Chapman v. LeMaster

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• explaining that “the [state] courts’ interpretation of the state ... statute is a matter of state law binding on this court”
• explaining that matters of state law are binding on a federal habeas court
• explaining that matters of state law are binding on a federal habeas court
• noting federal courts exercise their independent judgment in deciding claims not decided on the merits by state courts
• state court’s interpretation of state statutes “is a matter of state law binding on [the federal habeas] court.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).