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Griffin v. Missouri

515 U.S. 1153 Court SCOTUS Decision date 1995-06-21 Docket No. 94-9734 (A-971) English

Judges Justice Stevens, Justice Ginsburg, and Justice Breyer would grant the application for stay of execution, pending the District Court’s consideration of petitioner’s claims for relief under 42 U. S. C. § 1983, for the reasons expressed in the opinions of Chief Judge Richard S. Arnold and Circuit Judge Morris Sheppard Arnold, dissenting from denial of rehearing en banc in the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit.

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p. 1153
June 21, 1995
No. 94-9734 (A-971).
Griffin v. Missouri et al.

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p. 1154
sented to Justice Thomas, and by him referred to the Court, denied. Certiorari denied.

Justice Stevens, Justice Ginsburg, and Justice Breyer would grant the application for stay of execution, pending the District Court’s consideration of petitioner’s claims for relief under 42 U. S. C. § 1983 , for the reasons expressed in the opinions of Chief Judge Richard S. Arnold and Circuit Judge Morris Sheppard Arnold, dissenting from denial of rehearing en banc in the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit.

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