text:
    No. 65,
    Orig.
    Texas v. New Mexico.
   Order amending March 28, 1988 [485 U. S. 394], order appointing River Master:

It is ordered that Neil S. Grigg be and he hereby is appointed River Master of the Pecos River for the purpose of performing the duties set forth in the Amended Decree of March 28, 1988.

It is further ordered that the River Master shall have the power and authority to subpoena information or data, compiled in reasonable usable form, which he deems necessary or desirable for the proper and efficient performance of his duties.

It is further ordered that the River Master is allowed his necessary expenses, including the cost of competent legal advice deemed by him to be necessary to carry out his duties, as well as reasonable fees for his services, statements for which shall be submitted quarterly to the Court for its approval. Upon Court approval, such statements will be paid by the State of New Mexico and the State of Texas.

[For earlier order herein, see, e. g., ante, p. 803.]

It is further ordered that if the position of the River Master becomes vacant during a recess of the Court, The Chief Justice shall have authority to make a new designation which shall have the same effect as if originally made by the Court.


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license: Public Domain

text:
    No. 111,
    Orig.
    Delaware v. New York.
    [For earlier order herein, see, e. g., 501 U. S. 1228.]
   Motion of Oregon for leave to intervene and adopt complaint referred to the Special Master.


text:
    No. 90-1205.
    No. 90-6588.
    United States v. Mabus, Governor of Mississippi, et al.; and Ayers et al. v. Mabus, Governor of Mississippi, et al.
   C. A. 5th Cir. [Certiorari granted, 499 U. S. 958.] Motion of respondents to strike amicus curiae brief of Jackson State University denied.


text:
    No. 90-1596.
    Robertson, Chief, United States Forest Service, et al. v. Seattle Audubon Society et al.
   C. A. 9th Cir. [Certiorari granted, 501 U. S. 1249.] Motion of Mountain States Legal Foundation et al. for leave to file a brief as amici curiae granted.


text:
    No. 90-6315.
    Perez v. Louisiana.
   Sup. Ct. La. Motion of petitioner to consolidate this case with No. 90-5844, Foucha v. Louisiana [certiorari granted, 499 U. S. 946], denied.


text:
    No. 90-6616.
    Stringer v. Black, Commissioner, Mississippi Department of Corrections, et al.
   C. A. 5th Cir. [Certio-rari granted, 500 U. S. 915.] Motion of Criminal Justice Legal Foundation for leave to file a brief as amicus curiae granted.


text:
    No. 91-261.
    No. 91-274.
    No. 91-321.
    Building & Construction Trades Council of the Metropolitan District v. Associated Builders & Contractors of Massachusetts/Rhode Island, Inc., et al. Massachusetts Water Resources Authority et al. v. Associated Builders & Contractors of Massachusetts/Rhode Island, Inc., et al. Itel Containers International Corp. v. Huddleston, Commissioner of Revenue of Tennessee.
   C. A. 1st Cir.;

C. A. 1st Cir.; and

Sup. Ct. Tenn. The Solicitor General is invited to file briefs in these cases expressing the views of the United States.


text:
    No. 91-286.
    Bishop v. Delchamps et al.
   C. A. 11th Cir. Motion of Henry F. Schaefer III et al. for leave to file a brief as amici curiae granted.


text:
    No. 91-293.
    Southern Pacific Transportation Co. v. Hernandez.
   Ct. App. Tex., 4th Dist. Motion of Association of American Railroads for leave to file a brief as amicus curiae granted.


text:
    No. 91-5591.
    In re Vastelica.
   Petition for writ of mandamus denied.


text:
    No. 91-5568.
    No. 91-5589.
    No. 91-5643.
    In re Hollingsworth; In re Vigil; and In re Denson.
   Petitions for writs of mandamus and/or prohibition denied.


text:
    No. 90-1791.
    Connecticut National Bank v. Germain, Trustee for the Estate of O’Sullivan’s Fuel Oil Co., Inc.
   C. A. 2d Cir. Certiorari granted.


text:
    No. 90-1802.
    Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co. et al. v. Darden.
   C. A. 4th Cir. Certiorari granted.


text:
    No. 90-1972.
    United States v. Williams.
   C. A. 10th Cir. Certiorari granted.


text:
    No. 90-1947.
    Yee et al. v. City of Escondido, California.
   Ct. App. Cal., 4th App. Dist. Certiorari granted limited to Questions 1 and 2 presented by the petition.


text:
    No. 91-5118.
    Morgan v. Illinois.
   Sup. Ct. Ill. Motion of petitioner for leave to proceed informa pauperis granted. Certio-rari granted.


text:
    No. 90-1724.
    Weiler v. Missouri.
   Ct. App. Mo., Western Dist. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 90-1855.
    Price et al. v. International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace & Agricultural Implement Workers of America, et al.
   C. A. 2d Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 90-1953.
    Darden v. Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co. et al.
   C. A. 4th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 90-7616.
    Caldwell v. Quinlan, Director, Federal Bureau of Prisons.
   C. A. D. C. Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 90-8133.
    Barajas-Cardenas v. United States.
   C. A. 9th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 90-8508.
    Brown v. Georgia.
   Sup. Ct. Ga. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-29.
    No. 91-280.
    No. 91-281.
    No. 91-304.
    Melton v. City of Oklahoma City et al.; Maxwell, Major, Oklahoma City Police Department, et al. v. Melton; City of Oklahoma City v. Melton; and Gramling, Chief of Police for the City of Oklahoma City v. Melton.
   C. A. 10th Cir. Certiorari denied. Reported below: 928 F. 2d 920.


text:
    No. 91-48.
    AFIA/CIGNA Worldwide et al. v. Felkner, Deputy Commissioner, Office of Workers’ Compensation Programs, Eighth Compensation District, et al.
   C. A. 5th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-71.
    Ming Wan Leung et al. v. United States.
   C. A. 7th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-75.
    American Postal Workers Union, AFL-CIO v. United States Postal Service.
   C. A. 5th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-81.
    No. 91-300.
    Barr Laboratories, Inc. v. Sullivan, Secretary of Health and Human Services, et al.; and National Association of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers v. Sullivan, Secretary of Health and Human Services, et al.
   C. A. D. C. Cir. Certiorari denied. Reported below: 289 U. S. App. D. C. 187, 930 F. 2d 72.


text:
    No. 91-88.
    Sussel v. City and County of Honolulu et al.
   C. A. 9th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-112.
    Cramer v. Skinner, Secretary of Transportation, et al.
   C. A. 5th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-120.
    No. 91-130.
    Hispanic Broadcasting Limited Partnership v. Federal Communications Commission et al.; and Hispanic Broadcasting Systems, Inc. v. Federal Communications Commission et al.
   C. A. D. C. Cir. Certiorari denied. Reported below: 289 U. S. App. D. C. 228, 931 F. 2d 73.


text:
    No. 91-125.
    Acierno v. Skinner, Secretary of Transportation, et al.
   C. A. 3d Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-132.
    Littlefield v. United States.
   C. A. 9th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-133.
    Brookhurst, Inc., as Successor by Merger With Commercial Uniform Co. v. United States.
   C. A. 9th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-143.
    Tobin et al. v. United States.
   C. A. 11th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-152.
    Fruhwirth v. Baltimore City Police Department et al.
   C. A. 4th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-168.
    Rutana v. United States.
   C. A. 6th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-181.
    Agro Science Co. et al. v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue.
   C. A. 5th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-185.
    Antoon v. United States.
   C. A. 3d Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-213.
    McCall v. City of Birmingham, Alabama, et al.
   C. A. 11th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-226.
    Kelly Kare, Ltd., et al. v. O’Rourke, Westchester County Executive, et al.
   C. A. 2d Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-248.
    Sehnal v. United States.
   C. A. 9th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-255.
    Bourguignon et ux. v. Holiday Inns of America, Inc.
   C. A. 8th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-257.
    Nutmeg Insurance Co. v. City of Rose City, Texas, et al.
   C. A. 5th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-265.
    Potomac Edison Co. v. Helmick et al.
   Sup. Ct. App. W. Va. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-266.
    Manchester v. New York.
   C. A. 2d Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-278.
    Estate of Dau Van Tran et al. v. Texaco Refining & Marketing, Inc., et al.
   Sup. Ct. Tex. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-283.
    Douglass v. Texas.
   Ct. App. Tex., 14th Dist. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-285.
    Paskon v. Salem Memorial Hospital District et al.
   Ct. App. Mo., Southern Dist. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-287.
    Chesapeake Insurance Co., Ltd. v. Foster, Insurance Commissioner of Pennsylvania, as Rehabilitator of the Mutual Fire, Marine & Inland Insurance Co.
   C. A. 3d Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-291.
    Conference of African Union First Colored Methodist Protestant Church et al. v. Mother African Union First Colored Methodist Protestant Church et al.
   Sup. Ct. Del. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-292.
    Walker v. Township of Tewksbury, New Jersey, et al.
   C. A. 3d Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-296.
    Institute for Scientific Information, Inc. v. Gordon & Breach, Science Publishers, Inc., et al.
   C. A. 3d Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-302.
    Narumanchi v. Board of Trustees for Connecticut State Universities et al.
   C. A. 2d Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-303.
    Jackson, Union Trustee of MSSA-ILA Pension Plan and Trust, et al. v. Stratton, Employer Trustee of MSSA-ILA Pension Plan and Trust, et al.
   C. A. 11th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-306.
    Steele v. United States.
   C. A. 6th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-307.
    No. 91-316.
    Citrus County, Florida v. Redner et al.; and Redner et al. v. Citrus County, Florida, et al.
   C. A. 11th Cir. Certiorari denied. Reported below: 919 F. 2d 646.


text:
    No. 91-308.
    McComiskey et al. v. Soba.
   C. A. 2d Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-313.
    Dodson et al. v. General Motors Corp. et al.
   C. A. 6th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-315.
    D’Onofrio v. Edwards, Attorney General of New Jersey, et al.
   Super. Ct. N. J., App. Div. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-319.
    Billman et al. v. Maryland Deposit Insurance Fund Corporation et al.
   Ct. Sp. App. Md. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-320.
    Barnes et al. v. Matlock.
   C. A. 7th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-325.
    Superior Court, County of San Diego v. Copley Press, Inc.
   Ct. App. Cal., 4th App. Dist. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-327.
    Krivonak v. Miller.
   Sup. Ct. Pa. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-328.
    Farrell et al. v. Automobile Club of Michigan.
   C. A. 6th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-333.
    Gregory et ux. v. Frontier Materials, Inc., et al.
   C. A. 10th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-334.
    Gvozdenovic et al. v. United Air Lines, Inc., et al.
   C. A. 2d Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-335.
    Detro v. Roemer, Governor of Louisiana, et al.
   C. A. 5th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-340.
    Bellows v. Administrator, Federal Aviation Administration, et al.
   C. A. D. C. Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-341.
    Rochna v. Administrator, Federal Aviation Administration, et al.
   C. A. 1st Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-346.
    Talladega County Board of Education et al. v. Elston et al.
   C. A. 11th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-347.
    Weil et ux., Individually and on Behalf of Their Minor Daughter, Weil v. Board of Elementary and Secondary Education et al.
   C. A. 5th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-352.
    Gurasich v. California.
   Ct. App. Cal., 2d App. Dist. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-378.
    Kadlec v. Department of the Army.
   C. A. Fed. Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-382.
    Rheinstrom, Administrator of the Estate of Pollenz, Deceased v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue.
   C. A. 7th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-385.
    Pautz v. United States.
   C. A. 7th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-392.
    Davis et al. v. United States.
   C. A. 2d Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-393.
    Majeske v. Board of Trustees for Regional Community Colleges.
   C. A. 2d Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-395.
    Williams v. United States.
   C. A. 5th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-399.
    Brinston v. United States.
   Ct. Mil. App. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-400.
    Butler et ux. v. Buick Motor Co., a Division of General Motors Corp.
   Ct. App. Tenn. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-404.
    American Transmissions, Inc., et al. v. General Motors Corp. et al.
   C. A. 6th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-413.
    Bowers v. United States Department of Justice.
   C. A. 4th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-414.
    Madkour v. United States.
   C. A. 2d Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-420.
    Bellis et ux. v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue.
   C. A. 9th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-447.
    Ravel v. United States.
   C. A. 9th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5084.
    Thomas v. United States.
   C. A. 5th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5104.
    Rosa v. Illinois.
   App. Ct. Ill., 1st Dist. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5141.
    Johns v. Kaiser, Warden, et al.
   C. A. 10th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5170.
    Edwards v. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission et al.
   C. A. 9th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5174.
    Castillo v. United States.
   C. A. 11th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5240.
    Conrad v. United States.
   C. A. 7th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5267.
    Plumes v. United States.
   C. A. 9th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5296.
    Perry v. Holmes et al.
   C. A. 7th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5327.
    Durr v. Ohio.
   Sup. Ct. Ohio. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5390.
    Sellers v. Oklahoma.
   Ct. Crim. App. Okla. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5411.
    Joseph v. Zachary Manor Nursing Home et al.
   C. A. 5th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5428.
    Wall v. First Jersey-National Bank & Corp. et al.
   C. A. 3d Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5429.
    Piron v. De Groote et al.
   C. A. 7th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5436.
    Boushey v. Texas.
   Ct. App. Tex., 13th Dist. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5442.
    Thompson v. Nagle, Warden, et al.
   C. A. 11th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5444.
    Townes v. Murray, Director, Virginia Department of Corrections.
   Sup. Ct. Va. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5446.
    Pineda-Velasquez v. United States.
   C. A. 5th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5450.
    Hitchcock v. Florida.
   Sup. Ct. Fla. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5451.
    Miller v. Goeke, Superintendent, Renz Correctional Center.
   C. A. 8th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5454.
    Morgan v. Iowa.
   Sup. Ct. Iowa. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5458.
    Jarvi v. Noble et al.
   C. A. 6th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5462.
    Spirko v. Ohio.
   Sup. Ct. Ohio. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5471.
    Anthony v. Connecticut.
   App. Ct. Conn. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5474.
    Arcoren v. United States.
   C. A. 8th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5484.
    Moore v. Oklahoma.
   Ct. Crim. App. Okla. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5488.
    Tanner v. United States.
   C. A. 6th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5489.
    Watt v. Keane, Superintendent, Sing Sing Correctional Facility, et al.
   C. A. 2d Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5490.
    Mitchell v. Gunter, Executive Director, Colorado Department of Corrections, et al.
   C. A. 10th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5503.
    Myers v. Evatt et al.
   C. A. 4th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5509.
    Holsey v. Green et al.
   C. A. 4th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5515.
    Oliva v. Morgan, Acting Superintendent, State Correctional Institution (and Diagnostic and Classification Center) at Pittsburgh.
   C. A. 3d Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5516.
    Bradshaw v. Gilmore, Warden.
   C. A. 7th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5519.
    Hickson v. Garner, Warden, et al.
   C. A. 5th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5520.
    Wells v. Ohio.
   Ct. App. Ohio, Cuyahoga County. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5521.
    Williams v. Chavis, Warden, et al.
   C. A. 4th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5522.
    Warmack v. United States.
   C. A. 4th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5526.
    Berryhill v. Miller et al.
   Super. Ct. Ga., Fulton County. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5534.
    Daniels v. Alabama.
   Ct. Crim. App. Ala. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5535.
    Fuller v. United States.
   C. A. 8th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5537.
    No. 91-5538.
    Vieyra v. United States; and Paulino v. United States.
   C. A. 6th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5539.
    Williamson v. Sowders, Warden.
   C. A. 6th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5540.
    Tosado v. Danbury Hospital et al.
   C. A. 2d Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5541.
    Pietsch v. Bush et al.
   C. A. 2d Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5543.
    Herrell v. Wise.
   Ct. App. Kan. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5548.
    Velasquez v. Zimmerman, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Waymart, et al.
   C. A. 3d Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5558.
    Harr v. New York et al.
   C. A. 2d Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5562.
    Jarvi v. United States et al.
   C. A. 6th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5563.
    Hamm v. Armontrout, Warden.
   C. A. 8th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5564.
    Ledet v. Lynn et al.
   C. A. 5th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5565.
    LeBouef v. Whitley, Warden.
   C. A. 5th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5566.
    Edwards v. Gramling Engineering Corp.
   Ct. App. Md. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5567.
    Cronen v. Hardy et al.
   C. A. 5th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5570.
    Hodges v. United States.
   C. A. 6th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5571.
    Bressi v. United States.
   C. A. 3d Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5574.
    Lester v. Falk, Director, Department of Corrections, Hawaii.
   C. A. 9th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5576.
    Braun v. West Virginia Board of Regents et al.
   Sup. Ct. App. W. Va. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5578.
    Housel v. Zant, Warden.
   Sup. Ct. Ga. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5579.
    Bates v. McCaughtry, Warden.
   C. A. 7th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5582.
    Quigley v. California.
   Ct. App. Cal., 6th App. Dist. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5584.
    Shabazz v. Kaiser, Warden.
   C. A. 10th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5596.
    Ober v. Connecticut.
   App. Ct. Conn. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5598.
    Washington v. Garrett.
   C. A. 11th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5599.
    Christian v. Smith, Warden.
   C. A. 6th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5600.
    Lane v. North Carolina.
   Sup. Ct. N. C. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5603.
    Rashty v. Michigan.
   C. A. 6th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5607.
    Wells v. Oklahoma.
   Ct. Crim. App. Okla. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5611.
    Voltz v. United States.
   C. A. 6th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5615.
    McLaughlin v. Pennsylvania.
   Super. Ct. Pa. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5617.
    Ridings v. United States.
   C. A. 4th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5626.
    Fingado v. United States.
   C. A. 10th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5631.
    White v. United States.
   C. A. 10th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5632.
    York v. United States.
   C. A. 7th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5649.
    Swaby v. United States.
   C. A. 8th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5651.
    Crow v. Upjohn Co. et al.
   C. A. 5th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5657.
    Gutierrez v. United States.
   C. A. 11th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5660.
    Nasim v. United States.
   C. A. 4th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5662.
    Norman v. United States.
   C. A. 6th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5663.
    Henriquez et al. v. United States.
   C. A. 11th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5667.
    Richard v. United States.
   C. A. 11th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5669.
    Barrett v. United States.
   C. A. 8th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5670.
    Silva v. United States.
   C. A. 11th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5672.
    Guerra-Marez v. United States.
   C. A. 5th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5675.
    Etheridge v. United States.
   C. A. 4th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5676.
    Gamble v. United States.
   C. A. 5th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5677.
    Brown v. United States.
   C. A. 2d Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5681.
    Fields v. United States.
   Ct. App. D. C. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5682.
    Chazulle v. United States.
   C. A. 6th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5693.
    Rosenberg v. Maryland.
   Ct. Sp. App. Md. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5697.
    Weaver v. United States.
   C. A. 10th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5699.
    Voss v. United States.
   C. A. 8th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5702.
    Shackleford v. United States.
   C. A. 5th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5704.
    Payan-Vargas v. United States.
   C. A. 5th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5709.
    Moore v. United States.
   C. A. 7th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5713.
    Odom v. United States.
   C. A. 4th Cir. Certio-rari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5714.
    Mauzone v. Rollins, Warden, et al.
   C. A. 4th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5716.
    Morris et ux. v. Carlton.
   C. A. 9th Cir. Cetiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5719.
    Sutton v. United States.
   C. A. 6th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5720.
    Schlosser v. Internal Revenue Service.
   C. A. 11th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5725.
    Garnes v. United States.
   C. A. 2d Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5729.
    Vasquez v. United States.
   C. A. 11th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5731.
    Lawrence v. United States.
   C. A. 9th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5735.
    Llerena v. United States.
   C. A. 11th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5739.
    Melville v. United States.
   C. A. 6th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5741.
    Arinaga-Figueroa v. United States.
   C. A. 5th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5742.
    Ratansi v. United States.
   C. A. 2d Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5745.
    Byars v. United States.
   C. A. 9th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5747.
    Giles v. United States.
   C. A. 5th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5748.
    Codognotto v. United States.
   C. A. 5th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5760.
    Evans v. Rollins, Warden, et al.
   C. A. 4th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5761.
    Gaston v. United States.
   C. A. 6th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5762.
    Parker v. United States.
   C. A. 11th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5763.
    Nieto v. United States.
   C. A. 9th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5764.
    Cumber v. United States.
   C. A. 4th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5767.
    Lajoie v. United States.
   C. A. 10th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5772.
    Verdier v. United States.
   C. A. 2d Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5773.
    Jimenez-Lopera v. United States.
   C. A. 11th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5778.
    Cameron v. Maryland.
   Ct. Sp. App. Md. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5779.
    Dial v. United States.
   C. A. 4th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5781.
    Girardin v. Pyle, Superintendent, Four Mile Correctional Center.
   C. A. 10th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5791.
    Tolliver v. United States.
   C. A. 7th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5804.
    Matute v. Procoast Navigation Ltd. et al.; and Matute v. Lloyd Bermuda Lines, Ltd., et al.
   C. A. 3d Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5809.
    Townsend v. Harris.
   Ct. App. N. C. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5822.
    Little v. United States.
   C. A. 10th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5832.
    Chapman v. United States.
   C. A. 4th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 90-1800.
    Grumman Aerospace Corp. v. United States.
   C. A. Fed. Cir. Certiorari denied.

Justice Blackmun would grant certiorari.


text:
    No. 90-1887.
    Connecticut v. Mooney.
   Sup. Ct. Conn. Motion of respondent for leave to proceed informa pauperis granted. Certiorari denied.

Justice White would grant certiorari.


author: Justice White,

text:
    No. 90-8126.
    No. 90-8184.
    Early v. United States; and Coleman v. United States.
   C. A. 6th Cir. Certiorari denied. Reported below: No. 90-8126, 927 F. 2d 605; No. 90-8184, 928 F. 2d 1138.

Justice White,

dissenting.

The question in these cases is whether an amendment to the commentary to the United States Sentencing Guidelines should govern a sentencing which occurred prior to the effective date of the amendment. A majority of the Courts of Appeals have applied such an amendment when it clarified, but did not substantively change, the operation of an existing Guideline. E.g., United States v. Caballero, 290 U. S. App. D. C. 235, 242, n. 8, 936 F. 2d 1292, 1299, n. 8 (1991); United States v. Urbanek, 930 F. 2d 1512, 1514-1515 (CA10 1991); United States v. Lillard, 929 F. 2d 500, 502-503 (CA9 1991); United States v. Fiala, 929 F. 2d 285, 290 (CA7 1991); United States v. Nissen, 928 F. 2d 690, 694-695 (CA5 1991); United States v. Perdomo, 927 F. 2d 111, 116-117 (CA2 1991); United States v. Fells, 920 F. 2d 1179, 1184 (CA4 1990) (Wilkins, J.), cert. denied, 501 U. S. 1219 (1991).

In contrast, the Eighth Circuit has held that an amendment may not be applied before its effective date. See United States v. Watts, 940 F. 2d 332, 333 (1991); United States v. Dortch, 923 F. 2d 629, 632, n. 2 (1991). In these cases the Sixth Circuit did not apply an amendment that took effect after the petitioners had been sentenced in District Court. But see United States v. Sanchez, 928 F. 2d 1450, 1458-1459 (CA6 1991) (applying such an amendment).

The United States Sentencing Commission has not addressed this recurring issue. See 56 Fed. Reg. 22762-22797 (1991) (Nov. 1991 Guidelines amendments). See generally Braxton v. United States, 500 U. S. 344, 347-349 (1991). Accordingly, I would grant certiorari and consolidate these cases to resolve the conflict in the Courts of Appeals.


text:
    No. 90-8215.
    Fazzini v. United States.
   C. A. 7th Cir. Certiorari denied.

Justice White would grant certiorari.


text:
    No. 91-259.
    Rein et al. v. Pan American World Airways, Inc.
   C. A. 2d Cir. Certiorari denied.

Justice White would grant certiorari.


text:
    No. 91-359.
    City of New York, Department of Personnel, et al. v. Piesco.
   C. A. 2d Cir. Certiorari denied.

Justice White would grant certiorari.


text:
    No. 91-87.
    Schmidt v. United States.
   C. A. 7th Cir. Motion of Parish Council of Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church et al. for leave to file a brief as amici curiae denied. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-95.
    Reddy v. Litton Industries, Inc., et al.
   C. A. 9th Cir. Certiorari denied.

Justice White,

dissenting.

One of the issues in this case is whether a person has standing to sue for a conspiracy to violate the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO), 18 U. S. C. § 1962(d), if the wrongful acts alleged do not constitute “predicate acts” as defined in § 1961(1). Following the lead of the Second Circuit in Hecht v. Commerce Clearing House, Inc., 897 F. 2d 21 (1990), the Ninth Circuit in this casé held that petitioner lacked standing to assert a conspiracy claim under § 1962(d) because he did not allege injury from overt acts which themselves are prohibited in the RICO statute. 912 F. 2d 291, 295 (1990).

The Court of Appeals recognized that a division in authority existed between the Second Circuit’s view, as expressed in Hecht, and the Third Circuit’s position propounded in Shearin v. E. F. Hutton Group, Inc., 885 F. 2d 1162 (1989). In Shearin, the Third Circuit had held that a person has standing to assert a § 1962(d) violation for overt acts of conspiracy that are not defined in § 1961(1). 885 F. 2d, at 1166-1167. The Ninth Circuit explicitly rejected the Third Circuit’s position and adopted the Second Circuit’s rule.

Because a conflict exists among the Courts of Appeals on this important federal question, I would grant certiorari to consider it.


text:
    No. 91-101.
    Universal Foods Corp. v. Wisconsin Labor & Industry Review Commission et al.
   Ct. App. Wis. Motion of respondent Damato for leave to proceed in forma pauperis granted. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-124.
    Swoyer v. Pennsylvania Department of Transportation.
   Commw. Ct. Pa. Motion of respondent for award of damages denied. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-184.
    Watkins v. United States.
   C. A. 11th Cir. Motion of petitioner to defer consideration of petition for writ of certiorari denied. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-354.
    In re Stoller.
   Sup. Ct. Ill. Motion of petitioner to disqualify respondent’s counsel denied. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5587.
    White v. Bell Atlantic Corp. et al.
   C. A. 4th Cir. Certiorari denied.

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


text:
    No. 90-1867.
    Clay v. Exchange Mutual Insurance Co.,
   501 U. S. 1253. Petition for rehearing denied.


text:
    No. 90-1411.
    No. 90-1544.
    Bibbs et al. v. Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Inc., et al., Hatchett v. United States,
   499 U. S. 977; and

501 U. S. 1223. Motions for leave to file petitions for rehearing denied.


text:
    October 17, 1991
    No. 91-6079 (A-258).
    McDougall v. North Carolina.
   Gen. Ct. Justice, Super. Ct. Div., Mecklenburg County, N. C. Application for stay of execution of sentence of death, presented to The Chief Justice, and by him referred to the Court, denied. Certiorari denied.


text:
    October 21, 1991
    No. 91-5868.
    Skillman v. United States.
   C. A. 9th Cir. Certiorari dismissed under this Court’s Rule 46.


text:
    No. A-150.
    Turner v. Runser et al.
   Super. Ct. Cal., Santa Clara County. Application for stay, addressed to Justice White and referred to the Court, denied.


text:
    No. D-1040.
    In re Disbarment of Gaynes.
   It is ordered that Alex A. Gaynes, of Tuscon, Ariz., be suspended from the practice of law in this Court and that a rule 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-1041.
    In re Disbarment of Scharf.
   It is ordered that Justin Norbert Scharf, of Hagerstown, Md., be suspended from the practice of law in this Court and that a rule 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-1042.
    In re Disbarment of McLellan.
   It is ordered that Donald H. McLellan, Jr., of Columbia, S. C., be suspended from the practice of law in this Court and that a rule 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. 90-1038.
    Cipollone, Individually and as Executor of the Estate of Cipollone v. Liggett Group, Inc., et al.
   C. A. 3d Cir. [Certiorari granted, 499 U. S. 935.] Case restored to calendar for reargument.


text:
    No. 90-1279.
    Collins v. City of Harker Heights, Texas.
   C. A. 5th Cir. [Certiorari granted, 499 U. S. 958.] Motion of petitioner to supplement the record granted.


text:
    No. 91-10.
    No. 91-32.
    Spectrum Sports, Inc., et al. v. McQuillan et vir, dba Sorboturf Enterprises; and Sorbothane, Inc., et al. v. McQuillan et vir, dba Sorboturf Enterprises.
   C. A. 9th Cir. The Solicitor

General is invited to file a brief in these cases expressing the views of the United States.


author: Justice Stevens,

text:
    No. 91-5785.
    Wood v. Metropolitan Life Insurance Co.
   C. A. 7th Cir. Motion of petitioner for leave to proceed in forma pauperis denied. Petitioner is allowed until November 12, 1991, within which to pay the docketing fee required by Rule 38(a) and to submit a petition in compliance with Rule 33 of the Rules of this Court.

Justice Stevens,

dissenting.

For the reasons expressed in Brown v. Herald Co., 464 U. S. 928 (1983), I would deny the petition for writ of certiorari without reaching the merits of the motion to proceed in forma pauperis.


text:
    No. 91-5510.
    In re Anderson, aka Ibrahim.
   Petition for writ of mandamus denied.


text:
      No. 90-8370.
    Medina v. California.
   Sup. Ct. Cal. Motion of petitioner for leave to proceed in forma pauperis granted. Certiorari granted limited to Question 1 presented by the petition.


text:
    No. 90-8252.
    Horton v. Texas.
   Ct. App. Tex., 2d Dist. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 90-8294.
    Zatko v. California.
   Sup. Ct. Cal. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 90-8437.
    Benson v. California.
   Sup. Ct. Cal. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 90-8475.
    Gallego v. California.
   Sup. Ct. Cal. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-38.
    Romey v. United States.
   Ct. Mil. App. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-344.
    Bridgeport Police for Equal Employment Opportunity, Inc., et al. v. Bridgeport Guardians, Inc., et al.
   C. A. 2d Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-345.
    Hoosier Energy Rural Electric Cooperative, Inc. v. Indiana Department of State Revenue.
   Sup. Ct. Ind. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-348.
    Crisman et ux. v. Odeco, Inc.
   C. A. 5th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-353.
    C. C. v. P. C. et al.
   Sup. Ct. Wis. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-358.
    Hudson v. Louisiana.
   Ct. App. La., 5th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-360.
    Missouri et al. v. Jenkins et al.
   C. A. 8th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-366.
    Dempsey v. Town of Brighton, New York, et al.
   C. A. 2d Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-370.
    Perry v. Schulze.
   C. A. 9th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-376.
    Bossio et al. v. General Motors Corp. et al.
   C. A. 6th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-384.
    In re Cohran.
   Sup. Ct. Ga. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-386.
    Petrone v. Wisconsin.
   Sup. Ct. Wis. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-387.
    Tidmore Oil Co., Inc. v. BP Oil Co./Gulf Products Division of BP Oil Co.
   C. A. 11th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-394.
    Neal v. Hawley, Warden.
   C. A. 6th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-415.
    Wonderwheel et al. v. Mendocino County, California, Superior Court, et al.
   C. A. 9th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-430.
    Wellman v. Wellman et al.
   C. A. 4th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-450.
    No. 91-5766.
    Hinton v. United States; and Mitchell v. United States.
   C. A. 4th Cir. Certiorari denied. Reported below: 935 F. 2d 1288.


text:
    No. 91-460.
    Thomas v. Department of the Navy.
   C. A. Fed. Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-463.
    Idone et al. v. United States.
   C. A. 3d Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-482.
    Roca-Suarez v. United States.
   C. A. 9th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5005.
    Jordan et al. v. Thomas, Warden.
   C. A. 11th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5047.
    Kelley v. United States.
   C. A. 10th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5191.
    Blade v. California.
   Sup. Ct. Cal. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5297.
    Butler v. United States District Court for the Southern District of California.
   C. A. 9th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5321.
    Bagby v. Kuhlmann, Superintendent, Sullivan Correctional Facility.
   C. A. 2d Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5336.
    Beasley v. United States.
   C. A. 11th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5469.
    Merit v. United States.
   C. A. 5th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5505.
    Hill v. United States.
   Ct. App. D. C. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5595.
    Schlicher v. Roberts et al.
   C. A. 10th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5605.
    Lawrence v. Michigan.
   Sup. Ct. Mich. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5610.
    Doyle v. Singletary, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections.
   C. A. 11th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5616.
    Sueing v. Brown et al.
   C. A. 6th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5618.
    Vey v. Casey.
   C. A. 3d Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5619.
    Lavers v. Arizona.
   Sup. Ct. Ariz. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5624.
    Cooper v. Illinois.
   App. Ct. Ill, 1st Dist. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5627.
    Ferrell v. Georgia.
   Sup. Ct. Ga. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5633.
    Cotton v. California.
   Ct. App. Cal., 6th App. Dist. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5638.
    Mikesell v. Morgan, Acting Superintendent, State Correctional Institution.
   C. A. 3d Cir. Certio-rari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5645.
    Demeter v. California.
   Ct. App. Cal., 2d App. Dist. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5647.
    Coronado v. Lefevre, Superintendent, Clinton Correctional Facility, et al.
   C. A. 2d Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5654.
    Nitz v. Illinois.
   Sup. Ct. Ill. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5683.
    Hill v. Lockhart, Director, Arkansas Department of Correction.
   C. A. 8th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5687.
    Holsey v. Preventive Health Program.
   C. A. 4th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5694.
    Ferguson v. Giant Foods, Inc.
   C. A. 4th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5701.
    Percy v. Vermont.
   Sup. Ct. Vt. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5708.
    Diaz v. Collins, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Institutional Division.
   C. A. 5th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5723.
    Rivera v. Blackwell, Superintendent, Edna Mahan Correctional Facility for Women, et al.
   C. A. 3d Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5736.
    Newlun v. California.
   Ct. App. Cal., 3d App. Dist. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5756.
    Borchers v. United States (two cases).
   C. A. 3d Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5770.
    Smith v. United States.
   C. A. 10th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5774.
    Edwards v. United States.
   C. A. 4th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5790.
    Tremble v. United States.
   C. A. 11th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5794.
    Pounds v. United States.
   C. A. 5th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5795.
    Nevels v. United States.
   C. A. 6th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5800.
    Wint v. United States.
   C. A. 6th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5807.
    Ainsworth v. United States.
   C. A. 5th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5808.
    Bilal v. Lockhart, Director, Arkansas Department of Correction.
   C. A. 8th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5813.
    Harris v. United States.
   C. A. 6th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5814.
    Hamell, aka Hamell-el v. United States.
   C. A. 8th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5823.
    Rice v. United States.
   C. A. 9th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5824.
    Ortiz v. United States.
   C. A. 9th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5825.
    McHayle v. United States.
   C. A. 6th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5826.
    Miranda-Ortiz, aka Pacheco v. United States.
   C. A. 2d Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5847.
    Raffaele v. Murdock et al.
   C. A. 4th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5849.
    Campbell et al. v. United States.
   C. A. 4th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5851.
    Moore v. Stock, Warden.
   C. A. 9th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5856.
    Williams v. United States.
   C. A. 4th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5857.
    Porter v. United States.
   C. A. 3d Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5858.
    Brown v. United States.
   C. A. 9th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5860.
    Hodge v. United States.
   C. A. 4th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5861.
    Garcia v. United States.
   C. A. 3d Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5864.
    Barker v. United States.
   C. A. 5th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5867.
    Werts v. United States.
   C. A. 6th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5869.
    Tyler v. United States.
   C. A. 8th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5874.
    Contreras v. United States.
   C. A. 8th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5877.
    Armstrong v. United States.
   C. A. 5th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5882.
    Culbertson v. United States.
   C. A. 9th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5921.
    Gannon v. Lewis et al.
   C. A. 9th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 90-1668.
    Texas v. Stephens.
   Ct. Crim. App. Tex. Motion of respondent for leave to proceed informa pauperis granted. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 90-8407.
    Strozier v. Newsome, Warden.
   C. A. 11th Cir. Certiorari denied.

Justice White would grant certiorari.


text:
    No. 91-355 (A-243).
    McNamee et al. v. State Bar Court for the State Bar of California.
   Sup. Ct. Cal. Application for stay, addressed to The Chief Justice and referred to the Court, denied. Certiorari denied.


author: Justice O’Connor,

text:
    No. 91-5473.
    Pensinger v. California.
   Sup. Ct. Cal. Certiorari denied.

Justice O’Connor,

with whom Justice Kennedy joins,

dissenting.

Petitioner claims that the California Supreme Court reviewed his death sentence in a manner inconsistent with this Court’s holding in Clemons v. Mississippi, 494 U. S. 738 (1990). I agree; I would grant the petition, vacate petitioner’s death sentence, and remand to the California Supreme Court.

At the guilt phase of a capital trial in California, the trier of fact determines whether the “special circumstances” alleged by the prosecution are true. Cal. Penal Code Ann. § 190.1(a) (West 1988). At the penalty phase, the trier of fact weighs any aggravating circumstances, including the special circumstances found to be true, against any mitigating circumstances. § 190.3.

At petitioner’s trial, the jury found the existence of two special circumstances — that the murder was committed in the course of a kidnaping, and that the murder was accompanied by the infliction of torture. The California Supreme Court reversed the jury’s finding as to the special circumstance of torture, because the jury was not instructed that the circumstance required proof of intent to torture. 52 Cal. 3d 1210, 1255, 805 P. 2d 899, 921 (1991). The court expressly found that the instructional error was not harmless, in light of the parties’ failure to focus at trial on the issue of petitioner’s intent to torture and because the evidence of such intent was not overwhelming. Ibid. The court nevertheless upheld the death sentence. In a single paragraph added to the opinion two months after it was published, the court reasoned: “[T]he evidence of the shocking nature of the attack on the infant victim was properly before the jury. The erroneous special circumstance finding was only a ‘statutory label’ which could not have affected the verdict in light of the evidence properly before the jury.” 52 Cal. 3d, at 1272, 805 P. 2d, at 933.

In my view, such cursory review is clearly insufficient under Clemons. Mississippi, like California, requires its juries to weigh aggravating and mitigating circumstances. In Clemons, the jury had considered an aggravating circumstance we assumed to be unconstitutionally vague — that the murder was ‘“especially heinous, atrocious, or cruel.’ ” 494 U. S., at 743. We held that the Mississippi Supreme Court could excise the erroneously considered aggravating circumstance and reweigh the evidence on its own; we did not require the court to remand for reweighing by the jury. Id., at 750. We also permitted the Mississippi Supreme Court to determine whether the jury would beyond a reasonable doubt have imposed the death sentence even in the absence of the error. Id., at 752. But because it was not clear whether the Mississippi Supreme Court had actually performed an independent reweighing of the evidence, and because the court had not engaged in a sufficient harmless error analysis based on the record, we vacated Clemons’ death sentence and remanded, so that the Mississippi Supreme Court could choose one course or the other. Id., at 751-754.

I would do the same here. The California Supreme Court did not reweigh the aggravating and mitigating circumstances. The court instead appears to have chosen Clemons’ second option, harmless error analysis. Rather than reviewing the record, however, to determine whether the jury would beyond a reasonable doubt have imposed the death sentence given a finding of one special circumstance rather than two, the California Supreme Court upheld the sentence based solely on the fact that the error did not alter the mix of evidence weighed by the jury at the penalty phase. This holding is irreconcilable with Clemons: The unconstitutional vagueness of the “especially heinous” instruction did not change the mix of evidence presented to the jury in that case either, but that fact alone did not support a finding of harmlessness. The California Supreme Court’s conclusion, moreover, makes little sense: All jury instruction errors would be harmless under this reasoning, because none of them add to or subtract from the evidence considered by the jury.

In a different case, the California Supreme Court’s brief discussion of this issue might be interpreted as a finding that the evidence of torture was so overwhelming that the instructional error was harmless, because a properly instructed jury would beyond a reasonable doubt have found the existence of the torture special circumstance. Here, however, the California Supreme Court explicitly refused to make such a finding. The decision below can only be interpreted as concluding that the invalidation of a special circumstance — in this case, one out of only two — is harmless whenever the same mix of evidence would have been presented to the jury in the error’s absence. Because this conclusion cannot be squared with Clemons, I would vacate petitioner’s death sentence and direct the California Supreme Court to review that sentence under the appropriate standard.


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    No. 91-5542.
    Lebbos v. State Bar of California.
   Sup. Ct. Cal. Motions for leave to file briefs as amici curiae filed by the following are granted: Roger Bartels, Barry Dale Ammon, Ronald Z. Berki, Raymond Dunn, Harold Rauch, John B. Gunn, Reginald Shinn, and John Rakus. Application for stay, addressed to The Chief Justice and referred to the Court, denied. Certiorari denied.


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    October 30, 1991
    No. A-267.
    American Newspaper Publishers Assn. et al. v. United States et al.
   Application for stay, presented to The Chief Justice, and by him referred to the Court, denied.

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


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    November 4, 1991
    No. 91-337.
    Sheheen, Speaker of the House of Representatives of South Carolina v. Tisdale et al.
   Appeal from D. C. S. C. Judgment vacated and case remanded with instructions to dismiss the appeal as moot. United States v. Munsingwear, Inc., 340 U. S. 36 (1950).


author: Justice Blackmun,

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    No. A-316 (91-6255).
    Siggers et al. v. Tunica County Board of Supervisors et al.
   D. C. N. D. Miss. Application for injunction and stay pending appeal, presented to Justice Scalia, and by him referred to the Court, denied.

Justice Blackmun,

with whom Justice Stevens and Justice O’Connor join,

dissenting.

I would grant the stay. In my judgment, appellants have shown both a reasonable likelihood that four Justices will vote to note probable jurisdiction as well as a “fair prospect” of success on the merits. Lucas v. Townsend, 486 U. S. 1301, 1304 (1988) (Kennedy, J., in chambers). In addition, I think the equities favor the appellants. See id., at 1305.

On May 14, 1991, the county submitted a reapportionment plan to the Attorney General for preclearance under §5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. That section provides that if the Attorney General does not object to a proposed plan within 60 days, the plan is deemed approved. See 42 U. S. C. § 1973c.

On June 24, the Department of Justice requested additional information. On July 12, 59 days after the county originally submitted its preclearance request, the Chief of the Justice Department’s Voting Rights Section dispatched a letter to appellee announcing that

“the sixty-day period for the changes now before us will now run concurrently with receipt of all the supplemental information. Therefore, by September 3, 1991, we will make a determination on the instant changes. See the Procedures for the Administration of Section 5 (28 C. F. R. 51.39).”

On September 3, the Justice Department denied preclearance, finding that the county had not met its burden of showing that its redistricting and electoral plan “has neither a discriminatory purpose nor a discriminatory effect.”

On September 13, a three-judge District Court denied appellants’ motion for an injunction. Appellants filed their request for injunctive relief in this Court on October 13. Due to an error in the Clerk’s Office of this Court, the filing was not renewed here until October 31.

Section 5 requires political subdivisions to obtain either judicial or administrative preclearance before implementing a voting change. “If voting changes subject to §5 have not been pre-cleared, § 5 plaintiffs are entitled to an injunction prohibiting the [political subdivision] from implementing the changes.” Clark v. Roemer, 500 U. S. 646, 652-653 (1991).

The District Court ignored this clear directive because it erroneously believed that the plan was precleared by the Attorney General’s failure to interpose an objection within 60 days. Within the original 60-day period, the Attorney General requested additional information, which reset the 60-day clock under §5. We have upheld the Attorney General’s authority to extend the time for consideration. Georgia v. United States, 411 U. S. 526, 539-541 (1973). Therefore, the Attorney General’s September 3 objections were interposed in a timely fashion, and the plan was not precleared.

The District Court also erred in declining to enjoin the election on the grounds that substantial resources had already been expended. We rejected that argument last Term in Clark v. Roemer. The facts that the electoral process already had begun and candidates had expended time and resources on the election are not persuasive reasons to depart from § 5’s preclearance mandate. Clark, 500 U. S., at 653.

The equities, in my view, also balance in favor of appellants. The Department of Justice argues that we should not grant the application for an injunction, although the District Court erred in refusing to enjoin the election, because appellants delayed too long in filing their motion to enjoin.

In July when it became apparent that Tunica County intended to move ahead with the election despite the Department of Justice’s July 12 letter informing them of an ongoing investigation, appellants filed for a temporary restraining order in District Court. After the September 3 denial of preclearance, appellants immediately sought a preliminary injunction. After the September 13 decision of the three-judge District Court, appellants filed a motion for injunctive relief in this Court within 30 days. Appellants have displayed no- lack of diligence in challenging this election. '

Indeed, it is the county that has contributed substantially to the injury that will be caused by enjoining the election at this late date. The parties and candidates had notice on June 24 and again on July 12 that the Department of Justice was concerned, and that preclearance might not be forthcoming on September 3. Since September 3 they have known that the Department of Justice did not preclear the election. Despite this notice, the county continued with election preparations. The mere passage of time does not create a balance of equities in the county’s favor in the face of the county’s failure to comply with the requirements of the Voting Rights Act of 1965.

For the foregoing reasons, I would grant the application for an injunction.


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    No. D-984.
    In re Disbarment of Flinn.
    [For earlier order herein, see, e.g., 500 U. S. 950.]
   Motion for reinstatement denied.


text:
    No. D-1023.
    In re Disbarment of Matney.
    [For earlier order herein, see 501 U. S. 1268.]
   Disbarment entered.


text:
    No. D-1024.
    In re Disbarment of Moorcones.
    [For earlier order herein, see 501 U. S. 1268.]
   Disbarment entered.


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    No. D-1025.
    In re Disbarment of Boxer.
    [For earlier order herein, see 501 U. S. 1269.]
   Disbarment entered.


text:
    No. D-1026.
    In re Disbarment of Gallagher.
    [For earlier order herein, see 501 U. S. 1269.]
   Disbarment entered.


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    No. D-1043.
    In re Disbarment of Frazer.
   It is ordered that Burnett Merrell Frazer, Jr., of Austin, Tex., be suspended from the practice of law in this Court and that a rule issue, returnable within 40 days, requiring him to show cause why he should not be disbarred from the practice of law in this Court.


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    No. D-1044.
    In re Disbarment of Weisensee.
   It is ordered that Lawrence Anthony Weisensee, of Duluth, Ga., be suspended from the practice of law in this Court and that a rule issue, returnable within 40 days, requiring him to show cause why he should not be disbarred from the practice of law in this Court.


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    No. D-1045.
    In re Disbarment of Cohen.
   It is ordered that Ronald Marvin Cohen, of Encino, Cal., be suspended from the practice of law in this Court and that a rule issue, returnable within 40 days, requiring him to show cause why he should not be disbarred from the practice of law in this Court.


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    No. D-1046.
    In re Disbarment of Jenkins.
   It is ordered that Andrew James Jenkins, of Deer Park, N. Y., be suspended from the practice of law in this Court and that a rule issue, returnable within 40 days, requiring him to show cause why he should not be disbarred from the practice of law in this Court.


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    No. 90-889.
    King v. St. Vincent’s Hospital.
   C. A. 11th Cir. [Certiorari granted, 498 U. S. 1081.] Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to file a supplemental brief after argument granted.

Justice Thomas took no part in the consideration or decision of this motion.


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    No. 90-1205.
    No. 90-6588.
    United States v. Mabus, Governor of Mississippi, et al.; and Ayers et al. v. Mabus, Governor of Mississippi, et al.
   C. A. 5th Cir. [Certiorari granted, 499 U. S. 958.] Motion of John F. Knight, Jr., et al. for leave to file a brief as amici curiae denied.


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    No. 90-1596.
    Robertson, Chief, United States Forest Service, et al. v. Seattle Audubon Society et al.
   C. A. 9th Cir. [Certiorari granted, 501 U. S. 1249.] Motion of Public Citizen for leave to file a brief as amicus curiae granted.


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    No. 90-1599.
    United States v. Felix.
   C. A. 10th Cir. [Cer-tiorari granted, ante, p. 806.] Motion of the Solicitor General to dispense with printing the joint appendix granted.


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    No. 91-42.
    United States v. Burke et al.
   C. A. 6th Cir. [Certiorari granted, ante, p. 806.] Motion of the Solicitor General to dispense with printing the joint appendix granted.


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    No. 91-164.
    United States v. Thompson/Center Arms Co.
   C. A. Fed. Cir. [Certiorari granted, ante, p. 807.] Motion of the Solicitor General to dispense with printing the joint appendix granted.


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    No. 90-1745.
    United States v. Wilson.
   C. A. 6th Cir. [Cer-tiorari granted, ante, p. 807.] Motion for appointment of counsel granted, and it is ordered that Henry A. Martin, Esq., of Nashville, Tenn., be appointed to serve as counsel for respondent in this case.


author: Justice Blackmun and Justice Stevens,

text:
    No. 91-5759.
    Mattiza v. Texas.
   Ct. App. Tex., 14th Dist. Motion of petitioner for leave to proceed in forma pauperis denied. Petitioner is allowed until November 25, 1991, within which to pay the docketing fee required by Rule 38(a) and to submit a petition in compliance with Rule 33 of the Rules of this Court.

Justice Blackmun and Justice Stevens,

dissenting.

For the reasons expressed in Brown v. Herald Co., 464 U. S. 928 (1983), we would deny the petition for writ of certiorari without reaching the merits of the motion to proceed in forma pauperis.


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    No. 91-5788.
    In re Johnson.
   App. Ct. Mass. Petition for writ of common-law certiorari denied.


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    No. 91-6044.
    No. 91-6046.
    In re Reese; and In re Brown-El.
   Petitions for writs of habeas corpus denied.


text:
    No. 91-6029.
    In re Dempsey.
   Petition for writ of mandamus denied.


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    No. 91-5556.
    In re Anderson.
   Petition for writ of mandamus denied.

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


text:
    No. 90-1846.
    Denton, Director of Corrections of California, et al. v. Hernandez.
   C. A. 9th Cir. Certiorari granted.


text:
    No. 91-372.
    Georgia v. McCollum et al.
   Sup. Ct. Ga. Certiorari granted.


text:
    No. 90-1412.
    Alabama Highway Department v. Boone, Administratrix of the Estate of Boone, et al.
   Sup. Ct. Ala. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 90-1881.
    Franklin Federal Savings Bank et al. v. Director, Office of Thrift Supervision, et al.
   C. A. 6th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 90-8374.
    Peoples v. United States.
   C. A. 8th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 90-8502.
    Briggman v. United States.
   C. A. 11th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-85.
    Sparks v. Superior Court of the City and County of San Francisco (City and County of San Francisco, Real Party in Interest).
   Ct. App. Cal., 1st App. Dist. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-110.
    Fields v. Hartford Casualty Insurance Co.
   C. A. 5th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-208.
    Kitowski, Personal Representative of the Estate of Mirecki, Deceased v. United States.
   C. A. 11th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-216.
    Matthews v. Greeneville Light & Power System et al.
   C. A. 6th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-229.
    Action Alliance of Senior Citizens of Greater Philadelphia et al. v. Sullivan, Secretary of Health and Human Services, et al.
   C. A. D. C. Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-233.
    Lawrence et al. v. United States.
   C. A. 7th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-244.
    Barnes et al. v. Lacy et al.
   C. A. 11th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-245.
    Stein v. Board of Regents of the University of the State of New York.
   App. Div., Sup. Ct. N. Y., 3d Jud. Dept. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-250.
    Blank et al. v. Bethlehem Steel Corp. et al.
   C. A. 11th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-256.
    Gotti et al. v. United States.
   C. A. 2d Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-273.
    Altran Corp. v. Ford Motor Co.
   C. A. 3d Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-276.
    Envirodyne Industries, Inc. v. Lumpkin et al.
   C. A. 7th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-294.
    Maryland Highway Contractors Assn., Inc. v. Maryland et al.
   C. A. 4th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-301.
    White v. Leis, Sheriff of Hamilton County, Ohio.
   C. A. 6th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-363.
    Old Second National Bank, Trustee, et al. v. City of Aurora.
   App. Ct. Ill., 2d Dist. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-364.
    Arnold v. Consolidated Rail Corporation.
   C. A. 6th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-368.
    Brown v. Brown et ux.
   App. Ct. Ill., 4th Dist. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-373.
    Figueroa Vivas v. Puerto Rico Office of the Special Prosecutor.
   Sup. Ct. P. R. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-379.
    American Economy Insurance Co. et al. v. Smith et vir.
   Ct. App. Tex., 2d Dist. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-389.
    Kerpelman v. Attorney Grievance Commission of Maryland.
   Ct. App. Md. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-390.
    Nordstrom v. Nordstrom.
   Ct. App. Wash. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-396.
    Galbreath v. Harris et ux.
   Ct. App. Tenn. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-398.
    First Southern Insurance Co. v. Massey.
   C. A. 11th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-403.
    Brown v. Curators of the University of Missouri.
   Ct. App. Mo., Western Dist. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-405.
    City of Jersey City et al. v. Redfield.
   C. A. 3d Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-407.
    Schoonover v. Klamath County, Oregon.
   Ct. App. Ore. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-408.
    Anderson v. United Telephone Company of Kansas.
   C. A. 10th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-409.
    Navarro v. Illinois.
   App. Ct. Ill., 1st Dist. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-412.
    Rosenbaum v. Rosenbaum.
   App. Ct. Ill., 1st Dist. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-417.
    Quiroga v. Hasbro, Inc., et al.
   C. A. 3d Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-418.
    Aerovias Nacionales de Colombia, S.A., et al. v. Calderon, Personal Representative of the Estate of Calderon, Deceased, et al.
   C. A. 11th Cir. Certiorari denied.


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    No. 91-419.
    Sommer, an Infant, by Sommer, his Mother v. Bennett, Individually, and Guardian ad Litem for Sommer, et al.
   C. A. 2d Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-421.
    Hanft v. Camar Realty Corp.
   Ct. App. N. Y. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-422.
    In re Hodge.
   Ct. App. N. Y. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-425.
    O’Quinn et al. v. Ryals, Individually, and dba Ryals Rentals, et al.
   Sup. Ct. Miss. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-426.
    Weltman v. Silna et al.
   C. A. 8th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-433.
    Campbell v. Schwartz, Grievance Administrator, Michigan Attorney Grievance Commission.
   Sup. Ct. Mich. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-435.
    McKnight v. New Jersey.
   Super. Ct. N. J., App. Div. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-438.
    Kroll v. Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois.
   C. A. 7th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-440.
    Goldberg & Feldman Fine Arts, Inc., et al. v. Autocephalous Greek-Orthodox Church of Cyprus et al.
   C. A. 7th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-442.
    Williams v. City of Northport et al.
   C. A. 11th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-445.
    Boyd v. Schildkraut Giftware Corp. et al.
   C. A. 2d Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-446.
    Castellano et al. v. Board of Trustees of the Police Officers’ Variable Supplements Fund et al.
   C. A. 2d Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-449.
    Stratagene v. Huse et al.
   C. A. Fed. Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-454.
    Devaney v. Xerox Corp.
   C. A. 9th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-456.
    Rossy v. Roche Products, Inc.
   C. A. 1st Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-461.
    Fisher Scientific Co. v. Colgan.
   C. A. 3d Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-462.
    Fernandez v. Bank of America, National Trust & Savings Assn.
   Ct. App. Cal., 1st App. Dist. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-467.
    Elbaum v. Ebsco Industries, Inc.
   C. A. 11th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-476.
    Tolen v. Kentucky.
   Cir. Ct. Ky., McCracken County. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-489.
    Omaha Indian Tribe v. Agricultural & Industrial Investment Co. et al.
   C. A. 8th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-495.
    Worldwide Church of God et al. v. McNair.
   Ct. App. Cal., 2d App. Dist. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-504.
    Somerville et al. v. New Jersey.
   Sup. Ct. N. J. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-507.
    Thompson v. District of Columbia et al.
   Ct. App. D. C. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-508.
    Fahnestock & Co., Inc. v. Waltman.
   C. A. 2d Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-509.
    Keels v. Waites et al.
   Sup. Ct. S. C. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-514.
    Snyder v. United States.
   C. A. 5th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-516.
    White v. United States.
   C. A. D. C. Cir. Cer-tiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-525.
    Hanover v. Ruch.
   Sup. Ct. Tenn. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-526.
    Vincent v. United States.
   C. A. 4th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-541.
    Manes v. New Mexico.
   Ct. App. N. M. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-557.
    Falkner et ux. v. Resolution Trust Corporation, as Receiver for AmeriFirst Bank, et al.
   C. A. 11th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-564.
    Butcher v. United States.
   C. A. 6th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-566.
    Underwood v. United States.
   C. A. 2d Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-584.
    Southern Pacific Transportation Co. et al. v. City of Los Angeles et al.
   C. A. 9th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5021.
    Shoupe v. United States.
   C. A. 3d Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5023.
    Bolden v. Virginia.
   Ct. App. Va. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5031.
    Neal v. Illinois.
   Sup. Ct. Ill. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5032.
    Monsanto v. United States.
   C. A. 2d Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5180.
    Simpson v. Kentucky.
   Ct. App. Ky. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5218.
    Warner v. United States.
   C. A. 10th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5282.
    Monsanto et al. v. United States.
   C. A. 2d Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5318.
    Pollard v. Missouri.
   Sup. Ct. Mo. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5350.
    Culberson v. Mississippi.
   Sup. Ct. Miss. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5395.
    Dickey v. United States.
   C. A. 9th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5406.
    Young v. United States.
   C. A. 8th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5453.
    Nagac v. Derwinski, Secretary of Veterans Affairs.
   C. A. Fed. Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5460.
    Scott v. Attorney General of the United States.
   C. A. 6th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5467.
    Jenkins v. Dugger et al.
   C. A. 11th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5523.
    Jordan v. Secretary of Health and Human Services.
   C. A. 5th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5629.
    Pike v. Alabama.
   Ct. Crim. App. Ala. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5630.
    Evans v. Dowd.
   C. A. 8th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5648.
    Whitaker v. Bay Area Rapid Transit District.
   Ct. App. Cal., 1st App. Dist. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5650.
    Perry v. Alameda County, California.
   C. A. 9th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5658.
    Cooper v. Corderman et al.
   Ct. App. Mo., Western Dist. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5659.
    Christopher v. McMackin, Superintendent, Marion Correctional Institution.
   C. A. 6th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5665.
    Regino v. California.
   Ct. App. Cal., 2d App. Dist. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5671.
    Chatfield v. Johnson et al.
   C. A. 10th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5674.
    McGill v. New York.
   C. A. 2d Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5678.
    Gill v. Gupton et ux.
   Ct. App. Ky. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5684.
    Strickler v. Virginia.
   Sup. Ct. Va. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5690.
    Saunders v. Virginia.
   Sup. Ct. Va. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5707.
    Gage v. Borg, Warden.
   C. A. 9th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5711.
    Farrell v. McGinnis, Director, Illinois Department of Corrections, et al.
   C. A. 7th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5712.
    Messih v. Levine et al.
   Ct. App. Cal., 2d App. Dist. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5715.
    Barnett v. Kaiser, Warden, et al.
   C. A. 10th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5717.
    Bilal v. Stephens et al.
   C. A. 8th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5718.
    Abercrombie v. Barbour, Superintendent, Twin Rivers Corrections Center.
   C. A. 9th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5721.
    Taxey v. Illinois.
   App. Ct. Ill., 1st Dist. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5722.
    Williams v. State Farm Automobile Insurance Co.
   Ct. App. Mich. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5724.
    Hunter v. Clark et al.
   C. A. 7th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5733.
    Johnson v. Guste, Attorney General of Louisiana, et al.
   C. A. 5th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5737.
    Martin v. Virginia.
   Sup. Ct. Va. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5743.
    Ellis v. Baltimore County Department of Community Development and Housing Office et al.
   C. A. 4th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5744.
    Aziz v. St. Louis County et al.
   C. A. 8th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5749.
    Jones v. Checkett, Director, Missouri Department of Social Services, Division of Medical Services.
   C. A. 8th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5751.
    Groff v. Perezous et al.
   C. A. 3d Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5754.
    Edwards v. Singletary, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al.
   C. A. 11th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5755.
    Maxwell v. California.
   Ct. App. Cal., 2d App. Dist. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5757.
    Whitaker v. Salvation Army et al.
   Ct. App. Cal., 1st App. Dist. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5758.
    Pridgen v. Barnett, Attorney General of North Carolina.
   C. A. 4th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5765.
    Zeigler v. Florida.
   Sup. Ct. Fla. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5769.
    Lin v. Fordham University et al.
   C. A. 2d Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5775.
    Clarke v. Texas.
   Ct. Crim. App. Tex. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5780.
    Hernandez v. City of Temple, Texas, et al.
   C. A. 5th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5782.
    Jackson et al. v. Ward et al.
   C. A. 5th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5784.
    Marino v. Kansas.
   Ct. App. Kan. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5786.
    Mykjaaland v. Hickey et al.
   C. A. 4th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5792.
    Brown v. Pennsylvania.
   Super. Ct. Pa. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5798.
    Lee v. Kemper Group, t/a Lumbermen’s Mutual Insurance Co., et al.
   C. A. 3d Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5799.
    Corley v. Keohane, Warden.
   C. A. 3d Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5801.
    Wiley v. Gibson et al.
   Ct. App. Ind. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5803.
    Teter v. Missouri.
   Sup. Ct. Mo. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5805.
    Bates et al. v. Federal Land Bank of Wichita, Kansas.
   C. A. 10th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5806.
    Hill v. Collins, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Institutional Division.
   C. A. 5th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5811.
    Terrell v. Fauver et al.
   C. A. 3d Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5815.
    Swigart v. Iowa.
   Ct. App. Iowa. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5816.
    Stewart v. Nuth, Warden, et al.
   C. A. 4th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5817.
    Taylor v. Georgia.
   Sup. Ct. Ga. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5818.
    Henderson v. Collins, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Institutional Division.
   C. A. 5th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5819.
    Evans v. United States.
   C. A. 10th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5820.
    James v. Michigan.
   Ct. App. Mich. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5821.
    Mellan Fonseca, aka Avida Mosqueda v. United States.
   C. A. 4th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5828.
    Mabson v. Old Hickory Casualty Insurance Co., Inc.
   C. A. 9th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5829.
    Montague v. Department of Agriculture.
   C. A. 3d Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5830.
    Restrepo et ux. v. First National Bank of Dona Ana County, New Mexico.
   C. A. 5th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5831.
    Reid v. Scott, Warden, et al.
   C. A. 6th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5833.
    Maldonado v. Collins, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Institutional Division.
   C. A. 5th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5835.
    Reidt v. Department of Veterans Affairs.
   C. A. 9th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5837.
    Simon v. Brennan.
   C. A. 7th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5838.
    Glover v. Leonardo, Superintendent, Great Meadow Correctional Facility.
   C. A. 2d Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5841.
    Bush v. Office of Personnel Management.
   C. A. Fed. Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5846.
    Payton v. United States.
   C. A. 8th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5865.
    No. 91-5925.
    Cummings v. United States; and Cummings v. United States.
   C. A. 4th Cir. Certiorari denied. Reported below: 937 F. 2d 941.


text:
    No. 91-5870.
    Sims v. United States.
   C. A. 6th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5871.
    Wagner v. Williford, Warden, et al.
   C. A. 7th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5873.
    Fisher v. Grayson, Warden.
   C. A. 6th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5875.
    Barnes v. United States.
   C. A. D. C. Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5883.
    Williams v. United States.
   C. A. 10th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5885.
    Graham v. United States.
   C. A. 11th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5886.
    Ellis v. United States.
   C. A. 9th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5890.
    Romero v. United States.
   C. A. 11th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5892.
    McMahon v. United States.
   C. A. 10th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5894.
    Plair v. United States.
   C. A. 3d Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5895.
    Moore v. United States.
   C. A. 7th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5902.
    Ross v. United States.
   C. A. 6th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5906.
    Liriano v. United States.
   C. A. 11th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5907.
    Maxton v. United States.
   C. A. 4th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5913.
    Williams v. United States.
   C. A. 4th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5914.
    Rivera v. United States.
   C. A. 2d Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5915.
    Palacio v. United States.
   C. A. 11th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5916.
    Rowe v. Department of the Army.
   C. A. D. C. Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5919.
    Demes v. United States.
   C. A. 3d Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5924.
    Sewell v. Collins, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Institutional Division.
   C. A. 5th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5926.
    Lucas v. United States.
   C. A. 8th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5927.
    Miller v. United States.
   C. A. 11th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5928.
    Keats v. United States.
   C. A. 2d Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5930.
    Atri v. United States.
   C. A. 7th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5931.
    Alcazar v. United States.
   C. A. 9th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5932.
    Rojas v. United States.
   C. A. 4th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5938.
    Martinez Gonzalez v. United States.
   C. A. 9th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5939.
    Ramirez-Ortega v. United States.
   C. A. 9th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5941.
    Johnson v. United States.
   C. A. 6th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5942.
    Ellzey v. United States.
   C. A. 10th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5944.
    Ponce de Leon v. United States.
   C. A. 11th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5945.
    Barkdoll v. United States.
   C. A. 10th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5946.
    Barnes v. Rollins, Warden, et al.; and Terry v. Rollins, Warden, et al.
   C. A. 4th Cir. Certiorari denied. Reported below: 930 R 2d 913 (first case); 934 P. 2d 320 (second case).


text:
    No. 91-5948.
    Taylor v. United States.
   C. A. 5th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5950.
    Dunn v. United States.
   C. A. 9th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5951.
    Gochis v. United States.
   C. A. 11th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5953.
    Gunn v. United States.
   C. A. 5th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5954.
    Juarez-Fierro v. United States.
   C. A. 5th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5959.
    Dashney v. United States.
   C. A. 10th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5960.
    Bachynsky v. United States.
   C. A. 5th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5961.
    Wright v. United States.
   C. A. 8th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5964.
    Makinde v. United States.
   C. A. 6th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5969.
    Medious v. United States.
   C. A. 5th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5983.
    Whalen v. United States.
   C. A. 7th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5986.
    Palma-Rodriguez v. United States.
   C. A. 11th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5988.
    Colston v. United States.
   C. A. 7th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5994.
    Wilton v. United States.
   C. A. 10th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-6004.
    Thomas v. United States.
   C. A. 10th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-6008.
    Alessi v. Pennsylvania et al.
   C. A. 3d Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-6009.
    Dixon et al. v. United States.
   C. A. 4th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-6010.
    Duggan v. United States.
   C. A. 5th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-6011.
    Davis v. United States.
   C. A. 2d Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-6028.
    Chlumsky v. United States.
   C. A. 10th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-6030.
    Grabill v. United States.
   C. A. 4th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-6031.
    Groves v. United States.
   C. A. 8th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-6034.
    Michel v. United States.
   C. A. 5th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-6036.
    Pennington v. United States.
   C. A. 9th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-6040.
    Nolley v. United States.
   C. A. 4th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 90-1828.
    United States v. Daily et al.
   C. A. 10th Cir. Certiorari denied.

Justice White and Justice Blackmun would grant certiorari.


text:
    No. 91-99.
    Curtis v. United States.
   Ct. Mil. App. Certiorari denied.

Justice White and Justice Blackmun would grant certiorari.


text:
    No. 91-195.
    United States v. Whitney Benefits, Inc., et al.
   C. A. Fed. Cir. Certiorari denied.

Justice White and Justice Blackmun would grant certiorari.


text:
    No. 90-1835.
    Rust Engineering Co., Inc. v. Campbell.
   C. A. 6th Cir. Certiorari denied.

Justice White and Justice O'Connor would grant certiorari.


text:
    No. 90-1883.
    Nurse Midwifery Associates et al. v. Hendersonville Community Hospital et al.
   C. A. 6th Cir. Certiorari denied.

Justice White would grant certiorari.


text:
    No. 91-293.
    Southern Pacific Transportation Co. v. Hernandez.
   Ct. App. Tex., 4th Dist. Certiorari denied.

Justice White would grant certiorari.


text:
    No. 91-431.
    Murphy v. Klein Tools, Inc.
   C. A. 10th Cir. Certiorari denied.

Justice White would grant certiorari.


text:
    No. 90-1974.
    Sparks v. Churchill Downs et al.
   Ct. App. Ky. Certiorari denied. It is further ordered that a rule issue, returnable within 40 days, requiring petitioner to show cause why he should not be sanctioned in the amount of $1,000 for falsifying Exhibits 1 and 3 to his petition.

Justice Thomas took no part in the consideration or decision of this petition and this order.


text:
    No. 91-177.
    Singletary, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections v. Woods.
   C. A. 11th Cir. Motion of respondent for leave to proceed in forma pawperis granted. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-391.
    Karim v. Boyer.
   C. A. 10th Cir. Motion of respondent for leave to proceed informa pauperis granted. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-212 (A-263).
    Western Palm Beach County Farm Bureau, Inc., et al. v. United States et al.
   C. A. 11th Cir. Application for stay, addressed to Justice Scalia and referred to the Court, denied. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-282.
    Halas v. Department of Energy.
   C. A. Fed. Cir. Certiorari before judgment denied.


text:
    No. 91-470.
    Hodge v. New York State Department of Education et al.
   App. Div., Sup. Ct. N. Y., 3d Jud. Dept. Certiorari denied.

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


text:
    No. 91-5130.
    Scott v. Reardon et al.
   C. A. 9th Cir. Certiorari denied.

Justice White and Justice Kennedy would grant certiorari.


text:
    No. 91-5452.
    Harrison v. United States.
   C. A. D. C. Cir. Certiorari denied.

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


text:
    November 7, 1991
    No. 90-1156.
    New Orleans Public Service Inc. v. Council of the City of New Orleans et al.
   C. A. 5th Cir. [Certio-rari granted, 499 U. S. 974.] Writ of certiorari dismissed under this Court’s Rule 46.


text:
    November 11, 1991
    No. 91-6337 (A-335).
    Green v. Collins, 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 Blackmun and Justice Stevens would grant the application for stay of execution of sentence of death.


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    November 12, 1991
    No. 91-434.
    Watkins et al. v. Mabus, Governor of Mississippi, et al.
   Appeal from D. C. S. D. Miss. Judgment affirmed except with respect to appellants' claim that the preclearance requirements of § 5 of the Voting Rights Act apply to the changes in the absentee ballot procedures adopted for the September 17 election ordered by the District Court. The completion of the September 17 election has rendered this claim moot with regard to the relief sought, i. e., an order enjoining the September 17 election for failure to comply with preclearance requirements. Accordingly, we vacate that portion of the judgment below with instructions to dismiss the relevant part of the complaint. Webster v. Reproductive Health Services, 492 U. S. 490, 512-513 (1989); United States v. Munsingwear, Inc., 340 U. S. 36, 39-40 (1950).

Justice Blackmun and Justice Stevens would note probable jurisdiction and set case for oral argument.


text:
    No. 91-5518.
    Kashif v. United States.
   C. A. 10th 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 the position presently asserted by the Solicitor General in his brief for the United States filed October 21, 1991.


text:
    No. A-224.
    Hoang v. Sims et al.
   Application for leave to file petition for writ of certiorari in excess of the page limitations and an oversized appendix, addressed to The Chief Justice and referred to the Court, denied.


text:
    No. D-1028.
    In re Disbarment of Weber.
    [For earlier order herein, see 501 U. S. 1269.]
   Disbarment entered.


text:
    No. D-1047.
    In re Disbarment of Katz.
   It is ordered that Al Katz, of Buffalo, N. Y., be suspended from the practice of law in this Court and that a rule 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-1048.
    In re Disbarment of Cannavino.
   It is ordered that Pasquale G. Cannavino, of Newport News, Va., be suspended from the practice of law in this Court and that a rule 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. 90-8370.
    Medina v. California.
   Sup. Ct. Cal. [Certiorari granted, ante, p. 924.] Motion for appointment of counsel granted, and it is ordered that Michael Pescetta, Esq., of San Francisco, Cal., be appointed to serve as counsel for petitioner in this case.


text:
    No. 91-381.
    No. 91-471.
    No. 91-5397.
    Illinois ex rel. Office of Public Counsel et al. v. Illinois Commerce Commission et al. Chemical Waste Management, Inc. v. Hunt, Governor of Alabama, et al. Negonsott v. Samuels, Warden, et al.
   Sup. Ct. Ill.;

Sup. Ct. Ala.; and

C. A. 10th Cir. The Solicitor General is invited to file briefs in these cases expressing the views of the United States.


text:
    No. 91-5752.
    In re Heslop.
   Petition for writ of mandamus denied.


text:
    No. 91-5908.
    In re Vey.
   Petition for writ of mandamus and/ or prohibition denied.


text:
    No. 91-122.
    PFZ Properties, Inc. v. Rodriguez et al.
   C. A. 1st Cir. Certiorari granted limited to Question 2 presented by the petition.


text:
    No. 90-1712.
    North Carolina v. Smith.
   Sup. Ct. N. C. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 90-1768.
    No. 90-1774.
    Work et al. v. Tyson Foods, Inc., et al.; and Tyson Foods, Inc. v. Work et al.
   C. A. 8th Cir. Certiorari denied. Reported below: 921 F. 2d 1394.


text:
    No. 90-7495.
    Stumpf v. Ohio.
   Ct. App. Ohio, Guernsey County. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 90-8446.
    Williams v. Illinois.
   App. Ct. Ill., 2d Dist. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-186.
    Mid-Ohio Communications, Inc. v. Federal Communications Commission.
   C. A. D. C. Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-199.
    No. 91-439.
    Gambino v. United States; and Mannino et al. v. United States.
   C. A. 3d Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-217.
    Washington Department of Natural Resources et al. v. United States et al.
   C. A. 9th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-246.
    Samuels, Kramer & Co. v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue.
   C. A. 2d Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-260.
    Metz v. United States.
   C. A. 10th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-277.
    Add Ventures, Inc. v. United States et al.
   C. A. 9th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-288.
    Kim v. United States.
   C. A. 3d Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-314.
    Champ Corp. v. National Labor Relations Board et al.
   C. A. 9th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-317.
    DeLorenzo et al. v. United States.
   C. A. 4th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-318.
    Leland v. Federal Insurance Administrator et al.
   C. A. 4th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-338.
    Sanchez et al. v. City of Santa Ana, California, et al.
   C. A. 9th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-406.
    Southern Railway Co. v. Wallace.
   Sup. Ct. Va. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-443.
    Hodge v. Lake Shore Hospital, Inc., et al.
   C. A. 2d Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-451.
    Norris v. Alabama State Bar.
   Sup. Ct. Ala. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-459.
    Nelson et ux. v. Production Credit Association of the Midlands.
   C. A. 8th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-465.
    Academy Life Insurance Co. v. Guill et al.
   C. A. 4th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-484.
    Michigan Attorney Grievance Commission v. Doe #1.
   C. A. 6th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-490.
    Greening v. Miller, Chief Justice, Supreme Court of Illinois, et al.
   Sup. Ct. Ill. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-492.
    Plymale v. Freeman et al.
   C. A. 6th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-496.
    Magyar et ux. v. Olan et al.
   Ct. App. Cal., 2d App. Dist. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-530.
    Pledger, Commissioner of Revenues of Arkansas v. Illinois Tool Works, Inc.
   Sup. Ct. Ark. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-580.
    Kolstad v. Internal Revenue Service.
   C. A. 5th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-598.
    Wicker v. United States.
   C. A. 5th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-602.
    Renfroe v. United States.
   C. A. 3d Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-622.
    Fox v. United States.
   C. A. 3d Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-629.
    Garcia v. United States.
   C. A. 5th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5015.
    Dominguez-Mestas v. United States.
   C. A. 9th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5082.
    Hayes v. California.
   Sup. Ct. Cal. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5098.
    Suarez v. United States.
   C. A. 11th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5205.
    Montilla-Davila, aka Khadafi v. United States.
   C. A. 3d Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5226.
    Conner v. United States.
   C. A. 4th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5288.
    Tonner v. United States.
   C. A. 4th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5394.
    Campbell v. United States.
   C. A. 11th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5494.
    Nelson v. United States Parole Commission et al.
   C. A. 3d Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5507.
    Soderling et al. v. Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation et al.
   C. A. 9th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5572.
    Betancourt-Arretuche v. United States.
   C. A. 1st Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5581.
    Morris v. California.
   Sup. Ct. Cal. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5602.
    Leger v. Illinois.
   App. Ct. Ill., 5th Dist. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5738.
    Ledet v. United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.
   C. A. 5th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5746.
    Daniels v. Borg, Warden, et al.
   C. A. 9th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5796.
    Chester v. Pennsylvania.
   Sup. Ct. Pa. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5812.
    Whalen et al. v. Town of Livermore, Maine, et al.
   Sup. Jud. Ct. Me. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5834.
    Pollotta v. Miles, Superintendent, Elmira Correctional Facility, et al.
   C. A. 2d Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5840.
    Al-Bari, aka White v. Compton, Warden, et al.
   C. A. 6th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5842.
    Zuckerman v. Hadden, Warden.
   C. A. 4th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5844.
    Schaefer v. State Board of Equalization et al.
   C. A. 9th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5848.
    Holmes v. Sheahan, Cook County Sheriff, et al.
   C. A. 7th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5850.
    Reed v. United States.
   C. A. 4th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5853.
    Moore v. Garraghty, Warden.
   C. A. 4th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5854.
    Hamilton v. Collins, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Institutional Division.
   C. A. 6th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5855.
    Diffay v. Diffay et al.
   App. Ct. Ill., 1st Dist. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5859.
    Johnson v. Petsock, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Pittsburgh, et al.
   C. A. 3d Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5863.
    Bauman et al. v. Illinois.
   App. Ct. Ill., 4th Dist. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5876.
    Abdur-Rahman v. Pieron et al.
   C. A. 6th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5879.
    Williams v. Davis Boat Works, Inc.
   C. A. 4th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5880.
    Harris v. Gist, Judge, et al.
   C. A. 5th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5881.
    Cody v. Jabe, Warden.
   C. A. 6th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5889.
    Lusk v. Singletary, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections.
   Sup. Ct. Fla. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5898.
    Miller v. California.
   C. A. 9th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5899.
    Gentsch v. United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas.
   C. A. 5th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5900.
    Clark v. Indiana.
   Sup. Ct. Ind. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5904.
    Zickl v. Carson et al.
   C. A. 4th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5905.
    Tyler v. Peoria County, Illinois.
   C. A. 7th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5909.
    West v. Armontrout, Warden.
   C. A. 8th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5910.
    Sanders v. Detroit Police Department.
   Ct. App. Mich. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5911.
    Montoya v. Texas.
   Ct. Crim. App. Tex. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5917.
    Patterson v. Coughlin, Commissioner, Department of Correctional Services of New York.
   C. A. 2d Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5918.
    Martel v. New Hampshire.
   Sup. Ct. N. H. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5935.
    Johnson v. Singletary, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections.
   C. A. 11th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-5980.
    Martinelli v. City of Cleveland Police Department.
   Ct. App. Ohio, Cuyahoga County Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-6015.
    Hubers v. United States.
   C. A. 8th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-6035.
    Prince v. United States.
   C. A. 10th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-6051.
    Moore v. United States.
   C. A. 5th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-6054.
    Bustamante v. United States.
   C. A. 11th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-6067.
    Williams v. United States.
   C. A. 11th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-6068.
    Dudley v. United States.
   C. A. 11th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-6072.
    Samuels et al. v. United States.
   C. A. 5th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 91-6073.
    Wright v. United States.
   C. A. 10th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 90-1628.
    No. 91-5013.
    No. 91-5087.
    Cummins v. United States. Trigg v. United States. Enriquez-Nevarez v. United States.
   C. A. 8th Cir.;

C. A. 7th Cir.; and

C. A. 5th Cir. Certiorari denied. Reported below: No. 90-1628, 920 F. 2d 498; No. 91-5013, 925 F. 2d 1064; No. 91-5087, 931 F. 2d 890.

Justice White,

dissenting.

In each of these eases, the petitioner has alleged that police used a traffic stop as a pretext for conducting a narcotics search. Gregory Cummins was stopped after he failed to proceed through an intersection when the traffic light turned green. 920 F. 2d 498 (CA8 1990). William Trigg was arrested for driving with a suspended license. 925 F. 2d 1064 (CA7 1991) (case below); United States v. Trigg, 878 F. 2d 1037 (CA7 1989). Mario Enriquez-Nevarez was pulled over after officers observed that his truck had a broken taillight. 931 F. 2d 890 (CA5 1991) (affirmance order). Each search led to the recovery of illegal drugs.

The Courts of Appeals for the Eighth, Seventh, and Fifth Circuits held that, because a reasonable police officer could have made the traffic stops, the evidence produced by the searches was admissible. See also United States v. Causey, 834 F. 2d 1179 (CA5 1987) (en banc). Cf. United States v. Nersesian, 824 F. 2d 1294 (CA2), cert. denied, 484 U. S. 958 (1987); United States v. Hawkins, 811 F. 2d 210 (CA3), cert. denied, 484 U. S. 833 (1987). The petitioners contend that the evidence should have been suppressed because no reasonable police officer would have made such traffic stops, and hence the-''Stops were pretexts to investí-gate other crimes for which there were not grounds to stop. See United States v. Guzman, 864 F. 2d 1512 (CA10 1988); United States v. Smith, 799 F. 2d 704 (CA11 1986).

In recent months, this Court has denied review of at least two other cases raising pretextual search claims. See, e. g., Anderson v. Illinois, ante, p. 824; Hope v. United States, 499 U. S. 983 (1991). I would grant certiorari to address this recurring issue and to resolve the split in the Courts of Appeals.


text:
    No. 91-312.
    Siben et al. v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue.
   C. A. 2d Cir. Certiorari denied.

Justice White would grant certiorari.


text:
    No. 91-441.
    Uniroyal, Inc., et al. v. Duke et al.
   C. A. 4th Cir. Certiorari denied.

Justice White would grant certiorari.


text:
    No. 91-481.
    Baris et al. v. Caltex Petroleum, Inc., et al.
   C. A. 5th Cir. Certiorari denied.

Justice White would grant certiorari.


text:
    No. 91-469.
    Paragould Cablevision, Inc. v. City of Paragould et al.
   C. A. 8th Cir. Motions of Warner Cable Communications, Inc., National Cable Television Association, Inc., and Tele-Communications, Inc., et al. for leave to file briefs as amici curiae granted. Certiorari denied.


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    No. 91-472.
    Stamey v. Southern Bell Telephone & Telegraph Co.
   C. A. 11th Cir. Certiorari denied.

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