Legal Opinion
Abbott v. Laurie
District Court, D. Rhode Island
Decided November 8, 1976No. Civ. A. 76-298PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
PETTINE, Chief Judge.
This petition for habeas corpus raises difficult and delicate issues regarding the relationship between federal courts and state courts as they undertake the business properly allocated to each. Petitioners have been convicted of certain offenses in a Rhode Island state trial court. They have appealed these convictions to the Supreme Court of Rhode Island and are awaiting that Court’s decision. While the appeal was pending they sought release on bail. This was denied by the trial court and by the Rhode Island Supreme Court. Petitioners are here contending…
2Cases cited22 opinions
- Younger v. HarrisSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Picard v. ConnorSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Santobello v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Gerstein v. PughSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- Benton v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
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3Cited by12 opinions
- State v. FengSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1980
- Vito Finetti v. David Harris, Superintendent of Greenhaven Correctional FacilityCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1979
- Kendall Brown v. John Wilmot, Superintendent of Elmira Correction Center, and Louis J. Lefkowitz, Attorney General of the State of New YorkCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1978
- Garson v. PerlmanDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 2008
- Leroy Jenkins v. James L. Harvey, as He is Warden of the Kirkland Correctional Institution and the Attorney General of the State of South CarolinaCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1980
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