AEDPA habeas contravention ruling [US SC] News
AEDPA habeas contravention ruling [US SC]

Smith, et al. v. Spisak, US Supreme Court, January 12, 2010 [holding unanimously that the US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit contravened the directives of the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act by extending Mills v. Maryland to resolve in a habeas petitioner's favor questions that were not decided or addressed in Mills].

Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here. Latest commentary available here.