Legal Opinion
Alton Waye v. Edward Murray, Director, Virginia Department of Corrections
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided August 30, 1989No. 89-4008PublishedCited by 34 opinions
1Per curiam
As is the present way with most capital cases, at least in this circuit, this case has been litigated line by line and letter by letter for about 12 years. The initial conviction was appealed to the Supreme Court of Virginia and certiorari was denied by the U.S. Supreme Court. A state habeas corpus proceeding took the same course. A federal habeas corpus proceeding was decided adversely to Waye by this court in 871 F.2d 18 (4th Cir.1989), and certiorari was denied by the Supreme Court , on June 19, 1989. During the course of all these proceedings, Waye was represented by competent and able…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Alton Waye v. Sherman L. Townley, Warden, Alton Waye v. Sherman L. Townley, WardenCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1989
- Cedar Coal Company, a Corporation v. United Mine Workers of America, District No. 17, United Mine Workers of America, Local Union No. 1766, United Mine Workers of America, Charles R. Bollinger, Individually, and as President of Local Union No. 1766, United Mine Workers of America, Julian R. Morris, Individually, and as Chairman of the Denny Division Mine Committee, Gilbert Hill, Individually, and as Chairman of the Grace No. 2 Mine Committee, Bituminous Coal Operators' Association, Inc., Amicus Curiae. Cedar Coal Company, a Corporation v. United Mine Workers of America, District No. 17, United Mine Workers of America, Local Union No. 1759, United Mine Workers of America, Hayes Holstein, Individually, and as President of Local Union No. 1759, United Mine Workers of America, Okey J. Johnson, Harold Hamrick, Individually, and as Members of the Grace No. 3 Mine Committee, David Forms, Individually, and as Chairman of the Grace No. 3 Mine Committee, Utah Clendenin, Jr., Ronald Roscoe Mullins, Individually, and as Members of the Coal Fork No. 1 Mine Committee, Edward v. Massey, Individually, and as a Member of the Coal Fork No. 2 Mine Committee, Emmett G. Adkins, Individually, and as Chairman of the Coal Fork No. 2 Mine Committee, and Thomas L. Gibson, Individually, and as a Member of the Coal Fork No. 2 Mine Committee, Bituminous Coal Operators' Association, Inc., Amicus Curiae. Southern Ohio Coal Company, a Corporation, and Ohio Power Company, Acorporation v. United Mine Workers of America, an Unincorporated Association, District 31, United Mine Workers of America, an Unincorporated Labor Association, Local 1949, United Mine Workers of America, an Unincorporated Labor Association, Lawrence Floyd, as President of District 31, United Mine Workers of America, Ray Ashcraft, as President of Local 1949, United Mine Workers of America, John Dewitt, as Vice-President of Local 1949, United Mine Workers of America, Sylvester Sartoris, as Recording Secretary of Local 1949, United Mine Workers of America, Kenneth Fisher, as Financial Secretary of Local 1949, United Mine Workers of America, and Willard Baker, as Treasurer of Local 1949, United Mine Workers of AmericaCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1977
- Alton Waye v. Sherman L. Townley, WardenCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1989
3Cited by34 opinions
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- Herman Charles Barnes v. Charles E. Thompson, Warden, Herman Charles Barnes v. Charles E. Thompson, WardenCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1995
- Kenneth L. Wilson v. Fred W. Greene, Warden, Mecklenburg Correctional CenterCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1998
- David M. Pruett v. Charles ThompsonCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1993
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