JUSTICE POWELL delivered the opinion of the Court.
The question presented is whether the habeas corpus statute, 28 U. S. C. § 2254, confers jurisdiction on the federal courts to consider collateral challenges to state-court judgments involuntarily terminating parental rights.
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The facts of this case are described in detail in In re William L.,
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