Legal Opinion
Meeks v. Lainson
Supreme Court of Iowa
Decided July 27, 1955No. 48769PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtMulroney, J.
Plaintiff, who was defendant in State v. Meeks, 245 Iowa 1231, 65 N.W.2d 76, made application to the district court of Lee County for a writ of habeas corpus. In his petition for the writ he alleged he was unlawfully restrained of his liberty by the present defendant, Warden Percy A. Lain-son of the Iowa State Penitentiary at Fort Madison in Lee County, Iowa. The district court, being of the opinion the petition showed on its face plaintiff was not entitled to the relief demanded (see section 663.6, Code, 1954), refused to allow the writ, and plaintiff appeals.
The petition for the writ sets…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Loughran v. Warden of Maryland House of CorrectionCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1949
- In Re KennedyCalifornia Supreme Court · 1904
- State v. MeeksSupreme Court of Iowa · 1954
- Furey v. HollowellSupreme Court of Iowa · 1927
- State v. KeturokisSupreme Court of Iowa · 1937
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3Cited by12 opinions
- State v. Di PagliaSupreme Court of Iowa · 1955
- Cunningham v. HayesSupreme Court of Virginia · 1964
- Kotek v. BennettSupreme Court of Iowa · 1963
- State v. EllistonSupreme Court of Iowa · 1968
- State v. BerengerSupreme Court of Iowa · 1968
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