490 U.S. 754
Supreme Court of the United States · decided 1989-08-11
Relies on Tompkins v. State · Hernandez v. Commissioner
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Affirmed · 4–4 · Opinion by Per Curiam · Decided 1989-08-11
Cited by 724 later decisions (10 by the Supreme Court) — most recently June 2019 · most notably Landgraf v. USI Film Products (1994), 133 S. Ct. 2517 - University of Tex. Southwestern Medical Center v. Nassar (2013)
218 federal appellate · 33 district · 275 state decisions — followed in 21 states
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See 492 U.S. 933, 110 S.Ct. 16.
On Writ of Certiorari to the Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.
Case below, Tex.Cr.App., 774 S.W.2d 195.
PER CURIAM.
The judgment below is affirmed by an equally divided Court.
Justice O'CONNOR took no part in the consideration or decision of this case.