1. Home
  2. Browse Decisions
  3. F.2d
  4. 472 F.2d
  5. 472 F.2d 100 (1973)
 

UNITED STATES EX REL. WILSON v. COUGHLIN

Nos. 72-1122-72-1129.

472 F.2d 100 (1973)

UNITED STATES of America ex rel. Terry L. WILSON et al., Petitioners-Appellees, v. Joseph COUGHLIN, Assistant Director, Department of Corrections, Juvenile Division, Respondent-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided January 19, 1973.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Patrick T. Murphy, Lewis Wenzell, John D. Shullenberger and James M. DeZelar, Chicago, Ill., for the United States and Wilson.

William J. Scott, Atty. Gen., James B. Zagel, Asst. Atty. Gen., Chicago, Ill., for Coughlin.

Before STEVENS and SPRECHER, Circuit Judges, and GORDON, District Judge.

STEVENS, Circuit Judge.

Four juveniles confined in the Illinois Industrial School for Boys at Sheridan, Illinois, filed petitions for habeas corpus alleging that they were entitled to be released because they have already received punishment greater than that authorized by law for adults guilty of offenses comparable to those which led to their respective delinquency findings. The district court denied the relief requested but ordered the respondent to transfer the...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases