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UNITED STATES v. WALSH

No. 9635.

174 F.2d 49 (1949)

UNITED STATES ex rel. WHITE v. WALSH.

United States Court of Appeals Seventh Circuit.

April 20, 1949.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Tuohy, State's Atty., and James V. Cunningham, Asst. State's Atty., both of Chicago, Ill. (John S. Boyle, State's Atty., of Chicago, Ill., John T. Gallagher and W. S. Miroslawski, Asst. State's Attys., both of Chicago, Ill., of counsel), for appellant.

Joseph I. Bulger and Ode L. Rankin, both of Chicago, Ill., for appellee.

Before MAJOR, Chief Judge, KERNER, Circuit Judge, and LINDLEY, District Judge.

LINDLEY, District Judge.

This is an appeal from a judgment in a habeas corpus proceeding discharging relator from custody under sentence for six months imprisonment for contempt of court, because of his refusal to comply with a judgment for a writ of mandamus awarded by the Superior Court of Cook County, Illinois. Our ultimate question of whether the sentencing court was without statutory authority to issue the contempt order, as the District Court found, in turn...

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