United States Ex Rel. Almeida v. Baldi
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
1Opinion of the Court
WELSH, District Judge.
This case was brought into the United States District Court by petition for a writ o*f habeas corpus. The relator alleges his rights under the 14th Amendment of the Constitution of the United States have been violated. The writ of habeas corpus was the greatest concession wrung from a tyrant king at Runnymede in 1215. Through the centuries it has stamped Anglo-Saxon jurisprudence as a citadel of protection for human rights. It is not technical and does not raise technical questions which are raised by various forms of appeal. It was deemed so important to the founders of…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Darr v. BurfordSupreme Court of the United States · 1950
- Ex Parte HawkSupreme Court of the United States · 1944
3Cited by12 opinions
- Commonwealth Ex Rel. Smith v. MyersSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1970
- United States Ex Rel. Almeida v. BaldiCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1952
- United States of America Ex Rel. David Almeida v. Alfred T. Rundle, Warden, State Correctional Institution, Philadelphia, PennsylvaniaCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1967
- Commonwealth Ex Rel. Almeida v. RundleSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1963
- Commonwealth Ex Rel. Hough v. MaroneySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1967
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