What is the test for determining whether a state court's decision was "contrary to or involved an unreasonable application" to federal law?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Shipley v. State Of Cal., CASE NO. 2:07-cv-2611 BJR (E.D. Cal. 2010):
The court must then determine whether the state court's decision was "contrary to, or involved an unreasonable application of, clearly established Federal law." Lockyer v.
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