(ORDER LIST: 519 U.S.)
  (ORDER LIST: 519 U.S.)

                            FRIDAY, JANUARY 10, 1997
                            FRIDAY, JANUARY 10, 1997



                        CERTIORARI - SUMMARY DISPOSITION
                        CERTIORARI - SUMMARY DISPOSITION

  95-8736   OGBOMON, LARRY OSA V. UNITED STATES

                     The writ of certiorari is dismissed as 

                improvidently granted.


                               CERTIORARI GRANTED
                               CERTIORARI GRANTED

  96-663    KLEHR, MARVIN, ET UX. V. A. O. SMITH CORP., ET AL.

                     The petition for a writ of certiorari is granted.

                The brief of petitioners is to be filed with the Clerk

                and served upon opposing counsel on or before 3 p.m.,

                Friday, February 21, 1997. The brief of respondents is

                to be filed with the Clerk and served upon opposing

                counsel on or before 3 p.m., Friday, March 21, 1997. A

                reply brief, if any, may be filed with the Clerk and

                served upon opposing counsel on or before 3 p.m.,

                Monday, April 7, 1997. Rule 29.2 does not apply.

  96-6133   BRACY, WILLIAM V. GRAMLEY, WARDEN

                     The motion of petitioner for leave to proceed in

                forma pauperis is granted. The petition for a writ

                of certiorari is granted limited to the following 

                question: Whether a habeas petitioner who was convicted

                of a capital offense and sentenced to death in a trial

                before a judge who admittedly accepted bribes in other

                contemporaneous criminal cases is entitled to discovery

                to support his claim that he was denied the right to a

                trial before an impartial judge. The brief of petitioner

                is to be filed with the Clerk and served upon opposing

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                counsel on or before 3 p.m., Friday, February 21, 1997.

                The brief of respondent is to be filed with the Clerk
























































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                and served upon opposing counsel on or before 3 p.m.,

                Friday, March 21, 1997. A reply brief, if any, may

                be filed with the Clerk and served upon opposing

                counsel on or before 3 p.m., Monday, April 7, 1997. Rule

                29.2 does not apply. 

  96-6298   LINDH, AARON V. MURPHY, WARDEN

                     The motion of petitioner for leave to proceed in

                forma pauperis is granted. The petition for a writ of

                certiorari is granted limited to Question 1 presented

                by the petition. The brief of petitioner is to be

                filed with the Clerk and served upon opposing counsel

                on or before 3 p.m., Friday, February 21, 1997. The

                brief of respondent is to be filed with the Clerk and

                served upon opposing counsel on or before 3 p.m.,

                Friday, March 21, 1997. A reply brief, if any, may be

                filed with the Clerk and served upon opposing counsel on

                or before 3 p.m., Monday, April 7, 1997. Rule 29.2 does

                not apply.
























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