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UNITED STATES EX REL. MORGAN v. SIELAFF

No. 76-1732.

546 F.2d 218 (1976)

UNITED STATES of America ex rel. Clifford MORGAN and Donald L. Allen, Petitioners-Appellees, v. Allyn R. SIELAFF et al., Respondents-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided November 22, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Scott, Atty. Gen., Thomas E. Holum, Chicago, Ill., for respondents-appellants.

Gary H. Palm, Mark J. Heyrman, Chicago, Ill., for petitioners-appellees.

Before FAIRCHILD, SWYGERT and BAUER, Circuit Judges.

BAUER, Circuit Judge.

Respondents appeal the granting of a writ of habeas corpus to each of the members of the petitioners' class, which the district court certified as consisting of

"all persons presently in the custody of the Director of the Illinois Department of Corrections pursuant to commitments under the Sexually Dangerous Persons Act, Chap. 38, § 105-1 et seq., Ill.Rev.Stat., and its predecessors, whose commitments were accomplished by...

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