United States Second Circuit

A state court decision as to a particular federal claim can constitute an "adjudication on the merits" within the meaning of AEDPA even when the state court does not explicitly refer to the federal claim or to relevant federal case law.

Appellate Information

• Argued 05/17/2001
• Decided 08/14/2001
• Published 08/14/2001

Judges

• JOHN M. WALKER, Jr., Chief Judge:, Before:  WALKER, Chief Judge, FEINBERG and CABRANES, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Second Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Polly N. Passonneau, New York, NY, for Petitioner-Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Donna Aldea, Assistant District Attorney (Richard A. Brown, District Attorney, Queens County, John M. Castellano, Assistant District Attorney, on the brief), Kew Gardens, NY, for Respondent-Appellee.