Legal Opinion
Judson v. Judson
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided June 15, 1943No. Civil Action No. 19212PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EICHER, Chief Justice.
The Judicial Code provides that no writ of ne exeat shall be granted unless the defendant “designs quickly to depart from the United States.” 28 U.S.C.A. § 376.1 But the District Court of the United States for the District of Columbia, in a divorce proceeding, is exercising its local and not federal jurisdiction, and the authority upon which, in such a case, it may issue the writ of ne exeat is found in the Code. Murphy v. Paris, 57 App.D.C. 19, 16 F.2d 515. Title 11, Sec. 315 of the District Code 1940 authorizes the District Court to issue “writs of * * * ne exeat, and…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Rovinski v. RoweCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1942
- Skidmore v. GreenDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1940
- May v. MaySupreme Court of Georgia · 1917
- Murphy v. ParisCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1926
- In re CohenDistrict Court, S.D. Illinois · 1905
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3Cited by2 opinions
- Hasenfus v. Corporate Air ServicesDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 1988
- Gredone v. GredoneDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1976