Metrish v. Lancaster, No. 12-547 (U.S. Supreme Court) (569 U.S. 351; 133 S.Ct. 1781) (May 30, 2013) (Justice Ginsburg)
This is another of a long line of habeas cases that have addressed the rigid standards of review established under the Anti-Terrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 ("AEDPA"). In this case the Court specifically addressed the meaning of the particularly cumbersome language of 28 U.S.C. § 2254(d)(1) which …
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