Legal Opinion
Bruzaud v. Matthews
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided July 16, 1953No. 11801_1PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WILBUR K. MILLER, Circuit Judge.
A requisition issued October 16, 1952, by the Governor of Pennsylvania, demanding the extradition of Lex Bruzaud to answer a charge of fraudulent conversion, was honored by the Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. 1 To test the validity of the extradition order, Bruzaud sued out a writ of habeas corpus which, after a hearing, was discharged by the District Court. This appeal followed.
Under 18 U.S.C. § 3182, a statute which implements the Constitutional provision concerning interstate extradition, Article IV, § 2, the…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Munsey v. CloughSupreme Court of the United States · 1905
- United States Ex Rel. McCline v. MeyeringCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1934
- Fowler v. RossCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1952
- Ryan v. RogersWyoming Supreme Court · 1913
- Young v. MatthewsCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1949
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3Cited by23 opinions
- Charles E. Smith v. State of Idaho and Paul W. Bright, Sheriff of Ada County, IdahoCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1967
- Donald Richard Sanders v. H. J. Conine, Sheriff, Laramie County, Wyoming, 1968Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1974
- Johnette Moncrief v. Sam A. AndersonCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1964
- Martin v. State of MarylandDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1972
- Walton v. StateIdaho Supreme Court · 1977
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