Legal Opinion
Walter Sanders v. James E. Sullivan and Robert Abrams, the Attorney General of the State of New York
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided December 2, 1988No. 177, Docket 88-2079PublishedCited by 149 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
IRVING R. KAUFMAN, Circuit Judge:
In our system of government, the federal courts, Janus-like, must often observe two directions at once. On the one hand, through unstinting vigilance, we must warrant the guarantees of the Constitution. Yet we are enjoined, on the other hand, to forbear gratuitous intrusions into the judicial functions of the several states. Nowhere are these two competing imperatives more inextricably intertwined than in a federal court’s habeas corpus duties. By allowing state courts a fair opportunity to correct constitutional violations, a federal court fulfills its…
2Cases cited45 opinions
- United States v. BagleySupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- Giglio v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- United States v. AgursSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Rose v. LundySupreme Court of the United States · 1982
- Picard v. ConnorSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
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3Cited by149 opinions
- Joseph Fama v. Commissioner of Correctional ServicesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2000
- Donovan Spence v. Superintendent, Great Meadow Correctional Facility, and Commissioner, New York State Department of Correctional ServicesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2000
- United States v. Wallach, Rusty Kent London, Eugene Robert Wallach, A/K/A "E. Robert (Bob) Wallach," and Wayne Franklyn ChinnCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1991
- United States v. DiazCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1999
- United States v. Carluin SanchezCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1992
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