Smith v. U.S., No. Civ. 96-S-1536 (D.Colo.) (945 F.Supp. 1439) (October 29, 1996) (Judge Daniel B. Sparr)
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Case held that retroactive application of the AEDPA to all pending cases would be "intolerable.".
Hunter v. United States, 101 F.3d 1565 (11th Cir. 1996) (En Banc) (Judge Carnes)
Smith v. United States, 945 F.Supp. 1439 (D.Colo. 1996) (Judge Sparr)
The Hunter case is an en banc decision …
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