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…emphatically not permitted to do merely what we think best; we must do that which we think the mississippi supreme court would deem best.
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Thyron Caughlin v. Great West Casualty Company
emphatically not permitted to do merely what we think best; we must do that which we think the mississippi supreme court would deem best.
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Cited as authority (quoted)
Eott Energy Pipeline Ltd. Partnership v. Hattiesburg Speedway, Inc.
emphatically not permitted to do merely what we think best; we must do that which we think the mississippi supreme court would deem best.
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Rainwater v. Lamar Life Insurance
emphatically not permitted to do merely what we think best; we must do that which we think the mississippi supreme court would deem best.
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Cited as authority (quoted)
Eisenberg v. Grand Bank for Savings, FSB
emphatically not permitted to do merely what we think best; we must do that which we think the mississippi supreme court would deem best.
examined
Cited as authority (quoted)
Provenzano v. Singletary
while these arguments were all improper ... we are convinced that has not shown a reasonable probability that their absence would have led to a different outcome. there was overwhelming evidence of guilt_
discussed
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State v. Ferguson
evidence offered as to mitigating circumstances was ... that received a less severe penalty
examined
Cited as authority (quoted)
State v. McKoy
(2×)
in no sense may it reasonably be said that the prosecutor was either misstating the law, misleading the jury as to its role, or minimizing its sentencing responsibility.
cited
Cited "see"
U.S. Fleet Services, Inc. v. City of Fort Worth
See Jackson v. Johns-Manville Sales Corp., 781 F.2d 394, 397 (5th Cir.) (en bane), cert. denied, 478 U.S. 1022 , 106 S.Ct. 3339 , 92 L.Ed.2d 743 (1986).
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MATTHEWS AND FIELDS LUMBER CO. v. New England Ins. Co.
See Jackson v. Johns-Manville Sales Corp., 781 F.2d 394, 406 (5th Cir.1986) (duty of federal court sitting in diversity is to apply state law as it exists, not to set new precedents), ce rt. denied, 478 U.S. 1022 , 106 S.Ct. 3339 , 92 L.Ed.2d 743 (1986); Trans World Metals, Inc. v. Southwire Co., 769 F.2d 902, 908 (2d Cir.1985) (“As a federal court sitting in diversity, we will not extend the application of this state law”).
cited
Cited "see"
State v. Matthews
See State v. Hamilton, 478 So.2d 123 (La.1985), cert. denied at 478 U.S. 1022 , 106 S.Ct. 3339 , 92 L.Ed.2d 743 (1986).
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Cited "see"
Thomas v. State
See Brooks v. Kemp, 762 F.2d 1383 , 1411-12 and n. 46 (11th Cir.1985) (in discussing the propriety of prison escape argument in penalty phase, the court observed, "Although there was no record evidence concerning escape, the fact that escape is a possibility was within the common public knowledge."), cert. denied, 478 U.S. 1022 , 106 S.Ct. 3337 , 92 L.Ed.2d 742 (1986); People v. Hovey, 44 Cal.3d 543 , 244 Cal.Rptr. 121 , 749 P.2d 776, 798 (1988) ("Rather than comment upon the possibility of parole or commutation, the prosecutor merely noted the possibility of an unspecified change in `laws,' o…
cited
Cited "see"
Fina, Inc. v. Arco
See Jackson v. Johns-Manville Sales Corp., 781 F.2d 394, 397-98 (5th Cir.) (en banc), cert. denied, 478 U.S. 1022 , 106 S.Ct. 3339 , 92 L.Ed.2d 743 (1986).
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Cited "see"
Equality Foundation of Greater Cincinnati, Inc. v. City of Cincinnati (94-3973/4280)
Accord Baker v. Wade, 769 F.2d 289, 292 (5th Cir.1985) (en banc), cert. denied, 478 U.S. 1022 , 106 S.Ct. 3337 , 92 L.Ed.2d 742 (1986) (pronouncing that homosexuals compose neither a suspect nor a quasi-suspect class); National Gay Task Force v. Board of Education of Oklahoma City, 729 F.2d 1270, 1273 (10th Cir.1984), aff'd mem. by an equally divided Court, 470 U.S. 903 , 105 S.Ct. 1858 , 84 L.Ed.2d 776 (1985) (resolving that the legal classification of gays is not suspect) (both decided prior to Bowers). .
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Cited "see"
Cargill v. Turpin
See Tucker v. Kemp, 762 F.2d 1496, 1509 (11th Cir.1985) (en banc), cert. denied, 478 U.S. 1022 , 106 S.Ct. 3340 , 92 L.Ed.2d 743 (1986) (prosecutor’s improper argument that parole board would release defendant prematurely “was effectively countered by defense counsel’s argument that [the defendant] would probably never be released again”).
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Cited "see"
State v. Eisbruckner
See State v. Hamilton, 478 So.2d 123 (La.1985), cert, denied at 478 U.S. 1022 , 106 S.Ct. 3339 , 92 L.Ed.2d 743 (1986).
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Cited "see"
Doddy v. Oxy USA, Inc.
See Jackson v. Johns-Manville Sales Corp., 781 F.2d 394, 396-98 (5th Cir.1986) (en banc), cert. denied, 478 U.S. 1022 , 106 S.Ct. 3339 , 92 L.Ed.2d 743 (1986) (stating that our task under Erie is to apply existing state law, not to adopt innovative theories for the state); Pittman v. Dow Jones & Company, Inc., 834 F.2d 1171, 1171 (5th Cir.1987) (“[W]e are not free to fashion new theories of recovery under Louisiana law.”).
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Cited "see"
James William Riley v. Stanley W. Taylor M. Jane Brady , James W. Riley
See Riley v. State, 496 A.2d 997, 1021 (Del.1985), cert. denied, 478 U.S. 1022 , 106 S.Ct. 3339 , 92 L.Ed.2d 743 (1986). 2 .
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Cited "see"
Riley v. Taylor
See Riley v. St 496 A.2d 997, 1021 (Del. 1985), cert. denied, 478 U.S. 1022 (1986). 0 The other interlocutory orders Riley appeals are: (1) the district court's refusa conduct an evidentiary hearing; (2) the district court's denial of his motions to c discovery and expand the record; and (3) the district court's denial of his applica for funds for a psychiatrist and private investigator.
cited
Cited "see"
Bingham v. Terminix Intern. Co., LP
See Jackson v. Johns-Manville Sales Corp., 727 F.2d 506, 515 (5th Cir.1984), cert. denied, 478 U.S. 1022 , 106 S.Ct. 3339 , 92 L.Ed.2d 743 (1986).
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Cited "see"
Equality Foundation of Greater Cincinnati, Inc. v. City of Cincinnati
Accord, Baker v. Wade, 769 F.2d 289, 292 (5th Cir.1985) (en banc), cert. denied, 478 U.S. 1022 , 106 S.Ct. 3337 , 92 L.Ed.2d 742 (1986) (homosexuals compose neither a' suspect nor a quasi-suspect class); National Gay Task Force v. Board of Education of Oklahoma City, 729 F.2d 1270, 1273 (10th Cir.1984), aff'd mem. by an equally divided Court, 470 U.S. 903 , 105 S.Ct. 1858 , 84 L.Ed.2d 776 (1985) (legal classification of gays is not suspect) (both decided prior to Bowers). .
discussed
Cited "see"
Ferguson v. State
(2×)
See Riley v. State, Del.Supr., 496 A.2d 997, 1004-06 (1985), cert. denied, 478 U.S. 1022 , 106 S.Ct. 3339 , 92 L.Ed.2d 743 (1986).
cited
Cited "see"
Sullivan v. State
See Brooks v. Kemp, 762 F.2d 1383, 1410 (11th Cir.1985), cert. denied, 478 U.S. 1022 , 106 S.Ct. 3337 , 92 L.Ed.2d 742 (1986).
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Cited "see"
Beeman v. Manville Corp. Asbestos Disease Compensation Fund
(2×)
See Jackson v. Johns-Manville Sales Corp., 750 F.2d 1314 (5th Cir.1985), aff'd, 781 F.2d 394 (5th Cir.1986), cert. denied, 478 U.S. 1022 , 106 S.Ct. 3339 , 92 L.Ed.2d 743 (1986).
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Cited "see"
Bartley v. National Union Fire Insurance
See Jackson v. Johns-Manville Sales Corp., 781 F.2d 394 (5th Cir.) (en banc) (“As a federal court, ‘it is not for us to adopt innovative theories of [state law], but simply to apply the law as it currently exists,’ and to rule as we believe the state’s highest tribunal would rule.” (citations omitted)), cert. denied, 478 U.S. 1022 , 106 S.Ct. 3339 , 92 L.Ed.2d 743 (1986)).
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Cited "see"
Continental Trend Resources, Inc. v. Oxy USA, Inc.
See Jackson v. Johns-Manville Sales Corp., 781 F.2d 394, 408-09 (5th Cir.), cert. denied, 478 U.S. 1022 , 106 S.Ct. 3339 , 92 L.Ed.2d 743 (1986).
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Cited "see"
Thomas v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance
See Jackson v. Johns-Manville Sales Corp., 781 F.2d 394, 397 (5th Cir.), cert. denied, 478 U.S. 1022 , 106 S.Ct. 3339 , 92 L.Ed.2d 743 (1986).
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Cited "see"
United States v. Bobbie Ray Frazier
(2×)
See Brooks v. Kemp, 762 F.2d 1383, 1403 (11th Cir.1985) (attorney may not hint that he has additional evidence he has not produced), cert. denied, 478 U.S. 1022 , 106 S.Ct. 3337 , 92 L.Ed.2d 742 (1986).
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Cited "see"
Stephen T. Ladue v. Chevron, U.S.A., Inc.
See Jackson v. Johns-Manville Sales Corp., 781 F.2d 394, 397 (5th Cir.) (en banc), cert. denied, 478 U.S. 1022 , 106 S.Ct. 3339 , 92 L.Ed.2d 743 (1986). 13 .
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Cited "see"
Cather v. Catheter Technology Corp.
See Jackson v. Johns-Manville Sales Corp., 727 F.2d 506, 515 (5th Cir.1984), ce rt. denied 478 U.S. 1022 , 106 S.Ct. 3339 , 92 L.Ed.2d 743 (1986). a. design or manufacturing defects When confronted with a summary judgment motion, the respondent must come forward with some evidence in support of his claim.
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United States v. John Doe, A/K/A Louw S. Smith, United States of America v. Gregory A. Nose, A/K/A Robert Butler and Gregory Johnson, United States of America v. Tarvis Newsome
Accord, United States v. Blackwell, 224 U.S.App.D.C. 350, 366 , 694 F.2d 1325, 1341 (1982) 74 Brief for Appellee at 36 75 Brooks v. Kemp, 762 F.2d 1383, 1413 (11th Cir.1985) (en banc ), cert. denied, 478 U.S. 1022 , 106 S.Ct. 3337 , 92 L.Ed.2d 742 (1986) 76 Brief for Appellee at 36 77 See text supra at note 49 78 See text supra at note 51.
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Cited "see"
Lundy v. State
See Tucker v. Kemp , 776 F.2d 1487 , 1491 (11th Cir. 1985), cert. denied, 478 U.S. 1022 , 106 S.Ct. 3340 , 92 L.Ed.2d 743 (1986) (counsel's decision to rely on defendant's testimony rather than offering testimony of defendant's family reasonable strategic choice).
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Cited "see"
Vuocolo v. Diamond Shamrock Chem.
See Jackson v. Johns-Manville Sales Corp., 781 F. 2d 394, 412 (5th Cir.) (describing General Motors Acceptance Corp. v. Layton, 353 So. 2d 749 (Miss. 1977) where plaintiff with bruised knee recovered damages for prospective arthritis as "indistinguishable" from asbestos plaintiffs' claim for prospective cancer), cert. denied, 478 U.S. 1022 , 106 S.Ct. 3339 , 92 L.Ed. 2d 743 (1986).
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Cited "see"
Melvyn Jack Rosenwald v. United States
See Tucker v. Kemp, 776 F.2d 1487, 1491 (11th Cir.1985), cert. denied, 478 U.S. 1022 , 106 S.Ct. 3340 , 92 L.Ed.2d 743 (1986); 28 U.S.C. § 2255 (“Unless the motion and the files and records of the case conclusively show that the prisoner is entitled to no relief, the court shall ... grant a prompt hearing thereon_”) (emphasis supplied).
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Cited "see"
United States v. Phillip Grandinetti, Jr.
See United States v. Tucker, 773 F.2d 136, 139-40 (7th Cir.1985) (where corroboration exists, incredibility less of a concern), cert. denied, 478 U.S. 1022 , 106 S.Ct. 3338 , 92 L.Ed.2d 742 (1986).
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Cited "see"
Mauro v. Raymark Industries, Inc.
(2×)
See Jackson v. Johns-Manville Sales Corp., 781 F. 2d 394, 412 (5th Cir.) (describing General Motors Acceptance Corp. v. Layton, 353 So. 2d 749 (Miss. 1977) where plaintiff with bruised knee recovered damages for prospective arthritis as "indistinguishable" from asbestos plaintiffs' claim for prospective cancer), cert. denied, 478 U.S. 1022 , 106 S.Ct. 3339 , 92 L.Ed. 2d 743 (1986).
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Cited "see"
Amendola v. Kansas City Southern Railway Co.
See Jackson v. Johns-Manville Sales Corp., 781 F.2d 394, 412 (5th Cir.), cert. denied, 478 U.S. 1022 , 106 S.Ct. 3339 , 92 L.Ed.2d 743 (1986). 4 .
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Cited "see"
Time Insurance v. Sams
See Jackson v. Johns-Manville Sales Corp., 781 F.2d 394, 397 (5th Cir. 1986), cert. denied, 478 U.S. 1022 , 106 S.Ct. 3339 , 92 L.Ed.2d 743 (1986).
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Cited "see"
Rogers v. Lynaugh
For cases applying the same test to generic due process violations in the context of prosecutorial misconduct, see id. at 281 (‘There is such unfairness only if the prosecutor’s remarks evince ‘either persistent and pronounced misconduct or ... the evidence was so insubstantial that (in probability) but for the remarks no conviction would have occurred’ ” (quoting Fulford, 692 F.2d at 359 )); Byrne, 845 F.2d at 508 ; Bridge, 838 F.2d at 774 ; Welcome, 793 F.2d at 679 ; Willie, 737 F.2d at 1390 ; accord Brooks v. Kemp, 762 F.2d 1383, 1402, 1413 (11th Cir.1985) (en banc), cert. denied,…
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Zackary Rogers v. James A. Lynaugh, Director, Texas Department of Corrections, Respondent
For cases applying the same test to generic due process violations in the context of prosecutorial misconduct, see id. at 281 ("There is such unfairness only if the prosecutor's remarks evince 'either persistent and pronounced misconduct or ... the evidence was so insubstantial that (in probability) but for the remarks no conviction would have occurred' " (quoting Fulford, 692 F.2d at 359 )); Byrne, 845 F.2d at 508 ; Bridge, 838 F.2d at 774 ; Welcome, 793 F.2d at 679 ; Willie, 737 F.2d at 1390 ; accord Brooks v. Kemp, 762 F.2d 1383, 1402, 1413 (11th Cir.1985) (en banc), cert. denied, 478 U.S. …
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Cited "see, e.g."
Saldano v. Cockrell
Tex. 2000), aff’d on other grounds, 274 F.3d 212 (5th Cir. 2001); see also Baker v. Wade, 769 F.2d 289, 299 (5th Cir. 1985), cert. denied, 478 U.S. 1022 (1986) (Rubin, J., dissenting).
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Cited "see, e.g."
Saldano v. O'Connell
See Public Citizen v. Bomer, 115 F.Supp.2d 743, 746 (W.D.Tex.2000), aff'd on other grounds, 274 F.3d 212 (5th Cir.2001); see also Baker v. Wade, 769 F.2d 289, 299 (5th Cir.1985), cert. denied, 478 U.S. 1022 , 106 S.Ct. 3337 , 92 L.Ed.2d 742 (1986) (Rubin, J., dissenting).
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Cited "see, e.g."
Hulin v. Fibreboard Corp.
See, e.g., Jackson v. Johns-Manville Sales Corp., 781 F.2d 394, 397-98 (5th Cir.) (en banc) (In filling a void in state law the federal court may not do merely what it thinks best, but rather must do what it thinks the state’s highest court would deem best.), cert. denied, 478 U.S. 1022 , 106 S.Ct. 3339 , 92 L.Ed.2d 743 (1986); Rogers v. Corrosion Prods., Inc., 42 F.3d 292, 295 (5th Cir.) (Although “[t]he decisions of lower state courts should be given some weight, ... they are not controlling where the highest state court has not spoken on the subject.”), cert. denied, 515 U.S. 1160 , 1…
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Cited "see, e.g."
Hulin v. Fibreboard Corp.
See, e.g., Jackson v. Johns-Manville Sales Corp., 781 F.2d 394, 397-98 (5th Cir.) (en banc) (In filling a void in state law the federal court may not do merely what it thinks best, but rather must do what it thinks the state's highest court would deem best.), cert. denied, 478 U.S. 1022 , 106 S.Ct. 3339 , 92 L.Ed.2d 743 (1986); Rogers v. Corrosion Prods., Inc., 42 F.3d 292, 295 (5th Cir.) (Although "[t]he decisions of lower state courts should be given some weight, ... they are not controlling where the highest state court has not spoken on the subject."), cert. denied, 515 U.S. 1160 , 115 S.C…
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Cited "see, e.g."
Dawson v. State
See also Riley v. State, Del.Supr., 496 A.2d 997, 1026 (1985), cert. denied, 478 U.S. 1022 , 106 S.Ct. 3339 , 92 L.Ed.2d 743 (1986); Flamer v. State, Del.Supr., 490 A.2d 104, 137-45 (1983), cert. denied, 464 U.S. 865 , 104 S.Ct. 198 , 78 L.Ed.2d 173 (1983), and cert. denied, 474 U.S. 865 , 106 S.Ct. 185 , 88 L.Ed.2d 154 (1985).
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Cited "see, e.g."
League of United Latin American Citizens, Council No. 4434 v. Clements
V, § 21; see also Baker v. Wade, 769 F.2d 289, 291 (5th Cir.1985), cert. denied, 478 U.S. 1022 , 106 S.Ct. 3338 , 92 L.Ed.2d 742 (1986). .
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Cited "see, e.g."
League of United Latin American Citizens, Council No. 4434 v. Clements
V, § 21; see also Baker v. Wade, 769 F.2d 289, 291 (5th Cir.1985), cert. denied, 478 U.S. 1022 , 106 S.Ct. 3338 , 92 L.Ed.2d 742 (1986) 26 I say "curiously" because Chief Justice Phillips has never sought to represent the interests of the state in this appeal.
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Cited "see, e.g."
Kurt A. Puthe v. Exxon Shipping Co.
See e.g., Jackson v. Johns-Manville Sales Corp., 781 F.2d 394, 414 (5th Cir.), cert. denied, 478 U.S. 1022 , 106 S.Ct. 3339 , 92 L.Ed.2d 743 (1986).
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Cited "see, e.g."
State v. Sullivan
Sandstrom, supra, at 513 , 99 S.Ct. at 2453, 2459 ; see also State v. Hamilton, 478 So.2d 123, 128 (La.1985), cert. denied, 478 U.S. 1022 , 106 S.Ct. 3339 , 92 L.Ed.2d 743 (1986).
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Cited "see, e.g."
Lesko v. Lehman
Compare Tucker v. Francis, 723 F.2d 1504 (11th Cir.), vacated for reh'g en banc, 728 F.2d 1358 (1984), reinstated in relevant part, 762 F.2d 1496 (1985) (en banc), cert. denied, 478 U.S. 1022 , 106 S.Ct. 3340 , 92 L.Ed.2d 743 (1986).
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Baker
v.
Wade, District Attorney of Dallas County, Texas Texas v. Hill, 47th District Attorney of Texas Hill, 47th District Attorney of Texas v. Texas and Hill, 47th District Attorney of Texas v. Baker
v.
Wade, District Attorney of Dallas County, Texas Texas v. Hill, 47th District Attorney of Texas Hill, 47th District Attorney of Texas v. Texas and Hill, 47th District Attorney of Texas v. Baker
No. 85-1225; No. 85-1251; No. 85-1412; No. 85-1512.
Supreme Court of the United States.
Jul 7, 1986.
Certiorari.
Published
C. A. 5th Cir. Certiorari denied.
Justice Marshall would grant certiorari.Reported below: 769 F. 2d 289 and 774 F. 2d 1285.