Legal Opinion
Midgett v. Grant
District Court, W.D. Missouri
Decided May 18, 1971No. Civ. A. No. 19275-3APublished
1Opinion of the Court
JUDGMENT DENYING PETITION FOR HABEAS CORPUS
WILLIAM H. BECKER, Chief Judge.
Petitioner, an inmate of the Municipal Farm at 8100 Ozark Road, Kansas City, Missouri, orginally addressed a letter to this Court complaining in behalf of himself and others who allegedly had been arrested for drunkenness and placed in the “Municipal Farm” (“Municipal Correctional Institution”) because of their inability to pay fines that their rights under the recent Supreme Court case of Tate v. Short, 401 U.S. 395, 91 S.Ct. 668, 28 L.Ed.2d 130, had been violated.
Thereupon, under a memorandum from the law clerk of…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Sibron v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Carafas v. LaValleeSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Tate v. ShortSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Keith P. Ayers v. Dr. P. J. Ciccone, Director, United States Medical Center for Federal Prisoners, (2 Cases)Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1970
- Walter F. Harper v. Dr. P. J. Ciccone, Director, United States Medical Center for Federalprisoners, Springfield, Missouri, (Two Cases)Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1970
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