state-law-precedent

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
21-7563 Alexander Kates v. New York Second Circuit 2022-04-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights criminal-procedure custody-determination district-court-discretion due-process federal-precedent habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance standing state-law state-law-precedent Are district courts allowed to disregard State law and controlling federal precedent when handling state habeas corpus petitions?
19-1322 Robert L. Vaughn, Jr., aka Judson Vaughn v. William O. Bray, et al. Alabama 2020-05-29 Denied alabama-state-law civil-procedure civil-rights doctrine-of-laches doctrine-of-latches due-process judicial-discretion spiva-v-boyd standing state-law-precedent statute-of-limitations superseding-authority testamentary-capacity undue-influence Can a trial court and The Supreme Court of Alabama ignore previous Supreme Court of Alabama decisions that protect plaintiffs in cases of undue influe…