Legal Opinion
Farrington v. King
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided June 26, 1942No. 12256PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SANBORN, Circuit Judge.
The appellant (hereafter referred to as petitioner) is in the custody of the appel-lee (hereafter referred to as respondent) by virtue of a judgment and sentence of the United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri. The petitioner filed in that court on December 19, 1941, a petition for a writ of habeas corpus, alleging that his detention was unlawful and praying that he be discharged from custody. Thereupon the court ordered the respondent to bring the petitioner before it on December 27, 1941, so that he might be heard, and to produce the judgment,…
2Cases cited4 opinions
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- Farnsworth v. ZerbstCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1938
- Bensen v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1937
- United States v. TouseyCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1939
3Cited by13 opinions
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- State Ex Rel. Clark v. AdamsWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1959
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