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WILLINGHAM v. MORGAN

No. 228.

395 U.S. 402 (1969)

WILLINGHAM, WARDEN, ET AL. v. MORGAN.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided June 9, 1969.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Francis X. Beytagh, Jr., argued the cause for petitioners. With him on the brief were Solicitor General Griswold, Assistant Attorney General Ruckelshaus, Morton Hollander, and Walter H. Fleischer.

Joseph M. Snee, by appointment of the Court, 393 U.S. 1061, argued the cause and filed a brief for respondent.

MR. JUSTICE MARSHALL delivered the opinion of the Court.

This case raises some important questions about the power of federal officials to have actions brought against them removed to the federal courts. Petitioners Willingham and Jarvis are, respectively, the warden and chief medical officer at the United States Penitentiary at Leavenworth, Kansas. Respondent Morgan was a prisoner at the penitentiary at the time he filed this suit in the Leavenworth County District...

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