Duncan v. General Motors Corp.
Duncan v. Gen. Motors Corp., 538 U.S. 994 (2003)
Opinion
C. A. 8th Cir. Motion of NOW Legal Defense and Education Fund for leave to file a brief as amicus curiae granted. Certiorari denied.
How later courts describe this case
Explanatory parentheticals written by citing courts — 5 in all; the most informative distinct ones are shown.
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(noting that state supreme court exercised discretionary power in capital cases to overlook procedural default “in both published opinions and unpublished orders”)
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(collecting cases where the environment. was not sufficiently severe or pervasive, despite the existence of teasing, sexual jokes, inappropriate sexual comments, and repeated instances of unwanted sexual contact)
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(holding the same Nevada aggravating circumstance unconstitutionally vague, under Godfrey)
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(“[T]he state must provide us with a ‘fair assurance’ that the error was harmless under Brecht.”)
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(improper admission of evidence can amount to a due process violation if it “is clearly prejudicial and ‘rendered the trial fundamentally unfair’ ”)
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