Supreme Court of the United States, 1989

Carlson v. County of Hennepin

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided February 27, 1989 · Brennan, Marshall, Stevens

489 U.S. 1050; 109 S. Ct. 1308; 103 L. Ed. 2d 578; 57 U.S.L.W. 3570; 1989 U.S. LEXIS 1045 (United States Reports)

Opinion of the Court

Ct. App. Minn. Motion of petitioners for leave to proceed in forma pauperis denied. Petitioners are allowed until March 20, 1989, 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., 464 U. S. 928 (1983), we would deny the petition for writ of certiorari without reaching the merits of the motion to proceed in forma pauperis.

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