Franz Kafka, between 1923 and 1924. Credit: Wikimedia Commons In First Case of Term, Justices Review 'Kafkaesque' Alabama Procedural Bar
"What was Kafkaesque is the ruling that we couldn't challenge our inability to exhaust precisely because we haven't exhausted," said the plaintiffs' lawyer, Adam Unikowsky of Jenner & Block.
October 07, 2024 at 02:28 PM
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United States Supreme Court
The U.S. Supreme Court opened its October 2024 term Monday morning by examining what a group of plaintiffs call a "Kafkaesque" procedural rule in Alabama making it impossible for them to sue the state for violating their civil rights.
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