Legal Opinion
Tippett v. Maryland
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided January 4, 1971No. Nos. 13415, 13421, 13426, 13433, 13434 and 13441PublishedCited by 72 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HAYNSWORTH, Chief Judge:
These consolidated appeals arise from a previous order of this Court1 in which we directed the District Court to determine, after a full hearing, numerous questions involving the application of the Maryland Defective Delinquents Act.2 Following an extensive series of hearings, and on consideration of the record of equally thorough proceedings in the state courts,3 the District Court dismissed the petitions.
The petitioners contend that, as applied, the Act is constitutionally deficient in the following respects:
1. The definition of defective delinquency is too vague to…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Director of Patuxent Institution v. DANIELS OF PATUXENT INSTITUTIONCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1966
- United States v. Rosalind Edith Chandler, United States of America v. Frederick Freeman Leister, Jr.Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1968
- John Sas v. State of Maryland, Director of Patuxent Institution, Albert Delanor Murel v. State of Maryland and Director of Patuxent Institution, James C. Shine v. State of Maryland, Director of Patuxent Institution and the Maryland State Legislature, Timothy Patrick O'COnnOr v. State of Maryland Director, Patuxent Institution, George L. Creswell v. Director, Patuxent InstitutionCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1964
- Sas v. State of MarylandDistrict Court, D. Maryland · 1969
3Cited by72 opinions
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- Ssih Equipment S.A. v. United States International Trade Commission and Stewart-Warner CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 1983
- Lessard v. SchmidtDistrict Court, E.D. Wisconsin · 1972
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