habeas corpus: Definition and Much More from Answers.com
habeas corpus n. One of a variety of writs that may be issued to bring a party
... Powell (1976), the Supreme Court, by a vote of 6 to 3, held that where a ...
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Moore v. Dempsey: Information and Much More from Answers.com
1923 by vote of 6 to 2; Holmes for the Court, McReynolds and Sutherland in. ...
They had petitioned the federal courts for a writ of habeas corpus, ...
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Chinese Exclusion Cases: Information and Much More from Answers.com
1888 by vote of 6 to 3, Blatchford for the Court, Harlan in dissent; Chae Chan
Ping v. ... He sued for a writ of habeas corpus, which was issued. ...
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Stone v. Powell: Information and Much More from Answers.com
1976, decided 6 July 1976 by vote of 6 to 3; Powell for the Court, ... Habeas corpus,
they maintained, protects rights of all persons, including the guilty. ...
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Fay v. Noia: Information and Much More from Answers.com
1963, decided by vote of 6 to 3; Brennan for the Court, Harlan, Clark, and Stewart in
... The availability of federal habeas corpus to persons who have been ...
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Abraham Lincoln: Biography and Much More from Answers.com
In order to overcome criticism of his wartime policies—the Habeas Corpus Act,
the establishment of martial law, censorship of opposition newspapers, ...
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Herrera v. Collins: Information and Much More from Answers.com
1993 by vote of 6 to 3; Rehnquist for the Court, O'Connor, Kennedy, ... Herrera filed
a petition for writ of habeas corpus in federal court, claiming that ...
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Ex parte McCardle: Information and Much More from Answers.com
6 , Reconstruction and Reunion, 1868–88 . Part I (1971) ... Mr. McCardle invoked
habeas corpus in the Circuit Court of the Southern District of Mississippi. ...
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McCleskey v. Zant: Information and Much More from Answers.com
Four years later he filed a second habeas corpus petition alleging that before
his trial the state of Georgia had improperly induced him to make ...
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Yick Wo v. Hopkins: Information and Much More from Answers.com
Citations: 118 U.S. 356; 6 S. Ct. 1064; 30 L. Ed. 220; 1886 U.S. LEXIS 1938.
Prior history: In re Yick Wo, writ of habeas corpus denied, 9 P. 139 (Cal. ...
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