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Michigan Law Review

Federal courts

1985

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On The Threshold Of Wainwright V Sykes: Federal Habeas Court Scrutiny Of State Procedural Rules And Rulings, Michigan Law Review Apr 1985

On The Threshold Of Wainwright V Sykes: Federal Habeas Court Scrutiny Of State Procedural Rules And Rulings, Michigan Law Review

Michigan Law Review

This Note examines specific problems which stand on the threshold of Wainwright v. Sykes. Resolution of these problems is necessary to determine whether a state ruling is based upon an adequate state procedural ground, requiring application of the cause-and-prejudice test before habeas review will be permitted. Part I analyzes the rationale for the rule of Wainwright v. Sykes as well as its historical underpinnings. Part II examines the treatment of state court decisions that are based both on a defaulted claim and, in the alternative, on the merits of that claim. This Part concludes that decisions containing such alternative …


Policymaking And Politics In The Federal District Courts, Michigan Law Review Feb 1985

Policymaking And Politics In The Federal District Courts, Michigan Law Review

Michigan Law Review

A Review of Policymaking and Politics in the Federal District Courts by Robert A. Carp and C.K. Rowland