Legal Opinion
Higgins v. McGrath
District Court, W.D. Missouri
Decided July 9, 1951No. 6932PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RIDGE, District Judge.
Petitioner, now confined in the United States Medical Center for Federal Prisoners, at Springfield, Missouri, perforce a “judgment and commitment” entered pursuant to the provisions of Sections 4244 and 4246, Title 18 U.S.C.A., seeks writ of habeas corpus to require “the Government to show cause * * * why petitioner should not be forthwith released from custody” or “why it should not forthwith * * * proceed with a trial” of criminal charges pending against petitioner in the United States District Court for the Southern District of California.
June 7, 1950, an indictment…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Dorsey v. GillCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1945
- Driscoll v. Edison Light & Power Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1939
- United States v. FoxSupreme Court of the United States · 1878
- Youtsey v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1899
- Barry v. HallCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1938
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3Cited by29 opinions
- Winfred Overholser v. Herbert T. O'BeirneCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1962
- Higgins v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1953
- Wells, by Gillig v. Attorney General of the United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1953
- Earl P. Greenwood v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1955
- Aponte v. StateSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1959
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