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Parker v. Matthews, No. 11-845 (U.S. Supreme Court) (567 U.S. 37; 132 S.Ct. 2148) (June 11, 2012) (Per Curiam)

Loaded on June 11, 2012 published in Punch and Jurists June 11, 2012
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Here the Court vacated a grant of habeas corpus by the Sixth Circuit, caustically stating its decision was based on “the flimsiest of rationales” and was a "texrbook example" of using habeas corpus to "second guess" reasonable state court decisions.

Showing almost petulant impatience with the lower courts, the Supreme ...

 

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