Rosenberg v. Denno

Jun 15, 1953
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Reporters:
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Before:
Frankfurter
Per Curiam.

The motion for leave to file petition for an original writ of habeas corpus ‍‌‌‌‌​‌​​​​​‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌​​​​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌​‌​​​‌‍is denied.

Mr. Justice Black dissents. Mr. Justice Frankfurter.

The disposition of an application to this Court for habeas corpus is so rarely to be made by this Court *272 directly that Congress has ‍‌‌‌‌​‌​​​​​‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌​​​​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌​‌​​​‌‍given the Court authority to transfer such an application to an appropriate district court. 28 U. S. C. § 2241. I do not favor such a disposition of this application because ‍‌‌‌‌​‌​​​​​‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌​​​​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌​‌​​​‌‍the substance of the allegations now made has already been considered by the District Court for the Southern District of New York and on review by the Court ‍‌‌‌‌​‌​​​​​‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌​​​​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌​‌​​​‌‍of Appeals for the Second Circuit. Neither can I join the Court in denying the application without more. I would set the application down for hearing before the full ‍‌‌‌‌​‌​​​​​‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌​​​​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌​‌​​​‌‍Court tomorrow forenoon. Oral argument frequently has a force beyond what the written word conveys.