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XV. ORDER OF THE UNITED STATES
SUPREME COURT DENYING WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS
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| Monday, 16 February
1948 |
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No. 286, Misc. Karl Brandt, petitioner,
v. The United States of America;
No. 287, Misc. Viktor Brack,
petitioner, v. The United States of America;
No. 288, Misc.
Rudolf Brandt, petitioner, v. The United States of America;
No.
299, Misc. Wilhelm Bieglboeck, petitioner, v. The United States of
America. The motions for leave to file petitions for writs of habeas corpus
and prohibition are denied. Mr. Justice Black, Mr. Justice Murphy, and Mr.
Justice Rutledge are of the opinion that the petitions should be set for
hearing on the question of the jurisdiction of this Court. Mr. Justice Jackson
took no part in the consideration or decision of these applications. *
[The execution of death sentences imposed on Karl Brandt, Rudolf
Brandt, Karl Gebhardt, Joachim Mrugowsky Viktor Brack, Wolfram Sievers, and
Waldemar Hoven were ordered on 14 May 1948 by the Military Governor. Executions
were carried out at Landsberg prison on 2 June 1948.] |
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_______________ * The motions for leave
to file petitions for writs of habeas corpus and prohibition is the case of the
other defendants were also denied.
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