Legal Opinion

Evans v. Stephens

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided March 21, 2005No. 04-828PublishedCited by 9 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

C. A. ll'th Cir. Certiorari denied.

Justice Stevens,

respecting the denial of certiorari.

On several occasions in the past, I have found it appropriate to emphasize the fact that a denial of certiorari is not a ruling on the merits of any issue raised by the petition. This is a case that raises significant constitutional questions regarding the President’s intrasession appointment of Judge William H. Pryor, Jr., to the Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, which occurred during the 11-day President’s Day break between February 12 and 23, 2004. However, this is also a ease in which, as the…

2Cases cited6 opinions

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  4. Nguyen v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 2003
  5. Barber v. TennesseeSupreme Court of the United States · 1995

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