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· 4/21/1987

Granberry v. Greer

Citations

  • 481 U.S. 129
  • 107 S. Ct. 1671
  • 95 L. Ed. 2d 119
  • 1987 U.S. LEXIS 1809

How courts have described this case

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

  • holding that appellate courts may consider a habeas petitioner’s failure to exhaust state rem- edies despite a State’s forfeiture of the defense
  • holding that appellate courts may consider a habeas petitioner’s failure to exhaust state remedies despite a State’s forfeiture of the defense
  • concluding that a federal appellate court may consider an application to which the state raises a non-exhaustion defense for the first time on appeal
  • holding that a state may, even inadvertently, waive the pre-AEDPA federal habeas exhaustion requirement
  • holding that based on concerns of comity and judicial economy, a federal habeas court, within its discretion, may raise an exhaustion defense that was not raised in the district court
  • holding that based on concerns of comity and judicial economy, a federal habeas court, within its discretion, may raise an exhaustion defense that was not raised in the district court

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Judges: Stevens

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