· 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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