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United States v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

District Court, W.D. Pennsylvania

Decided March 8, 1963No. Civ. A. 62-627PublishedCited by 19 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

ROSENBERG, District Judge.

The relator, Charles Watkins, is now imprisoned in the State Correctional Institution at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He filed a petition for a Writ of Habeas ■Corpus to test whether or not he was being unlawfully deprived of his freedom.

Pursuant to the petition filed in this Gourt on August 9, 1962, a rule issued to show cause why a writ of habeas corpus should not be granted, permission ■was given the petitioner to proceed in forma pauperis, and the Clerk of Court was ordered to secure counsel to represent the relator in this proceedings. 'Thereupon, Paul A. Village,…

2Cases cited24 opinions

  1. Baker v. CarrSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
  2. Moore v. DempseySupreme Court of the United States · 1923
  3. Stratton v. St. Louis Southwestern Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1930
  4. Commonwealth v. BrownmillerSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1940
  5. Smith v. WilsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1927

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3Cited by19 opinions

  1. State Dental Council & Examining Board v. PollockSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1974
  2. Cassius Marsellus Clay, Jr. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1968
  3. Raymond Joseph Duvernay v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1968
  4. Scott v. District Attorney, Jefferson Parish, State of La.District Court, E.D. Louisiana · 1970
  5. United States Ex Rel. Laino v. Warden of Wallkill PrisonDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1965

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