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Adams Vs. Robertson

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  • US Supreme Court
  • Jan 14, 1997

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  1. Yee Vs. Escondido US Supreme Court · Apr 01, 1992
  2. Webb Vs. Webb US Supreme Court · May 18, 1981
  3. New York Ex Rel. Bryant Vs. Zimmerman US Supreme Court · Nov 19, 1928
  4. Hanson Vs. Denckla US Supreme Court · Jun 23, 1958
  5. Hathorn Vs. Lovorn US Supreme Court · Jun 15, 1982
  6. Exxon Corp. Vs. Eagerton US Supreme Court · Jun 08, 1983
  7. Phillips Petroleum Co. Vs. Shutts US Supreme Court · Jun 26, 1985
  8. Ticor Title Ins. Co. Vs. Brown US Supreme Court · Apr 04, 1994
  9. U.S. 83 (1997) October Term, 1996 Syllabus Adams Et Al. V. Robertson
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  10. will not reach the question presented, and the writ is dismissed as improvidently granted. With rare exceptions, Yee v. Escondido
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  11. the aggrieved party bears the burden of defeating this assumption, Board of Directors of Rotary Int'l v. Rotary
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  12. U. S. 537 ,550, by demonstrating that the state court had a fair opportunity to address the issue, Webb v. Webb
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  13. for raising their federal claim before the State Supreme Court, see, e. g., Bankers Life & Casualty Co. v. Crenshaw
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  14. not be an adequate and independent ground for the state court to disregard that claim, see, e. g., Hathorn v. Lovorn
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  15. with fair precision and in due time, see, e. g., New York 84 Syllabus ex rel. Bryant v. Zimmerman
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  16. by or properly presented to the state court that rendered the decision we have been asked to review. See Heath v. Alabama
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  17. McGoldrick v. Compagnie
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  18. before us, we assume that the issue was not properly presented, Board of 87 Directors of Rotary Int'l v. Rotary
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  19. S. 493 , 501 (1981). We have described in different ways how a petitioner may satisfy this requirement. See Street v. New
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  20. Bankers Life & Casualty Co. v. Crenshaw
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  21. U. S. 71 , 77-78 (1988) (quoting Webb, supra, at 501), see, e. g., Exxon Corp. v. Eagerton
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  22. could not serve as an independent and adequate state-law ground for the state court's judgment, see, e. g., Hathorn v. Lovorn
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  23. PruneYard Shopping Center v. Robins
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  24. claim in their initial brief before the Alabama Supreme Court, and point to two pages of that brief discussing Brown v. Ticor
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  25. whether members of the class who were not Alabama residents had been afforded due process under Phillips Petroleum Co. v. Shutts
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  26. of whether, if a state National Life Insurance Company 4, n. 2 (citing Ala. Rule App. Proc. 28(a)(3)), and Eady v. Stewart
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  27. thus they did not meet our minimal requirement that it must be clear that a federal claim was presented, Webb v. Webb
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  28. see Bowe v. Scott
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  29. in a petition for rehearing when the state court is silent on the question, see Board of Directors of Rotary Int'l v. Rotary
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  30. Inc. v. Johnson
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  31. of course, that we dismissed a writ of certiorari regarding a similar question three Terms ago in Ticor Title Ins. Co. v. Brown
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  32. we 'promote respect ... for the Court's adjudicatory process.''' Illinois v. Gates
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  33. U. S. 213 , 224 (1983) (quoting Mapp v. Ohio
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  34. Syllabus Adams Et Al. V. Robertson
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  35. Board of Directors of Rotary Int'l v. Rotary
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  36. Bryant v. Zimmerman
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  37. See Heath v. Alabama
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  38. Directors of Rotary Int'l v. Rotary
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  39. See Street v. New
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  40. Brown v. Ticor
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  41. and Eady v. Stewart
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  42. Bowe v. Scott
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  43. Mapp v. Ohio
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  44. Illinois v. Gates
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  45. Beck v. Washington
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