LOUISIANA POWER & LIGHT CO. v. CITY OF THIBODAUX

No. 398.

358 U.S. 893 (1958)

LOUISIANA POWER & LIGHT CO. v. CITY OF THIBODAUX, LOUISIANA.

Supreme Court of United States.

November 17, 1958.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Blanc Monroe, Monte M. Lemann and J. Raburn Monroe for petitioner. Louis Fenner Claiborne for respondent.


Petition for writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit granted limited to questions 2 and 3 presented by the petition for the writ which read as follows:

"2. Does a United States District Court have the inherent power in a case at law to exercise the discretion of staying proceedings in order to control the progress of the cause before it in an orderly manner?

"3. Assuming that a United States District Court does have discretion...

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