Case: Thigpen, Commissioner, Mississippi Department of Corrections, et al. v. Roberts
Abbreviation: Thigpen v. Roberts
Decision Date: 1983-12-05
Docket Number: No. 82-1330
Citation: 464 U.S. 1006
Volume: 464
Reporter: United States Reports
Court: Supreme Court of the United States
Jurisdiction: United States
Parties: Thigpen, Commissioner, Mississippi Department of Corrections, et al. v. Roberts.
Judges: 
Pages: 1006–1006

Head Matter:
No. 82-1330.
Thigpen, Commissioner, Mississippi Department of Corrections, et al. v. Roberts.

Opinion:
C. A. 5th Cir. [Certiorari granted, 461 U. S. 956.] It appearing that respondent is not represented by a member of the Bar of this Court, it is ordered that Rhesa H. Barksdale, Esquire, of Jackson, Miss., is invited to present oral argument as amicus curiae in support of the judgment below. Oral argument in this case, presently scheduled for January 18, 1984, is postponed and the case of New York v. Uplinger, No. 82-1724 [certiorari granted, ante, p. 812], is set for oral argument in its stead.