Wainwright v. Songer, 469 U.S. 1198

Application to vacate the stay of ‍​​​​​​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​​‌​​​​‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​​‌​​​​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‍execution of sentence of death entered by the United States Court ‍​​​​​​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​​‌​​​​‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​​‌​​​​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‍of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, presented to Justice Rehnquist, and ‍​​​​​​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​​‌​​​​‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​​‌​​​​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‍by him referred to the Court, denied. Justice Rehnquist dissents.

The ‍​​​​​​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​​‌​​​​‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​​‌​​​​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‍Chief Justice, *1199Justice Powell, and Justice O’Connor took no part in the ‍​​​​​​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​​‌​​​​‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​​‌​​​​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‍consideration or decision of this application.

Case Details

Case Name: Wainwright v. Songer

Court Name: Supreme Court of the United States

Date Published: Feb 5, 1985

Citations: 469 U.S. 1198; 105 S. Ct. 1154; 84 L. Ed. 2d 308; 53 U.S.L.W. 3614; 1985 U.S. LEXIS 800; No. A-603

Docket Number: No. A-603

Court Abbreviation: U.S.