Adequate and independent state grounds - sustany/dvg GitHub Wiki

Adequate and independent state grounds refers to the standard used by the�Supreme Court�to determine if it will hear a case from a state court.�The Supreme Court will hear a case from a state court only if the state court judgment is overturned on federal grounds.� It will refuse jurisdiction if it finds adequate and independent�nonfederal grounds�to support the state decision.

See e.g., Republican Nat. Committee v. Burton 455 U.S. 1301 (1982).