SUN OIL CO.

v.

WORTMAN ET AL.

Citator

Cited By

• West v. Atkins, 487 U.S. 42 (U.S. 1988)
  …e to the effect that a physician who contracts with the State to provide medical care to prison inmates, even if employed by a private entity, acts under color of state law for purposes of §1983.7 We [*48] granted certiorari to resolve the conflict. 484 U. S. 912 (1987). II To state a claim under § 1983, a plaintiff must allege the violation of a right secured by the Constitution and laws of the United States, and must show that the alleged deprivation was committed by a person acting under color of state…
• Amadeo v. Zant, 486 U.S. 214 (U.S. 1988)
  …ined that “[w]here the state’s efforts to conceal its misconduct cause an issue to be ignored at trial, the state should not be allowed to rely on its procedural default rules to preclude federal habeas review.” Id., at 1513. We granted certiorari, 484 U. S. 912 (1987), and we now reverse. II In Wainwright v. Sykes, 433 U. S. 72 (1977), this Court adopted the “cause and prejudice” requirement of Francis v. Henderson, supra, for all petitioners seeking federal habeas relief on constitutional claims default…
• Sun Oil Co. v. Wortman, 486 U.S. 717 (U.S. 1988)
  …e substantive law governs the claim, and (2) those same Clauses of the Constitution mandated interpretations of other States’ substantive laws concerning interest that were different from those arrived at by the Kansas courts. We granted certiorari. 484 U. S. 912 (1987). HH In the 1960’s and 1970’s, petitioner, a Delaware corporation with its principal place of business in Texas, extracted gas from properties that it leased from respondents. The leases provided that respondents would receive a royalty, usu…