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MADSEN v. KINSELLA

No. 411.

343 U.S. 341 (1952)

72 S.Ct. 699

96 L.Ed. 988

MADSEN v. KINSELLA, WARDEN.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 28, 1952.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph S. Robinson argued the cause for petitioner. With him on the brief were Dayton M. Harrington and James D. Graham, Jr.

Robert W. Ginnane argued the cause for respondent. With him on the brief were Solicitor General Perlman, Assistant Attorney General McInerney, Beatrice Rosenberg, J. F. Bishop and John M. Raymond.

MR. JUSTICE BURTON delivered the opinion of the Court.

The principal question here is whether a United States Court of the Allied High Commission for Germany had jurisdiction, in 1950, to try a civilian citizen of the United States, who was the dependent wife of a member of the United States Armed Forces, on a charge of murdering her husband in violation of § 211 of the German Criminal Code. The homicide occurred in...

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