Legal Opinion
Bell v. Thompson
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided June 27, 2005No. 04-514PublishedCited by 61 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Kennedy
This case requires us to consider whether, after we had denied certiorari and a petition for rehearing, the Court of Appeals had the power to withhold its mandate for more than five months without entering a formal order. We hold that, even assuming a court may withhold its mandate after the denial of certiorari in some cases, the Court of Appeals’ decision to do so here was an abuse of discretion.
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In 1985, Gregory Thompson and Joanna McNamara abducted Brenda Blanton Lane from a store parking lot in Shelbyville, Tennessee. After forcing Lane to drive them to a remote location, Thompson…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Schlup v. DeloSupreme Court of the United States · 1995
- Brecht v. AbrahamsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1993
- Sawyer v. WhitleySupreme Court of the United States · 1992
- Ford v. WainwrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Calderon v. ThompsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1998
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3Cited by61 opinions
- James Blakely v. Robert WardsCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 2013
- Brown v. WattersCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2010
- Thompson v. BellCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2009
- Eric Scott Patterson v. Thomas B. Haskins, WardenCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2006
- Gardner v. GaletkaCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 2009
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