Legal Opinion

Mitchell v. Schoonfield

District Court, D. Maryland

Decided May 16, 1968No. Civ. 19481PublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

HARVEY, District Judge:

Five individuals have joined in a petition filed in this Court seeking the issuance of a writ of habeas corpus ordering the release of some fifty persons presently confined in the Baltimore City Jail. Petitioners Mitchell, Baldwin and Peay are themselves serving sentences in such Jail. Petitioners Carey and Bothe are attorneys and representatives of the American Civil Liberties Union who are applying as “next friends on behalf of an estimated fifty persons similarly situated.”

It is alleged in the petition that Mitchell, Peay and Baldwin were arrested…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Darr v. BurfordSupreme Court of the United States · 1950
  2. Willis Lansing Ganger v. C. C. Peyton, Superintendent of the Virginia State Penitentiary, Appellant(two Cases)Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1967
  3. Johnston v. MarshCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1955
  4. H. Rap Brown v. Honorable Raymond Fogel, City Sergeant, Alexandria, VirginiaCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1967
  5. Hill v. NelsonDistrict Court, N.D. California · 1967

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3Cited by8 opinions

  1. Harris v. NelsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
  2. Kelly v. SchoonfieldDistrict Court, D. Maryland · 1968
  3. Arthur v. SchoonfieldDistrict Court, D. Maryland · 1970
  4. Adderly v. WainwrightDistrict Court, M.D. Florida · 1972
  5. Edwards v. OklahomaDistrict Court, W.D. Oklahoma · 1976

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