DURLEY v. MAYO

No. 489.

351 U.S. 277 (1956)

DURLEY v. MAYO, CUSTODIAN, FLORIDA STATE PRISON.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided June 4, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Neal P. Rutledge, acting under appointment by the Court, 350 U.S. 900, argued the cause and filed a brief for petitioner.

Reeves Bowen, Assistant Attorney General of Florida, argued the cause for respondent. With him on the brief was Richard W. Ervin, Attorney General.


MR. JUSTICE BURTON delivered the opinion of the Court.

In this case our jurisdiction is questioned by the State of Florida because the judgment of the Supreme Court of that State, which we are asked to review and which was rendered without opinion, may have rested upon an adequate state ground. For the reasons hereafter stated, we find that to be true with the result that we have no jurisdiction to entertain this petition...

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