Legal Opinion
In re Wyckoff
District Court, S.D. Mississippi
Decided July 31, 1961No. Civ. A. No. 3140PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MIZE, Chief Judge.
This matter is before the Court upon a petition of Elizabeth Porter Wyckoff for a writ of habeas corpus and upon the answer J. R. Gilfoy, as Sheriff of Hinds County, Mississippi. The petition for a writ of habeas corpus was filed with the Court and the Court issued a show cause order to the Sheriff of Hinds County why the writ should not issue and he responded thereto and the matter came on for hearing.
The petitioner alleged that she was a citizen of the United States, a resident *516of the state of New York, and she alleged that she is now imprisoned and restrained of her…
2Cases cited31 opinions
- Monroe v. PapeSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
- Brown v. AllenSupreme Court of the United States · 1953
- Speiser v. RandallSupreme Court of the United States · 1958
- Snowden v. HughesSupreme Court of the United States · 1944
- Murdock v. PennsylvaniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
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3Cited by9 opinions
- Chaffee v. JohnsonDistrict Court, S.D. Mississippi · 1964
- Bailey v. PattersonDistrict Court, S.D. Mississippi · 1961
- Brown v. RayfieldCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1963
- Cameron v. JohnsonDistrict Court, S.D. Mississippi · 1964
- Application of James Brown v. W. B. Rayfield, Chief of Police of City of Jackson, Mississippi, Application of Lucian Richards v. W. B. Rayfield, Chief of Police of City of Jackson, MississippiCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1963
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