Legal Opinion
United States Ex Rel. Foley v. Ragen
District Court, N.D. Illinois
Decided September 30, 1943No. 43-C-624PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BARNES, District Judge.
Earlier habeas corpus case. On August 16, 1942, George Foley addressed to the writer and managed to mail from prison a one-page letter, which he entitled “A petition for a writ of habeas corpus.” In this letter, Foley stated merely that he was detained in the Illinois State Penitentiary at Stateville, Joliet, in violation of the constitution of the United States. As now appears, on August 16th Foley made an abortive attempt to mail to the writer hereof a petition for a writ of habeas corpus which he had himself prepared. This petition came to the attention of the warden…
2Cases cited20 opinions
- Johnson v. ZerbstSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
- Glasser v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1942
- Powell v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1932
- Mooney v. HolohanSupreme Court of the United States · 1935
- Betts v. BradySupreme Court of the United States · 1942
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3Cited by13 opinions
- Ex Parte HawkSupreme Court of the United States · 1944
- Edward Morgan MacKenna v. O. B. Ellis, Director, Texas Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1960
- White v. RagenSupreme Court of the United States · 1945
- United States v. WightCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1949
- Bernard H. Tabor v. William H. Hardwick, Warden, U. S. Penitentiary, Atlanta, GeorgiaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1955
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