Legal Opinion
United States Ex Rel. Leguillou v. Davis
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided May 14, 1954No. 11272PublishedCited by 54 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtHastie, Circuit Judge
This is an appeal from a final order of a circuit judge entered after full hearing on an application made to him under section 2241 of Title 28 of the United States Code for a writ of habeas corpus. The order invalidated a conviction of murder in the District Court of the Virgin Islands.
We consider first whether the circuit judge was empowered to adjudicate this controversy. More particularly, does section 2255 of Title 28 of the United States Code take away from a circuit judge the power to grant habeas corpus in such a case as this, which he otherwise might exercise under section 2241 of…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- United States v. MorganSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
- United States v. HaymanSupreme Court of the United States · 1952
- Carvell v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1949
- Meyers v. WelchCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1950
- Meyers v. United States. Meyers v. ClemmerCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1950
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3Cited by54 opinions
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- Swain v. PressleySupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- James Callwood v. Jerry Enos , Director, Bureau of Correction Chesley Roebuck, Chairman of V.I. Parole BoardCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2000
- Ben Gary Triestman v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1997
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