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· 1/29/1979

Kenneth Warren Hanson v. Circuit Court of the First Judicial Circuit of Illinois

Citations

  • 591 F.2d 404
  • 1979 U.S. App. LEXIS 17244

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • holding that a fine-only conviction is not a restraint on individual liberty
  • “We think that Congress intended that habeas corpus provide. . .the exclusive federal remedy for all who seek to attack state court judgments of convictions.”
  • “We hold that a fine-only conviction is not a restraint on individual liberty.”

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Judges: Fairchild, Pell, Wood

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