Legal Opinion
Hiatt, Warden v. Compagna
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided December 16, 1949No. 12715PublishedCited by 68 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SIBLEY, Circuit Judge.
Appellees Compagna and Gioe were convicted, together with others, in the Southern District of New York and each received a sentence of ten years imprisonment, affirmed United States v. Compagna, et al., 2 Cir., 146 F.2d 524, certiorari denied, 324 U.S. 867, 65 S.Ct. 912, 89 L.Ed. 1422. Flaving served one-third of their sentences they were placed on parole August 13, 1947. Unfavorable newspaper publicity followed, and an investigation, was had by a committee of Congress of the operations of the Parole Board and particularly of this case. The Board members who granted…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- United States Ex Rel. Bilokumsky v. TodSupreme Court of the United States · 1923
- Anderson v. CorallSupreme Court of the United States · 1923
- United States v. CompagnaCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1944
- United States Ex Rel. Rowe v. NicholsonCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1935
- United States Ex Rel. Nicholson v. DillardCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1939
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3Cited by68 opinions
- Richard Pickus v. United States Board of ParoleCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1974
- Hyser v. ReedCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1963
- Beckworth v. New Jersey State Parole BoardSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1973
- Donnell Douglas v. Maurice H. Sigler, Warden, Nebraska Penal ComplexCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1967
- Charles Joseph King, Jr. v. United States of AmericaCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1974
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