Case: LYNAUGH, INTERIM DIRECTOR, TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS v. PETTY
Abbreviation: Lynaugh v. Petty
Decision Date: 1987-03-25
Docket Number: No. 85-1656
Citation: 480 U.S. 699
Volume: 480
Reporter: United States Reports
Court: Supreme Court of the United States
Jurisdiction: United States
Parties: LYNAUGH, INTERIM DIRECTOR, TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS v. PETTY
Judges: 
Pages: 699–699

Head Matter:
LYNAUGH, INTERIM DIRECTOR, TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS v. PETTY
No. 85-1656.
Argued March 3, 1987
Decided March 25, 1987
Charles A. Palmer, Assistant Attorney General of Texas, argued the cause for petitioner. With him on the briefs were Jim Mattox, Attorney General, Mary F. Keller, Executive Assistant Attorney General, and F. Scott McCown and William C. Zapalac, Assistant Attorneys General.
John R. Breihan by appointment of the Court, 479 U. S. 808, argued the cause and filed a brief for respondent.
Larry W. Yackle and George Kannar filed a brief for the American Civil Liberties Union et al. as amici curiae urging affirmance.

Opinion:
Per Curiam.
The writ of certiorari is dismissed as improvidently granted.