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Balles v. Harvey
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided December 17, 1965No. Civ. A. No. 38066PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DAVIS, District Judge.
The plaintiff has instituted this action under the Civil Rights Act, 42 U.S.C. § 19831 on the ground that he was deprived of and is still being deprived of his constitutional rights by certain officials of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania because of an alleged illegal conviction for attempted statutory rape. The defendants are the Judge2 who sentenced him, all present Judges of the Common Pleas Courts of Chester and Montgomery Counties, and the present Clerks of Courts of Chester and Montgomery Counties.
Having already served his sentence, plaintiff now requests the Court…
2Cases cited21 opinions
- Gideon v. WainwrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Palko v. ConnecticutSupreme Court of the United States · 1937
- Bartkus v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1959
- Brock v. North CarolinaSupreme Court of the United States · 1953
- Commonwealth v. MoonSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1942
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3Cited by3 opinions
- Safeguard Mutual Insurance v. MaxwellDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1971
- Wilkinson v. HaynesDistrict Court, W.D. Missouri · 1971
- Mabery v. GarrisonDistrict Court, E.D. North Carolina · 1975