
    No. 96-879.
    No. 96-7411.
    No. 96-7729.
    No. 96-7783. No. 96-8047.
    No. 96-8096.
    No. 96-8126.
    No. 96-8152.
    No. 96-8153.
    No. 96-8438.
    Soffer v. Board of Trustees of the City University of New York et al., Smith v. Chater, Commissioner of Social Security (two judgments), Parker v. Bowersox, Superintendent, Potosi Correctional Center, et al., Eddmonds v. Washington, Director, Illinois Department of Corrections, Jenkins v. Oakley et al., Multani v. United States et al., Kent v. Harvard et al., Porter v. United States, Spears v. United States, Pizzo v. Louisiana,
   519 U. S. 1112; 520 U. S. 1171; 520 U. S. 1171; 520 U. S. 1172; 520 U. S. 1200; 520 U. S. 1214; 520 U. S. .1215; 520 U. S. 1177; 520 U. S. 1178; and 520 U. S. 1218. Petitions for rehearing denied.  