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LENHARD v. WOLFF

No. A-172.

443 U.S. 1306 (1979)

100 S.Ct. 3

61 L.Ed.2d 885

LENHARD ET AL., CLARK COUNTY DEPUTY PUBLIC DEFENDERS, INDIVIDUALLY AND AS NEXT FRIENDS OF BISHOP v. WOLFF, WARDEN, NEVADA STATE PRISON SYSTEM, ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided September 7, 1979.

MR. JUSTICE REHNQUIST, Circuit Justice.

On August 25, 1979, I temporarily enjoined respondents from executing Jesse Bishop, upon whom a death sentence was imposed by the State District Court for Clark County, Nev., and affirmed by the Supreme Court of Nevada in July 1979. I issued the injunction so that I would be able to consider the response of Nevada officials and additional information of record which I requested from each of the parties. In the exercise of what...

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