Legal Opinion
Johnson v. Scully
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided January 27, 1984No. 237, Docket 83-2162PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JON O. NEWMAN, Circuit Judge:
This is, we trust, the final chapter in a saga that well illustrates the difficulties of according due recognition to the prerogatives of state courts when state prisoners seek to vindicate their constitutional rights by seeking a federal writ of habeas corpus. A visitor from another country, even most citizens of this country, would scarcely believe the procedural history of this case. As the patient reader will discover, there is now presented for decision by this Court the substantive issue whether the conduct of the state judge who presided at the trial of…
2Cases cited10 opinions
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- Rose v. LundySupreme Court of the United States · 1982
- William Daye v. Attorney General of the State of New York and Eugene Le Fevre, Superintendent, Greenhaven Correctional FacilityCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1982
- Johnson v. MetzCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1979
- Edward C. Forman v. Harold J. Smith, Superintendent, Attica Correctional Facility, RespondentCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1980
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3Cited by13 opinions
- Robert Walberg v. Thomas IsraelCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1985
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- Beverly v. WalkerDistrict Court, N.D. New York · 1995
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