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Use the official docket link for later case activity."],"sources":[{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 3, lines 5-15","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/pdfs/transcripts/2002/01-1862.pdf","page_label":"file page 3, lines 5-15"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 49, lines 45-47","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/pdfs/transcripts/2002/01-1862.pdf","page_label":"file page 49, lines 45-47"}]}],"slug":"2002-01-1862-woodford-v-garceau","term":"2002","title":"Does AEDPA apply to pending habeas cases?","title_sources":[{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 15, lines 13-13","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/pdfs/transcripts/2002/01-1862.pdf","page_label":"file page 15, lines 13-13"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 3, lines 17-27","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/pdfs/transcripts/2002/01-1862.pdf","page_label":"file page 3, lines 17-27"}],"topics":[],"undated_disposition_date_fallback":null,"updated_at":"2026-09-05T03:22:24Z"}