Legal Opinion
Kemmerer v. Benson
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided January 26, 1948No. 10482PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HICKS, Circuit Judge.
Appeal from an order of the District Court denying appellant’s application for a writ of habeas corpus.
The case was heard upon the petition, an order to show cause, the answer of the Director of the Department of Corrections, State of Michigan, and the reply of the petitioner to the answer. The application for the writ was denied.
It is clear that appellant was committed to the custody of the State Hospital Commission of Michigan as a criminal sexual psychopathic person under the provisions of Act 165 of the Public Acts of 1939 by the Recorder’s Court of Detroit on April…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Minnesota Ex Rel. Pearson v. Probate Court of Ramsey CountySupreme Court of the United States · 1940
- People v. ChapmanMichigan Supreme Court · 1942
- Platek v. AderholdCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1934
- In Re KemmererMichigan Supreme Court · 1944
- Rowan v. PeopleCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1945
3Cited by10 opinions
- Miller v. OverholserCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1953
- State v. WinglerSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1957
- Williams v. SteeleCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1952
- Meredith v. Director of Patuxent InstitutionCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1961
- Barnes v. DirectorCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1965
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