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United States ex rel. Morrison v. Myers

District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania

Decided July 9, 1959No. Misc. No. 2079PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

CLARY, District Judge.

This case is before the Court on petition for writ of habeas corpus filed by relator Karl E. Morrison on June 4, 1959. In his petition relator alleges that he was illegally and unlawfully held a prisoner in the State Penitentiary at Graterford, Pennsylvania; that he was held by virtue of transfer from the Western State Penitentiary at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where he was held by virtue of an illegal and unlawful commitment issued by the Court of Quarter Sessions of Erie County, Pennsylvania, at Nos. 96, 97, 98 and 99, September Term 1954, Com. of Pennsylvania v.…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. MorrisonSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1955
  2. Commonwealth v. MORRISONSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1955
  3. Charles E. Thompson v. J. Ellis Overlade, Warden of the Indiana State PrisonCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1954

3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Long v. ParkerCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1968
  2. United States ex rel. Tangredi v. WallaceDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1964
  3. United States Ex Rel. Knight v. FayDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1964
  4. United States ex rel. Rios v. FayDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1964
  5. James X. C. Long v. Jacob J. Parker, Warden, United States Penitentiary, Lewisburg, Pennsylvania. Maurice X. Walker, Edward X. Brown, Ronald X. D. Hector, Ruben X. Jackson and Joseph X. C. Carlisle v. Ramsey Clark, Attorney General, U.S. Justice Department, and Jacob J. Parker, Warden, United States Penitentiary, Lewisburg, PennsylvaniaCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1968

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