Supreme Court· 3/3/1997
Adams v. Robertson
Citations
- 520 U.S. 83
- 117 S. Ct. 1028
- 137 L. Ed. 2d 203
- 1997 U.S. LEXIS 1490
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- holding that “passing invocations” of a federal claim in state court do not satisfy the exhaustion requirement
- holding that a federal claim in a state court judgment on which the state court was silent will not be reviewed unless it was properly presented to the state court
- dismissing the writ of certiorari as improvidently granted after briefing and oral arguments on the merits
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Judges: Per Curiam
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