495 F. Supp. 735 - Bland v. Johnson’s Empirical Analysis
1980
Citation profile
2 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996)
Relies on Picard v. Connor · Pitchess v. Davis · Hawks v. Cox · Ferguson v. Cox · 373 F. Supp. 918 - Alley v. Paderick
Most-quoted passages
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“[a]bsent a change in circumstances, previous determinations of the issues by either state or federal courts will be conclusive.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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