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· 3/8/1982

Rose v. Lundy

Citations

  • 455 U.S. 509
  • 102 S. Ct. 1198
  • 71 L. Ed. 2d 379
  • 1982 U.S. LEXIS 79

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Rose v. Lundy — U.S. Supreme Court case. This entry links to the full opinion in the CourtListener corpus.

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  • “[A]s a matter of comity, federal courts should not consider a claim in a habeas corpus petition until after the state courts have had an opportunity to act.”
  • “In 20 sum, because a total exhaustion rule promotes comity and does not 21 unreasonably impair the prisoner’s right to relief, we hold that a district court 22 must dismiss habeas petitions containing both unexhausted and exhausted 23 claims.”

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Judges: O'Connor, Court'S, Burger, Brennan, Marshall, Powell, Rehnquist, Iii-C, Blackmun, White, Stevens

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