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Supreme Court· 6/23/1997

Lindh v. Murphy

Citations

  • 521 U.S. 320
  • 117 S. Ct. 2059
  • 138 L. Ed. 2d 481
  • 1997 U.S. LEXIS 3998

How courts have described this case

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  • holding that the AEDPA does not apply to cases that were filed before the April 1996 effective date of the AEDPA
  • holding that the provisions of the AEDPA \apply only to cases filed after the Act became effective\
  • holding that the AEDPA amendments to § 2254 apply only to cases filed after AEDPA's effective date
  • holding that the Chapter 153 amendments, which apply to all federal habeas petitions, are inapplicable to federal habeas petitions pending on the date of the AEDPA’s enactment
  • concluding that AEDPA provisions apply “only to cases filed after [AEDPA] became effective”
  • holding that one year is “reasonable period” for purposes of § 2255 grace period

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Judges: Souter, Stevens, O'Connor, Ginsburg, Breyer, Rehnquist, Scalia, Kennedy, Thomas

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