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· 1/4/1979

United States Ex Rel. Franklin Parish v. Richard J. Elrod

Citations

  • 589 F.2d 327
  • 1979 U.S. App. LEXIS 17850

How courts have described this case

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  • emphasizing “the imprudence of using habeas corpus in the absence of extraordinary circumstances to wrest from the state courts the primary responsibility for remedying constitutional violations committed by state law enforcement officials”

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Judges: Bauer, Cummings, Pell

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