Sawyer v. Whitley
Supreme Court of the United States
1Opinion of the Court 1
505 U.S. 333 (1992)
SAWYER
v.
WHITLEY, WARDEN
No. 91-6382.
United States Supreme Court.
Argued February 25, 1992.
Decided June 22, 1992.
CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT
Rehnquist, C. J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which White, Scalia, Kennedy, Souter, and Thomas, JJ., joined. Blackmun, J., filed an opinion concurring in the judgment, post, p. 350. Stevens, J., filed an opinion concurring in the judgment, in which Blackmun and O'Connor, JJ., joined, post, p. 360.
R. Neal Walker argued the cause for petitioner. With him on the briefs were Nicholas J.…
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