Legal Opinion
Ex parte Kieffer
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Kansas
Decided November 28, 1889PublishedCited by 8 opinions
Petition 'for Writ of Habeas Corpus.
1Opinion of the CourtBrewer, J.
In the case Ex parte Kieffer, the facts are these: The petitioner was prosecuted in the police court of this city for violating the meat inspection ordinances. He was found guilty, and sentenced. He sues out this writ of habeas corpus, claiming that these ordinances are in conflict with the constitution of the United States, and therefore his imprisonment illegal.
At the outset we are met by this question: Is this a case in which the writ of habeas corpus should be allowed, even though these ordinances be deemed invalid? The cases of Ex parte Royall, 117 U. S. 241, 6 Sup. Ct. Rep. 734, and Ex…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Ex Parte RoyallSupreme Court of the United States · 1886
- Ex Parte FondaSupreme Court of the United States · 1886
3Cited by8 opinions
- Bens v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1920
- Adderly v. WainwrightDistrict Court, M.D. Florida · 1972
- Ex parte MartinU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Oregon · 1910
- Georgia Packing Co. v. Mayor of MaconU.S. Circuit Court for the Southern District of Georgia · 1893
- United States ex rel. Waldron v. LennoxDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1965
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