Supreme Court of the United States, 1984

Soong v. Hofstra University

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided October 1, 1984 · Brennan, Marshall, Stevens

469 U.S. 812; 105 S. Ct. 75; 83 L. Ed. 2d 53; 1984 U.S. LEXIS 3014 (United States Reports)

Opinion of the Court

C. A. 2d Cir.;

Ct. App. Cal., 2d App. Dist.; and

Ct. App. D. C. Motions of petitioners for leave to proceed inforina pauperis denied. Petitioners are allowed until October 22, 1984, within which to pay the docketing fee required by Rule 45(a) and to submit petitions 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., 464 U. S. 928 (1983), we would deny the petitions for writs of certiorari without reaching the merits of the motions to proceed in forma pauperis.

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