Supreme Court Justice Byron R. White stepped...

Supreme Court Justice Byron R. White stepped out of a legal dispute over the merger of the photo-finishing operations of Eastman Kodak Co. and Fuqua Industries Inc.--one he had entered a day before. White set aside an emergency order he had issued Thursday on the request of Phototron Corp., ruling that the request apparently was made too late. On Thursday, White set aside a federal appeals court decision that cleared the way for the merger despite a pending antitrust challenge by San Bernardino-based Phototron. White’s order noted that he was “not advised of the closing” when he issued Thursday’s order. The deal between Rochester, N.Y.-based Kodak and Fuqua, which is based in Atlanta, created the nation’s largest wholesale photo finishing operation.