Supreme Court of the United States, 1983

Estelle v. Bullard

Estelle v. Bullard
Supreme Court of the United States · Decided January 17, 1983
459 U.S. 1139; 103 S. Ct. 776; 74 L. Ed. 2d 987; 51 U.S.L.W. 3532; 1983 U.S. LEXIS 3053 (United States Reports)

Estelle v. Bullard

Opinion of the Court

C. A. 5th Cir. [Certiorari granted, 457 U. S. 1116.] Judgment vacated and case remanded for consideration of whether the Texas Constitution, as interpreted by the Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas in Ex parte Augusta, 639 S. W. 2d 481 (1982), offers respondent relief on grounds independent of the United States Constitution so as to render inappropriate a decision on federal constitutional grounds. City of Mesquite v. Aladdin’s Cas*1140tie, Inc., 455 U. S. 283 (1982); Mills v. Rogers, 457 U. S. 291 (1982).

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