Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States

Gissendaner v. Bryson

136 S. Ct. 26

Type
Opinion
Court
Supreme Court of the United States
Jurisdiction
Federal
Date
2015-09-29
Topic
litigation

How later courts describe this case

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  • “[T]here is no logical reason why there should be a readily available alternative requirement in facial challenges to lethal injection protocols but not to as-applied challenges to them.”
  • “[T]here is no logical reason why there should be a readily available alternative requirement in facial challenges to lethal injection protocols but hot to as-applied challenges to them.”

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Application for stay of execution of sentence of death presented to Justice THOMAS and by him referred to the Court denied. Petition for writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit denied.