Lindh v. Murphy, No. 96-6298 (U.S. Supreme Court) (521 U.S. 320; 117 S.Ct. 2059) (June 23, 1997) (Justice Souter)
In this case the Supreme Court applied and clarified its holding in Landgraf v. USI Film Products, 511 U.S. 244 (1994) concerning retroactivity. The Court held that a statute does not operate "retrospectively" merely because it is applied in a case arising from conduct antedating the statute's enancment or upsets ...
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