Legal Opinion
Adderly v. Wainwright
District Court, M.D. Florida
Decided November 13, 1972No. 67-298-Civ-JPublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
CHARLES R. SCOTT, District Judge.
In this case six named plaintiffs, then men sentenced to death under the applicable provisions of Florida law, caused to be filed on April 3, 1967, through their attorneys, a petition for writ of habeas corpus and other appropriate relief pursuant, explicitly, to 28 U.S.C. § 2241(e)(3) and, implicitly, to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. The petition was jointly executed by the named petitioners who each caused his signature to be affixed to the petition. The petitioners therein alleged their poverty and prayed the Court to allow them to proceed in forma pauperis. The…
2Cases cited39 opinions
- Furman v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Fay v. NoiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Adams v. United States Ex Rel. McCannSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
- Jones v. CunninghamSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Harris v. NelsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
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3Cited by6 opinions
- Brown v. WainwrightSupreme Court of Florida · 1981
- United States Ex Rel. Lois Sero v. Peter PreiserCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1975
- Sands v. WainwrightDistrict Court, M.D. Florida · 1973
- United States of America Ex Rel. Clifford Morgan and Donald L. Allen v. Allyn R. SielaffCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1976
- Geraghty v. United States Parole CommissionDistrict Court, M.D. Pennsylvania · 1977
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