Supreme Court of the United States, 1990

Smaczniak v. Internal Revenue Service

Smaczniak v. Internal Revenue Service
Supreme Court of the United States · Decided January 8, 1990 · Blackmun, Brennan, Marshall, Stevens
493 U.S. 1016 (United States Reports)

Smaczniak v. Internal Revenue Service

Dissenting Opinion

Justice Brennan, Justice Marshall, Justice Blackmun, 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.

Opinion of the Court

C. A. 5th Cir. Motion of petitioner for leave to proceed informa pauperis denied. Petitioner is allowed until January 29, 1990, within which to pay the docketing fee required by Rule 38(a) and to submit a petition in compliance with Rule 33 of the Rules of this Court.

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