Legal Opinion

Schilder v. Gusik

Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit

Decided June 5, 1950No. 10978_1PublishedCited by 10 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

SIMONS, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal by the warden of the Federal Reformatory at Chillicothe, Ohio, from an order of discharge in a habeas corpus proceeding releasing the appellee from custody while under sentence of a military court for murder. The appellee Thomas Gusik was, in August, 1947, a member of a Guard Company stationed at or near Tirrenia, Italy. Early in the morning of August 13, two Italian civilians were shot and killed near the wire fence which enclosed the depot along Gusik’s guard post. On September 18 Gusik was charged with the murder of these persons in violation of the…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. United States v. Schooner PeggySupreme Court of the United States · 1801
  2. Ex Parte HawkSupreme Court of the United States · 1944
  3. Vandenbark v. Owens-Illinois Glass Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1941
  4. Goto v. LaneSupreme Court of the United States · 1924
  5. Whelchel v. McDonaldCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1949

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3Cited by10 opinions

  1. Gusik v. SchilderSupreme Court of the United States · 1950
  2. Jack Messelt v. State of AlabamaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1979
  3. Fred Dabney v. Maurice H. Sigler, Warden of the Nebraska State Penitentiary, Lincoln, NebraskaCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1965
  4. National Labor Relations Board v. National Gas Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1954
  5. Irvin v. DowdDistrict Court, N.D. Indiana · 1957

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