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· 10/31/1983

David L. Welton v. Crispus Nix

Citations

  • 719 F.2d 969
  • 1983 U.S. App. LEXIS 15722

How courts have described this case

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

  • “Our task is only to decide whether the [state court’s] interpretation of [its] own law is so unexpected, so outlandish, that no reasonable person could have expected it”
  • subsequent state court interpretation of criminal statute deemed foreseeable on similar basis
  • subsequent state court interpretation of criminal statute deemed foreseeable on similar basis

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Judges: Heaney, Ross, Arnold

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