Supreme Court· 4/18/2000

Williams v. Taylor

Citations

529 U.S. 420
120 S. Ct. 1479
146 L. Ed. 2d 435
2000 U.S. LEXIS 2836

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holding that because prisoner diligently pursued claim in state court, and was denied a hearing, he was entitled to a hearing in federal court
holding that because prisoner diligently pursued claim in state court, and was denied a hearing, he was entitled to a hearing in federal court
holding that because prisoner diligently pursued claim in state court, and was denied a hearing, he was entitled to a hearing in federal court
holding that because prisoner diligently pursued claim in state court, and was denied a hearing, he was entitled to a hearing in federal court
holding that courts “give the words of a statute their ordinary, contemporary, common meaning, absent an indication Congress intended them to bear some different import”
holding that because prisoner diligently pursued claim in state court, and was denied a hearing, he was entitled to a hearing in federal court

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Judges: Kennedy

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