Opinion
APRIL 2, 2001
No. 00M76. DOUGHTIE v. JOHNSON, DIRECTOR, TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE, INSTITUTIONAL DIVISION;
No. 00M77. CHUNG v. BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES; and
No. 00M79. WEBER v. MOORE, SECRETARY, FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS. Motions to direct the Clerk to file petitions for writs of certiorari out of time denied.
No. 00M78. MELEK v. STATE BAR OF CALIFORNIA ET AL. Motion to dispense with printing petition for writ of certiorari in compliance with this Court's Rule 33.1 denied.
No. 00-189. IDAHO v. UNITED STATES ET AL. C.A. 9th Cir. [Certiorari granted, 531 U.S. 1050.] Motion of respondent Coeur D'Alene Tribe for divided argument granted.
No. 00-391. FLORIDA v. THOMAS. Sup.Ct. Fla. [Certiorari granted, 531 U.S. 1069.] Motion of the Acting Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument granted.
No. 00-596. LORILLARD TOBACCO CO. ET AL. v. REILLY, ATTORNEY GENERAL OF MASSACHUSETTS, ET AL.; and
No. 00-597. ALTADIS U.S.A. INC., AS SUCCESSOR TO CONSOLIDATED CIGAR CORP. AND HAVATAMPA, INC., ET AL. v. REILLY, ATTORNEY GENERAL OF MASSACHUSETTS, ET AL. C.A. 1st Cir. [Certiorari granted, 531 U.S. 1068.] Motion of the Acting Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument granted.
No. 00-763. POLLARD v. E. I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS CO. C.A. 6th Cir. [Certiorari granted, 531 U.S. 1069.] Motion of Equal Employment Advisory Council et al. for leave to file a brief as amicus curiae granted. Motion of the Acting Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument granted. JUSTICE O'CONNOR took no part in the consideration or decision of these motions.
No. 00-6933. LEE v. KEMNA, SUPERINTENDENT, CROSSROADS CORRECTIONAL CENTER. C.A. 8th Cir. [Certiorari granted, 531 U.S. 1189.] Motion for appointment of counsel granted, and it is ordered that Bonnie I. Robin-Vergeer, Esq., of Washington, D.C., be appointed to serve as counsel for petitioner in this case.