Legal Opinion
James F. Torrance v. Joseph Salzinger, Warden of the Dauphin County Prison, and Wesley M. Barrick, Sheriff of Dauphin County, Pennsylvania
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided January 10, 1962No. 13685PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HASTIE, Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal by a state prisoner, James Torrance, from a federal district court’s denial of his application for a writ of habeas corpus. Petitioner is confined pursuant to sentences imposed by a Pennsylvania court upon convictions of misbehavior in public office and conspiracy to defraud the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission. The charges grew out of contracts entered into by the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission, of which petitioner was a long time member and sometime secretary-treasurer.
Nine persons, several of whom were officials of the Turnpike Commission, were…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Irvin v. DowdSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
- Thompson v. City of LouisvilleSupreme Court of the United States · 1960
- Blumenthal v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1948
- Delli Paoli v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
- Garner v. LouisianaSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
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3Cited by11 opinions
- United States of America Ex Rel. Thomas E. Kemp v. Frank J. Pate, Warden, Illinois State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1966
- United States of America Ex Rel. Rudolph E. Boyance v. David N. Myers, Superintendent of Graterford Correctional InstituteCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1967
- United States of America Ex Rel. Herman Rucker v. David N. Myers, Warden, State Correctional Institution, Graterford, PennsylvaniaCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1963
- State v. BrownCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1964
- United States ex rel. Robinson v. MyersDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1963
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