Legal Opinion
Botwinski v. Dowd
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided March 6, 1941No. 7517PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SPARKS, Circuit Judge.
Appellant, a prisoner in the custody of appellee as warden of the Indiana State Prison, presented his petition for a writ of habeas corpus on the ground that he was illegally restrained in violation of the fourteenth amendment to the Constitution of the United States. The writ issued; appellee filed his return; a full hearing was had on the allegations of the petition and return, after which the District Court denied the relief sought, and from that order of denial, appellant appeals.
We are convinced that the ruling of the District Court must be sustained for two…
2Cases cited7 opinions
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- Achtien v. DowdCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1941
- Kreuter v. BaldwinCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1931
- Genna v. FrazierCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1928
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3Cited by12 opinions
- Kelly v. DowdCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1944
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- Potter v. DowdCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1944
- Davis v. DowdCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1941
- United States ex rel. Thompson v. NierstheimerCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1948
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