Ross v. Reed

How later courts describe this case

• “A city needs control over the number of times its citizens must bear the inconvenience of having its streets dug up and the best times for it to occur.”
• “[defendant] must shoulder the burden of showing, not merely that the errors at his trial created a possibility of prejudice, but that they worked to his actual and substantial disadvantage”
• if state prisoner alleges no deprivation of federal rights, § 2254 is inapplicable
• if cause and prejudice standard satisfied, certainly sixth amendment violation sustained