FOWLER

v.

WILKINSON, WARDEN

Citator

Cited By

• California v. Taylor, 353 U.S. 553 (U.S. 1957)
  …ecree granting the relief sought. We granted certiorari to resolve the conflict between the United States Court of Appeals and the California Supreme Court as to the applicability of the Railway Labor Act to a railroad owned and operated by a State. 352 U. S. 940.2 We invited the Solicitor [*557] General to file a brief as amicus curiae and, in doing so, he urged that the Railway Labor Act was applicable to the State Belt Railroad. The Railway Labor Act of 1926, 44 Stat. 577, evolved from legislative experi…
• Fowler v. Wilkinson, 353 U.S. 583 (U.S. 1957)
  …the question presented in this case are the same as in Jackson v. Taylor, ante, p. 569, decided today. The case reaches us from the Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, 234 F. 2d 615, which had reversed the District Court. We granted certiorari, 352 U. S. 940. [*584] There are additional reasons to those in Jackson v. Taylor advanced for reversal in this case. Fowler contends that the 20-year sentence is arbitrarily severe, even though within the statutory maximum, citing United States v. Voorhees, 4 U.…
• Jackson v. Taylor, 353 U.S. 569 (U.S. 1957)
  …n the manner described. A conflict between the Circuits has resulted2 and we granted certiorari, limited to the gross sentence question, not only to resolve this conflict but to settle an important question in the administration of the Uniform Code. 352 U. S. 940. Petitioner claims no deprivation of constitutional rights. He argues only that under military law the board of review should have ordered either a rehearing or that he be released because it was without authority to impose the 20-year sentence. T…