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53 St. Mary's L.J. 1 (2021-2022)

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JUDICIAL FEDERALISM AND THE
APPROPRIATE ROLE OF THE STATE
SUPREME COURTS: A 20-YEAR (2000-2020)
STUDY OF THESE COURTS' INTEREST
EVALUATIONS OF THE FRUITS AND THE
ATTENUATION DOCTRINES
DANNYE HOLLEY*
Introduction............................................................................................... 2
I.   SCOTUS and its Evolution of the Fruits and Attenuation
Doctrines: An Interest Analysis Including Initial Flagging
of the Role of Race and Caste & Defining the Parameters for
Inclusion of State Supreme Court Decisions in the Study ............ 5
A. Defining the Scope of the Study ...................................................11
B. Identifying the Criteria for Determining Whether a State
Supreme Court Decision is Within the Scope of the Study......12
II.  Allocation of the Burdens of Proof-Burden of Production
and Burden of Persuasion with Respect to the Fruits and
Attenuation Doctrines............................................................................12
III. The Fruits Doctrine in the State Supreme Courts from
2000-2020................................................................................................17

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* B.A. and J.D., State University of New York, Buffalo. LL.M., University of California,
Berkeley. Professor of Law and Dean Emeritus, Thurgood Marshall School of Law, Texas Southern
University.