· 1/8/1979
Meltzer v. Board of Public Instruction of Orange County
Citations
- 439 U.S. 1089
- 99 S. Ct. 872
- 59 L. Ed. 2d 56
- 1979 U.S. LEXIS 431
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- finding that misrepresentations in a habeas petition, attributed to a “jailhouse lawyer,” “are ultimately attributable to the [litigant],” and the litigant “is bound by the acts of his ‘jailhouse lawyer’
- rejecting inmate’s attempt to “pass the blame off on his ‘jail house lawyer’”
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Judges: Brennan, Certiorari
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