In those other seven cases, the 3rd Circuit compiled a remarkable success rate, as the Supreme Court agreed with the 3rd Circuit’s side of a circuit split six times and only disagreed with the 3rd Circuit once. Notably, the one instance in which the Supreme Court did not agree with the 3rd Circuit’s approach came in an opinion by Justice (and former 3rd Circuit Judge) Samuel A. Alito Jr., who ruled in favor of a state prisoner who was seeking to establish the timeliness of his federal habeas corpus action.
Now, on to the specifics, beginning with the cases in which the Supreme Court approved of the 3rd Circuit’s rulings.
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