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