Hagerty v. Keller, Executor of the Succession of Clement, Et Al.

C. A. 5th Cir. Certiorari denied.

Chief Justice Burger.

I agree that we should deny the petition for certiorari, but I would award respondents costs and fees under Rule 49.2. The time has come — indeed it is long past — when the Court should enforce Rule 49.2 or strike it. This petition, like much which preceded it, is utterly frivolous. On this record I can only conclude that petitioner and his counsel have filed actions designed to delay the orderly settlement of the estate of respondent Keller’s decedent. This misuse of judicial processes should subject the attorney who filed the petition…