Legal Opinion
Collins v. Golden
District Court, D. Nebraska
Decided February 6, 1951No. Civ. No. 4-51PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DONOHOE, Chief Judge.
The petitioner, Arthur E. Collins, has filed an application for a writ of habeas corpus in forma pauperis. A petition for habeas corpus ought not to be scrutinized with technical nicety. Holiday v. Johnston, 313 U.S. 342, 350, 61 S.Ct. 1015, 85 L.Ed. 1392. Consequently, this application, written in long hand and prepared by the petitioner himself, without the aid of counsel, is deserving of a very liberal construction.
Pursuant to an order to show cause, Frank Golden, United States Marshal, has filed a response, which, by its rather broad denial, has put in issue many of…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Ker v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1886
- Holiday v. JohnstonSupreme Court of the United States · 1941
- Munsey v. CloughSupreme Court of the United States · 1905
- Mahon v. JusticeSupreme Court of the United States · 1888
- In Re JohnsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1897
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3Cited by3 opinions
- Lopez v. MadiganDistrict Court, N.D. California · 1959
- Gerrish v. State of New HampshireDistrict Court, D. Maine · 1951
- State Ex Rel. Horowitz v. JonesSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1955