Legal Opinion

Downey v. United States

Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit

Decided March 22, 1937No. 6824-6826, 6851PublishedCited by 51 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

STEPHENS, Associate Justice.

Case No. 6851 (No. 1839 below) is an appeal from an order of the District Court of the United States for the District of Columbia filed August 31, 1936. The order overruled the appellant’s demurrer to the answer and return of the United States Marshal to a writ of habeas corpus and discharged the writ. Cases Nos. 6824, 6825 and 6826 (Nos. 51,661, 51,662, 51,663 below) are criminal appeals from orders of the same court, filed September 1, 1936, correcting, on motion of the Government, the record of sentences imposed upon the appellant on March 24, 1932. Hearing on…

2Cases cited29 opinions

  1. Weems v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1910
  2. Ex Parte Bollman and SwartwoutSupreme Court of the United States · 1807
  3. United States v. MayerSupreme Court of the United States · 1914
  4. Interstate Commerce Commission v. Louisville & Nashville RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1913
  5. Int. Com. Comm. v. Louis. & Nash. RRSupreme Court of the United States · 1913

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3Cited by51 opinions

  1. Ex Parte MaddingCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2002
  2. Teodore Dorotee Autera v. Manuel Dudley Robinson, Anthony C. Autera v. Manuel Dudley RobinsonCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1969
  3. Ernest S. Borum v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1969
  4. Wilson v. BellCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1943
  5. Frank Kennedy v. Curtis Reid, Superintendent, District of Columbia JailCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1957

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