Commission v. Lysyj

How later courts describe this case

• “It is proper for an appellate court to affirm a correct decision of a lower court even when that decision is based on an inappropriate ground.”
• "[i]t is proper for an appellate court to affirm a correct decision of a lower court even when that decision is based on an inappropriate ground"
• petitioner lacks standing to raise on habeas corpus claims that were not presented at trial and upon direct appeal
• we can affirm the district court on any ground
• Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 and defamation
• no compensatory damages beyond back pay