Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States

Hill v. McKaskle

466 U.S. 975

Type
Opinion
Court
Supreme Court of the United States
Jurisdiction
Federal
Date
1984-05-14
Topic
general

How later courts describe this case

  • noting “Sixth Circuit has found ‘cause’ to exist for a procedural default where defense counsel’s failure to object was due to an admission of lack of knowledge of a known rule of law by a controlling court”
  • servicemen’s wives’ claims for loss of consortium and emotional distress
  • discussing Anderson in the context of habeas corpus proceedings

Citator

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C. A. 5th Cir. Certiorari denied.