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16 Harv. C. R.-C. L. L. Rev. 579 (1981-1982)
In Defense of Federal Habeas Corpus Relitigation

handle is hein.journals/hcrcl16 and id is 587 raw text is: IN DEFENSE OF FEDERAL HABEAS CORPUS
RELITIGATIONt
Gary Peller*
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Introduction                                                 581
I. Three Models of Federal Habeas Corpus Review              583
A. Model One-The Brown v. Allen Rule                       583
B. Model Two-Professor Bator's Proposal                    586
C. Model Three-Judge Friendly's Proposal                   590
II. The Burger Court's Restrictions                          592
III. An Evaluation of the Restriction of Collateral Habeas
Corpus Review                                            602
A. Interpretation of the Habeas Corpus Act of 1867       603
1. Professor Bator's Statutory Argument               603
a. The Early Federal Prisoner Cases                604
b. The Habeas Corpus Act of 1867                   606
c. Early Supreme Court Cases Under the Habeas
Corpus Act of 1867                               606
d. The Doctrine of Frank v. Mangum                 608
f The author wishes to acknowledge the assistance of Duncan Kennedy, Jeff
Blum, and Lili Levi and to thank especially Morton Horwitz and Susan Peller.
* B.A., Emory University, 1977; J.D., Harvard, 1980; Law Clerk to United
States District Judge Morris E. Lasker, Southern District of New York.