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Tornello v. Hudspeth, Warden, 1943 — 318 U.S. 792 · caselaw · US
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Tornello v. Hudspeth, Warden
318 U.S. 792·Supreme Court of the United States·1943
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Opinion
No. 163.
Tornello v. Hudspeth, Warden.
April 19, 1943.
William Humbert Tornello, pro se. Assistant Solicitor General Cox, Assistant Attorney General Berge, and Messrs. Robert S. Erdahl and W. Marvin Smith for respondent.
[MAJORITY]
The petition for writ of certiorari' to the Circuit Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit is denied on the ground that the case is moot, it appearing that petitioner has been pardoned by the President and that he is no longer in respondent’s custody. Weber v. Squier, 315 U. S. 810.