Legal Opinion
Richard A. Woodring v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided November 4, 1964No. 19184PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CHAMBERS, Circuit Judge.
Two Alaska juries seem to think that Woodring robbed the Airport Road Branch of the Alaska National Bank, Fairbanks, on January 12, 1959. He has been twice convicted and sentenced for doing so.
Now the question really comes down to: Does he get a legal windfall out of the awkward transition from the Territorial Courts of Alaska to the United States District Court for the District of Alaska now operating in the State of Alaska?
The Alaska Enabling Act, Public Law 85-508, July 7, 1958, provided for the old territorial courts to operate for awhile after statehood and to…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- United States v. TateoSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- United States v. HallSupreme Court of the United States · 1879
- Leonard Wesley Parker v. Honorable J. L. McCarrey Jr., District Judge of the District Court for the Territory of Alaska, Third DivisionCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1959
- Richard A. Woodring v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1962
- Mizell v. VickreyCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1929
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3Cited by7 opinions
- State v. Marathon Oil CompanyAlaska Supreme Court · 1974
- State v. BaldwinSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1973
- United States v. William George Dunbar, M.D.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1979
- United States v. Robert DevaughnCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1979
- United States v. Michael Benjamin WeissmanCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1970
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