Legal Opinion
Adams v. Ellis
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided June 5, 1952No. 13868_1PublishedCited by 53 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RUSSELL, Circuit Judge.
Originally brought to secure damages, injunction, and the writ of habeas corpus, the petition of the appellant was dismissed by the trial court for want of jurisdiction. Appellant, while a prisoner in the Texas State Penitentiary, where he was held by virtue of State process, filed the petition captioned “Civil Action for Damages and Injunction under Civil Rights Laws of the United States and Application for Writ of Habeas Corpus.” Jurisdiction was claimed “under Section 241, Section 1702, Section 1708 (all) of Title 18 of the United States Code, as amended; under…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Price v. JohnstonSupreme Court of the United States · 1948
- Platek v. AderholdCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1934
- Sarshik v. SanfordCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1944
- Numer v. MillerCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1948
- Reilly v. HiattDistrict Court, M.D. Pennsylvania · 1945
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3Cited by53 opinions
- Crofton v. RoeCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1999
- Coy Ray Campbell v. Dr. George J. Beto, Director of the Texas Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1972
- A. D. Granville v. W. B. HuntCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1969
- Theodore X. A. Sewell v. Paul F. Pegelow, Etc., Joseph X. Watson v. Paul F. Pegelow, Etc.Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1961
- John Alfred Lee v. Ralph H. Tahash, WardenCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1965
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