CELESTINE v. BLACKBURN
| Decision Date | 01 January 1985 |
| Citation | 473 U.S. 938 |
| Court | U.S. Supreme Court |
The application for stay of execution of the sentence of death scheduled for Saturday, September 28, 1985, presented to Justice WHITE and by him referred to the Court is granted pending the disposition by this Court of the petition for writ of
certiorari. Should the petition for a writ of certiorari be denied, this stay terminates automatically. In the event the petition for writ of certiorari is granted, this stay shall continue pending the sending down of the judgment of this Court.
Justice O'CONNOR took no part in the consideration or decision of this application.
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Wainwright v. Booker
...unwillingness to let matters run their ordinary course. I dissent. Celestine v. Blackburn [106SCt31,473US938,87LEd2d707] 106 S.Ct. 31 473 U.S. 938 87 L.Ed.2d 707 Willie Lawrence CELESTINE, petitioner, v. Frank BLACKBURN, No. A-236 (85-5466) Supreme Court of the United States September 25, 1......
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Funchess v. Wainwright
...1371, 89 L.Ed.2d 598 (1986); Kennedy v. Wainwright, --- U.S. ----, 106 S.Ct. 1065, 89 L.Ed.2d 288 (1986); Celestine v. Blackburn, 473 U.S. 938, 106 S.Ct. 31, 87 L.Ed.2d 707 (1985). Petitioner's argument fails for two reasons. First, in none of the aforementioned decisions did the United Sta......
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Watson v. Butler
...grant of certiorari in Lockhart v. McCree, 474 U.S. 816, 106 S.Ct. 59, 88 L.Ed.2d 48 (1985), see, e.g., Celestine v. Blackburn, 473 U.S. 938, 106 S.Ct. 31, 87 L.Ed.2d 707 (1985), and its grant of certiorari in McCleskey v. Kemp, --- U.S. ----, 106 S.Ct. 3331, 92 L.Ed.2d 737 (1986), see e.g.......
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Adams v. Wainwright, 68351
...been granted pending resolution of Lockhart. See, e.g., Kennedy v. Wainwright, 483 So.2d 424, (Fla.1986); Celestine v. Blackburn, 473 U.S. 938, 106 S.Ct. 31, 87 L.Ed.2d 707 (1985); Bowden v. Kemp, --- U.S. ----, 106 S.Ct. 213, 88 L.Ed.2d 182 We find the issue improperly raised in this case ......
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THE PRECEDENTIAL EFFECTS OF THE SUPREME COURT'S EMERGENCY STAYS.
...supra note 12, at 916-20. (177.) See, e.g., Rault v. Louisiana, 774 F.2d 675, 677 (5th Cir. 1985). (178.) Celestine v. Blackburn, 473 U.S. 938 (1985); see also Lockhart v. McCree, 476 U.S. 162 (179.) See Rault, 774 F.2d at 677; Wingo v. Blackburn, 783 F.2d 1046,1052 (5th Cir. 1986). (180.) ......