Malcolm Thacker v. Donald E. Bordenkircher, Superintendent’s Empirical Analysis
557 F.2d 98 · 1977
Citation profile
5 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Relies on Townsend v. Sain · Ohio v. Kentucky · Fuentes v. Shevin · Ralph Jerome Selz v. The State of California, Richard A. McGee Director, Department of Corrections · Merle Ray Winford v. Harold R. Swenson
Most-quoted passages
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“with instructions that the transcript of the State Court trial be filed in the district court and examined by the district judge.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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