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MURRAY v. GIARRATANO

No. 88-411.

492 U.S. 1 (1989)

MURRAY, DIRECTOR, VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, ET AL. v. GIARRATANO ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided June 23, 1989

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert Q. Harris, Assistant Attorney General of Virginia, argued the cause for petitioners. With him on the briefs were Mary Sue Terry, Attorney General, H. Lane Kneedler, Chief Deputy Attorney General, Stephen D. Rosenthal, Deputy Attorney General, and Francis S. Ferguson, Assistant Attorney General.

Gerald T. Zerkin argued the cause for respondents. With him on the brief were Jonathan D. Sasser and Martha A. Geer.*

Robert D. Raven, Ronald J. Tabak, George H. Kendall, and Clifford D. Stromberg filed a brief for the American Bar Association as amicus curiae.

CHIEF JUSTICE REHNQUIST announced the judgment of the Court and delivered an opinion, in which JUSTICE WHITE, JUSTICE O'CONNOR, and JUSTICE SCALIA join.

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