Cullen v. Pinholster, No. 09-1088 (U.S. Supreme Court) (563 U.S. 170; 131 S.Ct. 1388) (April 4, 2011) (Justice Thomas)
In this decision, a sharply divided Supreme Court continued its assault on the post-AEDPA remnants of the once mighty powers of the Federal courts to grant habeas review of state court rulings. It also reversed another Ninth Circuit decision which had granted habeas relief to a death row inmate on ...
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