From Casetext: Smarter Legal Research

Townsend v. Sain

U.S.
Mar 9, 1959
359 U.S. 64 (1959)

Summary

vacating judgment on authority of Jennings v. Ragen, supra

Summary of this case from Townsend v. Sain

Opinion

ON PETITION FOR WRIT OF CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SEVENTH CIRCUIT.

No. 552, Misc.

Decided March 9, 1959.

Certiorari granted; judgment vacated; and case remanded.

George N. Leighton and William R. Ming, Jr. for appellant.

Benjamin S. Adamowski for respondents.


The motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis and the petition for writ of certiorari are granted. The judgment of the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit is vacated and the case is remanded. United States ex rel. Jennings v. Ragen, Warden, 358 U.S. 276.


Summaries of

Townsend v. Sain

U.S.
Mar 9, 1959
359 U.S. 64 (1959)

vacating judgment on authority of Jennings v. Ragen, supra

Summary of this case from Townsend v. Sain
Case details for

Townsend v. Sain

Case Details

Full title:TOWNSEND v . SAIN, SHERIFF, ET AL

Court:U.S.

Date published: Mar 9, 1959

Citations

359 U.S. 64 (1959)

Citing Cases

Townsend v. Sain

So-called mixed questions of fact and law, which require the application of a legal standard to the…

United States v. Hoffa

Their awesome power to punish for contempt or perjury, if courageously employed, will provide needed…