Case Name: Estelle, Director, Texas Department of Corrections v. Bullard
Court: Supreme Court of the United States
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1983-01-17
Citations: 459 U.S. 1139
Docket Number: No. 81-1774
Parties: Estelle, Director, Texas Department of Corrections v. Bullard.
Judges: 
Reporter: United States Reports
Volume: 459
Pages: 1139–1140

Head Matter:
No. 81-1774.
Estelle, Director, Texas Department of Corrections v. Bullard.

Opinion:
C. A. 5th Cir. [Certiorari granted, 457 U. S. 1116.] Judgment vacated and case remanded for consideration of whether the Texas Constitution, as interpreted by the Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas in Ex parte Augusta, 639 S. W. 2d 481 (1982), offers respondent relief on grounds independent of the United States Constitution so as to render inappropriate a decision on federal constitutional grounds. City of Mesquite v. Aladdin's Cas tie, Inc., 455 U. S. 283 (1982); Mills v. Rogers, 457 U. S. 291 (1982).