Legal Opinion
Beard v. Kindler
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided December 8, 2009No. 08-992PublishedCited by 595 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Roberts
A federal habeas court will not review a claim rejected by a state court “if the decision of [the state] court rests on a state law ground that is independent of the federal question and adequate to support the judgment.” Coleman v. Thompson, 501 U. S. 722, 729 (1991). We granted certiorari to decide the following question: “Is a state procedural rule automatically ‘inadequate’ under the adequate-state-grounds doctrine — and therefore unenforceable on federal habeas corpus review — because the state rule is discretionary rather than mandatory?” Pet. for Cert. i. Petitioners argue the correct…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Coleman v. ThompsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
- Wainwright v. SykesSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Mills v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1988
- Henry v. MississippiSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- Francis v. HendersonSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
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3Cited by595 opinions
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