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Allen v. Wilkinson

District Court, M.D. Pennsylvania

Decided February 18, 1955No. 286PublishedCited by 9 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

FOLLMER, District Judge.

This is an application for a writ of habeas corpus by Charles I. Allen, a prisoner serving a sentence imposed by a general court-martial. His original petition being too ambiguous to justify requiring an answer thereto, he was directed to supplement the same with more specific statements. 1 After a supplemental petition was filed, a Rule to Show Cause issued. The respondent thereupon filed a motion to dismiss, attaching thereto a duly authenticated transcript of the Court-Martial proceedings and pertinent records. Treating this as a Response, the petitioner was given…

2Cases cited28 opinions

  1. Walker v. JohnstonSupreme Court of the United States · 1941
  2. Burns v. WilsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1953
  3. Dorsey v. GillCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1945
  4. Whitten v. TomlinsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1895
  5. Hiatt v. BrownSupreme Court of the United States · 1950

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3Cited by9 opinions

  1. United States v. HarrisonUnited States Court of Military Appeals · 1978
  2. Babb v. StateSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1962
  3. United States v. BeanUnited States Court of Military Appeals · 1962
  4. Barrett v. LooneyDistrict Court, D. Kansas · 1957
  5. Bokoros v. KearneyDistrict Court, E.D. Texas · 1956

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