State Ex Rel. La Follette v. Circuit Court

We have before us these three issues: (1) Will prohibition lie to prevent a circuit court from discharging, without remand to the committing juvenile court, a substantial number of inmates of the state reformatory, where it is claimed in behalf of the state that such absolute discharge is contrary to law?(2) Is In re Gault retroactive, in regard to a juvenile’s right to counsel at a delinquency hearing ?(3) Does a habeas court have the authority and the duty to remand to the jurisdiction of the juvenile court of originating commitment petitioners who have successfully challenged their…