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Louisiana Power & Light Co. v. City of Thibodaux

358 U.S. 893 Court SCOTUS Decision date 1958-11-17 Docket No. 398 English

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p. 893
No. 398.
Louisiana Power & Light Co. v. City of Thibodaux, Louisiana.
J. Blanc Monroe, Monte M. Lemann and J. Raburn Monroe for petitioner. Louis Fenner Claiborne for respondent.

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?”