Supreme Court of the United States, 1983

Windsor v. Tennessean

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided December 12, 1983 · Brennan, Marshall, Stevens

464 U.S. 1016; 104 S. Ct. 546; 78 L. Ed. 2d 721; 52 U.S.L.W. 3460; 1983 U.S. LEXIS 2725 (United States Reports)

Opinion of the Court

Ct. App. Tenn. Motion of petitioner for leave to proceed in forma pauperis denied. Petitioner is allowed until January 3, 1984, within which to pay the docketing fee required by Rule 45(a) and to submit a petition in compliance with Rule 33 of the Rules of this Court.

Dissenting Opinion

Justice Brennan, Justice Marshall, and Justice Stevens,

dissenting.

For the reasons expressed in Brown v. Herald Co., ante, p. 928, we would deny the petition for certiorari in this case without reaching the merits of the motion to proceed in forma pauperis.

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