Cockrell v. Burdine, No. 01-495 (U.S. Supreme Court) (535 U.S. 1120; 122 S.Ct. 2347) (June 3, 2002) (Per Curiam)
Loaded on June 9, 2002
published in Punch and Jurists
May 13, 2002
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Several times in the past few years we have commented on some of the prior appeals in this well-publicized capital case, which has become known in the press as the “sleeping lawyer case.” The case first came to the limelight when Judge Hittner of the S.D.Tex. granted Calvin Burdine …
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- Cockrell v. Burdine, No. 01-495 (U.S. Supreme Court) (535 U.S. 1120; 122 S.Ct. 2347) (June 3, 2002) (Per Curiam)
- Securities and Exchange Commission v. Zandford, No. 01-147 (U.S. Supreme Court) (535 U.S. 813; 122 S.Ct. 1899) (June 3, 2002) (Justice Stevens)
- U.S. v. Corrado, No. 98-2315 (6th Cir.) (286 F.3d 934) (April 15, 2002) (Judge Harry W. Wellford)
- U.S. v. Strouse, No. 00-20558 (5th Cir.) (286 F.3d 767) (March 20, 2002) (Judge Patrick E. Higginbotham)
- Valenzuela v. U.S., No. 00-13729 (11th Cir.) (286 F.3d 1223) (March 25, 2002) (Judge Gerald B. Tjoflat)
- Beerheide v. Suthers, No. 00-1086 (10th Cir.) (286 F.3d 1179) (April 11, 2002) (Judge Stephanie K. Seymour)
- Toolasprashad v. Bureau of Prisons, No. 00-5425 (D.C. Cir.) (286 F.3d 576) (April 19, 2002) (Judge David S. Tatel)
- U.S. v. Jordan, No. 00-10233 (9th Cir.) (291 F.3d 1091) (May 30, 2002) (Judge Ronald M. Gould)
- U.S. v. Outen, No. 97-1103 (2nd Cir.) (286 F.3d 622) (April 12, 2002) (Judge Sonia Sotomayor)
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