Louisiana Power & Light Co. v. City of Thibodaux
358 U.S. 893, 79 S. Ct. 154, 3 L. Ed. 2d 120, 1958 U.S. LEXIS 157
CourtSupreme Court of the United States
DecidedNovember 17, 1958
DocketNo. 398
StatusPublished
Cited by2 cases
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Bluebook
Louisiana Power & Light Co. v. City of Thibodaux, 358 U.S. 893, 79 S. Ct. 154, 3 L. Ed. 2d 120, 1958 U.S. LEXIS 157 (1958).
Opinion
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?”
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358 U.S. 893, 79 S. Ct. 154, 3 L. Ed. 2d 120, 1958 U.S. LEXIS 157, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/opinion/louisiana-power-light-co-v-city-of-thibodaux-scotus-1958.