Legal Opinion
Sobell v. Reed
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided May 20, 1971No. 70 Civ. 1420PublishedCited by 44 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
FRANKEL, District Judge.
On April 5, 1951, Morton Sobell was given a maximum prison sentence of 30 years for conspiring, between 1944 and 1950, to transmit national defense (atomic bomb) information to the Soviet Union. 1 On January 14, 1969, upon the basis of “good time” earned, 18 U.S.C. § 4161, he was mandatorily released, 18 U.S.C. § 4163. This means that he is now “deemed as if released on parole until the expiration of the maximum term * * * for which he was sentenced less one hundred and eighty days,” 18 U.S.C. § 4164, or, specifically, until September 26, 1980. Thus subjected to…
2Cases cited33 opinions
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- Citizens to Preserve Overton Park, Inc. v. VolpeSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Securities & Exchange Commission v. Chenery Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1943
- Shapiro v. ThompsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Speiser v. RandallSupreme Court of the United States · 1958
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3Cited by44 opinions
- William Rodger Starnes v. Honorable Matthew F. McGuire Arthur Everett Small, Jr. v. Honorable George L. Hart, JrCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1974
- Paul Ivan Birzon, in Behalf of Morris Satz v. Edward S. King, United States Marshal and Hon. Michael A. Amico, Sheriff of Erie CountyCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1972
- Davis v. HubbardDistrict Court, N.D. Ohio · 1980
- Arthur J. Porth v. The Hon. George Templar and the United States of America, United States of America v. Arthur J. PorthCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1971
- Charles Joseph King, Jr. v. United States of AmericaCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1974
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