witters v. Washington Dept. of Servs. for Blind, 474 U. S. 481 (1986) (blind student free to use public vocational assistance to attend bible college). Furthermore, the application of the “pervasively sectarian” test in this and similar cases directly collides with our decisions that have prohibited governments from discriminating in the distribution of public benefits based upon religious status or sincerity. See Rosenberger, supra (invalidating university policy denying student activity funds to Christian student newspaper); Lamb's Chapel v. Center Moriches Union Free School Dist., 508 U. S. 384 (1993) (invalidating “religious use” restriction on public access to school district property); Widmar v. Vincent, 454 U. S. 263 (1981) (invalidating policy prohibiting student religious organizations from using public university’s facilities).

We should take this opportunity to scrap the “pervasively sectarian” test and reaffirm that the Constitution requires, at a minimum, neutrality not hostility toward religion. See Bowen v. Kendrick, 487 U. S. 589, 624-625 (1988) (Kennedy, J., joined by Scalia, J., concurring). By so doing, we would vindicate Columbia Union’s right to be free from invidious religious diserimination. Columbia Union’s exclusion from the Sellinger Program “raise[s] the inevitable inference that the disadvantage imposed is born of animosity to the class of [institutions] affected,” namely, those schools that insist upon integrating their religious and secular functions. Romer v. Evans, 517 U. S. 620, 634 (1996); see also Church cf Lukumi Babalu Aye, Inc. v. Hialeah, 508 U. S. 520, 547 (1993) (“[U]pon even slight suspicion that proposals for state intervention stem from animosity to religion or distrust of its practices, all officials must pause to remember their own high duty to the Constitution and to the rights it secures”). We also would provide the lower courts — which are struggling to reconcile our conflicting First Amendment pronouncements — with much needed guidance. Compare Peter v. Wedl, 155 F. 3d 992 (CA8 1998) (holding that the First Amendment prohibits school district from denying special education services to a child solely because he attends a religious school), and Hartmann v. Stone, 68 F. 3d 973 (CA6 1995) (invalidating policy excluding religious day care centers from Army program), with Strout v. Albanese, 178 F. 3d 57 (CA1 1999) (upholding state law excluding students who attend religious schools from education tuition program), and Bagley v. Raymond School Dept., 1999 ME 60, 728 A. 2d 127 (1999) (same).

Although the Court declines to grant certiorari today — perhaps because this ease comes to us in an interlocutory posture — the growing confusion among the lower courts illustrates that we cannot long avoid addressing the important issues that it presents.

       Typical of this assumption is the plurality’s statement in Tilton v. Richardson, 403 U. S. 672, 681 (1971), that “[t]here is no evidence that religion seeps into the use of any of these facilities!!;] • • . the schools were characterized by an atmosphere of academic freedom rather than religious indoctrination.”

       Indeed, Maryland is not the only State that practices religious discrimination in the distribution of financial aid. See, e.g., Colo. Rev. Stat. §23-3.5-101-106 (1998) (students attending pervasively sectarian colleges ineligible for Colorado Student Incentive Grant Program); Wash. Rev. Code § 28B.10.814 (1994) (students pursuing a theology degree ineligible for state financial aid programs); Wis. Stat. Ann. §39.30(2)(d) (Supp. 1998-1999) (state tuition grants shall not be awarded to “members of religious orders who are pursuing a course of study leading to a degree in theology, divinity or religious education”).


text:
    No. 98-1533.
    Hynes, District Attorney of Kings County, New York, et al. v. Tomei, Justice, Supreme Court of New York, Kings County, et al.
   Ct. App. N. Y. Motions of respondents Angel Mateo and Michael Hale for leave to proceed in forma pauperis granted. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-1673.
    Smedvig Tankships, Ltd., et al. v. Abuan, Guardian on Behalf of Valdez.
   Ct. App. La., 4th Cir. Motion of Norwegian Shipowners’ Association for leave to file a brief as amicus curiae granted. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-1790.
    Pietrangelo v. United States Senate.
   C. A. 6th Cir. Certiorari before judgment denied. The Chief Justice took no part in the consideration or decision of this petition.


text:
    No. 98-9674 (A-1047).
    Thomas v. Taylor, Warden.
   C. A. 4th Cir. Application for stay of execution of sentence of death, presented to The Chief Justice, and by him referred to the Court, denied. Certiorari denied.

Justice Stevens and Justice Ginsburg would grant the application for stay of execution.


text:
    No. 98-1370.
    No. 98-1379.
    No. 98-1380.
    No. 98-1398.
    No. 98-7982.
    No. 98-8178.
    No. 98-8281.
    No. 98-8291.
    No. 98-8319.
    No. 98-8375.
    No. 98-8385.
    No. 98-8391.
    Carreras v. United States, Lentino et al. v. Cage, Lentino v. Cage, Weisser v. Florida Bar, Owens v. Livergood et al., Baley v. Ford Motor Co., Cunningham v. Woods, Warden, et al., Shayesteh v. United States, Cavalieri-Conway v. California Board of Equalization et al., Whatley v. Georgia, Robinson v. United States, Williams v. Apfel, Commissioner of Social Security, et al.,
   526 U. S. 1021; 526 U. S. 1087; 526 U. S. 1087; 526 U. S. 1087; 526 U. S. 1071; 526 U. S. 1089; 526 U. S. 1100; 526 U. S. 1045; 526 U. S. 1091; 526 U. S. 1101; 526 U. S. 1058; and 526 U. S. 1102.

Petitions for rehearing denied.


text:
    No. 98-7668.
    Turner v. Utah Department of Workforce Services et al.,
   526 U. S. 1024. Motion for leave to file petition for rehearing denied.


text:
    June 15, 1999
    No. 98-9805 (A-1061).
    In re Kilgore.
   Application for stay of execution of sentence of death, presented to Justice Thomas, and by him referred to the Court, denied. Petition for writ of habeas corpus denied.


text:
    June 16, 1999
    No. 98-9825 (A-1069).
    In re Poland.
   Application for stay of execution of sentence of death, presented to Justice O’Con-nor, and by her referred to the Court, denied. Petition for writ of habeas corpus denied.


text:
    No. 98-9836 (A-1072).
    In re Poland.
   Application for stay of execution of sentence of death, presented to Justice O’Con-nor, and by her referred to the Court, denied. Petition for writ of habeas corpus denied.


text:
    No. 98-9788 (A-1049).
    Faulder v. Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles et al.
   C. A. 5th Cir. Application for stay of execution of sentence of death, presented to Justice Scalia, and by him referred to the Court, denied. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-9819 (A-1066).
    Poland v. Arizona.
   Sup. Ct. Ariz. Application for stay of execution of sentence of death, presented to Justice O’Connor, and by her referred to the Court, denied. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-9832 (A-1071).
    Poland v. Stewart, Director, Arizona Department of Corrections, et al.
   C. A. 9th Cir. Application for stay of execution of sentence of death, presented to Justice O’Connor, and by her referred to the Court, denied. Certiorari denied.


text:
    June 17, 1999
    No. A-1083.
    Baldwin v. Alabama.
   Application for stay of execution of sentence of death, presented to Justice Kennedy, and by him referred to the Court, denied.


text:
    No. 98-9850 (A-1084).
    In re Baldwin.
   Application for stay of execution of sentence of death, presented to Justice Kennedy, and by him referred to the Court, denied. Petition for writ of habeas corpus denied.


text:
    No. 98-9837.
    Faulder v. Johnson, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Institutional Division, et al.
   C. A. 5th Cir. Application for stay of execution of sentence of death, presented to Justice Scalia, and by him referred to the Court, denied. Certiorari denied.


text:
    June 21, 1999
    No. 98-1664.
    Arkansas et al. v. United States ex rel. Rodgers et al.
   C. A. 8th Cir. Certiorari dismissed under this Court’s Rule 46.


text:
    No. 97-1988.
    Reogas et al. v. Gray et al.
   C. A. 11th Cir. Certiorari granted, judgment vacated, and case remanded for further consideration in light of Faragher v. Boca Raton, 524 U. S. 775 (1998), and 11 U. S. C. § 362. Justice Scaka would grant the petition for writ of certiorari and vacate the judgment below. Costs under this Court’s Rule 43.2 are not allowed.


text:
    No. 98-1332.
    Babbitt, Secretary of the Interior v. Crawford.
   C. A. 11th Cir. Certiorari granted, judgment vacated, and case remanded for further consideration in light of West v. Gibson, ante, p. 212.


text:
    No. 98-6678.
    Lemons v. North Carolina.
   Sup. Ct. N. C. Motion of petitioner for leave to proceed in forma pauperis granted. Certiorari granted, judgment vacated, and ease remanded for further consideration in light of Lilly v. Virginia, ante, p. 116.


text:
    No. 98-8363.
    Smith v. Ohio.
   Ct. App. Ohio, Cuyahoga County. Motion of petitioner for leave to proceed informa pau-peris granted. Certiorari granted, judgment vacated, and ease remanded for further consideration in light of Lilly v. Virginia, ante, p. 116.


text:
    No. A-1023 (98-1932).
    Pataki, Governor of New York, et al. v. Grumet et al.
   Ct. App. N. Y. Application for stay, presented to Justice Ginsburg, and by her referred to the Court, granted, and it is ordered that the judgment of the Court of Appeals of New York, ease No. 38, dated May 11, 1999, is stayed pending the disposition of the petition for writ of certio-rari. Should the petition for writ of certiorari be denied, this stay shall terminate automatically. In the event the petition for writ of certiorari is granted, the stay shall continue pending the issuance of the mandate of this Court.


text:
    No. D-2051.
    In re Disbarment of Burgess.
   Disbarment entered. [For earlier order herein, see 526 U. S. 1002.]


text:
    No. D-2057.
    In re Disbarment of Lucas.
   Disbarment entered. [For earlier order herein, see 526 U. S. 1036.]


text:
    No. D-2083.
    In re Disbarment of Goble.
   Roger C. Goble, of Arlington Heights, Ill., is suspended from the practice of law in this Court, and a rule will issue, returnable within 40 days, requiring him to show cause why he should not be disbarred from the practice of law in this Court.


text:
    No. D-2084.
    In re Disbarment of Giamanco.
   Paul D. Giamanco, of Mt. Vernon, Ill., is suspended from the practice of law in this Court, and a rule will issue, returnable within 40 days, requiring him to show cause why he should not be disbarred from the practice of law in this Court.


text:
    No. D-2085.
    In re Disbarment of Maglaras.
   Chris Maglaras, Jr., of Las Vegas, Nev., is suspended from the practice of law in this Court, and a rule will issue, returnable within 40 days, requiring him to show cause why he should not be disbarred from the practice of law in this Court.


text:
    No. D-2086.
    In re Disbarment of Smith.
   Stephen L. Smith, of Gulfport, Miss., is suspended from the practice of law in this Court, and a rule will issue, returnable within 40 days, requiring him to show cause why he should not be disbarred from the practice of law in this Court.


text:
    No. D-2087.
    In re Disbarment of Peek.
   Mercer Randall

Peek, of Conyers, Ga., is suspended from the practice of law in this Court, and a rule will issue, returnable within 40 days, requiring him to show cause why he should not be disbarred from the practice of law in this Court.


text:
    No. D-2088.
    In re Disbarment of Robins.
   John Edwards Robins, Jr., of Hampton, Ya., is suspended from the practice of law in this Court, and a rule will issue, returnable within 40 days, requiring him to show cause why he should not be disbarred from the practice of law in this Court.


text:
    No. M-76.
    Agarwal et ux. v. Morris et al.
   Motion to direct the Clerk to file petition for writ of certiorari out of time denied.


text:
    No. 126, Orig.
    Kansas v. Nebraska et al.
   Motion to strike Nebraska’s counterclaim denied. Nebraska is granted leave to file a motion to dismiss, in the nature of a motion under Rule 12(b)(6) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, limited to the question whether the Republican River Compact restricts a State’s consumption of groundwater. If such a motion is filed, the parties shall then brief the legal issue. Motion and opening brief of Nebraska shall be filed on or before 45 days from the date of this order. Kansas’ brief shall be filed within 30 days thereafter, after which Nebraska may promptly file a reply brief. Further consideration of motion for appointment of Special Master deferred. [For earlier order herein, see, e. g., 525 U. S. 1101.]


text:
    No. 98-8970.
    Holsey v. Director of Classification for Division of Corrections et al.
   C. A. 4th Cir. Motion of petitioner for leave to proceed in forma pauperis denied. See this Court’s Rule 39.8. Petitioner is allowed until July 12, 1999, within which to pay the docketing fee required by Rule 38(a) and to submit a petition in compliance with Rule 33.1 of the Rules of this Court.


text:
    No. 98-9514.
    In re Taylor.
   Petition for writ of habeas corpus denied.


text:
    No. 98-1682.
    United States et al. v. Playboy Entertainment Group, Inc.
   Appeal from D. C. Del. Probable jurisdiction noted.


text:
    No. 98-1255.
    United States v. Martinez-Salazar.
   C. A. 9th Cir. Motion of respondent for leave to proceed in forma pauperis granted. Certiorari granted.


text:
    No. 97-1892.
    Bilzerian v. United States.
   C. A. 2d Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-495.
    Johnson v. United States.
   C. A. 11th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-1041.
    Whitburn, Secretary, Wisconsin Department of Health and Family Services, et al. v. Addis et al.
   C. A. 7th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-1089.
    Hamilton Amusement Center, t/a Video Express, et al. v. Verniero, Attorney General of New Jersey, et al.
   Sup. Ct. N. J. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-1273.
    Van Dyken v. Day, Director, Montana Department of Corrections.
   C. A. 9th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-1324.
    Swartz v. Internal Revenue Service et al.
   C. A. 1st Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-1330.
    Appalachian Power Co. et al. v. Environmental Protection Agency et al.
   C. A. D. C. Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-1481.
    Koster v. United States.
   C. A. 7th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-1495.
    Chiejina v. Florida.
   Dist. Ct. App. Fla., 3d Dist. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-1505.
    Frias-Munoz v. Albright, Secretary of State.
   C. A. 9th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-1511.
    City of Auburn v. United States et al.
   C. A. 9th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-1666.
    City of Santa Maria et al. v. Ruiz et al.
   C. A. 9th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-1670.
    Lozano, a Minor, By and Through Her Guardian ad Litem, Landeros, et al. v. Toyota Motor Corp. et al.
   Ct. App. Cal., 3d App. Dist. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-1685.
    Harker v. University Professionals of Illinois et al.
   C. A 7th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-1690.
    Fellencer v. Penobscot Nation.
   C. A 1st Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-1691.
    Dryden et al. v. Madison County.
   Sup. Ct. Fla. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-1699.
    Hoult v. Hoult.
   C. A. 1st Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-1722.
    Cabiri et ux. v. Government of the Republic of Ghana.
   C. A. 2d Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-1764.
    Patis v. Illinois.
   App. Ct. Ill., 1st Dist. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-1766.
    Colwell v. Indiana.
   Ct. App. Ind. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-1776.
    Rivera v. Sheriff, Cook County.
   C. A. 7th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-1798.
    Johnston v. Twenty Grand Offshore, Inc., et al.
   Ct. App. La., 1st Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-1852.
    Finnegan v. Kruse et al.
   C. A. 9th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-1855.
    Gibson v. Slater, Secretary of Transportation.
   C. A. 9th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-1858.
    Betts v. Container Corporation of America.
   C. A. 7th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-1861.
    Ruiz Massieu v. United States.
   C. A. 5th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-1868.
    Davison et al. v. United States et al.
   C. A. 5th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-1870.
    United Stationers, Inc. v. United States.
   C. A. 7th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-1871.
    Frost v. United States.
   C. A. 4th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-1874.
    Vendetto v. Sonat Offshore Drilling, Inc.
   Sup. Ct. La. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-6111.
    Robinson v. California.
   Ct. App. Cal., 4th App. Dist. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-7805.
    Thomas et al. v. United States.
   C. A. 7th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-7987.
    Gunsby v. Florida.
   Dist. Ct. App. Fla., 5th Dist. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-8193.
    Kimbrell v. United States.
   C. A. 6th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-8201.
    Pinson v. United States.
   C. A. 5th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-8373.
    McCoy v. Angelone, Director, Virginia Department of Corrections.
   C. A. 4th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-8522.
    Thomas v. Anderson, Warden.
   C. A. 6th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-8715.
    Story v. Kindt, Warden, et al.
   C. A. 8d Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-8724.
    Wilson v. United States.
   C. A. 7th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-8758.
    Singleton v. United States.
   C. A. 10th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-8947.
    Hutcherson, aka Bonner v. Alabama.
   Sup. Ct. Ala. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-8964.
    Hartline v. Hambrick et al.
   C. A. 6th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-8966.
    Graves v. Williams.
   Sup. Ct. Va. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-8967.
    Davis v. Howes, Warden.
   C. A. 6th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-8969.
    Foreman v. Illinois.
   App. Ct. Ill., 4th Dist. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-8971.
    Howard v. Land et al.
   C. A. 11th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-8975.
    Edwards v. California.
   Ct. App. Cal., 2d App. Dist. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-8976.
    Dunn v. New York.
   App. Div., Sup. Ct. N. Y., 3d Jud. Dept. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-8977.
    Hawkins v. Schooley et al.
   Ct. App. Mich. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-8978.
    Hawkins v. Michigan Department of Corrections.
   Ct. App. Mich. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-8979.
    Green v. Trippett, Warden.
   C. A. 6th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-8983.
    Rives v. County of Monmouth et al.
   C. A. 3d Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-8985.
    Evans v. Ylst, Warden.
   C. A. 9th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-8990.
    Graham v. Quick.
   Ct. App. D. C. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-8995.
    Thomas v. California.
   Ct. App. Cal., 4th App. Dist. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-9010.
    Melendez v. Texas.
   Ct. Crim. App. Tex. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-9015.
    Morales v. Henry, Warden, et al.
   C. A. 9th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-9017.
    Mallard v. Fields.
   C. A. 10th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-9020.
    Sims v. Moore, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections.
   C. A. 11th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-9022.
    Walker v. Cooper et al.
   C. A. 6th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-9029.
    Lumbef v. Arden Fair Apartments et al.
   C. A. 9th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-9032.
    Lumbef v. Stanford Medical Group et al.
   C. A. 9th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-9033.
    Middleton v. Florida.
   Sup. Ct. Fla. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-9034.
    Jackson v. United States District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma.
   C. A. 10th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-9051.
    Padavich v. Thalacker, Warden.
   C. A. 8th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-9053.
    Barrett v. Dalkon Shield Claimants Trust.
   C. A. 4th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-9059.
    Burckhalter v. Taylor, Warden, et al.
   C. A. 4th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-9062.
    Jordan v. Mississippi.
   Sup. Ct. Miss. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-9078.
    Bowling v. Kentucky.
   Sup. Ct. Ky. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-9082.
    Taylor v. Society of St. Vincent DePaul et al.
   C. A. 6th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-9089.
    Brooks v. Madding, Warden, et al.
   C. A. 9th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-9092.
    Schleeper v. Missouri.
   Sup. Ct. Mo. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-9094.
    Smith v. Tennessee.
   Ct. Crim. App. Term. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-9160.
    Lowery v. Greiner, Superintendent, Sing Sing Correctional Facility.
   C. A. 2d Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-9197.
    Syvertson v. Hukee.
   Dist. Ct. N. D., Richland County. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-9201.
    Sheppard v. Ohio.
   Sup. Ct. Ohio. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-9233.
    Elrod v. California.
   Ct. App. Cal., 1st App. Dist. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-9256.
    Richardson v. Johnson, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Institutional Division.
   C. A. 5th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-9305.
    Mancuso v. Herbert, Superintendent, Collins Correctional Facility.
   C. A. 2d Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-9318.
    White v. North Carolina.
   Sup. Ct. N. C. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-9331.
    Cardwell v. Watkins.
   C. A. 7th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-9344.
    Neal v. Alabama.
   Sup. Ct. Ala. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-9350.
    Faustino Vergara v. United States.
   C. A. 9th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-9355.
    Lynch v. United States.
   C. A. 4th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-9357.
    Taylor v. Reno, Attorney General, et al.
   C. A. 9th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-9358.
    Williamson v. United States.
   C. A. 4th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-9366.
    Valdez-Mosqueda v. United States.
   C. A. 5th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-9378.
    Keith v. Ohio.
   Ct. App. Ohio, Crawford County. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-9386.
    Beckwith v. United States.
   C. A. 3d Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-9394.
    Asamoah v. United States.
   C. A. 1st Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-9398.
    Hernandez v. United States.
   C. A. 9th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-9403.
    Grant v. United States.
   C. A. 6th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-9414.
    Kirkpatrick v. United States.
   C. A. 6th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-9418.
    Ables v. United States.
   C. A. 6th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-9419.
    Araiza v. United States.
   C. A. 9th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-9427.
    Brown v. United States.
   C. A. 9th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-9429.
    Britton v. United States.
   C. A. 5th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-9432.
    Little v. United States.
   C. A. 6th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-9433.
    McCullough v. United States.
   C. A. 9th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-9434.
    Piloto v. United States.
   C. A. 4th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-9435.
    O’Campo v. United States.
   C. A. 11th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-9436.
    Prather v. United States.
   C. A. 9th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-9439.
    Cole v. United States.
   Ct. App. D. C. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-9445.
    Davis v. United States.
   C. A. 4th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-9446.
    Hernandez v. United States.
   C. A. 5th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-9449.
    Fore v. United States.
   C. A. 2d Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-9452.
    Gordon v. United States.
   C. A. 6th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-9453.
    Deutsch v. United States.
   C. A. 7th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-9454.
    Holt v. United States.
   C. A. 11th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-9455.
    Payne v. United States.
   C. A. 10th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-9456.
    Perkins v. United States.
   C. A. 4th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-9458.
    Petreykov et al. v. City of New York.
   C. A. 2d Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-9460.
    Snyder v. United States.
   C. A. 6th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-9461.
    Henry v. United States.
   C. A. 10th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-9462.
    Hall v. United States.
   C. A. 7th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-9464.
    Robinson v. United States.
   C. A. 11th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-9472.
    Helms v. United States.
   C. A. 5th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-9474.
    Escobar v. United States.
   C. A. 10th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-9476.
    Ernest v. United States.
   C. A. 4th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-9481.
    Howell v. United States.
   C. A. 4th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-9487.
    Howard v. United States.
   C. A. 2d Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-9488.
    Gomez-Salinas v. United States.
   C. A. 5th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-9493.
    Cheese v. United States.
   C. A. 4th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-9494.
    Bostic v. United States.
   G. A. 4th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-9496.
    Chambers v. Bowersox, Superintendent, Potosi Correctional Center.
   C. A. 8th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-9497.
    Wilson v. United States.
   C. A. 7th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-9498.
    Laihben v. United States.
   C. A. 11th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-9499.
    Moore v. United States.
   C. A. 2d Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-9501.
    McCue v. United States.
   C. A. 7th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-9508.
    Quintanilla v. United States.
   C. A. 9th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-9512.
    Cyprowski v. United States.
   C. A. 4th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-9513.
    Turner v. United States.
   C. A. 2d Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-9518.
    Roberts v. United States.
   C. A. 3d Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-9519.
    Wells v. United States.
   Ct. App. D. C. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-9524.
    Cling v. United States.
   C. A. 9th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-9529.
    Gordon v. United States.
   C. A. 10th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-9531.
    Francis, aka Ramsey v. United States.
   C. A. 4th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-9533.
    Goodson v. United States.
   C. A. 8th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-9554.
    Marcum v. Smith, Warden.
   C. A. 7th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-8109.
    No. 98-8379.
    No. 98-8414.
    No. 98-8453.
    Lowery v. Florida, Paul v. United States, Childress v. Appalachian Power Co., Gardner v. Kentucky,
   526 U. S. 1073; 526 U. S. 1058; 526 U. S. 1092; and 526 U. S. 1102. Petitions for rehearing denied.


text:
    June 24, 1999
    No. 98-958.
    United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America et al. v. Anderson et al.
   C. A. 2d Cir. [Certiorari granted, 526 U. S. 1086.] Writ of certiorari dismissed under this Court’s Rule 46.1.


text:
    No. 97-1695.
    Flanagan et al. v. Ahearn et al.
   C. A. 5th Cir. The Court reversed the judgment below in Ortiz v. Fibreboard Corp., ante, p. 815. Therefore, certiorari granted, and case remanded for further proceedings.


text:
    No. 98-4.
    Arkansas Department of Education, Vocational and Technical Education Division v. Jacoby et al.
   Sup. Ct. Ark. Certiorari granted, judgment vacated, and case remanded for further consideration in light of Alden v. Maine, ante, p. 706.


text:
    No. 98-667.
    Federal Labor Relations Authority v. Department of Justice et al.
   C. A. 2d Cir. Certiorari granted,

judgment vacated, and case remanded for further consideration in light of NASA v. FLRA, ante, p. 229.


text:
    No. 98-731.
    Regents of University of California v. Genentech, Inc., et al.
   C. A. Fed. Cir. Certiorari granted, judgment vacated, and case remanded for further consideration in light of College Savings Bank v. Florida Prepaid Postsecondary Ed. Expense Bd., ante, p. 666.

Justice O’Connor took no part in the consideration or decision of this case.


text:
    No. 98-972.
    Lowery et al. v. Circuit City Stores, Inc.
   C. A. 4th Cir. Certiorari granted, judgment vacated, and case remanded for further consideration in light of Kolstad v. American Dental Assn., ante, p. 526.


text:
    No. 98-1110.
    New Mexico Department of Public Safety et al. v. Whittington et al.
   Ct. App. N. M. Certiorari granted, judgment vacated, and case remanded for further consideration in light of Alden v. Maine, ante, p. 706.


text:
    No. 98-1285.
    New York State Board of Law Examiners et al. v. Bartlett.
   C. A. 2d Cir. Certiorari granted, judgment vacated, and case remanded for further consideration in light of Sutton v. United Air Lines, Inc., ante, p. 471, Murphy v. United Parcel Service, Inc., ante, p. 516, and Albertson’s, Inc. v. Kirkingburg, ante, p. 555.


text:
    No. 98-1365.
    HCA Health Services of Texas, Inc., dba Spring Branch Medical Center v. Washington.
   C. A. 5th Cir. Certiorari granted, judgment vacated, and case remanded for further consideration in light of Sutton v. United Air Lines, Inc., ante, p. 471, and Murphy v. United Parcel Service, Inc., ante, p. 516.


text:
    No. 98-1494.
    Jackson v. Dye et al.
   C. A. 6th Cir. Motions of respondents Jeffrey Dye and Gregory Turner for leave to proceed in forma pauperis granted. Certiorari granted, judgment vacated, and case remanded for further consideration in light of Martin v. Radix, ante, p. 343.


text:
    No. 98-1554.
    Board of Regents of New Mexico State University et al. v. Cockrell.
   Ct. App. N. M. Certiorari granted, judgment vacated, and case remanded for further consideration in light of Alden v. Maine, ante, p. 706.


text:
    No. D-2061.
    In re Disbarment of Maguire.
   Disbarment entered. [For earlier order herein, see 526 U. S. 1084.]


text:
    No. D-2062.
    In re Disbarment of Langfus.
   Disbarment entered. [For earlier order herein, see 526 U. S. 1084.]


text:
    No. D-2063.
    In re Disbarment of Massey.
   Disbarment entered.

[For earlier order herein, see 526 U. S. 1084.]


text:
    No. D-2066.
    In re Disbarment of Norvell.
   Disbarment entered. [For earlier order herein, see 526 U. S. 1085.]


text:
    No. D-2068.
    In re Disbarment of Reyes-Vidal.
   Disbarment entered. [For earlier order herein, see 526 U. S. 1085.]


text:
    No. D-2089.
    In re Disbarment of Raphael.
   Scott Douglas Raphael, of Newport Beach, Cal., is suspended from the practice of law in this Court, and a rule will issue, returnable within 40 days, requiring him to show cause why he should not be disbarred from the practice of law in this Court.


text:
    No. D-2090.
    In re Disbarment of Boncek.
   Edward Boncek, of Port St. Lucie, Fla., is suspended from the practice of law in this Court, and a rule will issue, returnable within 40 days, requiring him to show cause why he should not be disbarred from the practice of law in this Court.


text:
    No. M-77.
    No. M-78.
    Mathews v. Mircosta College; and Carlson v. Hyundai Motor Co. et al.
   Motions to direct the Clerk to file petitions for writs of certiorari out of time denied.


text:
    No. 108, Orig.
    Nebraska v. Wyoming et al.
   Motion of the Special Master for compensation and reimbursement of expenses granted, and the Special Master is awarded a total of $189,366.40 for the period September 1, 1998, through May 31, 1999, to be paid as follows: 34% by Nebraska, 34% by Wyoming, 5% by Colorado, 24% by the United States, and 3% by Basin Electric Power Cooperative. [For earlier order herein, see, e. g., 525 U. S. 927.]


text:
    No. 98-405.
    No. 98-406.
    Reno, Attorney General v. Bossier Parish School Board; and Price et al. v. Bossier Parish School Board.
   D. C. D. C. [Probable jurisdiction noted, 525 U. S. 1118.] Cases restored to calendar for reargument. The parties are directed to file supplemental briefs not to exceed 25 pages addressing the following questions: (1) Does the purpose prong of § 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 extend to a discriminatory but nonretro-gressive purpose? (2) Assuming, arguendo, that § 5 prohibits the implementation of a districting plan enacted with a discriminatory, nonretrogressive purpose, does the government or the covered jurisdiction bear the burden of proof in this issue?


text:
    No. 98-678.
    Los Angeles Police Department v. United Reporting Publishing Corp.
   C. A. 9th Cir. [Certiorari granted, 525 U. S. 1121.] Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument granted.


text:
    No. 98-963.
    Nixon, Attorney General of Missouri, et al. v. Shrink Missouri Government PAC et al.
   C. A. 8th Cir. [Certiorari granted, 525 U. S. 1121.] Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument granted.


text:
    No. 98-822.
    Friends of the Earth, Inc., et al. v. Laidlaw Environmental Services (TOC), Inc.
   C. A. 4th Cir. [Certio-rari granted, 525 U. S. 1176.] Further consideration of respondent’s suggestion of mootness deferred to hearing of ease on the merits.


text:
    No. 98-1161.
    City of Erie et al. v. Pap’s A. M., tdba “Kandyland.”
   Sup. Ct. Pa. [Certiorari granted, 526 U.S. 1111.] Motion of respondent to dismiss the writ of certiorari as moot denied.


text:
    No. 98-8093.
    Prunty v. Holschuh, Senior Judge, United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio, et al.
   C. A. 6th Cir. Motion of petitioner for reconsideration of order denying leave to proceed in forma pauperis [526 U. S. 1063] denied.


text:
    No. 98-9084. No. 98-9133.
    Tyler v. Hartigan, Judge, District Court of Nebraska, Douglas County. Cohea v. Bray et al.
   Sup. Ct. Neb.; and C. A. 9th Cir. Motions of petitioners for leave to proceed in forma pauperis denied. See this Court’s Rule 39.8. Petitioners are allowed until July 15, 1999, within which to pay the docketing fees required by Rule 38(a) and to submit petitions in compliance with Rule 33.1 of the Rules of this Court.


text:
    No. 98-9617.
    In re Zubiate.
   Petition for writ of habeas corpus denied.


text:
    No. 98-8563.
    In re Holt.
   Petition for writ of mandamus denied.


text:
    No. 98-1828.
    Vermont Agency of Natural Resources v. United States ex rel. Stevens.
   C. A. 2d Cir. Certiorari granted.


text:
    No. 98-303.
    Barnett et al. v. Glenborough Realty Corp. et al.
   Ct. App. Cal., 1st App. Dist. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-527.
    Casey, Deceased, by Casey, Executrix of the Estate, et al. v. Blissett.
   C. A. 2d Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-917.
    Inmates of D. C. Jail v. Edwards, Director, District of Columbia Department of Corrections, et al.
   C. A. D. C. Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-1057.
    River West, L. P. v. Deas et al.
   C. A. 5th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-1375.
    Harper et al. v. General Electric Capital Auto Lease, Inc.
   C. A. 7th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-1403.
    Rowland et al. v. Rand.
   C. A. 9th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-1452.
    Amatel et al. v. Reno, Attorney General, et al.
   C. A. D. C. Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-1462.
    Sweeney v. Indiana.
   Sup. Ct. Ind. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-1503.
    First Federal Bank of California v. Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles, et al.
   Ct. App. Cal., 2d App. Dist. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-1528.
    George v. Abbott.
   C. A. 3d Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-1556.
    Piaskowski v. Wisconsin.
   Ct. App. Wis. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-1564.
    Mackey v. Milam et al.
   C. A. 6th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-1568.
    Trafalgar Capital Associates, Inc. v. Cuomo, Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, et al.
   C. A. 1st Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-1570.
    Sefick v. Gardner et al.
   C. A. 7th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-1595.
    Fitzgerald v. Apfel, Commissioner of Social Security.
   C. A. 4th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-1618.
    Patriot Portfolio, LLC v. Weinstein et al.
   C. A. 1st Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-1620.
    In re Morrissey.
   C. A. 4th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-1635.
    Hayden v. Consolidated Rail Corporation.
   C. A. 6th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-1653.
    Tough Traveler, Ltd. v. Outbound Products et al.
   C. A. 2d Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-1675.
    Panayotides v. Panayotides.
   Super. Ct. Pa. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-1680.
    Skurnick v. Raake.
   C. A. 11th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-1703.
    Brazell v. Savannah Electric & Power Co.
   C. A. 11th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-1704.
    American Airlines, Inc. v. Tice et al.
   C. A. 7th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-1708.
    Gastineau v. California.
   App. Dept., Super. Ct. Cal., Ventura County. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-1709.
    Heyward v. Monroe, Individually and in His Official Capacity as District Director of Health Education for the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control, et al.
   C. A. 4th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-1714.
    Full Gospel Tabernacle et al. v. Community School District 27 et al.
   C. A. 2d Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-1719.
    Thomson, S. A. v. Quixote Corp. et al.
   C. A. Fed. Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-1721.
    Courtway et al. v. Carnahan, Governor of Missouri, et al.
   Ct. App. Mo., Western Dist. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-1724.
    Zoski v. Kegler.
   C. A. 6th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-1728.
    No. 98-1730.
    Wheeling College, Inc., et al. v. City of Wheeling; and Schmitt v. City of Huntington.
   Sup. Ct. App. W. Va. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-1732.
    R. F. v. A. C. et al.
   App. Ct. Mass. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-1734.
    Bylinski et al. v. City of Allen Park et al.
   C. A. 6th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-1736.
    Rowe v. Marietta Corp. et al.
   C. A. 6th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-1737.
    In re Pappas.
   C. A. 11th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-1741.
    Douglass v. General Motors Corp.
   C. A. 10th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-1750.
    Kaley, Sheriff of Portage County, et al. v. Gallo et al.
   C. A. 6th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-1752.
    Grandeotto, Inc., et al. v. City of Clarksburg.
   Sup. Ct. App. W. Va. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-1753.
    No. 98-1754.
    City of Fort Smith v. Krantz et al.; and City of Alma et al. v. Krantz et al.
   C. A. 8th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-1758.
    Parkwood Developmental Center, Inc., et al. v. National Labor Relations Board et al.
   C. A. 11th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-1762.
    Steichen v. South Dakota.
   Sup. Ct. S. D. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-1767.
    West v. West.
   C. A. 9th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-1773.
    Griffin et al. v. Griffin.
   Ct. App. Miss. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-1775.
    Soniregun v. Immigration and Naturalization Service.
   C. A. 4th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-1781.
    Allianz Life Insurance Company of North America v. Bartgis.
   Sup. Ct. Nev. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-1787.
    Estate of Oliver, Deceased, by Richardson, Personal Representative v. Florida et al.
   C. A. 11th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-1788.
    Concorde-New Horizons Corp. v. Shoptalk, Ltd., et al.
   C. A. 2d Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-1792.
    Washington v. Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority.
   C. A. D. C. Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-1812.
    Kasi v. Virginia.
   Sup. Ct. Va. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-1814.
    Cannings v. Librarian of Congress et al.; Cannings v. Librarian of Congress et al.; and Evelyn v. Librarian of Congress et al.
   C. A. D. C. Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-1815.
    Dachman v. United States.
   C. A. 4th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-1819.
    Robbins et vir v. United States.
   C. A. Fed. Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-1824.
    Chrysler v. City of West Covina et al.
   C. A. 9th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-1830.
    Richardson v. Albertson’s, Inc., et al.
   C. A. 10th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-1835.
    Fulk et al. v. United Transportation Union.
   C. A. 7th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-1847.
    Wills et al. v. Walt Disney Pictures & Television, Inc., et al.
   C. A. 9th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-1848.
    Coeur d’Alene Tribe v. Missouri ex rel. Nixon, Attorney General of Missouri.
   C. A. 8th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-1873.
    In re Font.
   C. A. D. C. Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-1893.
    Livingston v. United States.
   C. A. 11th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-1900.
    Azamber v. Franchise Tax Board of California.
   C. A. 9th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-1901.
    Fusco v. United States.
   C. A. 2d Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-1907.
    Williams et al. v. Marsch.
   Ct. App. Cal., 4th App. Dist. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-1921.
    General Truck Drivers and Helpers Union Local No. 92, Affiliated With the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, AFL-CIO v. Wilson.
   C. A. 6th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-6220.
    Metz v. United States.
   C. A. 5th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-6601.
    Goff v. Ohio.
   Sup. Ct. Ohio. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-7732.
    Jenkins v. Nelson, Warden.
   C. A. 7th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-8089.
    Burns v. Tennessee.
   Sup. Ct. Tenn. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-8120.
    Spearman v. United States.
   C. A. 6th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-8316.
    Antone v. United States.
   C. A. 9th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-8419.
    Role v. Teamsters Union Local 11 et al.
   C. A. 3d Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-8689.
    Viefhaus v. United States.
   C. A. 10th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-8699.
    Pellegrino v. Fanter.
   C. A. 9th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-9016.
    Jensen v. Internal Revenue Service.
   C. A. 9th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-9069.
    Safouane et ux. v. Washington Department of Social and Health Services.
   Ct. App. Wash. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-9076.
    Beatty v. Moore, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al.
   C. A. 11th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-9077.
    Carter v. Freestone County Jail et al.
   C. A. 5th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-9080.
    Bowman v. North Carolina.
   Sup. Ct. N. C. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-9083.
    Warren v. Smith, Warden.
   C. A. 6th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-9097.
    Olick v. John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Co. et al.
   C. A. 1st Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-9098.
    Loya Salas v. Garcia, Warden, et al.
   C. A. 9th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-9099.
    Fisher et ux. v. Sunkist Growers.
   C. A. 9th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-9103.
    Hudd v. Shiffman et al.
   C. A. 7th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-9108.
    Hernandez v. Johnson, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Institutional Division.
   C. A. 5th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-9111.
    Rodriguez v. Vigliotti et al.
   C. A. 2d Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-9113.
    Martin v. Scott, Executive Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, et al.
   C. A. 5th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-9114.
    Metcalf v. Washington.
   Ct. App. Wash. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-9116.
    Lampkins v. Beeler, Warden, et al.
   C. A. 9th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-9118.
    Ludwig v. Johnson, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Institutional Division.
   C. A. 5th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-9120.
    Kimberlin v. Bidwell, Warden.
   C. A. 4th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-9125.
    Brown v. Illinois.
   Sup. Ct. Ill. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-9126.
    Hendrickson v. McGinnis, Director, Michigan Department of Corrections.
   C. A. 6th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-9127.
    Harris v. Ballard et al.
   C. A. 11th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-9132.
    Macri v. Sweek et al.
   Sup. Ct. Fla. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-9136.
    Rankin v. California.
   Ct. App. Cal., 4th App. Dist. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-9140.
    Travis v. Ohio.
   C. A. 6th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-9141.
    Bertoniere v. Kaylo, Warden, et al.
   C. A. 5th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-9142.
    Burns v. Mississippi.
   Sup. Ct. Miss. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-9145.
    Walker v. Fitzgerald, Sheriff, Story County, Iowa, et al.
   C. A. 8th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-9152.
    Jennings v. Florida.
   Sup. Ct. Fla. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-9185.
    Tucker v. South Carolina.
   Sup. Ct. S. C. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-9188.
    Thompson v. Oregon.
   Sup. Ct. Ore. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-9194.
    Ramon Villalobos v. Moore, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections.
   C. A. 11th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-9246.
    Loss v. Michigan Attorney Grievance Commission.
   Sup. Ct. Mich. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-9262.
    Croom v. Mitchell, Warden.
   C. A. 6th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-9279.
    Getsy v. Ohio.
   Sup. Ct. Ohio. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-9280.
    Newlin v. Edwards, Warden.
   C. A. 6th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-9321.
    Wright v. DuCharme, Superintendent, Washington State Reformatory.
   C. A. 9th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-9322.
    Walters v. California.
   Ct. App. Cal., 2d App. Dist. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-9353.
    Brown v. South Carolina et al.
   C. A. 4th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-9360.
    Traylor v. Cypert et al.
   C. A. 10th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-9391.
    Chavis v. Arkansas.
   Sup. Ct. Ark. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-9393.
    Barclay v. Flander.
   C. A. 3d Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-9404.
    Denmark v. Florida.
   Dist. Ct. App. Fla., 1st Dist. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-9406.
    Guerra v. Alameda County, California, et al.
   C. A. 9th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-9409.
    Powers v. Robinson, Warden.
   C. A. 4th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-9442.
    Rhodes v. City of Aurora.
   C. A. 10th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-9478.
    Everett v. Johnson, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Institutional Division.
   C. A. 5th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-9480.
    Norris v. Slater, Secretary of Transportation.
   C. A. 9th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-9491.
    Thompson v. Moore, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections.
   Dist. Ct. App. Fla., 1st Dist. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-9521.
    Trice v. Florida.
   Dist. Ct. App. Fla., 2d Dist. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-9538.
    Parkus v. Bowersox, Superintendent, Potosi Correctional Center.
   C. A. 8th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-9567.
    Smith v. Mississippi.
   Sup. Ct. Miss. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-9580.
    Krone v. Arizona.
   Ct. App. Ariz. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-9589.
    Williams v. Smith, Warden, et al.
   C. A. 4th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-906.
    Georgia Department of Revenue v. Burke et al.
   C. A. 11th Cir. Motion of Business Bankruptcy Law Committee, New York County Lawyers’ Association, for leave to file a brief as amicus curiae granted. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-916.
    Deas v. River West et al.
   C. A. 5th Cir. Motion of Epilepsy Foundation for leave to file a brief as amicus curiae granted. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-1478.
    Rainey v. Chever.
   Sup. Ct. Ga. Certiorari denied.

Justice Thomas,

with whom The Chief Justice and Justice Scaua join, dissenting.

The rising incidence of out-of-wedlock births and delinquent fathers has had dire social consequences, including, in one expert’s view: “lower newborn health and increased risk of early infant death; retarded cognitive and verbal development; lowered educational achievement; lowered levels of job attainment; increased behavioral problems; lowered ability to control impulses; warped social development; increased dependence on welfare; increased exposure to crime; and increased risk of being physically or sexually abused.” App. to Pet. for Cert. 11 (affidavit of Patrick F. Fagan, former Deputy Assistant Secretary for Family and Social Services Policy, U. S. Dept, of Health and Human Services). The State of Georgia sought to address a particularly disturbing manifestation of this alarming trend. The General Assembly had learned of situations “in which a father of a child, born out of wedlock had failed to form a substantial parental relationship with a child, failed to provide support for the child, or both, and then came forward seeking to profit from the death of the child.” Id., at 19-20 (affidavit of State Rep. William C. Randall). Georgia amended its inheritance laws to provide that, in cases where a father’s paternity has been established, “neither the father nor any child of the father nor any other paternal kin shall inherit from or through a child born out of wedlock if it shall be established by a preponderance of evidence that the father failed or refused openly to treat the child as his own or failed or refused to provide support for the child.” Ga. Code Ann. §53-2-4(b)(2) (1997).

The facts of this case poignantly illustrate the problem that Georgia sought to address. In 1997, DeAndre Bernard Hamilton died tragically in an automobile crash allegedly caused by a manufacturing defect. Before DeAndre’s death, respondent, his biological father, showed little interest in his son. He had no role in his son’s life and had taken no responsibility for his upbringing: According to the petition, respondent had no contact with his son even though he lived less than one mile away from him. Indeed, respondent only met his son at the age of 15 when DeAndre (along with other children whom respondent apparently had fathered) confronted him. Respondent never legitimated DeAndre and never initiated a visit with him. He had no idea when (or if) DeAndre graduated from high school, or, until his death, where DeAndre attended college. Nevertheless, immediately after DeAndre died, respondent was the first person — of all the parents whose children were injured or killed — to file a suit seeking monetary damages for his death.

Petitioner, DeAndre’s mother, who reared him for 20 years under these adverse conditions, filed a petition to determine the rights of heirs. See § 53-2-20. She contended that because respondent completely neglected DeAndre he was not entitled to any inheritance under § 53-2-4(b)(2). Respondent argued that § 53-2-4(b)(2) violated, inter alia, the Equal Protection Clauses of the United States and Georgia Constitutions. A Georgia Superior Court judge agreed and granted summary judgment to respondent. The Supreme Court of Georgia affirmed, ruling that § 53 — 2—4(b)(2) on its face violated the Equal Protection Clauses of the United States and Georgia Constitutions. 270 Ga. 519, 510 S. E. 2d 823 (1999). The court reasoned that the statute created “a gender-based classification” because it imposed the support obligation only on fathers of children born out of wedlock; by contrast, mothers of these children bore no such support obligations as a condition of inheritance. Appearing to apply intermediate scrutiny, it stated that “[a] statute containing a gender-based classification violates equal protection unless the classification furthers important governmental objectives, and the discriminatory means employed are ‘substantially related’ to the achievement of those governmental objectives.” Id., at 520; 510 S. E. 2d, at 824 (citing Reed v. Reed, 404 U. S. 71, 76 (1971); Franklin v. Hill, 264 Ga. 302; 444 S. E. 2d 778 (1994)). Although the court recognized that encouraging fathers to take responsibility for out-of-wedlock children was an “important interest,” it appeared to conclude that Georgia had an equal interest in encouraging such behavior in mothers and, thus, § 53-2-4(b)(2) did not adequately advance this important interest. 270 Ga., at 520, 510 S. E. 2d, at 824. The court found the State’s argument that mothers are less likely than fathers to abandon children born out of wedlock to be based on impermissible stereotypes and overbroad generalizations.

This decision arguably is inconsistent with this Court’s prior decisions and, at a minimum, resolves an important question warranting this Court’s review. Contrary to the Georgia Supreme Court’s conclusion, § 58 — 2—4(b)(2) does not necessarily draw a gender-based classification but arguably distinguishes between two different categories of men: fathers who support their children born out of wedlock and fathers who do not. Although our prior decisions addressing Equal Protection Clause challenges to similar statutes are not entirely clear, they appear to indicate that heightened scrutiny does not apply. In Quilloin v. Walcott, 434 U. S. 246 (1978), we considered a Georgia law requiring both parents’ consent to the adoption of children born in wedlock but only the mother’s consent for children born out of wedlock (unless the father legitimated the child). We held that the law did not violate the Equal Protection Clause, noting that the State “[u]nder any standard of review” could take into consideration that a delinquent father, unlike a married (or even divorced) one, had “never exercised actual or legal custody over his child, and thus ha[d] never shouldered any significant responsibility with respect to the daily supervision, education, protection, or care of the child.” Id., at 256 (emphasis added). Subsequently, in Parham v. Hughes, 441 U. S. 347 (1979), we rejected a challenge to a Georgia law that provided that fathers (but not mothers) of out-of-wedlock children could not inherit from their children unless they had legitimated them. Four Justices took the view that the statute did not invidiously discriminate on the basis of sex and, therefore, evaluated the statute under rational-basis review. Justifying its application of the rational-basis test, that four-Justiee plurality concluded that “the statutory classification does not discriminate against fathers as a class but instead distinguishes between fathers who have legitimated their children and those who have not.” Id., at 356 (emphasis added). Justice Powell, concurring in the judgment, believed that the statute should be reviewed under intermediate scrutiny and, applying that standard, agreed with the plurality that the statute passed constitutional muster. Id., at 359-361. Finally, in Lehr v. Robertson, 463 U. S. 248 (1983), this Court upheld a New York law entitling all mothers of illegitimate children to prior notice of any adoption proceeding but entitling only certain fathers to such notice. In holding that the statute did not invidiously discriminate between the father and mother in that case, we observed that the State could take account of the fact that the father had “never established any custodial, personal, or financial relationship with [his daughter].” Id., at 267. Viewed against these decisions, the lower court’s choice of heightened scrutiny, particularly in this case, appears to be in error.

Even if the Georgia Supreme Court correctly chose heightened scrutiny, its application of that standard is equally dubious. The only authority cited by the Georgia Supreme Court for its apparent conclusion that § 58-2-4(b)(2) was not substantially related to important governmental interests was a page from this Court’s decision in Miller v. Albright, 523 U. S. 420, 442 (1998). This reliance on Miller is misplaced for several reasons. Most notably, the cited page does not even represent a holding of the Court but merely the views of two Justices. Ibid, (opinion of Stevens, J., joined by Rehnqtjist, C. J.). There was no opinion for the Court in Miller; rather six Justices, in three different opinions, affirmed a lower court judgment rejecting a constitutional challenge to a federal statute that imposed certain proof-of-patemity requirements on children born abroad to alien mothers and citizen fathers (but not alien fathers and citizen mothers). See id., at 423-445; id., at 445-452 (O’Connor, J., joined by Kennedy, J., concurring in judgment); id., at 452-459 (Scalia, J., joined by Thomas, J., concurring in judgment). Moreover, the principal opinion cited by the Georgia Supreme Court actually concluded that the statute at issue was not based on impermissible stereotypes, id., at 442-445, reasoning that “[t]he biological differences between single men and single women provide a relevant basis for differing rules governing their ability to confer citizenship on children born in foreign lands,” id., at 445. Thus, while the fractured decision in Miller may demonstrate the need for additional guidance as to the constitutionality of laws differentiating between fathers and mothers of out-of-wedlock children, it does not stand for the proposition that all generalizations based on gender are constitutionally infirm.

Further, I am at a loss to understand how the Georgia Supreme Court’s decision can be squared with this Court’s decisions recognizing women’s unique role in childbirth. For example, this Court invalidated a requirement that a woman seek her husband’s consent before obtaining an abortion, reasoning that “[i]nasmuch as it is the woman who physically bears the child and who is the more directly and immediately affected by the pregnancy, as between the two, the balance weighs in her favor.” Planned Parenthood of Central Mo. v. Danforth, 428 U. S. 52, 71 (1976); see also Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pa. v. Casey, 505 U. S. 888, 896 (1992) (“It is an inescapable biological fact that state regulation with respect to the child a woman is earxying will have a far greater impact on the mother’s liberty than on the father’s”). The logic of the abortion cases, suggesting that the State may not ignore a mother’s unique efforts in carrying a child to term, flatly contradicts the Georgia Supreme Court’s reasoning that the State must ignore these efforts when deciding whether she, as opposed to the father, is entitled to inherit from the deceased child’s estate.

Apart from the apparent inconsistency between the decision below and this Court’s decisions, several prudential considerations counsel in favor of granting certiorari. This Court routinely reviews state courts’ decisions invalidating state or local laws on federal constitutional grounds. See, e.g., Chicago v. Morales, ante, p. 41; Central State Univ. v. American Assn. of Univ. Professors, Central State Univ. Chapter, 526 U.S. 124 (1999) (per curiam). Moreover, the State of Georgia has filed an amicus brief urging the Court to uphold the constitutionality of § 53-2-4(b)(2), and its views should affect our decision whether to exercise jurisdiction. Finally, the importance of the issue cannot be gainsaid. A variety of States have adopted similar legislation requiring fathers (but not mothers) to support their children born out of wedlock as a condition of inheriting from their estates. See, e.g., Ala. Code §43-8-48(2) (1991); Del. Code Ann., Tit. 12, §508(2) (1995); Idaho Code §15-2-109(b) (1979); Ky. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 391.105(c)(2) (Michie Supp. 1998); Me. Rev. Stat. Ann., Tit. 18-A, § 2 — 109(2)(iii) (1998); Miss. Code Ann. § 91-1-15(3)(d)(i) (1994); Mo. Rev. Stat. §474.060.2 (1994); Neb. Rev. Stat. §30-2309(2) (1995); S.C. Code Ann. §62-2-109(2) (Supp. 1998); Tenn. Code Ann. §31-2-105(a)(2)(B) (Supp. 1998); Va. Code Ann. §64.1-5.1.3 (Supp. 1998). The decision of the Supreme Court of Georgia, resting on federal constitutional grounds, calls the continued validity of these statutes into doubt. In light of the issue’s importance and the substantial tension between the decision below and this Court’s decisions, I would vote to grant certiorari.


text:
    No. 98-1739.
    Woodford, Acting Warden v. Caro.
   C. A. 9th Cir. Motion of respondent for leave to proceed in forma pau-peris granted. Certiorari denied.

Justice Breyer took no part in the consideration or decision of this motion and this petition.


text:
    No. 98-1742.
    Edwards, Warden v. Herrington.
   C. A. 6th Cir. Motion of respondent for leave to proceed in forma pauperis granted. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 98-1783.
    Freeman et vir v. Simon et al.
   App. Ct. Mass. Certiorari denied.

Justice Breyer took no part in the consideration or decision of this petition.


text:
    No. 97-9078.
    No. 98-1054.
    No. 98-1431.
    No. 98-1587.
    No. 98-7729.
    No. 98-7751.
    No. 98-7938.
    No. 98-8103.
    No. 98-8185.
    No. 98-8294.
    No. 98-8402.
    No. 98-8438.
    No. 98-8469.
    No. 98-8606.
    Doe v. A. M. E. Zion Church et al., Malladi v. West, Secretary of Veterans Affairs, Rupert v. Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, as Receiver and/or Conservator for Columbia Savings and Loan Assn., Haynes v. United States, Ricco v. United States, Henderson v. Henneberry, Director, Patuxent Institution, et al., Davis v. Lensing, Warden, et al., Dunlap v. PECO Energy Co. et al., Price v. Ryder System, Inc., et al., Sumter v. New Jersey, Underwood v. Meriwether County, Georgia, et al., Abidekun v. Mary Imogene Bassett Hospital, Smith v. Mississippi, Cloud v. Webb, Cotner v. Hargett, Warden, et al., Haupt v. Department of Veterans Affairs et al., In re Noble, Gonzales v. Arizona, Carroll v. United States, In re Rogers,
   525 U. S. 836; 526 U. S. 1097; 526 U. S. 1099; 526 U.S. 1116; 525 U. S. 1168; 526 U. S. 1026; 526 U. S. 1053; 526 U. S. 1073; 526 U. S. 1089; 526 U. S. 1100; 526 U. S. 1119; 526 U. S. 1120; 526 U. S. 1092; 526 U. S. 1134; 526 U. S. 1134; 526 U. S. 1135; 526 U. S. 1097; 526 U. S. 1136; 526 U. S. 1104; and 526 U. S. 1097. Petitions for rehearing denied.

No. 98-8607.

No. 98-8651.

No. 98-8741.

No. 98-8749.

No. 98-8766.

No. 98-8925.


text:
    June 25, 1999
    No. 98-9525.
    Buehl v. Vaughn, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Graterford, et al.
   C. A. 3d Cir. Certiorari dismissed under this Court’s Rule 46.1.


text:
    July 6, 1999
    No. 99-5107 (A-28).
    Provenzano v. Florida.
   Sup. Ct. Fla. Application for stay of execution of sentence of death, presented to Justice Kennedy, and by him referred to the Court, denied. Certiorari denied.

Justice Stevens would grant the application for stay of execution.


text:
    No. 99-5125 (A-32).
    White, Next Friend to Heidnik v. Horn, Commissioner, Pennsylvania Department of Corrections, et al.
   C. A. 3d Cir. Application for stay of execution of sentence of death, presented to Justice Souter, and by him referred to the Court, denied. Certiorari denied.


text:
    July 7, 1999
    No. 99-5029 (A-13).
    In re Newsted.
   Application for stay of

execution of sentence of death, presented to Justice Breyer, and by him referred to the Court, denied. Petition for writ of habeas corpus denied.


text:
    No. 99-5106 (A-27).
    Davis v. Florida.
   Sup. Ct. Fla. Application for stay of execution of sentence of death, presented to Justice Kennedy, and by him referred to the Court, denied. Certiorari denied.

Justice Stevens would grant the application for stay of execution.


text:
    No. 99-5161 (A-35).
    Davis v. Florida.
   Sup. Ct. Fla. Application for stay of execution of sentence of death, presented to Justice Kennedy, and by him referred to the Court, denied. Certiorari denied.

Justice Stevens would grant the application for stay of execution.


text:
    July 8, 1999
    No. A-38 (O. T. 1999).
    Haley, Commissioner, Alabama Department of Corrections v. Ford.
   Application to vacate the

stay of execution of sentence of death entered by the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit on July 7, 1999, presented to Justice Kennedy, and by him referred to the Court, denied.


text:
    July 12, 1999
    No. 98-2051.
    Cantu v. M. S. W. Group, L. L. C., et al.
   C. A. 5th Cir. Certiorari dismissed under this Court’s Rule 46.1.


text:
    July 21, 1999
    No. 98-7540.
    Carmell v. Texas.
   Ct. App. Tex., 2d Dist. [Certiorari granted, ante, p. 1002.] Motion for appointment of counsel granted, and it is ordered that Richard D. Bernstein, Esq., of Washington, D. C., be appointed to serve as counsel for petitioner in this case.


text:
    No. 99-5341 (A-80).
    In re Strickler.
   Application for stay of execution of sentence of death, presented to The Chief Justice, and by him referred to the Court, denied. Motion of petitioner for leave to file a supplement in support of petition under seal denied. Petition for writ of habeas corpus denied.


text:
    August 2, 1999
    No. A-20 (O. T. 1999).
    Robertson v. Comptroller of the Treasury.
   Ct. App. Md. Application for stay, addressed to Justice Scalia and referred to the Court, denied.


text:
    No. D-2059.
    In re Disbarment of Blutrich.
   Disbarment entered. [For earlier order herein, see 526 U. S. 1036.]


text:
    No. D-2060.
    In re Disbarment of Schambach.
   Disbarment .entered. [For earlier order herein, see 526 U. S. 1084.]


text:
    No. D-2064.
    In re Disbarment of Olds.
   Disbarment entered. [For earlier order herein, see 526 U. S. 1085.]


text:
    No. D-2065.
    In re Disbarment of Kulie.
   Disbarment entered. [For earlier order herein, see 526 U. S. 1085.]


text:
    No. D-2067.
    In re Disbarment of Webb.
   Disbarment entered. [For earlier order herein, see 526 U. S. 1085.]


text:
    No. D-2069.
    In re Disbarment of Walker.
   Disbarment entered. [For earlier order herein, see 526 U. S. 1096.]


text:
    No. D-2071.
    In re Disbarment of Woolfork.
   Disbarment entered. [For earlier order herein, see 526 U. S. 1108.]


text:
    No. D-2072.
    In re Disbarment of Wilson.
   Disbarment entered. [For earlier order herein, see 526 U. S. 1109.]


text:
    No. D-2075.
    In re Disbarment of Cohen.
   Disbarment entered. [For earlier order herein, see 526 U. S. 1129.]


text:
    No. D-2077.
    In re Disbarment of Arnopole.
   Disbarment entered. [For earlier order herein, see 526 U. S. 1156.]


text:
    No. D-2091.
    In re Disbarment of Turtletaub.
   Sheldon J. Turtletaub, of Port Washington, N. Y., is suspended from the practice of law in this Court, and a rule will issue, returnable within 40 days, requiring him to show cause, why he should not be disbarred from the practice of law in this Court.


text:
    No. D-2092.
    In re Disbarment of Lewis.
   David George Lewis, of White Plains, N. Y., is suspended from the practice of law in this Court, and a rule will issue, returnable within 40 days, requiring him to show cause why he should not be disbarred from the practice of law in this Court.


text:
    No. D-2093.
    In re Disbarment of Bykofsky.
   Seth Darryl Bykofsky, of Garden City, N. Y., is suspended from the practice of law in this Court, and a rule will issue, returnable within 40 days, requiring him to show cause why he should not be disbarred from the practice of law in this Court.


text:
    No. D-2094.
    In re Disbarment of Ondeck.
   Thomas P. On-deek, of Washington, D. C., is suspended from the practice of law in this Court, and a rule will issue, returnable within 40 days, requiring him to show cause why he should not be disbarred from the practice of law in this Court.


text:
    No. D-2095.
    In re Disbarment of Connors.
   Charles Augustus Connors III, of San Mateo, Cal., is suspended from the practice of law in this Court, and a rule will issue, returnable within 40 days, requiring him to show cause why he should not be disbarred from the practice of law in this Court.


text:
    No. D-2096.
    In re Disbarment of Durie.
   Jack F. Durie, Jr., of Orlando, Fla., is suspended from the practice of law in this Court, and a rule will issue, returnable within 40 days, requiring him to show cause why he should not be disbarred from the practice of law in this Court.


text:
    No. D-2097.
    In re Disbarment of Wilkes.
   John Eric Wilkes, of Salem, Ore., is suspended from the practice of law in this Court, and a rule will issue, returnable within 40 days, requiring him to show cause why he should not be disbarred from the practice of law in this Court.


text:
    No. 98-1255.
    United States v. Martinez-Salazar.
   C. A. 9th Cir. [Certiorari granted, ante, p. 1021.] Motion for appointment of counsel granted, and it is ordered that Michael D. Gordon, Esq., of Tempe, Ariz., be appointed to serve as counsel for respondent in this case.


text:
    No. 98-1048.
    No. 98-1310.
    No. 98-1316.
    No. 98-1461.
    No. 98-1578.
    No. 98-1624.
    No. 98-7510.
    No. 98-7571.
    No. 98-8048.
    No. 98-8049.
    No. 98-8121.
    No. 98-8328.
    No. 98-8399.
    No. 98-8450.
    No. 98-8501.
    No. 98-8507.
    No. 98-8572.
    No. 98-8577.
    No. 98-8830.
    No. 98-8883.
    Meester v. Henderson, Postmaster General, Zisk et ux. v. City of Roseville et al., Enercon GmbH v. United States International Trade Commission et al., Constructivist Foundation, Inc. v. DeKalb County Board of Tax Assessors, Austin Independent School District et al. v. Meyer et al., Kirk et ux. v. Berlin Probate Court et al., Hall v. United States, Cross v. United States Parole Commission, Pye v. Georgia, Perkins v. Georgia, Henry v. Georgia, Ford v. Saunders, Warden, et al., Williams v. Johnson, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Institutional Division, Gaunce v. DeVincentis et al., Decker v. Texas, Hutchinson v. Fulcomer et al., Bell v. Mississippi, Brooks v. Martin Marietta Utility Services, Inc., et al., Washington v. Williams, Mayor of District of Columbia, Krehnbrink v. Maryland State Department of Education et al., Novel v. Salzberg, In re Cooper, Serequeberhan v. Tesfaye, Boyd v. Barkley, Chapter 13 Trustee, Gray v. Department of the Army, Allen v. Henderson, Postmaster General, Fowler v. City of Raleigh Parks and Recreation Department et al., Thompson v. United States Postal Service, Wells v. City of New York et al.,
   526 U. S. 1144; 526 U.S. 1067; 526 U. S. 1130; 526 U. S. 1113; 526 U. S. 1132; 526 U. S. 1132; 526 U. S. 1117; 526 U. S. 1071; 526 U. S. 1118; 526 U. S. 1118; 526 U. S. 1118; 526 U. S. 1100; 526 U. S. 1119; 526 U. S. 1120; 526 U. S. 1121; 526 U.S. 1102; 526 U. S. 1122; 526 U. S. 1122; 526 U. S. 1162; ante, p. 1007; ante, p. 1007; 526 U. S. 1129; ante, p. 1009; 526 U. S. 1163; 526 U. S. 1138; 526 U. S. 1138; 526 U. S. 1163; 526 U. S. 1153; and ante, p. 1012.

No. 98-8884.

No. 98-8905.

No. 98-8957.

No. 98-8962.

No. 98-8974.

No. 98-8996.

No. 98-9128.

No. 98-9139.

No. 98-9367.

Petitions for rehearing denied.


text:
    No. 98-1783.
    Freeman et vir v. Simon et al.,
   ante, p. 1049. Petition for rehearing denied.

Justice Breyer took no part in the consideration or decision of this petition.


text:
    August 5, 1999
    No. 98-9745 (A-111).
    Boyd v. Johnson, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Institutional Division.
   C. A. 5th Cir. Application for stay of execution of sentence of death, presented to Justice Scalia, and by him referred to the Court, denied. Certiorari denied.

Justice Stevens and Justice Ginsburg would grant the application for stay of execution.


text:
    August 10, 1999
    No. 99-5531 (A-116).
    Earhart v. Texas.
   Ct. Crim. App. Tex. Application for stay of execution of sentence of death, presented to Justice Scalia, and by him referred to the Court, denied. Certiorari denied.


text:
    August 11, 1999
    No. A-143 (O. T. 1999).
    In re Earhart.
   Application for stay of execution of sentence of death, presented to Justice Scalia, and by him referred to the Court, denied.


text:
    No. 99-5663 (A-136).
    In re Earhart.
   Application for stay of execution of sentence of death, presented to Justice Scalia, and by him referred to the Court, denied. Petition for writ of habeas corpus denied.


text:
    August 17, 1999
    No. 98-1839.
    Edwards, Governor of Louisiana, et al. v. Griffin.
   C. A. 5th Cir. Certiorari dismissed under this Court’s Rule 46.


text:
    No. 98-9936 (A-83).
    Trevino v. Johnson, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Institutional Division.
   C. A. 5th Cir. Application for stay of execution of sentence of death, presented to Justice Scalia, and by him referred to the Court, denied. Certiorari denied.

Justice Stevens and Justice Ginsburg would grant the application for stay of execution.


text:
    No. 99-5502 (A-148).
    Williams v. Angelone, Director, Virginia Department of Corrections.
   C. A. 4th Cir. Application for stay of execution of sentence of death, presented to The Chief Justice, and by him referred to the Court, denied. Certiorari denied.

Justice Stevens and Justice Ginsburg would grant the application for stay of execution.


text:
    August 23, 1999
    No. A-95 (98-1924).
    Wojciechowski v. Montevideo Partnership et al.
   C. A. 9th Cir. Application for stay, addressed to Justice Souter and referred to the Court, denied.


text:
    No. A-96 (98-1955).
    Wojciechowski v. Walt Disney Concert Hall No. 1 et al.
   C. A. 9th Cir. Application for stay, addressed to Justice Souter and referred to the Court, denied.


text:
    No. A-993 (99-5103).
    Kinney v. Bankers Trust Co.
   App. Ct. Conn. Application for stay, addressed to Justice Breyer and referred to the Court, denied.


text:
    No. D-2074.
    In re Disbarment of Vedatsky.
   Disbarment entered. [For earlier order herein, see 526 U. S. 1129.]


text:
    No. D-2078.
    In re Disbarment of Pisano.
   Disbarment entered. [For earlier order herein, see 526 U. S. 1156.]