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CONSOLIDATED FREIGHTWAYS CORP. v. KASSEL

No. 79-1618.

455 U.S. 329 (1982)

CONSOLIDATED FREIGHTWAYS CORPORATION OF DELAWARE v. KASSEL ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided February 23, 1982

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John H. Lederer argued the cause for petitioner. With him on the briefs were John Duncan Varda, Anthony R. Varda, and William C. Lewis, Jr.

Mark E. Schantz, Solicitor General of Iowa, argued the cause for respondents. With him on the brief were Thomas J. Miller, Attorney General, Robert W. Goodwin, Special Assistant Attorney General, and Lester A. Paff, Assistant Attorney General.

PER CURIAM.

The writ of certiorari is dismissed as improvidently granted.

JUSTICE O'CONNOR took no part in the consideration or decision of this case.

JUSTICE WHITE, dissenting.

We granted certiorari in this case to decide one very narrow question: "May a court, without articulating its rationale, summarily deny an application for attorneys' fees under 42 U. S. C. § 1988?" Petitioner concedes that "not . . . all cases require opinions...

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