Legal Opinion
Platek v. Aderhold
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided October 23, 1934No. 7264, 7557PublishedCited by 41 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SIBLEY, Circuit Judge.
Joseph A. Platek, a prisoner in the United States penitentiary, has brought two separate petitions against the Warden, from refusals of which he takes separate appeals. The first petition entertained November 17, 1933, prays for a production of petitioner’s body in' court, and for his release, and is to be treated as praying for a writ of habeas corpus. Under it he was produced, the Warden answering under oath that the prisoner was held under an exhibited commitment. Also exhibited was a penitentiary record which showed the prisoner’s conviction in Ohio for knowingly…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Anderson v. CorallSupreme Court of the United States · 1923
- Ableman v. BoothSupreme Court of the United States · 1859
- Covington & Cincinnati Bridge Co. v. HagerSupreme Court of the United States · 1906
- Morgan v. AderholdCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1934
- Stockton v. MasseyCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1929
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3Cited by41 opinions
- A. D. Granville v. W. B. HuntCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1969
- Miller v. OverholserCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1953
- Stroud v. Swope, WardenCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1951
- United States Ex Rel. Demarois v. FarrellCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1937
- United States Ex Rel. Rowe v. NicholsonCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1935
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