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Getsy Argument

USCA 6 heard oral argument en banc* today in the Getsy case, previously noted here, here, and here. Counsel for Ohio reports that only Judge Merritt seemed interested in the disproportionality theory of his panel opinion.

*The full court, as opposed to the three-judge panels that normally hear cases in the federal courts of appeals.

Posted by Kent Scheidegger on March 8, 2007 12:33 PM |

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