Legal Opinion
Uryga v. Ragen
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided May 2, 1950No. 10073_1PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LINDLEY, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiff, claiming to be a citizen of Poland, instituted this suit in the District Court against the then warden and three prior wardens of the penitentiary and the former director of the Department of Public Safety of the State of Illinois, 1 charging them with his false imprisonment. Defendants answered, praying strict proof of the averment of citizenship, denying the charge, and asserting that at all times during his confinement, plaintiff was legally imprisoned. By consent of the parties, the court ordered the trial to proceed in two sections, first, upon the…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Interior Construction & Improvement Co. v. GibneySupreme Court of the United States · 1895
- People Ex Rel. Ross v. BeckerIllinois Supreme Court · 1943
- People Ex Rel. Barrett v. DixonIllinois Supreme Court · 1944
- People v. ConnorsIllinois Supreme Court · 1920
- People Ex Rel. Day v. LewisIllinois Supreme Court · 1941
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3Cited by9 opinions
- United States ex rel. Miller v. TwomeyCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1973
- Donnell Douglas v. Maurice H. Sigler, Warden, Nebraska Penal ComplexCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1967
- People Ex Rel. Colletti v. PateIllinois Supreme Court · 1964
- United States of America Ex Rel. Luther Miller v. John J. Twomey, Warden, and Peter B. Bensinger, Director, Etc., Andrew Green v. Peter Bensinger, Jack R. Thomas v. Peter B. Bensinger, Etc., Herman Krause and Willie Moore, Etc. v. Wilbur J. Schmidt, Etc., Alfred Armstrong, and Plaintiffs-Intervenors-Appellants v. Peter B. Bensinger, Simon S. Gutierrez v. Department of Public SafetyCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1973
- Owens v. SwopeNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1955
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