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Use the official docket link for later case activity."],"sources":[{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 11, lines 21-29","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/pdfs/transcripts/2008/07-10374.pdf","page_label":"file page 11, lines 21-29"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 11, lines 43-51","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/pdfs/transcripts/2008/07-10374.pdf","page_label":"file page 11, lines 43-51"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 12, lines 23-35","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/pdfs/transcripts/2008/07-10374.pdf","page_label":"file page 12, lines 23-35"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 12, lines 47-51","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/pdfs/transcripts/2008/07-10374.pdf","page_label":"file page 12, lines 47-51"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 3, lines 7-15","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/pdfs/transcripts/2008/07-10374.pdf","page_label":"file page 3, lines 7-15"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 4, lines 3-13","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/pdfs/transcripts/2008/07-10374.pdf","page_label":"file page 4, lines 3-13"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 4, lines 41-49","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/pdfs/transcripts/2008/07-10374.pdf","page_label":"file page 4, lines 41-49"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 5, lines 25-29","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/pdfs/transcripts/2008/07-10374.pdf","page_label":"file page 5, lines 25-29"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 58, lines 3-9","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/pdfs/transcripts/2008/07-10374.pdf","page_label":"file page 58, lines 3-9"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 58, lines 49-3","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/pdfs/transcripts/2008/07-10374.pdf","page_label":"file page 58, lines 49-3"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 59, lines 37-25","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/pdfs/transcripts/2008/07-10374.pdf","page_label":"file page 59, lines 37-25"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 6, lines 19-21","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/pdfs/transcripts/2008/07-10374.pdf","page_label":"file page 6, lines 19-21"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 6, lines 45-21","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/pdfs/transcripts/2008/07-10374.pdf","page_label":"file page 6, lines 45-21"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 60, lines 39-5","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/pdfs/transcripts/2008/07-10374.pdf","page_label":"file page 60, lines 39-5"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 61, lines 11-23","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/pdfs/transcripts/2008/07-10374.pdf","page_label":"file page 61, lines 11-23"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 7, lines 45-3","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/pdfs/transcripts/2008/07-10374.pdf","page_label":"file page 7, lines 45-3"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 8, lines 25-47","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/pdfs/transcripts/2008/07-10374.pdf","page_label":"file page 8, lines 25-47"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 9, lines 29-47","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/pdfs/transcripts/2008/07-10374.pdf","page_label":"file page 9, lines 29-47"}]}],"slug":"2008-07-10374-haywood-v-drown","term":"2008","title":"Can New York Block Federal Prisoner Lawsuits in State Courts?","title_sources":[{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 25, lines 37-37","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/pdfs/transcripts/2008/07-10374.pdf","page_label":"file page 25, lines 37-37"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 25, lines 39-9","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/pdfs/transcripts/2008/07-10374.pdf","page_label":"file page 25, lines 39-9"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 58, lines 11-27","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/pdfs/transcripts/2008/07-10374.pdf","page_label":"file page 58, lines 11-27"}],"topics":[],"undated_disposition_date_fallback":null,"updated_at":"2026-09-05T03:22:24Z"}