HUFFMAN, ADMINISTRATOR

v.

KENTUCKY ET AL.

Citator

Cited By

• Sherwin v. United States, 437 U.S. 909 (U.S. 1978)
  …otected under the First Amendment of the United States Constitution.” Pet. for Cert. 2. This question is much the same as that presented in Ballew v. Georgia, 435 U. S. 223 (1978), Sewell v. [*910] Georgia, 435 U. S. 982 (1978), Robinson v. Georgia, 435 U. S. 991 (1978), and Teal v. Georgia, 435 U. S. 989 (1978). For the reasons stated in my dissent from denial of certiorari in Sewell, supra, at 982, I would hear oral argument on this issue. Barring this, I would summarily reverse petitioners’ convictions. S…
• Ellison v. Stephens, 581 F.2d 584 (6th Cir. 1978)
  …1934). Only two months ago, the Supreme Court rejected the identical claim raised here — the constitutionality of Kentucky’s sovereign immunity doctrine — in holding that the issue did not present a substantial federal question. Huffman v. Kentucky, 435 U.S. 991, 98 S.Ct. 1641, 56 L.Ed.2d 81 (1978). To the same effect Krause, Admr. v. Ohio, 409 U.S. 1052, 93 S.Ct. 557, 34 L.Ed.2d 506 (1972). Regardless, however, of our opinion of the sovereign immunity doctrine, it is absolutely clear to us that the Attor…
• Ballew v. Georgia, 436 U.S. 962 (U.S. 1978)
  …t was when we accepted it in Ballew I. For this reason, I would grant certiorari. See also Sewell v. Georgia, 435 U. S. 982 (1978) (Brennan, J., dissenting from dismissal of appeal); Teal v. Georgia, 435 U. S. 989 (1978) (same); Robinson v. Georgia, 435 U. S. 991 (1978) (dissenting from vacation of judgment and remand). Barring this, I would grant this petition and summarily reverse. See Ballew I, supra, at 246 (opinion of Brennan, J.); Sanders v. Georgia, 424 U. S. 931 (1976) (dissent from denial of certior…