9th Cir. The Solicitor General is invited to file a brief in this case expressing the views of the United States. No. 96-9220. IN RE HUGHEY; No. 96-9235. IN RE STONE; and No. 96-9255. IN RE BLUMEYER. Petitions for writs of habeas corpus denied. No. 96-8947. IN RE CARNEY ET AL. Petition for writ of mandamus denied. Certiorari Granted No. 96-1037. KIOWA TRIBE OF OKLAHOMA v. MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGIES, INC. Ct. Civ. App. Okla. Certiorari granted. No. 96-1613. UNITED STATES v. ESTATE OF ROMANI. Sup. Ct. Pa. Certiorari granted. Reported below: 547 Pa. 41, 688 A. 2d 703. No. 96-679. PISCATAWAY TOWNSHIP BOARD OF EDUCATION v. TAXMAN. C. A. 3d Cir. Motions of National School Boards Association and New Jersey School Boards Association for leave to file briefs as amici curiae granted. Certiorari granted. Reported below: 91 F. 3d 1547. No. 96-1395. KING, DIRECTOR, OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT v. ERICKSON ET AL.; and KING, DIRECTOR, OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT v. MCMANUS ET AL. C. A. Fed. Cir. Motion of respondent Jeanette Walsh for leave to proceed in forma pauperis granted. Certiorari granted. Reported below: 89 F. 3d 1575 (first judgment); 92 F. 3d 1208 (second judgment). No. 96-1578. PHILLIPS ET AL. v. WASHINGTON LEGAL FOUNDATION ET AL. C. A. 5th Cir. Certiorari granted limited to the following question: "Is interest earned on client trust funds held by lawyers in IOLTA accounts a property interest of the client or lawyer, cognizable under the Fifth Amendment of the United States Constitution, despite the fundamental precept of IOLTA that such funds, absent the IOLTA program, could not earn interest for the client or lawyer?" Reported below: 94 F.3d 996. No. 96-1769. OHIO ADULT PAROLE AUTHORITY ET AL. v. WOODARD. C. A. 6th Cir. Motion of respondent for leave to proceed in forma pauperis granted. Certiorari granted. Reported below: 107 F.3d 1178. Certiorari Denied No. 95-2052. UNITED STATES v. GONZALEZ, SHERIFF, VAL VERDE COUNTY, TEXAS, ET AL.; and No. 95-2077. GONZALEZ, SHERIFF, VAL VERDE COUNTY, TEXAS, ET AL. v. UNITED STATES. C. A. 5th Cir. Certiorari denied. Reported below: 79 F. 3d 452. No. 95-8131. SCHMIDT v. WISCONSIN. Sup. Ct. Wis. Certiorari denied. Reported below: 197 Wis. 2d 252, 541 N. W. 2d 105. No. 95-8204. POST ET AL. v. WISCONSIN. Sup. Ct. Wis. Certiorari denied. Reported below: 197 Wis. 2d 279, 541 N. W. 2d 115. No. 95-9308. MARBERRY v. WISCONSIN. Ct. App. Wis. Certiorari denied. No. 96-577. TRISTAR CORP. v. FREITAS ET AL. C. A. 2d Cir. Certiorari denied. Reported below: 84 F. 3d 550. No. 96-628. KEANE, SUPERINTENDENT, SING SING CORRECTIONAL FACILITY v. BORIA. C. A. 2d Cir. Certiorari denied. Reported below: 99 F. 3d 492. No. 96-823. KANSAS v. MYERS. Sup. Ct. Kan. Certiorari denied. Reported below: 260 Kan. 669, 923 P. 2d 1024. No. 96-1059. SYCUAN BAND OF MISSION INDIANS ET AL. v. WILSON, GOVERNOR OF CALIFORNIA, ET AL. C. A. 9th Cir. Certiorari denied. Reported below: 64 F. 3d 1250 and 99 F. 3d 321. No. 96-1326. HANDICABS, INC. v. NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD. C. A. 8th Cir. Certiorari denied. Reported below: 95 F.3d 681. No. 96-1392. FINK v. RYAN, SECRETARY OF STATE OF ILLINOIS. Sup. Ct. Ill. Certiorari denied. Reported below: 174 Ill. 2d 302, 673 N. E. 2d 281. No. 96-1447. UNITED BROTHERHOOD OF CARPENTERS AND JOINERS OF AMERICA, AFL-CIO v. BE&K CONSTRUCTION CO. ET AL. Sup. Ct. Ala. Certiorari denied. Reported below: 688 So. 2d 246. No. 96-1491. CUSIMANO v. UNITED STATES. C. A. 2d Cir. Certiorari denied. Reported below: 97 F. 3d 663. No. 96-1538. TOLAND ET UX., DBA JOHN TOLAND CO. v. PRUDENTIAL SECURITIES INC. ET AL.; No. 96-1731. BISHOFBERGER ET UX. v. PRUDENTIAL SECURITIES INC. ET AL.; and No. 96-1732. JACKSON ET UX. v. PRUDENTIAL SECURITIES INC. ET AL. C. A. 2d Cir. Certiorari denied. Reported below: 107 F. 3d 4. No. 96-1539. LOON MOUNTAIN RECREATION CORP. v. DUBOIS ET AL. C. A. 1st Cir. Certiorari denied. Reported below: 102 F.3d 1273. No. 96-1542. FEDERATION FOR AMERICAN IMMIGRATION REFORM, INC. v. RENO, ATTORNEY GENERAL, ET AL. C. A. D. C. Cir. Certiorari denied. Reported below: 93 F. 3d 897. No. 96-1571. KARE 11, AN NBC AFFILIATE AND A DIVISION OF COMBINED COMMUNICATIONS CORP., ET AL. v. RYTHER. C. A. 8th Cir. Certiorari denied. Reported below: 108 F. 3d 832. No. 96-1574. PANTANI ET VIR v. RICHARDSON, COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE, ET AL. C. A. 2d Cir. Certiorari denied. Reported below: 104 F. 3d 352. No. 96-1639. DEMPSTER v. MUNICIPALITY OF ANCHORAGE ET AL. C. A. 9th Cir. Certiorari denied. No. 96-1651. WCC ASSOCIATES ET AL. v. HAWAII CARPENTERS TRUST FUNDS. Sup. Ct. Haw. Certiorari denied. Reported below: 83 Haw. 205, 925 P. 2d 375. No. 96-1657. MULLINS v. MANNING COAL CORP. ET AL. Sup. Ct. Ky. Certiorari denied. Reported below: 938 S. W. 2d 260. No. 96-1687. ISENBERGH ET AL., CO-PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ESTATE OF ISENBERGH, DECEASED v. KNIGHTRIDDER NEWSPAPER SALES, INC., NKA NEWSPAPERS FIRST, INC., ET AL. C. A. 11th Cir. Certiorari denied. Reported below: 97 F. 3d 436. No. 96-1696. DAGI v. CHRIS MOTORS CORP. ET AL. C. A. 11th Cir. Certiorari denied. Reported below: 102 F. 3d 555. No. 96-1698. INSTITUT PASTEUR ET AL. v. CAMBRIDGE BIOTECH CORP. C. A. 1st Cir. Certiorari denied. Reported below: 104 F. 3d 489. No. 96-1701. VERNON, SHERIFF, ROCKINGHAM COUNTY V. HARTER ET AL. C. A. 4th Cir. Certiorari denied. Reported below: 101 F. 3d 334. No. 96-1708. HOLT v. MITCHELL, JUDGE, CIRCUIT COURT OF DUVAL COUNTY, FLORIDA. Sup. Ct. Fla. Certiorari denied. Reported below: 689 So. 2d 1069. No. 96-1709. HOLT v. LEE. Dist. Ct. App. Fla., 1st Dist. Certiorari denied. Reported below: 681 So. 2d 282. No. 96-1710. UNITED STATES FIRE INSURANCE CO. ET AL. v. ASBESTOS CLAIMS MANAGEMENT CORP. ET AL. C. A. 2d Cir. Certiorari denied. Reported below: 101 F. 3d 813. No. 96-1714. ELLIOTT ET VIR, REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ESTATE OF ELLIOTT, DECEASED v. LEAVITT ET AL. C. A. 4th Cir. Certiorari denied. Reported below: 99 F. 3d 640. No. 96-1718. HOMEBUILDERS ASSOCIATION OF CENTRAL ARIZONA ET AL. v. CITY OF SCOTTSDALE ET AL. Sup. Ct. Ariz. Certiorari denied. Reported below: 187 Ariz. 479, 930 P. 2d 993. No. 96-1722. RFE INDUSTRIES, INC. v. SPM CORP. Cir. Certiorari denied. Reported below: 105 F. 3d 923. C. A. 4th No. 96-1726. AMERICAN INVESTORS LIFE INSURANCE Co. v. HUDSON. Ct. App. Ark. Certiorari denied. Reported below: 55 Ark. App. 360, 935 S. W. 2d 594. No. 96-1729. KNISKERN, ADMINISTRATOR OF THE ESTATE OF CAVALIERE, DECEASED, ET AL. v. TOWNSHIP OF SOMERFORD ET AL. Ct. App. Ohio, Franklin County. Certiorari denied. Reported below: 112 Ohio App. 3d 189, 678 N. E. 2d 273. No. 96-1734. ARIZONA v. PALENKAS. Ct. App. Ariz. Certiorari denied. Reported below: 188 Ariz. 201, 933 P. 2d 1269. No. 96-1735. TEXAS v. MOWBRAY. Ct. Crim. App. Tex. Certiorari denied. Reported below: 943 S. W. 2d 461. No. 96-1737. SWANSON v. KNABE. Ct. App. Cal., 2d App. Dist. Certiorari denied. No. 96-1744. GONZALEZ ET AL. v. GALLO. Sup. Ct. Cal. Certiorari denied. Reported below: 14 Cal. 4th 1090, 929 P. 2d 596. No. 96-1745. ENERCON INDUSTRIES CORP. ET AL. v. PILLAR CORP. ET AL. C. A. Fed. Cir. Certiorari denied. Reported below: 105 F. 3d 1437. No. 96-1748. JOHNSON v. GREATER SOUTHEAST COMMUNITY HOSPITAL CORP. ET AL. C. A. D. C. Cir. Certiorari denied. No. 96-1750. MEDICO v. MEDICO ET AL. rari denied. Reported below: 107 F. 3d 862. C. A. 3d Cir. Certio No. 96-1752. NEW PORT LARGO, INC. v. MONROE COUNTY. Certiorari denied. Reported below: 95 F.3d 1084. C. A. 11th Cir. MCMILLIAN v. TATE ET AL.; and No. 96-1756. No. 96-1766. WASHINGTON LEGAL FOUNDATION ET AL. V. TEXAS EQUAL ACCESS TO JUSTICE FOUNDATION ET AL. C. A. 5th Cir. Certiorari denied. Reported below: 94 F. 3d 996. No. 96-1778. ABRAMS v. OFFICE OF BAR COUNSEL FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. Ct. App. D. C. Certiorari denied. Reported below: 689 A. 2d 6. No. 96-1780. MEMBERS OF THE DISCIPLINARY BOARD OF THE SUPREME COURT OF NEW MEXICO ET AL. v. REVO. C. A. 10th Cir. Certiorari denied. Reported below: 106 F. 3d 929. No. 96-1781. STEVENS ET UX. v. CITY OF CANNON BEACH ET AL. C. A. 9th Cir. Certiorari denied. Reported below: 106 F.3d 409. No. 96-1817. TAYLOR v. CONNECTICUT. Sup. Ct. Conn. Certiorari denied. Reported below: 239 Conn. 481, 687 A. 2d 489. No. 96-1834. AGENCY RENT-A-CAR, INC., ET AL. v. HALL. Certiorari denied. Ct. App. D. C. No. 96-1842. RUSH v. TEXAS. Ct. App. Tex., 1st Dist. Certiorari denied. |