Legal Opinion
Whitaker v. Hitt
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided November 6, 1922No. 3815PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
VAN ORSDEL, Associate Justice.
Appellants filed a petition in the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, praying that writs of habeas corpus issue to prevent their removal to the Southern district of the state of California, where they had been indicted for unlawfully transporting in interstate commerce a stolen automobile from the state of New Jersey to the state of California.
The power of the court is invoked on the ground that the act of Congress under which the indictment was found is unconstitutional and void, in that its enactment is beyond the power of Congress under the commerce…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Caminetti v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1917
- Lottery CaseSupreme Court of the United States · 1903
- Clark Distilling Co. v. Western Maryland Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1917
- Hipolite Egg Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1911
- Henry v. HenkelSupreme Court of the United States · 1914
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3Cited by6 opinions
- Grace v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1925
- Whitaker v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1925
- People ex rel. Goodrich v. MartinNew York Supreme Court · 1944
- People v. MorganAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1946
- Hagan v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1925
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