From FAW@USDCSV.ACUSD.EDU Mon Nov 1 18:17:20 1993 Return-Path: Received: from usdcsv.acusd.edu by mail1.its.rpi.edu (5.67a/SMHUB42) via SMTP; id AA23122; Mon, 1 Nov 1993 18:17:17 -0500 for (rfc1413-sender: unauthenticated@usdcsv.acusd.edu) Date: Mon, 1 Nov 1993 15:15:05 -0800 (PST) From: FAW@USDCSV.ACUSD.EDU To: gay-libn@uscvm.bitnet Cc: buckmr@rpi.edu, FAW@USDCSV.ACUSD.EDU Message-Id: <931101151505.1d631@USDCSV.ACUSD.EDU> Subject: Meinhold decision Status: U UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE, ET AL. V. VOLKER KEITH MEINHOLD A-373 SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES October 29, 1993, Decided JUDGES: [*1] Rehnquist, Blackmun, Stevens, O'Connor, Scalia, Kennedy, Souter, Thomas, Ginsburg. OPINION: The application of the Solicitor General for a stay, presented to Justice O'Connor and by her referred to the Court, is granted in part. It is ordered that so much of the order of the United States District Court for the Central District of California, No. CV 92-6044 TJH (JRx), filed September 30, 1993, as grants relief to persons other than Volker Keith Meinhold is stayed pending disposition of the appeal by the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. See Heckler v. Lopez, 463 U.S. 1328 (Rehnquist, J., in chambers), motion to vacate stay denied, 464 U.S. 879 (1983); id., at 881 (Stevens, J., dissenting in part). The request for a stay of the portion of the injunction prohibiting the Government from maintaining records pertaining to Meinhold is denied. It is further ordered that the Government can file, under seal, any such documents pending the final outcome of this litigation.