Legal Opinion
Geach v. Olsen
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided March 23, 1954No. 11005_1PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SWAIM, Circuit Judge.
Harry Gordon Geach, the plaintiff, filed an action in the District Court against Sidney R. Olsen, as an individual and as the Chief Clerk of the Criminal Court of Cook County, Illinois. The complaint sought damages for the alleged denial by the defendant of the plaintiff’s right, asserted to be guaranteed to the plaintiff by the second paragraph of Section 9 of Article 1 of the Constitution of the United States, to file his petition for a writ of habeas corpus in the office of the Clerk of the said Criminal Court.
The plaintiff alleged that he first attempted to file his…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Gasquet v. LapeyreSupreme Court of the United States · 1917
- People Ex Rel. Ross v. BeckerIllinois Supreme Court · 1943
- People Ex Rel. Courtney v. PrystalskiIllinois Supreme Court · 1934
- People Ex Rel. Merrill v. HazardIllinois Supreme Court · 1935
- People Ex Rel. Courtney v. FardyIllinois Supreme Court · 1941
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3Cited by9 opinions
- J. Edward Day v. William H. AveryCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1977
- Henry Clay Burks v. Charles Egeler, Warden, People of the State of MichiganCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1975
- Harvey v. State of South CarolinaDistrict Court, D. South Carolina · 1970
- Weaver v. ThomasDistrict Court, S.D. Texas · 1975
- (DP) Vieira v. On Habeas CorpusDistrict Court, E.D. California · 2023
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