United States of America Ex Rel. Augustine Bagley v. Honorable J. E. Lavallee, as Warden of Clinton State Prison, Dannemora, New York

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• Federal petition filed prior to effective date of New York law providing new remedy
• Federal petition filed prior to effective date of New York law providing new remedy
• even were there some doubt as to availability relief in state court, a federal court should give 13 the state court first chance of review, absent an authoritative showing that no further relief remains 14 available in state court
• 'if there were some doubt as to the availability of relief in the New York courts, we still would give its courts the first chance to review their alleged errors so long as they have not authoritatively shown that no further relief is available'
• “if there were some doubt as to the availability of relief in the New York courts, we still would give its courts the first chance to review their alleged errors so long as they have not authoritatively shown that no further relief is available”

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