Snyder v. Peyton’s Empirical Analysis
1969
Citation profile
1 district ·
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 2241 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996) · 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996)
Relies on Fay v. Noia · Brown v. Allen · Mason McCoy v. E. H. Tucker, Warden, West Virginia State Penitentiary · United States Ex Rel. Smith v. Baldi
Most-quoted passages
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“Just as in all other litigation, a prima facie ease must be made out by the petitioner. The application should be dismissed when it fails to state a federal question, or fails to set forth facts which, if accepted at face value, would entitle the applicant to relief.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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