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United States ex rel. Pascal v. Burke
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided February 15, 1950No. 1328PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GANEY, District Judge.
This case involves an application for a writ of habeas corpus.1 The applicant, now 74 years of age, is being held by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in the Eastern State Penitentiary where he is serving, since 1920, a life sentence in solitary confinement. Previous to the filing of his application in this court, the applicant, on February 18, 1949, filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus in the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania. A month later that court, without having granted a rule to! show cause and without opinion, refused his petition. Commonwealth ex rel. Pascal…
2Cases cited14 opinions
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- Mooney v. HolohanSupreme Court of the United States · 1935
- Townsend v. BurkeSupreme Court of the United States · 1948
- Ex Parte HawkSupreme Court of the United States · 1944
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3Cited by6 opinions
- Park v. ThompsonDistrict Court, D. Hawaii · 1973
- United States Ex Rel. Darcy v. HandyDistrict Court, M.D. Pennsylvania · 1951
- Roy M. Turner v. Ralph N. Eidson, Warden of the Missouri State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1954
- United States ex rel. Pollock v. DennoDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1960
- United States ex rel. Sleighter v. BanmillerDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1958
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