Supreme Court of the United States
Knowles v. Mirzayance
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- Opinion
- Filed
- March 24, 2009
- Case
- Knowles v. Mirzayance
- Case status
- Decided
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Justice Thomas delivered the opinion of the Court. † A federal court may grant a habeas corpus application arising from a state-court adjudication on the merits if the state court’s decision “was contrary to, or involved an unreasonable application of, clearly established Federal law, as determined by th…
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