Legal Opinion

Sanford v. Callan

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Decided April 6, 1945No. 11213PublishedCited by 9 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

McCORD, Circuit Judge.

Hugh Callan was convicted by a general court-martial for violations of the 62nd and 96th Articles of War, 10 U.S.C.A. §§ 1534, 1568. He was sentenced to be dishonorably discharged from the service, to forfeit all pay and allowances due or to become due, and to be confined at hard labor for a period of twenty years. The reviewing authority approved the sentence and designated the United States Penitentiary at Atlanta, Georgia, as the place of confinement.

On May 21, 1943, Hugh Callan filed a writ of habeas corpus, and the case was continued, to enable him to secure the…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Falbo v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1944
  2. Billings v. TruesdellSupreme Court of the United States · 1944
  3. Mayborn v. HeflebowerCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1944
  4. Hibbs v. CatovoloCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1944

3Cited by9 opinions

  1. Londell Brown and Warren E. Gilliam, Jr. v. Stanley R. Resor, as Secretary of the ArmyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1969
  2. Cox v. WedemeyerCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1951
  3. Neil F. Davis v. Elvis J. Stahr, Jr., Secretary of the Army of the United States, and IndividuallyCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1961
  4. Corrigan v. Secretary of ArmyCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1954
  5. Gilliam v. ReavesDistrict Court, W.D. Louisiana · 1966

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