Legal Opinion
Phillips v. Hiatt
District Court, D. Delaware
Decided April 26, 1949No. 7PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RODNEY, District Judge.
The question in this case is whether a United States District Court has the power or jurisdiction to issue a writ of habeas •corpus or other writ in the nature thereof on behalf of a person confined in a federal penitentiary outside the territorial limits of such court under a sentence imposed by another United States District Court, when the purpose of the writ is to have the prisoner brought within the territorial jurisdiction of the issuing court to stand trial on a new and different charge.
Petitioner is at present serving a prison term in the United States…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- Price v. JohnstonSupreme Court of the United States · 1948
- Bowen v. JohnstonSupreme Court of the United States · 1939
- Georgia v. Pennsylvania RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1945
- Holiday v. JohnstonSupreme Court of the United States · 1941
- Ahrens v. ClarkSupreme Court of the United States · 1948
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3Cited by8 opinions
- Carbo v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
- Edgerly v. KennellyCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1954
- Berlanti Construction Co. v. Republic of CubaDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1960
- In re Van CollinsDistrict Court, D. Maine · 1958
- Juneau Spruce Corp. v. International Longshoremen's & Warehousemen's UnionDistrict Court, D. Hawaii · 1955
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