(ORDER LIST: 519 U.S.)

FRIDAY, JANUARY 10, 1997

CERTIORARI - SUMMARY DISPOSITION

95-8736 OGBOMON, LARRY OSA V. UNITED STATES

The writ of certiorari is dismissed as

improvidently granted.

CERTIORARI GRANTED

96-663 KLEHR, MARVIN, ET UX. V. A. O. SMITH CORP., ET AL.

The petition for a writ of certiorari is granted.

The brief of petitioners is to be filed with the Clerk

and served upon opposing counsel on or before 3 p.m.,

Friday, February 21, 1997. The brief of respondents is

to be filed with the Clerk and served upon opposing

counsel on or before 3 p.m., Friday, March 21, 1997. A

reply brief, if any, may be filed with the Clerk and

served upon opposing counsel on or before 3 p.m.,

Monday, April 7, 1997. Rule 29.2 does not apply.

96-6133 BRACY, WILLIAM V. GRAMLEY, WARDEN

The motion of petitioner for leave to proceed in

forma pauperis is granted. The petition for a writ

of certiorari is granted limited to the following

question: Whether a habeas petitioner who was convicted

of a capital offense and sentenced to death in a trial

before a judge who admittedly accepted bribes in other

contemporaneous criminal cases is entitled to discovery

to support his claim that he was denied the right to a

trial before an impartial judge. The brief of petitioner

is to be filed with the Clerk and served upon opposing

counsel on or before 3 p.m., Friday, February 21, 1997.

The brief of respondent is to be filed with the Clerk

and served upon opposing counsel on or before 3 p.m.,

Friday, March 21, 1997. A reply brief, if any, may

be filed with the Clerk and served upon opposing

counsel on or before 3 p.m., Monday, April 7, 1997. Rule

29.2 does not apply.

96-6298 LINDH, AARON V. MURPHY, WARDEN

The motion of petitioner for leave to proceed in

forma pauperis is granted. The petition for a writ of

certiorari is granted limited to Question 1 presented

by the petition. The brief of petitioner is to be

filed with the Clerk and served upon opposing counsel

on or before 3 p.m., Friday, February 21, 1997. The

brief of respondent is to be filed with the Clerk and

served upon opposing counsel on or before 3 p.m.,

Friday, March 21, 1997. A reply brief, if any, may be

filed with the Clerk and served upon opposing counsel on

or before 3 p.m., Monday, April 7, 1997. Rule 29.2 does

not apply.