Legal Opinion
Orito v. Powers
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided May 25, 1973No. 72-1931PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HASTINGS, Senior Circuit Judge.
This appeal from an order of a federal district court granting the petition of George Joseph Orito for a writ of habeas corpus presents an important jurisdictional issue for review. The question is whether the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin had jurisdiction pursuant to Title* 28, U.S.C.A. § 2241(a),1 to issue a writ of habeas corpus on behalf of a prisoner who, at the time he filed his petition, was confined in a federal penitentiary in Sandstone, Minnesota. A second and subsidiary question is whether a particular publication…
2Cases cited7 opinions
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- Ahrens v. ClarkSupreme Court of the United States · 1948
- Vernon Walker Huffman v. United States, Dennis Eugene Pryba v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1972
- Orito v. StateWisconsin Supreme Court · 1972
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3Cited by6 opinions
- Gerald Paul Esposito v. Ira Mintz, SuperintendentCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1984
- United States Ex Rel. Holleman v. DuckworthDistrict Court, N.D. Illinois · 1984
- Sedelbauer v. StateIndiana Court of Appeals · 1980
- Orito v. PowersCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1973
- Kent County Prosecutor v. Robert Emmett Goodrich Corp.Michigan Court of Appeals · 1974
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