Spencer v. Zant, s. 82-8408

Decision Date28 March 1984
Docket NumberNos. 82-8408,82-8413 and 84-8176,s. 82-8408
Citation729 F.2d 1293
PartiesJames Lee SPENCER, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Walter D. ZANT, Superintendent, Georgia Diagnostic & Classification Center, Respondent-Appellee. Willie X. ROSS, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Joe S. HOPPER, Respondent-Appellee. Warren McCLESKEY, Petitioner-Appellee, Cross-Appellant, v. Walter D. ZANT, Warden, Respondent-Appellant, Cross-Appellee.
CourtU.S. Court of Appeals — Eleventh Circuit

Edward D. Tolley, Athens, Ga., Anthony G. Amsterdam, John Charles Boger, Jack Greenberg, James N. Nabrit, III, Joel Berger, Deborah Fins, James S. Liebman, Barrington D. Parker, Jr., New York City, for petitioner-appellant in No. 82-8408.

William Hill, Asst. Atty. Gen., Virginia H. Jeffries, Atlanta, Ga., for respondent-appellee in No. 82-8408.

William Sumner, Quintus W. Sibley, Atlanta, Ga., Thomas M. Lahiff, Jr., Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, New York City, for amicus--Alpha Otis O'Daniel Stephens.

John Charles Boger, Jack Greenberg, James M. Nabrit, III, Joel Berger, Deborah Fins, James S. Liebman, New York City, for petitioner-appellant in No. 82-8413.

Jan Hildebrand, Mary Beth Westmoreland, Asst. Atty. Gen., Atlanta, Ga., for respondent-appellee in No. 82-8413.

Mary Beth Westmoreland, Asst. Atty. Gen., Atlanta, Ga., for respondent-appellant, cross-appellee in No. 84-8176.

Robert H. Stroup, Atlanta, Ga., John Charles Boger, New York City, for petitioner-appellee, cross-appellant in No. 84-8176.

Appeals from the United States District Court for the Northern and the Southern Districts of Georgia.

Before GODBOLD, Chief Judge, RONEY, TJOFLAT, HILL, FAY, VANCE, KRAVITCH, JOHNSON, HENDERSON, HATCHETT, ANDERSON and CLARK, Circuit Judges.

BY THE COURT:

IT IS ORDERED, on the Court's own motion, that the captioned appeal, No. 84-8176, McCleskey v. Zant, will be initially heard by the Court sitting en banc.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED, on the Court's own motion, that rehearing en banc is GRANTED in No. 82-8413, Ross v. Hopper, 716 F.2d 1528. The Clerk will establish a schedule for filing en banc briefs.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the en banc Court will withhold decision in appeal no. 82-8408, Spencer v. Zant, 715 F.2d 1562, pending submission and consideration of McCleskey and Ross.

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  • Stephens v. Kemp
    • United States
    • U.S. Supreme Court
    • November 26, 1984
    ...new social scientific evidence began on August 8, 1983 in McCleskey v. Zant, [580 F.Supp. 338 (ND Ga.), hearing en banc granted, 729 F.2d 1293 (CA11 1984) ], before Honorable J. Owen Forester. Under these circumstances, Petitioner's assertion of this claim upon this newly available factual ......
  • Moore v. Zant
    • United States
    • U.S. Court of Appeals — Eleventh Circuit
    • June 4, 1984
    ...(11 Cir.1983), vacated for reh'g en banc, 715 F.2d 1562 (1983); McCleskey v. Zant, 580 F.Supp. 338 (N.D.Ga.1984), app. pending, 729 F.2d 1293, No. 84-8176 (to be argued before 11th Cir., en banc, in June, 1984); Ross v. Hopper, 716 F.2d 1528 (11th Cir.1983), vacated for reh'g en banc, 729 F......
  • Prejean v. Blackburn
    • United States
    • U.S. Court of Appeals — Fifth Circuit
    • October 15, 1984
    ...resulted in a death sentence.10 The Eleventh Circuit in Spencer v. Zant, 715 F.2d 1562 (1983), vacated for en banc rehearing, 729 F.2d 1293 (11th Cir.1984), reversed the district court's refusal to grant an evidentiary hearing on a statistical tender. There were three bases for the appellat......
  • Shaw v. Martin
    • United States
    • U.S. Court of Appeals — Fourth Circuit
    • April 26, 1984
    ...v. Hopper, 716 F.2d 1528, 1539 (11th Cir.1983); Spencer v. Zant, 715 F.2d 1562, 1578-83 (11th Cir.), rehearing en banc granted, 729 F.2d 1293 (11th Cir.1984).11 The subject has been mentioned, sometimes obliquely, in a few recent opinions. See Pulley v. Harris, --- U.S. ---, --- - ---, 104 ......
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  • David Baldus and the Legacy of McCleskey v. Kemp
    • United States
    • Iowa Law Review No. 97-6, October 2012
    • October 1, 2012
    ...F.2d 1562, 1582 (11th Cir. 1983), reh’g granted en banc sub nom. Spencer v. Kemp, 781 F.2d 1458 (11th Cir. 1986). 35. Spencer v. Zant, 729 F.2d 1293, 1294 (11th Cir. 1984). 36. E.g. , Bowers & Pierce, supra note 28, at 591. 1912 IOWA LAW REVIEW [Vol. 97:1905 lacked energy. The Georgia studi......

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