Legal Opinion
In the Matter of Isaac Sims, Jr., in the Matter of Richard Abrams
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided September 28, 1967No. 24272_1PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GODBOLD, Circuit Judge:
These are appeals from orders of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Georgia denying appellants’ motions, filed under F.R.Civ.Proc. 27, to perpetuate testimony.
Appellants were imprisoned in Georgia penal institutions. They expected, if necessary for what they conceive to be preservation of their rights, to commence federal habeas corpus actions against state officials on the ground their convictions and sentences to death on charges of raping white women had resulted from state policy and practice of racial discrimination in violation of the…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Sims v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- William L. Maxwell v. Dan D. Stephens, Superintendent of Arkansas State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1965
- Sims v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1965
- Maxwell v. StephensDistrict Court, E.D. Arkansas · 1964
- Maxwell v. BishopSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
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3Cited by16 opinions
- Richard A. Ash, on Behalf of Himself, and on Behalf of Bethelehem Steel Corporation v. Stewart S. Cort, and Bethlehem Steel Corporation, NominalCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1975
- Petition of Hall by and Through HallSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1997
- Evans v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1986
- Qi Qin v. Paul DeslongchampsCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2022
- Shore v. Acands, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1981
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