Beard v. Kindler

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Beard v. Kindler
Supreme Court of the United States
Argued November 2, 2009 Decided December 8, 2009
Full case name	Jeffrey A. Beard, Secretary, Pennsylvania Department of Corrections, et al., Petitioners v. Joseph J. Kindler
Docket no.	08-992
Citations	558 U.S. 53 (more) 130 S. Ct. 612; 175 L. Ed. 2d 417
Holding
A state procedural rule that is enforced by the state courts cannot be reviewed in federal court.
Court membership
Chief Justice John Roberts Associate Justices John P. Stevens · Antonin Scalia Anthony Kennedy · Clarence Thomas Ruth Bader Ginsburg · Stephen Breyer Samuel Alito · Sonia Sotomayor
Case opinions
Majority	Roberts, joined by Stevens, Scalia, Kennedy, Thomas, Ginsburg, Breyer, Sotomayor
Concurrence	Kennedy, joined by Thomas
Alito took no part in the consideration or decision of the case.

Beard v. Kindler, 558 U.S. 53 (2009), is a United States Supreme Court case that deals with the federal review of state laws, known as the adequate and independent state ground doctrine.