Does the US Supreme Court have any supervisory power over the courts of the other states?
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The following excerpt is from Lambert v. Martel, No. 2:10-cv-02587-JKS (E.D. Cal. 2012):
96. See Sanchez-Llamas v. Oregon, 548 U.S. 331, 345 ("It is beyond dispute that we do not hold a supervisory power over the courts of the several states." (quoting Dickerson v. United States, 530 U.S. 428, 438 (2000))).
97. Smith v. Philips, 455 U.S. 209, 221 (1982) (citations omitted).
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