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Kemp Vs. Smith
Court: US Supreme Court
Decided on: Aug-24-1983
Kemp v. Smith - 463 U.S. 1321 (1983) U.S. Supreme Court Kemp v. Smith, 463 U.S. 1321 (1983) Kemp v. Smith No. A-133 Decided August 24, 1983 463 U.S. 1321 ON APPLICATION TO VACATE STAY Syllabus An application to vacate the Court of Appeals' stay of respondent's execution is denied. The papers presented do not show that the Court of Appeals abused its discretion in granting a stay pending a hearing on the merits in respondent's habeas corpus proceedings. JUSTICE POWELL, Circuit Justice. Respondent Smith, a convicted murderer, is scheduled to be executed by the State of Georgia at 8 a.m. tomorrow, Thursday, August 25. At about 4:25 p.m. on August 23, the Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit -- reversing the District Court -- granted a stay of execution. Its brief opinion stated that substantial issues were raised in this habeas corpus proceeding that justified review of their merits. Judge Hill dissented. At about 10 a.m. today, the Attorney General of Georgia filed an a...
Bellotti Vs. Latino Pac
Court: US Supreme Court
Decided on: Aug-11-1983
Bellotti v. Latino PAC - 463 U.S. 1319 (1983) U.S. Supreme Court Bellotti v. Latino PAC, 463 U.S. 1319 (1983) Bellotti v. Latino Political Action Committee No. A-99 Decided August 11, 1983 463 U.S. 1319 ON APPLICATION FOR STAY Syllabus An application to stay, pending the filing and disposition of a petition for a writ of certiorari, the District Court's judgment -- holding unconstitutional, and enjoining preliminary or final elections under, a new electoral districting plan for the election of members of the Boston City Council and the School Committee -- is denied. It is not reasonably probable that four Justices will consider the issues involved to be sufficiently meritorious to grant certiorari; nor is there a fair prospect that a majority of the Court will conclude that the decision below was erroneous. The inconvenience and delay imposed by the District Court's requirement that the districting plan be revised before elections can go forward are not so great as to warrant...
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