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Francis Vs. Henderson

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  • US Supreme Court
  • May 03, 1976

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  1. Younger Vs. Harris US Supreme Court · Feb 23, 1971
  2. Camp Vs. Arkansas US Supreme Court · Nov 16, 1971
  3. Hudgens Vs. Nlrb US Supreme Court · Mar 03, 1976
  4. Estelle Vs. Williams US Supreme Court · May 03, 1976
  5. Neal Vs. Delaware US Supreme Court · Jan 01, 1880
  6. Gibson Vs. Mississippi US Supreme Court · Apr 18, 1896
  7. Whitus Vs. Georgia US Supreme Court · Jan 23, 1967
  8. Fay Vs. Noia US Supreme Court · Mar 18, 1963
  9. Lefkowitz Vs. Newsome US Supreme Court · Feb 19, 1975
  10. Rizzo Vs. Goode US Supreme Court · Jan 21, 1976
  11. United States Vs. Calandra US Supreme Court · Jan 08, 1974
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  13. U.S. 536 (1976) U.S. Supreme Court Francis v. Henderson
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  14. U.S. 536 (1976) Francis v. Henderson
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  15. then sought habeas corpus in the District Court, which granted relief. The Court of Appeals reversed, relying on Davis v. United
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  16. of the case. Page 425 U. S. 537 MR. JUSTICE STEWART delivered the opinion of the Court. In Davis v. United
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  17. administration of criminal justice require a federal court to forgo the exercise of its habeas corpus power. See Fay v. Noia
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  18. U.S. at 411 U. S. 242 . See also Shotwell Mfg. Co. v. United
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  19. recognized more than 20 years ago in a case involving this Page 425 U. S. 541 very Louisiana law, Michel v. Louisiana
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  20. Kaufman v. United
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  21. U. S. 228 . We conclude, therefore, that the Court of Appeals was correct in holding that the rule of Davis v. United
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  22. of the third judicial day following the end of the grand jury's term or before trial, whichever was earlier. State v. Wilson
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  23. State v. Chianelli
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  24. La. 552, 76 So.2d 727. See Michel v. Louisiana
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  25. This question has been explicitly left open in previous cases. See Davis v. United
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  26. Parker v. North
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  27. considered the merits of the prisoner's claim, different considerations would, of course, be applicable. See Lefkowitz v. Newsome
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  28. See Davis v. United
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  29. Id. at 411 U. S. 245 . MR JUSTICE BRENNAN, dissenting. I dissent. Fay v. Noia
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  30. We should call to mind what was said in Fay. Fay established the principle which was reaffirmed in Henry v. Mississippi
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  31. U. S. 443 , 379 U. S. 452 (1965), and only last Term in Lefkowitz v. Newsome
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  32. U.S. at 372 U. S. 428 -434, 372 U. S. 438 -439. See also, e.g., Camp v. Arkansas
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  33. waiver standard of Johnson v. Zerbst
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  34. to introduce legal fictions into federal habeas corpus. The classic definition of waiver enunciated in Johnson v. Zerbst
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  35. itself, by holding a hearing or by some other means, of the facts bearing upon the applicant's default. Cf. Price v. Johnston
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  36. it might be seen as a simple aberration. But it is particularly distressing in light of decisions such as Estelle v. Williams
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  37. the prospect of being informed several Terms from now that the Court overruled Fay this Term, cf., e.g., Hudgens v. NLRB
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  38. ante at 425 U. S. 538 , the Court notes that Davis v. United
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  39. the rule of Davis v. United
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  40. Federal Constitution. No support for such a proposition may be gleaned from such cases cited by the Court as Younger v. Harris
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  41. adjudication of constitutional claims into a doctrine essentially precluding such adjudication. See, e.g., Rizzo v. Goode
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  42. to Fay for waiver of the right to challenge the composition of grand juries on the ground that the rule of Davis v. United
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  43. of blacks and was not an impartial jury representing a cross-section of the community. The court, relying on Fay v. Noia
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  44. U. S. 391 (1963), and Johnson v. Zerbst
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  45. that this collateral challenge to the grand jury's composition was precluded by the then recent decision in Davis v. United
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  46. U. S. 558 whether petitioner should be so peculiarly indicted for this particular crime, see, e.g., United States v. Calandra
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  47. Amendment's provision for presentment or indictment by grand jury has not been extended against the States, Hurtado v California
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  48. if it is based on an indictment of a grand jury from which Negroes were excluded by reason of their race. Strauder v. West
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  49. a defendant has no right to demand that members of his race be included on the grand jury that indicts him, Virginia v. Rives
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  50. U. S. 565 (1896) Cf. Hernandez v. Texas
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