On August 29, 1996, the Court directed the parties to submit briefs on the question of whether the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996, Pub.L. No. 104-132, 110 Stat. 1214 ("Act") applied to cases filed prior to the Act's effective date. This issue has been fully briefed and was submitted on oral argument on November 20, 1996.
A number of Ninth Circuit panels have stayed decisions pending resolution of this question. Accordingly, we have elected to...
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