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· 3/9/1964

Shuttlesworth v. City of Birmingham

Citations

  • 376 U.S. 339
  • 84 S. Ct. 795
  • 11 L. Ed. 2d 766
  • 1964 U.S. LEXIS 1658

How courts have described this case

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  • a minor procedural failing, such as using the wrong type of paper, cannot constitute an ‘adequate state ground’ blocking review of a federal constitutional issue
  • a minor procedural failing, such as using the wrong type of paper, cannot constitute an \adequate state ground\ blocking review of a federal constitutional issue
  • continuing case indefinitely upon joint stipulation of the parties
  • continuing case indefinitely upon joint stipulation of the parties

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Judges: White

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