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Doss v. Lindsley
District Court, E.D. Illinois
Decided January 8, 1944No. Civ. 368-DPublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LINDLEY, District Judge.
Petitioner seeks a writ of habeas corpus to prevent his arrest by the Sheriff of Piatt County, Illinois, in pursuance of a mandate of the Supreme Court of Illinois, affirming judgment sentencing him for contempt of court, wherein he was committed to jail for three months and fined $2,000. The history of the offense and final disposition of the appeal by the Supreme Court appear in People v. Doss, 382 Ill. 307, 46 N.E.2d 984 decided January 21, 1943. A petition for rehearing was stricken on March 11, 1943, apparently because the court believed that it did not comply…
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- Gitlow v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1925
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3Cited by3 opinions
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