498 U.S. 965
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided November 13, 1990
Supreme Court of the United States · decided 1990-11-13
Relies on Theodis Brown v. Herald Co., Inc., Etc
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Decided 1990-11-13
Cited by 404 later decisions (2 by the Supreme Court) — most recently July 2024 · most notably Yohey v. Collins (1993), Spectrum Sports, Inc. v. McQuillan (1993)
133 federal appellate · 30 district · 145 state decisions — followed in 24 states
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¶1Motion of petitioner for leave to proceed in forma 'pauperis denied. Petitioner is allowed until December 4, 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.
¶2dissenting.
¶3For the reasons expressed in Brown v. Herald Co., 464 U. S. 928 (1983), we would deny the petition for writ of mandamus without reaching the merits of the motion to proceed in forma pauperis.