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APPLICATION OF SULLIVAN

Civil No. 21-52.

126 F.Supp. 564 (1954)

In the Matter of the APPLICATION of Melvin Leroy SULLIVAN and Verne Alfred Braasch For a Writ of Habeas Corpus.

United States District Court, D. Utah, Central Division.

November 30, 1954.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

A. W. Sandack, Salt Lake City, for petitioner Melvin LeRoy Sullivan.

Reid W. Nielson and A. J. Moll, Salt Lake City, for petitioner Verne Alfred Braasch.

E. R. Callister, Atty. Gen. of Utah. Ken Chamberlain, Asst. Atty. Gen. of Utah.

RITTER, Chief Judge.

The Supreme Court of the United States long ago handed down decisions which are controlling in this case. It is the duty of this court to follow them.

The Supreme Court holds that the doors of the federal District Court are open to the accused to determine whether a state court conviction violates the constitution of the United States.

Many times the Supreme Court has ruled that the doors of the federal district courts are...

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