Francis X. Bellotti, Attorney General, Commonwealth of Massachusetts v. Latino Political Action Committee No. A-99

After carefully considering the opinions below and the submissions of the applicant and respondent, I have concluded that under the circumstances of this case it is not reasonably probable that four Justices will consider the issues presented by the applicant sufficiently meritorious to grant certiorari; nor is there, in my judgment, a fair prospect that a majority of the Court will conclude that the decision below was erroneous. With respect to the third Rostker consideration, I have concluded that the inconvenience and delay imposed by the District Court's requirement that the districting plan be revised before elections can go forward are not so great as to warrant a stay of the judgment of the District Court.

Accordingly, the application is denied.