Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States

Utah v. United States

Utah v. United States, 406 U.S. 940 (1972)

Type: Opinion
Court: Supreme Court of the United States
Jurisdiction: Federal
Date: 1972-05-22
Topic: litigation

[For decree, see ante, p. 484.] It is ordered that Honorable Charles Fahy, Senior Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, be, and he is hereby, appointed Special Master in this case in place of Honorable J. Cullen Ganey, deceased. The Special Master shall have authority to fix the time and conditions for filing of additional pleadings and to direct subsequent proceedings, and authority to summon witnesses, issue subpoenas, and take such evidence as may be introduced and such as he may deem it necessary to call for. The Master is directed to submit such reports as he may deem appropriate. The Master shall be allowed his actual expenses.

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[For decree, see ante, p. 484.]

It is ordered that Honorable Charles Fahy, Senior Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, be, and he is hereby, appointed Special Master in this case in place of Honorable J. Cullen Ganey, deceased. The Special Master shall have authority to fix the time and conditions for filing of additional pleadings and to direct subsequent proceedings, and authority to summon witnesses, issue subpoenas, and take such evidence as may be introduced and such as he may deem it necessary to call for. The Master is directed to submit such reports as he may deem appropriate.

The Master shall be allowed his actual expenses. The *941 allowances to him, the compensation paid to his technical, stenographic, and clerical assistants, the cost of printing his report, and all other proper expenses shall be charged against and be borne by the parties in such proportion as the Court hereafter may direct.

It is furtheR ordered that if the position of Special Master in this case becomes vacant during a recess of Court, The Chief Justice shall have authority to make a new designation which shall have the same effect as if originally made by the Court herein.