Skip to content
Back to judgment

Citation network

Lonchar Vs. Thomas

Cites for this judgment

  • US Supreme Court
  • Apr 01, 1996

Citation network · 7-day free trial

Brief every cited case in minutes

Open an 18-section AI Brief on any citation below, ask scoped follow-ups, and find related precedents with Semantic Search. Full trial - no card required.

  • 18-section brief - facts, issues, ratio, relief
  • Ask this case - answers cite the judgment
  • Semantic search - find precedents by meaning
  • Research drawer - sections, cites, related cases

No card required · credentials emailed · Log in if you already have an account

74 entries 13 linked 61 unlinked
Show
  1. Kuhlmann Vs. Wilson US Supreme Court · Jun 26, 1986
  2. Townsend Vs. Sain US Supreme Court · Mar 18, 1963
    Relied / Followed
  3. Reed Vs. Ross US Supreme Court · Jun 27, 1984
  4. Teague Vs. Lane US Supreme Court · Feb 22, 1989
  5. Rose Vs. Lundy US Supreme Court · Mar 03, 1982
  6. Keeney Vs. Tamayo-reyes US Supreme Court · Jan 15, 1992
  7. Herrera Vs. Collins US Supreme Court · Oct 07, 1992
  8. Schlup Vs. Delo US Supreme Court · Oct 03, 1994
  9. Mccleskey Vs. Zant US Supreme Court · Apr 16, 1991
  10. Sawyer Vs. Whitley US Supreme Court · Feb 25, 1992
  11. Albemarle Paper Co. Vs. Moody US Supreme Court · Jun 25, 1975
  12. United States Vs. Payner US Supreme Court · Jun 23, 1980
  13. Barefoot Vs. Estelle US Supreme Court · Jul 06, 1983
  14. U.S. 314 (1996) October Term, 1995 Syllabus Lonchar V. Thomas
    Search
  15. equitable doctrines independent of Rule 9 applied, relying chiefly on this Court's per curiam order in Gomez v. United
    Search
  16. The principle of Barefoot v. Estelle
    Search
  17. that regularize and thereby narrow the discretion that individual judges can freely exercise. See, e. g., McCleskey v. Zant
    Search
  18. s framers, which courts may not undermine through the exercise of background equitable powers. See Bank of Nova Scotia v. United
    Search
  19. does not lead to a different conclusion. Gomez, supra, at 654, and, e. g., Sawyer v. Whitley
    Search
  20. applied, relying chiefly on this Court's per curiam order in Gomez v. United
    Search
  21. by an execution, even though the court lacked the authority to dispose of the petition on the merits. In Barefoot v. Estelle
    Search
  22. F. 3d, at 593. The concurrence argues that the Court's decision in Gomez v. United
    Search
  23. gradual evolution of more formal judicial, statutory, or rules-based doctrines of law. See, e. g., McCleskey v. Zant
    Search
  24. Sanders v. United
    Search
  25. U. S. 731 , 756-758 (1888), but also application of basic constitutional doctrines of fairness, see Jones v. Cunningham
    Search
  26. of 323 its own legal processes. Withrow v. Williams
    Search
  27. is normally for Congress to make, but which courts will make when Congress has not resolved the question. See Brecht v. Abrahamson
    Search
  28. U. S. 70 , 127 (1995) (THOMAS, J., concurring). See also Albemarle Paper Co. v. Moody
    Search
  29. Id., at 496 (quoting Brown v. Allen
    Search
  30. Townsend, supra, at 313. See also Coleman v. Thompson
    Search
  31. the Rule which courts may not undermine through the exercise of background equitable powers. See Bank of Nova Scotia v. United
    Search
  32. quoting United States v. Payner
    Search
  33. Cf. McCarthy v. Madigan
    Search
  34. exception, rather than through congressional legislation or through the formal rulemaking process. See Vasquez v. Hillery
    Search
  35. has been adopted). Fourth, contrary to the Court of Appeals' view, we do not believe that this Court, in Gomez v. United
    Search
  36. U. S., at 654. And this Court has made similar statements in other cases. See, e. g., Sawyer v. Whitley
    Search
  37. motives) that is often unanswerable and the very asking of which may encourage and reward the disingenuous. See Murray v. Carrier
    Search
  38. Ante, at 319. This statement, I believe, misreads our opinion in Barefoot v. Estelle
    Search
  39. U. S. 880 (1983), and ignores our reasoning in Gomez v. United
    Search
  40. s likelihood of success is one factor to be considered in determining whether a stay should be entered. See Hilton v. Braunskill
    Search
  41. Brown v. Allen
    Search
  42. U. S. 443 , 459 (1953), and long before this Court declined to declare the death penalty unconstitutional, in Gregg v. Georgia
    Search
  43. U. S. 153 (1976), Proffitt v. Florida
    Search
  44. U. S. 242 (1976), and Jurek v. Texas
    Search
  45. by a petitioner to manipulate the district court into granting relief where relief is clearly precluded. In Gomez v. United
    Search
  46. an obvious attempt to avoid the application of McCleskey v. Zant
    Search
  47. its judgment by exploiting the fact that ordinary principles of res judicata do not apply in habeas corpus. McCleskey v. Zant
    Search
  48. merits has enough merit for the class plaintiffs to have prevailed in district court and the court of appeals. Fierro v. Gomez
    Search
  49. stay must be granted if a first federal habeas petition is not dismissed, the Court relies on our decision in Barefoot v. Estelle
    Search
  50. control over his habeas claims, because our case law required the District Court to establish as much. See Whitmore v. Arkansas
    Search

AI Briefs · Semantic Search · Save & annotate judgments

Start your 7-day free trial