488 U.S. 992
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided December 12, 1988
Supreme Court of the United States · decided 1988-12-12
Relies on Theodis Brown v. Herald Co., Inc., Etc
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Decided 1988-12-12
Cited by 393 later decisions (8 by the Supreme Court) — most recently September 2022 · most notably Zafiro v. United States (1993), Celotex Corporation v. Edwards (1995)
169 federal appellate · 30 district · 40 state decisions — followed in 18 states
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¶1C. A. 10th Cir. Motion of petitioner for leave to proceed in forma pauperis denied. Petitioner is allowed until January 3, 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.
¶2dissenting.
¶3For 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.