Legal Opinion
Groppi v. Leslie
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided January 13, 1972No. 70-112PublishedCited by 202 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Burger
We granted the writ of certiorari to review the holding of the Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, denying petitioner relief in habeas corpus proceedings after the District Court had granted relief.
On October 1, 1969, the Assembly of the Wisconsin Legislature passed a resolution citing petitioner for contempt and directing his confinement in the Dane County jail for a period of six months or for the duration of the 1969 Regular Session of the legislature, whichever was shorter. The resolution recited that petitioner had, two days previously, led a gathering of people which, by its…
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