Legal Opinion
Ex parte Estep
District Court, N.D. Texas
Decided April 8, 1955No. Civ. A. No. 5945PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ATWELL, District Judge.
The relators are husband and wife, and extradition has been sought by the governor of the state of Illinois, through the governor of the state of Texas, such application having been made in the regular constitutional manner.
One of the applicants is in the hands of the United States Marshal for this district for an alleged federal offense, for which he has been convicted and the conviction is on appeal to the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals. The other is in the hands of the Sheriff of Dallas County for an alleged state offense, each of whom has been charged separately and…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Brown v. MississippiSupreme Court of the United States · 1936
- Dawson v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1926
- Gros v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1943
- People v. EstepAppellate Court of Illinois · 1952
- People v. MartinIllinois Supreme Court · 1954
3Cited by3 opinions
- United States v. AnthonyDistrict Court, M.D. Pennsylvania · 1956
- Lester Julian Thompson and Estelle Shell Goben Thompson (Mrs. Lester Julian Thompson) v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1955
- William Estep and Dora Estep v. J. E. (Bill) Decker, Sheriff of Dallas County, TexasCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1956