Lawrence v. Florida

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided 2007-02-20

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Justice Thomas delivered the opinion of the Court. Congress established a 1-year statute of limitations for seeking federal habeas corpus relief from a state-court judgment, 28 U. S. C. § 2244 (d), and further provided that the limitations period is tolled while an “application for State post-conviction or other collateral review” “is pending,” § 2244(d)(2). We must decide w…

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