Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act (AEDPA)

Case	Docket Number	Date Argued	Date Decided	Appealed From	Outcome	Vote	Authoring Justice	Topics
Evans, Mike (acting warden) v. Chavis, Reginald (01/10/2006)	04-721	11/09/2005	01/10/2006	9th Circuit Court of Appeals (Aug. 27, 2004)	Reversed and Remanded	9-0	Stephen G. Breyer	Habeas corpus Statute of limitations Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act (AEDPA)
Lawrence, Gary v. Florida (02/20/2007)	05-8820	10/31/2006	02/20/2007	11th Circuit Court of Appeals (Aug. 26, 2005)	Affirmed	5-4	Clarence Thomas	Capital case Statute of limitations Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act (AEDPA)
Mayle, Deneice (Warden) v. Felix, Jacoby (06/23/2005)	04-563	04/19/2005	06/23/2005	9th Circuit Court of Appeals (Aug. 9, 2004)	Affirmed in Part, Reversed (or Vacated) in Part, and Remanded	7-2	Ruth Bader Ginsburg	Habeas corpus Statute of limitations Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act (AEDPA)
Rhines, Charles v. Weber, Douglas (Warden) (03/30/2005)	03-9046	01/12/2005	03/30/2005	8th Circuit Court of Appeals (Oct. 7, 2003)	Vacated (or set aside) and Remanded	9-0	Sandra Day O'Connor	Habeas corpus Statute of limitations stays Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act (AEDPA)
Smith v. Spisak	08-724	10/13/2009		United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit				Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act (AEDPA)
Wood v. Allen	08-9156	11/04/2009		United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit				Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act (AEDPA) mental retardation

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