Legal Opinion

Pierce v. United States

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Decided November 6, 1946No. 11746PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

HUTCHESON, Circuit Judge.

Petitioner seeks by an extraordinary motion in the nature of a writ of error coram nobis to obtain relief from a judgment which was affirmed here.1 Following the practice approved in Strang v. United States, 5 Cir., 53 F.2d 820, Young v. United States, 5 Cir., 138 F.2d 838, Reid v. United States, 5 Cir., 149 F.2d 334, and Garrison v. United States, 5 Cir., 154 F.2d 106, he is here asking our leave to file his petition in the court of his conviction.

If, therefore, the petition alleged facts which, if true; would show such a denial of due process as to invalidate the…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Mooney v. HolohanSupreme Court of the United States · 1935
  2. United States v. SteeseCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1944
  3. Strang v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1931
  4. Pierce v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1944
  5. Garrison v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1946

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3Cited by6 opinions

  1. United States v. MorganSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
  2. Emil Richard Yates v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1962
  3. James Bufford Farnsworth v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1956
  4. Wells v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1946
  5. United States v. MorganSupreme Court of the United States · 1954

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