Court Opinion

ID: 8934940
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2022-11-27 07:25:49.845978+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:09:36.101445
License: Public Domain

Petition for writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit granted limited to questions 2 and 3 presented by the petition for the writ which read as follows:
“2. Does a United States District Court have the inherent power in a case at law to exercise the discretion of staying proceedings in order to control the progress of the cause before it in an orderly manner?
“3. Assuming that a United States District Court does have discretion to stay proceedings in order to control the progress of a law case before it in an orderly manner, did the District Court abuse that discretion?”