"Rather than tempt fate, we leave the parties to an espionage agreement where we found them the day they filed suit," Justice Scalia wrote.
In documents filed to Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, lawyers for the funds asked to extend a stay on the sale, which is set to expire Monday at 4 p.m.
A23 Opening Oregon Adoption Files Justice Sandra Day O'Connor rejected an emergency request from birth mothers to delay a state law giving adult adoptees access to their birth records.
For example, in Westfield Insurance Co. v. Galatis, 2003-Ohio-5849, 100 Ohio St.3d 2003(2003), available as a.pdf file, Justice O'Connor joined a narrow 4-3 majoriny in overturning Ohio Supreme Court precedent to provide a huge windfall for insurers.
The vote in the law school case, Grutter v. Bollinger, was 5 to 4. Justice Sandra Day O'Connor wrote the opinion, and dissents were filed by Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist and Justice Clarence Thomas.
Justice Stephen G. Breyer filed a dissenting opinion that Justice Antonin Scalia joined.
The institute of military justice filed a brief opposing the administration's position in that case, too.
The officials had filed charges against Justice See because of accusations he made about a challenger in a primary last spring in a race for chief justice.
A lawsuit filed by the justice department against Colorado City and neighboring Hildale, Utah, over alleged discriminatory policing practices is currently in trial.
