Philip Morris USA Inc. v. Williams (2008)
- Docket
- 07-1216
- Decided
- 2008-01-01
Summary
Question: Can a state court, after the U.S. Supreme Court has remanded a case back to it with instructions to apply the correct constitutional standard, raise a state-law procedural bar for the first time? Conclusion: The Supreme Court dismissed the writ of certiorari as improvidently granted.