No. 75-6061. MERLINO v. HALL, CORRECTION COMMISSIONER, ET AL.
No. 75-6061
C. A. 1st Cir.
947
No. 75-6063. WALLACE v. LUCEY, GOVERNOR OF WISCONSIN, ET AL.
No. 75-6063
C. A. 7th Cir.
No. 75-6063. WALLACE v. LUCEY, GOVERNOR OF WISCONSIN, ET AL. C. A. 7th Cir. Certiorari denied.
No. 75-6064. CHASE V. CRISP, WARDEN, ET AL.
No. 75-6064
C. A. 10th Cir.
No. 75-6064. CHASE V. CRISP, WARDEN, ET AL. C. A. 10th Cir. Certiorari denied.
No. 75-6066. COBBS v. ROBINSON, WARDEN.
No. 75-6066
C. A. 2d Cir.
No. 75-6066. COBBS v. ROBINSON, WARDEN. C. A. 2d Cir. Certiorari denied.
No. 76-6127. FULTON V. PENNSYLVANIA.
No. 76-6127
Super. Ct. Pa.
No. 76-6127. FULTON V. PENNSYLVANIA. Super. Ct. Pa. Certiorari denied.
No. 75-608. COUGHLIN ET AL. v. STACHULAK.
No. 75-608
С. А. 7th Cir.
No. 75-608. COUGHLIN ET AL. v. STACHULAK. С. А. 7th Cir. Motion of respondent for leave to proceed in forma pauperis granted. Certiorari denied. MR. JUSTICE STEVENS took no part in the consideration or decision of this motion and petition.
MR. JUSTICE WHITE, with whom MR. JUSTICE POWELL joins, dissenting.
On appeal from an order granting respondent a writ of habeas corpus, 369 F. Supp. 628 (ND Ill. 1973), the Court of Appeals held, United States ex rel. Stachulak v. Coughlin, 520 F. 2d 931 (CA7 1975), that the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment requires that the reasonable-doubt standard of proof be applied in judicial proceedings under the Illinois Sexually Dangerous Persons Act,
The question whether due process requires proof beyond a reasonable doubt in such proceedings has produced divergent conclusions in the Courts of Appeals. Compare Tippett v. Maryland, 436 F. 2d 1153 (CA4 1971), cert. dismissed sub nom. Murel v. Baltimore City Criminal Court, 407 U. S. 355 (1972) (proof by a preponderance of the evidence), with In re Ballay, 157 U. S. App. D. C. 59, 482 F. 2d 648 (1973), and United States ex rel. Stachulak v. Coughlin, supra (proof beyond a reasonable doubt).* The question is important to the administration of justice in this country, and the Court should shoulder its responsibility to resolve the conflicting judgments.
I would grant the petition for a writ of certiorari and afford the case plenary consideration.
No. 75-682. COLORADO CIVIL RIGHTS COMMISSION ET AL. v. COLORADO SPRINGS COACH CO. ET AL.
No. 75-682
Ct. App. Colo.
No. 75-682. COLORADO CIVIL RIGHTS COMMISSION ET AL. v. COLORADO SPRINGS COACH CO. ET AL. Ct. App. Colo. Motion of International Association of Official Human Rights Agencies for leave to file a brief as amicus curiae granted. Certiorari denied.
No. 75-759. TAYLOR ET UX. v. ST. VINCENT‘S HOSPITAL.
No. 75-759
C. A. 9th Cir.
No. 75-759. TAYLOR ET UX. v. ST. VINCENT‘S HOSPITAL. C. A. 9th Cir. Certiorari denied.
MR. JUSTICE WHITE, with whom THE CHIEF JUSTICE joins, dissenting.
Once again, see Greco v. Orange County Memorial Hospital, 423 U. S. 1000 (1975) (WHITE, J., dissent-