Legal Opinion
Odis R. Van Buskirk v. Fred T. Wilkinson, as Warden of the United States Penitentiary, McNeil Island, Washington
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided November 8, 1954No. 14236PublishedCited by 49 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DRIVER, District Judge.
Appellant is an inmate of the United States Penitentiary on McNeil Island, Washington. He petitioned the District Court for an injunction restraining respondent Warden from enforcing against him the Act of Congress which provides for conditional release of Federal prisoners, and for a judgment declaring the Act void for repugnance to the Constitution of the United States. 1 He asked that a three-judge court be convened to hear his petition. 2 His claim for relief was based upon the following factual allegations:
On February 4, 1937, appellant was convicted in a United…
2Cases cited21 opinions
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- Walker v. JohnstonSupreme Court of the United States · 1941
- Ex Parte PoreskySupreme Court of the United States · 1933
- Aetna Casualty & Surety Co. v. QuarlesCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1937
- Beal v. Missouri Pacific R. Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1941
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3Cited by49 opinions
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- Greenfield v. ScafatiDistrict Court, D. Massachusetts · 1967
- Francis T. Glynn v. Robert Donnelly, John M. Farrell v. Robert DonnellyCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1972
- Donald H. Jacobs, Doing Business as the Jacobs Instrument Company v. J. Millard Tawes, Comptroller of the Treasury, State of MarylandCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1957
- Johnson v. RogersCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1990
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